NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 07-2021

The first flight of Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan over the past two decades brought more than 200 people, scores of them children and babies in arms, to new lives in the United States on Friday, and President Joe Biden said he was

A Nova Scotia woman alleged to be the ringleader of a multimillion-dollar tax scheme told a judge Friday that she, her two sisters and their mother are not criminals, but rather dessert-baking housewives who were set up by employees from the Canada Revenu

Raise your hand if you've been personally victimized by Rick Astley. Well, you're not alone. On Wednesday (July 28), the music video for the...

The ISS was pushed out of position after engines on a new Russian module unexpectedly fired up.

The operator says the EPR reactor at Taishan in China is "under control" despite fuel rod concerns.

The U.S. navy charged a sailor Thursday with starting a fire last year that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard docked off San Diego, Calif., marking the maritime branch's worst warship blaze outside of combat in recent memory.

Who needs duct tape? Jess Fox used a condom in a pinch to fix the damaged nose of her kayak and went on to secure an Olympic bronze medal in the women’s K1…

The heads of the police and fire departments in Sherbrooke, Que., held a sombre news conference Thursday afternoon, apologizing and then explaining the circumstances that led them to mistake a woman's burnt body for a mannequin before disposing of it

Scarlett Johansson is suing the Walt Disney Co. over its streaming release of Black Widow, which she said breached her contract and deprived her of potential earnings.

Ontario medical experts are sounding the alarm over Alberta's recent decision to significantly ease its COVID-19 restrictions, warning the move could cause ripple effects across the country — and the globe. 

A Catholic priest has been banned by a Winnipeg archdiocese from speaking publicly after accusing residential school survivors of lying about sexual abuse to get more money from court settlements, among other comments. 

The chief coroner in B.C. has confirmed the majority of people who died suddenly during the week of June's record-breaking heat wave passed away as a direct result of the extreme temperatures.

Alberta Liquor Gaming and Cannabis says it has seized approximately $4.5 million worth of contraband tobacco products from a southeast Calgary storage facility.

Sun Dawu has in the past been vocal in criticising authorities and has spoken out about human rights.

The Green party is poised to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars on legal battles with leader Annamie Paul, worsening an already rough financial situation as a federal election nears.

Afghan interpreters and others who assisted the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan are being given only three days to apply for a new government program to resettle in Canada.

A man who opened fire at a backyard party in Fort Worth early Monday, killing one and injuring three, died after being chased by fellow party-goers who threw landscaping bricks at him, Texas authorities said.

A senior Lithuanian official says incidents such as China’s arrest of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, as well as the heavy jail sentences meted out to Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, should spur democracies to work together

As an extreme drought grips California, making water increasingly scarce, thieves are making off with billions of gallons of the precious resource, tapping into fire hydrants, rivers, and even small family homes and farms.

Another Manitoba community grappling with low precipitation levels has declared an extreme drought and is asking local residents and businesses to significantly scale back on water usage.

Washington D.C.—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service and its inspection agency seeking records about a covert program to secretly comb through online posts of social m

New Brunswick is failing to live up to its obligations under the Canada Health Act because it continues to make it difficult for women to access abortions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday.

Canada's reopening plans could be hindered as thousands of border officers gird themselves for potential strike action.

Typhoon Nepartak, swirling toward the country's main island of Honshu, could bring stormy winds and high waves in wide areas including Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency warned.

Reza Baluchi was trying to "run" 1,000 miles north, but ended up 30 miles south of his start point.

The Bearspaw First Nation is demanding the federal government no longer collect any money on its behalf and return about $50 million collected from oilpatch activity on its traditional territory.

More than 40 days have passed without a drop of measurable rain at Vancouver International Airport, according to meteorologists.

Huge pyrocumulonimbus clouds just formed over fires in the West. Here’s why they could become more common on a warmer planet.

An explosion at an industrial park for chemical companies in Germany killed at least one person Tuesday, with 16 injured and four still missing.

A Halifax scuba diver has found something that could shed a little new light on one aspect of a dark chapter in Nova Scotian history.

U.S. pop singer Pink has offered to pay a fine handed out to the Norwegian female beach handball team for wearing shorts instead of the required bikini bottoms at the European Beach Handball Championships in Bulgaria last week.

But almost 1,000 current and former Activision Blizzard employees have now signed a letter criticizing the company's response, which included a statement from Activision executive Frances Townsend saying the lawsuit's claims are "factually incorrect, old

"NASA must now quickly and assuredly return to the Moon," the former Amazon CEO writes.

