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Oct 16, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that puts on hold a sweeping new sanctions package targeting the Russian economy, telling Congress the pause was in the national interest.
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Oct 16, 2026
A fast-moving fire burned at least six homes in hot Southern California on Friday, prompting evacuations and power outages, authorities said.
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Oct 16, 2026
Self-described "Crypto King" Aiden Pleterski spent nearly half of the $36.3 million investors gave him on himself and paid out about the same amount to investors as returns between 2020 and 2022, according to a senior forensic accountant who testified at his trial in Toronto's Superior Court on Friday.
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Oct 16, 2026
The union representing correctional officers is raising the alarm after it says an inmate had a drone drop off a McDonald's meal and alcohol to what's supposed to be Canada's most secure prison earlier this week.
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Oct 16, 2026
Selma Blair's team is speaking out about the actor's recent arrest following an alleged mid-flight incident on Oct. 11. She was arrested after being accused of injuring two flight attendants on a trip from Los Angeles to New York.
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Oct 16, 2026
A wedding reception at the Royal Canadian Legion branch in Carbonear ended earlier this month in an angry outburst after high-profile legionnaire and veteran Berkley Lawrence confronted the bride as she prepared to throw her wedding bouquet.
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Oct 16, 2026
?A measles outbreak first declared in Manitoba more than a year and a half ago is now over, the province says.
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Oct 16, 2026
The man who stopped a deadly elementary school attack in Oregon by shooting the teenage gunman inside the building is the father of two girls at the school, his mother said Friday.
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Oct 16, 2026
A teacher threw her phone at the teenage gunman who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school , then tackled and fought with him — likely saving lives before he was shot by a father who followed him into the building, police said Friday.
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Oct 16, 2026
The Crown Attorney's Office will seek a dangerous offender status for a registered sex offender who pleaded guilty in June to sexually assaulting a toddler in Welland, Ont., causing what were described as potentially life-threatening injuries.
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Oct 16, 2026
Ottawa is adding new express entry points for some permanent residency applicants in "high-wage" jobs, Immigration Minister Lena Diab said Friday.
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Oct 16, 2026
A 15-month-old boy from Sarnia, Ont., is recovering at home after being bitten by an eastern massasauga rattlesnake on the Thanksgiving long weekend while visiting a family cottage on the Bruce Peninsula. The bite required treatment at two hospitals and 18 doses of antivenom.
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Oct 16, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump's press secretary Katie Zacharia is leaving her role a mere week after he put her in it, a White House official confirmed to CBC News.
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Oct 16, 2026
Calgary police are still investigating what led to a collision between two city buses and multiple other vehicles on Thursday, where a significant fire and explosion left three dead and 16 injured.
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Oct 16, 2026
A young person charged as the alleged "co-conspirator" of a planned terrorist attack against Jewish people has been found guilty of committing a terrorist offence and facilitating a terrorist activity.
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Oct 16, 2026
The first polar bear cub to arrive at Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park Zoo in nearly a decade now has a name.
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Oct 16, 2026
At least 16 people seen floating in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico's Baja California coast were rescued in the predawn hours Friday, and authorities were searching for several others in an area frequented by smugglers transporting migrants by boat to the U.S.
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Oct 16, 2026
At least 16 people seen floating in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico's Baja California coast were rescued in the pre-dawn hours of Friday and authorities were searching for several others, a U.S. Coast Guard official said.
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Oct 16, 2026
With the curling season fully underway and the clock ticking down to world championship season in March, World Curling has confirmed it plans to hold the women's world championship, slated for mid-March, in the United Arab Emirates.
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Oct 16, 2026
With the curling season fully underway and the clock ticking down to world-championship season in March, World Curling has confirmed that it plans to hold the women's world championship, slated for mid-March, in the United Arab Emirates.
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Oct 16, 2026
Brazilian authorities are investigating whether a recent surge in wildfires in the Amazon rainforest have been set on purpose for political motives ahead of the second round of presidential elections later this months.
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Oct 16, 2026
Autonomous ride-hailing operator Waymo is officially coming to Canada with the service expected to launch in Toronto in 2028, the company said in a news release Friday.
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Oct 16, 2026
Court records show an Ottawa school asked police to do a wellness check on a student who was found to be severely malnourished. The school had previously reached out to the Children's Aid Society of Ottawa but was "dissatisfied" with the response to its concerns.
