Navy Capt. William (Bill) Wilson enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy in 1942, serving aboard HMCS Ottawa as a seaman gunner during the latter stages of the Battle of the Atlantic and taking part in the D-Day landings at Normandy.

More than 30 evacuation orders are in place across British Columbia, where more than 100 wildfires continue to burn.

A Winnipeg man who self-identified as being "extremely racist" in posts he made on social media has pleaded guilty to advocating genocide and wilfully promoting hatred against Muslims and Jews.

Reports of a person and dog in the river came in at 11:50 a.m. CST on Friday, said Saskatoon fire chief Doug Wegren.

A crowd of people attended one of several gatherings Thursday evening for Parker, the 11-year-old Calgary boy who went missing earlier this month and was confirmed dead earlier that day.

The federal government has approved the Crawford Nickel Project in Northern Ontario saying the mine will draw in $5 billion in investment and create 5,000 jobs during its construction and another 1,300 jobs for operation.

A sprawling expansion of a massive thermal coal mine near Hinton, Alta., has been approved by Alberta’s provincial regulator, clearing the way for the operator to extend the life of the project well into the next decade.

Early on July 12, Robby Gaudet was hanging out in a public park across from the homeless shelter where he was staying. The next thing he knew he was shot four times. The shooting has highlighted the vulnerability of unhoused people who spend most of ...

Craig Pardy, Newfoundland and Labrador’s finance minister and chair of the Conception Bay North Response and Recovery Committee, says almost a year after the devastating Kingston wildfire there is hope amongst residents they’ll get back to the pl...

Canada topped a pair of judo podiums and Damian Warner added a decathlon silver as part of an eight-medal haul Friday at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

Wildfires in the Northwest Territories are so out of control, it's stopping construction on a major infrastructure project from starting — at least according to the federal government.

The Superior Court of Quebec has granted Health Canada a permanent injunction against Canlab Research to prevent the company from selling unauthorized injectable peptides in Canada.

A new locking system was supposed to make 381 Bagot St. safer, but after months of delays residents are still waiting for it. Meanwhile, the troubled social housing highrise continues to rack up more police calls than any other residential address in...

In a statement sent to CBC News, her family thanked everyone who had supported them, including through financial donations, which they said were used to cover travel costs with the remainder going to local search and rescue teams who supported police...

First Nations leaders and opposition politicians brought their calls for a public inquiry into Ontario's province’s wildfire response to Queen’s Park. Progressive Conservative cabinet ministers have defended their government’s efforts to fight ...

Gurpreet Singh, a Toronto man investigated for potential involvement in a murder plot targeting a senior jail officer — and facing extradition to the U.S. on charges linked to alleged cocaine kingpin Ryan Wedding — has far-reaching criminal ties ...

Canada's premiers are calling for more clarity from the federal government around the future of the RCMP and to start negotiations as soon as possible with those who plan on keeping the Mounties as their boots-on-the-ground police force.

About 1,876 people from northwestern Ontario remain under evacuation due to wildfires in the region as of Friday afternoon, according to a spokesperson for the province's minister of emergency preparedness and response. Here's what we know about how ...

The Gordie Howe International Bridge officially opened to traffic on Monday, but trucks continue to crowd Huron Church Road. Industry leader says it will be a while before traffic patterns change.