The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) helps nourish aquatic ecosystems and is part of the reason Europe has milder temperatures than places in Canada at the same latitude. But lately scientists are concerned that it is slowing down and could even potentially collapse.
Beneath the partisan acrimony and overheated language, there are useful and important questions about how Canada's parliamentary democracy works and how it is supposed to work.
Writer-director Kirk Jones discusses making the biographical drama I Swear and revealing the complexity of Tourette syndrome. He says he wanted to make a film that both entertains and enlightens viewers about the neurological condition, while highlighting the need for greater compassion and awareness.
Once a target of Russian and Chinese economic coercion, Lithuania has turned pressure into policy. By rapidly diversifying trade, severing energy ties with Moscow and investing in defence and tech, the Baltic state built resilience and saw growth. Its experience now offers Canada a cautionary, and increasingly relevant, roadmap.
In its ongoing territorial dispute with Taiwan, China may be looking toward the sky as a new way to thwart the island's attempts at building diplomatic ties. China was accused of pressuring three African countries to withdraw their permission to allow Taiwan's president to fly over their territories.
The District of Columbia mistakenly placed several Australian flags instead of British flags near the White House ahead of King Charles's U.S. visit, although the error was quickly corrected, a D.C. Department of Transportation official said on Friday.
Kyle Ivan tells The National about the moment the Ottawa Senators banished him to Taiwan after he made a parody for the team's playoff run that superstitious fans believed was cursed.
April 24, 2026 | A spring blizzard traps hundreds of drivers in their cars on an impassable highway in northern Alberta. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman apologizes to Tumbler Ridge, B.C. And a Vancouver toddler's incredible recovery after being severely injured in last year's deadly Lapu Lapu Day attack.
Did U.S. President Donald Trump save eight women from being executed in Iran? Did he share AI-generated images of eight Iranian women? CBC’s Fact Check team breaks down what we know.
Officials from Ontario and the Yukon have entered into a partnership that marks “the first step” toward deploying small modular reactors in the Yukon – technology they say could help solve the territory’s energy crisis.
Despite its name, the sandwich, which recently went viral on YouTube, is a purely British phenomenon.
Jake Reiner, the eldest son of Rob and Michelle Reiner, published a tribute to his late parents on Friday and described the "living nightmare" he has experienced since their murders in December.
Manitoba's premier is moving the needle a tick closer toward ditching the spring forward, fall back ritual, in a move that could usher in a "Prairie time zone."
Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Pakistan late Friday, according to Iranian state media, where he is expected to hold talks with U.S. officials on reviving ceasefire negotiations.
The CEO of the company responsible for ChatGTP has sent a written apology to the community of Tumbler Ridge.
Alexandre Boulerice is expected to announce that he is leaving the federal NDP and will run provincially for Québec Solidaire, according to Radio-Canada sources.
Taylor Kirk, the singer-songwriter behind the band Timber Timbre, has died at 44. A representative for Kirk confirmed to CBC Music that the singer died suddenly on April 14.
The Calgary Fire Department says it has responded to multiple wind-related incidents over the last two days as strong gusts whipping through the city have created havoc for some businesses.
Strong winds whipping through Calgary over the past two days have created havoc for some businesses and forced the cancellation of one of Calgary Expo's biggest events.
Despite the "soft power" royalty routinely deploys, and U.S. President Donald Trump's well-known adulation of monarchy, questions remain over what impact King Charles’s upcoming American visit can have, given the current strain in the "special relationship" between the U.S. and U.K.
The anonymously judged prize annually honours a selection of fiction, nonfiction, drama and poetry writers.
A Winnipeg man arrested earlier this year who allegedly posted threats against Jews and Muslims, and against Prime Minister Mark Carney, has now been charged with advocating genocide and wilful promotion of hatred.
An Israeli airstrike killed two people in the southern village of Touline on Friday, Lebanon's Health Ministry said, as Israel's army ordered residents to evacuate another southern Lebanese town, a day after Israel and Lebanon extended their ceasefire by three weeks.
Former prime minister Justin Trudeau is warning that American tariffs threaten to drive Canada closer to China in the auto sector.
The Justice Department is closing its investigation into cost overruns in renovations at the Federal Reserve under chairman Jerome Powell, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said on Friday.
A judge's decision in the murder trial for Becky Hamber and Brandy Cooney, who are accused in the 2022 death of a 12-year-old and alleged torture of his younger brother, will be handed down May 5 as part of proceedings that began in mid-September.
A proposed bill to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives is set to fall Friday as parliamentary time runs out, nearly a year since elected members of parliaments gave their backing.
Federal Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson says the government has approved Enbridge Inc.'s $4-billion Sunrise project in B.C.
Ticketmaster Canada is delisting resale tickets that customers have posted for Ontario events as it prepares to comply with incoming provincial legislation.
Speaking earlier this month to the Sarnia Observer about her decision to leave the Conservatives and join the Liberal party, Gladu was asked whether she expected any rewards for bolstering the government's ranks.