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Oct 16, 2026
Leamington has long dubbed itself the "Tomato Capital of Canada." But did you know that neighbouring Chatham-Kent actually produces the most outdoor-grown tomatoes, anywhere in the country?
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Oct 16, 2026
Montreal police have confirmed the suspension of two officers assigned to a downtown station following a report that an officer urinated on a person experiencing homelessness during working hours. One advocate said it's "hard to imagine a more degrading or violent act."
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Oct 16, 2026
Montreal police have suspended two officers over alleged acts of humiliation directed at unhoused and racialized people. One of the officers was suspended after colleagues alleged he urinated on unhoused people while in uniform, sources told Radio-Canada.
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Oct 16, 2026
Montreal police have suspended two officers over alleged acts of humiliation directed at unhoused and racialized people. One of the officers was suspended after colleagues alleged he urinated on unhoused people while in uniform, sources told Radio-Canada.
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Oct 16, 2026
Montreal police have confirmed the suspension of two officers assigned to a downtown station following a report that an officer urinated on a person experiencing homelessness. One advocate said it's "hard to imagine a more degrading or violent act."
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Oct 16, 2026
Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and injured an American journalist during olive harvesting in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses and video footage. The Israeli army says the incident "will be examined."
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Oct 16, 2026
Tesla has unveiled a redesigned Roadster powered with rocket-style thrusters and said it would start production in 2028, more than a decade after it first ?showed a next-generation version of its electric sports car.
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Oct 16, 2026
A massive data centre to provide computing power for artificial intelligence is under construction just outside a town on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
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Oct 16, 2026
European Union leaders rallied around Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a summit on Friday, as U.S. President Donald Trump fired another salvo at Ukraine, calling its strikes on ?Russian refineries a "disgrace."
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Oct 16, 2026
The potential for rate hikes by the Bank of Canada and already-increasing fixed-rate mortgages are weighing on prospective buyers, according to CREA, leading the association to revise down its forecast for 2026. Those factors were already showing up in September, when home sales fell 7.7 per cent compared to the same month a year prior.
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Oct 16, 2026
In the last five years, many post-secondary institutions in Nova Scotia started offering tuition waivers. It's an effort to change educational outcomes for a group that's been disadvantaged for decades, but a researcher studying the program says much more needs to be done.
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Oct 16, 2026
French-language services at ServiceOntario locations fall short of the province's obligations to French-speaking Ontarians, according to a new report from the office of Ontario's ombudsperson.
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Oct 16, 2026
Carmel Reid and her family never gave up hope after their beloved poodle/Bernese mountain dog went missing. They're elated to have their bernedoodle home safe and healthy, and credit a community for helping every step along the way.
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Oct 16, 2026
The genuinely unparalleled originality of Nathan Fielder's documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes who was jailed for defrauding investors, shows that the more you see — at least, when it comes to documenting frustratingly unknowable human beings — the less you know.
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Oct 16, 2026
The new Sense and Sensibility adaptation brings Elinor and Marianne Dashwood's bond to the foreground, using its natural landscapes and grounded style to give Jane Austen's classic story a fresh perspective.
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Oct 16, 2026
A former student at the Royal Military College of Canada says she found a web camera hidden in her dorm room in October 2018. The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service investigated but no charges were ever laid. The woman says she's sharing her story publicly for the first time, emboldened by the support for a woman who alleges she was gang raped at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.
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Oct 16, 2026
The attendance of a convicted murderer on day parole at McGill's law faculty is highlighting the tension between public safety concerns and successful offender reintegration. Several students say they feel vulnerable and frustrated by a lack of transparency regarding Jeffrey George Ewert's violent past against women, while his lawyer and student supporters argue he deserves a second chance.
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Oct 16, 2026
The new Sense and Sensibility adaptation brings Elinor and Marianne Dashwood's bond to the foreground, using its natural landscapes and grounded style to give Jane Austen's classic story a fresh perspective.
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Oct 16, 2026
Stelco's Hamilton union president says he would support a federal government takeover of the steelmaker, which is implementing layoffs expected to cost hundreds of jobs.
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Oct 16, 2026
An internal memo told Justin Trudeau's government that it was expected to pursue the arrests of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his then defence minister and Hamas leaders if the International Criminal Court were to issue the warrants being prepared by one of its prosecutors.
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Oct 15, 2026
A shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, left multiple people dead on Thursday, the local police chief said during a Thursday news conference.
