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The replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts launched to the International Space Station on Friday night, paving the way for the pair's return after nine long months.
Canada is looking at cancelling a major portion of its purchase of U.S.-built F-35 stealth fighters and plans on opening talks with rival aircraft makers, Defence Minister Bill Blair said.
In response to an Ontario-wide measles outbreak, with many cases near Brantford, Grand Erie, Hamilton and other public health units have expanded vaccinations to include infants as young as six months.
Indigenous leaders from across the country are congratulating the new prime minister, but are stressing the need to work together to address funding and service gaps, and to address the threat of the Trump administration.
In the limited space of his first day as prime minister — and with an election maybe just more than a week away — Mark Carney could at least try to signal change.
In its statement of defence, the health authority says former CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos was terminated because of her 'own inadequacies' in performing her job.
An advocate for New Brunswickers suffering from unexplained neurological symptoms says a letter obtained by CBC News suggests Health Minister Dr. John Dornan wasn't truthful about his role in the removal of a Moncton neurologist from his post at the clinic treating many of the patients.
An Indiana woman who crashed her car into a ditch and broke both her legs survived nearly a week by dipping her clothes into a nearby creek and sucking up the water, says her father.
B.C. Premier David Eby says his government is drafting legislation to scrap the province's consumer carbon tax following a promise from Prime Minister Mark Carney to do the same.
Prime Minister Mark Carney wasted little time in removing a potent point of attack for the Conservatives in recent years: the consumer carbon tax.
Faced with tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, some countries have decided, so far, to respond by turning the other cheek, and not retaliate with their own duties.
AI image detector tools are only growing in popularity as it becomes more difficult to tell if online images or videos are real or fake. CBC News’ Visual Investigations team tested some of the most popular free tools online to see how effective they are — and whether you should trust them.
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber opened up about struggling with imposter syndrome, drawing attention to celebrities having to balance the popularity and constant spotlight that comes with oodles of scrutiny.
When U.S. President Donald Trump points to Canadian tariffs on dairy, he's making an important omission.
A group of major energy users have signed a pledge to support tripling global nuclear power capacity by 2050. Nuclear power is seeing a resurgence in popularity thanks in part to significant growth in power demand due to AI.
If we’re just judging on merit, never fear; Novocaine is, in a word, amazing. Though if we’re using two, it would be amazingly gross.
The defence lawyer for an alleged accomplice of Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding has cast doubt on the viability of the case against his client after the reported assassination of a key witness. Former trucker Gurpreet Singh appeared for a bail hearing in a downtown Toronto court Friday.
Sean (Diddy) Combs pleaded not guilty on Friday to a new indictment, which added accusations that the hip-hop mogul forced employees to work long hours and threatened to punish those who did not assist in his two-decade sex trafficking scheme.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is taking over from Justin Trudeau with a slimmer front bench. Here’s a breakdown of the new members of cabinet and those who won’t be returning.
A disciplinary panel of the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives says nurse Amy Hamm committed unprofessional conduct for making "discriminatory and derogatory statements" about transgender people.
Russia will spare the lives of Ukrainian soldiers in its western Kursk region if Kyiv tells them to surrender, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump urged him to avoid a "horrible massacre" there.
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has denied an injunction by a group of cyclists that sought to stop the province from removing bike lanes in Toronto until a court challenge is heard.
The province's chief medical officer of health is urging Ontarians to make sure they are immunized against the measles amid the most severe outbreak in the province in more than a decade.
The Powassan, Ont., man accused of stealing one of the world's most famous portraits from the Château Laurier and switching it for a fake during a COVID-19 lockdown has pleaded guilty to 3 of 6 charges.
The Powassan, Ont., man accused of stealing one of the world's most famous portraits from the Château Laurier and switching it for a fake during a COVID-19 lockdown has pleaded guilty to 3 of 6 charges.