When governments sign a document committing to obtain the free and informed consent of Indigenous peoples before approving projects affecting their lands or resources, do they mean it?
That is the question at the heart of the controversy that has plagued the B.C. government for months.
Syrian authorities said Friday they have arrested a former intelligence officer who appeared in a video leaked four years ago that purportedly showed him and his comrades fatally shooting dozens of people during the country's conflict.
Meta is laying off about 8,000 workers, or about 10 per cent of its workforce, the company said Thursday as it continues to ramp up spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure and highly paid AI-expert hires.
An MLA-led group now gets to revise electoral ridings, as the U.S-style gerrymandering accusations keep flying.
After Drake's massive ice formation took over a parking lot in downtown Toronto, it had some people asking the question: 'How on earth did 3,500 blocks of ice end up there?'
New Brunswick's only board-certified pediatric dentist says a lack of operating-room time has pushed his waiting list to more than 300 children, and some of them wait up to three years for surgery.
The new anthem for Canada’s professional women’s soccer league features a Halifax Tides FC player whose high-energy collaboration with a well-known reggae singer will be the soundtrack to the 2026 Northern Super League season.
The lawyer for the family of deceased Innu teen Kirby Mistenapeo says child protection officials in Newfoundland and Labrador were aware that his primary caregiver was drinking on the job one of the many alleged systemic failings raised on Thursday.
The family of an 11-month-old Cree baby from Attawapiskat who died in a Fort Albany hospital in northeastern Ontario this month says he would still be alive if he had received the health care he needed and deserved. Ontario’s Office of the Chief Coroner says it's investigating.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who regularly attacks news coverage and journalists he dislikes with lawsuits and verbal tirades, will be the featured guest at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner, and annual gala celebrating freedom of the press.
Antoine Fuqua's Michael is a surface-level replay of the iconic King of Pop's life. Audiences get toe-tapping entertainment value and an impressive impersonation by nephew Jaafar Jackson at the expense of virtually any investigation into the mind and motivations of the eponymous star.
Front-line security and intelligence workers including Mounties won't be able to access the government's penalty‑free early retirement incentive as federal public safety agencies focus on getting more people in the door not out.
The first conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels kicks off today in Santa Marta, Colombia, where a coalition of countries are meeting outside the regular UN system and talk freely about abandoning the fuels that are causing the climate crisis.
It only takes around 17 minutes of standing still for someone to feel pain, according to a UQAM professor emeritus and ergonomist. While cashiers across much of Europe are typically seated while working, their Canadian counterparts remain on their feet – raising questions about their well-being and health.
Finnish studio Housemarque follows up from its 2021 hit Returnal with Saros, refining the "bullet ballet" action to make it a more approachable game without sacrificing its adrenaline-pumping nature.
Scottie Barnes had a double-double as the Toronto Raptors routed the Cleveland Cavaliers 126-104 on Thursday in Game 3 of their first-round NBA playoff series.
Jacob Gardner tells The National about the moment he became the first Canadian to win the bull-riding championship at the world's biggest rodeo in Houston.
The body of a Canadian tourist killed when a gunman opened fire from one of Mexico's most visited pyramids has been turned over to her family, Mexican officials confirmed.
A U.S. special forces soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 in an online betting market, federal officials announced Thursday.
At Issue this week: Ottawa responds to the Trump administration demands for trade concessions, including lifting the U.S. liquor ban. Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre release duelling social media videos. And the Liberals move to control House committees with their newly-secured majority.
A couple from the United States is facing international kidnapping charges after prosecutors claimed they took a 10-year-old child to Cuba to potentially undergo gender transition surgery, allegedly deceiving the child's biological mother with a fake Canadian camping trip to get there.
Canada's energy minister said public dollars could flow to Alberta's potential bitumen pipeline to the Pacific Coast through the federal government's Indigenous Loan Guarantee program.
A former Beast Industries employee is suing MrBeast's media production company after she was allegedly fired from her social media manager job upon returning from maternity leave and following years of what she described as sexual harassment and workplace gender bias.
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah by three weeks after talks at the White House on Thursday, according to U.S. President Donald Trump.
All eight teams are in action in the PWHL's final day of the regular season on Saturday. The outcomes will determine which teams secure the final playoff spot, top seed in the playoffs and first-overall pick in the PWHL Draft.
Hot off the heels of the Artemis II mission around the moon that included Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, another Canadian has been announced for another space mission.
FIFA's release of a new tranche of World Cup tickets has left some fans fuming about a perceived lack of transparency in how seats are being sold, given that premium seating options now on offer were not available previously.
When Ajay Haridasse's legs gave out within sight of the Boston Marathon finish line, two other runners sacrificed their personal bests to help him finish the race.
The RCMP made six missions to search for Jennifer Hillier-Penney's body in the waters near Hare Bay Islands off St. Anthony, N.L., and searched over 130 points of interest. In his testimony in Corner Brook Supreme Court on Thursday, RCMP Cpl. Steven Hatch said the searches came up with nothing.
