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Larry Blunt’s voice was a little bit hoarse on Tuesday. The basketball coach spent Monday night cheering on his former student, Canadian Jamal Murray as he and his team won the NBA Championships. 

Peru is battling the worst dengue outbreak in its recorded history, with more than 140,000 registered cases so far this year and more than 200 people believed to have died from complications related to infections. 

Two opposition party leaders have now met to discuss what the next steps should be in the Liberal government's response to the issue of foreign interference.

Federal Court Justice Sébastien Grammond reserved his decision Tuesday after a two-day hearing in Ottawa on whether to extend the Indian day school class-action claims deadline, amid allegations the COVID-19 pandemic compromised the process.

How do you track a bunch of teeny-weeny frogs across the vast rainforests of South America? By putting teeny-weeny trackers on their teeny-weeny underwear, of course.

As the demand for artificial intelligence grows, so does its thirst for one of our planet’s most precious resources. Andrew Chang explores how the supercomputers that run AI stay cool — by using massive amounts of fresh, clean drinking water.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy, who wrote nihilistic and violent tales of the American frontier and post-apocalyptic worlds that enthralled and appalled readers, died on Tuesday at the age of 89, his representative confirmed to CBC News.

Travellers who lost money and missed out on important occasions because of errors at Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada say the government should compensate them for their losses.

Paramount Plus is boosting its CanCon with acquisition and development deals that include a scripted comedy inspired by the Ben Johnson doping scandal and a limited series from Elliot Page's production company.

An Ontario court has acquitted Bernard Doyle in the 1996 death of his stepson after he served three years in prison for manslaughter. Now living in St. John's, he's long maintained the toddler's death in their Cambridge, Ont., apartment was accidental, in a case involving the testimony of disgraced pathologist Charles Smith.

An Indian international student who was scheduled to be deported from Canada on Tuesday morning is welcoming a delay to his deportation order.

Ahren Belisle can't talk because he's living with cerebral palsy, but that hasn't stopped the Canadian standup comic from landing a spot on America's Got Talent.

Pedro Mondragón Rodríguez has been travelling to Canada from Mexico for 22 years as a migrant worker. He was planning his retirement when he learned of his only daughter's diagnosis of Stage 4 breast cancer. Now he continues to work to help pay for her treatment.

In what party leader Jagmeet Singh describes as an effort to pressure the Liberal government on the file, the NDP has tabled legislation to establish a universal single-payer pharmacare system in Canada.

The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada said Tuesday the federal Liberal government's sluggish judicial appointment process is allowing some alleged criminals to walk away because there aren't enough justices to hear cases in a timely manner.

Sue Stead, 78, says her life has changed dramatically since she was hit by a car while out for her morning walk in London, Ont. In a wheelchair, wearing a cast while recovering from major knee surgery, she's urging drivers to slow down and calling for harsher penalties after the person who hit her got fined $110.

In Elliot Page's new book the transgender actor writes about coming of age as a young queer person in Halifax and all the difficulties of growing up at a time, and in a place, rife with intolerance.

A small town in south-central Saskatchewan was transformed into the American Midwest for production this week on a new Heritage Minute featuring two of the province's baseball stars.

When Luz Romero heard about a Niagara Falls, Ont. rental property for sale a few years ago, she jumped at the opportunity to be a landlord. But now she says her tenants owe her over $7,000 in unpaid rent and delays at the Landlord and Tenant Board mean she can't evict them anytime soon.

The head of the RCMP says the police organization has opened an investigation into allegations China attempted to target and intimate Conservative MP Michael Chong and his family.

The head of the RCMP says his organization has opened an investigation into allegations that China attempted to target and intimidate Conservative MP Michael Chong and his family.

The head of the RCMP says his organization has opened an investigation into allegations that China attempted to target and intimidate Conservative MP Michael Chong and his family.

The head of the RCMP says the police organization has opened an investigation into allegations China attempted to target and intimate Conservative MP Michael Chong and his family.

