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Aug 29, 2026
In the echoey void of a gutted Campbell's Soup factory in Toronto's west end, Canada's minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation announced the federal government's biggest bet to date on homegrown technology that could revolutionize artificial intelligence, medical science and a host of other key sectors of the economy.
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Aug 29, 2026
A U.S. Department of Homeland Security video shows men, handcuffed and in chains, boarding a deportation flight to Haiti this week. Critics say the Trump administration is "bragging" about sending Haitian immigrants "back to a war-torn country" after rescinding temporary protected status.
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Aug 29, 2026
Rockstar Games' long-awaited Grand Theft Auto 6 is expected to generate billions in sales, but a backlash is brewing after part of the game was leaked in protest against the company's decision to only release digital copies.
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Aug 29, 2026
Telecommunications provider Eastlink is warning some customers of a potential data breach that happened in recent days, but it does not believe that credit card or banking information was exposed. The company operates in seven Canadian provinces and Bermuda.
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Aug 29, 2026
At least 27 people have been killed following a Russian attack on the Bucha district, close to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, officials said Saturday.
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Aug 29, 2026
Judge Michelle Brass says the meaning of eagle feathers varies between Indigenous communities, and it's especially important for Saulteaux people such as herself.
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Aug 29, 2026
B.C. Hydro says it's monitoring for the reappearance of a mysterious island first spotted by boaters 100 kilometres from the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in northeastern B.C.
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Aug 29, 2026
Politicians from Canada and the United States have thrown varying degrees of personal insults back and forth across the border this week, but the two governments' trade negotiators avoided getting personal — at least in public. Experts believe the two trade leads are striking a different tone because they have a different role to play as the dispute heats up.
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Aug 29, 2026
The flareup in the Canada-U.S. tariff war has not only strengthened Ottawa's resolve to boost military co-operation with Europe and Asia — it's also hurting prospects of major military purchases from the United States.
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Aug 29, 2026
A U.K. woman is on a mission to convince her government to scrap its tax on sunscreen. Canadian cancer organizations say this country should consider doing the same.
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Aug 29, 2026
The federal government is asking a court to toss out a high-profile environmental lawsuit, arguing it has no business directing Canada's climate policy.
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Aug 29, 2026
After years of speculation that Gen Z is the sober generation, new research shows that they are actually starting to drink more — nearly on par with the rest of the adult population.
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Aug 29, 2026
If all goes to plan, at 7:26 a.m. Sunday morning, a new space telescope will blast off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on top of a Falcon Heavy rocket, ready to reveal new wonders about our universe. Here are some things scientists hope to unravel with this new telescope.
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Aug 29, 2026
Some climate scientists are cautious about prematurely attributing human caused-climate change as the sole cause of the disaster that resulted in the violent flooding of Himalayan villages in Nepal this week. But other experts say it was the kind of catastrophe they've been warning about for years.
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Aug 28, 2026
Two-time Paralympic champion Danielle Dorris of Moncton, N.B., earned Canada's first medal to open the three-day Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, grabbing silver in the women's 50-metre butterfly S5-7 final on Friday night in Walnut, Calif.
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Aug 28, 2026
Joan Phillip, the NDP MLA for Vancouver-Strathcona and wife of Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, has died.
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Aug 28, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. has entered an agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of the South American country's oil reserves.
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Aug 28, 2026
Squishy toys have triggered recalls, seizures and burn warnings abroad. Health Canada has received 36 reports involving squishy dumpling toys, including injuries, but says it has not confirmed a specific health or safety risk.
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Aug 28, 2026
Before the ink had even dried on U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to rename Lake Ontario, a Canadian company was already selling hats with the Great Lake's true name emblazoned on it.
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Aug 28, 2026
A decade ago, Meghan Cliffel believed she was being watched by members of a cult who were out to kill her and her young daughters. In fact, she was experiencing postpartum psychosis, the condition at the heart of the Lindsay Clancy trial. But Cliffel got treatment and went on to have a third baby — because she advocated for support.
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Aug 28, 2026
Canada's chief U.S. trade negotiator is disputing several claims made by American officials about why trade talks fell apart last week, namely that the Canadian side brought forward last-minute demands on autos and that U.S. negotiators weren't interested in French language discoverability rules.
