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With a whopping total of 274 moons, researchers say Saturn’s tug of war with Jupiter for the title is settled once and for all.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and federal officials left an hours-long meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick saying they feel more positive about the Canada-U.S. trading relationship after weeks of bad blood and heated rhetoric.

Hundreds of people have been killed amid armed clashes in Syria, with many of those deaths filmed and published on the internet. CBC’s visual investigations team has verified three of those deaths. The practice of publicizing killings is both shocking and an important tool for researchers, an expert says.

A B.C. woman who has been detained by U.S. immigration officials for 11 days, after trying to enter the country, will be released on Friday, according to her father.

For now, you can still shop at Hudson's Bay, both in stores and online. But a few things have changed, and the company's future is still up in the air. Here's what you need to know.

The Homalco Nation is the third Indigenous group on Vancouver Island to declare a state of emergency due to the toxic drug crisis and has joined calls for federal and provincial government leaders to take urgent action and provide resources to address these issues.

Vancouver police have issued an amber alert for a two-year-old boy missing from Vancouver.

Police say two-year-old Theodore Lim is currently without a piece of his ventilator, and authorities are worried he may go into medical distress.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller is giving so-called "lost Canadians" a chance to receive Canadian citizenship, now that court-mandated legislation will not be passed by the deadline.

Montreal's St. Patrick's Day parade first started on Saint-Paul Street in 1824, and a couple centuries years later, this annual tradition is still going strong.

In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we learn about a recycling workshop that engages people with joy and humour, look at why eastern monarch butterflies had a good year, and check out plans to plant millions of trees from local seeds in N.W.T.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a farewell message to Canadians on Thursday as he marks his last full day in office.

The man with the delicate task of representing U.S. President Donald Trump in Canada has offered an indication of how he plans to handle it. At his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing for ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra steered clear of annexation talk.

The Montreal agency overseeing the city's public transit network is adopting a policy forcing people within its Metro system to circulate and not linger until the weather gets warmer at the end of April. 

Comedian and former talk-show host Rosie O'Donnell has joined the growing list of celebrities who have talked about leaving the United States or have already left, citing the president and current political climate as reasons.

Ontario is seeing a massive surge in measles cases as an ongoing outbreak spreads among unvaccinated people. Public Health Ontario is reporting 372 total cases since an outbreak began in late October, a jump of 195 cases since the agency's last report on Feb. 27.

The Alberta government has suspended a loan program at Picture Butte Feeder Cooperative, the province’s largest cattle financing cooperative, after an inspection alleged a number of financial mismanagement and regulatory issues.

Canada retaliated with a new set of counter-tariffs Thursday after President Donald Trump slapped a 25 per cent levy on steel and aluminum coming into the U.S. Here's a breakdown of what is being targeted.

Canada retaliated with a new set of counter-tariffs Thursday after President Donald Trump slapped a 25 per cent levy on steel and aluminum coming into the U.S. Here's a breakdown of what is being targeted.

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A new United Nations report says Israel used sexual and gender-based violence as a war strategy in Gaza, and carried out "genocidal acts" against Palestinians through the systematic destruction of women's health-care facilities.

Israel carried out "genocidal acts" against Palestinians by systematically destroying women's health-care facilities during the conflict in Gaza, and used sexual violence as a war strategy, United Nations experts said in a report on Thursday.

Oliver Miller, a member of the Toronto Raptors during their inaugural season in 1995-96, has died. He was 54.

Tardiness is nothing new at Via Rail, but late arrivals are soaring since passenger trains have been forced to slow down at hundreds of rail crossings operated by CN Rail.

Russian forces have driven the Ukrainian army out of the biggest town in Russia’s Kursk border region, officials claimed Thursday, as U.S. officials sought the Kremlin’s response to a proposed 30-day ceasefire in the three-year war that Ukraine has endorsed.

The wife of Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student and Palestinian activist, said she didn't think she and her husband, a legal U.S. permanent resident, would have to worry about immigration agents coming to their door.

The parents of two 15-year-old girls at Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon say they went to police and the school multiple times between June and August 2024 with concerns about escalating online threats from the student now accused of setting one of the girls on fire in a school hallway.

NASA and SpaceX have delayed the launch of a replacement crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station that would have set in motion the long-awaited homecoming of U.S. astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.

Winnippegers are lamenting the potential loss of a fixture in the city's history, with several Hudson's Bay Co. stores now potentially on the chopping block after the storied retailer was granted creditor protection.

A provincial senior hockey game in a small Saskatchewan town has gained far-reaching online attention for altercations in the stands that some allege were driven by racism.

South Korean military investigators charged two Air Force pilots on Thursday with criminal negligence over an accidental bombing of a village last week during a training exercise, which injured at least 29 people and caused extensive property damage.

Newfoundland and Labrador is the only province not participating in a national deal to allow alcohol to flow more freely across the country — and the unions representing workers at two St. John's breweries say protecting jobs needs to be the priority.

The Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Justice can’t — or won’t — provide information about how many cases have been thrown out because they took too long to get to trial. So CBC started tracking them. Here's what we found out.

AI data centres are sucking up tons of electricity, and natural gas is seen by some energy executives as a solution to help fill the demand. It's a hot topic at CERAWeek, a massive international energy conference in Houston that's sometimes described as the "Super Bowl" of energy.

As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to leave office, CBC News has learned that one of his final acts is an attempt to settle the problem of 24 Sussex Drive, the official — and long vacant — residence of Canada’s prime minister.

Many Canadians aren't just cancelling trips to the U.S. in the wake of the trade war and threats of annexation — they're rebooking their vacations in Canada to support the Canadian economy. It's a movement provinces and territories are looking to capitalize on.

After CBC Toronto was first to report on Dr. Esther Park's office where Toronto Public Health said earlier this month that cleaning protocols were not being followed, several patients have come forward to share their negative encounters with Park, many expressing their frustration that their voices weren't being heard.

Premier Danielle Smith is returning to the U.S., this time to talk tariffs at a fundraising gala in Florida for a conservative group. Though her decision has raised some eyebrows, one expert says it fits with her strategy of diplomacy.

Cena Hermus, 7, was two years old when she was diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening disorder that causes severe obesity. The medication she needs costs around $300,000 annually, something the family, who now live in Hamilton, say she can't afford.

The Progressive Conservatives shot to victory within minutes of polls closing in Ontario's provincial election — but absent in the victory speech of three-time majority Premier Doug Ford were mentions of climate change and sustainability. 

Cena Hermus, 7, was two years old when she was diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening disorder that causes severe obesity. The medication she needs costs around $300,000 annually, something the family, who now live in Hamilton, say she can't afford.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and federal Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc suggested Wednesday they want to come out of a meeting with a top U.S. official with a "coherent plan" for the tariff road ahead.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and federal Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc suggested Wednesday they want to come out of a meeting with a top U.S. official with a "coherent plan" for the tariff road ahead.

March 12, 2025 | Mark Carney is set to officially take office as prime minister Friday. Canada fires back against the U.S. with nearly $30 billion in countertariffs. And, breaking down Donald Trump’s plan for Canada’s border and its water supply.