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Reigning Olympic men's 200-metre champion Andre De Grasse edged Aaron Brown to win Sunday's final in 20.01 seconds at the Canadian track and field championships in Langley, B.C. Brown, who won Friday's 100, was vying for his fifth consecutive sprint double at nationals.

The Transportation Safety Board has started looking into the cause of a small plane crash that left six people dead in the Rockies west of Calgary.

The Barbie movie is a blockbuster, but sold-out theatres and pink Barbiecore fashion flying off shelves have also stirred up debate about the doll's contested legacy. Is she aspirational or unattainable?

Newly named sport minister Carla Qualtrough says she's open to a "formal process" around abuse in sports, but that she won't weigh in on exactly what it will look like yet.

Supporters of the junta that took over Niger in a coup last week marched through the capital and attacked the French Embassy on Sunday, as a regional bloc raised the possibility of military intervention if the president of the West African country was not reinstated soon.

Summer McIntosh won her second gold medal and made Canadian history on Sunday at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. The 16-year-old from Toronto captured the world title in the women's 400-metre individual medley final for her fourth-career gold medal at worlds, the most by any Canadian swimmer.

A village in west-central Alberta, about 88 km west of Edmonton, has a unique community tradition. Every year, they elect a grouch.

Never-before-seen writings by Louis Riel displayed at a Calgary exhibition provide a glimpse into the father of Manitoba's personal life at the centre of two historic Métis rebellions he led in western Canada.

A Brandon homeless encampment along the railway was removed by CKCP officers Wednesday due to safety concerns. One of the women affected says it has disrupted her life and some of her things were lost or damaged.

Seven years ago, Katrina O’Neil was playing baseball when she went into cardiac arrest, going nearly 22 minutes without oxygen and ending up in a three-week coma. When the 29-year-old woke up, she thought she was 15. Now, her story is being told in a new documentary.

In 2015, Rayny Forster's mom was goofing around with his grindcore band in Windsor, Ont. She took the mic, screamed out the lyrics and got a taste for the genre. Forster filmed the session and the video went viral, kickstarting two years of recording and touring for Grindmother, who turns 75 soon and lives on Manitoulin Island.

A new version of Homer’s Odyssey called Ulysses, The Last Odyssey, a spoken-word and dance show with a hauntingly powerful soundtrack by Calgary folk-rock band Reuben and the Dark, ran in June and July at an open-air amphitheater in Sicily.

A new version of Homer’s Odyssey called Ulysses, The Last Odyssey, a spoken-word and dance show with a hauntingly powerful soundtrack by Calgary folk-rock band Reuben and the Dark, ran in June and July at an open-air amphitheater in Sicily.

That the House Oversight Committee would take the time to listen to allegations of dead aliens, crashed spacecraft and a secret government program to retrieve such technology, signifies just how seriously some U.S. politicians are treating the subject of UFOs, but a lack of evidence leaves many skeptical.

These prescriptions have nothing to do with meds. As part of Compass Community Health's FVRx program, the only one of its kind in Hamilton, residents receive a box full of produce every other week. A year in, there's a wait list, and it's growing.

Cannabis retailers and producers hope an upcoming move by Ontario’s pot distributor to lower its price markups will help an industry still struggling to compete with the illicit market. 

For CBC Creator Network, Arizona O’Neill looks into the history of bank heists in Montreal, during a time when there were as many as two robberies a day.

Landon Jones says he regrets some of the ways he has covered celebrities, and how that has shaped people’s view of fame. Jones, who worked for People magazine, says people used to be famous for their accomplishments, but now they're famous just for being famous.

While Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, have diligently trying to protect the privacy of their three children, the profile of their eldest child, Prince George, appears to be on the rise, particularly in the past few months.

That the House Oversight Committee would take the time to listen to allegations of dead aliens, crashed spacecraft and a secret government program to retrieve such technology, signifies just how seriously some U.S. politicians are treating the subject of UFOs, but a lack of evidence leaves many skeptical.

Rechie Valdez arrives in cabinet as a member of one of the country's least-represented ethnic groups: Filipino-Canadians.

Thoa Nguyen lives in a full house with her parents, brother, husband and daughter. When she and her brother fought over a plant, she questioned just what is it that she loves about multigenerational living.

Olympian Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, N.S., won the women's shot put event with a throw of 19.69 metres at the Canadian national trials on Saturday in Langley, B.C.

An Amber Alert first issued on July 19 has been cancelled by Surrey RCMP after two children were located.

The B.C. Wildfire Service is responding to an out-of-control fire that has reached over the U.S.-Canada border, about four kilometres from the town of Osoyoos in B.C.'s southern Interior.

The B.C. Wildfire Service is responding to an out-of-control fire that has reached over the U.S.- Canada border, about four kilometres from the town of Osoyoos in B.C.'s southern Interior. 

The B.C. Wildfire Service is responding to an out-of-control fire that has reached over the U.S.- Canada border, about four kilometres from the town of Osoyoos in B.C.'s southern Interior. 

The B.C. Wildfire Service is responding to an out-of-control fire that has reached over the U.S.- Canada border, about four kilometres from the town of Osoyoos in B.C.'s southern Interior. 

The B.C. Wildfire Service is responding to an out-of-control fire that has reached over the U.S.- Canada border, about five kilometres from the town of Osoyoos in B.C.'s southern interior. 

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and Town of Osoyoos issued an evacuation order Saturday evening for 732 properties in and around Osoyoos as a response to an out-of-control fire that has reached over the U.S.-Canada border.

The Canadian men's 4x100-metre relay team received its Olympic silver medals Saturday at the Canadian national trials in a medal reallocation ceremony in Langley, B.C.

In 1942, the U.S. army gave 32 Hispano families on the Pajarito Plateau 48 hours to leave their homes and land, in some cases at gunpoint, to build the lab that would create the world's first atomic bombs, according to relatives of those removed and a former lab employee.

Surrogate mom Amanda Grady, the kids she birthed and their families met for the first time on P.E.I. this week. CBC's Tony Davis was there.

Surrogate mom Amanda Grady, the kids she birthed and their families met for the first time on P.E.I. this week. CBC's Tony Davis was there.

Recent events involving some of the oldest and most senior-ranking U.S. senators have renewed questions about whether an age limit would be appropriate. Nearly one-fifth of this group will soon be older than every member of Canada's own Senate.

Recent events involving some of the oldest and most senior-ranking U.S. senators have renewed questions about whether an age limit would be appropriate. Nearly one-fifth of this group will soon be older than every member of Canada's own Senate.

Recent events involving some of the oldest and most senior-ranking U.S. senators this summer have renewed questions about whether an age limit would be appropriate. Nearly one-fifth of this group will soon be older than every member of Canada's own Senate.

A wildfire fighter in B.C. died while responding to the Donnie Creek wildfire in northeast B.C. on Friday, according to Mounties.

A wildfire fighter in B.C. died while responding to the Donnie Creek wildfire in northeast B.C. on Friday, according to Mounties.

A wildfire fighter in B.C. died while responding to the Donnie Creek wildfire in northeast B.C. on Friday, according to Premier David Eby.