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The Conservative national campaign director told media outlets Tuesday their journalists won't be allowed to travel with leader Pierre Poilievre on his campaign plane and bus during the upcoming election, ending a decades-old tradition of reporters embedding with a prospective candidate to lead the country.

The British drag artist The Vivienne died from cardiac arrest that was caused by taking ketamine, their family told the BBC on Monday. 

Bird experts agree Creamsicle is rare — and potentially even unique  — in its colouring. But they disagree about what’s behind the orange feathers. It could be a genetic mutation, an unfortunate accident, or the work of "nefarious miscreants."

CBC News has obtained documents that lay out extensive government influence over AHS contracts with private surgery clinics and more.

The City of Waterloo’s bylaw enforcement responded to 129 complaints, issued 36 fines and ordered 18 clean-ups in relation to unsanctioned street gatherings during the St. Patrick’s Day weekend.

Three young black bear cubs from the Dryden area are receiving round-the-clock care at a southern Ontario rehabilitation centre. The cubs were separated from their mother when their den was accidentally disturbed by logging, says Mike McIntosh of the Bear With Us Sanctuary for orphaned and injured bear cubs near Huntsville. 

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he expects the government's ethics commissioner will recommend he set up a screen around his previous business dealings to avoid any potential conflicts of interest.

Prime Minister Mark Carney signalled Tuesday he is in no rush to speak to his U.S. counterpart about the ongoing trade war between the two countries, saying a call will come at the "appropriate time."

Possibly defying a court order. Urging his Justice Department to prosecute nemeses. Repeatedly calling the media 'illegal.' Declaring a predecessor's pardon null and void. U.S. President Donald Trump has done these things in the past few days.

Wendy Washik sprayed her Simcoe, Ont., neighbour Sheehan Rochester with a water gun last September. Rochester says he called police after experiencing years of racially fuelled harassment.

McDonald's Canada is trying its hand at a vegetable-based burger — again. The fast-food chain announced Tuesday that it will test its new McVeggie at some restaurants in Langley, Richmond and Surrey, B.C., as well as Brampton and Windsor, Ont., and Dieppe, Moncton, Riverview and Sussex, N.B., until April 14.

Montreal has put in place new rules that will limit most short-term rentals to the summer months in an attempt to ease the city's shortage of affordable housing.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is aiming to hold his first meeting with Canada's premiers on Friday, sources tell CBC News.

Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Tuesday to U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal for a month-long halt to strikes against energy infrastructure in Ukraine, a limited ceasefire that Kyiv quickly said it would be willing to consider.

Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Tuesday to a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump that Russia and Ukraine cease attacking each other's energy infrastructure for 30 days, the Kremlin said following a lengthy phone discussion between the leaders.

Calling the groups in charge of professional tennis "a cartel," the players' association co-founded by Canada's Vasek Pospisil and Serbia's Novak Djokovic filed an antitrust lawsuit against the women's and men's tours, the International Tennis Federation and the sport's integrity agency on Tuesday in federal court in New York.

U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts responded on Tuesday to President Donald Trump's attacks on a federal judge presiding over a deportation battle, rejecting the idea that impeachment is the answer for a disagreement with the jurist's rulings.

After a week-long trip to the International Space Station ballooned into a nine-month stay, two stranded NASA astronauts are finally heading home. On Tuesday, if all goes to plan, a capsule will splash down off the Florida coast shortly before 6 p.m. ET, bringing Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams back to the Earth’s surface for the first time since they launched into space last June. 

After a week-long trip to the International Space Station ballooned into a nine-month stay, two NASA astronauts are finally heading home. On Tuesday, if all goes to plan, a capsule will splash down off the Florida coast shortly before 6 p.m. ET, bringing Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams back to the Earth’s surface for the first time since they launched into space last June. 

After a week-long trip to the International Space Station ballooned into a nine-month stay, two NASA astronauts are finally heading home. On Tuesday, if all goes to plan, a capsule will splash down off the Florida coast shortly before 6 p.m. ET, bringing Barry (Butch) Wilmore and Suni Williams back to the Earth’s surface for the first time since they launched into space last June. 

A Federal Court judge on Monday dismissed a motion to certify a proposed class-action lawsuit launched by Black public servants in 2020 who alleged there was systemic racism within the public service.

