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An unauthorized party obtained Petro-Points members’ basic contact information in a cybersecurity incident that happened roughly two weeks ago, the company said on Twitter Thursday.

An annual music festival was postponed due to a tuberculosis outbreak in northern Quebec, as the Nunavik region grapples with a series of outbreaks in several communities.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Thursday her government is weighing its options when it comes to its response to animal tranquilizer being added to opioids, like fentanyl and heroin, on the streets of the province.

The federal government has suspended all of its advertising on Facebook and Instagram as the clash with tech giants like Meta and Google over Bill C-18, the Online News Act, continues. Andrew Chang explores what the bill means for how you get your news online.

Manitoba's premier reiterated on Thursday that her government's decision not to help pay for a search for the remains of two First Nations women at a Winnipeg-area landfill was based strictly on safety concerns for those who would be sifting through the materials.

The families of two First Nations women whose remains police believe are in a Winnipeg-area landfill say they were disheartened by the Manitoba government's decision not to help pay for a search that could bring their loved ones home.

Women's beauty salons were banned in Afghanistan because they offered services forbidden by Islam and caused economic hardships for grooms' families during wedding festivities, the Taliban said Thursday.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is warning people to watch out for scammers pretending to offer them the new grocery rebate.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we interview a Canadian cartoonist who is using art to address climate anxiety, and examine how wildfire smoke is affecting wedding photography.

Two Canadian women and three teenage girls who were supposed to be on a repatriation flight from Syria in April are now on their way to Canada, their lawyer says.

Two Canadian women and three teenage girls who were supposed to be on a repatriation flight from Syria in April are now on their way to Canada.

Two Edmonton women and three teenage girls who were supposed to be on a repatriation flight from Syria in April are now on their way to Canada.

A man in his 30s is in stable condition in hospital after he was stabbed on a moving TTC subway car near Eglinton station on Thursday, Toronto police say.

A man in his 30s is in stable condition in hospital after he was stabbed on a moving TTC subway car near Eglinton station on Thursday, Toronto police say.

The company that owned the Titan submersible, which fatally imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people aboard, said Thursday it has suspended operations.

Katherine Henderson understands there are going to be challenges ahead as Hockey Canada's new president and CEO, but says she's ready to meet the moment and lead the organization in a new direction through her experience in business, sport and having been a hockey mom for years.

Families who lost loved ones in the destruction of Flight PS752 are celebrating after their long fight to bring Iran to account in an international court moved one step closer to success this week.

Leanne Argoso of London, Ont., assumed she would bounce back after getting COVID-19 in March 2022. But the physiotherapist, who struggles with fatigue and is on long-term disability, warns others that long-haul COVID-19 is real. A University of Toronto Toronto epidemiologist says there's still much that isn't known about long COVID-19.

A Saskatchewan judge says an emoji can amount to a contractual agreement and ordered a farmer to pay more than $82,000 for not delivering product to a grain buyer after responding to a text message with a thumbs-up image.

A Saskatchewan judge says an emoji can amount to a contractual agreement and ordered a farmer to pay more than $82,000 for not delivering product to a grain buyer after responding to a text message with a thumbs-up image.

A report from a United Nations body on environmental threats to Canada's largest national park shows the urgency of the problems, says a spokesperson for the First Nation that originally brought concerns to UNESCO.

Yukon has signed on to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's health funding offer, which would see $380 million in federal funding delivered to the territory over 10 years.

Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut all signed on to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's health funding offer Thursday, leaving Quebec the only outlier on the new accords.

A Nova Scotia woman took her health into her own hands after growing frustrated with the province's healthcare system. She flew to Toronto to undergo a kidney and pancreas transplant in May. Josefa Cameron reports.

Meta launched its microblogging app Threads on Thursday, the latest among several platforms that have been designed to rival Twitter as users jump ship from the beleaguered social media site.

Meta has launched Threads, a microblogging app designed to rival Twitter as users jump ship from the beleaguered social media platform.

MV Confederation won't be be back in business taking vehicles and people between P.E.I. and Nova Scotia until at least July 9, Northumberland Ferries now says.

