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Oct 03, 2026
The federal and provincial governments bet billions on the rapid rise of the electric vehicle industry. But major EV and battery projects in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia have since been delayed, cancelled, suspended, substantially changed — and in one case, gone bankrupt — as automakers and suppliers adjust to weaker-than-anticipated demand.
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Oct 03, 2026
At the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin, the political tension between Canada and the U.S. is — more or less — set aside as farmers from both sides of the border focus on their best bovines. But even so, CBC News found some Americans in the crowd who take a dim view of the Trump administration's trade war.
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Oct 03, 2026
With recent high-profile assessments warning of sluggish and waning math skills among Canadian students, some experts say we need to revisit how we're teaching it, and to pay numeracy the same attention we've shown literacy in recent years.
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Oct 03, 2026
Franz Bender convinced a thousand people to soil their underwear. The Swiss soil ecologist and his team recruited 1,000 citizen scientists to bury and dig up underwear around Switzerland in an effort to better understand soil and soil health.
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Oct 03, 2026
Social media is filled with images of celebrities and influencers lighting up cigarettes and hyping the habit of smoking, suggesting it's experiencing a bit of a cultural resurgence. Though data suggests tobacco use has long been trending downward, experts say if we want it to stay that way, harmful online content that glamourizes smoking shouldn't be ignored.
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Oct 02, 2026
Despite a major star's return to dramatic acting, a two-time best director winner at the Oscars and enough publicity to rival the moon landing, Digger looks set to become one of the biggest box-office disasters of the year.
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Oct 02, 2026
In August, a man was filmed setting vehicles on fire outside Liberal MP Salma Zahid's home in Toronto in what's believed to be an arson attack. She believes the incident could be linked to rising rhetoric against her fellow MPs.
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Oct 02, 2026
The Heated Rivalry star wore Indigenous designer Justin Jacob Louis's blue-and-black journey knit cardigan to an event in New York on Wednesday along with an orange ribbon on his chest marking National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
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Oct 02, 2026
Twelve Jewish teachers have filed human rights complaints against a group of Ontario school boards and teachers' unions, alleging they have experienced discrimination at their workplaces due to incidents of antisemitism.
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Oct 02, 2026
A 911 outage that lasted nearly an hour and a half in several Canadian provinces last month was caused by a previously undetected bug in Bell's software, the company said in a report on Friday.
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Oct 02, 2026
It's been a relatively quiet decade in Alberta's oilsands, but the federal and provincial governments believe a new West Coast pipeline coupled with policy shifts might help turn up the volume. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith say that if oilsands companies start building again — as they hope — it will be different this time around.
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Oct 02, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney's new national council on artificial intelligence is meant to provide the government with guidance on the evolution of its AI strategy and on making the technology safer.
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Oct 02, 2026
Christa Pike, convicted of killing a classmate in 1995 when she was 18, is receiving breathing assistance from a ventilator after Tennessee's attempt to execute her by lethal injection failed earlier this week, her attorneys say.
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Oct 02, 2026
Spectators stood and applauded Michael J. Fox at Rideau Hall on Friday as Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour officially named the celebrated actor and Parkinson's disease activist to the companion level of the Order of Canada.
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Oct 02, 2026
Global carmaker Stellantis says tariffs and consumer demand in North America are driving weeks-long layoffs at the company's plant in Windsor, Ont.
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Oct 02, 2026
Courts countrywide are grappling with the complex question of whether federal and provincial governments can be sued for the stark overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the off-reserve child welfare system, delivering dizzyingly mixed results.
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Oct 02, 2026
Brooke Eby, a U.S. woman who shared her diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, with honesty and humour, amassing millions of views on Instagram and TikTok, has died of the disease at 37.
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Oct 02, 2026
Hockey Canada president and chief executive officer Katherine Henderson was up for one of the minimum three female spots on the IIHF council at Friday's election, but was eliminated in the second of three rounds of voting in Tenerife, Spain. That means no Canadians have been elected to the council, a surprising result for a nation considered one of the sport's powerhouses.
