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Mar 26, 2026
Angelika Langen, co-founder of the Northern Lights Wildlife Society, tells The National about the moment her shelter rescued an abandoned bear cub near Kamloops, B.C.
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Mar 26, 2026
March 26, 2026 | After years of lagging, Canada officially hits the NATO defence spending benchmark of two per cent of GDP. U.S President Donald Trump extends his deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz. And, the IOC bans transgender women from Olympic competition.
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Mar 26, 2026
Former Q107 co-host John Derringer admitted to looking at pictures of skimpily dressed women while at work during a human rights tribunal hearing on Thursday. His former co-host Jennifer Valentyne has filed a human rights complaint against Derringer for alleged verbal abuse and gender-based discrimination.
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Mar 26, 2026
The U.S. Treasury Department plans to put President Donald Trump's signature on all new U.S. paper currency, the agency announced on Thursday.
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Mar 26, 2026
Stocks fell sharply on Thursday, and oil prices rose as doubt took over from hope on Wall Street about a possible end to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
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Mar 26, 2026
Liberal MP Michael Ma is facing criticism for an aggressive set of questions at a parliamentary committee where he appeared to downplay forced labour in China.
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Mar 26, 2026
Liberal MP Michael Ma is facing criticism for downplaying persistent allegations of forced labour in Xinjiang, China, during a committee hearing on Thursday.
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Mar 26, 2026
The bodies of the two Air Canada pilots who died in a collision on a runway at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday have returned to Canada.
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Mar 26, 2026
Inderjeet Singh Gosal, who leads the Sikhs for Justice movement in Canada following the 2023 assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, has had gun possession charges against him stayed in an Ontario court.
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Mar 26, 2026
It's very possible the Conservatives will forget about their concerns as soon as the new PBO releases a report that is unflattering to the government. But ideally the appointment of an independent officer of Parliament would not be the subject of political conflict and partisan email campaigns.
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Mar 26, 2026
The recent death of the three-year-old grandson of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Chief Donny Morris has prompted renewed calls for Ottawa to take action. The Oji-Cree community in northwestern Ontario and a tribal council launched a human rights complaint seven months ago against Indigenous Services Canada, arguing systemic discrimination is behind chronic underfunding of on-reserve fire services.
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Mar 26, 2026
The Liberal government is introducing reforms that it says will allow the country to better detect and protect elections from foreign and domestic interference, bribery, disinformation and a host of other potential threats to democracy.
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Mar 26, 2026
For the first time, Bridgerton will focus on the lesbian love story between two woman leads — telling the story of "world-traveller Michaela and grieving widow Francesca."
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Mar 26, 2026
The MLA for Richmond Centre has been charged with assault, assault by choking and uttering threats, the B.C. Prosecution Service announced Thursday.
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Mar 26, 2026
The MLA for Richmond Centre has been charged with assault, assault by choking and uttering threats, the B.C. Prosecution Service announced Thursday.
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Mar 26, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump used a televised cabinet meeting to try to sell Americans on the merits of the nearly four-week-old war against Iran, while downplaying its impact on the economy and the cost of living.
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Mar 26, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada might join efforts to ensure freedom of navigation in the Middle East if there is a ceasefire.
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Mar 26, 2026
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, hosting his first monthly Christian worship service at the Pentagon since the Iran war began, prayed on Wednesday for American bullets to hit their targets. An established nonprofit group has sued both Hegseth and Donald Trump's labour secretary, accusing them of engaging in religious discrimination and breaching the separation of church and state.
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Mar 26, 2026
The EU accused Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos of breaching rules by letting children access pornographic content on their ?sites. Companies can be fined as much as six per cent of their global annual turnover if found guilty of Digital Services ?Act breaches.
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Mar 26, 2026
Wednesday was an 80th birthday party to remember for Ted Martindale, the owner of Granville Coffee in Quesnel. In a project that united the entire central B.C. community, he and numerous volunteers created a 2,500-kilogram carrot cake.
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Mar 26, 2026
Former Cuban president Raul Castro is involved in talks between the island and the United States, Miguel Diaz-Canel said Wednesday.
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Mar 26, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iranon Thursday to "get serious" about a deal to end nearly four weeks of fighting, after its foreign minister said Tehran was reviewing the U.S. proposal but that there ?were no talks on winding down the war.
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Mar 26, 2026
Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women's events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday which aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order on sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
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Mar 26, 2026
Multiple types of milk are being recalled due to the possible presence of glass in the products. The recall was voluntarily triggered by Agropur and involves two-litre cartons of milk sold under the Farmers, Québon and Natrel brands.
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Mar 26, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump, early and often, has voiced his support for Viktor Orban's re-election, and top admistration figures Marco Rubio and JD Vance have been on tap for visits to Hungary. Orban has also called on allies from around the world to remind voters why he deserves a sixth term as he faces a tough battle with former ally Peter Magyar.
