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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is offering up a new version of why she engaged in a controversial phone call with a Calgary street pastor in which they discuss his upcoming criminal case related to COVID-19 public health measures.

Connor McDavid became the first player in 27 years to reach 150 points in a season when he had a goal and an assist in the first period of Edmonton's road game against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday.

Connor McDavid became the first player in 27 years to reach 150 points in a season when he had a goal and an assist in the first period of Edmonton's road game against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday.

Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, has died in Florida after recently turning 103. Ferencz prosecuted Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labour and concentration camps.

Vancouver's cherry blossoms have become a domestic and international tourist draw with tour companies offering flower viewing packages for thousands of dollars, competing with more traditional locations such as Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan.

Canada's Brad Gushue is moving on to the semifinals at the world men's curling championship. The St. John's skip beat Sweden's Niklas Edin 9-1 in a qualification game at TD Place in Ottawa.

Canada's Brad Gushue is moving on to the semifinals at the world men's curling championship. The St. John's skip beat Sweden's Niklas Edin 9-1 in a qualification game at TD Place in Ottawa.

Canada's Brad Gushue is moving on to the semifinals at the world men's curling championship. The St. John's skip beat Sweden's Niklas Edin 9-1 in a qualification game at TD Place in Ottawa.

The Vancouver Police Department announced that it has officially updated its handcuffing policy, requiring officers to take into account a person's age, ethnicity, and the seriousness of an alleged incident prior to applying handcuffs. 

A British performance of The Bodyguard musical ended in unrequited love for some audience members who wouldn't refrain from singing along to the anthemic finale. The Manchester show screeched to a halt when two unruly patrons were ejected for refusing to stop singing I Will Always Love You.

In a further attempt to rein in increasing numbers of women defying Iran's dress code, authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalize unveiled women, the police announced on Saturday.

A group representing Muslim associations in Quebec wants the provincial government to rescind a directive prohibiting the presence of prayer spaces in elementary and high schools. It says it is considering a legal challenge.

Brooks Koepka, who began the third round with a two-shot lead over Jon Rahm, extended it to four shots when the Spaniard made consecutive bogeys. They made it to the seventh green, already filled with tiny pools of water, before play was suspended for the day.

Canada's parliamentary budget officer says he's troubled by what he describes as the selective use of facts from his new financial analysis of carbon pricing. Yves Giroux says the report has to be put into context alongside the costs of all other climate policies, including doing nothing.

The first Sikh temple in North America was built in Golden, B.C., around 1905, according to Colleen Palumbo of Golden Museum and Archives.

A study of 120 coyote dens in Edmonton shows the animals are rearing their young surprisingly close to areas busy with people and pets. With pup-rearing season underway, the lead researcher says the survey is a reminder of how people can deter the animals from residential areas.

Jim Flood and Victoria Jackman have both used karate to overcome their own challenges. Now, they're helping neurodivergent kids focus through martial arts.

Seventy-one Chinese planes and nine ships crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Saturday as China mounted drills around the island it claims as its own territory, Taiwan's Defence Minister said.

A paralegal for a Hamilton senior who says she was locked out of the home she was subletting while she was at a Tim Hortons says subletters don’t have the same legal protections as renters, and that's increasingly being exploited by landlords looking for easy ways to remove renters.

The Doug Ford government is aiming to slap restrictions on floating homes that are provoking controversy in Ontario's cottage country. 

The Doug Ford government is aiming to slap restrictions on floating homes that are provoking controversy in Ontario's cottage country. 

Notes taken by Mounties in the years leading up to the Nova Scotia mass shooting were "incomplete, illegible, missing" and deficient overall — a problem the authors of a recently released report on the 2020 tragedy say needs to be addressed.

Notes taken by Mounties in the years leading up to the Nova Scotia mass shooting were "incomplete, illegible, missing" and deficient overall — a problem the authors of a recently released report on the 2020 tragedy say needs to be addressed.

Notes taken by Mounties in the years leading up to the Nova Scotia mass shooting were "incomplete, illegible, missing" and deficient overall — a problem the authors of a recently released report on the 2020 tragedy say needs to be addressed.

