NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 06-2022

Hundreds of law enforcement officers and first responders from across Canada gathered in Cole Harbour, N.S., to pay tribute to the RCMP officer who died in the line of duty.

Bill Blair said that while serving as public safety minister it was his job to gather information about how the RCMP was responding to the worst mass shooting in Canadian history, but he did not interfere politically in the investigation.

Singer R. Kelly, convicted of sex trafficking charges last fall, was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday in New York City. The judge imposed the sentence after hearing from several survivors who attested to how Kelly's exploitation reverberated a

The tornadoes were near Manitou Beach, Foam Lake, and the Cymric/Govan area.

The Supreme Court of Canada says the expanded rules to further prevent a sexual assault complainant's past from being used against them in a trial are 'constitutional in their entirety.'

Soon to be former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has just announced his retirement will be effective starting Thursday at noon, which will be only hours following the two last opinions that the Court will issue during this term before they go into s

Behind the Commonwealth's allure as it welcomes Gabon and Togo into its ranks.

Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young will pay $100 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges that its auditors cheated on certified public accounting exams and that it misled the agency's investigators.

Canada's Senate is nearly 20 per cent vacant as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has allowed some seats in the upper chamber to go unfilled, in some instances for years at a time.

The former head of communications for the Nova Scotia RCMP said it was "appalling" to hear the commissioner of the Mounties bring up federal political pressures in a meeting days following the mass shooting.

A St. John's woman says the federal government has ruined her life and that she lost her family home due to long-standing issues with the notorious Phoenix pay system.

Two suspects were killed and six police officers were injured in a shootout at a Saanich bank Tuesday, an incident the district’s police chief said was unlike anything he’s seen in his 27-year career. Saanich and Victoria police officers and member

South African authorities investigating 21 teenagers found dead at an east coast tavern over the weekend said on Monday the youths were probably killed by something they ate, drank or smoked, ruling out the earlier-touted possibility of a stampede.

As airlines and the federal government race to address long lines and delays at airports, some travellers are pointing out another major problem — missing luggage.

The gunman who would kill 22 people across Nova Scotia in a mass shooting controlled and abused women around him for years, including his longtime partner and others who were in vulnerable situations.

Forty-six people were found dead in a sweltering tractor-trailer that was abandoned on a remote back road in San Antonio in what marked the latest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico to the U.S. Sixteen people wer

Canada handled key aspects of the COVID-19 response better in the first two years of the pandemic than most G10 countries, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Toronto, Unity Health Toronto and St. Michael's hospital.

Following an undercover investigation by CBC's Marketplace into a group of national moving companies accused of deceptive pricing, Toronto police have arrested two key figures and charged them with a slew of criminal offences.

Hundreds of people are injured and four have died after a wooden stand fell, local officials say.

The Japanese government warned of possible power shortages Monday in the Tokyo region, asking people to conserve energy as the country endures an unusually intense heat wave.

Critics say the company is profiting off a housing crisis. Core, which has bought more than 80 homes in Ontario so far, says it’s providing family-sized rentals to those who need them.

Freeways, suburbanization and malls were concepts sold as part of the American dream when they were introduced in the 1950s. Some architects and design critics say these innovations were actually vehicles of segregation that destroyed communities of colou

Two Canadians who were stuck in England after being refused entry on a flight home have arrived back in the country but remain confused as to why their names are on a no-fly list.

Two pet rabbits have died after becoming infected with a highly contagious virus that is newly detected in Ontario, sparking concern among vets and pet owners.

Family-friendly drag events across Canada, many hosted by municipal libraries, have been targeted by a deluge of hateful comments and threats this Pride month, prompting multiple police investigations and renewed concerns about the safety of the LGBTQ com

South African police were investigating the deaths of at least 21 people at a nightclub in the coastal town of East London early Sunday and authorities said most of the victims were minors as young as 13 years old.

Multiple campgrounds that were closed in a B.C. park due a food-habituated bear last week will remain closed through the weekend.

Tanya Ball began her career as a social worker for the Kaska Dene First Nation. Now she runs a land guardian program, working to monitor and protect a vast stretch of the band's northern British Columbia wilderness.

A suspect has been arrested after he and his 100-pound dog allegedly attacked four people overnight, Toronto police say.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings, including the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at a Texas element

Norway's PST intelligence agency has raised its terror alert to the highest level after a mass shooting left two people dead and more than 20 wounded during Pride week in the country's capital, Oslo.

The companies plan to draw lithium from under Imperial's Leduc oil field using E3's proprietary technology.

