Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly put women's rights and international law at the centre of what could be the Trudeau government's last speech to the UN General Assembly.
Buying a house may remain out of reach for many Canadians for the foreseeable future, with mortgage costs unlikely to fall enough to offset lofty home prices and weak spending power, economists and real estate agents say.
Artist Branden Cha unveiled the Azure Dragon of the East at a ceremony Saturday evening. The second mural of Cha's Four Guardians project pays tribute to the Indigenous community.
Whether the words are spoken inside or outside the building's walls, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights has been a home to difficult conversations for a decade — the Winnipeg landmark celebrated its 10th anniversary last week.
The annual Police and Peace Officers' Memorial Day held at the Alberta Legislature Sunday honoured the 106 police and peace officers who have died in the line of duty since 1876.
On Saturday Lumsden, Saskatchewan welcomed thousands of visitors in honour of one of the town's most popular annual events; the annual Scarecrow Festival.
After Premier Doug Ford’s major announcement that the province is considering to build a tunnel under Highway 401, some in Ontario say there are more effective ways to relieve gridlock around Toronto, specifically surrounding the tolled 407 ETR highway.
More than 100 Quebec artists are rallying behind a concert hall in Montreal that temporarily closed its doors this week after a court ordered it to stop making too much noise.
The union representing longshore workers at the Port of Montreal says work at two terminals could come to a standstill next week after it served a 72-hour strike notice today.
A federal plan for maintaining P.E.I.’s connection to the mainland in the event of a problem with Confederation Bridge relies heavily on Northumberland Ferries, according to a copy of the document obtained by CBC News.
The study said the increase was 'notable' after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, pointing to lockdowns that sent many children to learn online indoors.
Ontario university researchers say they used DNA samples to identify a second crew member from Sir John Franklin's ill-fated 1845 Northwest Passage expedition.
Summer of 2024 is now Canada's most destructive season on record for insured losses due to severe weather events, the latest estimates from the Insurance Bureau of Canada show.
Population growth in Canada slowed slightly in the second quarter of this year as the federal government made efforts to reduce temporary migration into the country, Statistics Canada revealed Wednesday.
Only 32 per cent of Canadians surveyed who are planning to travel intend to purchase both emergency travel medical and trip cancellation and interruption insurance.
A new charter challenge set to get underway on Monday will test the constitutionality of a controversial Ontario law that allows hospitals to place discharged patients into long-term care homes not of their choosing or face a $400-per-day charge if they refuse.
A mother and daughter, Tennille and Lydia Corbett, were given news that no one wants to receive: one of them is dying. So, they wrote a book about their journey.
Since the pandemic, more and more Calgarians are using the local food bank each day. That made Saturday's city-wide drive for the Calgary Food Bank that much more important.
Charlene Hudy told her fellow employees in a virtual townhall Friday that she "will have no choice but to resign" if they vote down the would-be contract.
The Bearspaw south feeder main has been reconnected to Calgary's water distribution system, city reservoirs have been filled and all water use restrictions have been lifted, Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek said at a news conference Sunday morning.
B.C.’s provincial election period begins when the province’s lieutenant-governor, on the advice of the premier, dissolves the legislature and issues orders to begin the official election campaign.
A team of researchers with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is looking at how to stop weeds in their tracks as they become more resistant to herbicides and spread further due to climate change.
The Ottawa Senators and the National Capital Commission say they've reached an "agreement in principle" to bring a new NHL arena and major events centre to LeBreton Flats.
The government said Thursday it was publishing its list of intelligence priorities for the first time in a bid for greater transparency with the public.
A Quebec coroner is urging Canada to remove all Murphy beds lacking proper safeguards from the market and recommending that only those that comply with international safety standards be sold following the death of a five-year-old boy north of Quebec City.
The head of a committee monitoring the government's response to the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass killing says she’s pleased with progress made so far.
Last December, 15-year-old Mathis Boivin died in his sleep after taking the powerful synthetic opioid isotonitazene. Montreal police made two arrests in his death.
The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority says it plans to install the technology, which provides 360-degree views via computerized X-ray imaging, at airport checkpoints.
