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Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce new aid measures Wednesday aimed at helping Canada's aluminum and steel producers.

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Nearly 40 years after the Jamaica bobsleigh team's first Winter Olympics inspired the film Cool Runnings, the team made history again last weekend when it captured its first ever gold medal at an international bobsleigh race. 

Changes to Quebec’s French-language law are creating confusion for English-speaking residents trying to access services, according to a midterm report from Canada’s commissioner of official languages.

CBC Sports' daily newsletter checks in on some NHL trends at the quarter mark of the season, including a great start by some top Canadian players and a bad one for most Canadian teams.

Pope Leo will embark on his first trip outside Italy as the leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, traveling to Turkey and Lebanon, where he is expected to make appeals for peace in the region and urge unity among long-divided Christian churches.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the province is reversing its decision and will ensure a 30-year-old battling a degenerative disease will keep receiving his life-sustaining treatment for at least another year.

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham says the state of the province’s finances is dire, and believes the deficit is higher than $620 million reported in a fiscal update in August.

A lawsuit filed by a former security analyst at Campbell's alleges he was fired for reporting inappropriate conduct by a senior executive, including an hour-long rant in which the executive allegedly called the company's products "s--t for f---ing poor people" in a secret recording.

Jones, a six-time Scotties champions and two-time world champion, died Tuesday at 65.

Trump envoy Steve Witkoff told Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov that Putin should call Trump to congratulate him for the Gaza peace deal, per a Bloomberg report.

Officers responded to reports of a shooting in the area of King Street West and Spadina Avenue just before 5 a.m.

Removal of the itinerant music instructor program and its 74 instructors in 2026-27 will not happen, but many questions remain.

Pharmacies are seeing high demand for Pfizer COVID vaccine, yet many have not seen a shipment from the company in weeks, though Moderna is available.

The measures will include new restrictions on imports from countries without a free-trade agreement with Canada, according to a government official.

Paul Dube blames two ministries — health and community and social services — for repeatedly dropping the ball following a 2016 investigation into the problem.

NDP leadership hopefuls will square off Thursday in a French-language showdown for the race's first official debate — but nearly half the contest will be in English because none of the candidates are fully bilingual.

President Trump expressed a measure of optimism that his administration's diplomatic efforts could soon lead to a breakthrough.

The prime minister said a memorandum of understanding with Alberta will set out "necessary conditions" for any federal greenlight to a new oil pipeline.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he is sending envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with the Russian president and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to meet with Ukrainian officials.

Administration reasserting U.S. dominance over a region it has generally neglected since 9/11

Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin a prison sentence of more than 27 years for plotting a coup in 2022, according to a court document.

Ukraine on Tuesday signaled support for the framework of a peace deal with Russia but stressed that sensitive issues needed to be fixed at a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. President Donald Trump.

Former president has been under house arrest for more than 100 days for violating precautionary measures in a separate case

The two men and two women taken into custody are from the Paris region and range in age from 31 to 40, said the prosecutor, whose office is heading the investigation. She didn't specify their suspected roles in the heist.

Forensic experts are trying to determine if the remains are one of the three remaining hostages held in Gaza

The two men and two women in custody are from the region and range in age from 31 to 40, Laure Beccuau says

China's first emergency space launch entered orbit after blasting off on Tuesday, as the country looks to plug safety risks at its crewed space station after a vessel was damaged in orbit earlier this month.

The calls for a peace deal came as Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, overnight, with at least six people killed in strikes that hit city buildings and energy infrastructure. A Ukrainian attack on southern Russia killed three people and damaged homes, authorities said.

The far-right former president had been under house arrest since August and was taken in on Saturday after trying to break his ankle monitor.

Canadian beekeepers are calling on Ottawa to halt all imports of bees from outside North America to prevent the spread of a parasitic mite that can devastate bee colonies.

The two men and two women taken into custody are from the Paris region and range in age from 31 to 40, said prosecutor Laure Beccuau.

Sen. Pauline Hanson walked into the Senate wearing a burqa to protest fellow senators' refusal to consider her bill that would ban the burqa in public places.

A Buddhist temple shared a video on Facebook showing a woman lying in a white coffin in the back of a pickup truck, slightly moving her arms and head.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that the peace efforts are gathering momentum and 'are clearly at a crucial juncture.'

The Prime Minister's Office and the Canada Border Services Agency say they weren't 'involved' or 'consulted' in an announcement of an apparent entry ban on the Irish group Kneecap.

Latest reports indicate that smoke from the volcano was heading towards China.

The driver, a 37-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of stealing the vehicle from a parking lot of a business, after fleeing from the scene, police said.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Ukrainian delegation was on its way home from Geneva to report on the talks, after which the government would decide on next steps.

California and eight other states have outdated restrictions on building nuclear power plants.

A 46-person list includes billionaires and people he went on to appoint to positions of power.

Rising youth unemployment is one of the challenges that will affect the success of the British chancellor’s economic approach as she unveils a crucial budget on Wednesday.

Leo XIV will meet political and religious leaders in Turkey and Lebanon, providing an early test of his geopolitical mettle. Here’s what to know.

