The EU accused Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos of breaching rules by letting children access pornographic content on their sites. Companies can be fined as much as six per cent of their global annual turnover if found guilty of Digital Services Act breaches.
Former Cuban president Raul Castro is involved in talks between the island and the United States, Miguel Diaz-Canel said Wednesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iranon Thursday to "get serious" about a deal to end nearly four weeks of fighting, after its foreign minister said Tehran was reviewing the U.S. proposal but that there were no talks on winding down the war.
Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women's events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday which aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order on sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
Multiple types of milk are being recalled due to the possible presence of glass in the products. The recall was voluntarily triggered by Agropur and involves two-litre cartons of milk sold under the Farmers, Québon and Natrel brands.
U.S. President Donald Trump, early and often, has voiced his support for Viktor Orban's re-election, and top admistration figures Marco Rubio and JD Vance have been on tap for visits to Hungary. Orban has also called on allies from around the world to remind voters why he deserves a sixth term as he faces a tough battle with former ally Peter Magyar.
The company has agreed to funnel money to U.S. law enforcement in anticipation of protests against its Line 5 pipeline reroute project, a move that has raised concerns about the depth of the company's influence in policing issues.
Tim O’Brien has made peace with the fact that the woman who falsely accused him of sexual assault will never see the inside of a jail cell, but he's not ready to accept the way the case was handled.
After over 30 years working for the same employer, Wanda Kagan has filed a human rights complaint, alleging systemic racism at her workplace in Montreal. Now in her 60s, the high school friend of former U.S. vice-president Kamala Harris is urging workers to protect themselves while navigating institutions that are stacked against them.
The health authority for the Outaouais is reviewing the case of a child who died in the days after she was seen at the Gatineau Hospital for an asthma attack. The girl's mother is raising concerns about the treatment the family received there.
While Qatar is one of several Gulf region countries targeted by Iranian missiles, civilians there have not faced the same level of violence as people in other parts of the Middle East.
Premier Doug Ford's government tables its eighth budget Thursday, as Ontario's economy faces global economic volatility and heightened levels of unemployment at home. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is due to deliver the spending plan in the legislature at 4 p.m. ET.
Now that patents have expired, generic versions of Novo Nordisk's blockbuster weight-loss drugs could arrive in Canada within months, according to experts. Doctors say these cheaper versions will improve access and could also change societal perceptions around weight loss and reduce the cost and burden on the health-care system.
Migratory species such as the snowy owl, hammerhead shark and others are being considered for additional protections at global talks in Brazil. Here's what is endangering them and what is being proposed to help.
A year after the deployment of a new social assistance algorithm, a Radio-Canada investigation reveals a system that advocates say is failing. Promised as a tool to humanize Quebec’s welfare services, Project UNIR is instead being blamed for mounting errors, administrative failures and even human tragedy.
Ted Martindale, of Quesnel B.C., tells The National about the moment he had a 6,000-pound carrot cake made for his 80th birthday in an attempt to break the world record.
Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta Health Services is trying to get its money back after paying $49 million to an importer and Turkish drug company for products it never received.
March 25, 2026 | Quebec politicians call for Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau's resignation after his English-only statement on the deadly Laguardia Airport collision. Meta and YouTube are found liable in a landmark social media addiction case. And, Ontario farmers try to stop plans for a high-speed rail line.
The Liberal government's politically contentious new anti-hate bill has passed its final hurdle in the House of Commons and will now go to the Senate.
The WNBA will hold an expansion draft for its new franchises in Portland and Toronto on April 3, the league announced Wednesday. A coin toss will be held Friday, with the winning franchise getting to choose either the first pick in the expansion draft or the No. 6 pick in the college draft on April 13.
The three-pound cub was found crying and unresponsive just outside of Kamloops on Monday, according to Northern Lights Wildlife Society. It took a team of wildlife workers and about 1,000 kilometres on the road to get the young bear to safety.
The U.S. military said it carried out a strike Wednesday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people, as the Trump administration pushes forward with a monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America while waging a war against Iran.
