Israeli settlers sexually assaulted a Palestinian man tying his genitalia with zip ties and parading him naked in front of his family during a mid-March attack in the occupied West Bank, according to the victim and eyewitnesses.
As part of its 2026-2027 departmental plan, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has cancelled its ambitious lunar rover that would have landed at the moon's south polar region.
BTS will stage its long-awaited comeback concert on Saturday night at Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square, one of South Korea's most famous landmarks that represents its royal heritage and political and cultural life.
Martial arts phenom and Hollywood action star Chuck Norris known for Walker, Texas Ranger, among other macho roles died on Thursday at the age of 86, in what his family described as a "sudden passing."
The Ontario government is planning to outlaw sky-high ticket resale prices, according to a news release. The move comes years after the province scrapped part of an anti-scalping law in 2019.
Two years after an Edmonton man sustained fatal injuries while on the job at northern Alberta pulp mill, workplace safety charges have been laid in his death.
The NDP government is meeting with First Nations groups over the changes it plans to make to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, or DRIPA. Premier David Eby is facing pressure from Indigenous leaders to leave the law alone, and from Conservative politicians to scrap it entirely.
As the federal government prepares to pass bail reform legislation, a closer look at why bail has become a focus of Canadian anxiety around crime.
Rats have taken over a parking lot in the middle of several apartment complexes in north Dartmouth. Residents say the problem is so bad the rats are chewing through the wires of parked vehicles, causing thousands of dollars in damages.
A Canadian streaming platform is helping white supremacists who have been kicked off mainstream social media continue to profit from hateful content, an investigation by CBC’s the fifth estate has found.
An Indian man whose wife is an accepted refugee in Canada is facing deportation with the couple's five-year-old son in what lawyers say is a troubling new practice of separating the families of people with protected status.
The new collective bargaining agreement for WNBA players has been years in the making, and marks the end of an increasingly acrimonious battle over salaries and revenue-sharing that has seen players campaigning to be paid more since the basketball league's 1997 inception.
The Ryan Gosling-led Project Hail Mary does, in many ways, feel like a lowercase Interstellar: a fantastically good time at the movies, if not quite as insightful or far-reaching as a generational classic. But it's still everything you could want from a movie it's smart and it's fun.
The first-degree murder trial for a Burlington, Ont., couple who'd been trying to adopt two brothers, including a 12-year-old who died in 2022 after he was found emaciated and without vital signs, is now in its seventh month. Here's what to know as closing arguments in the Brandy Cooney-Becky Hamber case are set to begin Monday in Milton.
The new collective bargaining agreement for WNBA players has been years in the making, and marks the end of an increasingly acrimonious battle over salaries and revenue-sharing that has seen players campaigning to be paid more since the basketball league's 1997 inception.
A 19-year-old Mexican migrant died at a county jail in Florida that has been holding immigrant detainees, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Family and friends are expressing fears for a Penticton, B.C., woman and her daughter who have been detained by U.S. authorities in Texas and are currently in an immigration holding facility. Tania Warner a 47-year-old who family say is legally in the U.S. on a worker's visa and Ayla Lucas were stopped at a U.S. border checkpoint on their way back from a baby shower.
Premier Danielle Smith is seeking security clearance to receive briefings on foreign interference in Alberta, but the leader of the Opposition says she shouldn't be trusted with it.
March 19, 2026 | Iran intensifies strikes on oil and natural gas facilities across the Persian Gulf region, driving global fuel prices even higher. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre champions Canada to podcaster Joe Rogan. And, Canadians sound off on the big telecoms.
Big dogs are loyal canines, affectionate and sweet, but often overlooked when it comes to pet adoption, according to a city agency.
RCMP officers and vehicles were seen on Thursday at the west Edmonton offices of a businessman at the centre of multiple probes into the Alberta government's procurement practices.
ABC's cancellation of the already taped season of the reality TV show comes days before it was to premiere on Sunday. A Disney Entertainment Television statement appeared to refer to a 2023 video of an altercation between Paul and Dakota Mortensen that was published by TMZ on Thursday.
A Cuban mechanic has converted his 1980 Fiat Polski to run on charcoal, a cheaper and more abundant fuel than gasoline since Washington cut off oil shipments to the Caribbean island in January.
A new Republican-sponsored bill in the U.S. Congress takes aim at Canada's attempts to force foreign streaming companies such as Netflix and Disney+ to pay into Canadian funds for domestic content production.