Toronto police officials say they are reaching out to a high-ranking former officer who this week made explosive allegations of antisemitism, racism, and corruption in the service's senior ranks in a series of interviews surrounding the release of his new book.
‘Much more normal salaried people could buy houses 30 years ago…those days are gone,’ broker Ron Butler said. Butler spoke as a witness for the Standing Committee on Finance, which looks into matters relating to federal finances.
Whale-sized, monstrous octopuses prowled the seas during the Age of Dinosaurs, snatching prey with their huge tentacles and crunching them with powerful jaws, fossils from B.C. and Japan suggest.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has announced two new roles for members of his caucus, aimed at developing a strategic plan for the Asia Pacific and responding to a B.C. Supreme Court ruling that some fear threatens property rights.
A number of accounts creating misleading YouTube videos about Alberta separatism with millions of views appear to have their origins in a Dutch digital marketing course, a CBC/Radio-Canada investigation has found.
Crave's hit series Heated Rivalry has won a Peabody Award.
Global Affairs Canada is postponing the requirement for its unionized employees to be on site four days a week due to a lack of office space, Radio-Canada has learned.
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at a technology to charge an EV in five minutes; check out the beaches in Florida and the stinky problem they face this year; and hear the stories of three heroes of conservation in honour of Earth Week.
Canada's new ambassador in Washington said Thursday that trade talks need to move beyond "bluster" as public rhetoric on both sides of the border has heated up in recent weeks.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said he is disappointed that Canada's ambassador to the U.S. issued an English-only invitation to MPs for an upcoming reception in Washington.
Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism Minister Andrea Barbour opened Thursday’s House of Assembly session with a tearful speech about bullying she says she’s faced since taking office.
At a parliamentary committee hearing on journalism on Thursday, CBC president Marie-Philippe Bouchard denied the public broadcaster's news coverage is biased or that it poaches journalists from smaller media outlets in regional markets.
Israeli airstrikes killed at least four Palestinians in Gaza on Thursday, and Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 15-year-old during an army raid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said.
The cast of The Devil Wears Prada reunited on the red carpet for the long-awaited sequel to the 2006 hit.
Mark Carney and other Canadian prime ministers should be required to divest their investment portfolios when they assume office, not just put them in a blind trust, the House of Commons ethics committee recommends in a new report.
A Kuwaiti American journalist has been acquitted in Kuwait of all charges after nearly two months in detention during a crackdown on press freedom and social media posts on military activity in the Middle East amid Iran's war with the U.S. and Israel.
An overwhelming majority of Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders voted in support of selling the business to Paramount on Thursday. The approval by shareholders is a big step toward the deal being finalized, which would have big implications for the media landscape.
Two men who met after immigrating from Europe to London, Ont., in the 1990s are the winners of the largest-ever lottery payout in Canada: A cool total of $80,403,285.40. It eclipses the $80 million won in B.C. last year.
A snowfall warning that was in place for most of northern Manitoba has intensified into a blizzard warning for the entire region.
The shooting death of a Calgary-born astrophysicist in mid-February in front of his Southern California residence sent shockwaves through his academic and professional circles.
A fire at a recycling plant in Montreal's Rivière-des-Prairies neighbourhood prompted an investigation by Quebec's Environment Ministry, a health warning from Santé Montréal and caused a plume of thick, white smoke to drape the city in acrid-smelling fumes.
Innu children are still overrepresented in the child protection system, though far less likely to be removed from their homes than they were nearly a decade ago.
The U.S. military on Thursday seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil, ratcheting up a standoff with Iran a day after its paramilitary Revolutionary Guards took control of two vessels in the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump in a morning social media post ordered the U.S. military to "shoot and kill" Iranian small boats choking the Strait of Hormuz after seizing another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil.
Brianne Jenner scored with 1:14 left in overtime on Wednesday night, Rebecca Leslie also scored a goal, and the Ottawa Charge beat the Boston Fleet 2-1 at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Mass.
Kash Patel has transformed and politicized the FBI under Trump. He also faces allegations of erratic behavior, excessive drinking and unexplained absences.
Judges at the International Criminal Court on Thursday confirmed all three counts of murder as crimes against humanity against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and committed him to trial.
Because the budget has yet to pass, specific guidance on the rebate is not yet available. To get an understanding of what we do know about it, CBC News spoke with real estate experts on how it could work and what it means for buyers.
Neskantaga First Nation has been under a state of emergency since last April after its only nursing station flooded. Local leaders say access to health care hasn’t improved in the remote Ojibway community, which has also been under a boil-water advisory for 31 years, and community members face ongoing challenges accessing timely medical transportation for appointments in other areas.
Airlines around the world are cutting flights as they face what some experts are calling the worst aviation crisis ever, with fuel shortages caused by the blockage of the critical Strait of Hormuz.