Internal emails obtained by CBC News show how senior staff at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada rushed to reshuffle applications stuck in the system for years, pegged to a particular officer, once CBC published a story on them.

Luisa Ortiz-Garza says she had no choice but to live in Canada for 13 years as an undocumented person. Now that she has Canadian permanent residency, she shares the challenges her family faced, and the need for all migrants in Canada to access basic rights.

Parental rights has emerged as a top issue for Republicans ahead of the 2024 elections. But critics say the innocuous-sounding term is being weaponized to usher in laws that target trans youth and their families, a strategy with a long history in the U.S. public education system.

The Anishinaabe journalist has accepted a position as professor of Indigenous journalism and storytelling at Carleton School of Journalism in Ottawa, where he’ll share the unique expertise he developed during his time as a CBC journalist.

For months, the forecasts have called for a recession due to rising interest rates designed to slow the economy. But jobs and GDP numbers are still booming.

The Canadian government says it's committed to supporting critical minerals projects, a key part of the economy of the future. But proponents say more action is needed to actually start mining.

The Canadian government says it's committed to supporting critical minerals projects, a key part of the economy of the future. But proponents say more action is needed to actually start mining.

Work is underway in communities across B.C. to mitigate the potential for catastrophic damage from the summer wildfire season.

A Thousand and One, Bruiser and Close are some of this year's most impressive movies — and part of a raft of new films challenging how we depict masculinity onscreen.

Canada Pardon Services advertises as specializing in helping people clear their criminal record, but it’s the subject of hundreds of complaints for lack of service. Andre Guillemete paid $1,200 for a pardon he never received.

Two men saved a newborn calf from what might have been a snowy grave after it escaped its birthing pen during a spring storm. The calf was weak and covered in snow when rescuers pulled it from a ditch and searched out its mother.

Sam Hauser scored a career-high 26 points and the Boston Celtics cruised past the visiting Toronto Raptors 121-102 on Friday night.

Ontario has proposed new rental regulations in an effort to protect renters from so-called ‘renovictions’. But critics say the changes will mostly help landlords and do little to help renters.

Canada’s infant mortality rate is on the rise. The country has fallen from the top 10 of developed nations to near the bottom of the ranking — a clear sign that health care and support for new mothers is slipping.

A family is celebrating their first Easter holiday in Canada after escaping the war in Ukraine. They say their prayers for safety, after spending years trapped between wars, have been answered.

Two U.S. presidents and the vice-president condemned Tennessee’s Republican-led statehouse after it voted to permanently oust two young Black Democrats from their seats. But they are not going away, and neither are the accusations that their removal was an example of racism.

If Marie-Philip Poulin is a leader by example, then good luck to all of her disciples — at least on the ice.

They may not have been the most important goals in Marie-Philip Poulin’s illustrious international hockey career, but they sure were memorable.

April 7, 2023 | Tensions rise in the middle east during a most holy time for three religions. Plus, a Quebec hockey league bans fighting.

Hundreds formed a ring around drummers and singers in the middle of Portage Avenue and Main Street in Winnipeg Friday evening to honour Linda Beardy after the mother of four was found dead in a city landfill earlier this week.

A federal judge in Washington state on Friday ordered U.S. authorities not to make any changes that would restrict access to the abortion medication mifepristone in 17 Democratic-led states that sued over the issue, countering a ruling by a judge in Texas on the same day that ordered a hold on federal approval of the drug.

Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the United States plunged into uncertainty on Friday following conflicting court rulings over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone that has been widely available for more than 20 years.

Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. plunged into uncertainty Friday following conflicting court rulings over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone that has been widely available for more than 20 years.

From Vatican City where Pope Francis presided over the celebration of the Passion of the Lord at St. Peter's Basilica, to re-enactments of the Way of the Cross in Jerusalem, Rome's Colosseum, Germany, and North America, Christian faithful participated in local Good Friday rituals.

From Vatican City where Pope Francis presided over the celebration of the Passion of the Lord at St. Peter's Basilica, to re-enactments of the Way of the Cross in Jerusalem, Rome's Colosseum, Germany, and North America, Christian faithful participated in local Good Friday rituals.

Never in her wildest dreams did Kelly Richardson think her work would one day become the backdrop to the epic musical stylings of Metallica.