Quebec's Court of Appeal overturned Noah Corson's guilty verdict. He was orginally sentenced to two years less a day in prison for sexual assault of a minor under the age of 16.
Crown prosecutors are asking for a six-year prison sentence while the defence has countered with three to four, arguing Brandon Tobin didn't choose to kill his grandmother he chose to use drugs, which led to her death.
Politicians switching parties is rare, but Canada has a long history of it. Here are the facts about crossing the floor.
This Summer Will Be Different is set on Prince Edward Island and in Toronto.
Joseph Duggar, former star of the TLC show 19 Kids and Counting, was arrested and charged in Arkansas Wednesday for lewd and lascivious behaviour involving unlawful sexual activity with a minor, authorities said.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments against the Liberal government's deeply controversial decision to outlaw certain firearms.
With its ally Iran now at war with the U.S. and Israel, and the Israel Defence Forces pounding Hezbollah’s weapons storage and infrastructure and killing senior leadership, can the militant group survive another war?
Edmonton police along with federal law enforcement deported two men for their connection to extortion schemes targeting business owners in the city's South Asian community. Similar criminal schemes have seen businesses burned across Edmonton in recent years.
Canada is fast-tracking the purchase of more than 65,000 new assault rifles, starting with a $307 million order for 30,000 weapons. Built by Colt Canada, the rifles will replace aging C7 and C8 models, marking a push to modernize the army and speed up procurement through a streamlined process.
The lawyer for a man acquitted in a high-profile Toronto murder trial where a police officer was killed are calling for a public inquiry into the “secretive process” behind a recent Ontario Provincial Police report that re-examines evidence from the trial.
The lawyer for a man acquitted in a high-profile Toronto murder trial where a police officer was killed is calling for a public inquiry into the “secretive process” behind a recent Ontario Provincial Police report that re-examines evidence from the trial.
Environment Canada says the heaviest rainfall from the "prolonged atmospheric river event" in parts of Metro Vancouver, the Sea-to-Sky region and western Vancouver Island is expected Thursday night into Friday morning.
The award-winning actor settled civil cases with three men who alleged Spacey sexually abused them at times between 2000 and 2013. Spacey denied the accusations.
"We did it, America! ... Freedom of speech!" the rapper shouted outside the courthouse, dressed in a red, white and blue American flag suit. Seven Ohio sheriffs deputies sued Afroman for using home security footage to mock their 2022 raid of his home.
When Yukon Premier Currie Dixon tabled his government’s first full budget on Thursday, he put it bluntly: the territory is spending more than it can afford, leaving it in a “dangerous financial position.”
A nurse in Winnipeg says Canada's immigration system is undercutting efforts to address a shortage of health-care workers. after his application for permanent residency was rejected on a technicality.
A senior’s advocate in Yellowknife says she is concerned that the global jump in oil prices could push seniors into poverty.
Last November, someone doused Nancy Grewal's porch and lit it on fire. Four months later, she was stabbed to death outside a home in LaSalle. Now her sister wonders why police didn't appeal for leads in the arson sooner.
Iran were one of the first nations to qualify for the finals but their participation has been in doubt since the conflict between the Islamic Republic and the United States began in late February.
Data obtained by CBC News shows six retired nurses were working in N.L. a decade ago. That number has jumped to 253.
Hannah and Cyndie Stapleton said they were gobsmacked to discover a new home is being built where their former home once stood over 13 years after it was expropriated. Now, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Barry Petten says the department is developing a new land disposition policy.
Two Canadian girls are currently stuck in Egypt due to a travel ban obtained by their Egyptian-Canadian father who is living in Canada. The children's mother is trying to get the ban lifted so she can return home to Canada with her daughters.
After a year and a half of La Niña conditions, it looks like we could end up with an El Niño later this year. And early models suggest it could be a strong one, which could push global temperatures to record highs.
The popular online gaming platform Fortnite is hiking the price of its in-game currency starting Thursday, a rare move that experts say sheds some light on the cost of its parent company's antitrust battles against tech giants Google and Apple.
Zafar Mahmood lost his 31-year-old daughter, Dania Zafar, to a fire in Old Montreal three years ago that killed six other people and, he said, “we do miss her each and every day.”
Heavy social media use has contributed to a stark decline in well-being among young people, with the effects particularly worrying in teenage girls in English-speaking countries including Canada and Western Europe, according to the 2026 World Happiness Report published Thursday.
