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Mark Carney wants to be Liberal leader. Can he be PM without being an MP?

Under Canada’s Westminster parliamentary system, Canadians do not actually vote for prime ministers the way Americans vote for presidents.

2025-01-16T21:13:27Z

Mike Pence to Trump: cutting Taiwan support would ‘likely spark a new nuclear arms race’

Mike Pence called on Donald Trump’s incoming administration to maintain support for Taiwan against the threat of Chinese annexation during a surprise visit to the capital, Taipei, on Friday. On the eve of Trump’s inauguration for his second term as president, his estranged former vice-president said withdrawing or reducing support for Taiwan – as Trump has repeatedly indicated he is considering – would endanger global security and “likely spark...

2025-01-17T06:40:05Z

'American Carnage': Looking back at Trump's first inaugural address before his second

Eight years ago, Donald Trump delivered an inaugural address that overshadowed the typical optimism and promises of unity with a dark portrait of national life.

2025-01-17T05:14:46Z

Canada’s privacy watchdog ‘in contact’ with PowerSchool on student data hack

Canada's privacy commissioner is communicating with PowerSchool after its software -- used by schools across North America -- was the subject of a data breach.

2025-01-15T22:27:13Z

French president in Lebanon to meet the country's new leaders and discuss ceasefire with Israel

BEIRUT (AP) — France’s president began a visit to Lebanon Friday, where he will meet the crisis-hit country’s newly elected leaders, as the nation attempts to recover from the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war.

2025-01-17T07:25:02Z

Democratic mayor to sit down with Trump ahead of inauguration

The meeting will be the latest correspondence between the incoming Trump administration and Mayor Eric Adams, who last month met with incoming border czar Tom Homan.

2025-01-17T01:12:04Z

Ontario teen with brain cancer heading to Florida to access treatment unavailable in Canada

A London, Ont., teenager with brain cancer and her family will have to travel to the United States to receive a cutting-edge form of radiation therapy that's not yet available anywhere iCanada.

2025-01-16T16:05:49Z

2 B.C. businesses get a new lease on life as local cafe owners buy Molly's Reach

Molly’s Reach, made popular by CBC television series Beachcombers, which ran from 1972 until 1990, has sat empty since 2023. The owners retired and put the restaurant up for sale, hoping someone would carry on the Molly’s Reach legacy. Now, another local business plans to do just that.

2025-01-16T14:03:13Z

Ex-Woodstock, Ont., mayor found guilty of sexual assault, judge calls him an 'obvious liar'

Former Woodstock mayor Trevor Birtch has been found guilty of two more counts of sexual assault, with the Ontario Superior Court justice saying he "lied frequently and extravagantly."

2025-01-15T16:44:31Z

Border app that became 'a salvation' for migrants to legally enter the US may end

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — A nurse who fled Cuba as part of the Caribbean nation’s largest exodus in more than six decades needed a place to stay in Mexico as she waited to legally enter the U.S. using a government app. A woman who had lived her whole life in the same Tijuana neighborhood was desperate for medical help after a dog attack left her with wounds to her legs.

2025-01-17T06:49:53Z

Who’s in and who’s out of the Liberal leadership race?

Leadership hopefuls have until Jan. 23 to announce their candidacy. But the field for Liberal leadership race seems to be getting narrower.

2025-01-15T21:32:24Z

Team Canada mates no more: How tariff threat put Ford and Smith on divergent tracks

Their firm disagreements on how to deal with Trump's trade ideas are rooted in their backgrounds, and in their backyards.

2025-01-16T23:07:43Z

Fires scorched campuses across Los Angeles. Many schools are seeking places to hold classes

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Days after losing her home in the same fire that destroyed her Los Angeles elementary school, third-grader Gabriela Chevez-Muñoz resumed classes this week at another campus temporarily hosting children from her school. She arrived wearing a t-shirt that read “Pali” — the nickname for her Pacific Palisades neighborhood — as signs and balloons of dolphins, her school’s mascot, welcomed hundreds of displaced students.

