Most people who take prescription opioids as an alternative to illicit drugs must now take them under the supervision of a pharmacist. Some worry the move will push people back to toxic street drugs, while others say the changes were long overdue.
Zohran Mamdani was sworn in a mayor of New York City just after midnight Thursday, taking the oath of office at a historic, decommissioned subway station in Manhattan.
Swiss police said on Thursday that several people had died and others were injured due to a fire of unknown causes at a bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland.
The voluntary grocery code of conduct for grocers, suppliers, wholesalers and primary producers in Canada is set to fully roll out on Thursday.
How to balance tradition with modernization? The team at Les Rabat-Joies in Saguenay, Que., got the opportunity to spruce up the wardrobe for Canada’s nine justices of the Supreme Court.
The coming year will see some changes to existing tax measures, the abandonment of others and some help for personal support workers. But overall changes to the taxes individuals pay will be minor in 2026.
The Trump administration’s recent recall of 30 career diplomats from around the world as part of its "America First" priority push is unprecedented, according to experts who say it may serve to politicize the American Foreign Service while populating it with those who lack the skills to deal with challenging diplomatic issues.
This year brought us our third-known interstellar visitor, beautiful displays of the northern lights and the opening of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory that will change our views on the universe in ways we have yet to understand. But now, we look ahead to just some of the cool things skywatchers might want to keep an eye on in 2026.
Sunset bathed the north of Gaza City in golden light Tuesday evening as Izzat Al-Qawasmeh and his 11-year-old son Mohamed climbed through rubble to the top of a building that once housed hundreds of people. The duo had decided to visit the tent city with gifts, dressed in Santa Claus costumes.
Cole Beaudoin and Brady Martin each scored twice as Canada topped Finland 7-4 at the world junior hockey championship on Wednesday.
Avalanche Canada says three snowmobilers were riding about 35 kilometres southwest of Tumbler Ridge when the avalanche was remotely triggered from the base of the slope.
The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he's dropping for now his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Ore., a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort.
TikTok is inundated with tips on New Year’s traditions that aim to help people have a prosperous 2026, whether in love, luck, life or all of the above. Many of these longtime rituals, like eating grapes under a table or tossing lentils, have been given new life on social media.
Nearly 90 employees of Craig’s Cookies have voted to unionize across five shops in Toronto as the Canadian cookie chain expands nationally.
Retired Tennessee teacher Glenda Akin has lived and worked through a whole lot of history. And now she’s made history herself as the Guinness-certified longest serving teacher at the same school .
Smallwood died Tuesday of complications due to kidney failure, according to his representative. Singer and songwriter Chaka Khan said Smallwood's music "didn't just inspire me, it transformed me."
A year-end poll from Nanos suggests Canadians will want to see action from the Liberal government on major economic files in the new year.
The chief of a northern Manitoba First Nation is criticizing Manitoba Hydro after a days-long power outage forced some residents to leave the community, with temperatures dropping below –30 C Tuesday night.
Zach Sutton drives the bak2bak, his name for what he created. The front half is an old 1993 Dodge Caravan, the back a 1991 Plymouth Voyager.
Paris city hall is offering a rare chance to be buried among some of history's most celebrated artists. Dec. 31 was the deadline to register for a draw to purchase a burial spot in one of the city's iconic cemeteries.
Canadians are among the injured after two trains collided head-on in Peru on Tuesday, Global Affairs Canada confirmed.
Seven Canadians are among those injured after two trains collided head-on in Peru on Tuesday, Global Affairs Canada confirmed to CBC.
Tickets for the finale which runs in select theatres on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day were released early in December and sold out quickly. That’s left fans scouring Facebook Marketplace for resale tickets and disappointed that resale has come to the cinema.
As AI infiltrates more and more aspects of daily life, it is increasingly making its way into the courts and legal system, lawyers say.
Here's a look at how countries around the world are ringing in the new year.
Thieves stole tens of millions of euros’ worth of property from safety deposit boxes inside a German bank vault that they drilled into on Monday during the holiday lull, police said.
Turkish authorities on Wednesday pressed ahead with countrywide operations against suspected ISIS members, detaining 125 people in simultaneous raids across 25 provinces.
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon praised the 'extraordinary solidarity' she saw in Canada in 2025 in her New Year’s address, pointing to the displays of support in communities hit hard by wildfire, the 'unprecedented economic co-operation' and the revitalization of Indigenous cultures and languages.
Click on the video above today at 12 p.m. ET as Hockey Canada will reveal the roster of the men’s Olympic hockey team. This is the first time since 2014 that NHL players will be returning to the Olympics since the Sochi Games.
Nineteen-year-old Macklin Celebrini will join Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon on the Canadian men’s Olympic hockey team, as NHLers return to the Winter Games for the first time in more than a decade.
