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A chorus of boos awaited Former Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk as he made his return to the ice at Canadian Tire Centre Wednesday night.

Video game publisher Electronic Arts is shutting down the popular Edmonton-based game development studio BioWare, known for the games Baldur's Gate and Dragon Age, after more than three decades.

Toronto Raptors fans tell The National how excited they are to officially welcome Kawhi Leonard back to the 6ix, seven years after he helped lead the team to its first NBA championship.

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) said in a Wednesday advisory that anyone who had contact with a "sick or abnormally behaving" skunk between Sept. 22 and Oct. 17 should seek treatment.

Gleeks, ready your slushies — the wacky, irreverent musical dramedy that broke barriers and launched careers in the 2010s is officially getting a reboot, and several original cast members have indicated they’re coming back for the ride.

Canadian actor Carrie-Anne Moss reflects on her path from Vancouver to The Matrix, and the experiences that shaped her acting career.

Guests staying in an Airbnb will soon have fewer chores to do before they check out after their stay.

Nine months after leaving politics, Chrystia Freeland has penned a new roadmap on how to deal with chaotic superpowers.

Ukrainian forces say they completed the world’s first front-line aerial drone evacuation of an injured soldier.

As our days shorten and temperatures drop, chlorophyll in leaves breaks down, revealing the autumnal tones of yellow and orange, while some leaves develop brilliant reds.

The El Niño weather pattern could cause a record rise in ocean temperatures in the Pacific as it barrels ‌around the globe like a "wrecking ball" causing floods and droughts, UN officials said on Wednesday.

A new analysis shows some progress in Prime Minister Mark Carney's use of French in public addresses.

A Mississauga man serving a 40-year sentence for terror-related charges in the U.S. was sentenced to an additional 50 years in federal prison in relation to an assault against two corrections officers, the U.S.

Pope Leo will not ‌need any further therapy after undergoing lung cancer surgery last week, his doctors said in a statement released by ‌the Vatican on Wednesday.

Developers behind the PHP programming language released a fix on Wednesday after a security vulnerability was brought to light.

Facebook parent company Meta has been ordered to pay $25 billion US after a jury found it misled consumers about data privacy.

As Nigeria reports its first case of Ebola, fears are growing that the epidemic that started in the Democratic Republic of Congo in May could be on the verge of becoming a bigger regional crisis.

Canada's outgoing ambassador to Russia has returned with advice for crafting a response to Moscow's "cognitive warfare" campaign against the NATO alliance and why keeping sanctions on oil and gas can frustrate Vladimir Putin's struggle to finance his war…

Air Canada customers who book their flights by phone are now paying $30 per passenger for the privilege.

If your feed is full of late '90s nostalgia and crying emojis, blame Dancing with the Stars, which during Tuesday's live dedication show, saw Julia Stiles pay tribute to her 10 Things I Hate About You co-star Heath Ledger.

People from across the community of Wainwright, Alta., lined the highway that cuts through town Wednesday morning to pay their respects to some of the soldiers at the centre of a weekend tragedy that left four dead and dozens more injured.

Bank of Montreal chief executive officer Darryl White says its a bad idea to give AI agents access to personal banking information like account numbers, passwords and PINs.

Janice STFU is the biggest hit Drake has released in years, but a lawsuit filed last week alleges the Toronto rapper stole the hook — an allegation his team strongly denies.

Quebec publishing house Éditions du Boréal announced Wednesday it is ending its professional relationship with Thélyson Orélien.

Republican Vivek Ramaswamy's team has confirmed that it produced a controversial advertisement featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent in Ohio's gubernatorial race — and that the campaign will spend $4 million US to promote it despite fa…

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are expected to unveil new support for auto companies making clean investments during the trade war with the U.S., CBC News has learned

Some Ontarians with Stage 4 cancer, whose doctors say they are good candidates for treatments unavailable in the province, were buoyed last month when a man won a court challenge against his OHIP out-of-country denial.

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff in a grand imperial palace on Wednesday to review new ideas on ending the war in Ukraine amid Washington's latest push to stop Europe's bloodiest conflict since the Second World War.

After the referendum, the UCP leader hardened her support for a united Canada.

The Parti Québécois will unveil its cabinet of ministers on Wednesday during a swearing-in ceremony at the National Assembly.

Australian lawmaker Helen Haines has had both legs amputated after being rammed by a car outside her electoral office, her husband said on Wednesday, as the man accused of the attack appeared in court.

Canada has won just one Olympic figure-skating medal since 2018, a 2026 bronze from ice-dance duo Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, who are taking the year away from competition.

A Toronto man is warning Canadians to think twice before sharing too much personal information with Muse, Meta’s AI agent that acts as a personal assistant, after he says it arranged a Marketplace sale without his knowledge and provided a stranger with his

Soldiers badly burned when a fire engulfed a military training field face a prolonged and fragile recovery that will test the strength of Alberta's health-care system, warn doctors on the frontline.

Avoiding 1.5 C of warming above pre-industrial levels is now impossible, and a new pathway to limit peak warming and then bring temperatures back down will be needed, according to an annual UN report on global climate action.

Nearly six months after announcing plans to create a Canadian sovereign wealth fund, the federal government is still not sure when it will be launched, or how exactly it will work.

Nearly 130,000 Ontarians now show signs of problem gambling, compared to some 43,000 in 2018, a tripling of the number of people who meet the criteria of gambling too frequently, losing money and struggling with addiction, CBC News has learned.

Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Turkey, seeking closer trade, energy and defence ties with a strategically important NATO ally.

16 years after one of the deadliest oil spills in history — BP's Deepwater Horizon — there is measurable evidence that wildlife is in serious decline and not recovering in the Gulf of Mexico where the disaster occurred.

The Bank of Canada has not raised interest rates since July 2023.

A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Guatemalan man extradited to the U.S. over his role in a 2022 human smuggling attempt that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants who had been transported in a sweltering tractor-trailer in Texas.

Flights to and from Toronto's Pearson airport are facing delays Tuesday night after reports of smoke prompted the evacuation of a tower that manages the flow of aircraft traffic at gates and loading zones, the airport says.

Jennifer Stojkovic tells The National about the moment Will Ferrell parodied Canada-U.S. tensions with a funny version of O Canada at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles during a live taping of the Smartless podcast with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Canad…

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Wallin was appointed Consul General of Canada to New York after 9/11 by former Prime Minister Chrétien.

Football player Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles is expected to miss the rest of the season due to blood clots in his lungs.

First Nations leaders believe record voter turnout in their communities helped deliver a decisive victory for treaty rights — and Canada — in Alberta's separation referendum this week, despite reports of some communities facing barriers at the ballot box.

The secretary of state in charge of the Canada Revenue Agency is defending the CRA's decision to award a $12-million security contract to a Canadian subsidiary of an American multinational company over the Commissionaires.