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Many hikers in Southern Alberta head to the trails in spring equipped with bear spray, singing or saying hey bear, woah bear, to warn the animal they're around the corner. Elders and knowledge keepers from Stoney Nakoda Nations have their own approach, and lessons to share when it comes to co-existence.

A man died Saturday after he and two others were caught in an avalanche in a closed-off area of Lake Louise Ski Resort. 

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday after the home goods retailer failed to secure funds to stay afloat, and has begun a liquidation sale.

Kenyan police have now exhumed the bodies of 47 people thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death.

Kenyan police have exhumed the bodies of 21 people thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death.

More than 50 years after Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret was published, the book has been adapted into a film.

Surfer Claire Parsons is heading to El Salvador to represent Canada at the ISA World Longboard Championship.

Toronto residents and public officials gathered in a north-end community on Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of the city's devastating van attack. 

Carpenters in Victoria are the first participants in an initiative that seeks to reduce the disproportionately high number of drug overdose deaths in the construction industry in British Columbia.

A temporary foreign worker (TFW) who was underpaid and fired without notice by an Edmonton employer has been awarded $30,000 but the company at fault no longer exists.

A newcomer from Ukraine forced to flee the war in her country is having an immediate impact on Canada's artistic swimming community, as results at a recent World Cup event in Markham, Ont., demonstrate. 

CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

Dawn Harris-Flett is the matriarch behind the Ivan Flett Memorial Dancers, the dance group that made waves with their 2022 jigging/hip-hop audition on Canada’s Got Talent. Last week, her designs were featured in a Winnipeg event higlighting the work of Indigenous entrepreneurs in the food, fashion and music industries.

Freshta Hemmati studied journalism at Kabul University, a sandwich generation of Afghan women who were given the chance to pursue their education between two Taliban regimes.

If you’re planning on vacationing in Nova Scotia this summer, don’t expect to get much of a break on car rental pricing – that is, if you’re able to rent one at all.

A spokesperson for Transport Canada says a deal signed between Canada and the Philippines will make it easier to find qualified for seafarers for various roles aboard ships and ashore.

Jason Guriel is the author of On Browsing, a collection of essays that chronicle what we have lost to online shopping, a move away from physical media and "the relentless digitization of culture."

Put together, the national inventory report and the social cost of carbon lay out the unavoidable math of climate change. And they fill in some of the facts that have been missing from the latest political skirmish over carbon pricing in Canada.

Put together, the national inventory report and the social cost of carbon lay out the unavoidable math of climate change. And they fill in some of the facts that have been missing from the latest political skirmish over carbon pricing in Canada.

A man who spoke out more than 20 years ago after being taken on a "Starlight Tour" by Saskatoon police has died.

Eye specialists say they are seeing excessive screen use driving up rates of myopia, dry eye and other vision problems — even in children. Some of the progressive conditions are irreversible and put people at higher risk for even more debilitating eye problems as they age.

Leah West, a go-to expert on national security law, is among five others who come from a range of disciplines and will be offering their expertise to the Ottawa-based private equity firm that last month acquired MindGeek, home to a number of adult websites including Pornhub.

While details are emerging about how Prince Charles's coronation will unfold on May 6, some questions that have hung over the coronation remain unanswered, and perhaps point to the challenges of planning a Church of England ceremony deeply rooted in 1,000 years of history while also trying to inject a dose of the modern day into it.

Morgan Rielly scored at 19:15 of overtime and Ilya Samsonov made 36 saves as the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs came back from a goal down late in the third period Saturday to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 and take a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.

More than half a million people flocked to Surrey, B.C., on Saturday for the Surrey Khalsa Day Vaisakhi Parade.

Michael Amadio scored 3:40 into the second overtime period to lift the visiting Vegas Golden Knights to a 5-4 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday that gave them a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.

Dozens of bird carcasses were discovered Friday at an oilsands site near Fort McMurray, Alta.