2025-01-17T05:10:16Z

2nd person arrested, more charges laid in $70K Taylor Swift ticket scam

Toronto police say they have arrested a second person and laid more charges in a Taylor Swift ticket scam that cost fans nearly $70,000. A 56-year-old man from Burlington has been charged with 19 counts of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, police said in a news release Wednesday.

2025-01-15T20:09:39Z

Israel-Hamas deal back on track, says head of Israel's Shas Party

The hostage deal with Hamas is on, Aryeh Deri, the chairman of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Shas Party who previously served as an observer on the War Cabinet, announced on Thursday night. “A few minutes ago, I received the final word that all obstacles have been overcome and that the agreement is underway,” the Sephardic haredi politician declared in a speech at his party’s annual conference in Jerusalem. “Now they are working on the final technical...

2025-01-16T18:52:02Z

As tiny homes arrive in Hamilton, councillors ask why city bought made-in-China units for $35K each

When City of Hamilton staff agreed to buy 40 tiny homes from a Brantford, Ont., company, they say they didn't know MicroShelters was a new corporation that would go through an American company to order the tiny homes from China.

2025-01-17T01:48:45Z

Sask. agriculture producers urge strict monitoring after approval of $8.2B acquisition of Viterra

The Canadian government approved Bunge Ltd.'s purchase of Viterra Ltd, which is a grain-handling business with more more than 80 facilities across the country.

2025-01-15T20:06:02Z

Ontario set to deploy waterbomber planes from Dryden, Ont., to California

Ontario is expected to deploy two waterbomber planes from Dryden, Ont., on Thursday to help battle against the devastating wildfires burning in California. The provincial government announced last week it would be sending a number of resources to California, including supplies and personnel.

2025-01-16T19:00:54Z

See the Wolf Moon and Mars pull off a rare vanishing act tonight

Watch closely! Tonight's Full Moon is set to make Mars vanish from sight!

2025-01-09T20:46:36Z

OHL's Bulldogs won't return to Hamilton, new owners sign 15-year-deal in Brantford, Ont.

The new owners of the Brantford Bulldogs signed a memorandum of understanding to play at a proposed Brantford, Ont., sports complex, with options to renew the agreement for up to 40 years.

2025-01-16T12:59:39Z

Fetterman was elected to challenge convention. Now, he's challenging his fellow Democrats

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — When Democrat John Fetterman got elected to Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat, many backers hoped he'd challenge convention and the status quo.

2025-01-17T05:49:51Z

‘Everyone thought it would cause gridlock’: the highway that Seoul turned into a stream

On a crisp December morning, office workers and tourists stroll along a tree-lined stream in central Seoul, pausing on stepping stones that cross its flowing waters. It’s difficult to imagine that just over 20 years ago, this was a vast elevated highway carrying 168,000 cars daily through the heart of South Korea’s capital. Cheonggyecheon, a stream that runs for about 3.5 miles (nearly 6km) through Seoul, was one of the earliest experiments in...

2025-01-17T06:09:58Z

Search detects 114 'unmarked burial features' on former McIntosh Indian Residential School property

An investigation has detected 114 "unmarked burial features" on the former property of McIntosh Indian Residential School (IRS) in the Kenora district of northwestern Ontario, the Wiikwogaming Tiinahtiisiiwin Project Team said Thursday.

2025-01-16T20:45:58Z

What lies ahead for South Korea's impeached president as investigators push for his arrest?

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Law enforcement authorities on Friday were seeking to formally arrest impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was spending his third day at a detention center after his lawyers failed in a last-minute attempt to secure his release.

2025-01-17T06:54:51Z

Trudeau says Canada is ready to ensure success of Gaza ceasefire deal

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed the news of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday and said that the focus should now shift toward ensuring a two-state solution.

2025-01-15T22:36:31Z

Smudging space, Indigenous identity built in to new hospital in northern B.C.

The new Fort St. James hospital serves a region that is more than one-third Indigenous, and the building — which replaces a series of trailers built in the 1970s — reflects that.