The town of Dinant, Belgium, was cleaning up on Sunday after its heaviest floods in decades the previous day turned streets into torrential streams that washed away cars and pavement but did not kill anyone.

An "unusually large meteor" briefly lit up southern Norway on Sunday, creating a spectacular sound and light display as it rumbled across the sky, and a bit of it may have hit Earth, possibly not far from the capital, Oslo, experts said.

A Toronto company that was paid to store potentially life-saving stem cells from the children of roughly 3,000 clients across Canada is now claiming in a lawsuit that all the samples stored by the business were destroyed nearly three years ago.

Not that long ago, Rod Lanier could count on an annual spring visit from the police. The southern Alberta farmer has been growing hemp for 12 years, and in the early days, the distinctive odour from his fields when the crop is in flower would invariably c

Fallen Heroes: The Journey Home by Combined Forces Productions will cover the events that took place after four Canadian soldiers were killed in a friendly fire incident at Kandahar Airfield in April of 2002.

Some animal rescues across the country say they've started to see an increase in pet surrenders as life begins to return to normal, and they worry the pandemic could be a factor for many people who are giving up their animals.

Back-alley firms meddle in elections and promote falsehoods on behalf of clients who can claim deniability, escalating our era of unreality.

The Joint Task Force Atlantic has returned to Newfoundland waters to finish a job begun two years ago: removing ammunition and explosives from vessels sunk during the Second World War.

Protesters took to the streets in several Brazilian cities on Saturday to demand the impeachment of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, whose popularity has fallen in recent weeks amid corruption scandals against the backdrop of the pandemic.

Jennifer Abel and Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu captured Canada's second medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, winning silver in women's three-metre synchronized diving on Sunday.

The price of lumber rose at its fastest pace in more than a year on Thursday, after timber companies warned that wildfires in Western Canada are hurting their business.

From caterpillar to resplendent Monarch butterfly, their transformation is renowned and their migration from Mexico to Canada is unique. But the Monarch butterfly population is under threat. This week, experts across North and South America are taking par

More than 83,000 CRV7 rockets will be disposed of over six years, making the end of a weapon that dates back to the Cold War and was adopted by NATO allies.

Most ships along the United States east coast are exceeding speed limits imposed to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales, according to a report released Wednesday by an ocean advocacy group.

J-Pod, a resident killer whale group, was last spotted in the Salish Sea in April.

NSO Group tells BBC News: "The finger-pointing should be at the customer."

The former Dartmouth South candidate for the Nova Scotia Liberals says the party dropped her from the ticket over boudoir photos she had already disclosed, and asked her to lie by citing mental-health concerns instead.

The Quebec government has refused to approve construction of a natural gas facility in the Saguenay, north of Quebec City, following years of opposition from citizens, Indigenous communities and environmental experts.

A former resident of B.C.'s Lower Mainland allegedly fled Canada after posting a $10,000 release bond following his arrest by immigration officials investigating a scam that saw victims send more than $1 million to fraudsters posing as Canada Revenue Agen

Fran Ferguson said she often doesn't take severe weather warnings very seriously, but something — maybe a feeling or the way the wind was blowing on Thursday, July 15 — made this one different.

Olympic gold medallist Kaillie Humphries will have her harassment claims against Bobsleigh Canada investigated once again, after successfully appealing the original investigation.

For three years running, Ontario has not enforced its rules requiring tradespeople such as electricians, auto mechanics and plumbers to be certified, CBC News has learned.

The fire broke out after 'collision of three bots' and took London firefighters close to 14 hours to extinguish

A Southern California couple whose gender reveal party allegedly sparked the deadly El Dorado wildfire in 2020 has been charged with 30 crimes, including involuntary manslaughter, authorities announced Tuesday.

At least 12 people died in severe flooding Tuesday in a Chinese provincial capital, as the waters also trapped people in subways and schools, washed away vehicles and stranded people in their workplaces overnight.

Online activity by right-wing extremists in Canada rose last year during the pandemic, despite efforts by governments and social media companies to curb extremism and hate speech, according to a new report.

Johnson & Johnson is exploring a plan to offload liabilities from widespread baby powder litigation into a newly created business that would then seek bankruptcy protection, seven people familiar with the matter tell Reuters.

CBC News spoke with the CEO of the Canadian Museum For Human Rights, the CEO of the RCMP Heritage Centre and the artist behind an installation that chronicles the history of residential schools.

