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Liberal Leader Mark Carney named the wrong university as the site of the 1989 Montreal massacre on Tuesday — and flubbed the last name of the survivor who is running with his party.

Brendan Maguire says he will make it clear to South Shore school officials that a directive to remove any flag other than the Canadian and Nova Scotian flags must be reversed.

Sameer Zuberi, the Liberal candidate running for re-election in the riding of Pierrefonds—Dollard in Montreal’s West Island, says two of his volunteers were the target of Islamophobic slurs.

The B.C. government has announced it will completely scrap the provincial consumer-facing carbon tax on April 1 and is urging gas stations to prepare for the change.

Thirteen years after Sherman Kirby Quisses's death, an inquest jury has determined it was a homicide, in a case that saw a murder charge stayed. Quisses, of Neskantaga First Nation in northwestern Ontario, died after an altercation with a fellow inmate at the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre. Here are the inquest's findings and the jury's recommendations.

Nature unveiled another mystery when an octopus was caught cruising through the waters of New Zealand — by hitching a ride on a shark.

CBC Sports' daily newsletter previews the World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, where gold medals and Olympic berths are on the line.

The United States said Tuesday an agreement was reached to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea as it wrapped up three days of talks with Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Saudi Arabia on prospective steps toward a limited ceasefire.

The United States is exerting "unacceptable pressure" on Greenland, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday, ahead of an unsolicited visit by a high-profile U.S. delegation to the semi-autonomous Danish territory this week.

Struggling genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy and its co-founder and CEO has resigned, leaving its millions of ancestry testing kit customers with questions about what happens to their data.

Health Minister Sylvia Jones has previously said that under a new provincial law no supervised consumption sites will open after the closures of 10 sites located within 200 metres of a school or daycare.

Sentencing is underway for a disgraced Cree elder and medicine man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting 12 women in his care.

While in Alaska, a Toronto artist used now iconic photos of a Canada goose fighting off a bald eagle to inspire her newest ice sculpture, partnering with an American colleague to complete the piece.

While in Alaska, a Toronto artist used now iconic photos of a Canada goose fighting off a bald eagle to inspire her newest ice sculpture, partnering with an American colleague to complete the piece.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney says the leak by top U.S. national security officials of plans for military strikes in Yemen — and the shifting security priorities of the Trump administration — mean "we have to look out for ourselves."

The RCMP said three heli-skiers were killed Monday after an avalanche in southeastern B.C. swept the men away.

The Kaslo RCMP says the three heli-skiers were part of a group that was swept away into the tree line on Monday.

Pope Francis came so close to death at one point during his 38-day fight in hospital against pneumonia that his doctors considered ending treatment so he could die in peace, the head of the pope's medical team said.

Montreal's Trudeau International Airport experienced connectivity problems Tuesday morning which are affecting several systems and slowing down airport operations.

Refinery spokesperson says two employees are being assessed for minor injuries. All personnel are accounted for.

Refinery spokesperson says two employees are being assessed for minor injuries. All personnel are accounted for.

Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Sean Fraser is cancelling his plans to retire from politics and will announce today he will seek reelection in his Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova, CBC News has learned.

Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Sean Fraser is cancelling his plans to retire from politics and will announce today he will seek reelection in his Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova.

There has been a major twist in a years-long legal battle that has pitted the Canadian government against a U.S. cherry farmer.

Family members of Chantelle Williams, 18, who died after being found unresponsive outside on a freezing morning this past January, say they want answers from those responsible for her well-being.

Numbers changed the most in the suburbs around Halifax, where one riding — Halifax West — grew by almost 25,000 people in a decade.

Lee Goguen says her parents' decision to receive medical assistance in dying at Saint John Regional Hospital gave the couple, who were both suffering from cancer, a merciful and peaceful death.

Federal party leaders are back on the bus on the third day of the election campaign.

Tourism destinations in New York’s North Country are an easy destination for road trippers for many central Canadians, but recent inflamed rhetoric has tourism operators fearing a potential loss of millions of dollars.

Indigenous women are shifting the narrative about menstruation, honouring and celebrating a young person's first period and rejecting shame and stigma.

A man recently proposed to his girlfriend as she crossed the finish line of a marathon, and if this sounds familiar it's because it's not the first, 50th or probably even the 100th time it's happened.

Josh Ross's Juno nominations could be a sign that Canadian country music is gearing up to once-again dominate the awards. This year, multiple country acts have made inroads in Juno categories — highlighting the growing popularity of country music in Canada, and the genre's resurgence in pop culture in general. 

Josh Ross's Juno nominations could be a sign that Canadian country music is gearing up to once again dominate the awards. This year, multiple country acts have made inroads in Juno categories — highlighting the growing popularity of country music in Canada, and the genre's resurgence in pop culture in general.

With 96 per cent of its exports going South of the border, Saint John has been named Canada’s most tariff-vulnerable city. CBC’s Kayla Hounsell breaks down why the New Brunswick port town is so high risk and how it’s looking for solutions.

A Korean American Columbia University student, who is a legal permanent U.S. resident and has participated in pro-Palestinian protests, sued the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday to prevent her deportation, a court filing showed.

March 24, 2025 | White House officials say some tariffs might not come into effect on April 2 as Trump has threatened. Hudson’s Bay liquidation sales begin at all but six stores. And why Saint John is the most tariff-vulnerable city in Canada.

A nurse is recovering from her injuries after being attacked at Vancouver General Hospital on March 13, in what the nurses' union calls the latest example of violence against nurses in the workplace.

Paris was supposed to be a renaissance for Canadian basketball, featuring three teams all with legitimate medal hopes. Instead, it was the embodiment of an old saying: the higher the climb, the harder the fall.

The Government of Saskatchewan said it is resuming the sale and distribution of 54 Canadian-made, American-branded alcohols.