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Mar 26, 2026
Canada has finally met NATO's two per cent defence spending target, buoyed by a $9.3 billion surge and internal accounting changes. The long-elusive milestone fulfills Prime Minister Mark Carney's promise under intense allied pressure, but comes as NATO shifts the goalposts farther and scrutiny turns to how the money is actually spent.
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Mar 26, 2026
The company has agreed to funnel money to U.S. law enforcement in anticipation of protests against its Line 5 pipeline reroute project, a move that has raised concerns about the depth of the company's influence in policing issues.
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Mar 26, 2026
Rural school boards use roving wellness counsellors to help address increasingly complex issues in Alberta's classrooms.
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Mar 26, 2026
A Winnipeg woman is being held responsible for an overdue $1,300 bill on an account she says she never opened.
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Mar 26, 2026
Tim O'Brien has made peace with the fact that the woman who falsely accused him of sexual assault will never see the inside of a jail cell, but he's not ready to accept the way the case was handled.
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Mar 26, 2026
A year after the deployment of a new social assistance algorithm, a Radio-Canada investigation reveals a system that advocates say is failing. Promised as a tool to humanize Quebec's welfare services, Project UNIR is instead being blamed for mounting errors, administrative failures and even human tragedy.
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Mar 26, 2026
Premier Doug Ford's government tables its eighth budget Thursday, as Ontario's economy faces global economic volatility and heightened levels of unemployment at home. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is due to deliver the spending plan in the legislature at 4 p.m. ET.
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Mar 26, 2026
Now that patents have expired, generic versions of Novo Nordisk's blockbuster weight-loss drugs could arrive in Canada within months, according to experts. Doctors say these cheaper versions will improve access and could also change societal perceptions around weight loss and reduce the cost and burden on the health-care system.
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Mar 26, 2026
The health authority for the Outaouais is reviewing the case of a child who died in the days after she was seen at the Gatineau Hospital for an asthma attack. The girl's mother is raising concerns about the treatment the family received there.
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Mar 26, 2026
While Qatar is one of several Gulf region countries targeted by Iranian missiles, civilians there have not faced the same level of violence as people in other parts of the Middle East.
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Mar 26, 2026
After over 30 years working for the same employer, Wanda Kagan has filed a human rights complaint, alleging systemic racism at her workplace in Montreal. Now in her 60s, the high school friend of former U.S. vice-president Kamala Harris is urging workers to protect themselves while navigating institutions that are stacked against them.
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Mar 26, 2026
Migratory species such as the snowy owl, hammerhead shark and others are being considered for additional protections at global talks in Brazil. Here's what is endangering them and what is being proposed to help.
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Mar 25, 2026
Ted Martindale, of Quesnel B.C., tells The National about the moment he had a 6,000-pound carrot cake made for his 80th birthday in an attempt to break the world record.
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Mar 25, 2026
Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta Health Services is trying to get its money back after paying $49 million to an importer and Turkish drug company for products it never received.
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Mar 25, 2026
March 25, 2026 | Quebec politicians call for Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau's resignation after his English-only statement on the deadly Laguardia Airport collision. Meta and YouTube are found liable in a landmark social media addiction case. And, Ontario farmers try to stop plans for a high-speed rail line.
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Mar 25, 2026
The Liberal government's politically contentious new anti-hate bill has passed its final hurdle in the House of Commons and will now go to the Senate.
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Mar 25, 2026
The WNBA will hold an expansion draft for its new franchises in Portland and Toronto on April 3, the league announced Wednesday. A coin toss will be held Friday, with the winning franchise getting to choose either the first pick in the expansion draft or the No. 6 pick in the college draft on April 13.
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Mar 25, 2026
The three-pound cub was found crying and unresponsive just outside of Kamloops on Monday, according to Northern Lights Wildlife Society. It took a team of wildlife workers and about 1,000 kilometres on the road to get the young bear to safety.
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Mar 25, 2026
The U.S. military said it carried out a strike Wednesday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people, as the Trump administration pushes forward with a monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America while waging a war against Iran.
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Mar 25, 2026
Andrew Chang explains why Air Canada's CEO Michael Rousseau is facing backlash over his English-only message of condolence to the victims and the families of those killed in the fatal runway collision at LaGuardia airport.
Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images
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Mar 25, 2026
The final report from the Future of Sport in Canada Commission found significant issues with the Canadian sport system, including lack of funding, fragmentation, and persistent discrimination and abuse.
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Mar 25, 2026
Former Q107 host John Derringer testified at a human rights tribunal hearing Wednesday, alleging his former co-host Jennifer Valentyne was unprepared at work, "obsessed with appearances" and did not understand radio as a medium as compared to her former role in television.
