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Campaign song unveilings and "Super Saturday" — Alberta's provincial election season kicked into high gear with campaign-style rallies this weekend, even though the writ won't officially be issued until Monday.

In many ways, it was like any other setting day for lobster fishers at Covehead Harbour, P.E.I. But there was also some uncertainty, and the wharf certainly doesn't look the same.

Running back Chase Brown made the '23 NFL draft one to remember for Canadian football. Brown, of London, Ont., was selected in the fifth round, No. 163 overall, by the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday. That made the former Illinois star the record fifth Canadian taken in the draft.

More details have been released about the federal government’s counter-offer to striking Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) members, which include an “enhanced” wage offer.

There are two peregrine falcons living in a nest box on the 23rd floor of the Roger-Gaudry building on the Université de Montréal campus. A 24/7 livestream allows people to tune into the birds' everyday lives.

Joint research from the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and the union representing performers in B.C. shows some marginalized groups are still significantly underrepresented, or misrepresented, in the province's film and TV industry.

A condo resembling that of Monica Geller's in the hit sitcom Friends is up for grabs on Vancouver Island.

Canada and the United States have agreed to share more information about the smuggling of guns and drugs across their shared border.

Vancouverites who support the Toronto Maple Leafs are gearing up for a big Saturday night that could see their team clinch a spot in the next round of the NHL playoffs. 

In a country madly in love with hockey, why has the women’s game never been able to ride the excitement of big events like the Olympics and form a full-time league? For Canada’s best female hockey players, it remains a sorepoint, a perplexing and never quite answered question. A new report indicates that there is a momentum around women's sports that may change this narrative.

Ken Leishman was a nattily dressed charmer with an IQ of 146. He pooled those qualities to rob banks, escape prisons and pull off Canada's greatest gold heist.

Health Canada is "missing in action" on the regulation of e-cigarette flavours in Canada as youth vaping rates rise, health advocates say, and at a time when the vaping industry is expanding into highly addictive new devices that experts warn appeal directly to kids.

Hamilton resident Sofia Palma Florido got to know the stories of Latin American seniors while she was studying at McMaster. She ended up honouring her grandparents in the process and now hopes to turn the project into a book.

Governments have been encouraging Canadians to switch to electric heat pumps to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But what parts of Canada are they suitable for? And what temperatures? Here are some questions asked by CBC News readers.

There’s an Oscar-winning Canadian behind a major new super hero movie. Much of the news coverage for DC's The Flash has centred on controversial actor Ezra Miller, but the film’s world was created by Toronto-based production designer Paul Austerberry.

Some people, including so-called soccer moms, say microdosing gives them a feeling of well-being without "an experience where your entire day is shot because now you're hallucinating," said Amanda Siebert, author of Psyched: Seven Cutting-Edge Psychedelics Changing the World.

Justice Minister David Lametti says he intends to introduce bail reform legislation this spring, but it's only part of a complex solution to the problem of violent crime.

Good news for anyone currently rifling through a shoebox full of wrinkled receipts: a new pilot program that will see the government automate the process of filing taxes for low-income Canadians could be a long-overdue step on the road toward doing them for everyone.

The transition to electrical mining equipment presents new operational challenges and safety risks. And although it has been slowly trickling into mines for over a decade, some say there’s still work to be done to bring safety standards and training up to speed.

The evacuation of Canadians from Sudan is raising some thorny questions about the federal government's obligations toward citizens in danger abroad — and its ability to help them.

Health Canada is "missing in action" on the regulation of e-cigarette flavours in Canada as youth vaping rates rise, health advocates say, and at a time when the vaping industry is expanding into highly addictive new devices that experts warn appeal directly to kids.

A Toronto man with a background in tech says he often thought about how he could better communicate with his Chinese parents. Using artificial intelligence, he created an app that translates text into dozens of languages in real time.

Some 100 family medicine residency training spots will be unfilled in Canada when new physicians start the next phase of their education in a few months — the continuation of an alarming trend that is exacerbating the family doctor shortage across the country and prompting a call to fix what some describe as a broken system.

The Assembly of First Nations’ executive committee has passed a resolution to recommend chiefs-in-assembly remove RoseAnne Archibald as national chief at their next meeting, CBC News has learned.

Matthew Tkachuk scored twice, Eetu Luostarinen put Florida ahead to stay with 5:38 left in what was a crazed third period, and the Panthers forced a Game 7 in their Eastern Conference first-round series by beating the visiting Boston Bruins 7-5 on Friday night.

Mitchell Hooper has returned to his home gym in Barrie, Ont., as the World's Strongest Man after earning the title at the 2023 finals in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Hooper says his work as an exercise physiologist is about encouraging people to be their best and healthiest selves.

A family said goodbye to a 31-year-old man on Friday after he was taken off life support following an overdose from poisoned drugs in a northern Manitoba community.

Dillon Reeves, a Grade 7 student from Michigan, leapt into action when his school bus driver passed out behind the wheel. His proud mother explains how the 13-year-old knew what to do.

Dillon Reeves, a Grade 7 student from Michigan, leapt into action when his school bus driver passed out behind the wheel. His proud mother explains how the 13-year-old knew what to do.

Financial burdens are forcing some pet owners to choose between eating and feeding their animals. Sometimes, owners may feel they have no choice but to surrender their pets, but help is available for those struggling to pay expensive food and vet bills.

April 28, 2023 | An Indigenous man kicked in the head by an Edmonton police officer speaks out. More danger and delays for Canadians trying to escape Sudan. Plus, a quick-thinking 13-year-old saves a school bus full of kids.

One of Canada's intelligence watchdogs has scolded the country's cyber security agency over its approach to international law.

YWCA Regina is doubling down on its support of the trans woman it chose to give the keynote speech at the 2023 Nutrien Women of Distinction Awards on May 6.

A teenage girl who fatally stabbed another teen on a northeast Edmonton street will serve another year in custody, followed by 18 months under court supervision.

A pioneering model, agent and activist, Bethann Hardison has been credited with changing the game for Black people in the fashion industry, increasing diversity on the runway and in magazines, and paving the way for today's Black superstars.

Iran's intelligence ministry on Friday accused foreign "enemies" and dissidents of fomenting fears over suspected poisonings of schoolgirls, saying its investigation found no actual poisoning.

Imperial Oil Ltd. could begin injecting and storing harmful CO2 emissions from its Cold Lake operations by the middle of this decade — well before the completion of a massive carbon capture and storage transportation line that has been proposed for the Canadian oilsands, the company said Friday.