Rachel Reeves, the top economic official in an increasingly unpopular government, will appear in Parliament to present tax and spending plans.

Senator Mitch McConnell and several other lawmakers have accused President Trump’s team of appeasing the Kremlin, warning that doing so would not lead to lasting peace.

His story began with loss, but the lessons of his “Crocodile Hunter” father helped Irwin spread a message of love as he won Season 34 of “Dancing With the Stars.”

Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as mayor on Jan. 1. His request for resignations targeted political appointees.

President Lai Ching-te says the spending, which must be approved by the island’s legislature, would fund purchases of arms from the United States.

An opportunity for families and friends and, by extension, communities, states, and the country itself to have a national reset.

Beijing considers democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and regards its reunification with the mainland "a historical inevitability." Taiwan rejects those claims.

The largest contributor to consumer inflation was the housing sector that saw price growth of 5.9%, driven by higher costs in electricity, rents and new dwellings.

Overnight, key U.S. indexes rose on growing hopes for a U.S. Federal Reserve rate cut next month.

The probe comes as Amazon faces stiffer competition from Walmart, which has also begun drone deliveries.

Studios earlier declined a fourth "Rush Hour" over concerns about director Brett Ratner, whose career crashed after sexual misconduct allegations he denies.

Pressure has been building on Nvidia over the past month. It seemed like Nvidia felt the need to address some of those rumblings.

Trump’s back-to-back calls with Xi and Takaichi did nothing to temper Beijing’s pressure campaign on Tokyo over Taiwan.

It was in response to Wall Street's concern that Google's TPU chips could threaten Nvidia's dominance of the AI infrastructure industry on Tuesday.

Dick's Sporting Goods acquired Foot Locker for $2.4 billion. To ensure the tie-up doesn't become a drag on profits, the company is shrinking its footprint.

Thanksgiving turkey prices have climbed this year, the first of President Donald Trump's second term in the White House.

Taiwan’s government will ask the legislature to approve a special budget for defense purchases as Chinese threats to the democratic island mount.

Trump projected optimism about progress, but Ukraine and Russia remain far apart about whether Kyiv should surrender additional territory to Moscow.

The ruling does not force member states to legalize same-sex marriages, but it says they must honor those granted elsewhere.

The former Brazilian president will begin his sentence in a specially prepared cell at federal police headquarters in Brasília.

The U.S. has sent deportees to at least one country the State Department has accused of human trafficking, and others it has advised U.S. citizens to avoid.

As winter approaches in Gaza, more than a million residents are vulnerable to extreme weather and disease, as Israeli restrictions hobble the humanitarian response.

Four others have already been charged over the Louvre jewelry theft. There is no sign that the jewels have been recovered as questions swirl about security lapses.

Kim Nok-wan, 33, was found guilty of raping or sexually abusing 261 people while he led an online blackmail ring using the messenger app Telegram.

Grinding progress for Russia on the battlefield this year has resulted in thousands of casualties but enough progress for Putin to refuse any compromises in diplomacy.

Beijing is piling heat on Japan’s prime minister in a diplomatic standoff, even appealing to the U.S. — as a fellow World War II victor — to take its side.

Porcelain Victoria is concerned that a potential change in law in Scotland could drive herself and other sex workers into poverty.

Hundreds of children remain missing following other recent abductions in Nigeria.

Budget day is here and the newspapers focus on the chancellor's highly-anticipated statement.

Kyiv and Washington have moved closer to agreeing the shape of a deal to end the fighting, with Putin to be consulted next week.

The deadly floods have affected 2 million people, the majority of whom are still cut off from help.

The man is alleged to have stolen coins from parking meters in the German town of Kempten, police said.

Hakyung Lee killed her two kids and hid their bodies in suitcases months after her husband died of cancer.

Estevao Willian outshone fellow wonderkid Lamine Yamal with a wondergoal on Tuesday - so is it "time to start believing the hype"?

Refugees have given the BBC a harrowing account of atrocities committed by the Russian paramilitary force.

The gender-motivated murder of a woman will now be covered by a distinct clause in Italian law - punishable by a life sentence.

The on-and-off volcanic eruption that’s been dazzling residents and visitors on Hawaii’s Big Island for nearly a year is back

Ukraine's gas facilities have suffered severe damage from Russian drone and missile attacks, forcing the country to import more gas

Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip

Thousands of Cubans remain without power, water or proper shelter almost a month after Hurricane Melissa pummeled the island’s eastern region as one of the strongest Atlantic storms in history

Cruise passengers performed CPR on the elderly man following the incident on Norwegian Encore

“Gray rocking” might be one technique for getting through stressful holiday gatherings

A Wisconsin judge charged with illegally helping an immigrant dodge federal agents is due in court for a final hearing before her trial begins

Three people have been indicted in connection with a killing on the Navajo Nation that had gone unsolved for more than five years

A federal judge called out an immigration enforcement agent for using artificial intelligence to write the narrative of a use-of-force report as just a small part of a scathing opinion that rebutted federal officials' narratives about appropriate force used against protesters and others during an ongoing immigration crackdown in Chicago

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has become a key negotiator in the Trump administration’s push to end the Russia-Ukraine war