Should Alberta take more control of immigration? This hyper-local rural program has some lessons

As part of the referendum this fall, Albertans will be asked to vote on whether Alberta should have more control over immigration, something that's typically under federal jurisdiction. So CBC News took a look at what control the province has already.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. has no planned talks with Iran, and none were scheduled, as Iran's top negotiator said the Strait of Hormuz will remain shut until the U.S. meets the conditions of ‌an interim deal inked in June.

The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in July were down compared with a year ago, but edged slightly higher month over month.

Public libraries in Alberta have until the new year to comply with new restrictions around access to materials in their collection with a visual depiction of a sexual act, but with less than five months before the deadline, questions still remain over how the new regulations will be applied.

Public libraries in Alberta have until the new year to comply with new restrictions around access to materials in their collection with a visual depiction of a sexual act, but with less than five months before the deadline, questions still remain over how the new regulations will be applied.

A Russian missile attack killed 10 people on Tuesday in a village in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, Ukrainian authorities said.

A high school student carrying two pistols shot to death a fellow student before killing himself Tuesday in an attack in a southern Philippine high school campus that he livestreamed using a body-worn camera, police and other officials said. It was the second fatal school shooting in the country in just two months.

As Israeli airstrikes escalate in Southern Lebanon, emergency workers there are accusing the IDF of deliberately starting wildfires. We look at what’s happening on the ground.

A high-level cocaine trafficker, a nightclub owner working as a drug courier and a recently divorced father have pleaded guilty to various roles in a drug bust Winnipeg police once worried had been compromised by a corrupt officer.

Prince Edward Island has decided not to participate in a federal measure that would allow rural employers to hire more low-wage temporary foreign workers.

In golf, shooting your age is considered a big achievement. To beat it by 13 strokes is remarkable. That's what 85-year-old David McDonald recently did at one of Nova Scotia's longest and toughest courses.

It’s been weeks since wildfire evacuees from Whitestand First Nation and Armstrong in northwestern Ontario have been home. The communities are awaiting word from the province of changes in evacuation orders. In the meantime, preparations are underway to ensure essential supplies and infrastructure, as well as mental health resources, are in place.

Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador and the federal government are hailing the new Churchill Falls deal as a win-win-win.
The new agreement will have major consequences for Quebec, and could also have an impact on the upcoming provincial election.

American entrepreneurs say sustained, 50 per cent tariffs would force them to make the choice they've been hoping to avoid for more than a year and a half: breaking away from longstanding, good-faith relationships with Canadian suppliers for the sake of their finances.

For weeks this summer, a lead instructor at a Kawartha Lakes hockey camp was a man who recently pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting children. There is currently no Ontario legislation that requires summer camps to screen staff that work with children.

The new slate of tariffs are set to hit a range of industries, ranging from lumber to electronics, manufacturing to dairy. Regardless of the sector, these small business owners fear the new levies will take a massive bite out of their cross-border sales.

The Parti Québécois will not hold a referendum as long as U.S. President Donald Trump remains in power, party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon announced Tuesday morning.

Following the discovery of a drone laden with explosives and a detonator at Germany’s Leipzig airport, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov signaled Moscow's intent to step up retaliation against countries that are helping Ukraine.

As uncertainty swelled in recent months around the long-awaited opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, representatives from the privately-owned Ambassador Bridge up the Detroit River were “aggressively” pursuing trucking companies in an apparent bid to retain their business, according to an industry representative.

American entrepreneurs say sustained, 50 per cent tariffs would force them to make the choice they've been hoping to avoid for more than a year and a half: breaking away from longstanding, good-faith relationships with Canadian suppliers for the sake of their finances.

Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema was re-elected for a second 5-year term, but the opposition leader put in an unexpectedly strong showing, capitalizing on public ‌frustration with lingering hardships despite an economic turnaround.

Stephanie Morris tells The National about the moment she had an extremely close encounter with a family of orcas that swam by just off Bella Bella beach on Fox Island, Wash.

The Wilder Institute's Calgary Zoo is investigating the circumstances under which one-year-old grizzly bear Fitz escaped his enclosure before being found Sunday morning.

In a meeting of the House of Commons public safety and national security committee on Monday, MPs collaborated across party lines in deciding to examine Canada's security screening processes as a Canadian NATO intern faces spying allegations.

FIFA confirmed on Monday that Chief Operating Officer Kevin Lamour has left the governing body, weeks after he publicly criticized President Gianni Infantino's plan to sell a stake in ‌its tournament business, including the World Cup.

Rachel Reid says when she heard five libraries in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley were set to permanently close their doors, she wanted to help as much as she could.

An Alberta chief is calling for more respect from the provincial government after its Indigenous relations minister missed a marquee event marking the 150th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 6.

U.S. President Donald Trump has again threatened Oman as Iran says it is working with the Gulf Arab country on a plan to manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Fully reopening the waterway has been a key U.S. demand.

The NBA is disputing claims made in an ESPN article about the league's investigation of Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer.

Nick Reiner, who stands accused of killing his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, has been denied access to the $1.5-million US trust fund he was seeking to use to fund his legal defence. The 32-year-old has pleaded not guilty to two charges of murder.