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A 16-year-old boy who was shot in the head after knocking on the wrong door in Kansas City, Mo., is expected to make a full recovery, a lawyer for his family says.

A 16-year-old boy who was shot in the head after knocking on the wrong door in Kansas City, Mo., is expected to make a full recovery, a lawyer for his family says.

Most of the major U.S. professional sports leagues, plus the media companies Fox and NBCUniversal, are creating an alliance to ensure that sports betting advertising is done responsibly and does not target minors.

The World Mosquito Program plans to release the billions of bugs from a mosquito factory that will be built in Brazil in an effort to slow the transmission of dengue fever in the country.

The recently appointed interim ethics commissioner — who is also the sister-in-law of a cabinet minister — has stepped down from that position.

A private member's bill requiring that judges consider domestic violence and coercive control when issuing decisions passed the Senate on Tuesday evening.

Terrified Sudanese who have been trapped for days in their homes by fighting in the capital fled on Wednesday, hauling whatever belongings they could and trying to get out of the city, as the army and its paramilitary rival made a new attempt at a ceasefire after a failed truce the day before.

The government is proposing a ban on animal testing for cosmetic products that could cause pain and suffering to the animal.

A search for unmarked graves at the former Blue Quills Residential School in eastern Alberta found 19 sites that contained anomalies consistent with burial plots.

A massive leak of U.S. national security documents has now spilled over into Canada. An American media report alleges unflattering observations about the state of the Canadian military. The Washington Post report says Canadian allies are fretting over what they claim is chronic underfunding.

The top procurement official at the Department of National Defence (DND) says he would like to see defence companies focus more on delivering what they have promised and less on trying to win the next contract.

A second investigative front is developing into the drowning deaths of six foreign nationals and two Canadian children in the St. Lawrence River.

Inuit organizations and the family of Kitty Noah are calling on the RCMP to investigate a potential case of fraud involving claims of Inuit identity by twin sisters, Nadya and Amira Gill, and their mother, Kamira Manji.

A group of condo owners in a suburb north of Montreal have learned that their recently built homes will have to be demolished — or repaired at an exorbitant cost — because of flawed construction and design, according to a lawsuit. 

A parliamentary committee is recommending that Ottawa ease the fishing closures it imposes when endangered North Atlantic right whales are sighted. It says most single-whale detections involve animals that are in transit and not staying to feed.

Canada's bank regulator said it is preparing for strain in the housing market to potentially last throughout the year as it flags the sector as a growing concern.

An officer with the Vancouver Police Department testified Wednesday that he punched an unarmed man in the head multiple times as hard as he could during a struggle involving several constables, telling an inquest he believed the only alternative to subdue the man would've been to shoot him.

Two people have been arrested and charged with murder in connection with an Alabama shooting that killed four people at a Sweet 16 birthday party, investigators announced Wednesday.

Hopes for spring for many Saskatchewan residents were dashed Wednesday morning, as they woke up to a blanket of white.

China has an aging population with stagnant growth, while India has a much younger population, a higher fertility rate and has seen a decrease in infant mortality.

The federal auditor general's office said Tuesday it is still "assessing" its mandate as it relates to a request from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation to investigate its handling of two donations with possible links to the Chinese government.

Emails sent to Chrystia Freeland's office and obtained by The Canadian Press under access-to-information law show that Freeland's attempt to connect with Canadians over the cost of living made her a villain to thousands.

Profits at grocery chain Metro increased by more than 10 per cent in the second quarter, as higher sales in the company food division and pharmacy unit boosted the bottom line.

Twitter has quietly removed a policy against the "targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals," raising concerns that the Elon Musk-owned platform is becoming less safe for marginalized groups.

Sports minister's timing shifted the headlines to Hockey Canada and the government instead of a Canada-U.S. match-up we knew would be intense, writes CBC Senior Contributor Shireen Ahmed.

A surgeon in Edmonton is operating on patients from the city in rural hospitals. Alberta is investing in similar initiatives to reduce ballooning wait times for surgeries.

A large floating chunk of ice has nestled itself beside a small island off the coast of Ferryland.

Every three days in Montreal, a cyclist is hit by an opening car door, according to police statistics.

When Rachel Ganz was diagnosed with a genetic eye condition, she feared she would have to give up running forever.

Rogers is raising the price to call the U.S. without a long-distance plan to $1 per minute as of today, the latest instance of the slow creep of higher telecom costs.

Every three days in Montreal, a cyclist is hit by an opening car door, according to police statistics.

A new report from the United Nations Population Fund warns that government policies aimed at raising, lowering or maintaining fertility rates can erode reproductive and human rights and says the goal should be to advance gender equality and the quality of life.

In honour of the 10th annual National Canadian Film Day, CBC has compiled some of the brightest productions to expect over the rest of the year, and — when possible — let you know when you can expect to see them.

About 300 mostly Tamil migrants paid thousands of dollars to smugglers, who told them they would travel to Canada on a cruise liner to seek asylum. Instead, they endured a month on a cramped and filthy fishing boat, only to be left behind by the crew when it started to sink.

The current level of thinking, where governments make pledges to reduce their national emissions, must be jettisoned in favour of a truly global approach to address a truly global problem, writes Felix von Geyer.

A Canadian air force officer who took his own life after being charged with sexual assault was deemed by a military medical officer and a social worker to present a "moderate" suicide risk — but a military investigation has found there was little formal follow-up by his superiors.

In honour of the 10th annual National Canadian Film Day, CBC has compiled some of the brightest productions to expect over the rest of the year, and — when possible — let you know when you can expect to see them.

The visiting Winnipeg Jets struck first in their first-round NHL playoff series with top-seeded Vegas on Tuesday night, topping the Golden Knights 5-1 at T-Mobile Arena.

Brayden Point scored twice as the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning humiliated the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-3 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Tuesday.

Brayden Point scored twice as the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning humiliated the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-3 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Tuesday.

The Saskatchewan government is apologizing after discovering a previous winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal pleaded guilty to a domestic violence charge. 

A former national security adviser to the prime minister says he had "numerous conversations" with Justin Trudeau about Beijing's interference in Canadian affairs before the 2019 election, but added that, at the time, Russia was a major concern for the intelligence community.

The B.C. Prosecution Service says it has withdrawn contempt charges against 11 old-growth logging protesters accused of breaching a court injunction during blockades at Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island.

A judge harshly criticized the Ontario government’s climate plan, saying it “falls severely short” of what the science on climate change requires, even as she dismissed a landmark lawsuit brought by a group of young people who say the province’s actions threaten their future.

Singer and rapper Aaron Carter accidentally drowned in his bathtub as a result of sedatives he'd taken and gas used in spray cleaners he had inhaled, a coroner's report said Tuesday.

More than 155,000 federal public servants will go on strike Wednesday after the federal government and the Public Service Alliance of Canada failed to reach a deal before the Tuesday evening deadline.

More than 155,000 federal public servants are striking after the federal government and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) failed to reached a deal before the Tuesday evening deadline.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is holding hearings in Whitehorse this week to explore ways to improve internet in Northern Canada.

"The Vancouver fans are a little bit nervous. They want this franchise to stay," said Hall-of-Fame broadcaster Jim Robson.

As the tense wage-centred labour battle between the federal government and Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) continues, federal data sheds light on which industries in both the public and private sector are driving wage increases.