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Former Sail Canada high-performance director Mike Milner has been suspended four months under the national Abuse-Free Sport Program.

Manitoba's premier called on Doug Ford to "do a 180" and not follow through with plans to stop selling Crown Royal in Ontario.

Ottawa police say they arrested someone on trespassing-related charges after Iran's shuttered embassy was defaced during an anti-regime protest on Monday.

Director and Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield turned himself to authorities on Tuesday to face child sex abuse charges in New Mexico.

To give Canadians a boost in vitamin D, Health Canada now has requirements in place for milk and margarine producers.

Iranian Canadians are protesting at the steps of the U.S. consulate in Toronto in support of the anti-government protests in Iran — and amid comments by U.S. President Donald Trump, saying, ‘Help is on its way.’

With Canada’s prime minister in China this week on a trade mission, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is doubling down on his plea to Mark Carney: do not remove tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Coastal First Nations leaders in B.C. before leaving on his trip to China on Tuesday. Carney has said the meeting is about dialogue and not big announcements.

Scammers have been impersonating MPs on the messaging app WhatsApp in an attempt to solicit funds in exchange for false promises of access to subsidized housing, one parliamentarian says.

Excitement for the games among athletes and organizers is growing. But so too are tensions in the circumpolar world, with U.S. President Donald Trump openly musing about a takeover of Greenland. 

Federal workers are starting to learn more about planned job cuts across the public service after Statistics Canada told employees on Monday that 850 positions will be eliminated from the department over the next two years.

McDonald's Canada will freeze the price of a small cup of coffee at $1 for at least a year and drop the price of its McValue meals to $5 for the same duration, its CEO announced on Tuesday.

Three of Canada’s top automotive executives are warning the prime minister that their companies “face extraordinary and unnecessary compliance costs” as a result of his government’s failure to clarify its rules around electric vehicle sales by the end of last year.

Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025 and nearly 2,000 encampments across the province, a new report from Ontario's municipalities shows.

Justice Sheilah Martin is retiring from the country's highest court, opening up a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Canada bench.

The federal privacy watchdog has found Staples Canada did not fully remove personal information from returned laptops that it later resold.

Inuit advocacy groups, as well as Greenlanders who live in Canada, are emphatically opposed to American designs on their homeland. And, they say, they're tired of being used as a geopolitical chess pieces by powerful people in faraway capitals.

Brandon Taylor Moore, who is charged in connection with online comments, was back in Saskatoon provincial court on Tuesday. The Crown added two new charges: wilfully promoting hatred and wilfully promoting antisemitism by condoning, denying or downplaying the Holocaust.

Several children suffered "significant" injuries in a school bus rollover north of Swan River, Man., in icy conditions on Tuesday morning.

Scott Adams, whose popular comic strip Dilbert captured the frustrations of beleaguered, white-collar cubicle workers until he was abruptly dropped from syndication in 2023 for racist remarks, has died.

Advocacy groups for women and children say a wave of sexual deepfakes on the social media platform X proves the Canadian government needs to create an online regulator.

The NHL and NHL Players' Association said in a joint statement Monday they are pleased test events at the new hockey arena for the Milan-Cortina Olympics were "a good trial run and provided important insight into the current status" of construction.

The newspaper, which has newsrooms in Richmond, B.C., and Toronto, Ont., is winding up its Canadian operations due to financial reasons, says a letter from the publisher.

Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid amid freezing temperatures in an apparent snub to U.S.-led peace efforts as Moscow's invasion of its neighbour approaches the four-year mark.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is ending temporary protected status for thousands of Somalis in the United States, press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Tuesday, requiring them to leave by March 17.

A rainstorm swept across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, flooding hundreds of tents, collapsing homes sheltering families displaced by two years of war and killing at least six people, local health officials said.

Organizers of Australia's largest free literary festival cancelled the event Tuesday after more than 180 writers and speakers withdrew over the scrapping of an appearance by an Australian-Palestinian writer and academic.

The Serious Incident Response Team confirmed to CBC News that it is investigating the shooting death related to an emergency alert issued Tuesday about a man with a firearm driving along a rural highway in Nova Scotia's Hants County.

In the view of representatives of Big Sky Country, Alberta’s rules sometimes block Montana electricity from being sold into Alberta, which they say hurts their power producers and discourages cross-border transmission investment. Alberta, meanwhile, says it isn’t treating Montana any differently than it does its Canadian neighbours.

A rescue dog was found in Metro Vancouver's North Shore after being lost in the wilderness for 54 days, after an outpouring of support from the local community and concerted efforts from searchers.

A suspect in an arson fire at a synagogue that was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan decades ago admitted to targeting the historic institution because it's a Jewish house of worship and confessed what he had done to his father, who turned him in to authorities after observing burn marks on his son's ankles, hands and face, the FBI said Monday.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said his government will continue allowing remote work for many public servants. The current policy for full-time employees is at least three days in the workplace every week.

Trevor Dubois is being remembered by friends and family as a man defined by laughter, compassion and advocacy. Those closest to him describe an outgoing, flamboyant and deeply kind man who was known for helping Indigenous youth and others struggling with mental health in Saskatchewan.

Biometrics  — fingerprints and photographs required for Canadian visas — can only be collected outside Gaza, typically in Egypt or the West Bank.

A family from Kitchener, Ont., wants to find and say thank you to a Good Samaritan who gave their loved one CPR, extending his life until paramedics arrived on the scene, transported him to hospital and gave his family a chance to say one last goodbye.

Ottawa says 2.1 million temporary residents will have expired or expiring permits this year. But experts say some will consider going underground and undocumented.

Ottawa says 2.1 million temporary residents will have expired or expiring permits this year. But experts say some will consider going underground and undocumented.

The Vimy legion branch was closed on Friday night after a meeting with officials from Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command, which is responsible for all branches in the province.

More than 700 people have been evacuated from Kashechewan First Nation following the failure of the community’s water treatment plant.

Many people are starting 2026 by taking part in Dry January, swearing off alcohol for the first month of the year. But new research from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is raising concerns about how much Canadians are drinking.

The Niagara correction workers union president says employees struggle to provide programming as jail population increases and the mother of son who died at the detention centre said he had been sleeping on mattresses of his cell's floor.

Experts say that repeat offenders are one of the main drivers of transit crime in Canada. In Edmonton, for example, 22 per cent of offenders are responsible for almost half of the crime on transit.

Five week trial begins in lawsuit launched by photojournalist Amber Bracken, arrested by RCMP in 2021, and news outlet The Narwhal, claiming wrongful arrest, wrongful detention and violation of Charter rights.

A five-week trial is beginning in a lawsuit launched by photojournalist Amber Bracken, arrested by RCMP in 2021, and news outlet The Narwhal, claiming wrongful arrest, wrongful detention and violation of Charter rights.

No Name brand frozen beef burgers that were sold across the country are being recalled due to a risk of E. coli contamination.

The B.C. Court of Appeal has set aside the decision of a labour administrator who found in favour of Purolator employees who were fired for not getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

A Toronto Maple Leafs player paid tribute over the weekend to a grocery store worker and fan who died suddenly last week and who is being remembered as a warm, friendly face who loved the team.

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In an attempt to help 'more children to see themselves represented in Barbie,' toy creator Mattel Inc. is releasing their first-ever autistic Barbie doll.

A 19-year-old Calgary man who was once placed on a terrorism peace bond for social media posts promoting ISIS and the killing of gay men got into an argument with a judge about his pro-Nazi beliefs.