Matthew Tkachuk estimated that he tells a story about Johnny Gaudreau's exploits, both the on-ice and off-ice variety, to somebody at least once a week.
The minister of children, community and social services said his government was strengthening the tools to deal with child neglect and would continue to push new changes.
A strike that has shuttered libraries in the Halifax region for the past three-and-a-half weeks could come to an end on Thursday now that a tentative labour deal has been reached.
The B.C. government has announced it will expand involuntary care for those with mental health and addictions issues, and will open "highly secure" facilities to house people detained under the Mental Health Act throughout the province.
According to Service Employees International Union Local 2, the union representing the workers, talks went south when monetary issues were brought to the table.
A recent report by Rentals.ca showed "roommate rents" dropped to $1,481 per person in Vancouver and decreased in Toronto to $1,230, but it has risen in smaller cities.
Nova Scotia’s premier is doubling down on his position that he will not accept any attempt by the federal government to resettle thousands of asylum seekers in the province.
Ukraine has been pushing for months for permission to use long-range weapons to hit targets deeper inside Russia, which Vladimir Putin warned would bring NATO into war with Moscow.
A new report by animal welfare organizations in Canada and Japan about the practice of exporting live horses for slaughter says government officials are being misled by industry.
After a shaky year for teachers going through contract negotiations with the provincial government, the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation is launching their election platform.
Speaking to reporters in Montreal on Thursday, Singh criticized both the Liberals and the Conservatives over their approaches to fighting climate change.
One buyer ended up paying $40,000 more than his initial offer in 2022 after the two real estate agents allegedly concocted a second bid on the house he wanted to buy.
Ottawa police announced they had found the location of the iconic 'The Roaring Lion' portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, which was reported stolen in summer 2022.
A fixed-term lease, unlike a periodic lease, has a set start and end date and is not extended beyond the fixed period of time without the signing of a new lease.
The film, 'Russians at War,' was helmed by a Russian-Canadian director and purports to show Russian soldiers on the front lines in Ukraine grappling with the war.
Canadian Jewish groups said officials told them at a briefing following the arrest of Muhammad Shahzeb Khan that they were investigating a student visa.
In an interview ahead of Monday's party caucus retreat in the Outaouais region, Bloc House Leader Alain Therrien says his party is happy to regain its balance of power.
Premier François Legault says he agrees with his party's youth wing that there needs to be more respect, discipline and better manners in schools. He's now asking Education Minister Bernard Drainville to table a plan to make it happen.
Following a collision in Brampton, Ont., one man was taken to hospital with unknown injuries, while two others were taken to a trauma centre. One has since been pronounced dead.
Universities Canada suggests when the final tally is done for how many students arrived and enrolled this fall, international student enrollment may have dropped by 45 per cent.
Cycling advocates in British Columbia hope a new U.S. study will boost the case to allow bicyclists to yield at stop signs and safely roll through intersections.
In a surprising move, Cameron Ortis — the former RCMP intelligence official found guilty late last year of leaking secret information to police targets — has declined release on bail, according to his lawyer.
Children have been swinging, sliding and climbing on a playground built to honour one of the victims of a mass stabbing two years ago northeast of Saskatoon.
A 25-year-old man is facing multiple charges after trying to drive over police cars in an allegedly stolen vehicle, police say, in an incident widely shared on social media after it happened in Mississauga Tuesday.
The director of an animal rescue charity is calling on people to seek local support for wildlife after two men picked up a bear cub and took it on a 10-hour drive in their vehicle.
A New Jersey gamer with muscular dystrophy teamed up with a graduate from Wilfrid Laurier University's Brantford, Ont. campus to design accessibility software for video games. With Overjoyed, they say, you can play games even if you can't move.
Both parties have launched television ads that attempt to define Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre to union voters, who may have increased sway in the next federal election.
Francois Tardy owns an apartment on a Hochelaga Maisonneuve street. He says he rented to a new tenant on a one-year lease in March and has received complaints ever since.
While families remember loved ones lost to toxic drug overdoses, they question whether the province's new health agency called Recovery Alberta will be the change that is needed.
The civilian review conducted by a team of Toronto-based lawyers was commissioned by Halifax in spring 2023, and came with 37 recommendations that will be presented on Wednesday.