The RCMP in Saskatchewan is putting psychiatric nurses in its emergency call centre as part of a one-year pilot project to better help people in mental distress, as well as the frontline officers who ...

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at two youngsters who raised money to plant trees in the Brazilian rainforest and what you can do to make your home cooler in extreme heat. ...

Public health measures to halt the spread of COVID-19 also stopped other respiratory viruses in their tracks — and now kids' immune systems aren't used to them.

A ground-penetrating radar specialist, along with Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc leaders, on Thursday presented the findings of their report into the discovery at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, s...

A B.C. region where thousands of people have been forced out of their homes or told to prepare to leave at a moment's notice is calling on the province to declare a statement of emergency. ...

The survivors shared painful, graphic stories of their time at the St. Philip's Indian Residential School in Kamsack, Sask.

More than 1,500 properties in B.C. remain under evacuation order due to wildfires raging nearby, with thousands more on standby to leave their homes at a moment's notice.

A new risk assessment on the consequences of a potential oil spill in the Rankin Inlet region shows that a disaster of that sort could cost more than $9 billion if no intervention is made after five y...

The price of the average Canadian home that sold in June was $679,000, an increase of 25 per cent in the past year. While sales have risen sharply, too, both figures were lower last month than the mo...

The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute has concluded that the spread of chronic wasting disease over the last decade threatens Western Canada's agriculture, wildlife and food security. ...

People in B.C. who use toxic illicit drugs and are at risk of overdosing or dying will soon be able to access alternative drugs, the minister of mental health and addictions announced Thursday. ...

A wildfire in Lytton, B.C., during historically high temperatures points to a serious need to prevent similar occurrences, says the chairwoman of the Transportation Safety Board. The TSB is investigat...

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney reiterated his government's pledge to hold a referendum on equalization payments, an issue the province has no power to unilaterally change.

Baitul Kareem Mosque in Cambridge, Ont., is facing extensive damages worth tens of thousands of dollars, including stolen property, as a result of vandalism, according to a statement by the Ahmadiyya ...

The sign, hung Wednesday along with a pair of shoes on the bridge over the South Saskatchewan River near Muskoday First Nation, was blatantly racist, says the community's chief.

Elders from the Cote First Nation in Saskatchewan have succeeded in getting a plaque removed from the property of St. Philip's Roman Catholic Church in Kamsack that they say was donated by a music tea...

Ontario government officials are considering the pros and cons of requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for health-care workplaces, CBC News has learned.

The head of the World Health Organization says he's hoping for better co-operation and access to data from China in the search for the origins of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Even as inflation uncertainty remains, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem steers to a midway point between pumping up the economy and letting out a little air, as a pronounced slowdown in housing re...

While the Prime Minister's Office insists that the recent series of government announcements is merely business as usual, the major parties appear to be in full pre-election mode as their leaders fa...