Hyperloop cost study expects project to be up and running in Edmonton by 2031

Canadian hyperloop company TransPod has completed a feasibility study of the implementation of an ultra-high-speed transportation line between Calgary and Edmonton. The company says it expects to have private funding secured for the first portion of the line by the end of the year.

Iran will immediately take steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz once a tentative deal with the U.S. to end the war is signed and will be allowed to sell its oil without restrictions, according to leaked copies of an interim agreement that officials say broadly matches the document.

After nearly 250 days in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, Winnipeg-born Clayton Herman walked free on Monday.

The last stretch of road to the frontlines in the Russia-Ukraine war is often called the kill zone. It’s swarming with drones, littered with burnt-out vehicles, and populated by residents continuing to live their daily lives.

With a brilliant hat trick in a 3-0 win over Les Fennecs, Argentina's Lionel Messi moved into a tie with Germany's Miroslav Klose for the career scoring record at the men's World Cup.

A Hamilton hospital says it has become the first in the world to use an experimental exosome treatment on a burn patient, helping a Western University student recover from severe injuries suffered in a London fraternity house fire.

Almost a year after a devastating wildfire tore through the north shore of Conception Bay, destroying nearly 200 homes, people are rebuilding and taking stock of what was lost and isn't so easily replaced.

Graduating students at two Canadian high schools submitted Holocaust denial quotes in their yearbooks this spring — and the quotes were even published before the schools took action.

Canada also faces a record-low fertility rate, and experts are looking to South Korea to see what they're doing right after years of plummeting birthrates.

Canadians are grappling with the loss of a cultural touchstone after CBC announced Tuesday its Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts have come to an end.

Quebec’s police watchdog is the only police oversight body in Canada whose final reports are not made public. Some advocates and families who have lost loved ones following police interventions say that needs to change.

Prominent tech businesses pushing to use AI intensively have been stung by sky high AI costs, especially for agentic chain-of-thought purposes. Now, they're looking at getting beyond experimentation to tokenomics: really breaking down the return on investment for big AI spending.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he's seen a copy of the preliminary deal struck between the U.S. and Iran to end hostilities in the Middle East and is calling it a "game changer."

CBC News reporter Sarah Leavitt tells The National about the moment she was assigned to chase a kangaroo in Boucherville, Que.

A judge has dismissed a last-ditch legal effort to temporarily halt the closures of supervised consumption sites in Calgary and Lethbridge, citing a similar effort to stall another shuttered site.

A special parliamentary committee will recommend that the federal government indefinitely pause the expansion of medical assistance in dying for people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness, CBC News has confirmed.

A special parliamentary committee will recommend that the federal government indefinitely pause the expansion of medical assistance in dying for people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness, CBC News has confirmed.

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New data from Statistics Canada suggests homeowners' insurance in Alberta increased nearly five times in a 20-year period — the highest increase of any province.

The Royal Canadian Navy's sweeping modernization plans hinge on a challenge that can't be solved in a shipyard. Vice-Admiral Dan Charlebois says the service must grow by as much as 40 per cent to crew a new fleet of destroyers, submarines and support vessels now taking shape.

Frankel also won the league's goaltender of the year award after backstopping the Fleet to a big year-over-year turnaround.

A central Alberta town won't host its annual parade this year after organizers said a decision to disallow a pro-Alberta float led to a barrage of "online criticism, personal attacks, harassment, and abusive messages."

In the early days of this tournament, goalkeepers have found themselves the subject of hotter attention, the 18-yard box a proving ground more than a sanctuary.

A Toronto man arrested for his role in conspiring to smuggle cocaine for a drug network allegedly tied to former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding has taken a plea deal in the U.S.

When Bosnian band Dubioza kolektiv released U.S.A. in 2011, they never imagined their tongue-in-cheek song about disillusionment with the American dream would be repurposed into a certified World Cup hit.

A Federal Court judge has dismissed Thomas Partey's bid for emergency relief after Canada denied the Ghanaian midfielder entry for the FIFA World Cup.

The Cultus Lake Waterpark in Chilliwack, B.C., remained closed Tuesday as multiple agencies investigated an incident that sent a dozen youths to hospital.

A Russian warship fired warning shots near a U.K.-registered pleasure yacht in the English Channel on Tuesday, authorities said, an incident that caused no damage but illustrated heightened tensions between the two countries.

An 11-year-old child has died of a suspected drowning during a field trip to a regional park near Medicine Hat, Alta., on Monday. That led to a shutdown of pools across the city the following day.

An 11-year-old child has died of a suspected drowning during a field trip to a regional park near Medicine Hat, Alta., on Monday. That led to a shutdown of pools across the city the following day.