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Nov 20, 2024
A piece of conceptual art consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million US at an auction in New York on Wednesday.
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Nov 20, 2024
A piece of conceptual art consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million US at an auction in New York on Wednesday.
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Nov 20, 2024
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Michigan congressman Pete Hoekstra to be his ambassador to Canada.
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Nov 20, 2024
A painting by renowned B.C. artist Emily Carr that sold for $50 US at a barn sale in New York fetched $349,250 Cdn at a Toronto auction on Wednesday night.
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Nov 20, 2024
A painting by renowned B.C. artist Emily Carr that sold for $50 US at a barn sale in New York State fetched $290,000 Cdn at a Toronto auction on Wednesday night.
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Nov 20, 2024
Quebec's auditor general has released a damning report on its education of Indigenous students, finding the province has fallen short in many areas.
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Nov 20, 2024
The goal was to create a sea snail-shaped sculpture on a nature reserve. But locals saw something entirely different.
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Nov 20, 2024
The goal was to create a sea snail-shaped sculpture on a nature reserve. But locals saw something entirely different.
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Nov 20, 2024
A recent inspection of a Tom's of Maine facility found that the company's toothpaste was made using bacteria-tainted water, among other health violations, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Nov 20, 2024
Alec Baldwin's Western Rust had its world premiere Wednesday at a film festival in Poland with a dedication to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was fatally shot in an accident on the set three years ago.
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Nov 20, 2024
A human smuggling trial has heard from a migrant who survived walking in a blizzard across the Canada-United States border on the same day a family of four froze to death.
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Nov 20, 2024
A 23-year-old Indian national now working as a cashier at a doughnut shop in Chicago as he awaits the conclusion of his immigration case told a human smuggling trial Wednesday he still remembers the harrowing journey he made across the Manitoba-U.S. border during a blinding snowstorm almost three years ago — and the family who never made it to the other side.
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Nov 20, 2024
A measles outbreak in New Brunswick is set to push Canada's annual case count to the highest it's been in five years, highlighting how infectious the disease is and how low vaccination rates have allowed it to take hold, says an immunologist.
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Nov 20, 2024
A measles outbreak in New Brunswick is set to push Canada's annual case count to the highest it's been in five years, highlighting how infectious the disease is and how low vaccination rates have allowed it to take hold, says an immunologist.
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Nov 20, 2024
The Parole Board of Canada says it will now try to accommodate the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy — teenagers who were tortured and killed by Paul Bernardo — so they can confront their daughters' murderer in person next week.
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Nov 20, 2024
A growing number of parliamentarians are calling on the Parole Board of Canada to reconsider its decision preventing the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy — who were tortured and killed by Paul Bernardo — from addressing their daughters' murderer in person next week.
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Nov 20, 2024
Former prime minister Stephen Harper has been appointed the new chairman of the board of AIMCo, the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, the Alberta government said Wednesday.
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Nov 20, 2024
From March through September there was palpable, permeable excitement. Women's basketball, from college through the WNBA and onto the Olympics, seemed to pierce through the noise and become a cultural touchpoint — for all the (mostly) good and (some) bad that entails.
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Nov 20, 2024
The movie adaptation of Wicked, one of Broadway's most popular musicals, opens in Canadian theatres on Friday. Superfans Mela Pietropaolo and Alex MacIsaac joined CBC's The Early Edition to sing their favourite song from the hit show.
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Nov 20, 2024
Calgary Zoo officials confirmed on Wednesday that the recent death of a two-year-old gorilla last week was an accident resulting from human error.
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Nov 20, 2024
Calgary zoo officials confirmed on Wednesday that the recent death of a two-year-old gorilla last week was an accident resulting from human error.
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Nov 20, 2024
Cambridge Dictionary has announced its 2024 word of the year is "manifest," a formal 600-year-old word that's been given new life as Olympians, entertainers and social media influencers increasingly claim they channel their wishes into realities.
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Nov 20, 2024
Jordan O'Brien-Tobin, the man who stabbed a 16-year-old to death at a TTC subway station in 2023, has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
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Nov 20, 2024
Ontario will soon introduce legislation that aims to protect newcomers against fraud and exploitation as they navigate the immigration system, the province announced on Wednesday.
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Nov 20, 2024
The former members of One Direction reunited Tuesday for the funeral of bandmate Liam Payne. Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson joined friends and family at the service for 31-year-old Payne, who died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last month.