With a federal election call likely in a matter of days, no political party has nominated candidates to all 343 ridings, with Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals behind all the other national parties.

Tracy Morgan says food poisoning was to blame for his taking ill during Monday's Knicks-Heat game, and that he's "doing OK."

A suspended Ottawa criminal lawyer has been found guilty of threatening to kill a former client who had publicly accused him of extorting her for sex, as well as criminally harassing another woman and trying to get her to obtain a firearm for him.

The Holt Liberal government is projecting large budget deficits as far as the eye can see. In his first provincial budget, Finance Minister René Legacy is projecting a fiscal shortfall of $549 million in the 2025-26 fiscal year.

Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a law banning Pride events and allowing authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attendees, continuing a crackdown by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's right-wing populist party on the country's 2SLGBTQ+ community.

As concerns about measles grow, and case counts tick up, health-care workers are preparing for a surge and pleading with Albertans to ensure they're fully vaccinated.

The annual rate of inflation accelerated sharply to 2.6 per cent in February as the federal government's temporary tax break came to an end mid-month, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

Soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan of Nova Scotia was named one of three recipients of music's Polar Prize on Tuesday, alongside jazz legend Herbie Hancock and the rock group Queen.

B.C.'s financial regulator has cancelled the licence of a real estate agent who used the services of a so-called 'shadow' mortgage broker to buy a house using fake documents a year after declaring a negative annual income of $459.

Chocolate lovers might notice their favourite sugary snack could cost a bit more or be a bit smaller as climate change ravages cocoa crops in West Africa.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams departed the International Space Station early on Tuesday morning in a SpaceX capsule for a long-awaited trip back to Earth, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a roughly week-long test mission.

Aaron Hagen of Bruce County, Ont., says he's frustrated a social media video of a man appearing to trick an alcohol ignition interlock, allowing him to drive drunk, wasn't taken down after Hagen contacted Meta with concerns it encouraged impaired driving.

The Holt government tables its first budget today, a document the Liberals once confidently predicted would feature campaign promises fulfilled, combined with a modest fiscal surplus.

Soaring demand for electricity is leading some companies to not only think out of the box for a solution, but out of this world, too.

Nearly 500,000 fewer travellers crossed the land border from Canada into the U.S. in February compared to the same month last year, according to data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the latest sign that President Donald Trump's taunts and tariffs have shaken bilateral relations.

The Black Council of Windsor-Essex is looking for change at the Windsor Police Service as well as an apology after CBC News confirmed an internal investigation substantiated racist comments from Jason Bellaire, chief of the southwestern Ontario force.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith welcomed a promise from the Conservative Party of Canada on Monday to eliminate the federal backstop on industrial carbon pricing, if it were to form the next federal government. Although it appears unlikely the province would abandon its longstanding pricing system altogether.

Robert Murray recounts returning a library book 64 years past due and University of British Columbia librarian Susan Parker, recounts the moment she received it.

Prime Minister Mark Carney pushed back on reporter questions about his financial holdings during a news conference on Monday.

March 17, 2025 | Israel is conducting ‘extensive airstrikes’ on Gaza after two weeks of stalled negotiations to continue a ceasefire. Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with key allies in Europe. And, CBC News has exclusive video revealing the last days of two families who died trying to cross into the U.S.

March 17, 2025 | Prime Minister Mark Carney declared Canada can defend its own sovereignty while meeting with key allies in Europe. Employees and shoppers wait to learn the future of the Bay. And, CBC News has obtained exclusive video revealing the last days of two families who died trying to cross into the U.S.

A U.S. federal judge on Monday pressed the Trump administration to provide details about hundreds of Venezuelans it deported despite a court order barring it from doing so, and gave the government until Tuesday to explain why officials believed they had complied with his order.

An Edgewood, B.C., man is being commended for his thoughtful maintenance of a library book that he returned to the University of B.C. this January — nearly 65 years after he took it out.

With many Islanders committed to buying Canadian products in the midst of a trade war with the United States, some are learning that figuring out what country a product is from can be complicated. 

Residential school denialism does not deny the existence of the school system, but rather downplays, excuses or misrepresents facts surrounding the harms caused by it, experts say.