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A man convicted and sentenced to nine months in jail for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2024 was arrested in Whistler, B.C., four years to the day after the riot. 

Jamie Ross, a visual artist and filmmaker, lives between Montreal and Los Angeles. On Tuesday, he said he was in a car headed into L.A. and the 'smell of smoke was palpable.'

The University of Guelph is monitoring a cluster of gastroenteritis cases predominantly in its South Residence. The first reports of the stomach flu were Monday and the number of self-reported cases has since risen to at least 60 as of Wednesday afternoon.

The University of Guelph is monitoring a cluster of gastroenteritis cases predominantly in its South Residence. The first reports of the stomach flu were Monday and the number of self-reported cases has since risen to at least 60 as of Wednesday afternoon.

Belinda the sea sponge may be inanimate, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a lot going on in her life.

An Ontario Provincial Police vehicle transporting Premier Doug Ford was involved a collision on Wednesday but the premier, his staff and OPP officers with him are safe, the premier's office says.

An 18-year-old Oshawa man has been charged with dangerous driving after a collision involving an Ontario Provincial Police vehicle that was transporting Premier Doug Ford on Wednesday, the OPP says.

Greenland’s push for independence is gaining momentum — and Trump is happy to use that to his advantage.

CBC Sports' daily newsletter lays out a roadmap of some of the key events on the road to the Winter Games in northern Italy.

Nations on the Baltic Sea, along with NATO, have stepped up security after a third incident of suspected sabotage to underwater infrastructure in a month.

Evara David says when she returned to her Santa Monica, Calif., home after work on Jan. 7, the area was covered in smoke. Although there was no evacuation order for her neighbourhood at that point, she had reason to flee.

With fierce wildfires raging uncontrolled throughout the Los Angeles area, the NHL announced that Wednesday’s game between the Calgary Flames and L.A. Kings has been postponed.

Firefighting aircraft provided by the Quebec government and a B.C.-based company are helping to battle the massive wildfires tearing through the Los Angeles area.

Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, Immigration Minister Marc Miller and International Trade Minister Mary Ng all respond to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s comments that he would use 'economic force' to absorb Canada into the United States.

Montreal-based retailer Frank And Oak has filed for creditor protection for the second time this decade, seeking relief from $71 million in debt, while the Ontario company behind Ricky's and Cleo says it will shutter their stores.

The Israeli military said Wednesday that troops have recovered the body of a hostage held in Gaza and were examining whether another body recovered was also that of a captive.

Israeli soldiers recovered the body of a 53-year-old hostage in an underground tunnel in southern Gaza, the military said Wednesday, and the army was determining if another set of remains belongs to the man's son. 

Starting today, Canadians with short-term travel plans to England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland will need an electronic travel authorization — or an ETA.

Incoming U.S. president Donald Trump has been courting controversy in Canada since his election victory. Reaction from Americans who live, study or work in Canada has been mixed — and largely influenced by how they voted in the presidential election.

A growing chorus of Liberal MPs are calling on their party's executive to guard the upcoming leadership race — whose winner will automatically become Canada's next prime minister — from foreign interference.

Liberal MPs are gathering in Ottawa for a pre-scheduled caucus meeting with one objective in mind: finding a new leader.

Premier Doug Ford is pitching an enhanced energy partnership between Canada and the U.S. as part of a broader effort to stave off tariff threats from president-elect Donald Trump.

Premier Doug Ford is pitching an enhanced energy partnership between Canada and the U.S. as part of a broader effort to stave off tariff threats from president-elect Donald Trump.

More newcomers are choosing immigration consultants over lawyers, a new survey commissioned by CBC News has found. Immigration experts are calling for clients to be better protected as they say the regulator for consultants has fallen short.

After a remarkable year for women in sport, moms and mom-to-be athletes in Canada can head into the new year confident that pregnancy will no longer lead to financial drawbacks. 