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Mar 25, 2026
Justice Minister Sean Fraser, who was in charge of immigration during some of the years Auditor General Karen Hogan found instances of fraud in Canada's international student program, said with hindsight, he would have acted sooner to fundamentally change it. The Opposition Conservatives have been calling for his resignation, along with his successor and the current immigration minister.
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Mar 25, 2026
The Dominican Republic national police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old Canadian who was shot and killed early in the morning March 23, in the province of Puerto Plata while on vacation.
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Mar 25, 2026
Police in the Dominican Republic have arrested two men in connection with the death of a 19-year-old Canadian who was shot and killed early Monday morning, in the province of Puerto Plata while on vacation.
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Mar 25, 2026
A tearful Savannah Guthrie, in her first interview since her 84-year-old mother was apparently abducted from her Arizona home, said that "someone needs to do the right thing" and come forward with information to help the investigation.
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Mar 25, 2026
Melania Trump was accompanied by a humanoid companion on Wednesday, as she arrived at the White House East Room for the final day of a summit she had convened with counterparts from around the world through her Fostering the Future Together global initiative.
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Mar 25, 2026
Former Ontario Hockey League player and Guelph Gryphon Jacob Winterton, 25, has died of cancer. He's being remembered by his family, friends and the hockey community. His brother Ryan, who plays for the Seattle Kraken, paid tribute in an Instagram post where he said he would miss Jacob's "voice, your advice, and the way you made everything feel a little less heavy."
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Mar 25, 2026
Jacob Winterton, a former player with the Ontario Hockey League and the University of Guelph's Gryphons, has died of cancer at 25. His family, friends and the hockey community have paid tribute to him, with younger brother Ryan Winterton of the NHL's Seattle Kraken saying, "I'll miss your voice, your advice, and the way you made everything feel a little less heavy."
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Mar 25, 2026
Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, of Orlando, Fla., pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the attempted murder of Rihanna.
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Mar 25, 2026
A jury in Los Angeles found both Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services, awarding the plaintiff $3 million US in damages.
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Mar 25, 2026
Young health-care providers at Havana's Cardiology Institute describe a double-whammy of desperation in their work and private lives. They're anxious about what the future holds since a U.S. oil embargo in January led to dramatic fuel shortages in Cuba, along with soaring food prices and nationwide power outages.
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Mar 25, 2026
Alberta will be in control of regulating its methane emissions under an agreement-in-principle with Ottawa.
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Mar 25, 2026
Biruté Mary Galdikas, a Canadian scientist who dedicated her life to the study and conservation of orangutans, has died. She was the last living member of the renowned primatologists known as "trimates," alongside Jane Goodall and Diane Fossey.
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Mar 25, 2026
Stephen Colbert, famous devotee to J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, is co-writing a Lord of the Rings movie with his son.
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Mar 25, 2026
When Jourdyn Koziak got a phone call on Saturday from a man who claimed that her long-lost dog had been found, she thought it was a "sick prank." That's because her beloved pit bull, Forty-Cal, had been missing for 11 years.
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Mar 25, 2026
In normal times, an assault of close to 1,000 Russian drones — many made from Iranian parts and designs — would dominate the news agenda. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attacks as "absolute depravity." At least six people were killed and a number of others injured.
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Mar 25, 2026
Jimmy Ylimaki is facing up to 20 years in prison for his alleged role in the scam. He is described in court documents as having operated as an "attorney," pretending to be a lawyer requesting money from potential victims.
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Mar 25, 2026
Two men have been charged in connection with the Feb. 19 death of Dr. Mai Diab, a pediatric dentist who is being remembered as a soft-spoken, generous person who was deeply dedicated to her young patients.
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Mar 25, 2026
CBC News is announcing an expansion of our local news service in Hamilton, in the form of a live audio morning show, available on HD radio and other digital platforms, and a weekly podcast to be added to the existing digital news offered by the station.
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Mar 25, 2026
Premier François Legault called for Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau to resign, saying he lacks respect for francophone employees and clients.
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Mar 25, 2026
Premier Doug Ford announced the plan Wednesday at a news conference in Mississauga, saying the full 13 per cent tax will be removed for new homes valued up to $1 million from April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027.
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Mar 25, 2026
Canada's Valérie Grenier wrapped up the World Cup alpine skiing season with a win in the giant slalom on Wednesday in Lillehammer, Norway. Meanwhile, American Mikaela Shiffrin secured a record-tying sixth women's overall World Cup skiing title by holding off a challenge from emerging German rival Emma Aicher.
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Mar 25, 2026
The first major comedy series filmed in Nunavut, a sci-fi suspense right out of Sinners, a time-travel mockumentary in the style of Back to the Future and the world's favourite queer hockey drama all top this year's Canadian Screen Award nomination rolls.
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Mar 25, 2026
Donald Trump says he could "take" Cuba. From early imperial ambitions to the Cold War and today's economic crisis, we look at why Cuba has remained such a persistent focus of American power.