Joe Kent, the former U.S. counterterrorism director who resigned this week over concerns about the Iran war, said Wednesday during an appearance on Tucker Carlson's podcast that he and other senior officials "were not allowed" to share doubts about the U.S. airstrikes with President Donald Trump.
Labubu's toothy grin will be coming to the big screen after toy-maker Pop Mart and Sony Pictures Entertainment announced plans to develop a feature film based on the viral ugly-cute monster.
March 18, 2026 | A Nova Scotia teen and a Manitoba teen are accused of planning co-ordinated violent attacks on their local schools. Ontario Premier Doug Ford praises a homeowner for shooting an intruder. And Rideau Cottage is deemed 'inadequate' as a home for the Prime Minister.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to appear on The Joe Rogan Experience, one of the world's most popular podcasts.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to appear on The Joe Rogan Experience, one of the world's most popular podcasts.
Jennifer Pan has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2010 death of her mother, nearly a year after the Supreme Court of Canada ordered a new first-degree murder trial for the Markham, Ont., woman in a case that drew international attention and spawned a Netflix documentary.
For Leqaa Kordia, her newfound freedom means little to her until “everybody is free." “There is a lot of injustice in this place,” Kordia told reporters after emerging from a U.S. immigration detention centre in Texas on Monday. “There are a lot of people that shouldn’t be here in the first place. We’re going to keep fighting for them.”
CBC Sports' daily newsletter highlights the top Canadian players in this year's NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments.
Following extensive CBC News reporting on two Indian nationals deported for alleged links to the extortion crisis plaguing Canadian communities, the Canada Border Services Agency has identified the two men as proof of expanded efforts to disrupt extortion networks.
Following extensive CBC News reporting on two Indian nationals deported for alleged links to the extortion crisis plaguing Canadian communities, the Canada Border Services Agency has identified the two men as proof of expanded efforts to disrupt extortion networks.
A recent temporary release of a child murderer in Durham Region is drawing criticism from top officials across Ontario, with calls for the parole board to keep him behind bars before he’s let out again.
Global Affairs Canada is warning Canadians in the Middle East to refrain from documenting military activity as war engulfs the region. In a post on X Tuesday, the government warned that "taking, sharing or possessing" photos or videos of military activity or damage "could lead to fines, imprisonment or deportation." The post specifically mentions Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabi and the United Arab Emirates.
Five weeks after earning their first Olympic medal, Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are gearing up for their 13th world championships, next week in Prague. "We want to enjoy ourselves, enjoy our skating [and] celebrate what we've accomplished this season," Gilles says.
A Hamilton man who was on the run the past nine years was arrested in Mexico in connection with two mob-related killings and faces at least two murder counts. Daniel Tomassetti, 35, was arrested in August 2025, police told CBC Hamilton, and efforts “are underway to facilitate his extradition to Canada."
Observing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in St. John’s, N.L. is a bit different than what this couple is used to back home in Bangladesh, but they’ve created new traditions with their children and friends who they consider part of the family.
Titled "Protecting Saskatchewan," the budget echoes a refrain that Premier Scott Moe and Reiter have repeated in the weeks before the budget no tax increases or service cuts.
With the looming October election, Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard has delivered a modest budget as the province aims to withstand ongoing trade disruptions and mounting geopolitical pressure.
A suspicious package temporarily reduced air traffic at Montreal's Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport on Wednesday.
A boy was fatally struck by a westbound GO Train in Mississauga on Wednesday afternoon, police say.
Canada's population dropped last year, marking the first time the country has seen an annual net decline in residents since Confederation.
Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez and fought alongside him for decades to expand labour rights in the U.S., on Wednesday accused Chavez of sexually assaulting her in the 1960s.
Canada is still figuring out regulations when it comes to driverless vehicles, like robotaxis, on its roads. China, on the other hand, has embraced the technology, rolling out fully autonomous vehicles in select areas of cities like Beijing, Wuhan and Shanghai. CBC’s Lisa Xing and Chris Brown are in China as part of special coverage and took a ride inside a vehicle to see what it’s like.
A year after the actor's death, a generative AI version of Val Kilmer will co-star in an independent film, in one of the boldest uses yet of artificial intelligence in moviemaking.
Rideau Cottage, the historic red-brick house where Canadian prime ministers have been living for more than a decade, is inadequate and comes with security risks, according to a government memorandum prepared last summer.