Michael Andlauer's group has emerged from a long and public bidding process with an agreement in principle to be the new owner of the Ottawa Senators.

Michael Andlauer's group has emerged from a long and public bidding process with an agreement in principle to be the new owner of the Ottawa Senators.

The company that makes kitchen staples like CorningWare, Pyrex and the Instant Pot has entered bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S. and Canada.

The Golden Globe Awards were sold on Monday to a new owner that will shut down the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the voting group that faced controversy over ethical lapses and a lack of diversity.

Documentary director Peter Jackson used artificial intelligence to extract John Lennon's voice from an old demo to create "the last Beatles record," Paul McCartney said Tuesday.

The Toronto Raptors introduced new head coach Darko Rajakovic at a news conference on Tuesday afternoon at Scotiabank Arena. The Raptors were the only NBA team without a head coach entering this week after firing Nick Nurse on April 21.

Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series Everwood and the movies Hair and Prince of the City, died Monday after a motorcycle crash in Vermont, state police said. He was 71.

Former U.S. president Donald Trump was due to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday to face criminal charges he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials who sought to recover them.

Truckloads of villagers on Tuesday fled Philippine communities close to the erupting Mayon volcano, traumatized by the sight of red-hot lava flowing down its crater and fearful of sporadic blasts of ash.

In the spring of 2017, Balbir Singh, an international student from India, landed in Vancouver to fulfil his dream of earning an education and building a better life.

At least six people were killed in a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's hometown of Kryvyi Rih on Tuesday, officials said.

At least 11 people were killed in a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown of Kryvyi Rih on Tuesday, officials said.

Jack Whalen was one of dozens of kids abused at the youth detention centre in Whitbourne. But the provincial government won't settle with Whalen, as it did with other kids who were abused.

The soaring rents that have hit some of Canada’s biggest cities have also walloped college and university towns, creating a challenge for students looking for housing for the fall.

Women say private Facebook groups where they can share details about abusive and toxic men they have dated help protect themselves and others, but lawyers caution the posts might expose them to legal risk.

When David Johnston released his first report on foreign interference three weeks ago, the former governor general argued that Parliament was — or should be — capable of handling such an important matter itself. Parliament vehemently disagreed.

Millions of people are contributing billions of views to chopped up movies and films, parcelled up and delivered to TikTok users’ homepages in random order. It's turning the platform into an ad hoc streaming service — and leading to the meme-ification of narrative.

A woman in Norwich, Ont. had Pride flags torn down from her house in an incident that was captured on video by her security camera.

Revenu Québec has initiated a growing number of audits for residents who use an out-of-province address to benefit from lower tax rates, partly due to a rising number of complaints.

The governments of Quebec and New Brunswick have told the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) they will stop incarcerating migrants detained for administrative reasons, Radio-Canada/CBC has confirmed.

Experts say the Quebec government cancelling a religious group's event in a public space shines light on the fragility of freedom of expression in Canada.

Scientists last year finished the momentous task of completely mapping the human genome. But that map was based on just a few individuals and didn't capture the diversity of the human population. Now, scientists have released a more diverse reference genome.

Scientists last year finished the momentous task of completely mapping the human genome. But that map was based on just a few dozen individuals.

Women say private Facebook groups where they can share details about abusive and toxic men they have dated help protect themselves and others, but lawyers caution the posts might expose them to legal risk.

Ever since Alyx Bui was a child, watching their father make Vietnamese coffee in their kitchen, coffee has been a foul-tasting but necessary evil that helped Bui find community, especially, as they got older, within the queer community.

Some schools across Canada are banning cellphones in order to reduce bad behaviour, remove distractions and improve quality of life in the classroom. Meanwhile, one Ontario parent says his daughter's phone was a 'lifeline' when she was being bullied.

Some schools across Canada are banning cell phones in order to reduce bad behaviour, remove distractions and improve quality of life in the classroom. Meanwhile, one Ontario parent says his daughter's phone was a 'lifeline' when she was being bullied.