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Oct 02, 2026
CBS Sports and Tony Romo have officially parted ways, one month after the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback pleaded no contest to charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
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Oct 02, 2026
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who spent more than seven years in prison for her mother's murder, is speaking out after Ken Urker, her former fiancé and the father of her daughter, died yesterday.
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Oct 02, 2026
Lisa Driscoll didn't show up to court on Thursday for what was supposed to be her long-awaited sentencing hearing. Lucky for her, the judge wasn't there either.
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Oct 02, 2026
LNG Canada will once again use Chinese steel for the "specialized fabrication capability" it says it requires for its $33-billion Phase 2 expansion project in Kitimat, B.C.
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Oct 02, 2026
LNG Canada will once again use Chinese steel for the "specialized fabrication capability" it says it requires for its $33-billion Phase 2 expansion project in Kitimat, B.C.
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Oct 02, 2026
Cameron Eckert, president of the Yukon Bird Club, wasted no time in deciding to make the five-hour drive from Whitehorse to Mayo to see the unusual visitor. The last time a black vulture was reported in the Yukon was in the 1980s, he said.
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Oct 02, 2026
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has recorded more than 4,000 deaths, authorities say, as they struggle to contain the spread of the virus.
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Oct 02, 2026
CBC/Radio-Canada unveiled its broadcast schedule Friday for the upcoming Professional Women's Hockey League season, which features more games on the network than ever before.
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Oct 02, 2026
CBC/Radio-Canada unveiled its broadcast schedule Friday for the upcoming Professional Women's Hockey League season, which features more games on the network than ever before.
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Oct 02, 2026
Almog Italie and his family were on the final leg of their trip home following a vacation in Japan when they felt FlyDubai flight FZ1073 plummet. Italie was one of 174 people on board the plane earlier this week when one of the pilots stabbed the other in an attempt to crash the plane. The flight plunged 30,000 feet in under 30 seconds.
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Oct 02, 2026
Political leaders in Alberta's oilsands region say they hope the potential one million barrels of oil per day that could flow through a new West Coast oil pipeline will also bring jobs and economic spinoffs.
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Oct 02, 2026
Niagara Falls Tourism has placed a full-page open letter in a Buffalo newspaper, inviting Americans to cross the bridge and celebrate with Canadians on Saturday, including witnessing Niagara Falls light up in the Bills' red, white and blue colours. The latest gesture in the face of the trade war comes after the NFL team played Canada's anthem at the recent home opener.
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Oct 02, 2026
Manchester City has lodged a "comprehensive" appeal, the club confirmed Friday, following the publication of a report by an independent commission detailing large-scale financial rule-breaking by the Premier League giant.
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Oct 02, 2026
Ontario government officials who inspected three Academy of Learning career colleges found evidence suggesting third parties were completing the coursework and a few students who couldn't name their school or program, they alleged in reports filed in court.
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Oct 02, 2026
About 400 schools in France are expected to remain closed on Friday after student protests over education-related grievances ?turned violent in some places.
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Oct 02, 2026
The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight described Friday how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent.
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Oct 02, 2026
Martin Marks has pleaded guilty to four dozen charges after being caught twice with copious amounts of fentanyl and cocaine.
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Oct 02, 2026
A'ja Wilson made sure her basketball spoke for itself Thursday night. The four-time WNBA MVP, who had a verbal encounter with a Fever fan in Indiana two nights earlier, scored 36 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the defending champion Las Vegas Aces to a 94-83 victory in the deciding Game 3 of the first round.
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Oct 02, 2026
The UN World Food Program's cash-for-work program helps provide stable work and income for Palestinians in Gaza, who have with little to no other options.
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Oct 02, 2026
The account Rise of Alberta is anonymous and drives four times as much engagement as the next most popular account.
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Oct 02, 2026
A Quebec train factory battered by years of layoffs is expanding as governments push to buy Canadian. Alstom's La Pocatière plant is hiring and scaling up for major domestic rail contracts, including a $4.7-billion VIA Rail project.
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Oct 02, 2026
Montreal Canadiens fans wanting to see their team play at home this season will have to pay a premium for tickets, with average prices at the Bell Centre higher than anywhere else across the NHL.
