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Mar 21, 2026
Blackouts have been common for years, but now, since U.S. President Donald Trump imposed an oil blockade on Cuba in hopes of forcing the country's collapse, the interruptions have become more frequent, longer, sometimes engulfing the whole country.
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Mar 21, 2026
Sports and music fans are applauding the province's plans to outlaw sky-high ticket resale prices, but some insiders say there's more work to be done.
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Mar 21, 2026
When Andrew Scott decided to chase a career in music and give up his studies, it was only going to be temporary. "I'm not going to be in a rock band when I'm 30," Scott told his mom. Thirty-five years later, he's still making music with Sloan. His former school is giving him a prestigious designation.
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Mar 21, 2026
Like many Iranian Canadians, Mehdi M. Kashani is watching the events in Iran with grief for his country and anxiety for his parents in Tehran. But he also says the reality is not a straightforward choice between war and peace.
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Mar 21, 2026
As European allies quietly explore France's nuclear umbrella amid doubts about U.S. reliability, Canada faces an uncomfortable question: join or stay clear. While Ottawa rejects going nuclear, extending French deterrence to North America risks inflaming tensions with Washington — and raises stark questions about who would defend whom in a crisis.
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Mar 21, 2026
Despite continued heavy pounding from U.S. and Israeli military forces, Iran has remained defiant, insisting that its missile production remains on track. But is this just 'showmanship and exaggeration'?
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Mar 21, 2026
Their lyrics are pointed, specific and reference big political events that happened just days ago. Protest music experts say the responsiveness to the current moment has helped these artists catch fire online but say they'll need to move their message into the real world if they want it to stick.
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Mar 21, 2026
Even as the race to mine the ocean floor for important minerals intensifies, a UN-body tasked with establishing regulations for the emerging industry ended a key global meeting this week without a new mining code.
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Mar 21, 2026
Three weeks in, the joint U.S.-Israel combat operation has killed much of Iran's leadership, knocked out much of its ballistic missile capability, sunk nearly all of its navy and, according to U.S. President Donald Trump, has "militarily WON" already. And yet, the war goes on.
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Mar 21, 2026
Even as the race to mine the ocean floor for important minerals intensifies, a UN-body tasked with establishing regulations for the emerging industry ended a key global meeting this week without a new mining code.
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Mar 21, 2026
The recent elections mark another step in the National Rally's effort to move from the fringes to the mainstream in French politics. Despite more professional campaigns, the party still struggles to shake its reputation for extremism.
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Mar 20, 2026
Actor Nicholas Brendon, who co-starred on TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Xander Harris, has died, according to a statement from his family posted on social media.
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Mar 20, 2026
Canadians across the country are experiencing sticker shock at the pump as the Middle East war drives fuel prices ever higher, with transport companies and those who drive for a living especially hard hit.
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Mar 20, 2026
One of the first red flags about now disgraced Winnipeg officer Elston Bostock came 15 years before he was arrested, when an informant warned police about a "dirty cop" helping a drug trafficker, search warrant documents obtained by CBC News say.
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Mar 20, 2026
Customers at Loblaw-connected stores in multiple provinces were advised of interruptions to credit and debit systems on Friday afternoon, though the company says the reported issues have since been resolved.
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Mar 20, 2026
An internal memo obtained by CBC News reveals that Rideau Cottage, the residence for past and the current prime minister, is inadequate and comes with security risks, according to the government's own assessment. The two-storey brick house was meant to be a temporary home for leaders, after 24 Sussex — the official residence — was decommissioned in 2022.
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Mar 20, 2026
Canadian and U.S. stock markets sank on Friday amid fears about the effects of the U.S.-Iran war on interest rates.
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Mar 20, 2026
Birinder Singh was driving down the highway, hoping to see Alberta's Rocky Mountains for the first time, when a bullet from a passing vehicle ended his life.
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Mar 20, 2026
Kraft Heinz has just announced it's launching a high-protein mac and cheese called PowerMac that delivers 17 grams of protein and six grams of fibre per serving. But did we ... need this?
