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The Toronto Blue Jays have been spending to the hilt to secure top talent as the MLB club aims to mount another deep playoff run this year. In a heartbreaking extra-inning loss to the L.A. Dodgers last fall, the American League champs narrowly missed taking their first World Series in 32 years.

The meteoric success of Canadian series Heated Rivalry is unlike anything industry watchers have seen in recent years. But it might be too Canadian for some of the biggest TV awards — including television's marquee event, the Primetime Emmys.

Only nine political prisoners appear to have been freed after Maduro regime figure Jorge Rodriguez promised on Thursday that a "significant" number would be emerging from the country's notoriously abusive prisons. The Trump administration has suggested their release is not a priority, and a growing number of anti-Maduro Venezuelans want to know why.

Airlines are not required to tell passengers how much legroom they'll be getting when booking a flight, raising safety and health concerns. An aviation expert says regulations could help establish a basic level of service for economy class tickets.

As Ottawa gears up to review the Canada-U.S.-Mexico-Agreement, do the developments in Venezuela undercut the Canadians' bargaining position? CBC's The House spoke to experts and former officials about the feasibility of ramping up Venezuelan oil production and the road ahead.

Premier Danielle Smith demanded Ottawa fast-track approvals of export line in wake of U.S. activity in Venezuela, as one of her former ministers warned that any private project would now need public support.

The victim was a great-grandfather driving through Canada. The accused killer was a hitchhiker. Now, decades later, he is facing justice in Canada, where he entered a guilty plea on Friday.

Conservative Party members are pressing their leader to adopt a number of controversial policy positions at their upcoming convention including private health care, scrapping Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies and abandoning the party's position to stay out of the abortion debate.

Calgary employees fighting for thousands in missing wages discovered that the entrepreneur they worked for was also behind another business that didn’t pay its bills. An employment lawyer says a ‘corporate veil’ helps protect individuals from personal liability when a company fails.

Contamination of unregulated drugs 'worsening,' Toronto Public Health said in the alert after three people died Wednesday.

An Alberta man eager to spend Christmas in sunny Mexico says his vacation was spoiled after a flight attendant fat-shamed him with cracks about his weight and even patted his tummy.

Ottawa made tweaks to advertising review criteria first established under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government.

President Donald Trump insists he's never happy. But now he has a lapel pin that is.

Andrew Posluns has been hired as the city's first chief congestion officer as the city seeks to reduce gridlock.

Can extra bags go out? What if I need new bins? Why now? These are among readers’ concerns after Circular Materials on Jan. 1 took over recycling pickup from the city.

Officials in the community are still determining the extent of damage to the more than 1,300 homes in Pimicikamak, nearly two weeks after a power outage led to the failure of critical infrastructure.

Smith, in a letter to Carney shared on social media Friday, said that two years is too long, considering the recent U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

In the short montage, the Princess of Wales reflects on our connection to nature and its healing power.

According to a report from the New York Post's Jon Heyman, Bichette is scheduled to have a meeting with the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday.

Long before Hugo Chávez, Nicolás Maduro or Donald Trump, Venezuela believed oil would be its liberator. That myth is dead for good

Hurricanes now have a chance to win first NCAA championship since 2001

Video contains distressing content: The White House on Friday reposted on social media a new video taken from the cellphone of the immigration officer in Minneapolis who fatally shot Renee Good.

Not since the 19th century has the U.S. been so widely regarded as a moral menace, even by many of its putative allies

Russia fired a powerful hypersonic missile overnight at a target in Ukraine near the border with NATO-member Poland, in what Kyiv's European allies described as an attempt to intimidate them from supporting Ukraine. Fiona Jones reports. 

The house where the musician grew up was bought by a charity and will be restored with 1960s decor

Almost 10 years after his death, David Bowie's childhood home has been acquired with plans to open it to the public in future.

The U.S. has seized the Olina tanker in the Caribbean, the fifth vessel targeted in recent weeks as Washington steps up efforts to curb Venezuelan oil exports, U.S. officials said on Friday.

Lawyers contend authorities prejudiced Mangione’s case by turning his arrest into a movie-like spectacle

Since the demonstrations began in late December, dozens of people have been killed and thousands arrested

Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs, says the new poll's results 'are less about China and more about the United States' and the economic realities of the U.S. trade war.

"I would like to make a deal the easy way, but if we don't do it the easy way we're going to do it the hard way," he added, appearing to allude to potential military action.

Reza Pahlavi is trying to position himself as a player in his country’s future after living in exile for nearly 50 years, successfully escalating nationwide protests in Iran.

In a social media post, Lula also said both leaders condemned the United States' use of force in Venezuela and called for reform to global governance institutions.

Prosecutors are investigating the French owners of the "Le Constellation" bar on suspicion of crimes including homicide by negligence.

The European Union's top foreign policy envoy said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reply to diplomacy was “more missiles and destruction.”

In a televised address, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed not to back down, accusing demonstrators of acting on behalf of émigré opposition groups and the United States.

Carney's office says he will be the first sitting Canadian prime minister to visit the middle eastern country as he seeks to broaden trade relations and drum up foreign investment.