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Aug 28, 2026
CBC's reporting on terrorism, wherever it occurs, has always been guided by the principle of attribution, and like other major news organizations, it has been our practice for decades.
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Aug 28, 2026
No Canadians will enter the singles draws at the U.S. Open through the qualifying tournament after Bianca Andreescu and Liam Draxl lost in final round action Friday in New York.
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Aug 28, 2026
Animal Justice is calling for Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to investigate the death in a Chicago aquarium of Peekachu, a 23-year-old beluga from Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., that was part of ongoing relocation efforts involving other whales and dolphins.
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Aug 28, 2026
Jake Reiner this week gave his first sit-down interview since the killing of his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, in California in December. He told KABC-TV about the shock he felt after being told his parents were dead and the complicated feelings he has for his younger brother, Nick, who's currently facing murder charges in the killings.
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Aug 28, 2026
The collapse of trade talks between Ottawa and Washington could see U.S. negotiators try to "aggressively" secure a win with Mexico in their ongoing bilateral talks, says a former Mexican trade negotiator.
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Aug 28, 2026
Air Canada announced an expanded mobility aid policy Friday that will allow customers to bring up to three mobility aids free of charge.
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Aug 28, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has approved an opt-in process for current and former players in the Ontario Hockey League and Western Hockey League who allege they were victims of abuse or hazing.
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Aug 28, 2026
Dolly Parton's long history of philanthropy is well-documented, but a touching tribute from her sister reveals how deeply the spirit of giving was entrenched in her.
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Aug 28, 2026
A number of U.S. lawmakers called on Donald Trump to end the war with Iran as it reached its six-month mark on Friday, while the U.S. president has given off mixed signals regarding the state of the conflict.
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Aug 28, 2026
The mayor of Kingston, Ont., says a snicker is the only response Donald Trump will be getting from his community following the U.S. president's renaming of Lake Ontario as Lake America. "The best thing we can possibly do is just ignore the silliness," Bryan Paterson says.
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Aug 28, 2026
People from Ebola-affected countries will continue to be banned from entering Canada for another 30 days, prolonging the state of limbo for tens of thousands of people who have had their residency applications suspended since May.
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Aug 28, 2026
Skygazers got to see a partial lunar eclipse across the Americas, Europe and Africa on Thursday evening into Friday.
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Aug 28, 2026
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed the former commander of a now-dissolved Kurdish-led fighting force as a presidential adviser on Friday, reflecting a rapprochement between the two longtime civil war adversaries.
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Aug 28, 2026
Jacques Doucet, known as the "Voice of the Expos" after calling the team's games for 33 seasons, died Thursday evening at the age of 86.
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Aug 28, 2026
Jacques Doucet, the former announcer for the Montreal Expos, has died at the age of 86, his family announced Friday.
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Aug 28, 2026
An unannounced but highly visible flight to Moscow by CIA Director John Ratcliffe aboard a U.S. Air Force transport plane this week has ignited a fierce debate over Vladimir Putin's next military move. With Russia's volunteer recruitment drying up and its economy straining under the weight of 1.4 million casualties, intelligence briefs suggest Putin is preparing a massive, unpopular mobilization of 600,000 new troops.
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Aug 28, 2026
An Edmonton father has been convicted of manslaughter in connection with the death of his five-week-old baby boy.
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Aug 28, 2026
Canada's economy rebounded sharply in the second quarter after ?six months of virtually no growth, aided by strong jump in exports and solid domestic demand, data showed on Friday.
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Aug 28, 2026
The drug bust happened after police tracked the cellphone of a man they believed was helping facilitate shipments of methamphetamine crossing the U.S. border into Canada at Coutts, Alta.
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Aug 28, 2026
Donald Trump is hardly the first U.S. president whose government has imposed steep duties on Canadian lumber. The tariffs are the latest chapter in a dispute that's been going on for more than four decades. Here's how we got here.
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Aug 28, 2026
In two Canadian provinces, two different conversations are unfolding about the prospect of leaving the country for good, and it seems two different age cohorts are making the push.
