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As the Canadian and Alberta health-care systems struggle under the weight of increased pressure, experts say arrangements like paid memberships being offered at a Calgary clinic are becoming increasingly common.

Scott Rees was greeted by family members, friends, and supporters in Nanaimo after a long day in the water.

Mike McCulley, a fire information officer with B.C. Wildfire Service, said 'the numbers speak for themselves' in terms of how severe the wildfire season has been in the province this year.

In dozens of homes without air conditioning across five major cities, CBC News installed temperature and humidity sensors to test exactly how hot it gets. Participants are sharing how they're handling the heat — and how worried they are about keeping those vulnerable to the heat safe.

After missing out on Lionel Messi, Saudi Arabian soccer team Al-Hilal made a record 300 million euro ($332 million US) bid for Kylian Mbappe on Monday, an offer which could see the France striker join Cristiano Ronaldo in the oil-rich kingdom.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has rejected a request from Toronto’s new mayor for hundreds of millions of dollars in financial support for Canada’s biggest city.

Ottawa published its plan for eliminating inefficient fossil fuel subsidies today — making Canada the first country among wealthy, heavy-emitting nations to do so, according to the federal government.

The bill, which was approved unanimously by both houses of parliament, bans any "medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person," as well as changing one's gender in official documents and public records.

Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a key portion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's divisive plan to curb the powers of the country's justice system despite massive protests that exposed unprecedented fissures in Israeli society and accused the government of pushing the country toward authoritarian rule.

Thousands of former residential school students detailed the abuses they suffered to adjudicators determining eligibility for compensation under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. But few have sought to have copies of their words archived.

Several celebrities are settling into the director's chair and premiering their projects at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this year, including Viggo Mortensen, Michael Keaton, Chris Pine and Anna Kendrick.

Ross Butler of Woodstock, Ont., came to prominence as a livestock painter in the 1930s when Canadian horse and cattle breed committees hired him to paint their idea of a perfect specimen. David Butler has been showing his late father's art in a gallery on the family farm for about 30 years, but it may soon close as interest in viewing the collection has waned.

More than 600 bids on the costume have the price soaring to more than $16,000.

Hundreds of wildfires continue to burn across B.C. as hot, dry conditions fan the flames of fires in the province's north and Interior. 

Hundreds of wildfires continue to burn across B.C. as hot, dry conditions fan the flames of fires in the province's north and Interior. 

Hundreds of wildfires continue to burn across B.C. as hot, dry conditions fan the flames of fires in the province's north and Interior. 

For the first time in more than a month, showers and cooler weather are reaching parched sections of British Columbia, potentially bringing some respite for crews battling hundreds of wildfires.

Spiritual advisers were to lead a pipe ceremony in Minegoziibe Anishinabe while a sacred fire was to be lit on Monday near where there may be graves of children forced to attend residential school.

A woman was found dead in Montana on Saturday after coming into contact with a grizzly bear on a trail west of Yellowstone National Park.

A Canadian man arrested by British police at Heathrow Airport last week on suspicion of terrorism offences has now been formally charged.

A thief dug up all the garlic bulbs in the vegetable garden at Cité des Jeunes high school. But a local farm has stepped in to help.

Researchers in Vancouver are racing to gather more information about the city's urban bat population in an effort to protect the mammals — and the benefits they bring to the economy — from an extremely deadly disease.

Calgarians in Calgary Heritage will go to the polls today to decide who will fill a seat previously held by Conservative MP Bob Benzen.

Majumdar, a long-time Conservative staffer, will represent the riding once held by former prime minister Stephen Harper.

Tour operators began flying home vacationers as wildfires raged on the Greek island of Rhodes on Monday. Officials said the threat of further fires was high in almost every region of the country.

Canadian Maggie Mac Neil raced to a silver medal in the women’s 100-metre butterfly at the World Aquatics Championships on Monday in Fukuoka, Japan.

Elon Musk and Twitter Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino unveiled a new logo for the social media platform on Monday that featured a white "X" on a black background as a replacement for the familiar blue bird symbol.

Russia's Defence Ministry accused Ukraine of a drone attack on Moscow on Monday, after the city's mayor said two buildings were hit and media reported debris was found not far from the Defence Ministry's buildings.

A Winnipeg man says he finally has the news he's been waiting almost two decades to hear — his mother's death is now considered a homicide.

A Winnipeg man says he finally has the news he's been waiting almost two decades to hear — his mother's death is now considered a homicide.

A Winnipeg man says he finally has the news he's been waiting almost two decades to hear — his mother's death is now considered a homicide.

A Winnipeg man says he finally has the news he's been waiting almost two decades to hear — his mother's death is now considered a homicide.

As extreme heat hits many parts of the world amid a warming climate, millions of people are turning to air conditioners for relief. But researchers who study climate adaptation say air conditioning for everyone is not sustainable. Here’s why and what they recommend instead.

After many years working in Canada's wine industry, Steve Byfield says he's never met another Black winemaker. Here's what he has to say about making wine in Canada.

Spending weeks filming his brother-in-law carefully build his traps helped Colin MacKenzie understand the world this part of his family was living in. It was a doorway into a way of life that felt centuries away from his apartment in Montreal.

CBC has received dozens of complaints from people across the country after the new Public Service Health Care Plan came into effect July 1, including from those who are worried the plan means they won't have access to medications and services that used to be covered.

CBC Toronto reviewed Ontario Court of Justice statistics which show the number of careless driving charges laid both across the province and in Toronto specifically have gone down in recent years and the percentage of those charges withdrawn before trial has skyrocketed.

A new study finds that kids who don't have access to affordable, healthy food could end up needing medical care more often for mental health and substance use issues.

A hundred years ago, Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (Cayuga) chief Deskaheh travelled to Geneva, Switzerland, to raise human rights violations at an international level.

A new study finds that kids who don't have access to affordable, healthy food could end up needing medical care more often for mental health and substance use issues.

Canada's pledge to spend two per cent of its GDP on military spending has raised questions about the kind of budgetary pressures it would face and whether it would fundamentally transform the country's defence forces.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called ministers back to Ottawa for meetings on Monday and Tuesday, ahead of an impending cabinet shuffle that is expected to take place as early as Wednesday, sources tell CBC News.

Multiple ministers are being dropped from federal cabinet in a shuffle expected to take place Wednesday, sources tell CBC News.

Canada's Kylie Masse and Ingrid Wilm both advanced to the women's 100-metre backstroke semifinals on the second day of swimming competition at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Scammers are turning to deep fakes of trusted public figures to take your money through bogus online ads. The National’s Ian Hanomansing is among them. He found out what the law says and what social media companies are doing about it.