Renewable energy met all new demand for electricity in 2025, according to a new review of global power generation, preventing any increase in the burning of fossil fuels to produce electricity and highlighting the promise of clean sources like wind and solar.

Prime Minister Mark Carney stunned some Canadian historians over the weekend when he released a pointed video message about the U.S. featuring a War of 1812 general who led the charge against the American invaders of that era.

Neighbours of Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto are already worried about the air they breathe — and what toll exhaust is taking on their health. Studies have shown high levels of ultrafine particles, pollution so small they can travel deep in our lungs and brain, where they live. Now, it could get worse, with Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s plan to fast-track airport expansion.

CBC News has learned from a senior government source that Marineland — the permanently closed theme park and zoo in Niagara Falls, Ont. — is requesting $10 million to $20 million in a federal loan to move up to 30 belugas and four dolphins to aquariums across the U.S.

The family of an Indigenous woman is urging an inquest jury examining her death in an Ontario hospital to rule it was a homicide due to biases, and errors made in her assessment and treatment. Heather Winterstein, 24, went to the St. Catharines hospital on Dec. 9, 2021, but a doctor ruled out infection, opted against doing bloodwork and attributed her symptoms to «social issues,» the inquest heard. She returned the next day and died of sepsis after hours in the waiting room.

Despite Quebecers paying among the highest fuel prices in North America, some think the federal government's gas tax reprieve is a terrible idea.

B.C. Premier David Eby has outlined a plan for B.C. and First Nations to co-develop a joint approach to DRIPA before the fall session begins in October.

A former Mountie accused of acting on behalf of the Chinese government pleaded not guilty Monday to laying the groundwork for a scheme to «induce» a multimillionaire Chinese expat to turn himself over to China where he was accused of financial crimes.

Kenneth Law, the Toronto-area man accused of selling poison to individuals at risk of self-harm, will avoid a murder trial and his criminal case will come to a conclusion next month, a judge has said. Law is expected to plead guilty to 14 counts of counselling or aiding suicide.

Premier Doug Ford said he listened to the will of Ontarians after announcing, then quickly backtracking on, the province's decision to buy a $28.9-million private jet for his use.

Jongwon Ham, accused of first-degree murder in the death of Burnaby RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang, has been found not fit to stand trial in B.C. Supreme Court.

Ottawa has announced an increase in the number of direct flights permitted to bring passengers and cargo to and from China.

Canada's annual inflation rate rose to 2.4 per cent in March, Statistics Canada said on Monday. Economists expected the rising cost of fuel to weigh heavily on inflation, as the oil crunch in the Strait of Hormuz has driven gas prices up worldwide.

A new all-electric passenger ferry is moving ahead and while it will reduce underwater noise pollution, marine mammal experts and researchers says it is increasing another risk to humpback whales.

Lee-Ann McChesney acquitted in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster on charges of sexual assault and sexual exploitation dating back to 1989.

A salmon war is bubbling up in the waters of Atlantic Canada. On one side are fish farmers who raise salmon in ocean pens. On the other is a conservation group called the Atlantic Salmon Federation.

Adopted earlier this month, Bill 9 bans workers in publicly funded daycares from wearing religious symbols on the job. Many daycare operators say they’re still in the dark about how the law is supposed to work.

Over six years since her son Devan was murdered outside his Hamilton high school, Shari-Ann Selvey says not enough has changed to protect kids. To raise awareness about issues including bullying and youth crime, Selvey is working with Hamilton filmmaker Tyrone Greenidge on a documentary about Devan.

A B.C. couple says they returned a rental car without issue — then months later were told they owed almost $10K for diesel damage. Receipts, vehicle design and expert opinion contradict the claim, which Enterprise dropped after legal pressure and Go Public inquiries.

Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White says he offered to help Tumbler Ridge shooting victim Maya Gebala after he saw the incident reported by the media. «I would like to help in any way that I can,» he said during an April 18 post-fight press conference in Winnipeg, Man.

A Lapu-Lapu Day gathering is being held in Vancouver Sunday, nearly a year after a vehicle ramming attack killed 11 people at the Filipino festival in April 2025.

Jennifer Thoss, a member of Lytton's council elected in 2022, worries a lack of leadership and oversight by the provincial and federal governments has set the tiny B.C. village on a path to financial ruin. It was largely destroyed in a fast-moving wildfire in 2021.

In the warm waters emanating from Ontario's largest nuclear plant, fish are gathering by the thousands. Ahead of an Earth Day livestream, CBC News got a rare look at what some call a 'fish city,' a striking scene scientists say may signal a changing Great Lakes ecosystem.

Nearly 200 people gathered at the legislature in Regina Saturday to protest the lack of consultation around Bell Canada's planned AI data centre, set to be built in Sherwood. The rural municipality's council is set to vote on the AI centre's development agreement on Monday.

Two First Nations in Manitoba's Interlake region have declared a state of emergency ahead of a potentially devastating flood.

Hundreds of people outside a courtroom expressed shock and dismay Friday after an Ontario judge dismissed dangerous driving causing death charges against a driver who killed three members of a family in a Markham, Ont., crash.

No coal believed to have been spilled, local officials say.

Jake Gardner is at the top of his game, coming off a big championship win at RodeoHouston that kicked him to the top of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association standings for bull riding.