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Aug 28, 2026
First Nations from across Treaty 6 territory have been marking this month's 150th anniversary of the signing of the 1876 agreement with the Crown. But for some, the discussion around the upcoming referendum on Alberta independence is casting a shadow over it.
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Aug 28, 2026
A hotel chain must pay more than $100,000 to three foreign workers employed at one of its locations in Manitoba after the province's labour board denied the company's appeal.
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Aug 28, 2026
On a river in southwest Nova Scotia, an investigation by a historical sleuth is uncovering long-lost traces of North America's past.
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Aug 28, 2026
When the consultation and surgery wait times are combined, the total waits for hip and knee replacements in Nova Scotia are longer than they were a decade ago. In 2015, Nova Scotians could expect a total median wait of 265 days for a hip replacement — in 2025, it was 292 days.
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Aug 28, 2026
Norway's King ?Harald, a ?reformer who emerged ?from the shadow ?of his well-loved ?father over more than three decades on the ?throne, has died aged ?89, the royal palace said on ?Friday.
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Aug 28, 2026
The Dog Stars is about the same thing as every other post-apocalypse film you've seen, but this time without the guts or energy to make it believably harrowing.
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Aug 28, 2026
The Dog Stars is about the same thing as every other post-apocalypse film you've seen, but this time without the guts or energy to make it believably harrowing.
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Aug 28, 2026
Coyote vs. Acme, which opens in theatres Aug. 28, is not only the latest chapter in a timeless battle of wills, but the newest entry in the pantheon of anti-capitalist films. Here are seven of our favourites.
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Aug 28, 2026
Changes are coming for teen Instagram and Facebook users after parent company Meta agreed to platform changes in a landmark U.S. settlement to resolve claims of online harms to youth. Experts tell CBC News what's changing, how widely and what impact this might have going forward.
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Aug 28, 2026
It's unclear whether Trump can unilaterally rename the lake, whose name predates European colonization of the Americas and has been widely recognized internationally for centuries. But the renaming belies a concerted push by the Trump administration to hold back important U.S.-Canada collaboration on scientific research and restoration work in the Great Lakes.
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Aug 28, 2026
Quebec is facing sharp criticism and calls to reform its French-language exemption process for students with disabilities following the removal of an autistic student from a local college.
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Aug 28, 2026
Premier Danielle Smith and three of her ministers spent an hour Thursday fielding calls and online questions from Albertans who say they are concerned about artificial intelligence data centres being built in the province.
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Aug 27, 2026
Ontario seniors Aileen Burgin, 85, and her husband, Harold, 87, tell The National about competing at the World Masters Track and Field Championships in Daegu, South Korea, where Aileen won gold in the 100-metre dash.
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Aug 27, 2026
Ontario seniors Aileen Burgin, 85, and her husband, Harold, 87, tell The National about competing at the World Masters Track and Field Championships in Daegu, South Korea, where Aileen won gold in the 100-metre dash.
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Aug 27, 2026
A third grizzly in a family of four well-known bears in the West Kootenay has been killed.
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Aug 27, 2026
Aug. 27, 2026 | U.S. President Donald Trump ratchets up tensions with Canada by ordering Lake Ontario to be renamed as 'Lake America.' Rescuers in Nepal and Tibet race to find survivors of a catastrophic flood. And Toronto police investigate a brazen arson outside a Liberal MP's home.
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Aug 27, 2026
B.C.'s forests minister says a province-wide state of emergency has ended, but wildfire risk remains.
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Aug 27, 2026
Cuba will kick off the school year next week as planned despite a severe ongoing crisis that has affected transportation and electricity and led to falling teacher numbers and a lack of ?supplies such as uniforms.
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Aug 27, 2026
Cuba will kick off the school year next week as planned despite a severe ongoing crisis that has affected transportation and electricity and led to falling teacher numbers and a lack of ?supplies such as uniforms.
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Aug 27, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump's trade ambassador's recent comments about Canada's auto industry suggest the level at which it's integrated throughout North America could remain a major sticking point if talks do resume.
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Aug 27, 2026
The union representing American air traffic controllers has acknowledged allegations that two members left work early shortly before an Air Canada regional jet crashed at LaGuardia Airport in March, killing two pilots.