In blunt remarks, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and France’s President Emmanuel Macron said global democracy was being attacked as never before.

The protest represented the first test of whether the Iranian public could be swayed by Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, whose father fled Iran just before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Large marches against the government occurred despite an internet blackout and threats of a severe crackdown.

The opera, which has performed at the arts center since 1971, was concerned about declines in attendance and donations during President Trump’s second term.

President Trump’s retaliation against top officials at the International Criminal Court has shut them out of American services and made even routine daily tasks a challenge.

The German automaker’s sales in the United States plunged last year, hit by tariffs and the end of tax credits for electric vehicles.

The move embodied the contradictions and fast-changing nature of the two countries’ relationship.

The president revived a campaign promise he has not actively pursued since taking office.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not call the shootings justified, but said New York Police officers were placed in “incredibly difficult and dangerous circumstances.”

The copy of Action Comics No. 1, published in 1938, was stolen from the actor Nicolas Cage in 2000 and recovered more than a decade later.

People at the beach went to the woman’s rescue and helped her ashore, the authorities said, but she died at a hospital.

The two who were shot during a traffic stop are connected to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, city and federal officials said. The shooting generated angry denunciations by local officials.

"You've got a lot of young people who missed out on years of in person education, work experience, work readiness," a charity impact chief told CNBC Make It.

The oil industry has been mostly silent on Venezuela as the security situation and stability of the government in Caracas is far from clear.

President Donald Trump posted on social media Thursday that he is instructing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds.

Trump said that if the U.S. doesn't take action on Greenland, "Russia or China will take over" the Danish island territory.

Senators from Oregon, Massachusetts and New Mexico urged Apple and Google to suspend X and Grok until Elon Musk curbs AI-generated sexualized images of kids.

President Donald Trump praised Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan following their meeting and the boost to U.S. chip manufacturing.

Ben Horowitz, the firm's co-founder, said the latest fundraising is equal to 18% of all venture capital dollars allocated in the U.S. in 2025.

The president indicated that private sector payrolls had expanded by 654,000, a total that would have included Friday's jobs count for December.

Iran's supreme leader accused protesters of acting on behalf of U.S. President Donald Trump by destroying public properties in their own country.

European shares finished higher on Friday, as markets assessed geopolitical developments and economic data.

Iran’s supreme leader derided demonstrators as “vandals” and mocked President Donald Trump’s promise to intervene if protesters were killed.

U.S. forces on Friday captured another vessel suspected of hauling Venezuelan oil. Many of the ships being seized are in disrepair, however, posing risks for American ports.

Nobel officials said Friday that the prize may not be shared or transferred.

Trump says he has ended a growing list of conflicts. But in some of them, his role remains contested, and violence has resurged between Thailand and Cambodia.

A previously unreported Christmas Eve meeting in Vatican City was one of many failed attempts to find safe harbor for the Venezuelan leader before the U.S. raid.

Russia said its strike was retaliation for a claimed drone attack that President Donald Trump said never happened. Kyiv’s mayor urged residents to evacuate if they can.

“A simple thing like a bubble, it makes someone smile,” said driver Ricki Reid, who has found fans on Instagram and TikTok. His mission is to spread joy.

The military force moved about $1 billion using two exchanges registered in Britain, according to TRM Labs, which specializes in crypto investigations.

Security forces have repeatedly responded with violence, including killing protesters, according to rights groups.

See how Trump’s capture of Maduro and control of Venezuela’s oil sales could affect China, Cuba and the United States.

Police say a man in his 50s died in the incident in Helston during Storm Goretti.

BBC Scotland News reporter Ken Banks takes a look back at what life has been like in Aberdeen's snow.

Abbie Draper spent a decade trying to expose the person pretending to be hospital doctor David Graham.

Kevin Durant moves past the great Wilt Chamberlain and into seventh on the NBA all-time scoring list during the Houston Rockets' defeat by the Portland Trail Blazers.

There were signs authorities were intensifying their crackdown as protests continued.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka reaches the final of the Brisbane International for the third year in a row with victory over Karolina Muchova.

The New Year's Eve fire at a bar in Crans-Montana killed 40 people and injured 116.

Islanders want a bigger say in their ties with Denmark, but also on the world stage too.

A number of the papers splash on the ongoing demonstrations across Iran.

Portland's police chief says the man and woman "do have some involvement" with Tren de Aragua.

At least 65 people have been killed since demonstrations began on 28 December

Man aged in his 50s found dead in Helston when red weather warning was in force across Cornwall

The footage reportedly Jonathan Ross’ phone shows a new angle of the deadly encounter

Trump threatens new attack over Tehran’s protest crackdown, after US forces bombed nuclear facilities last year

Protests in Iran have reached nearly two weeks, with the government acknowledging ongoing demonstrations despite an intensifying crackdown

This photo gallery features some of the top photos of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia in the past week by AP photographer Thibault Camus. Nasser Al-Attiyah regained the lead in the rally after blasting the first all-sand stage of the race in the Saudi desert on Friday. Five-time champion Al-Attiyah dominated the second half of the 331-kilometer stage between Hail and