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Mar 20, 2026
Kraft Heinz has just announced it's launching a high-protein mac and cheese called PowerMac that delivers 17 grams of protein and six grams of fibre per serving. But did we ... need this?
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Mar 20, 2026
Quebec's Superior Court has temporarily barred a man and his son from donating sperm after they were accused of fathering hundreds of children.
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Mar 20, 2026
Nearly five years after first announcing its plans to close the supervised consumption site at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre, the Alberta government set a date to close the site later this year and replace it with services more focused on recovery and treatment.
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Mar 20, 2026
The regulator for Alberta's lawyers says it will no longer mandate Indigenous cultural competency training in advance of what Alberta Premier Danielle Smith calls the "Peterson law" coming into effect.
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Mar 20, 2026
After Iranian Shahed drones hit an oil refinery in Kuwait, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Kyiv has sent more than 200 military specialists to the Middle East to help defend critical infrastructure from the same type of threat Ukraine has faced for years.
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Mar 20, 2026
Netflix ?and Warner Music Group have signed an exclusive multi-year deal to produce documentary series and films exploring the lives, music and legacies of the label's storied artist ?roster.
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Mar 20, 2026
Alberta's separatist sentiment has resurged in recent months amid the Trump administration's comments about the province's future, coupled with economic and political tensions with the Canadian government. Andrew Chang explains what it would actually take to grant sovereignty to a Canadian province, and why it's so difficult to achieve.
Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images
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Mar 20, 2026
Worshippers are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the three-day festival that marks the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting.
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Mar 20, 2026
Israeli settlers sexually assaulted a Palestinian man — tying his genitalia with zip ties and parading him naked in front of his family — during a mid-March attack in the occupied West Bank, according to the victim and eyewitnesses.
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Mar 20, 2026
As part of its 2026-2027 departmental plan, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has cancelled its ambitious lunar rover that would have landed at the moon's south polar region.
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Mar 20, 2026
BTS will stage its long-awaited comeback concert on Saturday night at Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square, one of South Korea's most famous landmarks that represents its royal heritage and political and cultural life.
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Mar 20, 2026
Martial arts phenom and Hollywood action star Chuck Norris — known for Walker, Texas Ranger, among other macho roles — died on Thursday at the age of 86, in what his family described as a "sudden passing."
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Mar 20, 2026
The Ontario government is planning to outlaw sky-high ticket resale prices, according to a news release. The move comes years after the province scrapped part of an anti-scalping law in 2019.
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Mar 20, 2026
The Ontario government is planning to outlaw sky-high ticket resale prices, according to a news release. The move comes years after the province scrapped part of an anti-scalping law in 2019.
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Mar 20, 2026
Heavy rains battering B.C. caused a mudslide in Coquitlam Thursday, forcing one couple to be airlifted out, and triggered two evacuation alerts in the Fraser Valley, along the Chilliwack River.
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Mar 20, 2026
The NDP government is meeting with First Nations groups over the changes it plans to make to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, or DRIPA. Premier David Eby is facing pressure from Indigenous leaders to leave the law alone, and from Conservative politicians to scrap it entirely.
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Mar 20, 2026
Two years after an Edmonton man sustained fatal injuries while on the job at northern Alberta pulp mill, workplace safety charges have been laid in his death.
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Mar 20, 2026
As the federal government prepares to pass bail reform legislation, a closer look at why bail has become a focus of Canadian anxiety around crime.
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Mar 20, 2026
Rats have taken over a parking lot in the middle of several apartment complexes in north Dartmouth. Residents say the problem is so bad the rats are chewing through the wires of parked vehicles, causing thousands of dollars in damages.
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Mar 20, 2026
An Indian man whose wife is an accepted refugee in Canada is facing deportation with the couple's five-year-old son in what lawyers say is a troubling new practice of separating the families of people with protected status.
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Mar 20, 2026
The Ryan Gosling-led Project Hail Mary does, in many ways, feel like a lowercase Interstellar: a fantastically good time at the movies, if not quite as insightful or far-reaching as a generational classic. But it's still everything you could want from a movie — it's smart and it's fun.
