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Kurt Browning will skate for the last time at a Stars on Ice show in Pennsylvania this weekend, the culmination of a career that has dazzled millions.

Ontario's Ministry of Labour has issued 11 requirements and one order to Ssonix Products after an explosion at the hazardous waste facility in January killed one of its workers, CBC Hamilton has learned.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is committed to keeping David Johnston in place as Canada's special rapporteur on foreign interference, despite a majority of MPs voting to call on him to resign.

A European spacecraft around Mars sent its first livestream from the red planet to Earth on Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of its launch, but rain in Spain interfered at times.

As an out-of-control wildfire inched closer to the northeastern Alberta community of Fort Chipewyan, Dennis Shott spent the night leading evacuees to safety by water.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Polish counterpart talked sanctions enforcement and confiscation of Russian assets on Friday as the two leaders mapped out a common strategy ahead of next month's NATO summit.

Three men have been charged in connection with a brazen drive-by shooting north of Toronto that seriously injured a man who was out walking his dog, York Regional Police said on Friday.

Poplar cotton — the white, nearly snow-life substance coming off the trees and collecting in grass and pot holes — seems to be particularly abundant this year and is a sure sign allergy season is here, experts said. 

Hundreds of thoroughbreds die at race tracks every year. Trainer Gina Rarick says she is troubled by the way horseracing is conducted in the United States.

Alicia Baertsoen accepted a degree in her sister Victoria's honour on Friday at a University of Windsor convocation ceremony. Victoria was one of three people killed in a May 21 crash in Wallaceburg, Ont.

At least 207 people were killed and 900 injured when two passenger trains collided in Odisha on Friday, according to government officials in the eastern Indian state, in one of India's worst rail accidents in years.

Two passenger trains derailed in India on Friday, killing at least 50 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged coaches, officials said.

Thunder Bay kicked off its Pride events in style. CBC's Marc Doucette spoke with members of the 2SLGBTIAQ+ community about what it all means to them.

Driver who called police said that the officer didn't initially believe him about what caused the collision.

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is facing a court application aimed at forcing him to determine whether Canada's war crime laws prevent former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett from attending a speaking engagement in Toronto later this month.

Meta will soon block some Canadian users of Facebook and Instagram from accessing or posting news content until the end of the month.

Meta has begun to block some Canadian users of Facebook and Instagram from accessing or posting news content until the end of the month.

Toronto police say they have charged a man who allegedly threatened to shoot mayoral candidates on Thursday, which prompted some leading contenders to pause their campaigns and was followed by the cancellation of a debate.

With the number of out-of-control forest fires across Quebec having quickly multiplied, the city of Sept-Îles on the province's North Shore has declared a local state of emergency and has put in place a mandatory evacuation order for several sections of the city. 

As firefighters struggle to contain fires burning through Quebec’s forests, the province’s fire prevention agency says there are more fires than the agency can handle. 

Fending off a default, the U.S. Senate has given final approval to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, grinding into the night to wrap up work on the bipartisan deal and send it to President Joe Biden's desk to become law before the fast-approaching deadline.

Shortly after Bruce Rupert and Shelly Brewer won $1M on Lotto 6/49 in February, their jackpot was eclipsed by far bigger wins in New Brunswick. But that has not diminished the thrill of their good fortune, or the great relief of not having to work anymore.

The adverse weather from post-tropical storm Fiona lasted only about 24 hours, but to this day Islanders continue to live with damage to their homes, communities and beloved places and spaces.

In reviewing LGBTQ-inclusion policy, Minister of Education Bill Hogan tells parents he's considering preventing teachers from using a child’s preferred name and pronoun until the parents consent.

With tourism season around the corner, Gander's homeless population will soon have to find a new place to live. 

With tourism season around the corner, Gander's homeless population will soon have to find a new place to live. 

Along South Sudan’s border, right on the edge of a country at war, a CBC News team observed a huge humanitarian effort struggling to cope with the fallout from Sudan’s bloodshed.

While she's seen a "palpable change" in the Canadian military's attitude toward sexual misconduct, an external observer hired to oversee a plan to change the military's culture says Ottawa lacks an overall strategy to do that.

