Canada news

A provincial court judge stayed a charge related to the death of nine-year-old Baeleigh Maurice of Saskatoon. The decision has sparked outrage from not just the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, but Maurice's family and an Indigenous lawyer as well.

After a year of watching — shattered romance, comedy, drama, even animation — these films stood out. CBC’s Eli Glasner reveals his top five films from 2024.

The federal government will hold a national forum on combatting antisemitism in February — news that comes as police investigate a suspicious fire at a Montreal synagogue and gunshots aimed at a Toronto Jewish girls school.

The federal government is defending the fact that it overshot last fiscal year's deficit target by roughly $20 billion by suggesting our economy is the envy of the G7. Andrew Chang explains why that argument is misleading, and what $1.2 trillion in federal debt actually means. Images gathered from Reuters, Getty Images, and The Canadian Press.

The call from the B.C. Civil Liberties Association comes after a 52-year-old man received MAID while on a day pass from a psychiatric hospital.

The New York State Museum is hailing it as a "major discovery" that will help scientists better understand once-abundant mammals.

Thirty-eight scientists wrote a paper arguing that researchers should abandon all attempts to create mirror life cells. But they don't exist yet — and the fact that researchers are calling for a pause is a good sign, one expert says.

Firefighters in Saskatchewan have been lobbying for decades to receive better health coverage for cancer diagnoses. Now, the Saskatchewan Workers Compensation Board (WCB) is stepping in to provide some relief.

A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities suspect was a deliberate attack.

A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 68 others in what authorities suspect was an attack.

Revisit the top news stories of the year in Canada.

Brigitte Cleroux is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence in Ontario for posing as a nurse at two Ottawa clinics.

Superman is back, and he brought his dog. Fans of the iconic character have been buzzing on social media after a trailer dropped Thursday for the upcoming film, set for a July 11, 2025 release.

Superman is back, and he brought his dog. Fans of the iconic character have been buzzing on social media after a trailer dropped Thursday for the upcoming film, set for a July 11, 2025 release.

Party City is reportedly closing all of its stores across the U.S. — but the party supplies chain's Canadian stores will continue to operate.

A Winnipeg woman accused of crushing animals to death with her feet for videos she and her boyfriend then allegedly sold was denied bail Friday, following a lengthy hearing in a Manitoba court earlier this week.

A piece of driftwood from Vancouver Island has narrowly won the title of "Stick of the Year" in an inaugural contest that saw thousands of votes cast for competitors from around the world.

A family from Portage la Prairie, Man., applied in person for passports in October. They were expecting to get them in November. When they finally arrived earlier this week, the family was shocked to find out they were sent the wrong passports.

With Christmas less than a week away, Amazon workers at seven U.S. facilities walked off the job early on Thursday during the holiday shopping rush as workers protest what they say is the retail giant's unfair treatment of its employees.

People in Lebanon are burying their dead and trying to rebuild their lives while a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah holds, as CBC News hears divided opinions on the future of the weakened militant group.

The Alberta government says it is developing rules that will shape the future of coal mining in the province, but certain notable projects remain exempt from the new plan.

Jonathan David and Vanessa Gilles have been named Canada Soccer players of the year. David also won in 2019 while Gilles's year was highlighted by scoring four goals in 14 games for the national women's team.

Jonathan David and Vanessa Gilles have been named Canada Soccer players of the year. David also won in 2019 while Gilles's year was highlighted by scoring four goals in 14 games for the national women's team.

French President Emmanuel Macron faced widespread frustration and anger from residents of Mayotte during his visit to the Indian Ocean archipelago, which is still reeling from the damage of the strongest cyclone to hit the region in nearly a century.

Frito-Lay recalled some Lay's Classic Potato Chips sold in the U.S. and online because they may contain undeclared milk.

Toronto police say the service's hate crime unit is investigating after a Jewish girls elementary school in North York was shot at for the third time this year.

Malaysia's government has agreed in principle to accept a second "no find, no fee" proposal from a U.S. company to renew the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which is believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean more than 10 years ago, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said Friday.

For one man, a tenancies officer disallowed his eviction, but not before the landlord had cleared out his Halifax apartment and started renovating.

Senior U.S. diplomats visiting Damascus on Friday met with Syria's de-facto new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa and held a "good" and "very productive" meeting with him about Syria's political transition and decided to remove a bounty on his head.

U.S. officials will be in Damascus Friday to hold talks with the country's new leaders, the first group of American diplomats to formally visit Syria in more than a decade since Washington shuttered its embassy in Damascus in 2012.

U.S. officials will be in Damascus Friday to hold talks with the country's new leaders, the first group of American diplomats to formally visit Syria in more than a decade since Washington shuttered its embassy in Damascus in 2012.

Lock up political critics? Donald Trump is open to it. But his prevailing tactic entering his second term is suing the media. We’re not talking about run-of-the-mill libel lawsuits. Free speech analysts call this a well-worn authoritarian tactic for scaring critics into self-censoring.

Selling off or privatizing Canada Post is just one of many significant and potentially drastic remedies tossed around by analysts who say the Crown corporoation cannot continue in its present form.

Selling off or privatizing Canada Post is just one of many significant and potentially drastic remedies tossed around by analysts who say the Crown corporoation cannot continue in its present form.

In Gaza, where banknotes are in short supply, Palestinians are forced to digitally transfer money to men known as exchangers who give them cash after taking a large cut for themselves. What's left doesn't stretch very far as wartime inflation has sharply increased the price of scarce food and essentials.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to mix up his front bench today as he continues to face pressure to step down.

The UCP has created a more generous gift policy and limited freedom of information access. On the horizon: relaxed rules for political aides.

A northwestern Ontario councillor who was reprimanded for social media comments that some believed were about a person who died has won $35,000 in small claims court for libel. A Superior Court deputy judge says the Dryden mayor's statement posted on the city's website in response to the online comments was defamatory in nature.

U.S. authorities are struggling to convince a skeptical public that reports of mystery lights flying over New Jersey and other states are nothing to worry about, but observers say how those officials are communicating that message is hampering the effort.

More than 1,000 people are waiting to borrow the Ottawa Public Library's most popular e-book of 2024, and librarians say inflated prices and restrictive e-book publishing practices are responsible.

Young swimmers got a chance on Thursday evening to meet Summer McIntosh, Canada's newly named top athlete of the year, and the evening did not disappoint.

Young swimmers got a chance on Thursday evening to meet Summer McIntosh, Canada's newly named top athlete of the year, and the evening did not disappoint.

Young swimmers got a chance on Thursday evening to meet Summer McIntosh, Canada's newly named top athlete of the year, and the evening did not disappoint.

A spending bill backed by Donald Trump failed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday as dozens of Republicans defied the U.S. president-elect, leaving Congress with no clear plan to avert a fast-approaching government shutdown that could disrupt Christmas travel.

British Columbia's police watchdog says it is investigating the apparent suicide of a Vancouver Island police officer, who was found dead shortly after he was charged with sexual assault.

In a "drastic" but expected move, the federal government will no longer be granting additional points toward permanent residence to some temporary foreign workers, less than two months after an undercover investigation revealed how easy it is to buy and sell these jobs online.

Saskatchewan's highest court has dismissed an appeal from a Saskatchewan farmer, upholding a decision that a thumbs-up emoji sent meant he agreed to a $58,000 contract.

Canada carbon emissions continued their slow decline in 2023, dropping about one per cent from the previous year, according to an early summary from the federal government.