Canadian released from Egyptian prison after almost 500 days in custody

Canadian engineer Yasser Ahmed Albaz is out of an Egyptian prison after nearly 500 days in custody and has been reunited with his family in Oakville, Ont., his daughter said today.

Barry Melrose, a hockey player-turned-coach who led the Los Angeles Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final before going on to a long career in broadcasting the sport, has died. He was 70.

There is a more than 10 per cent chance that AI could kill all humans within the next decade, a researcher at Anthropic estimated in a post, hours after social media posts went viral from someone saying they had just quit Anthropic over concerns that AI companies are “gambling with our lives” in the AI development race.

NHL 27, the new hockey simulation video game by EA Sports, launches worldwide on Sept. 11, but fans say the players’ faces are all wrong after images were leaked online.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Canada this week for his first visit to the country in nearly a year as his country copes with an onslaught of deadly airstrikes.

One of the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane that careened off a Miami runway and killed five people repeatedly warned they were coming in too fast nearly two minutes ahead of time and at the last second urged them to abort the landing, according to highlights of the cockpit recording that investigators released Wednesday.

One pilot of the Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that ‌crashed in Miami on Sunday commented to the other about excessive ​speed throughout the last ​one minute and 42 seconds of the cockpit ​voice recording, the National Transportation Safety Board ‌said.

The personal information of people involved in Ontario's court systems may have been stolen in a cyber attack, according to the chief justices of the province. An online case management system used by the courts and owned by Thomson Reuters Canada Limited was breached in June.

The personal information of people involved in Ontario's court systems may have been stolen in a cyber attack, according to the chief justices of the province. An online case management system used by the courts and owned by Thomson Reuters Canada Limited was breached in June.

Surveillance video showing a former detainee being released from a corrections transport van into the streets of Edmonton’s Chinatown has raised concerns over how Alberta offenders are released into the community.

Saskatchewan's Serious Incident Response Team found "reasonable grounds" to believe the officer committed assault causing bodily harm on a 38-year-old woman outside Melfort Hospital during an arrest, but the province has declined to pursue a charge.

Live Nation says an AC/DC concert scheduled for Sept. 16 at Rogers Stadium has been cancelled due to severe damage done to the venue by a storm a week ago.

With some tariffs added and others removed, economists predict that big picture the changes will break even. But certain industries will still be hit hard, they say, and the tit-for-tat will weigh on business owners' confidence.

U.S. President Donald Trump's new trade sanctions will hit home for some New Brunswick businesses. Moosehead Breweries and Mother Mushroom Brewery on Campobello Island both rely on U.S. beer drinkers.

Amid a trade war that includes President Donald Trump's threats to Canadian sovereignty and his vow to ban imports of several Canadian products to the U.S., the NFL's Buffalo Bills have made an unexpected announcement.

A B.C. family doctor has been ordered to pay $28,100, after refusing to inject a transgender teen with a prescribed hormone blocker, citing religious and cultural reasons.

A man is facing charges following a grocery store dispute about tariffs in southwest Calgary, where police say he threatened to shoot a man in front of his family.

The federal government is moving ahead with changes that will exempt a number of energy projects from a layer of its environmental assessment process. At the same time, a senior government source says the Liberals are preparing to back down on proposed changes that would have bypassed regulations meant to protect at-risk species.

The federal government is moving ahead with changes that will exempt a number of energy projects from a layer of its environmental assessment process.

Fuel prices tend to ease off around this time of year, but one industry expert says drivers should expect no such relief this time.

Noel Clarke, best known for his role in the sci-fi show Doctor Who from 2005 to 2010, has been charged with six sexual offences, including two counts of sexual assault, England and Wales’ Crown Prosecution Service announced on Wednesday.

On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of unexpected guests arrived in Gander, N.L. and nearby towns when terrorist attacks shut down airspace over North America. For The National, CBC’s David Common revisits the community’s extraordinary response on the day ‘the plane people’ arrived and the enduring bonds that remain 25 years later.

Police say wearing the costume is not a criminal offence, but following another person in a manner that causes them to fear for their safety may constitute criminal harassment.

Guy Turcotte was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 after being convicted of second-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his two young children.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed five proclamations Tuesday, banning Canadian imports of alcohol as of Sept. 29, and slapping 50 per cent tariffs on other products starting next week.

With the artificial intelligence boom sweeping across Canada and around the world, the federal government is making efforts it says will ensure Canadians understand what AI is, what it can do and how it will impact them.

South Park appears to be taking a page out of Donald Trump's book: if you don’t like a name, change it.
For its 29th season, the animated satire has announced a new title — and will be now known as South America.

An Ontario man was found guilty of participating in the activities of a terrorist group by an Ontario Superior Court judge Wednesday.

An Ontario man was found guilty of participating in the activities of a terrorist group by an Ontario Superior Court judge Wednesday.

As the Carney government pursues deeper relations with Beijing, the Chinese government reports it held a "candid" exchange on military issues with Canadian officials earlier this month.