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.
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.
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 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.
In a year-end interview, Premier Danielle Smith talks about government decisions during the teachers' contract dispute and where she sees public education heading in Alberta.
Lululemon Athletica's founder Chip Wilson said on Monday he had launched a proxy fight by nominating three independent directors to the company's board, days after the Canadian apparel maker announced the exit of CEO Calvin McDonald.
The same dilemma awaits for Saskatoon's George Ward Pool that the city faced with two other outdoor pools nearing their end to keep it open or not. Regina faced the same problem more recently with Wascana Pool and Maple Leaf Pool.
China's military on Monday dispatched air, navy and rocket troops to conduct joint military drills around the island of Taiwan a move Beijing called a "stern warning" against separatist and "external interference" forces.
The trademarking of the quirky phrase highlights the complexities and conflicts that can arise when expressions become the subject of intellectual property claims.
The trademarking of the quirky phrase highlights the complexities and conflicts that can arise when expressions become the subject of intellectual property claims.
On Tuesday, Nova Scotia Power submitted a report to the province's energy board responding to questions the board raised about how the utility was estimating bills in the fallout of a cyberattack last March.
The peninsula's peculiar road layout is not the result of confused urban planners, but the result of a massive and disruptive engineering project from over a century ago.
One politician was threatened because a resident didn't like the speed bump the city installed on his street. Another was yelled at because a homeowner's garbage wasn't picked up on time. Earlier this month, a man was arrested after his email inquiries to London City Hall turned into death threats.
Deborah Ann Badeau says she found warmth, safety and hope at a Saint John transitional housing community, where she's one of 19 residents.
When Chris Mallinos’s son Theo was diagnosed with leukemia, he was prepared for the physical isolation that would come with avoiding infection during Theo's treatment. However, Mallinos wasn't prepared for the emotional isolation of his son being a cancer parent.
From the ongoing legal battle over Indigenous children's rights to the controversy over the new Liberal government's major projects law or the landmark Cowichan decision in British Columbia, 2025 was a year of both familiar situations and major shifts in the world of Indigenous politics.
This year, many people travelled across the country for leisure. Others trekked or biked across Canada to raise money for worthy causes. Paul Jenkins also spent 2025 travelling from coast to coast. But while many would call his journey a worthy one, his motivation was neither for pleasure nor fundraising.
Earlier this year, former New Democratic Party MP Charlie Angus was preparing to wrap up a two-decade-long career in the House of Commons, retire and write a book. Then U.S. President Donald Trump was elected and it all changed.
The governor of Oaxaca, Salomon Jara Cruz, expressed condolences to the families of those killed in the accident and said state authorities were co-ordinating with federal agencies to assist those affected.
At 110, Burd Sisler is now Canada's oldest person. The Ontario resident worked as a border agent for 30 years and was also a veteran of the Second World War. His advice for staying healthy is to take care of your body. He stayed active by bowling into his 100s.
Dozens of birders descended on Vancouver’s Sunset Beach Park on Sunday to catch a rare glimpse of a bird that avian enthusiasts say has never been recorded in Canada before.
Susan Ormiston, Paul Hunter and Aaron Wherry join guest host David Common for our year-end Reporters' Notebook. Checkup wants to hear: What was the most important news story of 2025? Which one didn't get enough attention?
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) described the crash as a midair collision between an Enstrom F-28A helicopter and Enstrom 280C helicopter over Hammonton Municipal Airport. Only the pilots were on board each aircraft.
About 60 workers in Halifax office voted in favour of unionizing amid concerns about AI and industry-wide layoffs.
Family of Courtney Deveau, 28, says her recovery from traumatic brain injury may take months.
Toronto could see between 20 and 40 millimetres of rain Sunday afternoon, Environment Canada says.
Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s actress who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later an animal rights activist and far-right supporter, has died. She was 91.
A Vancouver-based company hopes Canadians look to keep some of their investment dollars local and create an impact even as the trend of investment dollars flowing south of the border looks set to continue into 2026.