In the wake of multiple, lethal attacks on Canadian Muslims in recent years, the National Council of Canadian Muslims has released 60 policy recommendations to combat hate and racism across the country.

Residents of Lethbridge are being urged to reduce their time outdoors due to wildfire smoke that is blanketing parts of southwestern Alberta.

The federal government announced today it plans to let fully vaccinated tourists visit Canada again soon.

The UK, US and EU have accused China of carrying out an attack on Microsoft Exchange email servers.

Volunteers at the Alberta Aviation Museum are working to restore the Second World War Bell P-39 Airacobra, a rare fighter plane with a unique connection to Edmonton.

A 1972 MIT study predicted that rapid economic growth would lead to societal collapse in the mid 21st century. A new paper shows we’re unfortunately right on schedule.

The Biden administration is investigating a recent rash of mysterious health incidents reported by American diplomats and other government employees in Vienna, U.S. officials said Friday.

Sigurdur Ingi Thordarson admitted to an Icelandic newspaper that he lied about being asked to hack computers in order to get immunity and misrepresented his ties with the Wikileaks founder.

Our investigation shows how repressive regimes can buy and use the kind of spying tools Edward Snowden warned us about

The former NDP candidate is hoping to win his party's nomination again in Vancouver Centre.

To bring awareness to the rapid ice loss in the Arctic, conservation groups have set up a 'Beluga Whale Live Cam' to track the annual migration of 57,000 whales in northern Manitoba.

Manitoba's families minister is speaking out about recent comments made by Premier Brian Pallister and Indigenous Reconciliation Minister Alan Lagimodiere, saying she is deeply troubled by the remarks. 

The federal government is aiming to allow fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and permanent residents into Canada again by as early as mid-August, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said late Thursday.

A tornado that tore through Barrie, Ont., left a path of destruction about five kilometres and up to 100 metres wide at some points, Environment Canada said Friday.

Toronto police have arrested a 32-year-old man in two separate "hate-motivated" incidents where antisemitic slurs were hurled at victims.

In an unprecedented move, Canada’s former top soldier Gen. Jonathan Vance has been charged with obstruction of justice.

“We can have a documentary-ethics panel about it later,” said director Morgan Neville.

Marine Corps, Navy, and foreign F-35s are also being impacted by ongoing problems with the jets’ engines.

Jamaica is planning to seek billions of dollars in reparations for slavery from Britain. Jamaica was a British colony from the mid-17th century until its independence in 1962 and remains part of the Commonwealth today. An estimated 600,000 Africans were b

With northwestern Ontario now under an emergency order issued by the province, calls are growing for more support to keep community members safe as nearly 80 forest fires continue to burn across the region.

More than 20 people have died and dozens were missing Thursday in Germany and neighbouring Belgium after heavy flooding turned streams and streets into raging torrents, sweeping away cars and causing buildings to collapse.

A dedicated team is being created to start figuring out what Canada needs in new submarines as the sunset on the military's existing fleet draws steadily closer.

Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) saw a surge in government demands worldwide in 2020 to take down content posted by journalists and news outlets, according to data released by the social media platform.

Local interpreters who worked with the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan are pleading for Canada's help in immigrating, after the U.S. military's withdrawal has led to resurgence of the Taliban.

Cracks could be forming around the Pallister Government as a member of the premier‘s inner circle has resigned following controversial comments Pallister made about colonial settlers – comments he says he stands by.

Embattled Green party Leader Annamie Paul was the focus of a closed-door meeting late Tuesday night where top officials discussed the status of her pa...

In a new video, Heinz Ketchup Canada announced a petition calling on "Big Bun and Big Wiener companies to finally sell buns and wieners in even packs." 

President Joe Biden this month issued an executive order instructing the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to consider issuing new rules defining when meat can have a "Product of USA" label on it.

A two-year-old girl had to be taken to hospital on Monday night after she was attacked by a coyote in Vancouver’s Stanley Park.

A 40-year-old man was arrested by Hamilton police Tuesday in what is being investigated as a hate crime after a Muslim mother and her daughter faced slurs and threats to their lives.

Green party executives have moved to withhold funding from leader Annamie Paul's campaign to win a downtown Toronto seat in a likely election later this year.

Police say there have been "multiple confirmed fatalities" in a crane collapse at a construction site in downtown Kelowna, B.C.

Canada's Olympians and the scientists who help train them have found some creative ways to help beat the heat in Tokyo.