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Mar 20, 2026
The new collective bargaining agreement for WNBA players has been years in the making, and marks the end of an increasingly acrimonious battle over salaries and revenue-sharing that has seen players campaigning to be paid more since the basketball league's 1997 inception.
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Mar 20, 2026
The new collective bargaining agreement for WNBA players has been years in the making, and marks the end of an increasingly acrimonious battle over salaries and revenue-sharing that has seen players campaigning to be paid more since the basketball league's 1997 inception.
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Mar 20, 2026
The first-degree murder trial for a Burlington, Ont., couple who'd been trying to adopt two brothers, including a 12-year-old who died in 2022 after he was found emaciated and without vital signs, is now in its seventh month. Here's what to know as closing arguments in the Brandy Cooney-Becky Hamber case are set to begin Monday in Milton.
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Mar 20, 2026
A Canadian streaming platform is helping white supremacists who have been kicked off mainstream social media continue to profit from hateful content, an investigation by CBC's the fifth estate has found.
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Mar 19, 2026
A 19-year-old Mexican migrant died at a county jail in Florida that has been holding immigrant detainees, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Mar 19, 2026
Family and friends are expressing fears for a Penticton, B.C., woman and her daughter who have been detained by U.S. authorities in Texas and are currently in an immigration holding facility. Tania Warner — a 47-year-old who family say is legally in the U.S. on a worker's visa — and Ayla Lucas were stopped at a U.S. border checkpoint on their way back from a baby shower.
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Mar 19, 2026
Family and friends are expressing fears for a Penticton, B.C., woman and her daughter who have been detained by U.S. authorities in Texas and are currently in an immigration holding facility. Tania Warner — a 47-year-old who family say is legally in the U.S. on a worker's visa — and Ayla Lucas were stopped at a U.S. border checkpoint on their way back from a baby shower.
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Mar 19, 2026
Premier Danielle Smith is seeking security clearance to receive briefings on foreign interference in Alberta, but the leader of the Opposition says she shouldn't be trusted with it.
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Mar 19, 2026
Big dogs are loyal canines, affectionate and sweet, but often overlooked when it comes to pet adoption, according to a city agency.
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Mar 19, 2026
RCMP officers and vehicles were seen on Thursday at the west Edmonton offices of a businessman at the centre of multiple probes into the Alberta government's procurement practices.
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Mar 19, 2026
ABC's cancellation of the already taped season of the reality TV show comes days before it was to premiere on Sunday. A Disney Entertainment Television statement appeared to refer to a 2023 video of an altercation between Paul and Dakota Mortensen that was published by TMZ on Thursday.
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Mar 19, 2026
A Cuban mechanic has converted his 1980 Fiat Polski to run on charcoal, a cheaper and more abundant fuel than gasoline since Washington cut off oil shipments to the Caribbean island in January.
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Mar 19, 2026
A new Republican-sponsored bill in the U.S. Congress takes aim at Canada's attempts to force foreign streaming companies such as Netflix and Disney to pay into Canadian funds for domestic content production.
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Mar 19, 2026
Quebec's Court of Appeal overturned Noah Corson's guilty verdict. He was orginally sentenced to two years less a day in prison for sexual assault of a minor under the age of 16.
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Mar 19, 2026
Crown prosecutors are asking for a six-year prison sentence while the defence has countered with three to four, arguing Brandon Tobin didn't choose to kill his grandmother — he chose to use drugs, which led to her death.
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Mar 19, 2026
Politicians switching parties is rare, but Canada has a long history of it. Here are the facts about crossing the floor.
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Mar 19, 2026
This Summer Will Be Different is set on Prince Edward Island and in Toronto.
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Mar 19, 2026
Joseph Duggar, former star of the TLC show 19 Kids and Counting, was arrested and charged in Arkansas Wednesday for lewd and lascivious behaviour involving unlawful sexual activity with a minor, authorities said.
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Mar 19, 2026
The Supreme Court will hear arguments against the Liberal government's deeply controversial decision to outlaw certain firearms.
