Microplastics a growing problem in Great Lakes, Ontario AG says

Microplastics are appearing in the Great Lakes in a larger amount now than before, according to Ontario's attorney general. And there's a growing amount of research about the harms of having so much plastic in the waterways.

A doctor sentenced to 30 months in prison for selling ketamine to Matthew Perry is appealling his sentence, arguing he was operating as a drug dealer — not a physician — when he sold the drug to the late star of Friends.

The Hudson's Bay Company charter will be welcomed at the Manitoba Museum on Thursday, in a ceremony that will feature representatives from First Nations, Inuit, and Métis governments, with a year-long exhibit likely to start in fall 2027.

Canada's Victoria Mboko withdrew from her first-round match at the HSBC Championships on Wednesday after appearing to sustain an injury during the second set.

Scientists have reconstructed genomes of woolly mammoths, horses, steppe bison and ground squirrels that roamed the grasslands of the Canadian Arctic as far back as 700,000 years ago using DNA found in frozen squirrel poop from the Yukon.

The foundation and trustees responded to complaints after the prize was changed in 2022.

The federal government's new AI strategy lays out a plan for 250,000 new AI-relevant jobs in five years. But is that realistic? CBC Radio's The House breaks it down.

Extensive damage has been reported after extreme weather slammed parts of Saskatchewan on Tuesday night.

Canada could be on the cusp of joining the multi-trillion-dollar space launch industry and it started on a small launch pad in Nova Scotia. The CBC's Brett Ruskin was there for the moment the rocket launched in Canso, N.S.

The Brantford Bulldogs made Ontario Hockey League (OHL) history this week by selecting goaltender Sophie Jovanovic in the league's U18 Priority Selection.

Bill Gates faced questions on Wednesday having little to do with helping found Microsoft or his global health philanthropy, as members of a U.S. congressional committee questioned him relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Bill Gates is expected to face uncomfortable questions on Wednesday having little to do with helping found Microsoft or his global health philanthropy, as members of a U.S. congressional committee are likely to probe his relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The book is titled Unreliable Boyfriend and will be by Simon & Schuster Canada on Oct. 13.

Southern Manitoba saw a wild night of storms with monsoon-like downpours, unconfirmed reports of tornadoes and vehicles abandoned on flooded roads.

More than 10 assailants got out of a minibus and moved through a poor neighbourhood in South Africa's biggest city while shooting at residents in a late-night attack that killed at least 12 people and wounded nine others, police said Wednesday.

Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday charged seven people and two companies with offences including manslaughter and conspiracy over the city'sdeadliest fire in decades last November.

A Calgary family will never look at grapes the same way again after finding a highly venomous black widow in their imported produce — an occurrence one entomologist says is becoming increasingly common in Canada.

A Calgary family will never look at grapes the same way again after finding a highly venomous black widow in their imported produce — an occurrence one entomologist says is becoming increasingly common in Canada.

Manitoba's government spoke last fall with U.S. energy advisers about developing a hyperscale AI data centre near Winnipeg and using private capital to build an $18-billion hydroelectric generating station on the Nelson River, documents obtained by CBC News show.

Petunia the porch goose is sitting pretty on the front step of Alla Turgeon’s home in Hammonds Plains, N.S. Smartly dressed in a sun hat and a gardening outfit, the concrete figure differs from her feathered counterparts in many ways, her owner points out.

As provincial funding stagnates, libraries are turning to other sources to make up budget shortfalls and avoid branch closures.

Tournament-related construction projects in Mexico City have mainly increased daily frustrations, adding to a general feeling of apathy — if not antipathy — among locals toward the World Cup.

Infection rates for deadly mosquito-borne diseases are extremely low in Canada. But experts warn climate change and evolving environmental factors — including deforestation — are rapidly expanding the geographical range of the world's deadliest animal, and the way it lives and breeds.

New data suggests the rate of nicotine pouch use among young people has skyrocketed — with 34.8 per cent of respondents saying they've tried the product.

The owner of Montreal's SoLIT Café says she has spent years making changes requested by Quebec’s language watchdog but still worries there is no clear end to the process. The OQLF says inspections stem from complaints made by the public.

Ottawa’s last supervised drug consumption sites will close for good this week, and many within that community warn the city will come to regret it.

Former soldier Brendan Hynes thinks he has CTE, but the devastating brain disease can’t be confirmed until after someone’s dead. Could cutting-edge Canadian research be the solution?

Once featured on HGTV, Manitoba pool builder Kurt Wittin now faces 26 counts of fraud with his past businesses, but still continues to sell shipping container pools under a new company and name.

Jordan Staal scored his second goal of the game while stretched out on his stomach at 6:32 of the third period to put the Carolina Hurricanes ahead for good in their 5-3 victory on Tuesday night over the Vegas Golden Knights and even the Stanley Cup Final after four games.

Basketball player Javion Tyndale, 17, tells The National about the moment the Canadian team won the FIBA U18 AmeriCup championship for the first time after beating the U.S.