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Aug 27, 2026
Conservationists have long been working to keep a rare species of bird from disappearing entirely from the United Kingdom. But any recent success they've had in protecting the Montagu's harrier's British population can largely be attributed to the mating prowess of one male "at the top of his game."
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Aug 27, 2026
Ten Toronto residents on a trek in Nepal are unaccounted for after deadly flash flooding in the country this week, according to a representative of the group that organized the trip.
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Aug 27, 2026
Russia ?hammered Ukrainian ports, industrial sites and retailers' distribution facilities with missiles and drones in an hours-long attack on Kyiv and other cities that was partly repelled, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday.
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Aug 27, 2026
With health officials warning that the Ebola outbreak may be three times higher than official figures — and young children facing the highest fatality rates — families fear a return to class could increase the risk of exposure to the disease.
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Aug 27, 2026
Artist Yayoi Kusama, who has died at 97, was one of Japan's most revered contemporary artists. Her work was exhibited around the world, often prompting long queues as people flocked to see her colourful, immersive installation art.
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Aug 27, 2026
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has rejected an application by one of the "Surrey Six" killers to stay the convictions against him.
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Aug 27, 2026
Three of Canada's big banks shared cautiously sunny outlooks for the economy on Thursday, sharply contrasting expressions of anxiety and frustration from scores of smaller businesses grappling with the fresh reality of a full-blown trade war with the United States.
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Aug 27, 2026
One of two suspects wanted in the shooting death of a man in Niagara Falls on July 16 has been arrested in Montreal and will be sent back to the Ontario city.
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Aug 27, 2026
The same factor that's sent fuel prices soaring has created a massive turnaround for provincial government's budget.
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Aug 27, 2026
The same factor that's sent fuel prices soaring has created a massive turnaround for provincial government's budget.
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Aug 27, 2026
Ratko Mladic, convicted of genocide for orchestrating the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of at least 8,000 Muslims in Europe's worst atrocity since the Second World War, has died.
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Aug 27, 2026
A small subset of private career colleges in Ontario has led explosive growth in the number of people receiving student financial assistance, new data shows, and the association representing the sector itself has raised concerns.
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Aug 27, 2026
The Toronto Raptors will retire Kyle Lowry's No. 7 following their Jan. 10 game against the Philadelphia 76ers.
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Aug 27, 2026
Peter Cullen, the Canadian voice actor behind Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh and Optimus Prime in the Transformers franchise, died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 85.
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Aug 27, 2026
Police are investigating a suspected arson at the home of a Scarborough MP after multiple cars were torched early Thursday, CBC News has learned.
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Aug 27, 2026
Police are investigating a suspected arson at the home of a Scarborough MP after multiple cars were torched early Thursday, CBC News has learned.
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Aug 27, 2026
Conservatives are calling on the Liberals to release the text of the U.S. tariff agreement that the federal government ultimately rejected last week. While one expert argues there is some merit to showing that level of transparency, others suggest it would ultimately hurt Canada's negotiation position.
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Aug 27, 2026
A U.S. air ?force judge on Wednesday ordered a June 2028 trial accused 9/11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, along with three co-defendants, the latest development in a long-running legal saga since Mohammed's arrest in 2003.
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Aug 27, 2026
Ontario company Chapman's Ice Cream says it's moving to replace more than 70 per cent of its ingredients from the U.S. by mid-2027, promising no price increases until March 2028.
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Aug 27, 2026
Finance Canada has removed fish and seafood products from a list of counter-tariffed items, just a day after the government initially hit back at the U.S. with retaliatory measures. For those in the industry, its a massive relief from measures many say could have had devastating consequences.
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Aug 27, 2026
The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed U.S. media reports that Russia could attack a NATO member state and that the purpose of CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow this week had been to warn Moscow against such a move.
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Aug 27, 2026
A fight over streaming helped throw a wrench in trade talks last week. But is this about our attempts to protect Canadian culture -- or America's attempts to protect their tech companies?
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Aug 27, 2026
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama , who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died, her studio said Thursday. She was 97.
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Aug 27, 2026
The hydronic heating system in a part of Newfoundland and Labrador's rehabilitation hospital is repeatedly failing, causing extensive damage that an internal briefing note warns is anticipated to continue.
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