Canadian News
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 04:00:00 ESTTaxpayers complain of long waits for the CRA to fix its errors, deliver refunds
The Canada Revenue agency is warning about processing delays for several key services involving Canadians’ tax returns. Some people stuck in the backlog say they’re stressed and desperate for a resolution.
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 04:00:00 ESTNo desks, no strategy: Experts say government's latest return-to-office order ignores reality
With federal public servants mandated to return to the office four days a week this summer, experts and unions are sounding the alarm over a lack of clear strategy or infrastructure to support such a move.
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 18:33:49 ESTAfter 6 decades, Steve's Music to close most locations in Ontario, Quebec
It's been an institution in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal for decades, but soon Steve's Music will be mostly falling silent — save for one store.
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 17:41:52 ESTDoctor, virologist caution against attending large public gatherings if unvaccinated against measles
With the number of measles cases in Manitoba swelling, experts caution those who aren't vaccinated for the disease to stay away from large public gatherings until the outbreak settles down.
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 18:48:50 EST150 vehicles abandoned on Ontario's Highway 402 in weekend blizzard, police say
As parts of Lambton and Middlesex counties dig themselves out of another winter storm, stories of people going above and beyond to help each other are emerging.
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 12:33:26 ESTCanadian figure skater Madeline Schizas gets university assignment extension at Olympics
Canadian figure skater and McMaster University student Madeline Schizas was granted an extension on her sociology assignment one day after going viral with her request on Instagram.
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 18:45:52 ESTOlympic viewing guide: Canadian medal chances on Monday
CBC Sports' daily Olympics newsletter recaps a not-so-super Sunday for Canada at the Milano-Cortina Games and looks ahead to the Canadian medal contenders and other interesting stuff on Day 3.
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 04:00:00 ESTMan behind the Clarity Act has choice words for Alberta separatists and Danielle Smith
Former federal Liberal leader and cabinet minister Stéphane Dion is lambasting the brewing separatist movement in Alberta and demanding Premier Danielle Smith clarify her position and lay out the next steps depending on the outcome of a possible ind...
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 04:00:00 ESTWatch these ice climbers scale Hamilton’s Tiffany Falls
Climbing company Muskoka Mountainworks took a group to Tiffany Falls in Hamilton for the first time last month. Two of the climbers tell CBC Hamilton they've long wanted to scale the frozen waterfall. They say ice climbing has been a great way for th...
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 04:00:00 ESTHow Scholastic became a cultural rite of passage for Canadian kids
For decades, Scholastic has been a fixture in Canadian elementary schools, introducing children to reading while helping fund under-resourced libraries. Despite growing criticism over cost and commercialization, the book fair remains a nostalgic — ...
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:43:18 ESTElly Alboim, former CBC parliamentary bureau chief and political consultant, dead at 78
Elly Alboim, a former CBC parliamentary bureau chief, longtime political consultant and professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, has died at 78, his family tells CBC News.
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 07:00:00 ESTCentral Alberta clinic pioneers ‘first-of-its-kind’ sexual assault care
This ‘first-of-its-kind’ centre in Red Deer, Alta., is diverting over a third of sexual assault cases away from busy hospital emergency rooms, providing patients with a calmer and more private health experience.
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 04:00:00 ESTAcademics pan decision to cut CEGEP education in Quebec's federal prisons
Inmates in Quebec's federal prisons will soon be deprived of post-secondary studies that had been offered for 52 years after Correctional Service Canada decided to slash funding.
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 04:00:00 ESTToronto's young transit enthusiasts 'bamboozled' by Eglinton Crosstown's day 1 speed
It might be a chilly day, but the cold air didn't stop excited Torontonians from piling onto the newly launched trains along Line 5 Sunday. "Line 5, Line 5, Line 5," chants erupted as the first Crosstown riders waited to get onboard at Kennedy Statio...
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 06:00:00 ESTApartment residents say fatal carbon monoxide poisoning of 11-year-old was preventable
A man who lives in a Regina apartment building says the carbon monoxide detector in his unit sounded just hours before another resident, an 11-year-old boy, died.
Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:54:46 ESTToronto man found adrift in Atlantic Ocean pleads guilty to stealing boat
Mohammad Saleh, who was arrested on board a boat drifting east of Sable Island in the Atlantic Ocean last fall, has pleaded guilty to charges of theft and possession of stolen property after a small fishing boat was taken from the small coastal commu...
Sun, 08 Feb 2026 05:00:00 ESTProvincial officials still trying to find way to raise abandoned tidal turbine
Ten months after the Nova Scotia government’s Energy Department took the lead on finding a way to recover an abandoned tidal turbine from the depths of the Bay of Fundy, officials still cannot say when — or if — the device might be removed.
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 04:00:00 ESTFamily by design: Program connects kids with volunteer 'grandmothers'
A new program that links kids with volunteer grandmothers is helping bridge generations in Ottawa.
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 09:44:27 ESTAnger, grief at sentencing of impaired N.S. man who drove 172 km/h before fatal crash
Drake Robert Brown faced sentencing in provincial court in Kentville, N.S., Friday on two counts of impaired driving causing death and one count of impaired driving causing bodily harm for the 2023 crash that killed two passengers, Brayden Lemmon and...
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:00:33 ESTRob Lantz to return as P.E.I.'s premier after winning PC leadership