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Oct 02, 2026
Several legal experts note there are some striking similarities between the alleged gang rape case unfolding at Cornell University this week and last year's Hockey Canada sexual assault trial in London, Ont., which saw all five players acquitted.
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Oct 02, 2026
Prolonged drought in B.C.'s Southern Interior has led to explosive wildfires that current modelling software struggles to predict. It's partly because the data that informs these computer models was collected at least 30 years ago, when extreme fire behaviour, driven by events like prolonged drought — a feature of climate change — was less common.
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Oct 01, 2026
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed a special prosecutor Thursday to oversee an investigation into a woman's allegations that she was gang raped at a Cornell University fraternity house, with the governor saying she had lost faith in the local district attorney's ability to handle the case.
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Oct 01, 2026
Ted Hupé tells The National about the moment he watched his former Grade 6 student, Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk, launch into space on the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station, in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
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Oct 01, 2026
Oct. 1, 2026 | Carney puts a proposed West Coast pipeline on an approval fast track by designating it a project of national interest. A FlyDubai pilot who survived a mid-air attack is hailed as a hero. And CBC Marketplace uncovers risky e-bikes being sold in Canada.
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Oct 01, 2026
At Issue this week: Prime Minister Mark Carney puts a West Coast pipeline on the approval fast track ahead of the Alberta referendum. The Parti Québécois emerges as an election frontrunner. And another Conservative MP announces his departure.
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Oct 01, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that if Iran is linked to the copilot who tried to crash an Israel-bound flight, the Islamic Republic would be struck "very hard" for the attempt on the lives of more than 180 people aboard the jet.
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Oct 01, 2026
Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk blasted off to the International Space Station for a six-month mission just a few months after fellow Canadian Jeremy Hansen flew around the moon. It's an example of not only Canada's continuing role in space exploration but also how bright the future could be.
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Oct 01, 2026
A Montreal hospital had isolated a female patient presenting with symptoms of Ebola, a deadly virus, officials said.
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Oct 01, 2026
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says he regularly speaks with his Canadian counterpart, but that the two sides have reached an impasse on some trade irritants and there's no sign of a resolution any time soon.
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Oct 01, 2026
Three years after Hammad Shaikh lured and sexually assaulted underage girls he met on Snapchat, the 26-year-old pleaded guilty to seven offences and sat expressionless in a Calgary courtroom as several of his victims delivered statements with what the judge described as "maturity, grace, kindness and bravery."
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Oct 01, 2026
British counter-terrorism police investigating a suspected plot involving an air base used by the U.S. ?to target Iran said on Thursday they had arrested a dual UK-Iranian national on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.
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Oct 01, 2026
Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach on Thursday and charged with domestic violence following an alleged incident, local authorities confirmed to The Associated Press. Ross says he is innocent and the accusations are 'fabricated allegations.'
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Oct 01, 2026
The judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case on Thursday refused to declare her not guilty, turning down a defence motion that had argued there wasn't enough evidence to prove she was responsible for killing her three children.
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Oct 01, 2026
Police said Wednesday that the male driver of the vehicle may have suffered a medical emergency in the moments leading up to the crash on Wednesday. They did not elaborate on what that medical emergency was.
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Oct 01, 2026
Police said Wednesday that the male driver of the vehicle may have suffered a medical emergency in the moments leading up to the crash on Wednesday. They did not elaborate on what that medical emergency was.
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Oct 01, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the world was living through a dangerous moment and warned the West not to escalate a standoff ?over Ukraine by threatening the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, which Moscow has made clear it would defend with nuclear weapons if necessary.
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Oct 01, 2026
Police arrested a 44-year-old Edmonton man accused of threatening to kill Prime Minister Mark Carney, RCMP say.
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Oct 01, 2026
Lawyers are asking a Quebec Superior Court judge to authorize a class-action lawsuit against American fruit giant Driscoll's. It comes after allegations that the company had sent millions of pounds of berries to Canada with non-compliant levels of chemical residues between 2022 and 2024.
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Oct 01, 2026
Police in Belleville, Ont., say they're investigating antisemitic flyers being distributed in the city less than two weeks after a gunman was killed attempting to attack a local synagogue on Yom Kippur.