Hudson's Bay Company is nearly a billion dollars in debt, according to court filings that paint a dire portrait of the struggling Canadian department store chain's finances.
Jason Sudeikis will return to the football pitch for a fourth season of Ted Lasso, Apple TV+ confirmed Friday.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly wrapped up the G7 meeting in Charlevoix, Que., with a stern message for U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio: hands off our country.
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to free an American-Israeli dual national if Israel begins a phase of ceasefire talks towards a permanent end to the war, but Israel dismissed the offer as "psychological warfare."
People around the world got to witness a rare total lunar eclipse coinciding with a full moon, dubbed a blood worm moon, late Thursday into early Friday. Check out the scenes from here and abroad.
A representative for the estate of actor Gene Hackman is seeking to block the public release of autopsy and investigative reports, especially photographs and police body-camera video, related to the recent deaths of Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa.
G7 foreign ministers stepped up language on Taiwan Friday, stating their opposition to any unilateral attempts to change the status quo across the Taiwan Strait by force or coercion, according to a final draft statement.
Eyewitness video from Denver International Airport captured passengers evacuating American Airlines flight AA1006 after the plane caught fire on the tarmac. The flight originating from Colorado Springs Airport was diverted for an emergency landing after its crew reported experiencing vibrations from an engine. After landing and taxiing to a gate, the engine burst into flames.
Sam Jones, who describes herself as an "outdoor enthusiast and hunter," made her Instagram account private Thursday after she was widely condemned for the video.
A company with steel plants in Quebec and Ontario, including one facility located east of Ottawa, says it's laying off more than 100 workers due to challenging market conditions — including threatened U.S. tariffs that have now taken effect.
People can now be arrested and charged for participating in unauthorized street parties in Waterloo this weekend. This is due to an injunction granted to the City of Waterloo to help prevent unsanctioned street parties during the St. Patrick's Day weekend.
The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations for resettling Palestinians uprooted from the Gaza Strip under President Donald Trump's proposed postwar plan, American and Israeli officials say.
Liberal Leader Mark Carney will officially become Canada's next prime minister within a few hours, taking the reins as the country barrels toward a general election and continues to fend off verbal and economic attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump.
An investigation by Marketplace has found that ads offering shelter in exchange for sex are not only easily found on popular rental sites, but many specifically target young women. We respond to more than a dozen ads, revealing the disturbing trend and confronting those involved.
People are pouring into the streets of the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka to voice their displeasure at where the country is going, less than a year after a student-led revolution toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we learn about a recycling workshop that engages people with joy and humour, look at why eastern monarch butterflies had a good year, and check out plans to plant millions of trees from local seeds in N.W.T.
More than 400 athletes, including more than 20 Canadians, speak up about threat of climate change to both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games.
Columbia University on Thursday said it had doled out a range of punishments to students who occupied a campus building last spring during pro-Palestinian protests.
Health Minister Adriana LaGrange is alleging the former CEO of Alberta Health Services was unwilling to implement the government’s plan to break up the health authority, and made “incendiary and inaccurate allegations about political intrigue and impropriety” before she was fired in January.
A B.C. woman who has been detained by U.S. immigration officials for 11 days, after trying to enter the country, will be released on Friday, according to her father.
King Charles presented his Canadian personal attendant and messenger with a new ceremonial sword at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, a symbolic gesture that carries added meaning as the country stares down U.S. President Donald Trump and his increasingly forceful annexationist taunts.
With a whopping total of 274 moons, researchers say Saturn’s tug of war with Jupiter for the title is settled once and for all.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford left an hours-long meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Canadian federal officials saying he feels more positive about the Canada-U.S. trading relationship after weeks of bad blood and heated rhetoric.
Hundreds of people have been killed amid armed clashes in Syria, with many of those deaths filmed and published on the internet. CBC’s visual investigations team has verified three of those deaths. The practice of publicizing killings is both shocking and an important tool for researchers, an expert says.
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