About 2,000 evacuees from across northwestern Ontario have returned home since a surge of wildfire activity in mid-July. Still, about 829 people remain displaced as of Friday, according to officials at Ontario’s Ministry of Emergency Preparedness and Response. Here's the latest on evacuations in the region, as Gull Bay First Nation reflects on the repatriation of its members.

Saskatoon police say they charged a 31-year-old man from Dundurn, Sask. with three counts of mischief in connection with an Aug. 1 vandalism incident at Congregation Agudas Israel.

The provincial government will delay incoming new rules about which flags schools can fly or display, as well as a requirement to play the Canadian national anthem weekly.

A national union says it was told by Stellantis this week that it is seriously considering the closure and sale of the Brampton assembly plant. In a statement, Stellantis said its focus remains on finding a sustainable manufacturing solution for the plant.

Montreal police are quietly growing their network of AI-powered tools to track vehicles and people across the city, raising questions about public transparency and privacy rights.

Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal are selling payment processor Moneris Solutions Corp. to San Francisco-based investment firm Francisco Partners. Some analysts are raising concerns around what the deal means for Canada's digital sovereignty amid the country's trade war with the U.S.

The company estimates the $2.2 billion mine could produce up to a fifth of the current global supply.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he was unaware until yesterday of the Progressive Conservative Party spending money to allegedly surveil former Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie in Jamaica in 2023.

A 64-year-old Quebec man has become the first patient in North America to receive a regenerated liver thanks to a breakthrough technology that could make dozens of additional livers available for transplant in its first year alone.

From skull fractures to ICU admissions, pediatric specialists across Canada say severe e-scooter trauma in kids is becoming routine — and current rules are failing to protect them.

The Haynes family from Biggar, Sask., says they tried without success to get their three-year-old son admitted to hospital in North Battleford, Swift Current and Saskatoon. They're frustrated that a 235-kilometre ambulance ride to Prince Albert left them with a $1,300 bill.

Emissions from carbon black manufacturer Birla Carbon were «a primary source» of the soot falling on Hamilton neighbourhoods in early July, Ontario's Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has said. Black dust falling on Hamilton homes is a perennial issue, especially near the eastern industrial sector.

After more than a decade of work, the federal agency said westslope cutthroat trout are beginning to spawn naturally and repopulate Hidden Lake, close to Lake Louise.

Quebec and Newfoundland Labrador are close to a new deal on Churchill Falls, sources with knowledge of the matter have confirmed to CBC News.

One American doctor said changes in B.C.'s health care have allowed him to move to Canada.

Former Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse and his wife are embroiled in a legal dispute with the Ontario government over its refusal to reimburse the couple nearly $700,000 in foreign buyer tax they paid on their Mississauga home.

Paul-Angelo Warren is recovering in hospital after nearly drowning in a B.C. river, but his family says his lungs are badly damaged.

Five members of Canada's 2018 world junior team were found to have breached Hockey Canada's code of conduct, with four remaining suspended.

The Saskatoon team heads to France Wednesday for the festival. The sport is helpful for recovering and building strength after surgeries, but team members say they stay in the program because of the life-long connections between women with a shared story.

A Metro grocery store in Ottawa's South Keys neighbourhood will be replaced by a Food Basics this fall, costing dozens of employees their jobs.

Fairground AI Creator TV features fully AI-generated content, 24/7, for free — supported by AI-generated ads — but will viewers want to tune in?

Canada's air force will have to wait until the end of next year before it receives the first of four new air tankers critical to refuelling fighter jets in the Arctic.

Ottawa's plan for a state-of-the-art lab to help tackle emerging health threats is commendable on paper. But top health researchers say long-term funding gaps, recent staff cuts and red tape could threaten its real-world success.

In a bid to overhaul its institutional culture, the Montreal police service has launched a broad response plan aimed at restoring community trust and fighting discrimination following allegations of racial profiling by a group of officers.

RCMP have recovered the body of a 13-year-old girl from Cultus Lake, following a three-day search of the popular Fraser Valley swimming spot.

An investigation led by the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, looking at complaints involving exploitation material created with the aid of artificial intelligence program or programs, has resulted in nearly 60 charges against a 17-year-old in St. John's.

A local pet owner is speaking out about her experiences after a routine walk with her dog through downtown Edmonton ended with an emergency trip to the vet.

Manitoba's first supervised consumption site is opening five days a week in Winnipeg after a series of lengthy delays.

CBC Sports' daily newsletter previews the Pan Pacific swimming championships in California, an important stop on the road to the L.A. Olympics for Canada's biggest star.