A group of collegiate basketball players in B.C. say they will not play a pair of games against another team in their division this weekend due to alleged verbal and physical mistreatment of a transgender teammate that they say has not been addressed.

From a decision to phase out open-net salmon farms to buying a controversial oil pipeline, outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau left his mark on B.C. 

What will history remember as Justin Trudeau’s accomplishments and failures? And was he able to change with the world around him?

An Italian journalist detained in Iran for three weeks and whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States was freed Wednesday and is heading home, Italian officials announced.

A new study from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S., examined the health impacts of pollution from the oil and gas sector in Alberta. The lead author said there's been a lack of research on the topic in Canada.

Canadians are feeling less patriotic than usual these days, a new poll suggests.

The federal government has filed in court a 100-page reply to John Risley’s latest tax appeal, arguing in detail why the Canada Revenue Agency believes the wealthy and prominent Nova Scotia businessman underreported his income by millions of dollars a year.

Representatives for Ontario farmers and businesses say Canada's next leader needs to take quick action and prioritize the economy in the face of tariff threats by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. Reflecting on nearly a decade of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's tenure, they say his policies have brought both boons and challenges to their sectors.

Albert Dalton, a hip-hop artist from Paradise, N.L., expects an average of 1,000 plays on each song. That changed in December when he checked his Spotify statistics and saw hundreds of streams alone concentrated in Helsinki, Finland.

A Hamilton teen "prevented a total catastrophe" when he saved a man from the fire near Bayfront Park Sunday night, police say.

Shame, secrecy and stress often form some of our earliest financial memories — which have ripple effects into adulthood. Experts say financial therapy tools can help.

Sesame Street, the iconic children's television show that hits generations of adults right in the nostalgia, is looking for a new distribution partner, placing a giant question mark over whether there will be new episodes after this year.

Sesame Street, the iconic children's television show that hits generations of adults right in the nostalgia, is looking for a new distribution partner, placing a giant question mark over whether there will be new episodes after this year.

A Quebec company and organization are teaming up to gift a single mother of four an adapted vehicle for her son who has severe disabilities.

Facebook's parent company Meta has a new vision: characters powered by artificial intelligence existing alongside actual friends and family. But some experts caution that this could mark the end of social media as we know it.

New York City, a bustling metropolis with eight million people all trying to get somewhere, has now put a price on cars entering part of Manhattan, the first of its kind in North America. Could Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver be next?

An oil and gas price forecasting report published by Deloitte on Dec. 31 said an increased demand for Canadian natural gas coupled with growing LNG shipping capacity could translate into higher prices in the new year. 

More than 2,200 people died or disappeared trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea last year, according to the United Nations. With more European countries championing the success of far-right policies aimed at shutting out migrants, experts are warning even more lives could be lost in 2025 without real change.

Facebook's parent company Meta has a new vision: characters powered by artificial intelligence existing alongside actual friends and family. But some experts caution that this could mark the end of social media as we know it.

Faced with an uncertain future for her children in Nigeria, Dr.Omowumi Iyaoromi chose to leave her successful medical practice in Nigeria for a less uncertain future in Canada.

Not content with having the ear of incoming U.S. president Donald Trump, tech billionaire Elon Musk has been trashing European politicians on both the left and right, and using posts on his social media platform, X, to disrupt politics across the continent.

Sesame Street, the iconic children's television show that hits generations of adults right in the nostalgia, is looking for a new distribution partner, placing a giant question mark over whether there will be new episodes after this year.

Facebook's parent company Meta has a new vision: characters powered by artificial intelligence existing alongside actual friends and family. But some experts caution that this could mark the end of social media as we know it.

Barry and Margaret Sharman tell CBC News about the moment they finally saw their wedding photos for the first time —56 years after they got married.

California firefighters battled wind-whipped wildfires that tore across the Los Angeles area, destroying homes, clogging roadways as tens of thousands fled and straining resources as officials prepared for the situation to worsen.