Heather Hoover, the ex-wife of the man police say killed Christine Jessop in 1984, talks with CBC News about learning and coping with the truth about the murder of the nine-year-old girl. ...

Joyce Cherry's mother wasn't able to provide a DNA saliva sample until 30 minutes before her death at the age of 104. Cherry mailed it to ancestry.ca in a postage-paid package the next morning. Four m...

In recent weeks, the federal government has come in for heavy criticism over delays to vaccine deliveries and public anxiety over Canada's progress toward COVID-19 herd immunity. The co-chair of Canad...

Though officials are still reminding people to wear masks and distance even after being vaccinated, some experts suggest it's time to strike a more optimistic tone and emphasize the hope and freedom...

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how condominiums are turning to fossil fuel-free geothermal or geoexchange technology for their heating and cooling and the effect climat...

Documents tabled with the House of Commons health committee show the federal government missed an opportunity to purchase critical pandemic-related supplies at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic â...

When the next coronavirus pandemic hits, scientists plan to already have a vaccine against it, no matter what it is. But how is that possible? Here’s what they’re doing now to develop vaccines aga...

Infectious disease specialist Dr. Zain Chagla breaks down everything you need to know about the five leading COVID-19 vaccines and how they work — or don’t — against the variants of concern. ...

A Kamloops man has been ordered to pay nearly $7 million to cover the health-care costs and lost opportunities of a teenager he nearly beat to death with a baseball bat for trespassing into his yard....

CBC has obtained an open letter written by a group of Mary River mine employees. About 700 staff have been stranded at the Nunavut mine site since a group of protesters staged a blockade last week. "W...

A B.C. woman who was sexually abused by an older cousin when she was a child in the 1980s says she was crushed to learn the province's highest court will allow him to remain a free man, despite multip...

Two men are dead and a third has been rescued after a tugboat went missing off the North Coast of British Columbia Wednesday night. 

Gaspé gardener Damien Allard has set a new Guinness world record with the 29-kilogram turnip he unearthed in November. 

A Haisla woman and her partner are suing Northern Health, two hospitals and health-care staff after their baby girl died. They allege they were not provided proper care and were subjected to racial st...

Warning: This story includes graphic details some readers may find disturbing. The man responsible for killing 22 people in rural Nova Scotia attacked his spouse when she was in bed and fired several ...

A one-year-old boy who was killed during a standoff between police and a man in Kawartha Lakes last November was shot by police, Ontario's Special Investigations Unit confirmed Thursday. ...

The federal government has approved Air Canada’s purchase of competing airline Transat A.T. Inc. under a series of strict terms and conditions the government says “are in the interest of Canadians...

The chief electoral officer of Newfoundland and Labrador has postponed voting on Saturday for 18 districts in the province because COVID-19 cases have caused "considerable operational impacts." ...

Manitoba has made a deal to buy two million doses of a Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine on the condition it gets approved for use in the country and is delivered by the end of the year.

As vaccines roll out, advocates for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities worry they're falling through the cracks for access — even though they can be higher risk for disease, due...