A woman is dead after being struck by two vehicles in midtown Toronto Wednesday morning.
A woman is dead after being struck by two vehicles in midtown Toronto Wednesday morning.
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has announced 80 appointments to the Order of Canada a list that includes Olympians, journalists, Indigenous leaders and doctors.
The U.S. Justice Department revealed it has 5.2 million pages of Epstein files left to review and needs 400 lawyers from four different department offices to help with the process through late January, according to a government document reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday.
The family of a man killed on Big Island Lake Cree Nation say they're struggling with shock as they try to understand why someone would have shot him.
The father and uncle of Neil Wahpistikwan, who was murdered on Tuesday morning on Big Island Lake Cree Nation, recounted details of the shooting's aftermath.
The death of a skier this past Saturday afternoon at a Banff ski resort has brought attention to a dangerous side of snow sports. Though her cause of death has not been confirmed, one possibility is that she suffocated.
An orange-crowned warbler was spotted during Hamilton’s annual Christmas bird survey, a “rarity” for birdwatchers, organizers say.
Former mayors remain split on the 2001 merger that turned a dozen municipalities into one megacity.
The city's fire department said it rescued 13 people from seven cars after a large volume of water caused significant flooding under a bridge near 69th Street N.W. in Bowness.
Firefighters rescued 13 people from seven cars stuck in gushing water after a water main broke along 16th Avenue N.W. on Tuesday night, just west of where a similar break occurred in June 2024.
David Travis was sentenced to two years less a day and will spend 593 days in custody, accounting for time already served, after pleading guilty to three counts of arson. On July 24, 2024, Travis lit the first of four fires he started that day in Nelson, B.C., and was later arrested with two lighters still in his possession.
Dec. 30, 2025 | One man has been fatally shot as police search for two armed suspects on Big Island Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. B.C. communities are cut off after a main highway is destroyed by torrential rains. And the Canada Revenue Agency is upping pressure on Canadians to pay back COVID benefits for which they were ruled ineligible.
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Israel is banning more than two dozen humanitarian organizations from Gaza for failing to comply with new registration rules.
Jean-François Malo, from Joliette, Que., was convicted of ordering a 2020 armed assault on a lawyer. Radio-Canada confirmed the news of Tuesday’s arrest following an initial report by Le Journal de Montréal.
A darling of the artificial intelligence startup scene was just acquired by Meta capping off a year of intense competition between U.S. tech giants vying for dominance of the world's most coveted technology.
Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of the late U.S. president John F. Kennedy, has died. She was 35. The environmental journalist revealed in November that she had acute myeloid leukemia
The federal Leaders' Debates Commission says it has settled with the Green Party after the party vowed to challenge its removal from the spring election debates.
New England Patriots star wide receiver Stefon Diggs is facing strangulation and other criminal charges in
connection with an incident that happened earlier this month, police said.
The Northwestern Health Unit has confirmed a case of measles in the Kenora area of northwestern Ontario, in a year that saw an alarming rise in cases in Canada and the country lost its measles elimination status.
A new search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is underway, more than 10 years after the aircraft's mysterious and baffling disappearance. Here's what to know.
A new search for the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 aircraft is underway, more than 10 years after the Boeing 777's mysterious and baffling disappearance.
The Chinese-born and Toronto-bred actor says Hollywood has backtracked on the diversity improvements it had made in recent years, and is once again treating Asian-led projects as a gamble despite numerous box office hits with Asian leads proving otherwise. That's why he says the new TV show he's starring in feels rare.
The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that it was pulling out its remaining forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia backed a call for the U.A.E. forces to leave the country within 24 hours, in a major crisis between the two Gulf powers and oil producers.
At least one man is dead and police are searching for two armed men on Big Island Lake Cree Nation, CBC News has learned. Saskatchewan RCMP are telling people living on the First Nation near the Alberta border to find a safe location immediately and lock their doors.
At least one man is dead and police are searching for two armed men on Big Island Lake Cree Nation, CBC News has learned. RCMP are telling people living on the First Nation near the Albert border to find a safe location immediately and lock their doors. Those heading to the First Nation are being told to stay away.
At least one man is dead and police are searching for two armed men on Big Island Lake Cree Nation, CBC News has learned. Saskatchewan RCMP are telling people living on the First Nation near the Alberta border to find a safe location immediately and lock their doors.
Police issue warning after suspects seen with a gun
A 47-year-old woman died on Saturday after falling into deep snow while skiing at Sunshine Village in Banff National Park. She has been transported to Calgary for an autopsy to confirm the cause of death.
The year that saw the remains of two First Nations women brought home from a Manitoba landfill and a search get underway for the remains of a third showed how far reconciliation efforts have come and how far they still need to go, the families say
Part two of our series with some of our favourite guests of the year, on what they read to better understand 2025.
