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The Public Health Agency of Canada's Flu Watch report, released Friday, shows test positivity for influenza at 26.9 per cent and rising — the highest value since the start of the 2020-21 season.

Last week, The Fifth Estate revealed that a key suspect in the largest gold heist in Canadian history, Simran Preet Panesar, is living in northern India. Following the CBC investigation, officials with the Enforcement Directorate in India, which handles financial crimes, raided a residence and questioned Panesar.

A Liberal Party of Canada committee has voted unanimously to disqualify former MP Ruby Dhalla from the race to be the next leader, according to a source.

The Liberal Party of Canada is meeting to discuss whether former MP Ruby Dhalla should be disqualified from its leadership race for allegedly violating the party's rules, CBC News has learned.

A New Jersey man was convicted on Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022.

While official debates in the Liberal leadership race are set for Monday and Tuesday, some of the candidates say they're open to facing off in other arenas. But sources working on rival campaigns say perceived front-runner Mark Carney has stayed away when invited to take part.

A blogger in Thunder Bay, Ont., has been ordered by Ontario's Superior Court of Justice to pay $380,000 in damages, after making Facebook posts in 2022 accusing drag performers of grooming children. Here's how those involved reacted to the court decision.

A blogger in Thunder Bay, Ont., has been ordered by Ontario's Superior Court of Justice to pay $380,000 in damages, after making Facebook posts in 2022 accusing drag performers of grooming children. Here's how those involved reacted to the court decision.

Nunavut communities are announcing the end of their administration of the Inuit Child First Imitative as they wait to hear whether the program will be extended beyond its March 31 end date. 

Alternative for Germany (AfD) is on course to become the second-largest player in the country’s parliament after Sunday’s election. CBC’s Margaret Evans breaks down how social media and influencers have helped the far-right political party make big gains with young voters.

Loblaw Companies Ltd. is seeing more participation in its popular PC Optimum loyalty program — and more points being redeemed at checkout.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s 17-year-old son Xavier Trudeau marked his official launch into the world of music on Friday with the debut single of his R&B track Til The Nights Done.

The Quebec Crown says its expert has concluded that the man accused of killing two children and injuring six others after a city bus crashed into a daycare should be found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder.

Internal Trade Minister Anita Anand informed the provinces Friday that Ottawa will remove more than half of federal internal trade barriers in a move to make Canada less reliant on the U.S., according to a senior federal government source.

Germany holds its snap national election on Sunday following the collapse of Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition, and the coalition that emerges will face huge challenges, from reviving a flagging economy to forging a foreign policy amid the unpredictability of a new U.S. government.

A teen accused of lighting a classmate on fire at Evan Hardy Collegiate has pleaded not guilty and chose a trial by judge alone at Court of King's Bench.

Thousands of Canadians hoping to escape the snow and cold at home have had their vacation dreams dashed after Sunwing cancelled all southbound flights out of two of the country's busiest airports.

Longtime Progressive Conservative politician Rob Lantz has been sworn in as Prince Edward Island's 34th premier. 

Longtime Progressive Conservative politician Rob Lantz will be sworn in as Prince Edward Island's 34th premier on Friday afternoon following Dennis King's resignation. CBC News will carry the ceremony live.

B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office is alleging that a rural property owner should have known about the drug activity happening on his land. But the owner is denying any wrongdoing and blaming his tenants.

Members of London's Sudanese community say although they're relieved Ottawa has reopened a program that would allow them to bring their relatives stuck in the war zone to safety in Canada, they want clarity on how long it will take for their active applications to be processed.

Several dozen drivers say they've been unfairly ticketed for inadvertently speeding through a construction zone they say was poorly marked, resulting in huge fines.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israel would make Hamas pay for failing to release the body of hostage Shiri Bibas as agreed.

The Israeli military said on Friday it is checking reports that Hamas has handed the Red Cross a body said to be that of hostage Shiri Bibas, a day after Israel received four bodies of hostages held captive in Gaza that included one unidentified woman.

Canadians who recently travelled to Mexico are calling on local authorities to investigate after dozens of guests got sick at the all-inclusive beachside resort they stayed at.

Wouldn't it be great if your phone could just magically tell you whether the products you want to buy are Canadian or not? Well, now it can — thanks to savvy entrepreneurs across the country who've created apps to meant to help shoppers identify the origin of everyday staples.

After the Syrian government launched a chemical attack on the rebel-held area of Douma, Syria, in 2018, some of the survivors were forced to falsely testify it never happened. Now, some of those people are being scorned by their neighbours as having been collaborators with the ex-dictator's regime.

The Monkey turns out to be is something more like a personification of its demon than an examination of it — perhaps because Stephen King and Osgood Perkins may just be the two worst possible creatives to bring together. 

Even when a one-of-a-kind program is supporting over 100 rural women experiencing intimate partner violence, it’s still hard to find the money to keep it running, says the head of Hamilton’s Interval House.

Ken Rekowski suffered a traumatic brain injury when his car went off the road during bad weather. He's never been unable to find suitable permanent care and remains in a hospital bed in Renfrew, Ont., a decade and a half after the crash.

Jennifer Turcotte joined dozens of protesters outside Quebec’s National Assembly to call for the reduction of arsenic emissions at the Horne Smelter in Rouyn-Noranda, Que. She says her community has been dealing with fear for decades.

Following an event for Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney last week, some social media users claimed that at least some of the supporters pictured in still photos shared by the campaign were AI-generated. The CBC’s visual investigations team has examined the image. Here's what they found.

Following an event for Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney last week, some social media users claimed that at least some of the supporters pictured in still photos shared by the campaign were AI-generated. The CBC’s visual investigations team has examined the image. Here's what they found.

More than 200 people have fallen ill with Guillain-Barré syndrome in the Indian city of Pune, with officials blaming the outbreak on contaminated water. Dozens are still hospitalized and 11 people are dead due to the autoimmune disorder that attacks the nerves and leads to paralysis.

Chantal Kreviazuk, the Grammy-award winning singer from Winnipeg, changed the lyrics to O Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off game against the United States on Thursday to sing "that only us command" instead of "in all of us command."

Chantal Kreviazuk, the Grammy-award winning singer from Winnipeg, changed the lyrics to O Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off game against the United States on Thursday to sing "that only us command" instead of "in all of us command."

The B.C. government has overhauled the prescription opioid program to require witnessed dosing. Conservatives say the safe supply program has fueled addition. Harm reduction advocates say it saves lives.

Back-to-back snowstorms in the last week dumped record amounts of snow in Ontario and Quebec, wreaking havoc on roads, sidewalks and driveways. The city of Toronto says it will be three weeks before the snow is fully cleared.

Kids in Warman, Sask., escaped the cold Thursday by piling into the local rink for the ninth annual mini-stick tournament.

Liberal leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla is denying any wrongdoing as the party withholds contributions to her campaign from 12 donors.