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Nov 20, 2024
Transgender Day of Remembrance is Nov. 20 every year. We break down how it started, how it's observed and its significance.
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Nov 20, 2024
The Competition Bureau says it has advanced an investigation into furniture retailer Leon's and its subsidiary The Brick over deceptive marketing practices.
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Nov 20, 2024
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he has written to Canada's premiers asking them to match his pledge to remove the GST from daily essentials by doing the same with their provincial sales taxes.
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Nov 20, 2024
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he has written to Canada's premiers asking them to match his pledge to remove the GST from daily essentials by doing the same with their provincial sales taxes.
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Nov 20, 2024
A central P.E.I. school's decision to remove tributes to students who have died has left families questioning the decision, sparked an online backlash, and even made its way to the floor of the legislative assembly.
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Nov 20, 2024
Israeli forces killed at least 33 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, including a rescue worker, health officials said, as Israeli troops deepened an incursion along the territory's northern edge, bombarding a hospital and blowing up homes.
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Nov 20, 2024
Israeli forces killed at least 33 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, including a rescue worker, health officials said, as Israeli troops deepened an incursion along the territory's northern edge, bombarding a hospital and blowing up homes.
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Nov 20, 2024
Just in time for its 100th anniversary, a Vancouver Cantonese language school says it has enough adult students again to reopen its doors despite the growing dominance of Mandarin in Canada.
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Nov 20, 2024
Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai on Wednesday testified for the first time in his landmark national security trial, saying he had never tried to influence the foreign policy of other countries, such as the U.S., towards China and Hong Kong.
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Nov 20, 2024
A lawyer representing six people who allege they were sexually abused by Tony Humby and Bruce Escott is calling for a public inquiry to get to the bottom of the allegations, and how both men escaped consequences for years.
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Nov 20, 2024
Résidence Outremont is using AirTags to track its seniors, offering them a bit more independence while still being supervised. Staff say residents and their families are briefed about the devices, including privacy concerns, before giving them out.
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Nov 20, 2024
Two proposed class actions filed this week in U.S. District Court claim that four leading potato companies — including two Canadian ones — have privately swapped intel to inflate the price of frozen potato goods like fries, hash browns and tater tots over the last several years.
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Nov 20, 2024
Authors are voicing concerns after a major book publisher offered payments in exchange for permission to use their books to train artificial intelligence.
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Nov 20, 2024
From kiss cams to advertising, Mel Brown writes they haven't always felt welcome in the hockey community despite being a lifelong fan. That is, until Professional Women's Hockey League teams hit the ice.
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Nov 20, 2024
A Toronto music school featured on one of Taylor Swift's albums is now hoping to expand, launching a $19.89 fundraising campaign aptly named after the pop superstar's album 1989.
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Nov 20, 2024
A Yukon-based clinical social worker has had her professional registration stripped — at least temporarily — for pushing conspiracy theories, but that's not stopping her from offering services.
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Nov 20, 2024
A Yukon-based clinical social worker has had her professional registration stripped — at least temporarily — for supporting conspiracy theories, but that's not stopping her from offering services.
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Nov 19, 2024
The National wraps up what happened as Rafael Nadal played his last professional tennis match at the 2024 Davis Cup in Malaga, Spain.
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Nov 19, 2024
Rogers Sports & Media says it has laid off a few dozen employees in its audio business due to uncertainty in the advertising market.
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Nov 19, 2024
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has chosen Linda McMahon as education secretary, putting the former pro-wrestling mogul at the helm of a department Trump has proposed abolishing.
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Nov 19, 2024
Nov. 19, 2024 | CBC News investigates why a human smuggler was issued a new passport after being ordered to surrender his travel documents. Donald Trump nominates Dr. Oz to oversee Medicare as Matt Gaetz faces more scrutiny. And, former justice minister Irwin Cotler explains the alleged Iranian plot to assassinate him.
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Nov 19, 2024
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson signalled support Tuesday for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah McBride — the first openly transgender person to be elected to the U.S. Congress — from using women's restrooms in the U.S. Capitol once she's sworn into office next year.
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Nov 19, 2024
Firefighters, police and soldiers in Ciudad Juarez, in northern Mexico, tracked down a wayward lioness that was seen roaming the streets. The young feline was safely captured and taken to a wildlife refuge.
