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The opening of Canada’s first museum dedicated to Chinese Canadian stories, Canada Day celebrations and the ongoing B.C. port strike are some of the subjects in the photos of the week.

The Crap Games Contest, held since 1996, invites contestants to code the worst possible games.

The family of a Wet'suwet'en man who was shot and killed by RCMP have filed a lawsuit against the police force, a day before the second anniversary of his death.

Members of the crowd, some wearing shirts reading “Purebloods Stand Together,” took turns reading out a statement charging a government lawyer with obstruction of justice for attempting to have Dr. Daniel Nagase’s $66.6-million lawsuit against the B.C. Supreme Court tossed out.

Members of the crowd, some wearing shirts reading “Purebloods Stand Together,” took turns reading out a statement charging a government lawyer with obstruction of justice for attempting to have Dr. Daniel Nagase’s $66.6-million lawsuit against the B.C. Supreme Court tossed out.

Experts say among key next steps in ensuring the new unified women's pro hockey league’s success are identifying the correct markets, fairly allocating players across the league, negotiating a fair media rights deal and securing sponsorship.

Barcelona artist Joan Juncosa installed colourful papier mache urinals around the city to protest the use of the city's centuries-old walls as public toilets. The Spanish city receives around 30 million visitors annually. Some people have complained about the smell in some parts of the city and the dearth of public toilets.​

Barcelona artist Joan Juncosa installed colourful papier mache urinals around the city to protest the use of the city's centuries-old walls as public toilets. The Spanish city receives around 30 million visitors annually. Some people have complained about the smell in some parts of the city and the dearth of public toilets.​

Mike Razberry loves the Trailer Park Boys series. He loves it so much that he dedicated almost every waking hour for a month building a highly detailed replica of Ricky's car.

House leaders for the main federal opposition parties are set to meet this evening with the Liberals to resume discussions on calling a public inquiry into foreign interference, Liberal and NDP officials tell CBC News.

House leaders for the main federal opposition parties met Friday evening with the Liberals to resume discussions on calling a public inquiry into foreign interference, Liberal and NDP officials tell CBC News.

No charges will be filed following a brief investigation of the altercation earlier this week involving pop star Britney Spears, San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama and a member of the player's security team, Las Vegas police said Friday.

No charges will be filed following a brief investigation of the altercation earlier this week involving pop star Britney Spears, San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama and a member of the player's security team, Las Vegas police said Friday.

A woman is dead following a daytime shooting in a busy neighbourhood in the city's east end, Toronto police say.

A woman is dead following a daylight shooting in a busy neighbourhood in the city's east end, Toronto police say.

Unprecedented terrorism charges laid against an Ottawa man stem from offences he's accused of committing between 2018 and 2019, court documents say.

Joy Ride's sheer rapid-fire, no-holds-barred style and expert delivery of its many jokes unequivocally demand laurels in a genre more unforgiving of mediocrity than any other.

After months of setbacks, an English couple launched their balloon from Sussex.

Hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected in Pamplona, Spain, this year for the San Fermin Festival, as the first of eight bull runs kicked off Friday.

Canada's Bianca Andreescu defeated 26th-seeded Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7) Friday in a second-round Wimbledon match that featured major momentum swings.

The Brady Road landfill in Winnipeg is closed until further notice because protesters are blocking the entrance.

The Brady Road landfill in Winnipeg is closed until further notice because protesters are blocking the entrance.

Conservation officers are investigating after a tree planter was attacked by a bear in northeastern B.C.

Conservation officers are investigating after a tree planter was attacked by a bear in northeastern B.C.

The Riders scored nine points in the final 66 seconds of the fourth quarter to register the victory and end a seven-game regular season home losing streak.

The new bike park may point to a wider trend of malls diversifying from traditional retail shops to recreation space as several big box stores close across Canada. 

Canada gained 60,000 jobs in June while the unemployment rate rose to 5.4 per cent, according to a Statistics Canada report released Friday.

Canada gained 60,000 jobs in June while the unemployment rate rose to 5.4 per cent, according to a Statistics Canada report released Friday.

The United States appears poised to send cluster munitions to Ukraine to help its military push back Russian forces. The move will likely trigger outrage among humanitarian groups and criticism from NATO and European Union allies of Ukraine long opposed to the use of these bombs.

Local publishers order their fall releases to arrive over the summer, ahead of the back-to-school and holiday season. One publisher says 70-80 per cent of their business comes from that season.

Richardson's ground squirrels are common in Saskatchewan, but recently some have been spotted without hair in Saskatoon. The hairless critters are unlike anything experts have seen before.

One high school elective was all it took for Avery Arsenault to fall in love with the skies. Now she's an aviation technician with the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, working on the fleet of CT-114 Tutor turbojets.

The market model for Canadian media is failing. News is essential to our political system, but it's not cheap. Can markets be left to fix it, or should we follow the European method of regulating, taxing and spending on quality news?

The cost to rescue a multi-million dollar boring machine trapped beneath a west end street has nearly tripled in just months, with city staff saying the work to unearth the device is more complicated than first anticipated.

Broad, multi-party support for the Liberal child care legislation may bode well for the program’s durability. And it can also be read as an implicit endorsement of the Trudeau government’s particular — and muscular —use of the federal spending power. 

The main airline in Nunavut has signed a deal with France-based Flying Whales to bring airships to the North. Canadian North's president says airships could reduce the cost of cargo and lower the price of goods.

The main airline in Nunavut has signed a deal with France-based Flying Whales to bring airships to the North. Canadian North's president says airships could reduce the cost of cargo and lower the price of goods.

The parent of a young girl who died of an overdose in Regina is calling for change after she spent six gruelling months spent looking for answers about what happened to her daughter.

Unionized London, Ont., inside workers will receive compensation after an arbitrator ruled that city administration erred by not giving them a holiday on Monday, Sept. 19, a national day of mourning following the death last year of Queen Elizabeth.

A new initiative could help to bring in thousands of workers to fill labour shortages in Canada and spur innovation. But experts say the federal government risks perpetuating an inequitable immigration system that gives more mobility and freedom to some workers over others.

In following in his father's footsteps and taking on a job in mental health care, Naveed Hussain was forced to confront stigmas he wasn't aware he held. Two years later, he says working with his patients has helped ground him both personally and professionally.

Former Assembly of First Nations national chief spoke to the public during a Facebook live video Thursday night, saying she does not know if she will attend next weeks annual general assembly in person.

Police say they arrested a man for being drunk in a boat on Christina Lake in B.C.'s southern Interior.

A video of the bears shows them walking — and sometimes flopping — on the trampoline.

Dozens of community and Indigenous groups across Western Canada will share $20 million in federal funding to boost the mental health and drug awareness, treatment and rehabilitation services they offer.

The Assembly of First Nation faces questions as it heads for an unprecedented annual summer assembly in Halifax next week. Among them is whether the group will follow through with a forensic audit the advocacy organization’s now-former national chief demanded.

San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama said Thursday he believes Britney Spears grabbed him from behind as he was walking into a restaurant at a Las Vegas casino, and that the security detail he was with pushed the pop star away.