Despite record low levels of unemployment, many sectors are suffering from labour shortages in the second quarter with restaurants and hotels continuing to be amongst the worst hit, a new Statistics Canada survey finds.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the historic flooding. Elsewhere, record-high temperatures are rupturing roads and driving energy consumption.

The war in Ukraine will cast its shadow over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other Commonwealth national leaders as they arrive in Kigali, Rwanda, on Wednesday for their first meeting since the onset of the pandemic.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is preparing to order Juul Labs Inc to take its e-cigarettes off the market in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

A Los Angeles jury found embattled comedian Bill Cosby liable in a civil case brought by Judy Huth, a woman who claimed he sexually assaulted her as a teenager in the 1970s.

The country's deadliest quake in two decades strikes in the night as many people sleep in their beds.

Hockey Canada's federal funding is being frozen in the wake of the national sport body's handling of an alleged sexual assault and out-of-court settlement.

Canada's budget watchdog says building the federally owned Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is no longer a profitable investment after costs ballooned to more than $21 billion.

Canada's inflation rate rose at its fastest pace in almost 40 years in the year up to May, as the price of just about everything continues to go up fast.

Emergency Management Minister Bill Blair says no one from the federal government pressured or directed RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki to release information about the weapons used in the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting to boost support for a new gun contro

Members of Parliament told CBC News stories of harassment and threats directed at them just a day after the government announced that MPs would be getting personal panic buttons.

Canada voted in favour of a controversial gender policy announced this week by the world governing body of swimming.

Job vacancies reached a record quarterly high of nearly one million in the first three months of 2022, continuing a trend started in the first quarter of 2016.

The public safety minister says he received a number of death threats on Instagram after introducing a bill in Parliament last month bringing in gun controls

Canadians will need to find alternatives for plastic straws and grocery bags by the end of the year as the federal government bans companies from importing or making plastic bags and takeout containers by the end of this year.

A criminal investigation by the Canada Revenue Agency of the KPMG offshore scheme ended more than a year ago without any public notice, sources have told Radio-Canada.

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), which represents about 750 Canadian National Railway Co. employees, says signal and communication workers have walked off the job across the country.

The southern half of the province is under a heat warning on Sunday, where the mercury will rise to the mid-30s C, feeling much hotter throughout the day with the humidity.

CBC has confirmed at least nine convicted sex offenders — men who abused children in residential schools, northern Indigenous communities, and various parishes across the country — have taken refuge at the Springhurst residence in Ottawa, which is own

French President Emmanuel Macron lost control of the National Assembly in legislative elections on Sunday, a major setback that could throw the country into political paralysis unless he is able to negotiate alliances with other parties.

A 33-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman was set on fire on a Toronto public transit bus in what police are calling a hate-motivated incident.

Ottawa police say they expect more protests leading to larger than usual crowds during Canada Day celebrations in the capital as groups related to the Freedom Convoy plan protests through the summer.

After a young woman in Quebec City was hassled by multiple police officers for sitting on a blanket topless doing macrame while smoking a cigarette on a sunny day, a topless demonstration took place on Sunday in Montreal.

Dozens of Calgarians were summoned for jury selection immediately during lunch hour at a downtown Calgary mall this week, invoking a rare law procedure imported from England. 

The medieval bubonic plague was first recorded in the 14th century.

An Edmonton MLA says he will not face criminal charges after an RCMP investigation into how he used the premier's birth date last year in an attempt to show gaps in the COVID-19 vaccination record website.

The World Trade Organization announces a raft of agreements after five days of negotiations.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to the US is approved by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel.

While the idea of an Alberta Sovereignty Act is popular among some of the province's conservatives, some academics say it's unconstitutional

Twelve elementary school children drank floor sealant believing it was milk after it was served to students at a child care program in Juneau, Alaska, on Tuesday, according to the school district.

Two long-wanted Abu Sayyaf militant commanders accused of beheading two kidnapped Canadian tourists and a German in the southern Philippines have surrendered to authorities, officials said Friday.

Revlon, the 90-year-old multinational beauty company, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, weighed down by a heavy debt load, disruptions to its supply chain network and surging costs.

Sixty officers conducted raids in the towns of Plessisville and Saint-Ferdinand in Quebec, targeting the notorious neo-Nazi group that's been linked to the murders of five people in the U.S.