U.S. President Donald Trump has indicated that the United States has "hit" a dock facility along a shore as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela, but offered few details.
For much of the last two years, the U.S. Democratic Party has been on its back foot, enduring painful electoral defeats to an omnipresent Republican opponent while grappling with a troubling decline in voter registration and a listless party base. But in the closing days of 2025, the political pendulum appears to be swinging in their direction.
After tragedy struck their team, the Toronto Dingos turned to a simple weekly tradition sharing video life updates creating a culture of connection that experts say highlights why friendship matters more than ever.
2026 is shaping up to be an action-packed year in Canadian politics. Federal opposition parties will make key decisions on their futures as the Liberal government, just one seat shy of a majority government, strategizes what to do next while juggling U.S. trade talks. Here are five key stories to keep an eye on next year.
Therapy dogs and their volunteer handlers from Just Paws are a welcome presence at the Ottawa Courthouse, where the stress can be hard to handle alone.
Gavin McKenna scored a hat trick as Canada finally flexed its muscles at the world junior championship in a 9-1 victory over Denmark on Monday night.
Gavin McKenna scored a hat trick as Canada finally flexed its muscles at the world junior championship in a 9-1 victory over Denmark on Monday night.
China launched 10 hours of live-firing exercises around Taiwan on Tuesday, the second day of Beijing's largest-ever war games around the island, aimed at swiftly cutting its links to outside support in the event of a conflict.
Dec. 29, 2025 | Millions of Canadians are under weather warnings as storms whip through multiple provinces. U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discuss next steps for the Gaza ceasefire. And, a proposed settlement for Vancouver Whitecaps ticket buyers who didn’t get to see Lionel Messi play.
Ritchie and Rene Day were enjoying a quiet evening in their unit at Johnny’s Motel in Grand Forks when they heard banging on their unit’s door on the evening of Dec. 21.
“We just couldn't believe it,” said Ritchie Day from her son’s house. “Another fire.”
A mother who stabbed her one-year-old infant during psychosis should not be prevented from seeing her other children, a lawyer told a board tasked with reviewing her case.
Owners of duty free shops in Windsor and Sarnia say they continue to suffer the fall-out from the U.S. trade war, seeing drops in business in the 30 per cent range year over year.
The son of Alain Noël and Christine Sauvé found their bodies inside the couple's vacation home on Boxing Day, the family told Radio-Canada.
In the new film I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not, set to premiere on New Year's Day, Chase reflects on a dark childhood and a complicated career that spans the very beginnings of Saturday Night Live to a rocky tenure on sitcom Community.
Fan alleged "bait-and-switch" in lawsuit launched after international superstars Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Sergio Busquet didn't show up as advertised with Inter Miami to play the Vancouver Whitecaps.
Concerned about recent changes to immigration in Ontario, Muhammad Haseeb Ahmad is anxiously awaiting word on whether he can become a Canadian permanent resident.
The elusive pop star can credit her massive catalogue of hits and high-grossing tours for pushing her into 10-figure territory, according to Forbes though a few business ventures, concert films and live performances have added to her wealth.
A Montreal restaurant owner who has made giving back to the community a priority was shocked after some diners skipped out on their bill on Christmas Eve. But after posting the incident on social media, someone offered to pay the tab.
The B.C. River Forecast Centre has issued a flood watch for Haida Gwaii and the North Coast, with nearby rivers possibly reaching or exceeding bank levels due to the rain.
The NHL is set for an Italian return to the Winter Games in February on the heels the last season's spine-tingling 4 Nations Face-Off that saw Canada again top the U.S. in OT. 'The 4 Nations was kind of the appetizer to what the Olympics could be,' says Connor McDavid. 'Really excited about it.'
The man accused of planting pipe bombs in Washington the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack confessed to the FBI and told investigators he thought the 2020 election had been tampered with, according to a court filing from federal prosecutors.
As gunmen shot at people attenting a Hanukkah celebration at Australia's Bondi Beach, shop owner Ahmed al-Ahmed crept up behind one of them and grabbed the gun from a shooter, disarming him. Al-Ahmed, who has since been hailed a hero, told CBS News that the need to save lives overrode any fear.
Anthony Joshua, the Nigerian-British boxer and former world heavyweight champion, was involved in a car accident that killed two other passengers in Nigeria on Monday.
Anthony Joshua, the Nigerian-British boxer and former world heavyweight champion who knocked out YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul earlier this month, was reportedly in stable condition following a car crash that killed two other passengers in Nigeria on Monday. Authorities said they were still investigating the crash.
Anthony Joshua, the Nigerian-British boxer and former world heavyweight champion, was involved in a car accident that killed two other passengers in Nigeria on Monday.