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Oct 15, 2026
The author of The Cellist of Sarajevo alleges his career was destroyed by the allegations of rape and sexual assault, which he denies and were found unsubstantiated in a report by a former B.C. Supreme Court judge.
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Oct 15, 2026
An Israeli advertising agency has placed ads seen by millions of internet users that have left them open to spyware attacks, according to a new report from the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab.
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Oct 15, 2026
There are still unanswered questions about how Charlottetown Police Services handled a high-profile P.E.I. cold case after all charges against the accused were dropped just before the case was set to go to trial.
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Oct 15, 2026
A B.C. Conservative candidate has been dropped after he was accused of posting offensive remarks on social media.
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Oct 15, 2026
A B.C. Conservative candidate has been dropped after he was accused of posting offensive remarks on social media.
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Oct 15, 2026
Friday's $90-million Lotto Max draw will be the largest lottery jackpot prize ever available to win in Canada. We break down your odds of winning and how this jackpot compares to past prizes.
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Oct 15, 2026
New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia defended her legal background and justified her truncated inaugural briefing as she navigates a rocky first week as the president's chief spokeswoman.
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Oct 15, 2026
Three people are dead and 16 others were injured in a collision involving a city bus in Calgary on Thursday, according to officials.
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Oct 15, 2026
Police responded to a fire involving a City of Calgary bus early Thursday afternoon in the Saddle Ridge neighbourhood.
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Oct 15, 2026
Canada's largest trade mission to India in 30 years has netted about 30 commercial partnerships worth $300 million, according to International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu.
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Oct 15, 2026
Actress Hilary Swank, 52, has announced she's pregnant with her third child. It's the latest example of a growing trend in Canada and the U.S. of people choosing to have children later in life.
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Oct 15, 2026
After actress Hilary Swank, 52, announced she's pregnant with her third child, she posted a clip defending later-in-life mothers by pointing out that men don't receive the same scrutiny. People choosing to have children later in life is part of a growing trend in Canada and the U.S., but there are some risks, one expert says.
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Oct 15, 2026
Yemen's Houthis fired missiles at the presidential palace complex in the southern city of Aden on Thursday, killing five people, the government said, while the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen detailed dozens of attacks on Saudi infrastructure in the escalating conflict.
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Oct 15, 2026
Three people were accused in the killing of Lee Perkins in Saskatoon in February 2024. Because of multiple court proceedings, most details about the case were under publication bans.
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Oct 15, 2026
Arizona State University says it parted ways with the hockey coach who was leading the team when Hamilton-born NHL prospect Matthew Mayich collapsed during a workout in August. Mayich's family's lawyer said the 21-year-old remains in hospital in serious condition.
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Oct 15, 2026
Betting on the outcome of elections isn't allowed in Canada — but that's not stopping prediction market websites like Polymarket and Kalshi from taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in wagers on who will win Ontario's municipal races this October.
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Oct 15, 2026
Betting on the outcome of elections isn't allowed in Canada — but that's not stopping prediction market websites like Polymarket and Kalshi from taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in wagers on who will win Ontario's municipal races this October.
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Oct 15, 2026
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we learn how hydro dam turbines kill migrating eels and check out technology that could save them, see how a heat pump works and find out why an airship was spotted floating over a central Alberta town last week.
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Oct 15, 2026
Global Affairs Canada has issued an advisory cautioning against travel to Saudi Arabia and specific airports that have been targeted during the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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Oct 15, 2026
Self-described "Crypto King" Aiden Pleterski blamed his kidnapping for the fact he's currently representing himself at his fraud and money laundering trial in a victim impact statement he read at the sentencing submissions for his kidnapper in Superior Court in Toronto on Thursday.
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Oct 15, 2026
Already a bestselling recording artist, Grammy and Juno award winner and musical icon, Canadian singer Céline Dion is adding a new accolade to her shelf: Collectible Barbie doll.
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Oct 15, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre are both bringing a pro-unity message to Alberta, just days before voters in the province decide whether to trigger a binding referendum on separation.
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Oct 15, 2026
Hudson Williams, Zach Galifianakis and Marie-Philip Poulin are among the guests facing candid, unpredictable questions in the second season of CBC's The Assembly. More than 30 autistic and neurodivergent interviewers take the mic when the six-episode season premieres Nov. 1.
