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TVO's flagship current affairs program is coming to an end after 19 seasons. Veteran host Steve Paikin will co-host a weekly political podcast.

The U.S. and global economies will likely slow significantly in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and the uncertainty they have created, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday.

About 7.3 million Canadians took advantage of advance voting and cast their ballots over the long weekend, according to Elections Canada. 

The Israeli military launched one of the biggest waves of strikes on Gaza in weeks on Tuesday, residents said, and health officials issued a new warning that healthcare faced total collapse from Israel's blockade of all supplies.

Quebec's outbreak began in December 2024 and involved a contagious traveller who had visited the province before they were diagnosed.

A 16-year-old boy from Toronto died in hospital Tuesday morning after being shot by police officers in North York on Sunday night, the province’s police watchdog says.

A 16-year-old boy from Toronto died in hospital Tuesday morning after being shot by police officers in North York during a gunfight on Sunday night, the province’s police watchdog says.

Twenty-six people were killed and 17 were injured when suspected militants opened fire at tourists in India's Jammu and Kashmir territory, police said on Wednesday, the worst such attack in the country in nearly two decades.

At least 20 people were feared killed after suspected militants opened fire on tourists in India's Jammu and Kashmir territory on Tuesday, three security sources said, the worst attack on civilians in the troubled Himalayan region for years.

Hudson’s Bay Co. has stopped paying commission to hundreds of cosmeticians and fragrance advisers during liquidation sales, effectively reducing their salaries.

Canada will play women's soccer friendlies against Haiti in Winnipeg and Montreal in FIFA's May-June international window, with a May 31match in Manitoba dubbed a "special celebration" honouring the extraordinary international career of midfielder Desiree Scott.

U.S. President Donald Trump has been mounting attacks against the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, for his refusal to cut interest rates further. But the president's power over the independent central banker isn't so clear cut.

Kiké Dueck, 11, didn't show up to school one day. Their parents were panicked and police were notified. Turns out Kiké had skipped school to go protest about climate change. Kiké’s parents explain how they're now helping their child channel eco-anxiety into tangible action to protect the earth.

B.C.'s privacy watchdog has sided with a woman suing the provincial government and its victim assistance program over an alleged breach of her sensitive files.

Arborists are turning vacant land on Detroit's eastside into a small urban forest, not of elms, oaks and red maples indigenous to the city but giant sequoias, the world's largest trees that can live for thousands of years.

The New Democrats have held the federal riding of Victoria for the last 20 years, but the Liberals hope it will turn red. 

More than 100 university, college and scholarly society presidents published a joint statement on Tuesday opposing the Trump administration's treatment of higher education institutions, coming together to speak out after Harvard University said the administration was threatening its independence.

In the shadow of Donald Trump’s trade war and Canada’s retaliatory tariffs, Ontario’s wine industry is seeing the silver lining.

Canadian voters concerned about rising home and rent costs say housing's a top concern for them this federal election.

Liberal MP Ralph Goodale held Regina-Wascana for more than 25 years. Can the Liberals win it back?

A non-profit that provides eye care to people in 68 countries says it plans to move its production to Manitoba because of the uncertainty created by U.S. tariffs.

Looksmaxxing is ostensibly about improving your appearance. But a new study says members of online looksmaxxing forums take it too far with caustic critiques, harmful remedies and encouragement of suicide.

Looksmaxxing is ostensibly about improving your appearance. But a new study says members of online looksmaxxing forums take it too far with caustic critiques, harmful remedies and encouragement of suicide.

A London woman injured in a car crash says she's left with no choice but to pay to see a doctor in the United States after waiting almost two years for a diagnosis from an Ontario spine surgeon.

Wind turbines in the Great Lakes have the potential to produce huge amounts of clean energy in one of the most popular regions in North America. But offshore wind is banned in Ontario and facing headwinds in the U.S. Here's why some think now is the time to give it a second look and a closer look at the barriers.

Canadian voters living in New York are following the federal election — a race that's been dominated by the country's relationship with the U.S. following the imposition of tariffs on Canadian goods and threats by the Trump administration to make Canada the 51st state.

The overlap between politics and hockey looms large in this federal election. Several fans who took in a late-season Ottawa Senators game sounded off to CBC on whether that's a good thing.

Voters in Hamilton and Burlington like Shri Kulkarni, Joe Struthers and Jessica Fawcett say rising costs and stagnant wages are shaping how they'll vote in this federal election.

The Conservatives are using the final week of the election campaign to run advertisements where older men are telling other older men to vote for the party — a closing argument that would have been unthinkable only months ago, political advertising experts say.

A jury of 11 women and three men was chosen Tuesday, the same day selection began, ahead of the trial of five former NHL players accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room after a 2018 gala celebrating Canada's world junior hockey win. 

Former employees of an Ottawa-based Better Business Bureau that covered eastern Ontario, Quebec and northern Alberta are accusing it of terminating staff without severance after it was booted out of the BBB network.

Videos urging consumers to buy brands like Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Lululemon — or quality knockoffs — directly from manufacturers in China are popping up on social media. Experts say they might be propaganda, even if some of the claims about supply chains aren't far off.

As the election nears, the major federal political parties are mindful about keeping Canadians working amid the U.S. trade war. But data shows Canada — including Alberta — is experiencing a competitive labour market, with relatively high unemployment and few job vacancies.

Five former NHL players accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room after a gala celebrating Canada's 2018 world junior hockey win have pleaded not guilty as their trial got underway Tuesday.

Phillip Danault scored his second goal with 42 seconds to play, and the Los Angeles Kings blew a four-goal lead before rallying for a 6-5 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in the opener of the clubs' fourth consecutive first-round playoff series Monday night.

Phillip Danault scored his second goal with 42 seconds to play, and the Los Angeles Kings blew a four-goal lead before rallying for a 6-5 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in the opener of the clubs' fourth consecutive first-round playoff series Monday night.

Pope Francis's funeral will be held on Saturday in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican said in a statement, which will be preceded by three days in which mourners can pay respects as the pontiff lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica.

Cardinals were due to meet on Tuesday to plan Pope Francis' funeral, which leaders from around the world will attend ahead of a conclave next month to elect a new head of the Roman Catholic Church.

April 21, 2025 |Tributes for Pope Francis pour in from around the world, including in Canada, where his legacy is complicated. And in Gaza, where the pontiff’s nightly phone calls to the only Catholic church were a beacon of hope during the devastating war.

Elections Canada is debunking posts some have seen on social media claiming voters have to use a pencil to mark their ballot.