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Saudi warplanes pounded Yemen, the Houthis said on Wednesday, as the Iran-backed fighters solidified their gains after a lightning advance that has extended Tehran's reach in the Middle East war and further disrupted global oil supplies.

In an email, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada said Halima Abdi’s application for permanent residence on humanitarian and compassionate grounds passed eligibility requirements on Sept. 9.

Strathcona County RCMP say a Cessna 172 touched down on Highway 21 with two people on board.

A European Union-backed court on Wednesday convicted former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi of four counts of war crimes committed during his country's war for independence from Serbia and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.

In a landmark announcement, the federal government injected $76 million into a new national basketball facility, topped up by $24 million from the province of Ontario to reach an even $100 million in funding.

Coalition Avenir Québec Leader Christine Fréchette was the main target in the first debate of the provincial election campaign on Tuesday as the five main party leaders sparred over the economy, Quebec sovereignty and immigration.

CBC News has obtained a copy of a letter sent from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang to Canada's "defence minister, army and police" claiming to have 5,000 gang members in Canada and "more guns" than the police.

A building housing half a dozen families gave out in Gaza City overnight into Wednesday, killing 19 people as they slept and leaving rescuers digging through rubble for dozens more who had been sheltering inside the structure.

Health Canada inspection documents reveal a person who said they'd had sexual contact with someone who tested positive for HIV was allowed to give plasma twice at a for-profit donation centre in Regina.

Donald Trump has removed temporary protective status for Haitians in the U.S., his latest move in a years-long offensive against the community.

Long before three Stanley Cups, an Olympic gold medal and the second-most wins by a goalie in NHL history, Marc-André Fleury moved to Cape Breton when he was 15.

Four years after the death of a young woman whose name became synonymous with the fight for women's rights and freedom in Iran, Amnesty International says the resulting government crackdown was a systemic campaign whose perpetrators continue to evade acco…

A local NBC news helicopter crashed in a Los Angeles neighbourhood on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing at least three people while reporters were covering the nearby crash of an SUV and a city bus, officials and the station said.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed opening a path for Canada to become the European Union's first associate member, a striking overture as U.S.

A man abused by a notorious Catholic priest is joining others in calling on the church to release its records related to a controversial therapy centre in Ontario, where abusive priests were sent for decades.

Nunavik’s travelling court — which services several of the fly-in only northern communities on rotation — cancelled in-person fall dates in both Inukjuak and Puvirnituq, primarily due to the lack of necessary accommodation for those involved in the cases.

The U.S. may be trade-warring with Canada but it's deepening its military ties with an ally Down Under.

Roommates living in Foundry Lofts, a student residence in Thorold, Ont., say they were charged $1,600 for one month of utilities in June, with their bill showing 361,000 litres of water usage.

Their high school days might be in the rearview mirror, but residents of four long-term care homes in Ontario's Niagara region got to feel as if they were fresh-faced teenagers again, at a prom for seniors held in collaboration with Brock University stude…

New research published Wednesday in The American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found a nearly 100 per cent increase in emergency department visits, in just the past few years, following the rapid growth of privatized online gambling and legalization of…

While running for the U.S. presidency in 2024, Donald Trump promised to do almost anything to benefit the oil industry.

Canada's last epishelf lake — made up of freshwater floating on saltwater — is gone, along with the unique ecosystem it supported, scientists confirm.

Stephen Colbert makes his late-night return on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Sept. 14, 2026 | Prime Minister Mark Carney announces plans to generate billions by opening Canada's four biggest airports to private investors.

Former prime minister Stephen Harper, in his closing remarks at the Canada Investment Summit, backed the federal government's decision to walk away from trade talks with the United States.

There was a clear lack of diversity among the winners during Monday night's Emmy Awards broadcast.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday he wants private investors to take over operations at Canada's four largest airports — in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver.

A U.K. man who was born without arms is one step closer to achieving his dream of becoming a professional racer after he tested out a brand new race car adapted for him to steer with his feet.

It's hard to find meaning in one byelection for a general election 12 months away.

The graphic images of world record holder Joanna Wietrzyk competing with feces running down her legs at Saturday's Hyrox in Beijing have sparked debate about the health and safety of competitors versus the mentality that a win is a win, no matter the cost.

The family of famed Canadian skyrunner and mountaineer Kalie McCrystal, who went missing on the Matterhorn in the Alps more than two weeks ago, say she "remains among the mountains where she felt most at home."

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league looked at precedent before taking away five first-round draft picks from the Los Angeles Clippers for circumventing salary cap rules, though he noted that the decision was difficult because of the impact it cou…

After facing a slew of criticism following Macklemore’s ejection from his tour as an opening act for his pro-Palestine comments during sets, singer Ed Sheeran has issued a statement on the situation, claiming it wasn’t his call and defending his choice to…

A Cree chief in Ontario is accusing the Carney government of blocking his community's effort to take back jurisdiction over child welfare by imposing financial terms on any handover of jurisdiction — a move that he fears could have an impact on other First

A U.S. federal judge blocked the Kennedy Center on Tuesday from returning President Donald Trump's name to the performing arts venue, saying it would violate an earlier ruling that his name was illegally added to the building when an inscription on the fa…

Unionized health-care workers with CUPE 5430, by far the biggest local in Saskatchewan, have voted 99 per cent in favour of job action in the province's largest strike vote.

U.S. prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for Nick Reiner, who has been charged with killing his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Tuesday.

According to RCMP, its National Security Enforcement Team received information in July that a YouTube account had posted a death threat against the prime minister.

Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales are down 6.9 per cent year over year.

The family of Pablo Osorio Sánchez is calling on federal authorities in Mexico to link the killing of the 26-year-old engineer with the ongoing investigation into the January kidnapping of 10 Canadian mining firm workers.

The recovery of hundreds of bodies from the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza during the war that began nearly three years ago has raised fresh concerns about possible war crimes, the United Nations human rights chief said Tuesday.

A U.S. government watchdog has released its first report on the impact of the Iran war, acknowledging the military's advanced weapons shortfalls and offering the first public look at the damage to American aircraft, bases and diplomatic outposts in the Mi…

The Montreal car-sharing company said it was hit by a potential data breach after one of its employees tried to access customers' personal information.

An Italian NATO fighter jet shot down a drone over Lithuania ‌shortly after midnight on Tuesday morning, the Lithuanian National Crisis Management Centre said.

Alberta's first of five immigration-related questions in the Oct. 19 referendum pitches more provincial control over immigration.

Nova Scotia officials are investigating after the new owners of a funeral home in the Annapolis Valley discovered the cremated remains of a “significant number” of people in storage, CBC News has learned.

As West African cocoa farmers feel the pain of drought, aging trees and competition for farmland, new research out of Harvard says extreme rain is an under-appreciated danger — often hammering flowering trees and younger pods.