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Mar 19, 2026
With its ally Iran now at war with the U.S. and Israel, and the Israel Defence Forces pounding Hezbollah's weapons storage and infrastructure and killing senior leadership, can the militant group survive another war?
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Mar 19, 2026
Edmonton police along with federal law enforcement deported two men for their connection to extortion schemes targeting business owners in the city's South Asian community. Similar criminal schemes have seen businesses burned across Edmonton in recent years.
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Mar 19, 2026
Canada is fast-tracking the purchase of more than 65,000 new assault rifles, starting with a $307 million order for 30,000 weapons. Built by Colt Canada, the rifles will replace aging C7 and C8 models, marking a push to modernize the army and speed up procurement through a streamlined process.
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Mar 19, 2026
The lawyer for a man acquitted in a high-profile Toronto murder trial where a police officer was killed is calling for a public inquiry into the "secretive process" behind a recent Ontario Provincial Police report that re-examines evidence from the trial.
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Mar 19, 2026
The lawyer for a man acquitted in a high-profile Toronto murder trial where a police officer was killed is calling for a public inquiry into the "secretive process" behind a recent Ontario Provincial Police report that re-examines evidence from the trial.
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Mar 19, 2026
Environment Canada says the heaviest rainfall from the "prolonged atmospheric river event" in parts of Metro Vancouver, the Sea-to-Sky region and western Vancouver Island is expected Thursday night into Friday morning.
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Mar 19, 2026
The award-winning actor settled civil cases with three men who alleged Spacey sexually abused them at times between 2000 and 2013. Spacey denied the accusations.
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Mar 19, 2026
"We did it, America! ... Freedom of speech!" the rapper shouted outside the courthouse, dressed in a red, white and blue American flag suit. Seven Ohio sheriffs deputies sued Afroman for using home security footage to mock their 2022 raid of his home.
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Mar 19, 2026
When Yukon Premier Currie Dixon tabled his government's first full budget on Thursday, he put it bluntly: the territory is spending more than it can afford, leaving it in a "dangerous financial position."
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Mar 19, 2026
A nurse in Winnipeg says Canada's immigration system is undercutting efforts to address a shortage of health-care workers. after his application for permanent residency was rejected on a technicality.
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Mar 19, 2026
A senior's advocate in Yellowknife says she is concerned that the global jump in oil prices could push seniors into poverty.
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Mar 19, 2026
Last November, someone doused Nancy Grewal's porch and lit it on fire. Four months later, she was stabbed to death outside a home in LaSalle. Now her sister wonders why police didn't appeal for leads in the arson sooner.
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Mar 19, 2026
Iran were one of the first nations to qualify for the finals but their participation has been in doubt since the conflict between the Islamic Republic and the United States began in late February.
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Mar 19, 2026
Hannah and Cyndie Stapleton said they were gobsmacked to discover a new home is being built where their former home once stood — over 13 years after it was expropriated. Now, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Barry Petten says the department is developing a new land disposition policy.
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Mar 19, 2026
Data obtained by CBC News shows six retired nurses were working in N.L. a decade ago. That number has jumped to 253.
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Mar 19, 2026
Zafar Mahmood lost his 31-year-old daughter, Dania Zafar, to a fire in Old Montreal three years ago that killed six other people and, he said, "we do miss her each and every day."
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Mar 19, 2026
The popular online gaming platform Fortnite is hiking the price of its in-game currency starting Thursday, a rare move that experts say sheds some light on the cost of its parent company's antitrust battles against tech giants Google and Apple.
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Mar 19, 2026
Two Canadian girls are currently stuck in Egypt due to a travel ban obtained by their Egyptian-Canadian father who is living in Canada. The children's mother is trying to get the ban lifted so she can return home to Canada with her daughters.
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Mar 19, 2026
After a year and a half of La Niña conditions, it looks like we could end up with an El Niño later this year. And early models suggest it could be a strong one, which could push global temperatures to record highs.
