NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 03-2022

Canada's top court found the Quebec Court of Appeal was wrong to reduce the fine imposed on Richard Vallières, one of the men responsible for the theft and trafficking of 9,500 barrels of syrup from a Quebec warehouse a decade ago.

In many parts of northern North America, there have been no earthworms since before the last ice age. Now, with help from humans, invasive earthworms are colonizing new areas. And in areas of a forest with more invasive earthworms, there are fewer insects

More than 100 years after a Canadian soldier went missing on a bloody battlefield during the First World War, his remains have been identified after being found in France.

Up to 150 new jobs are coming to Chatham as Magna International expands its operations in the area. The company just announced that its new facility, which will be housed at the old Crown Cork & Seal building at 125 Irwin Street, will produce battery e

When the Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time in two years earlier this month, it sent an unmistakable message to borrowers that the era of cheap money was coming to an end. Now some economists and bank watchers are startin

Hong Kong’s top court has ‘no connection with the regime at all,’ the former chief justice of Canada’s Supreme Court says

Eleven years ago, Facebook was caught red-handed after it hired a prominent public relations firm to try to plant stories harshly criticizing Google’s privacy practices in leading news outlets. In 2018, it hired the PR firm Definers to do opposition

Bruce Willis is stepping away from acting after a diagnosis of aphasia, a condition that causes loss of the ability to understand or express speech, his family announced Wednesday.

Canada's former top military commander has pleaded guilty to a single charge of obstruction of justice in the highest profile case in the crisis of sexual misconduct that has shaken the Defence Department to its foundations.

An Oakville, Ont., couple want to warn other prospective renters about an elaborate rental scam they say is preying on those trying to find a quasi-affordable apartment in Toronto’s red-hot housing market.

A federal official blocked a request by a survivor's organization seeking access to a key register in a search for 100-year-old records they hope could identify four children who died at the Shingwauk and Wawanosh residential schools in Sault Ste. Marie,

What started as a massive landslide triggered a tsunami, which in turn sent a vast torrent of water or "outburst flood" down a valley, leaving the landscape devastated in its wake.

Two senior female officers say they are leaving the military because the commander of Canada's Atlantic fleet refused to hold three key subordinates to account for mismanaging and attempting to cover up a sexual misconduct case, CBC News has learned.

A gunman on a motorcycle opened fire in a crowded city in central Israel late Tuesday, killing at least five people in the second mass shooting rampage this week.

A judge has assigned a special investigator to look into the collapse of a Saskatoon real estate group in January. Epic Alliance managed more than 400 properties in Saskatoon, most in core neighbourhoods. It also had a pool of more than $10 million from i

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says a poultry farm in southern Ontario is under strict quarantine after bird flu was detected there. Last week, a wild red-tailed hawk in the Waterloo, Ont., area tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain.

Metformin, a first-line diabetes drug used for decades, may boost the risk of birth defects in the offspring of men who took it during sperm development, according to a large Danish study. Sons born to those men were more than three times as likely to hav

Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre said Monday a government led by him would do more to normalize cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum in Canada to "decentralize" the economy and reduce the influence of central bankers.

For the first time in more than a decade, a narrow majority in Japan now supports restarting idled nuclear reactors.

The Liberal government is expected to announce today that it will enter into final negotiations on purchasing the F-35 fighter jet.

A Toronto man who was paralyzed in a fall years ago finds himself struggling to pay for basic medical supplies he needs, including catheters. Advocates say thousands of Canadians with spinal cord injuries are in the same situation and governments need to

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government has reached a deal with Ottawa for a $10-a-day child-care program, senior officials close to the negotiations tell CBC News.

Some experts say violent online rhetoric among so-called involuntary celibates is a concern as pandemic rules lift, but others say the threat of violence is overstated among a group of men who need mental health support.

When Phil Fontaine spoke decades ago about the sexual and physical abuse he suffered at Manitoba residential schools, he risked shame and shocked Canadians. Now he's part of a 30-member delegation that will be at the Vatican from March 28 to April 1 to ad

The confidence-and-supply agreement announced by the Liberal Party and the NDP this week was a long time in coming — and its success may depends on how well both sides keep each other in the loop.

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers refused to allow dozens of women to board several flights, including some heading to Canada, because they were travelling without male guardians, two Afghan airline officials said Saturday.

Cars stolen from Ontario and Quebec are openly being advertised and sold in West African countries, including Nigeria and Ghana, according to a Marketplace investigation, which also found thieves are targeting vehicles with push-to-start ignitions.

Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre promised Friday a government led by him would take a hard line on what he calls “polluting dictatorships” by dramatically curbing foreign oil imports from countries like Saudi Arabia while boosting Ca

This week, criticism of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by far-right, populist and anti-vaccine members of the European Parliament went viral on social media. CBC News takes a look at what was said, who said it and how the European Parliament is vastly

P.E.I. table potatoes will soon be allowed into the continental U.S. with some conditions, according to a news release Thursday from the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney was speaking to his party’s caucus staff on Tuesday when he told them how close he came to stepping back from his job ahead of the upcoming leadership review. The remarks are contained in an audio file secretly recorded

The 10,000-pound towing test revealed several strong suits, including the capability to perform under various climate settings.

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $275 million to women's healthcare provider Planned Parenthood, the largest gift from a single donor in the organization's more than 100-year history, Planned Parenthood said on Wednesday.

Madeleine Albright, a child refugee from Nazi- and then Soviet-dominated eastern Europe who rose to become the 1st female U.S. secretary of state and a mentor to many current and former American statesmen and women, has died of cancer, her family said Wed

An investigation into former Unifor president Jerry Dias found that he accepted $50,000 from a supplier of COVID-19 rapid test kits, the union's secretary-treasurer Lana Payne said Wednesday.

A huge funnel cloud passes through neighbourhoods, ripping off roofs and cutting out power.

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers decided against opening schools to girls above the sixth grade, reneging on a promise and opting to appease their hardline base at the expense of further alienating the international community.

In a state known for its oil booms, sustainable sources of energy such as wind and solar are experiencing a surge.

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and the union representing 3,000 conductors, engineers, and train and yard workers say they have agreed to final and binding arbitration to end a work stoppage.

A growing number of people, particularly those working in industries that were hard-hit by the pandemic, are pivoting to tech careers. Coding boot camps for people looking to "re-skill" for a job in the tech industry have seen a significant increase in en

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says five of the cases involve non-compliance with vaccination rules and one was for failing to wear a mask.

Tesla on Tuesday will deliver to customers the first 30 Model Y cars made at its €5-billion German gigafactory

A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to nine years in prison on fraud charges, in a ruling that will keep President Vladimir Putin's most prominent opponent out of active politics for years ahead.

Dozens of well-known leaders in Jamaica including professors and politicians are demanding an apology and slavery reparations as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge prepare for a trip to the former British colony.

The leadership of the Liberals and the NDP have reached a tentative agreement that would see the NDP support the Trudeau government to keep it in power until 2025 in exchange for movement on key NDP priorities, CBC News has learned.

With utility fees and rates rising, some Calgarians can't pay their bills. After a few missed payments, they may find themselves strapped with a load limiter and facing disconnection.

A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in a remote mountainous area of southern China on Monday, officials said, setting off a forest fire visible from space in the country's worst air disaster in nearly a decade.

The projected cost for twinning the TransMountain pipeline has nearly tripled because of natural disasters, environmental protection measures and rising debt payments, according to new documents from the government-owned pipeline corporation.

A bereaved mother's long battle to learn more about her daughter's death has led the federal information commissioner to recommend changes to Canada's access to information legislation on "compassionate grounds."

Peel Region police are investigating after a man entered a Mississauga, Ont., mosque on Saturday morning and attacked the people gathered for Fajr, dawn prayer, with bear spray.

With housing prices rising at a significantly faster pace than wages, home ownership has become increasingly unaffordable for Canadians.

New data from Statistics Canada show the number of hate crimes reported to police across the country went up 37 per cent in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the previous year.

More than 50 people have been affected by acute gastrointestinal illness after eating raw oysters over the past week, Vancouver Coastal Health says.

Officials confirmed the monetary settlement with families of those wounded or killed in the 2018 high school shooting in Florida

Defence Minister Anita Anand says she will present a range of military spending options to cabinet ahead of the upcoming spring budget — some of which could result in a significant jump in Canada's defence spending.

Maserati announced on Thursday that it will offer electric versions of its entire vehicle lineup by 2025 and is starting its efforts off with the GranTurismo EV, a 1,200 HP roadster slated for release next year..

The federal Liberal government is extending its amnesty on "assault-style" firearms until October 2023.

‘The Governor General is interested in being updated on the important work underway with respect to the Indian Act,’ reads a briefing note

The US government says agents of Chinese secret police went to "outrageous" lengths to spy on US soil.

Close to 3,000 employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. could be off the job early Sunday morning.

A huge dust storm swirling over Europe from the Sahara desert made it hard to breathe in large parts of Spain for a second straight day on Wednesday and gave cleaning crews extra work as far away as Paris, London and Belgrade to remove the film of dirt fa

A Canadian warship has intercepted and destroyed approximately 800 kilograms of cocaine found aboard a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Dozens of celebrities have signed a petition calling on the Royal Bank of Canada to stop financing the Coastal GasLink pipeline project in northern B.C.