A Prince George, B.C., woman who sunbathes topless in her backyard has filed a formal complaint against the RCMP after she says an officer knocked on her door and told her she could face criminal charges for going bare-breasted.

A Prince George, B.C., woman who sunbathes topless in her backyard has filed a formal complaint against the RCMP after she says an officer knocked on her door and told her she could face criminal charges for going bare-breasted.

David Kukoly, 54, who was a veteran police officer at the time of his arrest, was spared jail time, in part, because of his "long record of service to the community," wrote an Ontario Court Justice in a decision last month.

Patients in the northwest Alberta region of 15,000 people — including several First Nations and Métis Settlements — have to endure a 115-kilometre journey, at minimum, for emergency surgery or to deliver a baby in hospital.

B.C. woman Lenore Rattray is turning the typical true crime podcast on its head with her first-person telling of her brutal kidnapping 31 years ago.

Here is a look at some key questions on the B.C. port workers strike and how it could affect your bottom line

The Chinese owner of the Tanco mine in eastern Manitoba has revived talk of partly draining a lake in order to extract more cesium from one of the world's few deposits of the critical mineral.

The effort to save the Atlantic whitefish now involves electronic tracking of specimens bred in captivity and released into the Nova Scotia watershed that holds the world's only remaining wild population.

Nova Scotia's Utilities and Review Board has ruled that 3.74 cents per litre will be added to gasoline prices and 4.17 cents to diesel prices to account for the cost of new federal clean fuel regulations, half of what is expected to be an eight-cent charge in New Brunswick.

People who work on the front lines of Canada's wildfires often do so without specialized respiratory protection. The International Association of Fire Fighters and some governments and agencies want to change that given the high number of illnesses closely associated with exposure to wildfire smoke.

McDonald's may taste the same from Moncton to Medicine Hat, but menu prices are not always consistent — even at restaurants in the same city.

Many people in India are foregoing in-person contact with a guru interpreting Hindu scripture and turning to online religious chatbots, but experts are warning that chatbots using artificial intelligence to respond and play the voice of the Hindu god Krishna can be a dangerous mix.

Suncor is replacing employee computers after a cybersecurity incident last week shut down debit and credit processing at Petro-Canada gas stations across the country, among a series of other security measures at the Calgary-based company.

The leader of the national organization representing Inuit turned down an invitation to meet with Canada’s premiers next week over the inclusion of non-rights-holding Indigenous groups.

Many people in India are foregoing in-person contact with a guru interpreting Hindu scripture and turning to online religious chatbots, but experts are warning that chatbots using artificial intelligence to respond and play the voice of the Hindu god Krishna can be a dangerous mix.

Jewell Parchman Langford's parents and siblings died without ever finding out what had happened to her, but the Tennessee woman's surviving relatives provided the key clue that helped identify her remains — and a suspect in her killing — nearly five decades later.

Residents and tourists walked along Lac-Mégantic, Que.'s main street early Thursday as part of one of the commemoration events, 10 years after a rail disaster killed 47 people in the town of 6,000.

The Sainte-Agnès de Lac-Mégantic church was packed for a concert marking the start of commemoration events in Lac-Mégantic, Que., 10 years after a rail disaster killed 47 people in the town of 6,000.

Canines for Care has trained dogs to help detect harmful bacteria in health-care settings, including hospitals.

​​​​​​​The mother of the young woman murdered during a stabbing rampage in North Vancouver that seriously injured six others told a B.C. courtroom Wednesday that the loss has left her family able to do little more than exist.

​​​​​​​The mother of the young woman murdered during a North Vancouver stabbing spree that seriously injured six others told a B.C. courtroom Wednesday that the loss has left her family able to do little more than exist.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she feels "vindicated" after CBC News added an editor's note to stories that previously reported, citing sources, her office directly emailed Crown prosecutors about criminal cases against participants in the 2022 Coutts, Alta., protests that blockaded the Canada-U.S. border.

An environmental assessment conducted for Infrastructure Ontario on its planned Ontario Place redevelopment says the project will result in a net benefit for the physical environment, but doesn't take into account the creation of the controversial spa or live-music venue planned for the site.