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Royals share 9th birthday photo of Princess Charlotte, taken by Catherine
A young girl with long hair smiles at the camera

Prince William and his wife, Catherine, released a picture of their daughter Charlotte to mark the princess's ninth birthday on Thursday.


2 May 2024, 1:00 pm
Refugee Team for Paris Olympics has 36 athletes from 11 countries across 12 sports
Two people pose for a photograph while holding a sheet of paper, in front of a blue background.

The Refugee Team for the Paris Olympics will feature 36 athletes from 11 countries in 12 sports. They were picked from more than 70 scholarships, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said at the team announcement on Thursday.


2 May 2024, 12:59 pm
Police charge 4th teen with murder in stabbing outside Halifax mall
A boy wearing a black puffy jacket smiles into the camera.

Halifax police have charged a fourth teen with murder in the death of 16-year-old Ahmad Al Marrach, who was fatally stabbed last week outside the Halifax Shopping Centre.


2 May 2024, 12:35 pm
More people are working in Calgary than ever, and yet the unemployment rate is on the rise
People wearing work boots and business attire walk across a busy downtown crosswalk. In the background is a large office tower.

The huge influx of newcomers to Alberta has helped drive the job market in Calgary into strange territory, with record levels of employment and surging levels of unemployment at the same time.


2 May 2024, 12:00 pm
Experts accuse Peter Nygard of intimidation after he sues complainant for defamation
April Telek is sitting in front of two movie posters. She is wearing a black turtleneck and pink lipstick.

Representatives of convicted sex offender and disgraced fashion mogul Peter Nygard recently served one of his accusers with a lawsuit in Manitoba. Nygard was charged with sexually assaulting April Telek and a month later, he sued her for defamation.


2 May 2024, 10:00 am
Why today's Milton byelection matters for Ontario politics
Doug Ford at a podium that says 'Building Ontario,' with construction workers in the background.

For Premier Doug Ford, there's more at stake in Thursday's provincial byelection in Milton than just one seat at Queen's Park. 


2 May 2024, 10:00 am
Once facing uncertain future in Canada, this kickboxer just won a championship for N.L.
A man with abs is smiling. He is wearing a large gold belt.

An Egyptian-born kickboxer who once faced an uncertain future in Canada has had a turn of fortune, both inside and outside the ring.


2 May 2024, 8:30 am
Despite 'wacko' accusations, and all the shouting, the opioid crisis continues to defy simple answers
A weathered-looking man carries a fake wooden coffin.


2 May 2024, 8:01 am
Quebec's Charlevoix region still recovering 1 year after devastating flooding
A man stands in the woods

Residents of Baie-Saint-Paul, Que., are still picking up the pieces a year after flooding destroyed homes and led to the deaths of two Quebec firefighters in the Charlevoix region.


2 May 2024, 8:00 am
Periods are a nightmare in Gaza's crowded, unsanitary camps. Women are using birth control to skip them
A woman is crying while being comforted by two other women.

Samah El-Nazli, a mother of four living in a makeshift tent in Rafah, is among millions of Gazans in overcrowded camps struggling to access food, water and sanitation as the war continues. She and others are opting to use birth control to delay their periods rather than scrambling to find costly feminine hygiene products.


2 May 2024, 8:00 am
Changes to training forced by budget cuts could leave military less ready for a fight, experts warn
Canadian soldiers in green camo stand talking in a circle in a wooded area.

Internal budget cuts at the Department of National Defence have driven the Canadian Armed Forces to make radical changes to training for fighter pilots and for soldiers destined for Latvia — an overhaul that experts warn could undermine military readiness.


2 May 2024, 8:00 am
Canada's biggest documentary festival says it's dying. Documentarians worry they're next
A person holds a festival screening schedule. On the cover are the words 'Hot Docs 2024.'

It might seem like documentaries are everywhere we look, affecting and influencing how we perceive society and the world at large. But even as audiences clamour for true stories on their screens, the documentarians making them and festivals that feature them are sounding alarm bells about the future of the format.


2 May 2024, 8:00 am
An Ontario farm town will vote in October on whether to become Canada's largest nuclear dump
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The Municipality of South Bruce, a collection of Ontario farm towns about a 40-minute drive from Canada's largest nuclear power plant, has set the table for an historic vote on whether it will host a nuclear waste dump.


1 May 2024, 11:55 pm
Honeybees invaded a reporter's home, and upended everything she thought she knew about them
Three bees on a piece of honeycomb

When honeybees invaded Sarah Kliff's house, nobody wanted to help her get rid of them. And she, too, wanted to save the bees. But when she started digging into it, she discovered something that shocked her — honeybees don’t need our protection.


1 May 2024, 10:17 pm
Liberal MP says she's leaving politics over disrespectful dialogue, threats, misogyny
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety Pam Damoff rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, March 31, 2023.

Liberal MP Pam Damoff says she won't run again in the next federal election and reports she has experienced misogyny and disrespectful dialogue in politics, along with threats to her life.


1 May 2024, 7:07 pm
'Someone is going to get hurt,' says OPP officer minutes before fatal 401 crash
Ontario Provincial Police closed Highway 401 in both directions overnight. It has since fully reopened to traffic.

Police radio audio reveals officers had identified a suspect vehicle with a licence plate at the time of the pursuit. Two policing experts who spoke to CBC News say the chase could have been called off after that identifying information was obtained.


1 May 2024, 6:09 pm
Frustrated Loblaw customers launch boycott as company reports $13.58B in Q1 revenue
A drone picture of a large company sign reading 'LOBLAW Companies Limited'.


1 May 2024, 5:32 pm
Longtime Canadian broadcaster Rod Black cuts short Cancun trip, calls son's 2nd MLB hit
Canadian major league baseball player, dressed in a Milwaukee Brewers uniform and cap, reacts to having Gatorade dumped over him following his big-league debut against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on April 30, 2024.

Tyler Black of Stouffville, Ont., was summoned from triple-A Nashville ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers game Tuesday against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays to add some punch to a struggling offence. He came off the bench and delivered two hits in an 8-2 win, which his dad got to call with tears in his eyes.


1 May 2024, 2:34 pm
Police move in to break up pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA
Several helmeted police officers are shown near a canvas enclosure, with large amounts of smoke shown in the background.


29 April 2024, 6:05 pm