A certain amount of bacteria is allowed under USDA rules, but companies routinely exceed that—and don’t have to recall their products.

Residents in Fukushima and Miyagi were cleaning their homes after a sleepless night following a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck off the northern Japanese coasts, smashing furniture, knocking out power and killing four people.

The organization that represents First Nations in southern Manitoba is calling for justice reform after an Anishinaabe woman suffered repeated racist and misogynistic verbal attacks during a trial.

Inuvik Gwich'in community Ruth Wright pays between $1.50 to $3 for one orange, knowing the fruit travelled roughly eight days and more than 6,000 kilometres to reach her. Its journey tells a larger story, however — that of food insecurity in the North.

Ms. Sorokin, whose fictionalized story was the subject of the TV show “Inventing Anna,” had been detained by immigration authorities on charges of overstaying her visa.

Also referred to as "snake" worms or "crazy" worms, it's not fully understood how these invasive jumping worms from Asia might affect everything from backyard gardens to forests across Canada.

The British Columbia government has moved to prevent thefts of catalytic converters, a crime that costs millions every year.

Canada's Governor General met in-person with members of the Royal Family on Tuesday, just one week after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also held an audience with the Queen.

The move aims to prevent the next generation of Danes from touching any form of tobacco.

A federal inmate and a lawyer are speaking out about problems with the system that allows prisoners to complain about their treatment. They say grievances are treated too slowly and sometimes lead to repercussions for those who dare complain.

Toby Price never imagined he’d be fired for reading a book.

Documents released to CBC News and other media organizations reveal how the man accused in the deadly vehicle attack on the Afzaal family in London, Ont., was arrested, and what was obtained during search warrants of his apartment.

A local non-profit is in the final steps of creating an affordable housing community for homeless Edmonton veterans that could be ready as early as this summer.

Canada's spy agency sent multiple warnings to the Canadian Space Agency about Wanping Zheng, a former engineer now accused of negotiating on behalf of a Chinese aerospace company — and even refused to give a presentation at the CSA because it knew Zheng

Last fall, the federal government promised to help thousands of Afghans reach safety in Canada. Now, as the visa applications of Ukrainians are being expedited, people in Canada’s Afghan communities wonder why their family and friends are still waiting

Patrick Brown, the former leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives and current mayor of Brampton, said Sunday that he is joining the race to become the next leader of the federal Conservatives.

As Canadians prepare to set their clocks forward and potentially lose an hour of sleep this weekend, a Greek island in the Mediterranean is offering a different perspective on time.

Oil prices are climbing due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has prompted a ban of Russian energy by the US that could lead to higher gas prices.

Rio Crystal, 18, from Comox, B.C., was the young competitor and the only Canadian competing in the 2022 Arctic Ultra.

The Quebec family of Raif Badawi tweeted Friday the Saudi blogger has been released from Saudi prison, 10 years after being jailed for criticizing religious figures and promoting liberal views of Islam.

India said on Friday it had accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan this week because of a "technical malfunction" during routine maintenance, giving its version of events after Pakistan summoned India's envoy to protest.

Canada's job market bounced back in a big way in February, shaking off the losses brought about from the Omicron variant with a hiring surge that was enough to push the unemployment rate below where it was before the pandemic started.

Witnesses noticed the odd actions of what appeared to be an RCMP cruiser late on April 18, 2020, not realizing the driver was responsible for a murderous rampage that had just left 13 people dead in Portapique, N.S.

Gen. Wayne Eyre said it is 'not inconceivable that our sovereignty may be challenged' in the future by Russia in the North

Jussie Smollett was sentenced Thursday to 150 days in jail for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that the former Empire actor orchestrated himself.

Investigations have been opened against two Metro Vancouver attractions following allegations of animal cruelty.

Mette Frederiksen apologises in person to six surviving Greenlandic Inuit who were snatched from families as children more than 70 years ago

Patrick Brown has resolved his $8 million defamation lawsuit against CTV News over the network’s reporting on sexual misconduct allegations against him — but he received no money from the media outlet as part of the agreement.

New Brunswick has reported a case of avian flu in Riverview, a week after it was discovered on P.E.I.

Ryan Coogler was arrested trying to withdraw money from his own bank account in Atlanta, Georgia.

Brampton’s mayor and the former Quebec premier have forged a pact in the federal Conservative leadership race, sources say.

Tuesday was the first time officials in Lytton, B.C., were able to bring heavy machinery into the village centre to start removing debris after the catastrophic fire in June 2021.

