Canadian News
Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:00:00 EDTIs it time Quebec's police watchdog make its reports public — like the rest of Canada?
Quebec’s police watchdog is the only police oversight body in Canada whose final reports are not made public. Some advocates and families who have lost loved ones following police interventions say that needs to change.
Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:00:00 EDT'Major shock': Canadians grapple with loss of CBC's Hockey Night in Canada tradition
Canadians are grappling with the loss of a cultural touchstone after CBC announced Tuesday its Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts have come to an end.
Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:00:00 EDTStudents from 2 Canadian schools published Holocaust denial quotes in their yearbooks. Why it went unnoticed
Graduating students at two Canadian high schools submitted Holocaust denial quotes in their yearbooks this spring — and the quotes were even published before the schools took action.
Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:00:00 EDTCompanies question cost of AI as tokenmaxxing spending adds up
Prominent tech businesses pushing to use AI intensively have been stung by sky high AI costs, especially for agentic chain-of-thought purposes. Now, they're looking at getting beyond experimentation to tokenomics: really breaking down the return on i...
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:35:17 EDTHundreds of families return home after crews bring West Kelowna, B.C., wildfire under control
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:01:43 EDTParliamentary committee recommends against MAID expansion for mental illness
A special parliamentary committee will recommend that the federal government indefinitely pause the expansion of medical assistance in dying for people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness, CBC News has confirmed.
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:19:55 EDTTown cancels parade, citing 'overwhelming' harassment after pro-Alberta float disallowed
A central Alberta town won't host its annual parade this year after organizers said a decision to disallow a pro-Alberta float led to a barrage of "online criticism, personal attacks, harassment, and abusive messages."
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:04:39 EDTAlberta judge dismisses bid to stall closure of supervised drug sites
A judge has dismissed a last-ditch legal effort to temporarily halt the closures of supervised consumption sites in Calgary and Lethbridge, citing a similar effort to stall another shuttered site.
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:47:04 EDTCriminality not suspected after 12 kids sent to hospital in electrical incident at B.C. water park
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:06:11 EDTExtreme weather part of 400% hike in Alberta home insurance premiums over 20 years: StatsCan
New data from Statistics Canada suggests homeowners' insurance in Alberta increased nearly five times in a 20-year period — the highest increase of any province.
Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:00:11 EDT'Who's paying for this?': Toronto police believe youth hired for gun crimes such as U.S. consulate shooting
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:00:00 EDT'10 years of no water': Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T., father waits for needed home repairs as daughter recovers from surgery
Chris Dryneck says the deteriorating conditions of his Behchokǫ̀ home need repair, due to worsening issues and the pressing situation of his daughter recovering from a spinal surgery. Dryneck says with his 14 year-old daughter being disabled and hi...
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:27:23 EDTNew Royal Canadian Navy boss says service must grow by up to 40%
The Royal Canadian Navy's sweeping modernization plans hinge on a challenge that can't be solved in a shipyard. Vice-Admiral Dan Charlebois says the service must grow by as much as 40 per cent to crew a new fleet of destroyers, submarines and support...
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:13:14 EDT37-year-old convicted in 2006 Sask. fatal stabbing receives maximum youth sentence of 7 years
The now-37-year-old was sentenced to four years in custody followed by three years of supervision.
Sun, 09 Nov 2025 04:00:00 ESTNDP wants minister to explain why citizenship certificates were abruptly suspended
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:12:52 EDTToronto man to plead guilty to conspiring to smuggle cocaine for drug network allegedly tied to Ryan Wedding
A Toronto man arrested for his role in conspiring to smuggle cocaine for a drug network allegedly tied to former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding has taken a plea deal in the U.S.
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:33:30 EDTCanada's Max Crépeau doing his part as goalkeepers coming up big in World Cup
In the early days of this tournament, goalkeepers have found themselves the subject of hotter attention, the 18-yard box a proving ground more than a sanctuary.
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:25:12 EDTParole board rejects former Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard's bid for full parole
The Parole Board of Canada rejected Jacob Hoggard's bid for full parole this month because it found the former Hedley frontman, now convicted sexual offender, requires professional supervision.
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:33:26 EDTChild's suspected drowning death in Medicine Hat, Alta., prompts citywide pool shutdowns
An 11-year-old child has died of a suspected drowning during a field trip to a regional park near Medicine Hat, Alta., on Monday. That led to a shutdown of pools across the city the following day.
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:07:05 EDTCBC will no longer air NHL games in 'end of an era' as broadcast deal expires
CBC will no longer broadcast NHL hockey games after it and national rights-holder Rogers Sportsnet were unable to come to agreement on a new sublicensing deal that would have allowed the public broadcaster to air games on its Saturday program Hockey ...