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A Malaysian climber narrowly survived after a Nepali sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit of Mount Everest in a "very rare" high-altitude rescue, a government official said on Wednesday.

A Malaysian climber narrowly survived after a Nepali sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit of Mount Everest in a "very rare" high-altitude rescue, a government official said on Wednesday.

When Canadian NBA star Jamal Murray was a teenager at the Orangeville Prep Basketball Academy, he declined to have a mobile phone for most of his two years with the program. He wanted his focus to be on basketball so that he could take his game to the next level.

David Johnston said his mandate to probe allegations of foreign interference comes from the government and not the House of Commons, after members of Parliament voted in favour of his ouster on Wednesday.

The official residence for the prime minister, 24 Sussex Drive, hasn't had significant renovations in decades. It's full of mould, asbestos and rats. Andrew Chang discusses how things got this bad and why no prime minister wants to spend the millions of dollars needed to fix it.

The first public meeting of a NASA panel studying what the government calls "unidentified aerial phenomena," commonly known as UFOs, kicked off on Wednesday to discuss its findings since it formed last year.

For the first time since the war in Ukraine began, a large-scale drone attack was carried out on Moscow. Andrew Chang explains the potential consequences, what could happen next and if this could change the war.

More than 350 tech leaders, academics and engineers — the people who best understand artificial intelligence — have signed a dramatic statement, warning AI could be a global threat to humanity on the scale of pandemics and nuclear war. But who's listening?

Liberal House Leader Mark Holland says the Conservatives have deliberately obstructed the operation of the House of Commons, requiring MPs to now sit until midnight to get the Liberals’ legislative agenda passed before the end of the spring sitting.

Empathetic, caring and warm. Those are just some of the words friends and co-workers are using to remember a Hamilton couple shot and killed by their landlord on the weekend.

A spokesperson for the N.W.T. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs confirmed to CBC News that an evacuation order had been issued in Sambaa K'e, and that an evacuation centre was being set up in Fort Simpson.

Ukraine's defence minister bypassed the Canadian government Wednesday and took his country's plea for more sophisticated weapons directly to Canada's defence manufacturers. 

The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned a high-profile ruling ordering Canada to bring home four Canadian men detained in northeastern Syrian prisons for suspected ISIS members.

Ontario has charged Marineland over the care of its black bears. The Ministry of the Solicitor General said it laid the charges against the Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction on Tuesday.

Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, is launching a test of a new verification system in Canada, one that costs up to $19.99 a month for a version of the app that comes with enhanced features.

Brad Treliving is the new general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The team made the announcement Wednesday, less than two weeks after firing Kyle Dubas.

Eighteen people, 17 of them children, were taken to hospital after many of them fell about five metres from an elevated walkway at Fort Gibraltar in St. Boniface on Wednesday, emergency officials say.

Seventeen people, 16 of them children, were taken to hospital after an incident in north St. Boniface on Wednesday.

Seventeen people, 16 of them children, were taken to hospital after an incident on a field trip at a north St. Boniface historical site on Wednesday.

The federal and Nova Scotia governments have agreed to set up an independent body to monitor their progress as they begin to implement recommendations made in the wake of one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history.

Two months after a commission investigating the worst mass shooting in Canadian history made sweeping calls to reform the RCMP and improve community safety, it's still not clear how many of its recommendations the federal government will adopt.

Efforts to evacuate Fort Chipewyan, a northeastern Alberta community threatened by wildfire, are being hampered by the hamlet's isolated location. 

The province's first deep water oil project has been shelved for three years "in the face of challenging market conditions," according to Norwegian oil giant Equinor.

A volunteer group in Nova Scotia has been working with the Department of Natural Resources to help families affected by the wildfires around Tantallon and Hammonds Plains reunite with their missing pets.

Health Canada has announced new warning labels to be printed directly on cigarettes in an effort to deter new smokers, encourage quitting and reduce tobacco-related deaths. It's a world first that experts hope will have a significant impact. 

