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Lawyers representing MP Han Dong have served Global News with a notice of libel over its stories about allegations of electoral interference by Beijing.

Lawyers representing MP Han Dong have served Global News with a notice of libel over its stories about allegations of electoral interference by Beijing.

Pilot and nature photographer Matt Melnyk has been shooting stunning moments of meteorological activities from both the air and the ground for more than a decade.

Italy's Data Protection Authority on Friday temporarily banned OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot and launched a probe over a suspected breach of the artificial intelligence application's data collection rules.

Only days after an explosion next door blasted open the walls of their home, a Calgary family says a thief took advantage, entering their house to steal valuables.

Members of Parliament have voted to summon the owner of Canada's largest wood pulp producer and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne to testify before the Natural Resources committee. The motion comes following an investigation by CBC News and other media partners.

Liberal MP Parm Bains said he won his B.C. riding in the last election "fair and square" after his former opponent told a parliamentary committee foreign interference by Beijing played a role in his victory.

Former CSIS officials say the intelligence agency has been warning successive governments about foreign election interference for decades but all failed to act — and measures outlined in this week’s budget are not enough to address the problem.

One had just turned 18 a few weeks ago. Another had moved from home only a few days before the fatal crash that took her life. Now, the little community of Gilbert Plains, Man., is coming to terms with the tragedy.

Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole says that after more than a decade in politics, he will not seek re-election and plans to resign his seat this spring.

Darcy Dobson lost her mother, Heather O'Brien, in the mass shooting in Nova Scotia three years ago. She has been critical of how the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry was conducted, but is "pleasantly surprised" at the final report.

Tenants at 309 Strathearne Ave. say their landlord illegally denied them their right to move back in following renovations. 'There's no conscience there, none,' one tenant, Herman van der Meiden, said. 'It's really sad. I'm just hoping and praying.'

The apparent online scam that landed Suzana Thayer in a Hong Kong jail for allegedly trafficking cocaine on a flight from Ethiopia was not the first time the Ontario grandmother had been duped by a fake internet romance.

NDP MP Brian Masse tabled a petition in the House of Commons on Friday calling on the Liberal government to undertake an independent public inquiry into widespread abuse at every level of Canadian sport.

A report on the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia says then-RCMP commissioner Brenda Lucki's infamous call to local Mounties was "ill-timed and poorly expressed" — but did not amount to political interference.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending the appointment of a relative of one of his cabinet ministers as the government's top ethics watchdog.

A pair of real estate agents in London, Ont., who say they want to humanize the industry, and were fired from a realty firm for taking their advertising campaign, "You could do worse," to billboards and social media, have doubled down on their approach.

A pair of real estate agents in London, Ont., who say they want to humanize the industry, and were fired from a realty firm for taking their advertising campaign, "You could do worse," to billboards and social media, have doubled down on their approach.

Authorities now say eight people have died, including a child and an infant, after their bodies were found in the St. Lawrence River near Akwesasne. Police believe they were trying to enter the U.S. illegally.

As the clock ticked past 12:30 a.m. Thursday in the semifinal playoff game in Wheatley, Ont., Leamington Canadiens' Marco Sladoje got the puck on a breakaway and snuck it by the Sharks' goalie, ending the longest game in Provincial Junior Hockey League history, after over five hours, and Wheatley's season.

Authorities say two people are still missing after six people, including a child, were found dead on Thursday in the St. Lawrence River near Akwesasne. Police believe they were trying to enter the U.S. illegally.

Netflix is bringing Scott Pilgrim back to life, this time as an anime, with characters voiced by the same cast as the 2010 movie.

The number of babies born with syphilis in Canada is rising at a far faster rate than recorded in the United States or Europe, an increase public health experts said is driven by increased methamphetamine use and lack of access to the public health system for Indigenous people.

Nearly one year after his luggage was lost during a flight to Ireland, a Vancouver Island man has been reunited with his belongings. 

Canada's economy showed a rebound in January, with real gross domestic product growing by 0.5 per cent for the month, Statistics Canada reported Friday.