A poor Olympic performance had Brittany Crew at the lowest of her athletic depths, but the former Canadian record-holder in shot put is enjoying a new journey in karate.

A truth and reconciliation process by a Norwegian parliamentary committee, modelled on Canada's experience, has found the historical policies of forced assimilation toward Indigenous groups continue to impact the country today.

The Niagara Catholic District School Board (NCDSB) trustee under fire for comments about the Pride flag says her words are being misrepresented, but also said "deeply religious children are also being harmed" amid debates about whether to raise the flag.

Since January 2022, hundreds of international students have fought to get their tuition money back after M College, CDE College and CCSQ College closed and filed for creditor protection. Eighteen months later, the avenues for compensation have all but dried up.

A former staffer of longtime Ottawa councillor Rick Chiarelli said she was crushed this week when a majority of Ontario MPPs voted down a private members' bill that would give municipalities the power to oust politicians for harassment and violence.

David Johnston can be both a flawed choice to investigate the government’s response to intelligence on foreign interference — and the target of unfair treatment since taking on that task.

It's not easy to live up to 2018's animated Spider-Man movie that many called the best super hero story in years, but CBC's Eli Glasner says the sequel actually builds on the strengths of the original with articulate characters and remarkably expressive images.

The change rooms in Aritzia don't have mirrors — shoppers instead must share a communal, mirrored area staffed with 'style advisors.' It's been that way for decades. But with the Canadian chain's recent surge in popularity, some shoppers are complaining.

Nikola Jokic got a triple-double in his NBA Finals debut, Jamal Murray scored 26 points and the Denver Nuggets had little trouble with the cold-shooting Miami Heat on the way to a 104-93 win in Game 1 on Thursday night.

Soft-spoken but brimming with confidence, speller Dev Shah asked precise questions about obscure Greek roots, rushed through his second-to-last word and rolled to the U.S. Scripps National Spelling Bee title Thursday night.

Makers of PFAS, a class of chemicals used in everything from cookware to food containers and makeup, knew the substances were toxic as early as the 1970s and obscured the danger, according to a new study based on industry archives held at the University of California.

President of Iceland, Guðni Jóhannesson and first lady Eliza Reid were on a state visit to Canada, but their flight home was delayed, so they went to the brewery for a couple of beers. Next thing they knew, they were taking part in a Newfoundland tradition — getting screeched in and kissing the cod.

Telephone fraudsters are finding new ways to continue bilking Canadians for millions, almost two years after the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and the major telecoms promised change. Scammers have conned people out of $20 million in the first three months of this year alone.

Several top Indian wrestlers, including Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik, have been arrested after weeks of demonstrations against the head of the national wrestling federation. Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is accused of sexually preying on young female athletes.

People living with homelessness and the City of Kelowna aren't happy with federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre's tweet Tuesday comparing conditions in Kelowna to those of a "third-world country."

People living with homelessness and the City of Kelowna aren't happy with federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre's tweet Tuesday comparing conditions in Kelowna to those of a "third-world country."

People living with homelessness and the City of Kelowna aren't happy with federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre's tweet Tuesday comparing conditions in Kelowna to those of a "third-world country."

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has passed a motion calling for David Johnston to leave his role probing foreign interference allegations, but Johnston says he’s not done as special rapporteur. Plus, what does the boost in RCMP protection for senior government ministers and public servants say about our political climate?

As Canadian provinces mark pride month in June and August, the pride flag and versions of it have been at the centre of recent debates surrounding LGBTQ+ inclusion in schools. Students in the community say flying the flag is a gesture of support that makes them feel safe.

Kim Cattrall, who played beloved sex-positive, straight-talking Samantha Jones in all 94 episodes of the original HBO series Sex and the City and both movies, will reprise her role in a cameo in the second season of the show's reboot, And Just Like That.

RCMP say a woman who was missing for four days near Innisfail, Alta., has been rescued by helicopter and found in good spirits. 

Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million US civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping for years kids' voice and location data that were recorded by its popular Alexa voice assistant.