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The B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed a bid by U.S. facial recognition firm Clearview AI to overturn findings that the company is subject to Canadian privacy laws, despite no longer doing business in the country.

It’s September, and Stacey Hume is next to her dad’s hospital bed in the palliative ward of Edmonton’s Grey Nuns Community Hospital. She, along with her mom and sister, are told by staff that they need to make a choice about her dad.

Zoe Lorenz-Boser of Edmonton says she got the phone call in October 2024 — and still hasn’t forgotten it.

*Global Affairs Canada warns of shootouts, explosions as Sheinbaum calls for calm*

“We have been clear from the start: there simply isn’t enough office space or available workstations to support a four-day in-office mandate,” the Public Service Alliance of Canada said in an emailed statement, adding that under the current three-day policy, shared desks are already fully booked in many departments.

The federal government says there may not be enough room in some offices for all workers as the public service prepares to return to the office four days a week starting July 6.

Raising awareness about what constitutes human trafficking and signs that could save someone from being exploited is important work in Thunder Bay, Ont. — which federal data suggests is an especially problematic hub for trafficking in Canada.

“Canada is monitoring the situation carefully and is concerned about the increasing risk of a humanitarian crisis on the island,” said Global Affairs Canada’s Charlotte MacLeod in a written statement shared with CBC News.

Alberta is two and a half years removed from hearing Premier Danielle Smith declare her government looked forward optimistically to doubling the province’s population to 10 million people by 2050.

Amid increasing scrutiny on the use of Canada’s temporary foreign worker program, the total dollar amount of fines imposed on employers who are found to violate the terms of the program has risen dramatically. 

As U.S. President Donald Trump looks to expand his use of tariffs to pressure Europe over Greenland, the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down previously imposed tariffs. The Supreme Court found Trump overstepped his authority when he invoked emergency powers to bring the tariffs into effect.

Canada needs to establish an easier pathway to permanent residency for Ukrainians who fled the Russian invasion nearly four years ago, an immigration expert says.

As Canada opens up to China, it should do more to ensure that the country doesn’t use the opportunity to increase transnational repression against members of the Chinese diaspora living here, warns a veteran national security expert.

A B.C. court will decide in the coming days whether to approve a $4.5-million settlement with female WestJet employees who say they suffered as a result of the airline’s lack of procedures to combat harassment.

Rescue crews on skis and snowcats battled dangerous, blizzard conditions on Tuesday in an effort to reach six backcountry skiers trapped after an avalanche high in the rugged Northern California mountains that left 10 other skiers missing.

The global spread of measles shows no signs of slowing down in 2026, including explosive outbreaks in travel hot spots like the southern U.S. and Mexico, prompting warnings from public health officials for Canadians to check their vaccination status before heading abroad this winter.

The federal government sometimes left people on Canada’s no-fly list without lawful justification, according to a recently released report from one of the country’s intelligence watchdogs.

Premier Doug Ford had choice words for students expressing concerns over recent cuts to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) Tuesday, telling them to “not pick basket-weaving courses” and to invest in education that gives people in-demand jobs.

At the centre of the plan is what is being described as a “build, partner, buy” philosophy.

Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada has now officially joined the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program, which offers loans to member states to invest in defence capabilities.

Saskatoon optometrist Rachael Berger has seen an increase in the number of patients concerned about their vision when driving at night.

UK and Canadian nationals will be able to travel to mainland China for up to 30 days without a visa from 17 February.

Eddie Carvery, the activist who crusaded for reparations for the former residents of Africville, N.S., has died of cancer.

Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada has now officially joined the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program, which offers loans to member states to invest in defence capabilities.

Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada has now officially joined the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program, which offers loans to member states to invest in defence capabilities.

Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office is investigating whether a Canadian mining company holds any responsibility in the suspected cartel kidnapping of 10 of its workers, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday.

Democrats in Washington say they’re launching an investigation into the Trump administration and its links to the Ambassador Bridge’s owner after the U.S. president threatened to block the opening of the competing Gordie Howe International Bridge earlier this week.

Ontario will keep Crown Royal on the shelves in the province’s liquor stores, it says, after parent company Diageo agreed to almost $23 million in spending in the alcohol and agriculture sectors.

Former deputy prime minister and cabinet minister Chrystia Freeland violated election rules during a 2024 byelection, the Commissioner of Canada Elections said on Friday.

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When the Israeli prime minister travelled to the U.S. on Sept. 25, 2025, Wing of Zion took a number of detours as it crossed the Mediterranean in order to stay mostly over water, and entered the Atlantic through the Strait of Gibraltar.

But Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, the Bloc candidate, called on the courts to annul the results and call a new election after CBC News reported that a voter had their mail-in ballot returned to them due to a misprint on the return envelope.

Internet blackout, currency collapse causing financial, emotional strain.

Epstein files place Perimeter Institute’s Lee Smolin and other prominent Canadians under scrutiny

A highly regarded theoretical physicist is stepping away from the Ontario institute he helped found, after his ties to the late American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in recently released files.

Police in Prince Albert, Sask., say they’re reviewing a video shared online that shows a security guard slapping a woman during a confrontation at the McDonald’s restaurant inside the Walmart on 15th Street East.

Canada’s military police watchdog issued a scathing report on Thursday over the handling of an investigation into an air force officer who was charged with sexual assault and later took his own life in early 2022.

The names of the six children and two adults who died on Tuesday were released by RCMP this afternoon.

The powerful U.S. agriculture industry is throwing its weight behind the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement, urging the Trump administration to consider the deal’s economic benefits to rural America before making any moves to rip it up.

Marni Panas, a trans activist based in Edmonton, says her heart broke when she saw news of Tuesday’s mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., that left nine people dead, including the suspect, and 27 injured.

This is not going to stop my boycott.

A business consultant is raising alarms about AI-conducted job interviews after he says a tech company’s evaluation of him drew some concerning conclusions, including criticizing his “habitual” use of Google’s Chrome internet browser.

A new type of employee ownership comes at a time when the country is facing a wave of baby boomer entrepreneurs nearing retirement and an increased focus on strengthening the national economy in the face of a trade war with the U.S.

A Conservative MP says he is asking the House of Commons to freeze his salary before parliamentarians get their annual pay bump in April.

Some Cubans say everyday life on the Caribbean island has reached a breaking point amid a fuel shortage brought about by the U.S. squeezing the country’s oil supply. Meanwhile, Canadian airlines suspended service to the island and are ferrying tourists back home.

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PM explained to Trump that Canada paid for Windsor-Detroit crossing and that Michigan owns part of it

Jimmy Lai’s niece in Niagara-on-the-Lake says it’s a “sad day for Hong Kong” after the pro-democracy activist and media mogul was sentenced to 20 years in prison under a China-imposed national security law.

Ottawa has started to make payments for key components for 14 additional U.S.-built F-35s, even as the Carney government has been reviewing future fighter-jet purchases in the context of trade tensions with Washington, sources have told CBC News.

Some bottles of MAR-Amlodipine could mistakenly contain midodrine