The federal government announced a new advisory council to help it protect Canada’s creative industries from rapid advancements in AI, as the first National Summit on Artificial Intelligence and Culture wrapped up in Banff on Tuesday.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford congratulated a homeowner who shot and injured an alleged home invader in Vaughan, Ont., this week, saying intruders "need to be shot."
Pakistan and Afghanistan have declared a temporary pause in escalating fighting, two days after Kabul blamed Islamabad for a deadly airstrike in the Afghan capital that it said killed hundreds of people at a drug rehabilitation hospital.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she travelled on a private plane to Saudi Arabia last fall to meet with local government officials, following an invitation from a member of the Saudi royal family.
The Bridgewater Police Service said they were alerted Friday by Interpol and the FBI that a 15-year-old from the town and a Manitoba youth had been talking online about their desire to mount a "violent attack" at Park View Education Centre and Rivers Collegiate.
Police say two teenage boys one from the town of Bridgewater, N.S., and the other from Manitoba have been charged for allegedly planning simultaneous attacks at their local schools.
Police say a teen in the town of Bridgewater, N.S., and a youth from Manitoba have been arrested for allegedly planning simultaneous attacks at their local schools.
Canada is still figuring out regulations when it comes to driverless vehicles, like robotaxis, on its roads. China, on the other hand, has embraced the technology, rolling out fully autonomous vehicles in select areas of cities like Beijing, Wuhan and Shanghai. CBC’s Lisa Xing and Chris Brown are in China as part of special coverage and took a ride inside a vehicle to see what it’s like.
The question echoing through Beijing’s diplomatic and political circles is whether U.S. President Donald Trump will show up for a summit in Beijing that was originally supposed to take place this month. Distracted by a self-launched war in Iran and facing mounting domestic pressure, Trump has pushed the China file to the side to focus on war strategy.
Émile Benamor, the owner of an Old Montreal building that caught fire in 2023, killing seven people, is being charged with seven counts of manslaughter.
A class-action lawsuit certified in B.C. Supreme Court means girls who were incarcerated at the Industrial Home for Girls and Willingdon School for Girls between 1914 and 1973 can proceed with seeking compensation from Canada, B.C. and a doctor.
Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time Tuesday night, beating the United States 3-2 in the championship
game on Eugenio Suarez's tiebreaking double in the top of the ninth inning.
President Donald Trump is sending mixed messages around his demands of U.S. allies when it comes to defending the Strait of Hormuz.
CBC News has learned Vancouver police are investigating whether someone with access to the force's property office colluded with organized criminals to tamper with key evidence in a high-profile murder case.
A Yellowknife resident says he’s lost faith in the territory’s health-care system and wants more transparency after repeated breaches of his privacy. Such privacy breaches have happened hundreds of times over the past decade in the N.W.T., according to a government report.
Police in Newfoundland and Labrador are seizing more guns than ever before. New statistics obtained by CBC News tell the story.
Jordan Anthony had always wanted to complete Cain's Quest, but tragically died months after his first attempt. As his teammate raced and completed the journey this year with his ashes, Anthony's mother says it's brought her closure in that her son's goal is now complete.
A Washington, D.C., lobbying firm says it is seeking a presidential pardon for Canadian crypto fugitive Andean Medjedovic, documents filed with the U.S. Department of Justice show.
A growing number of young people are turning to self-harm in Canada and other parts of the world, according to new research.
Northern Ontario politicians are urgently appealing to the federal government for help during one of the deadliest winters on record along 2,000 kilometres of highway between Nipigon, Sudbury and North Bay.
Gurpreet Singh was found responsible for running an immigration fraud scheme in Saskatchewan, but a judge granted him a “windfall” no criminal record and no jail sentence. Now Singh is suing the government and some employees of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), alleging they violated his charter rights.
The University of British Columbia is the top seed among the eight teams vying for a national Canadian university women's hockey championship, which begins on Thursday.
The ongoing U.S.-Iran war is causing diesel prices to spike across the country, climbing nearly 30 per cent since the beginning of March. In some parts of Quebec, a litre of diesel is selling for almost $2.50.
P.E.I. Progressive Conservative MLA and cabinet minister Mark McLane has died, with Premier Rob Lantz paying tribute to his colleague as someone who could always be counted upon.
Jonny Arnott tells The National about the moment he churned ice cream while on a run in Calgary.
