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A San Diego doctor charged in connection with Matthew Perry 's fatal overdose pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to distribute the surgical anesthetic ketamine. Dr. Mark Chavez is the third person to admit guilt in the aftermath of the Friends star's death last year.

A dozen bears are facing off in this year's Alaska Fat Bear Week. The contest's 10th edition was off to a rough start after one contestant was killed earlier in the week.

A previously unidentified First World War soldier buried in a grave in Belgium has been identified as a Manitoban from a village that no longer exists.

Kelowna RCMP say three youths were arrested and released on strict conditions Tuesday for their part in an attack on a 13-year-old girl that was widely circulated on video.

Kelowna RCMP say three youths were arrested and released on strict conditions Tuesday for their part in an attack on a 13-year-old girl that was widely circulated on video.

Canadian figure skater Nikolaj Sorensen has been suspended for at least six years for "sexual maltreatment," the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner announced Wednesday.

Three more women have come forward to allege historical sex offences against the embattled Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach, CBC News has learned. He is facing four new charges, including rape and indecent assault. In all, 13 complainants have told police they were assaulted by Stronach, who is now 92.

A Canadian academic told the public inquiry on foreign interference Wednesday that the spotlight on foreign interference in universities is akin to "modern day witch-hunting."

The Canadian government needs to do more to protect diaspora communities from transnational repression, representatives of several organizations told the inquiry into foreign interference Wednesday.

Due to the confidential nature of the boxes, only owner Irina Broido could vouch for its contents when she said $20,000 was missing. The box also wasn't insured against theft — and she hadn't realized that storing cash inside was prohibited.

Government House leader Karina Gould says the Liberals will today vote against a key Bloc Québécois motion that the opposition party has presented as a condition of its support in future confidence votes.

Government House leader Karina Gould says the Liberal government will today vote against a key Bloc Québécois motion that the opposition party has presented as a condition of its support in future confidence votes.

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet says the Oct. 29 deadline his party set for the government to meet a key policy demand still stands after the Liberals largely voted against his party's motion on Wednesday.

The decision, announced Wednesday, comes after a panel of government MLAs began looking into the possibility of expanding alcohol sales beyond Alberta's 1,600 private liquor stores earlier this year.

When New York-based art dealer Allen Treibitz went to a barn sale in the Hamptons in New York state, he bought a painting for $50. It turned out to be an authentic Emily Carr piece that could now fetch up to $200,000 at auction.

Jacob Hoggard wrapped up his time on the stand in his sexual assault trial this morning after the Crown cross-examined him on apparent gaps in his memory.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says her recent comments about chemtrails don't mean she believes the United States government is spraying them in the province.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says her recent comments about chemtrails don't mean she believes the United States government is spraying them in the province.

Private equity firm Altor said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy a majority stake in Canada's iconic 125-year-old brand CCM Hockey, which specializes in manufacturing sports equipment and apparel.

Only 15 per cent of the lakes' bottom has been mapped, according to the Great Lakes Observing System. The organization has been pushing since 2018 to secure funding to map the entire lakebed in high-resolution. 

Only 15 per cent of the lakes' bottom has been mapped, according to the Great Lakes Observing System. The organization has been pushing since 2018 to secure funding to map the entire lakebed in high-resolution. 

Hundreds of mourners gathered in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday for the funeral of a Palestinian man from Gaza, who was the sole fatality in Iran's missile attack against Israel a day earlier.

A 38-year-old Palestinian from Gaza, the only known fatality in Iran's missile attack against Israel, was buried on Wednesday after Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 60 Palestinians overnight.

Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 60 Palestinians overnight, including in a school sheltering displaced families, medics said, as Israeli tanks advanced in areas of Khan Younis in the south of the enclave.

For the third time in seven days, the House of Commons will vote on a confidence measure today — but this one comes from the government itself.

Two years before CBC revealed that dozens of people had allegedly abused a B.C. Housing affordable homeownership program, the agency’s leaders were warned there was a “high risk” the situation could become public.

An Ottawa woman says she’s frustrated, angry and afraid as she faces a growing wait for the procedure that could spare her from the high risk of breast cancer she faces.

After more than 190 countries signed the Paris Accord in 2015 — codifying an international push to keep global temperatures well below 2 C warming from pre-industrial levels — many companies made bold climate pledges. But meeting them is a tougher proposition.

An Ottawa woman says she’s frustrated, angry and afraid as she faces a growing wait for the procedure that could spare her from the high risk of breast cancer she faces.

An Ottawa woman says she’s frustrated, angry and afraid as she faces a growing wait for the procedure that could spare her from the high risk of breast cancer she faces.

With U.S. port workers on strike as of Tuesday morning, consumers around the world — and especially in Canada, with its close trade ties to the U.S. — could soon start seeing a shortage of goods or higher prices.

According to the Ontario Living Wage Network, the new provincewide minimum wage of $17.20 is still lower than the "livable wage" for every region in the province.

Though she says she's dealt with scary thoughts her whole life, it wasn't until she turned 40 that Mariom Ferrer, a social worker specializing in mental health learned she was living with OCD — an illness she says even she misunderstood. She writes about the misconceptions and how she's learned to cope for CBC Ottawa First Person.

Aakriti Matharu's grandmother influenced her love for her culture. As she grieved her death, she regretted the lengths she took to hide it.

Kaye Kaminishi was a part of the legendary Vancouver Asahi team that played in the city from 1914 to 1941 before being disbanded due to the internment of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. 

Premier Wab Kinew says he won't disclose how much the Province of Manitoba has agreed to pay to lease 265,000 square feet of space in a new medical tower slated to rise above Winnipeg's Portage Place.

A violent attack on a teenage girl that was caught on video by multiple people in Kelowna, B.C., has prompted her father to come forward, demanding answers and justice.