Health Canada has announced new warning labels to be printed directly on cigarettes in an effort to deter new smokers, encourage quitting and reduce tobacco-related deaths, in a world first that experts hope will have a significant impact. 

With the FIFA Women's World Cup starting in July, the Canadian women's team is gearing up for what is their biggest tournament since winning the Olympic gold medal in Tokyo.

The Sackler family, the wealthy owners of Purdue Pharma, will be shielded from future lawsuits related to the opioid epidemic under a plan approved by a U.S. federal appeals court.

Residents from the northern village of La Loche who are more at-risk of health problems are set to flee again as a wildfire descends on their community. Buses will be leaving the northern village to take residents to Regina on Wednesday morning.

Jeremy Pahl has been telling stories through song since he was a teenager, and most recently has been releasing English-language music under the name Saltwater Hank. He says his new album is a significant milestone for him as a musician and a Sm'algya̱x language-learner.

A woman who protested topless onstage at the Juno Awards in Edmonton in March says she has agreed to pay a $600 fine.

A woman who protested topless onstage at the Juno Awards in Edmonton in March says she has agreed to pay a $600 fine.

Crimes and safety concerns at the Lonzo Park and Ride have been allowed to fester, says Mayor Ross Siemens, who is calling on the province to take action.

A century after the end of prohibition, one dry town in southern Alberta is a step closer to allowing liquor to flow in certain establishments.

A century after the end of prohibition, one dry town in southern Alberta is a step closer to allowing liquor to flow in certain establishments.

The legalization of sports gambling has quickly changed the way we watch sports on television and for many has forever changed their relationship with games they once consumed simply for entertainment.

Greg Martel claims to be having trouble with passwords needed to access some of the information demanded of him by May 26, according to lawyer Ritchie Clark.

Moscow said Ukrainian artillery had hit a town inside Russia for a third time this week and reported drone strikes on two Russian oil refineries on Wednesday, while Ukrainian shelling in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine killed five people.

A North Korean satellite launch on Wednesday ended in failure, sending the booster and payload plunging into the sea, North Korean state media said, and the South's military said it had recovered parts of the launch vehicle.

Father Arul Savari, 48, has been charged with multiple offences after RCMP received a report an eight-year-old girl was assaulted while alone with the priest in the remote First Nation. The allegations have sparked calls from the community for the Roman Catholic church to leave Little Grand Rapids.

An Alberta mining company wants to drill thousands of wells in southeastern Manitoba to remove millions of tonnes of sand from an aquifer that serves as the source of drinking water for tens of thousands of people.

Post-tropical storm Fiona affected the Island's farming sector in almost every way — damaging buildings and crops, flooding land, and taking away chunks of coastal farmland. Now some farmers are making changes to protect themselves against future storms.

Post-tropical storm Fiona affected the Island's farming sector in almost every way — damaging buildings and crops, flooding land, and taking away chunks of coastal farmland. Now some farmers are making changes to protect themselves against future storms.

SIRT-NL director Michael King says his team has charged seven police officers since its inception.

The Canadian military is used to procurement timelines that can cover decades. So how did Seoul manage to deliver new tanks and guns to Poland just four months after the contract was signed?

The Canadian military is used to procurement timelines that can cover decades. So how did Seoul manage to deliver new tanks and guns to Poland just four months after the contract was signed?

The RCMP is preparing to offer close protection services to both senior federal ministers and public servants in response to the rising threat of political violence, sources say.

Experts say the longview economic costs associated with supporting those impacted by natural disasters, including their mental health, are just beginning to be captured and Canada’s decentralized response to disasters is falling short.

Motivated by the climate crisis, Akiko Hara switched to an electric vehicle. But it’s become a bigger lifestyle decision than she had anticipated.

Five women are suing prominent Edmonton home construction company Coventry Homes for a combined $6.2 million, alleging a company partner's sexual misconduct created a “poisoned” work environment where employees were subjected to harassment and complaints about workplace safety were ignored.