Andrew Chang explains why Air Canada's CEO Michael Rousseau is facing backlash over his English-only message of condolence to the victims and the families of those killed in the fatal runway collision at LaGuardia airport.
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The final report from the Future of Sport in Canada Commission found significant issues with the Canadian sport system, including lack of funding, fragmentation, and persistent discrimination and abuse.
Former Q107 host John Derringer testified at a human rights tribunal hearing Wednesday, alleging his former co-host Jennifer Valentyne was unprepared at work, "obsessed with appearances" and did not understand radio as a medium as compared to her former role in television.
Justice Minister Sean Fraser, who was in charge of immigration during some of the years Auditor General Karen Hogan found instances of fraud in Canada's international student program, said with hindsight, he would have acted sooner to fundamentally change it. The Opposition Conservatives have been calling for his resignation, along with his successor and the current immigration minister.
Police in the Dominican Republic have arrested two men in connection with the death of a 19-year-old Canadian who was shot and killed early Monday morning, in the province of Puerto Plata while on vacation.
The Dominican Republic national police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old Canadian who was shot and killed early in the morning March 23, in the province of Puerto Plata while on vacation.
A tearful Savannah Guthrie, in her first interview since her 84-year-old mother was apparently abducted from her Arizona home, said that "someone needs to do the right thing" and come forward with information to help the investigation.
Melania Trump was accompanied by a humanoid companion on Wednesday, as she arrived at the White House East Room for the final day of a summit she had convened with counterparts from around the world through her Fostering the Future Together global initiative.
Jacob Winterton, a former player with the Ontario Hockey League and the University of Guelph's Gryphons, has died of cancer at 25. His family, friends and the hockey community have paid tribute to him, with younger brother Ryan Winterton of the NHL's Seattle Kraken saying, "I'll miss your voice, your advice, and the way you made everything feel a little less heavy."
Former Ontario Hockey League player and Guelph Gryphon Jacob Winterton, 25, has died of cancer. He's being remembered by his family, friends and the hockey community. His brother Ryan, who plays for the Seattle Kraken, paid tribute in an Instagram post where he said he would miss Jacob's "voice, your advice, and the way you made everything feel a little less heavy."
Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, of Orlando, Fla., pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the attempted murder of Rihanna.
A jury in Los Angeles found both Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services, awarding the plaintiff $3 million US in damages.
Young health-care providers at Havana’s Cardiology Institute describe a double-whammy of desperation in their work and private lives. They're anxious about what the future holds since a U.S. oil embargo in January led to dramatic fuel shortages in Cuba, along with soaring food prices and nationwide power outages.
Alberta will be in control of regulating its methane emissions under an agreement-in-principle with Ottawa.
Biruté Mary Galdikas, a Canadian scientist who dedicated her life to the study and conservation of orangutans, has died. She was the last living member of the renowned primatologists known as "trimates," alongside Jane Goodall and Diane Fossey.
Stephen Colbert, famous devotee to J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, is co-writing a Lord of the Rings movie with his son.
When Jourdyn Koziak got a phone call on Saturday from a man who claimed that her long-lost dog had been found, she thought it was a "sick prank." That's because her beloved pit bull, Forty-Cal, had been missing for 11 years.
Two men have been charged in connection with the Feb. 19 death of Dr. Mai Diab, a pediatric dentist who is being remembered as a soft-spoken, generous person who was deeply dedicated to her young patients.
CBC News is announcing an expansion of our local news service in Hamilton, in the form of a live audio morning show, available on HD radio and other digital platforms, and a weekly podcast to be added to the existing digital news offered by the station.
Premier François Legault called for Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau to resign, saying he lacks respect for francophone employees and clients.
Premier Doug Ford announced the plan Wednesday at a news conference in Mississauga, saying the full 13 per cent tax will be removed for new homes valued up to $1 million from April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027.
Canada's Valérie Grenier wrapped up the World Cup alpine skiing season with a win in the giant slalom on Wednesday in Lillehammer, Norway. Meanwhile, American Mikaela Shiffrin secured a record-tying sixth women's overall World Cup skiing title by holding off a challenge from emerging German rival Emma Aicher.