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Nov 19, 2024
An unauthorized person gained access to a file containing confidential testimony from women who have made allegations about former Rep. Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump's pick to become the next attorney general, a lawyer said Tuesday.
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Nov 19, 2024
Former Canadian justice minister Irwin Cotler tells CBC chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault about the alleged Iranian assassination plot that has had him under 24/7 police protection and why he thinks more needs to be done to stop the regime's transnational repression.
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Nov 19, 2024
The lawyer representing the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy — tortured and killed in two of the most heinous crimes in modern Canadian history — says the justice system has let them down again by denying the victims' mothers the opportunity to deliver their victim impact statements in person at Paul Bernardo's upcoming parole hearing.
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Nov 19, 2024
As many of Gaza's more than 2.3 million people desperately wait for humanitarian assistance and food to reach them, aid trucks are being violently ransacked before getting to their destination, say international organizations. We look at what we know about the groups doing the looting and the efforts to stop it.
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Nov 19, 2024
All six Professional Women's Hockey League teams will hit the ice for pre-season action this week in either Toronto or Montreal, as the league prepares to open its second season at the end of the month.
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Nov 19, 2024
Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its sixth Starship test flight to space on Tuesday from Texas, eyeing an array of improvements on the rocket as U.S. president-elect Donald Trump watched in person.
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Nov 19, 2024
In a new book, Pope Francis called for an investigation into whether Israel's ground offensive in Gaza constitutes a genocide, sparking intense debate about the war — and also raising questions about the tangible impact that papal statements have on Catholics and global politics.
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Nov 19, 2024
In a new book, Pope Francis called for an investigation into whether Israel's ground offensive in Gaza constitutes a genocide, sparking intense debate about the war — and also raising questions about the tangible impact that papal statements have on Catholics and global politics.
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Nov 19, 2024
A New Brunswick judge has ruled that Aboriginal title can be declared over privately owned land — even land they're not fighting to reclaim, according to a Court of King's Bench decision released last week.
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Nov 19, 2024
Jake Paul and Mike Tyson punched up a record-breaking gate at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday, with 72,300 fans in attendance, leading to about $18.1 million US in total revenue, a record for boxing and mixed martial events held outside of Las Vegas.
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Nov 19, 2024
As a family of four from India struggled through a brutal snowstorm that would eventually take their lives near the Manitoba-U.S. border almost three years ago, they called one of the people who had sent them there to ask for help, the Minnesota trial of two alleged human smugglers heard Tuesday.
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Nov 19, 2024
Hours after Rafael Nadal's 6-4, 6-4 loss to Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands, the evening turned out to represent the 22-time Grand Slam champion's farewell to professional tennis, because the Dutch eliminated the Spaniards in the quarterfinals.
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Nov 19, 2024
Rafael Nadal bit his lower lip and his eyes scanned the stands as he stood alongside his Davis Cup teammates for Spain's national anthem Tuesday before what he, and everyone, knew might be the last match of his career, a 6-4, 6-4 loss to Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands.
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Nov 19, 2024
An oilsands operator in northern Alberta has been ordered to shut down due to repeated failures to meet its regulatory obligations.
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Nov 19, 2024
Leaders from Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg First Nation - also known as Pic Mobert First Nation - held a press conference at Queen's Park Tuesday morning to demand more support for what it's calling "a crisis in violence, organized crime, addiction and mental health." Here's what community leaders want to see done.
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Nov 19, 2024
A debate that has jammed up the House of Commons for nearly two months now doesn't appear likely to end any time soon, as neither the Liberals or Conservatives are showing signs of backing down.
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Nov 19, 2024
The Toyota Highlander was the most stolen vehicle in Canada last year overall — but CBC's David Common explains why consumers should look beyond the raw numbers and examine the data around the most frequently stolen vehicles, which include Land Rovers and Lexus SUVs.
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Nov 19, 2024
Paul Teal, an actor best known for his recurring role on One Tree Hill, has died at the age of 35. He died following a battle with cancer, according to a statement from his agent.
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Nov 19, 2024
A runway at Vancouver International Airport is closed after an Amazon Prime plane overran a landing early Tuesday morning.
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Nov 19, 2024
A runway at Vancouver International Airport is closed after an Amazon Prime plane overran a landing early Tuesday morning.
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Nov 19, 2024
A Canadian Armed Forces veteran, David Lavery, has gone missing in Afghanistan and has possibly been detained by the Taliban government, according to a network that supports vets.
