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Newly minted interim Opposition leader Andrew Scheer says talks are “ongoing” about the current Stornoway conundrum — but he doesn’t sound eager to move into the official residence.

Shantelle Williams will never forget the crackle of flames as an inferno engulfed her family farm northeast of Edmonton. She also can't forget the faces of those who came to help her family that night.

Pillai has served as premier since January 2023. He ran unopposed for the Liberal leadership after former Premier Sandy Silver resigned. 

Despite a multi-year outreach, some residential school survivors say they didn't know they need to request their Independent Assessment Process files be saved or else they'll be destroyed in 2027.

Fantapapa co-creator Mauro Vanetti says the game pokes fun at papal politics, but not the Catholic faith.

A Grade 8 teacher accused of multiple sexual offences involving students may plead guilty before the case ever goes to trial, an Ontario court has heard. Kelly-Anne Jennings, who is on unpaid leave from her job at St. Anthony Catholic Elementary School in Port Hope, Ont., faces 18 sex crime charges.

The election will ultimately determine whether the cardinals want a pope who will continue the more progressive legacy of Pope Francis or steer the church in a more conservative direction.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's team has reached out to Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office to arrange a call between the two, an apparent bid to ease tensions after Poilievre's party lost the federal election.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with the country's premiers next month in Saskatchewan — as frustrations with Ottawa simmer for some western leaders.

Nathan Cooper has no cabinet or international affairs experience, but says he's been legislature's 'chief diplomat' since 2019.

After their Oval Office encounter under the glare of the TV lights, Prime Minister Mark Carney and his U.S. counterpart retreated to the Roosevelt Room for a working lunch on Tuesday. Much of the mealtime chatter was about foreign policy issues, according to a senior Canadian official.

U.S. President Donald Trump said former prime minister Justin Trudeau led the effort to have Russia removed from the G8, even though the decision took place more than a year before Trudeau came to power.

Politicians and business leaders in British Columbia say talk of separation in Alberta is an opening for better co-operation between Ottawa and Western provinces, but dividing the country is a step too far

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll will get the start in Game 2 of Toronto's second-round playoff series with Florida on Wednesday. The 26-year-old replaced Anthony Stolarz midway through Monday's opener after Stolarz took an elbow from Panthers centre Sam Bennett.

WW International, formerly known as WeightWatchers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday in a bid to cut its debt after hugely popular obesity drugs upended its business model.

In his first post-presidential interview, Joe Biden expressed dismay over his successor Donald Trump's statements about acquiring Panama, Greenland and making Canada the 51st state.

A new scientific study has found no evidence of an undiagnosed mystery brain disease in New Brunswick, says a report published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, known as JAMA.

Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 59 people, hospital officials said on Wednesday, as Israel prepares to ramp up its campaign against Hamas in a war now entering its 20th month.

In an unusual scene, vehicles heading north from the U.S. into B.C. are sometimes being stopped by U.S. border patrol before they exit the country and arrive at Canadian customs. In some cases, it has added hours to crossing times.

A ceasefire deal between Yemen's Houthis and the U.S. does not include sparing Israel, the group said on Wednesday, suggesting its shipping attacks that have disrupted global trade and challenged world powers will not come to a complete halt.

Canada's National Public Alerting System (NPAS) is running tests on television, radio and compatible wireless devices for the system used to warn Canadians of critical events such as tornadoes, flooding, fires and Amber alerts.

CBC has learned that staff at a celebrated B.C. complex-care housing complex didn't find the body of a 60-year-old resident until nearly 11 days after she overdosed in her room, despite supports that were supposed to include wellness checks.

CBC has learned that staff at a celebrated B.C. complex-care housing complex didn't find the body of a 60-year-old resident until nearly 11 days after she overdosed in her room, despite supports that were supposed to include wellness checks.

Four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson allege in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Motown music luminary repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped them while they worked for him.

It's taken years for observers to see these kinds of widespread fatality declines, but people in harm reduction are worried the drug supply could become more toxic if authorities restrict the supply of fentanyl too quickly.

Prime's The Sexiest Man in Winnipeg follows the fall of Winnipeg sports broadcaster Steve Vogelsang. But even while documenting Vogelsang's criminal dealings, it fails to stay interesting.

P.E.I. Public Schools Branch director Tracy Beaulieu sat down with CBC News for an interview Tuesday for the first time since Matthew Alan Craswell pleaded guilty to sexual touching at Stratford's Glen Stewart Primary, as well as child pornography offences, last week.

P.E.I. Public Schools Branch director Tracy Beaulieu sat down with CBC News for an interview Tuesday for the first time since Matthew Alan Craswell pleaded guilty to sexual touching at Stratford's Glen Stewart Primary, as well as child pornography offences, last week.

Restaurant Pearl Morissette in the Lincoln, Ont., neighbourhood of Jordan Station has won the top spot on Canada's Best 100 Restaurants List for 2025.

Fun Philippines Ottawa Food and Music Street Festival was to take place on Wellington Street later this month, but organizers decided to postpone the event after a car-ramming attack at a Filipino street festival in Vancouver killed 11 people and injured multiple others.

As of Wednesday, if an item's advertised price is $15 or less and doesn't match the price scanned at the cash register, consumers in Quebec can potentially get the item for free. That and other changes coming into effect today are meant to protect consumers against abusive commercial practices.

U.S. President Donald Trump repeated one of his favourite talking points in his meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney Tuesday, saying the Canada-U.S. border is an “artificially drawn line.” Historians say he's not exactly wrong, but the truth is more complicated.

A joint international investigation by CBC News, Bellingcat and Danish outlets Politiken and Tjekdet has linked a Canadian pharmacist to one of the biggest website in the world for non-consensual, AI-generated pornography: MrDeepFakes.com.

Methane emissions, a key driver of climate change, remain stubbornly high around the world according to an annual update from the International Energy Agency.

An F-18 fighter jet was lost in the Red Sea on Tuesday after tipping off the flight deck of the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, in the second such incident in about a week, two U.S. officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

A drug squad investigator said it was "shocking" to learn how 18-year-old University of Victoria student Sidney McIntyre-Starko came to possess and then ingest the toxic drugs that killed her.

B.C.'s chief coroner has ordered the investigation into a young Indigenous women's death be reopened, a day after the family publicly called for an inquest.

There is a long way to go — and much more to figure out than could possibly be settled in a single afternoon at the White House.

B.C. MLA Mable Elmore says she is proud of the leadership and response from the Filipino community after the Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy. She acknowledged growing support from B.C. and around the world as the memorial near the crash site grows.

The Vancouver Police Department's longest-serving sergeant was demoted and suspended Tuesday after admitting to sexually harassing five women, including two fellow officers and three students at the universities where he taught.