The first major comedy series filmed in Nunavut, a sci-fi suspense right out of Sinners, a time-travel mockumentary in the style of Back to the Future and the world's favourite queer hockey drama all top this year's Canadian Screen Award nomination rolls.
Donald Trump says he could “take” Cuba. From early imperial ambitions to the Cold War and today’s economic crisis, we look at why Cuba has remained such a persistent focus of American power.
Experimenting with Explora in its first few days of operation, CBC News found dozens of factual errors.
Three Nova Scotian geoscientists have returned from a month-long expedition to Antarctica and now hope to inspire other women to enter their field of work.
The United States sent a 15-point plan to Iran for a possible ceasefire, an official said, even as it began to move paratroopers to the Mideast to back up a contingent of Marines heading there Wednesday.
Hotels in Newfoundland and Labrador are being trained to recognize human trafficking criminal activity that officials say despite a lack of cases, is in fact present in the province.
Though oil and gas industry executives at CERAWeek, a global energy conference in Houston, welcomed Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson’s enthusiasm, they still say they want to see considerable action before they can be sure Canada's federal government is serious about changing the country’s reputation as being reluctant to expand the energy sector, especially oil and natural gas.
Members of Parliament last year went on the fewest sponsored international trips in the last 15 years, excluding the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Despite a long and cold winter, no frostbite amputations have been reported in Montreal so far this year compared to an annual average of about six. The drop in cases could be connected to the addition of hundreds of spots in temporary warming shelters around the city and the use of a new drug protocol to treat frostbite.
Ontario is running out of time to beef up rules that would crack down on negligent and misbehaving municipal politicians ahead of the next civic election, some experts and opposition critics warn.
As the final vote to approve Premier Tim Houston's controversial budget was about to begin, members of the crowd in the Province House gallery broke out in song.
More than a month after the deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, stories of bravery during the tragedy are being shared.
At the National Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa Tuesday morning, Conservative MP Bob Zimmer for Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies spoke about a student who pulled two classmates to safety.
Officials in Minnesota sued the Trump administration Tuesday for access to evidence they say they need to independently investigate three shootings in the state earlier this year by federal officers, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Caden Farrare, 11, and his dad Aubrey tell The National about the moment Caden hit a backwards buzzer beater shot to win the Grade 5 basketball championship in Laurel, Md.
Family, friends and community members are mourning Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther, the two Air Canada Express pilots killed in Sunday’s crash at New York City's LaGuardia Airport.
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree faced pointed questions Tuesday about why the federal government has deported one Iranian official, despite longstanding concerns about how the regime operates in Canada and abroad.
The Swiss Consulate General in Vancouver has confirmed the three people killed in Sunday's avalanche in northern B.C. were Swiss nationals. They were part of a group of four that was heli-skiing on Mount Knauss, about 30 kilometres north of Terrace.
OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral last fall as a place to share short-form videos generated by artificial intelligence, but also raised alarms in Hollywood and beyond about the dangers of letting people create AI videos that resulted in nonconsensual images and realistic deepfakes.
Antoine Forest, a 30-year-old man from Coteau-du-Lac, Que., was one of two pilots who died in the crash at New York’s LaGuardia airport on Sunday night.
Antoine Forest, a 30-year-old man from Coteau-du-Lac, Que., was one of two pilots who died in the crash at New York’s LaGuardia airport on Sunday night.
Pride festivals are seeking $3 million annually from Ottawa to fill a funding gap left by corporations pulling back funding amid a backlash to diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Toronto police say they are creating a counter-terrorism unit and a specialized task force that will see officers with semi-automatic rifles stationed at key locations in the city.
Known for her field-side reporting on the Toronto Blue Jays, Mae wrote the book Before I Let You Go, which is set to release on Nov. 10.
Canada is temporarily halting removals to several more Middle East countries due to "volatile and unpredictable conditions" caused by the U.S.-Israel war with Iran that has spread to surrounding nations.
Jenna Benchetrit's face and name have been used in fake CBC articles intended to scam people into sending money. She’s the senior business writer for CBC News.