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Oct 01, 2026
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, CBC's Johanna Wagstaffe shares the vibe at New York Climate Week, and what she learned from meteorologists there; we map out Canada's progress on protected areas; and we visit a company trying to cut the cost of meat by mixing in mycelium.
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Oct 01, 2026
Macklemore says all three shows of his newly announced tour to raise funds for organizations supporting Palestinians "sold out immediately." This comes less than a week after the four-time Grammy winner announced the three October dates in Dublin, Paris and London, calling it the Free Palestine tour.
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Oct 01, 2026
Canadian comedian Jim Carrey has tied the knot with Min Ah, the partner he introduced to the public back in February.
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Oct 01, 2026
Lawsuits filed by Renee Good's family allege wrongful death, conspiracy and other violations in the 37-year-old's fatal shooting by a U.S. immigration officer during an immigration crackdown in January.
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Oct 01, 2026
According to an engineering firm's report, the Canada Malting plant in Montreal's Sud-Ouest borough could collapse at any moment. The report states "controlled demolition is the only possible, safe and rational solution to eliminate the critical danger that this building represents."
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Oct 01, 2026
Five weeks from now, Americans will cast their ballots in the midterm elections to decide who controls Congress, and right now, Democrats have reason to be encouraged. Washington correspondents Katie Simpson, Willy Lowry and Paul Hunter take a look at where the midterm races are heating up, what's at stake for Republicans and Democrats, and just how worried Trump might be.
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Oct 01, 2026
Glaciers in Switzerland lost 5.5 per cent of their ice volume this year, the second-biggest percentage drop on record. It's part of a trend that could have big impacts in a country reliant on hydropower and which acts as the 'water tower of Europe,' feeding its major rivers.
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Oct 01, 2026
Defender Claire Thompson, one of Canada's top women's hockey players, is retiring from the sport to become a doctor. The 28-year-old played with the PWHL's Vancouver Goldeneyes last season.
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Oct 01, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are slated to speak Thursday, with expectations of new details around a plan to build a pipeline from Alberta to Canada's West Coast.
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Oct 01, 2026
Building the proposed high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City could cost between $75 billion and $113 billion — higher than some of the official initial estimates, according to a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Office.
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Oct 01, 2026
Building the proposed high-speed rail project between Toronto-Quebec City could cost between $75 billion and $113 billion — higher than the official initial estimates, according to a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Office.
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Oct 01, 2026
Minimum wage hikes from 25 to 40 cents take effect Thursday in five provinces.
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Oct 01, 2026
A sexual assault case against Trailer Park Boys actor Mike Smith was dropped in Dartmouth provincial court on Thursday. The complainant says the trial was dismissed because she was "unwilling to sacrifice" her mental health to go through the criminal justice process.
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Oct 01, 2026
The U.A.E. prosecutor general has ordered an investigation into the ?incident aboard FlyDubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, ?which was diverted ?and landed in Saudi Arabia after an altercation ?in the cockpit, the state news agency ?reported Thursday.
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Oct 01, 2026
Thursday marks a critical milestone in the proposal to construct a new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to Canada's West Coast.
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Oct 01, 2026
A new poll suggests the group with the highest level of support for Alberta separation is supporters of the United Conservative Party, trumping other groups, including those defined by age, religiosity and education.
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Oct 01, 2026
A new poll suggests the group with the highest level of support for Alberta separation is supporters of the United Conservative Party, trumping other groups, including those defined by age, religiosity and education.
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Oct 01, 2026
Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a classmate three decades ago, survived Tennessee's effort to execute her by means of lethal injection late on Wednesday, prison officials said, foiling the state's first attempt to put a woman to death in two centuries.
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Oct 01, 2026
Mark Carney is asking the world to invest in Canada. But who already owns Canada? And what would more foreign investment mean for our sovereignty?
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Oct 01, 2026
Young people who are in government care can be prime targets for sexual exploitation, as demonstrated by recent cases in Nova Scotia courts. According to a senior Crown prosecutor, sexual predators found the children by lurking near group homes or scoping them out on social media.
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Oct 01, 2026
A Vancouver punk band that was set to play in Charlottetown this past weekend cancelled its show after a transgender band member was stopped from using the women's washroom at the venue.
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