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Mar 25, 2026
Three Nova Scotian geoscientists have returned from a month-long expedition to Antarctica and now hope to inspire other women to enter their field of work.
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Mar 25, 2026
Experimenting with Explora in its first few days of operation, CBC News found dozens of factual errors.
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Mar 25, 2026
The United States sent a 15-point plan to Iran for a possible ceasefire, an official said, even as it began to move paratroopers to the Mideast to back up a contingent of Marines heading there Wednesday.
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Mar 25, 2026
Hotels in Newfoundland and Labrador are being trained to recognize human trafficking — criminal activity that officials say despite a lack of cases, is in fact present in the province.
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Mar 25, 2026
Ontario is running out of time to beef up rules that would crack down on negligent and misbehaving municipal politicians ahead of the next civic election, some experts and opposition critics warn.
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Mar 25, 2026
Despite a long and cold winter, no frostbite amputations have been reported in Montreal so far this year compared to an annual average of about six. The drop in cases could be connected to the addition of hundreds of spots in temporary warming shelters around the city and the use of a new drug protocol to treat frostbite.
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Mar 25, 2026
Though oil and gas industry executives at CERAWeek, a global energy conference in Houston, welcomed Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson's enthusiasm, they still say they want to see considerable action before they can be sure Canada's federal government is serious about changing the country's reputation as being reluctant to expand the energy sector, especially oil and natural gas.
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Mar 25, 2026
Members of Parliament last year went on the fewest sponsored international trips in the last 15 years, excluding the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mar 25, 2026
As the final vote to approve Premier Tim Houston's controversial budget was about to begin, members of the crowd in the Province House gallery broke out in song.
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Mar 24, 2026
More than a month after the deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, stories of bravery during the tragedy are being shared.
At the National Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa Tuesday morning, Conservative MP Bob Zimmer for Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies spoke about a student who pulled two classmates to safety.
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Mar 24, 2026
Officials in Minnesota sued the Trump administration Tuesday for access to evidence they say they need to independently investigate three shootings in the state earlier this year by federal officers, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
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Mar 24, 2026
Caden Farrare, 11, and his dad Aubrey tell The National about the moment Caden hit a backwards buzzer beater shot to win the Grade 5 basketball championship in Laurel, Md.
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Mar 24, 2026
Family, friends and community members are mourning Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther, the two Air Canada Express pilots killed in Sunday's crash at New York City's LaGuardia Airport.
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Mar 24, 2026
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree faced pointed questions Tuesday about why the federal government has deported one Iranian official, despite longstanding concerns about how the regime operates in Canada and abroad.
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Mar 24, 2026
The Swiss Consulate General in Vancouver has confirmed the three people killed in Sunday's avalanche in northern B.C. were Swiss nationals. They were part of a group of four that was heli-skiing on Mount Knauss, about 30 kilometres north of Terrace.
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Mar 24, 2026
OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral last fall as a place to share short-form videos generated by artificial intelligence, but also raised alarms in Hollywood and beyond about the dangers of letting people create AI videos that resulted in nonconsensual images and realistic deepfakes.
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Mar 24, 2026
Antoine Forest, a 30-year-old man from Coteau-du-Lac, Que., was one of two pilots who died in the crash at New York's LaGuardia airport on Sunday night.
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Mar 24, 2026
Antoine Forest, a 30-year-old man from Coteau-du-Lac, Que., was one of two pilots who died in the crash at New York's LaGuardia airport on Sunday night.
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Mar 24, 2026
Pride festivals are seeking $3 million annually from Ottawa to fill a funding gap left by corporations pulling back funding amid a backlash to diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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Mar 24, 2026
Toronto police say they are creating a counter-terrorism unit and a specialized task force that will see officers with semi-automatic rifles stationed at key locations in the city.
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Mar 24, 2026
Known for her field-side reporting on the Toronto Blue Jays, Mae wrote the book Before I Let You Go, which is set to release on Nov. 10.
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Mar 24, 2026
Canada is temporarily halting removals to several more Middle East countries due to "volatile and unpredictable conditions" caused by the U.S.-Israel war with Iran that has spread to surrounding nations.
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Mar 24, 2026
Jenna Benchetrit's face and name have been used in fake CBC articles intended to scam people into sending money. She's the senior business writer for CBC News.
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Mar 24, 2026
Epic Games will cut more than 1,000 jobs following a drop in engagement for Fortnite, the latest layoffs in the video game industry where growth has stalled due to economic uncertainty.
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Mar 24, 2026
Porter Airlines plans to launch a dozen routes this summer from the overhauled Montreal Metropolitan Airport, as Canada's third-largest carrier seeks to gain purchase in the competitive domestic market and start putting its half-billion-dollar investment to work.
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