A Saudi detainee at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was sent back to his home country for mental health treatment after being detained by the US government for more than 20 years, the Defense Department announced Monday.

Two people die as flash-flooding inundates roads and homes in Australia's most populous city.

B.C. gets most of its gasoline from Burnaby, Edmonton and Washington state, so why does supply from Russia matter? Here's an explanation.

A huge invasive spider that invaded Georgia from East Asia could soon take over most of the U.S. East Coast, a new study has revealed.

Veterans at a nursing home also evacuated, as well as residents of at least 1,100 houses, as firefighters battle two fires

The Queen returns to in-person meetings with what appears to be a subtle show of support for Ukraine.

One of Canada’s largest unions says the defective Phoenix payroll system is still causing pain and suffering for its members.

Edmonton could be the first city in Canada where invasive and destructive feral pigs become a permanent fixture if the creatures are allowed to go hog wild and the city is unprepared, an expert warns.

Leaked financial documents show that Georgian Peaks, an exclusive Ontario ski club, received almost $1.4 million in federal pandemic relief in 2020/21 — a record-breaking season. The club ended up with a $1.5-million budget surplus, and hiked initiation

A volunteer organization that has been cleaning up debris from a cargo ship that lost 109 containers off the B.C. coast last fall says the incident should be a wake-up call to the need for more urgent action.

Hundreds of trucks, recreational vehicles and cars were circling the outskirts of Washington on Sunday, threatening to cause traffic backups around the capital as part of a protest against pandemic restrictions.

Two very different demonstrations — one calling for an end to COVID-19 mandates, another demanding accountability after the recent occupation — took to the streets of downtown Ottawa Saturday.

Public trust in the inquiry investigating the mass shooting in Nova Scotia almost two years ago would be undermined if the RCMP officers involved are not compelled to testify, legal experts say.

The maker of Stolichnaya vodka announced a major rebrand Friday, in direct response to its founder's 'vehement position' against the Putin regime and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A B.C. dad commissioned the wood carving, which features Coast Salish elements, to be auctioned off in a fundraising effort to honour health-care workers at B.C. Children's Hospital, who helped save his son.

Climate change is affecting everyone around the world and it comes with a price. Here's a look at just some of the costs that are already hitting Canadians and forecast to get worse. The good news is impacts aren't as bad if emissions are cut rapidly, the

After a sluggish winter, Movie World in Stony Plain, AB., west of Edmonton, is struggling to stay open. Owner Joe French is hoping nostalgia will bring customers back.

A proposal by the Bloc Québécois to reject any redistribution of seats that would see Quebec lose weight in the Canadian federation has led the federal government to look at ways of preventing that.

On 17 February, Malawi’s Ministry of Health announced a nasty surprise: A 3-year-old girl who was paralyzed in November 2021 was infected with the wild poliovirus, which Africa officially vanquished in 2020.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday reinstated convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence for his role in the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others, agreeing with the federal government.

Researchers are watching to see if a pod of beluga whales that took in a stray narwhal could one day produce a baby “narluga” — a cross between the two species.

The lawyer for the RCMP official accused of preparing to leak sensitive information is seeking to have at least part of the case against him stayed.

A suicide bomber struck inside a Shia Muslim mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar during Friday prayers, killing at least 56 worshippers and wounding 194 people, hospital officials said.

A six-person jury has ruled the death of Jeremy Nuvviaq a homicide. Nuvviaq was just 39 when he was shot and killed by police in Sanirajak, Nunavut, in May of 2017.

Hazel the cat was found in early February scavenging at the transfer station in Anahim Lake, about four hours west of Williams Lake.

The Liberal government’s recent activation of 3,400 soldiers, sailors and aircrew for duty with the NATO Response Force (NRF) has exposed some of the major shortfalls facing the Canadian military in both personnel and equipment.

Economists have attributed inflation to a variety of factors, including supply chain disruptions and labour shortages, but there is a growing sense, particularly in the U.S., that some companies are taking advantage of inflation anxiety to raise prices.

An investigation by MIT Technology Review reveals a sprawling, technologically sophisticated system in Minnesota designed for closely monitoring protesters.

During a Stellantis Roadmap Event, the company unveiled images of an unnamed Jeep EV and dropped another teaser for the RAM 1500 EV.

A new orca calf has been spotted with J pod of the endangered southern resident killer whale population near B.C.'s West Coast, researchers say.

The United Nations approved a landmark agreement to create the world's first ever global plastic pollution treaty on Wednesday, describing it as the most significant environmental deal since the 2015 Paris climate accord.