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Man dies after vehicle rolls into ditch in Abbotsford
A black and white police vehicle that says Abbotsford Police on it.

A man is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Abbotsford on Saturday morning. Police say it happened in a part of the city not impacted by recent flooding.


13 December 2025, 11:15 pm
2 killed, 8 injured in Brown University shooting, Rhode Island officials say
Armed police officers patrol the street.

A shooting in the engineering building at Brown University on Saturday has left at least two people dead and eight critically injured, officials in Providence, R.I., said, as authorities continued to search for a suspect.


13 December 2025, 10:50 pm
Trump vows 'very serious retaliation' after deadly ambush on U.S. military convoy in Syria
Soldiers are seen standing together inside a desert compound.

Three U.S. military personnel — two army soldiers and a civilian interpreter — were killed on Saturday after an attacker targeted a convoy of American and Syrian forces, the U.S. military said.


13 December 2025, 6:51 pm
Fighting rages on Thai-Cambodian border despite Trump's ceasefire claim
People run for shelter from rocket blasts that are not pictured.

Fighting raged Saturday morning along the border of Thailand and Cambodia, even after U.S. President Donald Trump, acting as a mediator, declared that he had won agreement from both countries for a new ceasefire.


13 December 2025, 5:12 pm
Belarus frees Nobel winner, top opposition figures as U.S. lifts more sanctions
A close up shot of a man with a mustache.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko freed 123 prisoners on Saturday, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and leading opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava, after two days of talks with an envoy for U.S. President Donald Trump, an American statement said.


13 December 2025, 4:34 pm
5 best movies of 2025
Screen grabs from some of the best movies of 2025.

CBC’s Jackson Weaver is a lucky guy — he gets to watch hundreds of movies every year. And now he’s ranked his top five picks of 2025.


13 December 2025, 2:00 pm
2 killed in Russia, millions in Ukraine without power as energy infrastructure targeted
Man in army vest hold fist into the air, grits teeth while face is in a powerful scowl

At least two people were killed in a drone attack in Russia’s southwestern Saratov region, and parts of Ukraine went without power following targeted assaults on energy infrastructure, local authorities said Saturday, as U.S.-led peace talks on ending the war press on.


13 December 2025, 1:46 pm
How 4 years in Halifax shaped this music producer who's up for 7 Grammys
A promotional photo shows a man with short hair and a beard dressed in black, as his shadow is reflected behind him.

Henry Walter is a sought-after music producer and songwriter who's had a hand in some of the biggest songs of the past decade and a half, but four years in his teens in Halifax helped shape the artist known as Cirkut.


13 December 2025, 10:00 am
A Dior calendar for $11K? Here’s how the humble advent calendar has gone bananas
Advent calendars are depicted in a composite photo.

Today you can buy an advent calendar containing almost any product you can imagine, from Lego to whisky, ice cream to jewelry, sex toys to fishing lures.


13 December 2025, 9:00 am
How a Canadian military intelligence operative ended up facing an espionage charge
A Canadian flag patch shown on a military uniform.

A Canadian military counter-intelligence operative, accused of passing sensitive information to a foreign entity, has been involved in a long-running internal battle where he was investigated by his unit and kept in the dark about the allegations against him, CBC News has learned.


13 December 2025, 9:00 am
The prospect and the vet: Primerano, Larocque battle for spots on Canada's Olympic blue line
Two hockey players speak to each other on the ice.

Jocelyne Larocque, 37, and 18-year-old Chloe Primerano represent the past and future of the Canadian women's hockey team. And now, with the Olympics less than two months away, both are fighting for a spot on defence.


13 December 2025, 9:00 am
How Canada’s refugee system has changed since 2015
People in yellow safety vests hand out bags to people in an airport.

A decade after Ottawa did much to help resettle displaced Syrians, refugees and advocates say wait times have lengthened, funding has dwindled and federal policies may tighten the path to safety.


13 December 2025, 9:00 am
Children’s Aid Society knew women zip-tied boys into pyjamas but didn’t intervene, Ontario murder trial told
two smiling women with tennis rackets with a boy

A Halton Children's Aid Society worker advised the Burlington, Ont., couple not to zip-tie the two brothers in their care into tents overnight, which the Crown has argued the women continued to do, the two women's murder trial in Milton has been told.


13 December 2025, 9:00 am
IN PHOTOS | This week's most compelling images
A female downhill skier on the slopes during a race.

Photographers from CBC News, The Canadian Press, Reuters and others document our changing world every day. Here's a selection of the week's top images.


13 December 2025, 9:00 am
B.C. government looks to offer loan guarantees to property owners in Cowichan Aboriginal title area
B.C. premier speaks at meeting.

British Columbia’s premier says his government is working on a plan to underwrite mortgages and loans for property owners and businesses in the Cowichan Aboriginal title area.


13 December 2025, 5:37 am
Thorold, Ont., city hall lobby filled as vigil mourns teen denied traditional Muslim burial
man in black beanie and scarf standing in front of protest

About a hundred people joined a vigil held in front of City Hall in Thorold, Ont., to honour an 18-year-old woman who died in a car crash. The city denied her family's request for Muslim burial accommodations at a public cemetery.


12 December 2025, 7:56 pm
More rain forecast for B.C.'s Fraser Valley as Abbotsford floodwaters begin to recede
A flooded farms and fields with a truck moving through leaving ripples behind.


11 December 2025, 10:46 am
Health minister says she worries about U.S. public health decisions harming Canadians
A woman stands on a podium in front of a red flag.


5 December 2025, 5:20 pm
How a UCP bill renewed Alberta separatist bid to force referendum, after court shot it down
A large poster or painting is seen on the side of a house. It says, "For my family's future, I support Alberta independence."


24 March 2025, 2:20 am