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Nov 19, 2024
Gisèle Pelicot, whose husband orchestrated her mass rape over a 10-year span, on Tuesday condemned the cowardice of the dozens of men accused of abusing her who claim they didn't realize it was rape.
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Nov 19, 2024
A large crowd, which police estimated at more than 40,000 people, gathered outside New Zealand's Parliament in Wellington to oppose a bill that opponents have decried as a bid to reinterpret a founding treaty and set back Maori rights. New Zealand's prime minister has said the bill won't become law.
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Nov 19, 2024
Canada's inflation rate ticked up to two per cent in October, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday. The consumer price index had previously hit 1.6 per cent in September, thanks to a steep decline in gas prices.
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Nov 19, 2024
Canada's inflation rate ticked up to two per cent in October, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday. The consumer price index had previously hit 1.6 per cent in September, thanks to a steep decline in gas prices.
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Nov 19, 2024
Arthur Frommer, whose Europe on 5 Dollars a Day guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95.
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Nov 19, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a revised nuclear doctrine declaring that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country.
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Nov 19, 2024
About 2.5 million people — nearly the populations of Manitoba and Saskatchewan combined — aren't getting adequate care for their mental health, according to a new report.
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Nov 19, 2024
Premier Susan Holt says her government will launch a transparent scientific investigation by early next year into the mystery brain illness a Moncton neurologist claims is now affecting hundreds of New Brunswickers, and people from six other provinces, with help from the federal government.
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Nov 19, 2024
A Nova Scotia woman says she was shocked to discover her bathroom floor and swimming pool were the background of explicit videos posted by her dog-sitter on an adults-only website.
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Nov 19, 2024
When they were first conceived, Christmas cards were meant to save time. Now, depending on your point of view, modern Christmas cards are either a cherished custom that brings you joy, or an unnecessary burden during a time of year when the mental load is already heavy.
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Nov 19, 2024
Politicians and auto industry groups in the U.S. and Canada have upped their criticism of Mexico, expressing concern that the country is becoming a haven for Chinese automakers trying to circumvent North American tariffs on its products.
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Nov 19, 2024
Politicians and auto industry groups in the U.S. and Canada have upped their criticism of Mexico, expressing concern that the country is becoming a haven for Chinese automakers trying to circumvent North American tariffs on its products.
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Nov 19, 2024
Using the online alias "Dark Foreigner," an Ottawa man made hate propaganda videos and images for an international neo-Nazi organization to promote hatred against Jews and others, federal Crown prosecutors alleged at the beginning of Patrick Gordon Macdonald's trial on Monday.
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Nov 19, 2024
Using the online alias "Dark Foreigner," an Ottawa man made hate propaganda videos and images for an international neo-Nazi organization to promote hatred against Jews and others, federal Crown prosecutors alleged at the beginning of Patrick Gordon Macdonald's trial on Monday.
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Nov 19, 2024
Conscientious objectors to the Gaza war are still a minority in Israel, but a small group of them has grown more vocal lately. Michael Ofer-Ziv is one former soldier who sees his criticism of the war and refusal to return to it as a way of paying his dues for participating in some of the injustices of Israel's military campaign and occupation of Palestinian territories.
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Nov 19, 2024
Michael Ofer-Ziv served with the command unit at Sde Teiman, where he guided troops on the ground to targets and was involved in conversations on whether there was intelligence to give the final okay to fire at them.
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Nov 18, 2024
A B.C. woman is fighting to reclaim her rental suite at a Lumby, B.C., motel after being locked out by her landlord in August, despite a court order and a ruling from the Residential Tenancy Branch in her favour.
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Nov 18, 2024
Dozens of prominent activists were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Tuesday in Hong Kong's biggest national security case under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement.
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Nov 18, 2024
The Giller Prize is the richest in Canadian literature. The Toronto-based writer is honoured for her historical novel in fragments.
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Nov 18, 2024
One person has died and at least 39 others have been made ill by E. coli infections linked to organic carrots sold by several large grocery retailers in 18 states, U.S. health officials say. The carrots were also shipped to stores in Canada and Puerto Rico.
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Nov 18, 2024
Federal Transport Minister Anita Anand says that "out of an abundance of caution," her ministry will be increasing security measures for people travelling to India.
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Nov 18, 2024
The Duke of Sussex was promoting an Invictus Games school program online ahead of next year's tournament in B.C.
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