The 21 proposals include targets for reducing pesticide use, cutting plastic waste and channeling $200 billion US a year toward protecting nature in developing countries.

A U.S.-based expert says swarms of Chinese vessels have dumped human waste and wastewater for years in a disputed area of the South China Sea where they anchor

A team of marine biologists spotted a large group of 25 to 30 sei whales rarely found in the Pacific ocean off the coast of British Columbia last week.

An important position at the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) was vacant and the country's pandemic early warning system was understaffed when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, an independent panel has found.

A new wildfire in British Columbia has forced the evacuation of nearly 80 properties, while residents of hundreds more homes around the south Okanagan lakeside community of Okanagan Falls have been ordered to be ready to go on short notice.

Manitoba's chief justice says he was followed by a private investigator in an attempt to catch him breaking COVID-19 rules in order to embarrass him while he is presiding over a court challenge related to the province's lockdown measures.

England manager Gareth Southgate says online racist abuse of Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka is "unforgivable", after Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the FA condemn the social media posts.

Evidence in a bizarre case of a Canadian soldier accused of drugging comrades with marijuana-laced cupcakes was lost by military police — a turn of events that has the soldier's lawyer accusing the Department of National Defence of conducting a sloppy,

The hottest place on Earth is as hot as it's ever been, at least in terms of recorded temperatures in modern times.

Tributes are paid to two firefighters who died in a plane crash while responding to a blaze in Arizona.

A fire engulfed a food and beverage factory outside Bangladesh's capital, killing at least 52 people, many of whom were trapped inside by an illegally locked door, fire officials said Friday.

A B.C. judge has rejected Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's attempt to submit a trove of banking evidence in her legal battle against extradition to the United States on fraud charges.

The Transportation Safety Board says new information it received on the suspected source of the fire that raced through Lytton, B.C., on June 30 prompted it to launch an investigation into trains in the area.

Statistics Canada says the economy added 230,700 jobs in June as restrictions put in place to slow the pandemic were rolled back across the country.

The coronavirus pandemic, climate crisis and conflicts have pushed more than half a million people to the brink of starvation, Oxfam reported. Cutting new military spending by less than 20% would end global hunger.

P.E.I. has already seen some heavy rain as Elsa approaches, and Islanders should expect more as the storm passes overnight Friday.

Despite the popular belief that residents are fleeing California, there is not in fact a statewide exodus, new research out of the University of California finds. The results of the project contradict many of the myths surrounding California and its p

A Mi'kmaw-owned pizza shop in Nova Scotia is turning away bills featuring Canada's first prime minister whose government introduced residential schools. 

Two leading scientists are standing by a pair of researchers fired from Canada's National Microbiology Lab, instead pointing the finger at issues inside the high-security facility itself.

Fans are likely to be banned from the Tokyo Olympics following a state of emergency on Thursday aimed at containing rising COVID-19 infections in the capital. Fans from abroad were banned several months ago, and these new measures could clear venues — i

A prenatal test used worldwide sends gene data of pregnant women to the company that developed it with China's military. The U.S. sees a security risk.

Four men were jailed for up to 20 years after violent raid on monastery in 2019, says Human Rights Watch

Kevo in Lapland recorded a temperature of 33.6C after Finland registered record heat in June

A plane with 28 people on board went missing in the Russian Far East region of Kamchatka on Tuesday, local officials said.

An Egyptian court on Tuesday lifted a three-month-long judicial seizure of a hulking shipping vessel that had blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week earlier this year, paving the way for it to leave Egypt.

As calls to end government subsidies of fossil fuels grow in intensity, a new report finds that taxpayers have allocated billions of dollars to expand and build new pipelines in the past year alone.

A law forcing French fizz makers to label their bottles as sparkling wine has left them bubbling.

A humanitarian ship that rescued over 400 migrants at sea in recent weeks has been seized by Italian authorities, in a move that French medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned would endanger the lives of migrants in the Mediterranean.

Inuit leader Mary Simon will serve as the Queen's new representative in Canada, marking the first time an Indigenous person has held the role.

A group of residential school survivors is calling for an end to arson attacks on churches after several Catholic and Anglican churches were vandalized or damaged by fire following the reported discovery of unmarked graves at former residential school sit

TORONTO — Wendy Mesley, a longtime CBC television news anchor and journalist, has signed off from the public broadcaster.Chuck Thompson, CBC's head of public affairs, confirmed Monday that Mesley . . .

The City of Calgary has been adding a little zest to its digital traffic signs with jokes and pop culture references.