'It's unprecedented': What is behind Australia's devastating fires?

Australia continues to burn after more than a month of raging bushfires, and it doesn’t appear the smoke-filled skies will be clearing any time soon. But what's making the fires so calamitous.

Fresh statistics show violent crime in major U.S. cities dropped sharply in 2025 from the previous year, and U.S. President Donald Trump is claiming that his get-tough policies are the reason. The inconvenient truth for this Trump administration is that violent crime was already in sharp decline before he returned to office.

Growing evidence suggests that dance can help slow the progression of Parkinson's disease. It's because of that research that experts are launching a national online arts hub that aims to connect Parkinson's patients across Canada to different programs, like singing and dancing.

Ontario Liberals will choose their next leader this November, but the interim chief says the party must spend the next nine months doing the hard work of a broader rebuild after three consecutive electoral defeats.

Several hundred people gathered in Langley, B.C. on Saturday evening, lighting candles and laying flowers in memory of the victims of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, including a 12-year-old girl who, community members say, spent most of her childhood in the Lower Mainland city.

Olympic ice technician Mark Callan tells the National about the moment he was deemed the Michael Jackson of curling after his videos of his technique went viral for resembling the moonwalk.

Feb. 15, 2026| Freestyle skier Mikaël Kingsbury wins Team Canada’s first gold at the 2026 Olympic Games and solidifies his place in the history books. What’s next for students in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., and their school. And, Trump’s threat to close the Gordie Howe Bridge angers his own voters.

CBC Sports' daily Olympics newsletter previews the Canadian medal chances coming up on Monday after Mikael Kingsbury broke the ice with Canada's first gold of the Games.

Some residents are still struggling to get by as snow clearing efforts continue three weeks after Toronto’s record-breaking snowfall.

Canadian world champion Deanna Stellato-Dudek spoke about her recovery from injury, after a disappointing Olympic pairs short program performance that left her and partner Maxime Deschamps in 14th place.

A 13-year-old girl who was critically injured after her clothing got tangled in the ski lift at Centre Vorlage near Wakefield, Que., has died, her family says.

Eddie Carvery, the activist who lived in a trailer on the site of the former town of Africville for over 50 years, has died. Carvery used his decades-long protest to call for reparations for the former residents of the town.

The FBI says a glove containing DNA was found about three kilometres from Nancy Guthrie's home and appears to match those worn by a masked person outside her front door in Tucson, Ariz., the night she vanished.

Patrick Chan and Kurt Browning, two Canadian figure skating legends, watched with the rest of the sporting world in astonishment as the American star crashed under pressure, tumbling to eighth after a disastrous free skate.

Sidney Crosby has yet another accolade beside his name. The Canadian hockey icon registered a goal and two assists Sunday in a 10-2 dismantling of France as the country finished with a perfect record in the preliminary round of the men's tournament at the Milano-Cortina Olympics.

It took nine days before a Canadian athlete won a gold medal at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics — the longest the country has ever taken to win gold at the Winter Games in 58 years.

A man and a woman are facing charges, including mischief,connected to flooding at the Winnipeg police headquarters Saturday that forced the building to be closed for public access.

Hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets in Toronto on Saturday as part of a 'Global Day of Action' against the Iranian regime. The protesters called on the Canadian government to recognize Iran's exiled crown prince, Reza Pahlavi, as the leader of Iran’s democratic transition after anti-government protests erupted in Iran at the end of last year.

Gisèle Pelicot waived her right to anonymity at her ex-husband’s trial in September 2024, where he would be convicted of drugging her, raping her and inviting men to do the same while she was unconscious. Now, she's telling her wider story in a memoir as she rebuilds her life.

Gisèle Pelicot waived her right to anonymity at her ex-husband's trial in September 2024, where he would be convicted of drugging her, raping her and inviting men to do the same while she was unconscious. Now, she's telling her wider story in a memoir as she rebuilds her life.

Gisèle Pelicot waived her right to anonymity at her ex-husband’s trial in September 2024, where he would be convicted of drugging her, raping her and inviting men to do the same while she was unconscious. Now, she's telling her wider story in a memoir as she rebuilds her life.

Controversy is swirling in curling at the Winter Olympics and it's all centring on whether the mighty Canadian team is cheating. Both men's and women's teams have now been accused of the same infraction: double-touching the curling stone after it is released.

Mikaël Kingsbury ended his Olympic career on the top of the podium, winning the men's dual moguls final on Sunday to capture Canada's first gold medal of the Milano Cortina Olympic Games.

Long before studded tires and heated seats, New Brunswickers relied on horse-drawn sleighs to get around in the winter.

Saint John resident Greg Hemmings and his friends are advocating for a statue to honor Canadian music icon Stompin' Tom Connors on the city's waterfront.

A London, Ont., veteran who witnessed Canada's maple leaf flag rise for the first time in 1965 is marking its 61st anniversary with a unique tribute: a letter written from the flag's perspective.

Nearly 35 years after Halifax ice dancer and Olympic bronze medallist Rob McCall died of AIDS, a new generation of elite gay figure skaters are embodying a future he — and many of his peers — never lived long enough to see.

Love is in the air these days, and some New Brunswickers showed their love of the province's natural beauty, even in February, with these pictures for the latest edition of Your Lens show.

Acadia University hopes an introductory course about AI tools can bring students and the public better understanding about AI technology.

The MSC Baltic III has been pounded by winter weather and winds in recent months, and officials working on the site say there's still uncertainty around the vessel a year after it was grounded on the west coast of Newfoundland.