Canada's economy showed a rebound in January, with real gross domestic product growing by 0.5 per cent for the month, Statistics Canada reported Friday.

Russian and Belarusian players will be able to compete at Wimbledon as neutral athletes after the All England Club on Friday reversed its ban from last year.

The federal government has approved the multi-billion-dollar merger of telecom companies Rogers and Shaw, but with conditions that Ottawa insists will make the deal good for consumers.

The federal government has approved the multi-billion-dollar merger of telecom companies Rogers and Shaw, but with conditions that Ottawa insists will make the deal good for consumers.

Paulette, a Denesuline elder, officer of the Order of Canada and longtime indigenous rights advocate, said that the repudiation is a strong step but that the church doesn't control Canadian land.

Ontario's minimum wage is set to rise to $16.55 an hour on Oct. 1. It marks a 6.8 per cent boost from the current rate of $15.50 an hour, an increase tied to inflation.

Vancouver Island-based G.T. Farms has been fined $22,100 by the Ministry of Environment for environmental violations, and more fines have been recommended. The farmer has appealed and moved the dumping of slaughter waste to another site, which the ministry has also inspected and found noncompliant.

A Cree language class at the University of Manitoba was nearly cancelled this past semester after only one person registered for the course. But its instructor says he wanted it to go on, even if he wouldn’t be paid his full amount, because passing on language is more important than making money. 

A wave of anti-trans legislation, including restriction of gender-affirming care, has been making headlines in the U.S. In Canada, advocates say trans people are suffering, not just because of anti-trans legislation in the south, but also rising hate here in Canada.

Climate-change watchers and land-use activists say regardless of which party forms P.E.I.’s next provincial government, policy makers need to act now to protect the Island’s forests, waterways and shorelines.

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In my experience growing up as a closeted minor hockey player, hockey culture cultivates an insular, us-against-the-world mentality far stronger than that of most other sports, writes Colin Walmsley.

Alan Lawrence applied for Indian status five years ago and was rejected. He filed a protest and is still awaiting a decision by Indigenous Services Canada.

Of The Sea is Canada's first-ever large scale opera with an all-Black performance ensemble both in front and behind the scenes. This, and other operas like it, are making waves in the industry — and are breaking down barriers artists have faced in bringing these stories to the stage.

After months of following conversations around homelessness and drug use in Kenora, CBC News travelled to the northwestern Ontario city to speak with people on the front lines of the crisis to learn about possible solutions. Here's what we learned.

Some seniors are at risk of losing their homes in a scheme involving door-to-door equipment rental contracts, questionable renovations and mortgages worth hundreds of thousands of dollars that many didn’t know they had and can’t afford.

Fort Frances, Ont., is commemorating Dianna Boileau, one of the first Canadians to receive gender-affirming surgeries in 1969 and April 1970, and the doctor who provided counsel to Boileau and her family and supported the transition. The Ontario Heritage Trust plaque was unveiled on the International Trans Day of Visibility.

Critics say Ottawa has done little to bring down the high cost of housing in Canada, even though the country has the least affordable housing market in the G7.

A group of researchers led by a Canadian scientist have identified a rare gene mutation that could be associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. In a peer-reviewed study published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, the researchers identified a mutation in a gene called ATRIP.

A Canadian biotech company has developed new test strips to detect the dangerous animal tranquillizer xylazine in the highly toxic street drug supply — but while the strips are already shipping across the U.S., Canada hasn’t yet approved the potentially lifesaving tool.

A Canadian biotech company has developed new test strips to detect the dangerous animal tranquillizer xylazine in the highly toxic street drug supply — but while the strips are already shipping across the U.S., Canada hasn’t yet approved the potentially lifesaving tool.

Some teachers are on uncertain ground, trying to determine if ChatGPT is doing student work.

An international team of paleontologists has found evidence that may change the modern understandings of the Tyrannosaurus rex and velociraptor.

The U.K. has agreed to join an Asia-Pacific trade pact that includes Japan, Mexico and Australia — the biggest new trade deal Britain has struck since leaving the European Union three years ago.

Britain is set to join a massive trade bloc that will likely speed up negotiations on a bilateral deal between Ottawa and London.