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Many Canadian charities say donations aren't keeping up with the demand for assistance this holiday season. The high cost of living is impacting how much people are able to give as well as the amount of people looking for help.

The students are among more than 300 pupils and 12 staff seized by gunmen from St Mary's Catholic boarding school in the village of Papiri in the early hours of Nov. 21.

Winnipeg has become a regular backdrop of popular holiday-themed movies, with local and international actors bundled up in cold-weather gear under Christmas lights at various filming locations around town.

It's the holiday eating edition of Checkup! What are your questions about food safety and ultra-processed food?

Jesse Compher netted her first two goals of the season, scoring late in the third period to help the Toronto Sceptres hold off New York 4-3 on Sunday, offsetting a two-goal effort by the Sirens' Kristyna Kaltounkova — the top pick in this year's draft.

On Sunday morning, Dr. Antonio D'Angelo, the head of the pediatric emergency department at CHU Sainte-Justine, told Radio-Canada there had been two confirmed cases of measles at his Montreal hospital over the past week.

After being selected first overall in the 2025 NHL draft, Canada’s Matthew Schaefer is having an extraordinary rookie season, but getting here wasn’t always easy. In an interview, he tells CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault about the personal losses that shaped his journey.

The National asks New York Islanders defenceman Matthew Schaefer five questions about falling in love with hockey and the moment he scored his first NHL goal.

Reese Howden of Cultus Lake, B.C., beat Florian Wilmsmann of Germany and Frenchman Evan Klufts to the finish line on Sunday in Innichen, Italy for a third straight World Cup victory and record-extending 21st of his career.

For years, oil tanker traffic has been prohibited off the coast of northern British Columbia in order to protect environmentally sensitive coastlines from disaster. But the federal government is now open to the idea of changing its moratorium — something the B.C. government and First Nations vehemently oppose.

Thousands of mourners gathered under tight police security at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday evening to mark a week since two gunmen targeting a Jewish festival killed 15 people. Since then, Australian governments have been galvanized into action on countering antisemitism and tightening already strict national gun controls.

CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

A Steinbach man is turning trash into treasure by using discarded furniture swatches to create high-quality bags. The bags are sold for $5 in Steinbach and Thunder Bay, with 100 per cent of proceeds going to his local food bank.

Last December, Alberta rolled out its $29-million provincial border strategy in response to tariff threats from Donald Trump. But nearly one year later, Premier Danielle Smith says her government has learned the Coutts border crossing isn’t a hub of illicit activity — and that could lead to a focus on other areas.

James Benesh of Regina has about 1,200 hockey books. The Society for International Hockey Research is aware of only two other private collections that are larger.

If the cold winter weather and lack of sunlight are darkening your mood, here's what some experts say could help.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada has too much regulation and not enough investments in clean energy and technology — and he's making his most direct repudiation yet of his predecessor's environmental policies.

Piracy off the coast of Somalia is back in the headlines after European Union naval forces seized an Iranian fishing vessel last month that Somali pirates used to briefly hijack a Malta-flagged tanker carrying gasoline from India to South Africa. Fishermen insist the bigger problem in the region is that foreign vessels are fishing in waters intended for locals, harming their livelihoods.

Given how weird they've gotten, why are language experts picking internet-based fads as the words of the year? What arcane process leads to words of the year that vacillate from the brain-numbing to the politically charged? And, given how mad it makes everyone, why are they even bothering to do it?

For years, police have been on the front lines of mental health crisis calls in Toronto, but the city's police chief believes it's now time to rethink that approach.

Fear and violence permeate Culiacán, Sinaloa, and its surrounding area in northwestern Mexico. The sun-seared state capital, with a population of a little more than one million, is also known as the cradle of the Sinaloa cartel, one of the most powerful organized crime groups in the world, which has fallen into a vicious civil war.

More new apprentices are signing up than in the past 15 years, yet getting to certification remains a struggle. Financial concerns, difficulty finding employers and spotty guidance and mentorship for apprentices and journeypersons alike are among the barriers tripping up new tradespeople today.

Fear and violence permeate Culiacán, Sinaloa, and its surrounding area in northwestern Mexico. The sun-seared state capital, with a population of a little more than one million, is also known as the cradle of the Sinaloa cartel, one of the most powerful organized crime groups in the world, which has fallen into a vicious civil war.