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Mar 18, 2026
Heavy social media use has contributed to a stark decline in well-being among young people, with the effects particularly worrying in teenage girls in English-speaking countries — including Canada — and Western Europe, according to the 2026 World Happiness Report published Thursday.
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Mar 18, 2026
Joe Kent, the former U.S. counterterrorism director who resigned this week over concerns about the Iran war, said Wednesday during an appearance on Tucker Carlson's podcast that he and other senior officials "were not allowed" to share doubts about the U.S. airstrikes with President Donald Trump.
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Mar 18, 2026
Labubu's toothy grin will be coming to the ?big screen after toy-maker Pop Mart and Sony Pictures Entertainment announced plans to develop a feature film based on the viral ugly-cute monster.
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Mar 18, 2026
March 18, 2026 | A Nova Scotia teen and a Manitoba teen are accused of planning co-ordinated violent attacks on their local schools. Ontario Premier Doug Ford praises a homeowner for shooting an intruder. And Rideau Cottage is deemed 'inadequate' as a home for the Prime Minister.
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Mar 18, 2026
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to appear on The Joe Rogan Experience, one of the world's most popular podcasts.
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Mar 18, 2026
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to appear on The Joe Rogan Experience, one of the world's most popular podcasts.
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Mar 18, 2026
Jennifer Pan has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2010 death of her mother, nearly a year after the Supreme Court of Canada ordered a new first-degree murder trial for the Markham, Ont., woman in a case that drew international attention and spawned a Netflix documentary.
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Mar 18, 2026
For Leqaa Kordia, her newfound freedom means little to her until "everybody is free." "There is a lot of injustice in this place," Kordia told reporters after emerging from a U.S. immigration detention centre in Texas on Monday. "There are a lot of people that shouldn't be here in the first place. We're going to keep fighting for them."
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Mar 18, 2026
CBC Sports' daily newsletter highlights the top Canadian players in this year's NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments.
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Mar 18, 2026
Following extensive CBC News reporting on two Indian nationals deported for alleged links to the extortion crisis plaguing Canadian communities, the Canada Border Services Agency has identified the two men as proof of expanded efforts to disrupt extortion networks.
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Mar 18, 2026
A recent temporary release of a child murderer in Durham Region is drawing criticism from top officials across Ontario, with calls for the parole board to keep him behind bars before he's let out again.
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Mar 18, 2026
Global Affairs Canada is warning Canadians in the Middle East to refrain from documenting military activity as war engulfs the region. In a post on X Tuesday, the government warned that "taking, sharing or possessing" photos or videos of military activity or damage "could lead to fines, imprisonment or deportation." The post specifically mentions Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabi and the United Arab Emirates.
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Mar 18, 2026
Five weeks after earning their first Olympic medal, Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are gearing up for their 13th world championships, next week in Prague. "We want to enjoy ourselves, enjoy our skating [and] celebrate what we've accomplished this season," Gilles says.
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Mar 18, 2026
A Hamilton man who was on the run the past nine years was arrested in Mexico in connection with two mob-related killings and faces at least two murder counts. Daniel Tomassetti, 35, was arrested in August 2025, police told CBC Hamilton, and efforts "are underway to facilitate his extradition to Canada."
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Mar 18, 2026
Observing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in St. John's, N.L. is a bit different than what this couple is used to back home in Bangladesh, but they've created new traditions with their children and friends — who they consider part of the family.
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Mar 18, 2026
Titled "Protecting Saskatchewan," the budget echoes a refrain that Premier Scott Moe and Reiter have repeated in the weeks before the budget — no tax increases or service cuts.
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Mar 18, 2026
With the looming October election, Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard has delivered a modest budget as the province aims to withstand ongoing trade disruptions and mounting geopolitical pressure.
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Mar 18, 2026
A suspicious package temporarily reduced air traffic at Montreal's Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport on Wednesday.
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Mar 18, 2026
A suspicious package has reduced air traffic at Montreal's Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.
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Mar 18, 2026
A boy was fatally struck by a westbound GO Train in Mississauga on Wednesday afternoon, police say.
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