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Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is recovering after being treated for prostate cancer.

The jury trial of a man accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl in Burnaby in 2017 began Wednesday in the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

The jury trial of a man accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl in Burnaby in 2017 began Wednesday in the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

The British government says it has leased a refurbished barge to house 500 migrants on its southern coast, as it faces criticism over is plans to bar asylum seekers arriving in small boats from across the English Channel. 

A large tornado tore through southeastern Missouri before dawn on Wednesday, killing at least five people and causing widespread destruction as a broad swath of the Midwest and South kept a wary eye out for further storms that could spawn additional twisters and hail.

Mark Paulson is about to make a whole lot of money — and it’s all thanks to his wild punk rock party days in 1970s San Francisco.

Scientists have discovered repeating radio emissions coming from a star system in our galactic backyard. It's not a message from aliens, but it might show that some planets outside the solar system have a magnetic field — one of the conditions necessary for life as we understand it.

A teacher in Hamilton is organizing an event Wednesday so staff and parents across the school board can learn about the experiences of Muslim students, including how test times can conflict with Friday prayer.

For the first time, a Canadian fossil has been confirmed as having come from the Ice Age predator featured in the TV series Game of Thrones, the dire wolf.

A Hamilton senior says she’s been drawing from her limited income to rent a hotel room since Saturday, when she says her landlord changed the locks on her rented home unannounced, then began moving her family’s things out on Tuesday. 

The minimum wage in British Columbia is set to increase from $15.65 to $16.75 on June 1. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for peace and de-escalation following an Israeli raid on a mosque Wednesday morning. He also said Canada is concerned about the recent rhetoric and actions of the Israeli government.

Cree elder Emma Cheena, who turned 100 last week, grew up on the land but now lives in a seniors' home in Cochrane, Ont., about 300 kilometres north of Sudbury. 

Six months after post-tropical storm Fiona landed on Nova Scotia's shores, some people in Cape Breton are still living in drafty, leaking homes from the damage it inflicted.

Margot Robbie is a Barbie girl in a Barbie world — and that world sure does look Canadian, with Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu and Michael Cera rounding out a star-studded ensemble.

The backlash against LSU's Angel Reese and Jill Biden inviting Iowa to the White House are the two steps back after the NCAA women's championship took a huge step forward, writes CBC Sports Senior Contributor Shireen Ahmed.

Carol Brons still goes to Humboldt Broncos games every now and then. She and her husband have season tickets, but being there brings back a lot of emotion.

A Manitoba man who pleaded guilty to manufacturing 3D-printed guns and launching thousands of prolonged cyberattacks across Canada and the United States has been sentenced to time in prison.

Police moved into Vancouver's Downtown Eastside on Wednesday morning as the city prepared to carry out its plan to remove a street encampment from the neighbourhood.

Police moved into Vancouver's Downtown Eastside on Wednesday morning as the city prepared to carry out its plan to remove a street encampment from the neighbourhood.

All New Zealanders should feel politics can be a home for them, former prime minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday, in a final address to Parliament after leading the nation through the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2019 terror attack in Christchurch.

Streets and highways — and pretty much everything else outside in southern Manitoba — are layered in snow, and it's likely only going to get worse as the day goes on.

Streets and highways — along with pretty much everything else outdoors in southern Manitoba — are layered in snow but the heaviest part of it may be over, Environment Canada said early Wednesday afternoon.

A group of Canadian women and children have been moved out of a camp in northeastern Syria for those suspected of ISIS ties, signalling the Canadian government's latest repatriation effort has begun, according to one lawyer.

A group of at least 19 Canadian women and children are on their way home to Canada after spending years held in camps in Northeastern Syria for people with suspected ISIS ties, according to their lawyer.

An Ottawa lawyer says he’s now asked the federal government to take urgent steps to repatriate a Quebec mother along with her six children who are detained in a camp in northeastern Syria.