Epic Games will cut more than 1,000 jobs following a drop in engagement for Fortnite, the latest layoffs in the video game industry where growth has stalled due to economic uncertainty.
Porter Airlines plans to launch a dozen routes this summer from the overhauled Montreal Metropolitan Airport, as Canada's third-largest carrier seeks to gain purchase in the competitive domestic market and start putting its half-billion-dollar investment to work.
The WNBA board of governors unanimously ratified the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement on Tuesday.
The anniversary special, which started streaming Tuesday on Disney+ and Hulu, celebrates 20 years since the show's premiere.
Filmed in front of a live audience, it features archival footage and is centred on an interview with MileyCyrus now 33 and a genuine pop star with podcast host Alex Cooper.
Israel will occupy southern Lebanon up to the Litani River to create a "defensive buffer," Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday, spelling out for the first time Israel's intent to seize territory amounting to nearly a tenth of Lebanon.
Israel will occupy southern Lebanon up to the Litani River to create a "defensive buffer," Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday, spelling out for the first time Israel's intent to seize territory amounting to nearly a tenth of Lebanon.
A man who slipped and fell between 100 and 150 metres while trying to help a companion during a hike on one of the tallest mountains in Metro Vancouver's North Shore has died of his injuries.
The Montreal Victoire have placed captain Marie-Philip Poulin on long-term injured reserve, the Professional Women's Hockey League team announced Tuesday.
Justice Minister Sean Fraser says he has no plans to change how judges are appointed in Canada after four premiers wrote to Prime Minister Mark Carney asking for more of a say in the process.
An RCMP-led corruption investigation is underway and search warrants were executed on a number of properties, including the homes of former mayor Jyoti Gondek, former councillor Sean Chu and sitting councillor Andre Chabot.
An RCMP-led corruption investigation is underway and at least one current and one former Calgary city councillor, as well as a business were subject to search warrants executed last week, CBC News has learned.
An 18-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in a deadly daytime shooting on a highway south of Edmonton.
Provincial taxes will be taken off more grocery store items under Manitoba's next budget, Premier Wab Kinew says.
Provincial sales taxes will be removed from more grocery store items under Manitoba's next budget, and one researcher wonders if other provinces will follow.
A House of Commons committee is calling on the government to make changes to federal election rules it says would make it harder for electoral reform advocates to stage long ballot protests.
The federal minimum wage will rise by 40 cents next week, a scheduled increase that keeps the wage in line with inflation.
A commission studying the future of sport in Canada has called for sweeping change to the way sport is structured, after its work found “the widespread presence of maltreatment and abuse” in a poorly resourced and organized system.
A huge heat dome is spreading across the United States. After breaking March records in 14 states with temperatures as high as 44.4 C, it's now widening and may become the most expansive heat dome ever.
A social media post by Dion herself and the new posters across Paris are fueling speculation about the singer's reported return to performing. But representatives for the Quebec star have not confirmed any performances.
Ottawa police have arrested a 19-year-old man after a school crossing guard died following a hit-and-run collision near a Barrhaven elementary school on Monday.
Ottawa police have arrested a 19-year-old man after a school crossing guard died following a hit-and-run collision near a Barrhaven elementary school on Monday.
A county sheriff's office in Maryland said Monday that professional cornhole player who's also a quadruple amputee fatally shot a passenger in the front seat of a car he was driving during an argument.
The Trump administration will pay $1 billion to a France's TotalEnergies to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases as the administration ramps up its campaign against offshore wind and other renewable energy.
Canada’s largest AI data centre starts construction this spring in Saskatchewan. It’s one of many being built and proposed across the country. Today, a look at these centres’ controversial track record.
Much of Newfoundland is waking up to blustery and messy morning that has shuttered schools as another storm slams into the island.
Much of Newfoundland is waking up to blustery and messy morning that will keep schools closed in the St. John's metro area and other parts of the island as another storm hits parts of N.L.
The City of St. John's has killed thousands of gulls at the Robin Hood Bay landfill as part of its wildlife management plan, but some critics say the city is taking the wrong approach.
