COVID-19 puts “Big Tech” under the microscope, again

The wildfire spread of misinformation about COVID-19 on social media is giving critics of Big Tech ammunition in their fight. It comes at a time when Facebook and Google face major antitrust lawsuits in the U.S., and some are calling on Canada to do more to regulate tech giants. Our guest is Taylor Owen, Director of the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy at McGill University, and host of the Big Tech podcast.

Artemis II is set to blast off to the moon in early February with four astronauts, including the Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hansen. But we've already been to the moon, so why are we going back? Do we get any benefits here on Earth?

It's not unreasonable to think about how any action by a Canadian government might impact relations with Canada's largest trading partner. At the same time, allowing the American president's potential for anger to dictate the behaviour of Canadian leaders risks ceding a great amount of power.

Two of the loudest and most important defence policy issues facing Canada have a common — often unrealized — thread, say experts. Both the F-35 and the U.S. threats to annex Greenland are connected over the Trump administration's plan to build its Golden Dome missile defence system.

Canada hopes to double its exports to countries other than the U.S. as a way of blunting the impact of the trade war. But that will take time and money. What can Canada get done as tariffs squeeze the economy?

Chronic Lyme disease isn't recognized by conventional medicine. It's a controversial term used by some alternative practitioners to describe pain, fatigue and neurological symptoms they attribute to a persistent Lyme infection. Some Lyme experts say it’s fuelling a dubious industry and say celebrity cases are part of the problem.

Jan. 30, 2026 | Tributes pour in for legendary Canadian actor Catherine O'Hara after her sudden death at the age of 71. Conservative Party delegates vote on Pierre Poilievre’s leadership. And, Canada’s ‘Captain Clutch’ sets her sights on another gold at the Milano-Cortina Olympics.

A Canadian Armed Forces member has died while on deployment in Latvia, the Department of National Defence said Friday.

The Sinaloa cartel faction known as “Los Chapitos” may have been involved in kidnapping 10 employees of Canadian mining company Vizsla Silver Corp., with operations in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, according to a senior Mexican security official.

Christina Black loves her native Nova Scotia but she didn't want to go home just yet. Black and Alberta's Selena Sturmay advanced to the 3/4 Page playoff of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts with wins Friday evening in qualifying games. Black downed Taylour Stevens 11-6 in an all-Nova Scotia matchup and Sturmay rolled past Manitoba's Beth Peterson 10-4.

Canada's Kerri Einarson and Manitoba's Kaitlyn Lawes advanced into the Page 1/2 playoff game at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts after winning their qualifying games on Friday. Einarson beat Manitoba's Beth Peterson 8-5, while Lawes beat Nova Scotia's Christina Black 8-6 on her final throw.

A new federal tax program aims to boost greenhouse investment and increase domestic vegetable production to tackle high food prices. Industry officials welcome the support, but say food prices are hard to contain.

There’s an acute awareness and sensitivity at the Conservative Party convention to the political issue of separatism. It's now at the centre of Alberta politics, particularly within conservative circles.

The Comox Valley Regional District, a community of about 72,000 people on mid-Vancouver Island, has issued a state of local emergency in response to current flood conditions.

An Ontario man who was a member of a neo-Nazi group and has pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges told a Toronto judge today that he was a "complete monster at times," but has turned over a new leaf since his arrest in 2023.

New information from an informant in the case involving three men accused of facilitating terrorism in Quebec City revealed they were planning for a supposed zombie apocalypse. The information comes from a former member of the group Hide & Stalk — an alleged anti-government Instagram group of current and former military members.

Ontario Provincial Police say the service will not be participating in the federal government's buyback program for banned assault-style firearms.

Nearly a year after a three-month-old P.E.I. baby died at the hands of her mother - a single parent with a cognitive disability who was struggling with her mental health - no investigatory body has announced an intention to look into the circumstances leading up to the baby’s death.

Hyundai is exploring a "potential collaboration" with the Canadian hydrogen energy sector, it told CBC News on Thursday, as the South Korean automaker bets on natural gas-fuelled cars to be the future of the automotive industry.

Jim Pattison Developments has announced it will not sell an industrial building in Ashland, Va., that was set to be turned into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility.

Friday marks the last day of work for up to 1,200 autoworkers, as GM cuts one of three shifts at its Oshawa plant. Some workers say they are looking out of province to find employment in the face of Oshawa's 8.6 per cent unemployment rate.

In an exclusive interview with CBC Sports, Canadian skeleton coach Joe Cecchini denies that he manipulated a race on the developmental circuit to ensure Canada’s spots at the Olympics, ultimately preventing American Katie Uhlaender from competing in a record sixth Games.

On Friday, Regina's fire chief offered an update on the investigation into a fatal carbon monoxide incident in Regina, Sask., on Dec. 19, 2025. An 11-year-old boy died and his dad was taken to hospital in critical condition after they were poisoned in their apartment building.

Federal prosecutors can’t seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge ruled Friday, foiling the Trump administration’s bid to see him executed for what it called a “premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America.”

Journalist Don Lemon was arrested in connection with an anti-immigration protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church, his lawyer said Friday.

A provincial court judge has found a former police officer guilty of perjury and says the man lied to protect his own interests during the trial for a colleague.

Canada's economic growth stalled in November as growth in services was ​offset by weakness in goods-producing industries, data showed on Friday, offering fresh clues on the state of the economy after almost a year of tariffs and uncertainty.

Trading card shops like ShoeBox Games & Cafe in Calgary are being targeted for thefts, as Pokemon trading cards have skyrocketed in value over recent years.

Israel will reopen the Rafah border crossing on Sunday for people to travel between Gaza and Egypt, the Israeli government agency that co-ordinates civilian policy in Gaza, COGAT, said on Friday.

Badger's state of emergency continues as the province's evacuation order expands to include dozens of addresses.