Firefighting is one of only five occupations that the International Agency of Research on Cancer has labelled with its most severe cancer warning. Firefighters have seen a change in how seriously their peers consider this risk, but they’re calling on the government for more resources to better protect themselves — and for more comprehensive health coverage should they get sick.

Environment Canada issued a weather warning for Montreal, Laval, the Laurentians, the Outaouais, Lanaudière and part of the Montérégie. Ten to 20 millimetres of freezing rain is expected to fall Wednesday.

Freezing rain and high winds began pelting Montreal and several other southwestern regions in the province Wednesday, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of Hydro-Québec customers.

Environment Canada issued a weather warning for Montreal, Laval, the Laurentians, the Outaouais, Lanaudière and part of the Montérégie. Ten to 20 millimetres of freezing rain is expected to fall Wednesday.

Freezing rain and high winds began pelting Montreal and several other southwestern regions in the province Wednesday, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of Hydro-Québec customers.

Freezing rain and high winds began pelting Montreal and several other southwestern regions in the province Wednesday, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of Hydro-Québec customers.

Johnson & Johnson is earmarking nearly $9 billion US to cover allegations that its baby power containing talc caused cancer, more than quadrupling the amount that the company had previously set aside to pay for its potential liability.

A collection of photos taken by Melinda Blauvelt in the small Tracadie community of Brantville in the 1970s are now on display at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton.

Indigenous advocates and organizations are renewing calls for a search for human remains in Winnipeg-area landfills, after the discovery of a First Nations woman's body at the Brady Road landfill this week.

Toronto police say they have identified a man whose identity was a mystery a month after he was found critically injured in Etobicoke.

Dick Parker,79, has lived with his wife in the same uptown Saint John apartment building for 21 years. Two weeks ago they received notice from their landlord of a 15 per cent increase in rent come October — even the company said after a 2020 purchase tenants "don't have to worry" about rent increases.

Sarah March's 29-year-old son, Damien Tomsett, was walking east on a Gottingen Street crosswalk at Buddy Daye Street when an 89-year-old male driver of an SUV hit him. 

Toronto police are appealing for the public's help to identify a boy or young man whose identity remains a mystery a month after he was found critically injured in Etobicoke. 

Justice critic Helen Conway Ottenheimer is calling on Justice Minister John Hogan to make changes to the Limitations Act, which would remove the statutes of limitation on physical abuse.

Justice critic Helen Conway Ottenheimer is calling on Justice Minister John Hogan to make changes to the Limitations Act, which would remove the statutes of limitation on physical abuse.

Three Ottawans share how they accomplished the difficult but rewarding task of learning the 6236 verses of the Qur'an by heart in Arabic, including Zakaria Mustafa who had it committed to memory by age 10.

Two months after deadly earthquakes in Syria and Turkey, the United Nations is warning of a looming mental health crisis in the regions.

Taylor Maavara’s dad set her an example of how to live for work, but he also showed her how to follow her passions. After his death, she travelled across Canada to grapple with these mixed messages.

At a time when six million Canadians don’t have access to a family doctor, fewer Canadian-trained medical students than ever are considering it their No. 1 choice in specialties, even as medical schools boost their programs.

At a time when six million Canadians don’t have access to a family doctor, fewer Canadian-trained medical students than ever are considering it their No. 1 choice in specialties, even as medical schools boost their programs.

Air tells the story of how a Nike employee convinced the company to build a shoe around Michael Jordan. CBC's Eli Glasner says if you don't mind cheering for Nike, the snappy story works best when Matt Damon and Ben Affleck share the screen.

Platinum-recording artist Danny Fernandes took more than $200,000 from aspiring musicians, a months-long investigation by CBC Toronto has found. They accuse him of breaking promises of helping their music careers and leaving behind a trail of broken dreams and unpaid debts.

How exactly does the current system contribute to doctor shortages? And how have other countries solved this problem? We explore some of the most common questions we heard from you. 

The victim of what RCMP allege was terrorism on a Surrey, B.C., bus on Saturday has returned home from hospital after his throat was slashed in an attack a family member says could have easily killed him.