The Jan. 6 congressional committee on Thursday afternoon plunged into Donald Trump's last-ditch effort to salvage the 2020 election by pressuring his vice-president Mike Pence to reject the electoral count — a highly unusual and potentially illegal stra

A prominent figure in the Freedom Convoy pleaded guilty in court Wednesday to one of several charges against him and has been released from jail, nearly four months after his arrest. He is expected to return to Alberta and is on probation for six months.

Prosecutors claim the Dutch man accused of sextorting Amanda Todd used an array of 22 different social media accounts to threaten the teenager into providing him with "sex shows" he then used to further bully and harass her.

A Transportation Safety Board investigation has identified inaccurate transponder information as a factor in an incident where two planes were at risk of colliding on a runway at Canada's busiest airport.

A senior Fredericton couple and their elderly neighbour, whose plight with rent increases last winter helped push the New Brunswick government to enhance tenant protections, are facing the loss of their apartments for good.

Canada is among the top 10 countries expected to see a positive inflow of millionaire migrants this year, according to the latest Henley Global Citizens Report.

Protesters fighting for legislation to save old-growth forests in B.C. took to the streets Monday morning in an effort to disrupt the lives of British Columbians and bring attention to their cause.

The World Health Organization will convene an emergency committee on Thursday next week to assess whether the monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern.

Up to eight people are due to be on Tuesday's flight but more appeals are being heard.

As life imitates art, author of 'How to Murder Your Husband', Nancy Crampton Brophy began serving a life sentence this week for murdering her own husband.

Supervisors for the 911 operations centre involved in the Nova Scotia mass shooting of April 2020 say major changes have better prepared them for a similar crisis, but the trauma of the event has cut their workforce in half and left them struggling.

Fire officials in Vancouver are warning of a spike in deadly fires caused by lithium-ion batteries as a memorial grows for a man killed by a battery explosion.

Brazilian police said on Sunday search teams have discovered belongings of missing British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira who went missing in the Amazon a week ago.

Family members of a woman who was in long-term care in London, Ont., want to know why it took nearly a month to be told she had died. The care home said it can’t comment on the case because of privacy legislation but that when a resident dies, “it fol

As monkeypox cases rise, information is sharing key weapon, says WHO

A new CRISPR-based map ties every human gene to its function using a tool called Perturb-seq. The work was led by Jonathan Weissman and colleagues at MIT and the Whitehead Institute, and is free for other scientists to use.

Conservative Party of Canada leadership contender Jean Charest is accusing rival Pierre Poilievre of exaggerating his membership count, calling the claim 'Pierreinflation.'

The alert says the city is expected receive between 75 and 100 millimetres of rain by Wednesday morning.

One B.C. city has made the hard decision to uproot a neighbourhood because it's at high risk of flooding again and again. Now, others are being forced to consider what's called "managed retreat" after the catastrophic flooding in November that destroyed h

The Toronto Transit Commission is denying any responsibility for injuries to a woman pushed onto the subway tracks at Bloor-Yonge station in April, instead laying blame on the woman charged with pushing her — and on the victim herself.

According to National Defence, the commanding officer was temporarily relieved of duties pending an investigation into "several incidents" aboard HMCS Halifax during Operation Reassurance, Canada's military contribution to NATO's deterrence mission.

The Crown has dropped its case against a federal bureaucrat who was accused of leaking secret cabinet documents about a $700-million shipbuilding contract.

A man carrying a gun, a knife and zip ties was arrested Wednesday near the Maryland home of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after threatening to kill him, authorities say.

A man drove a car into a German school group visiting a popular Berlin shopping district Wednesday, killing a teacher and seriously injuring nine people, according to authorities. Police said they were trying to determine if the crash was deliberate or ca

The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog agency says Iran is removing 27 surveillance cameras from nuclear sites in the country, raising the risk of its inspectors being unable to track Tehran's advances as it enriches closer than ever to weapons-grade level

Huawei spends roughly $25-million annually on university projects aimed at the development of advanced communications technologies including 5G and 6G wireless

Canada’s biggest carrier cancelled about 360 flights at Toronto Pearson Airport in the first seven days of the month, split equally between arrivals and departures

We recently completed nationwide surveying among 1500 Canadians. The focus was on the levels of trust people have in institutional sources of information, and belief in conspiracy theories. This is the first in a series called “Trust & Facts: What Canad

Toronto police on Tuesday released composite sketches of a little girl whose body was found in a dumpster in a high-end neighbourhood a month ago. Police have also released a photo of a vehicle of interest as part of their investigation.

A 15-year-old girl has been charged with second-degree murder after two pedestrians were hit by a vehicle, and a 20-year-old man died.

Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles and dozens of other women who say they were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar are seeking more than $1 billion US from the FBI for failing to stop the now convicted sports doctor when the agency first received allegati

Canada's chief electoral officer has issued a wide ranging report on the last two federal elections that calls for action to crack down on hate groups, the improved regulation of third parties and new laws to make it illegal to spread disinformation

In a small study of a dozen patients, researchers found an experimental drug cleared all rectal cancer patients of their tumours.

Biology is one of many factors to be considered in child custody cases, and not a major one, the Supreme Court of Canada said in written comments released Friday, involving a P.E.I. case that was decided in December.

The federal government has recognized John Ware, a trailblazing Black cowboy in Western Canada, as a person of national historic significance.

One of Canada's best-known military reserve units has roots that would raise a few eyebrows today in the buttoned-down ranks of Ottawa's civil servant corps.

Speaking at a news conference on Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the actions of China toward Canadian planes that were taking part in a multilateral UN mission over the Pacific Ocean to enforce sanctions against North Korea.

Federal public servants say they're frustrated and have lost faith in the compensation process set up to acknowledge their severe financial and personal hardships due to the government's troubled pay system.

Russell County OPP say a suspicious person spotted in Embrun, Ont. was not the droid they were looking for.

A new survey suggests a growing number of Canadians are struggling with the rising cost of food, as prices for basics like pasta, bread and meat all soar.

Officials say hydrogen peroxide containers were mislabelled, exacerbating a blaze that killed dozens.

Former Calgary Conservative MP Rob Anders goes on trial for tax evasion Monday, accused of failing to report more than $750,000 in income over a six-year period including alleged offences which overlapped with his time in government.

Canadian rock musician Jacob Hoggard was found guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm after violently raping an Ottawa woman in the fall of 2016, but a Toronto jury acquitted him of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old fan.

A Chinese fighter jet's aggressive maneuvers endangered the crew of an Australian reconnaissance plane as it patrolled in the vicinity of the South China Sea, Australia's Defense Ministry claimed Sunday.

Police said the woman was found in the 1500 block of 21 Avenue N.W. at about 2 p.m., Sunday.

China defended its military pilots on Monday, saying they acted properly and were protecting its sovereignty, following recent complaints by Canada and Australia that Chinese planes engaged in risky manouevres with their aircraft over the Pacific.

Evacuations are underway in an area near Crimson Lake, about 15 kilometres north of Rocky Mountain House.

The River Forecast Centre has issued high streamflow advisories covering parts of the province's Interior while similar advisories remain in place across much of northern B.C., prompting evacuation alerts in a number of small northern communities.

Conservative member of Parliament Cathay Wagantall was removed from the House of Commons precinct on Friday because she has not provided proof of vaccination against COVID-19.

People of every political alignment were outraged by the U.S. marines after they tweeted a picture of rainbow bullets to herald Pride Month.

New gun control legislation the federal government tabled Monday includes a national freeze on the purchase, sale, importation and transfer of handguns in Canada. The move has sent some people scrambling to try and buy one while they still can.

Michael Avenatti, the brash California lawyer who once took on then-president Donald Trump, was sentenced on Thursday to four years in prison for defrauding his best-known former client, the adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

Canada's military has accused Chinese warplanes of harassing its patrol aircraft as they monitor North Korea sanction evasions, sometimes forcing Canadian planes to divert from their flight paths.

The crew has been forced to remain in the Dominican Republic for nearly two months after reporting contraband on board their aircraft

The B.C. Prosecution Service plans to prosecute 15 protesters for criminal contempt for allegedly defying an injunction protecting construction of a controversial pipeline in northern British Columbia.

Hurricane Agatha left at least 11 people dead and 33 missing in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca, where it set off flooding and landslides, Gov. Alejandro Murat said Wednesday.

Cats loom large in Iceland's folklore and culture, but some towns and cities are now trying to get the feline population under control.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has adopted 72 secret orders-in-council — hidden from Parliament and Canadians — since coming to office, CBC News has learned.

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat sent a mass email and didn't 'BCC' the hundreds of public servants claiming damages for Phoenix pay issues — something a former privacy commissioner calls disappointing and disturbing.

Many scientists weren’t shocked by the recent emergence of monkeypox in countries around the world. Some also warn this won’t be the last time this virus spreads beyond its typical territory in Africa.

Hydro Ottawa says it likely won't have power restored to all customers until Friday, nearly two full weeks after a powerful storm swept through the region.