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Prime Minister Mark Carney takes questions from journalists in New York, where he's attending the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Once-loved and now-defunct Marineland transferred all of its remaining captive whales to five destinations over the summer, after the federal government banned keeping captive whales in the country in 2019.

A review of City of Calgary 911 procedures following the high-profile disappearance and search for an 11-year-old boy this summer found that police dispatch was delayed roughly one hour.

The digital extortion group ‌known as ShinyHunters says it has breached the Federal Bureau of Investigation and claims to have stolen data on thousands of FBI employees.

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Press groups are calling for an investigation after Montreal police allegedly beat a freelance journalist while he was covering an anti-artificial intelligence protest in the city's downtown last week.

Ontario's police watchdog says 29-year-old Sean Ward, the man accused of shooting at city police near a Belleville, Ont., synagogue on Sunday night, has died.

NDP Leader Avi Lewis said he is not holding all Jews accountable for Israel's policies in Gaza, after some Liberal MPs called comments he made in a social media post irresponsible and "despicable."

Clavicular, the "looksmaxxing" influencer and streamer whose real name is Braden Peters, has been charged with one count each of rape, drugging a person for sexual intercourse and providing alcohol to a minor, according to online court records viewed by C…

A Prince Edward Island orchard owner’s social media post about children damaging apples has blown up online, sparking a conversation about how visitors treat U-pick farms.

The comedians of late-night television have a vested interest in protecting the First Amendment.

A top Canadian forces commander says the military is ramping up purchases of low-cost, autonomous and reusable weapons systems.

The recent death of actor Hayden Panettiere has been ruled accidental and attributed to "toxic effects" of a mix of drugs, including fentanyl, according to the Greenville County Coroner's Office.

Ukraine and Russia traded fresh strikes on their respective energy infrastructure overnight, underscoring the gap between the high-level talk of an energy ceasefire in the ongoing war and the reality on the ground.

Fifty years after the road cycling world championships were last held in Montreal, the event is back and for the first time a Canadian will be defending the title of women’s world champion.

A grand jury has found there wasn't evidence to bring charges in the death of Nolan Wells, a Black teen who was found dead after a July 4 boating trip off the Mississippi Gulf Coast — a conclusion swiftly questioned by Wells's family.

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Ottawa-based writer Jenna Timmons-Oikawa has won the 2026 CBC Nonfiction Prize for her story Wawa Indian, inspired by themes of reclamation and renewal.

Guy Turcotte, a Quebec man serving a life sentence for stabbig his two children to death, was denied supervised outings from prison by the Parole Board of Canada on Tuesday.

A jury on Monday convicted a Vermont man of attempted murder in the shootings of three Palestinian college students who were walking near his home, rejecting an insanity defence rooted in his claims that he was acting on orders from U.S. and Israeli intel…

A Canadian citizen has been deported back to Canada after a harrowing 9 and a half months behind bars in a California ICE detention centre where he endured poor food, mouldy walls and lack of proper medical care.

Supporters of John Amagoalik are helping him take the Nunavut government to court as a last resort to force the territory to pay his living expenses so he can spend his final days at home.

There have only been six named storms this Atlantic hurricane season so far, and most of them only lasted a couple of days.

Approval came immediately after the provincial government issued an environmental assessment certificate to FortisBC.

Diana Beydoun and Samira Shakib-Bregeth tell The National about the moment they saw Celine Dion sing with fans outside her hotel after her concert in Paris.

Denmark, Greenland and the U.S. are to sign a deal on Greenland's security on Tuesday, an agreement Denmark says will put Arctic security under NATO's watch rather than leaving it solely to Washington ‌and Copenhagen.

A fourth whale that was moved out of Marineland in July has died after struggling with its health since arriving at her new home in Chicago, Shedd Aquarium said Monday.

Canada's privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into a data breach at IDScan.net that potentially exposed details from millions of driver's licences and other kinds of government-issued identification from Canada and the U.S.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's government tabled a sweeping bill on Monday meant to fast-track approvals for major projects, cut their review times and create zones of "national interest" to pre-approve certain types of projects.

A lawyer for Lindsay Clancy is asking a judge to investigate the conduct of the lone juror who wanted to convict the mother from Massachusetts of murder in the deaths of her three young children.

Channon Mondoux grew up in Windsor, Ont., married an American and eventually made a home with her family in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Montreal city council has adopted a bylaw to ban people from insulting police officers and other municipal employees.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe defended the province's potash industry as ethically and economically superior to other international exporters after U.S.

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Criminal charges were dropped Monday against former Cricket Canada CEO Salman Khan, who was accused of misappropriating $200,000 from the Calgary and District Cricket League.

CBC News has learned that the families of the Air India bombing victims have sent letters to the RCMP and the Prime Minister expressing their dismay that the investigation into the crash is now inactive.

Winamp, the music player that revolutionized the digital music scene in the late 1990s and early 2000s before fading into obscurity, is launching a new venture to enter the world of streaming, promising a subscription model that integrates streaming in 20…

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The federal Conservative party is being criticized over its decision to appoint a candidate for an upcoming byelection, instead of holding a nomination contest.

The $81 billion US dollar blockbuster deal will bring together two of Hollywood's oldest studios, key TV networks like CBS and CNN and streaming platforms HBO Max and Paramount+, as well as decades of libraries with titles ranging from Harry Potter to Top…

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Canadian and British officials are considering merging two multinational defence initiatives to help a broader network of allies rearm against Russia and other growing international threats, a Canadian official said.

Former leader John Rustad, former interim leader Trevor Halford and MLA Scott McInnis are among those who have accepted invitations from Doerkson to rejoin the troubled caucus.

While promoting Misaligned, an upcoming film from Particle6, in an interview with Piers Morgan and actor Tom Conti, AI-generated 'actor' Tilly Norwood abruptly switched from speaking English to Cantonese.

Fashioning itself a “global marketplace” for unique and handmade goods, Etsy has long been a destination for small scale crafters to sell to a wider audience.

After intense backlash that included a U.S. congressman, several celebrities, marketing experts and a wide swath of the internet, Converse has pulled the sneaker ad critics have accused of evoking Ku Klux Klan imagery, and apologized.

A federal court refused to strike down a climate lawsuit brought against the Carney government by Canadian youth.