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There's big buzz around Yaga, the new Crave show premiering Friday and featuring Hudson Williams in his first major role since Heated Rivalry. But the entire cast of the witchy series is packed with Canadian talent, including Carrie-Anne Moss and stars from Schitt's Creek and Letterkenny. We've got a primer featuring lore from the show and insight from its creator.

Quebec maple syrup producers say the province's strategic reserve will be "completely depleted" by the end of February. What's going on?

Frustrations around corruption and feelings of personal financial stagnation driving voting choices as Brazil heads to presidential run-off on Sunday, Oct. 25.

Searches of electronic devices such as phones and laptops of travellers entering the United States are up more than 32 per cent this year and are on track to set a new record, CBC News has learned.

Sarah Papple, a librarian at Memorial University’s Labrador Campus, tells the National about the moment she knit sweaters for pumpkins to keep them from dying in the cold.

A new study published Thursday in the journal FACETS reveals severe declines in loon chick populations across North America over the past three decades or more.

Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike's arms before her attempted execution and warned that some of her veins may have ruptured, or "blown," before she was injected with the lethal drug, her attorney wrote in a court document filed Thursday.

PHP is an open-source computer language that powers an estimated 70 per cent of the internet. While websites being taken offline caused alarm, that was done to implement a fix — which cybersecurity experts say show the system for remedying such issues is working.

A Bangladeshi woman who was trafficked and exploited by two men in Saskatchewan — and repeatedly raped by one of them — says she now lives in fear and struggles to trust anyone.

New York City council passed a bill Thursday that would ban horse-drawn carriage rides by June 2028, pulling back the reins after the death of a teenage tourist last spring.

No matter how the midterms fall, a vanishing breed has plans to keep fertile lands in their own hands

‘A writer once described me as a character actor locked in a leading man’s body, and I’ve always loved that,’ the veteran actor said

Prime Minister says he is disappointed the U.S. envoy keeps making false allegations about Canadian politicians

Search and rescue efforts continue following collapse of at least 339 homes, officials say

James and Trump have a history of making public comments about one another

Salvadorean President threatens forceful response if soldiers are not released alive and unharmed

New York City Council passes bill to ban carriage rides by June, 2028 after death of teenage tourist last spring

Memo sent to members of the foreign service comes as the Trump administration accuses Canadian politicians of interfering in American elections

Orchestre du Nouveau Monde was playing in central Paris last Saturday, until the tear gas

PHP is a widely used general-purpose scripting language that is geared toward web development, and it powers the vast majority of websites across the world

Western Australia Police said it was alleged that the man made 'verbal threats while in possession of an improvised martial arts weapon (nunchucks).'

Drops for stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry are dragging markets down worldwide on Thursday, while oil prices hit their highest levels since May amid the Iran war.

The Canadian government’s chief information officer says there’s no sign a massive global website coding vulnerability has led to federal information being compromised.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that more than 10 million people in the US and Canada have set up Muse accounts in a month and a half and growth remained strong.

Iranian state television reported the claims about the latest attacks on ships, which the Associated Press couldn't independently confirm.

Pope Leo, 71, had the lower lobe of his right lung removed last week in the first major health event of his 17-month pontificate, which confirmed he had lung cancer.

The U.S. embassy in Riyadh issued a security alert on Wednesday about possible further attacks by the Houthis on Saudi Arabia

Victoria Police allege that the incident was targeted, after a white Toyota Landcruiser struck Helen Haines outside her office on Monday.

The Russian leader has agreed “in principle” to resume the talks after Nov. 10, Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson will join Prime Minister Mark Carney on the planned trip.

The G.O.P. nominee in Ohio has given conservatives space to reckon with the ethical degradation of Trumpism.

Plus, the Friday news quiz.

“Everything is fine” is a common refrain in a country used to adapting to a new normal.

Five people were wounded in the attack, days before national elections, health workers said. The Israeli military said its soldiers had killed two of the assailants.

A remarkable $1.4 billion worth of political ads are scheduled to air over the final two weeks as the parties fight for control of Congress.

But about half expressed concerns that Republicans could try to overturn the results, a New York Times/Siena poll found.

A bill to bolster the nation’s unemployment insurance program reflects the concern — and the risks — in Washington.

Ahead of the midterms, Natasha Sarin and Catherine Rampell unpack the state of the economy — and how much responsibility the president bears for it.

The administration says the arch fulfills the “historic design intent” of a proposal from the 1920s. But does it honor history or flout it?

Supporters of Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate, have described his Democratic opponent, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, as un-American and worse.

Markets are digesting the tech rout on Wall Street with the Nasdaq Composite logging its worst day in three months on renewed doubts over AI spending.

The Swedish automaker cited a deteriorating environment led by "tougher" market conditions in China and the U.S., which "negatively affected free cash flow."

Both Putin and Zelenskyy said Thursday they were open for peace negotiations, even as they continued strikes overnight.

Jensen Huang's first Kazakhstan visit highlights the country's growing AI ambitions and global business appeal.

French borrowing costs have surged as debt and political risks mount, raising questions over whether the stress could spread across the euro zone.

U.S. President Donald Trump accused Iran on Thursday of trying to manipulate the oil market.

European governments race to turn defense spending pledges into military capability, boosting companies' order books.

Core inflation, which strips out prices of fresh food, was in line with the 2.1% forecast by economists polled by Reuters.

SK Hynix shares closed 4% higher after an initial drop in early trading as the chipmaker halted review of Solidigm IPO plans in the U.S.

Bankers and lawyers say Chinese clients' demand for U.S. bank accounts has gathered pace as Beijing tightens the screws on Chinese offshore wealth.

The UN human rights chief Volker Türk says the multiple attacks may amount to war crimes.

The Duchess of Sussex issues a statement following reports her father Thomas Markle is being investigated over child sex abuse images in the Philippines.

Questions about the integrity of some of Abramovich's professional advisers, were raised earlier this month.

The attack comes at a time of heightened tensions in the West Bank and four days before Israel's general election.

Callum Turner and Jack Lowden "appear to be in the mix" of actors doing screen tests for the role.

Issues remain with the network used by the Ukrainian military, sources say, after repeated denials of a deliberate slowdown.

Recent polls suggest the president is facing challenging headwinds in the state ahead of the midterms.

Modern Warfare 4 faces an uphill battle after last year's Call of Duty missed the mark with fans.

BBC lead weather presenter Simon King is in Newquay as the "full force" of the storm arrives.

The scientists involved say the results could mark a turning point in cancer treatment, bringing personalised medicine a step closer.

More than 9,000 home in Cornwall have no electricity as gusts reach 11mph

The Duchess of Sussex said she was first made aware of ‘disturbing allegations’ against him in 2018 by the Met Police

New early figures showed that firms were boosted by the sharpest rise in new work for two years.

The Duchess of Sussex has been estranged from her father since her marriage to Prince Harry

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only member of the court to publicly dissent

Gunshots were fired from a vehicle in a Parisian suburb

Harry Styles' residency at Madison Square Garden has drawn tens of thousands of fans eager for an exclusive experience

The family were on a snorkelling expedition when the tragedy happened

The Louvre and other major Paris museums will be closed on Saturday because of concerns about potential violence during planned protests

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele plans to release some prisoners detained during his government's crackdown on suspected gang members