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Oct 15, 2026
A North Vancouver man's report of a dog crying through the night at a local animal shelter has ignited a push from pet advocates to write into law how long shelter animals can be left alone.
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Oct 15, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal of the federal government's ban on single-use plastics, the top court said Thursday.
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Oct 15, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump, after bipartisan backlash, says the Pentagon won't livestream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter after all.
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Oct 15, 2026
Canada's fisheries minister will be travelling to China at the end of the month, ahead of a looming tariff deadline affecting the lobster and crab industries.
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Oct 15, 2026
Métis leaders in the Fort McMurray region say Prime Minister Mark Carney has not met with them to discuss the proposed Pacific Link pipeline, despite meeting with the chiefs of nearby First Nations.
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Oct 15, 2026
Ukraine has resumed ?its attacks on Russian refineries with a strike at an installation in the Ryazan region, the regional governor said Thursday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced his anger at a "dangerous" withdrawal of U.S. intelligence.
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Oct 15, 2026
Several university professors are calling out errors in New Brunswick's new 12-year anglophone education plan that include crediting two sources that don't seem to exist. Experts believe AI played a role. The province acknowledges it did but in a limited way.
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Oct 15, 2026
The roof of a private school collapsed in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, killing at least 28 children and a teacher and injuring more than 50 other people, authorities and a hospital official said.
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Oct 15, 2026
Dozens of fans flooded social media with complaints that Ticketmaster failed to label Backstreet Boys presale tickets appropriately, leaving some fans with seats with obstructed views. Live Nation now says fans whose seats are impacted "will be proactively relocated to comparable full-view locations."
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Oct 15, 2026
As an engineer from Saskatchewan, Chris Regier was taken aback by some of the opulence he saw in Alberta's oil and gas sector. He says his decade of experience in the province showed him two things can be true at the same time: Alberta is better off than other provinces and yet there are legitimate concerns about equalization.
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Oct 15, 2026
In Unreliable Boyfriend, one-time finance minister and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland digs into how her political relationship with Justin Trudeau went from a warm face-to-face invite into public service to a cold Zoom call where he booted her from the finance role years later.
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Oct 15, 2026
Alex Gibney's nearly four-hour, fire-and-brimstone documentary Musk — on tech oligarch, worlds-richest-man Elon Musk — is not uplifting. Instead, it is one of the most depressing and terrifying pieces of public media since An Inconvenient Truth alerted a mostly unaware public to its imminent annihilation by climate change.
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Oct 15, 2026
Canada's senior women's rugby team will be playing a pair of matches against England in Toronto (Friday, Oct. 16) and Ottawa (Friday, Oct. 23). The Red Roses are ranked No. 1 in the world and beat Canada in the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup final last year. The Toronto match is expected to break the standalone record for a North American rugby match.
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Oct 15, 2026
Hundreds of ambiguous drones have been increasingly spotted over sensitive sites in NATO countries. It has the hallmarks of a deliberate campaign to stoke fear and uncertainty.
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Oct 15, 2026
For more than 50 years, humanity has used "leap seconds" to keep our clocks aligned with the rotation of the Earth. On Thursday, an international time-keeping body in France is expected to do away with leap seconds and let the clocks slip until they're out of alignment by a full hour — meaning it could be centuries, or even millennia, before another tweak is needed.
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Oct 15, 2026
For more than 50 years, humanity has used "leap seconds" to keep our clocks aligned with the rotation of the Earth. On Thursday, an international time-keeping body in France voted to do away with leap seconds and let the clocks slip until they're out of alignment by a full hour — meaning it could be centuries, or even millennia, before another tweak is needed.
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Oct 14, 2026
Lindsay Mattick tells The National about the moment her great-grandfather, Canadian WWI vet, Lt. Harry Colebourn inspired A.A. Milne's beloved Winnie-the-Pooh stories — first published 100 years ago today.
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Oct 14, 2026
The B.C. Lumber Trade Council says the new figure is down from the combined rate of 45 per cent announced in August last year.
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Oct 14, 2026
Oct. 14, 2026 | Toronto police charge three Canadian Armed Forces members in a kidnapping probe involving stolen military ammunition. Innovators showcase new drone-defence technology. And, an undecided voter looks for answers ahead of Alberta's referendum.
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Oct 14, 2026
A grand jury in Washington state has indicted an alleged co-conspirator in the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting. The indictment of 30-year-old James Bryant for conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country means there is probable cause for prosecutors to pursue the case.
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