2025-01-15T12:06:53Z

ICC prosecutor sees 'no real effort' by Israel to probe alleged Gaza war crimes

By Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) - International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan has defended his decision to bring war crimes allegations against Israel's prime minister, saying Israel had made "no real effort" to investigate the allegations itself. In an interview with Reuters, he stood by his decision over the arrest warrant despite a vote last week by the U.S. House of

2025-01-17T08:13:19Z

Man convicted in 1981 murder of Hamilton nursing assistant suddenly drops bid for early parole

Robert Badgerow, who was found guilty of the 1981 sexual assault and murder of a Hamilton nursing assistant after four trials, has suddenly abandoned his bid for early parole. "This was a rare and unexpected turn of events," Crown lawyer Cheryl Gzik told CBC Hamilton, in a case that went before a jury Monday.

2025-01-15T18:54:37Z

Black Hawk helicopters, drones are part of Canada’s new border security plan

There's been an 89 per cent drop in illegal border crossings from Canada into the United States since June 2024, the immigration minister says.

2025-01-15T15:16:51Z

A father at the bedside of his son, a surfer and a woman who stayed behind with her beloved pets are among wildfire victims

An amputee and his son with cerebral palsy were among the 24 deaths in the fires raging around Los Angeles. The father was found at his son’s bedside.

2025-01-11T19:55:11Z

Mark Carney says it's 'no time for politics as usual' as he launches campaign to replace Trudeau

After months of speculation about his future, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney launched his campaign to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader on Thursday with a promise to build the fastest-growing economy in the G7 if he's elected.

2025-01-16T20:42:32Z

Mark Carney to launch bid for the Liberal leadership in Edmonton on Thursday

Mark Carney will launch his candidacy for the Liberal Party leadership at an event in Edmonton on Thursday, according to a notice from Calgary Skyview MP George Chahal.

2025-01-15T13:16:01Z

Chrystia Freeland set to launch Liberal leadership bid Sunday: source

Chrystia Freeland is expected to announce her intentions to run for Liberal party leadership on Friday, with the official launch on Sunday.

2025-01-16T21:38:26Z

Pakistani court sentences ex-PM Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and 7 years in prison in graft case

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced the country’s already-imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail after finding them guilty of corruption, officials and his lawyer said.

2025-01-17T07:54:54Z

Friday briefing: What new research about the limits of the body mass index might tell us about obesity

Good morning. In 2022, a study by The Lancet found that obesity among adults had more than doubled since 1990, and quadrupled among children and adolescents. As these figures continue to rise, experts are increasingly questioning how to better identify, manage and prevent obesity. This week, an international commission of 58 experts called for a “radical overhaul” of the way obesity is diagnosed, raising concerns about the limitations of body...

2025-01-17T06:54:57Z

Environmental, political climates elicit uneasy feelings ahead of 2028 Olympics in L.A.

As CBC Sports senior contributor Morgan Campbell writes, it’s too early to create an exact picture of the environmental and political landscapes we’ll inhabit four years from now, but recent developments can potentially leave you feeling uneasy.

2025-01-16T13:29:47Z

China says population fell for third year in a row in 2024

China said on Friday its population fell for the third year running in 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country faces a rapidly ageing population and persistently low birth rates. Once the world's most populous country, China was overtaken by India in 2023, with Beijing seeking to boost falling birth rates through subsidies and pro-fertility propaganda.

2025-01-17T07:02:45Z

Canadian relative of October 7 hostage holds breath as ceasefire deal nears

Maureen Leshem is a Canadian cousin of Romi Gonen, an Israeli woman kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 while attending the Nova Music Festival who could be one of the hostages freed in a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Leshem has advocated for Gonen’s release from captivity in the Gaza Strip since the terror attacks against Israel more than a year ago. In December, she organized a challah bake fundraiser in Toronto to support Gonen’s...

2025-01-16T22:17:12Z

Authorities vow action after cars torched, home vandalized in latest antisemitic attack in Australia

Four vehicles and the former home of a Jewish community leader were defaced in Sydney early Friday, with two cars set alight, in the latest antisemitic attack condemned by Australian authorities, who vowed to “hunt down” the perpetrators.

2025-01-17T05:36:38Z

Kristi Noem, Trump's homeland security pick, faces scrutiny on immigration plans

WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Donald Trump's pick to lead the agency central to his vision of cracking down on illegal immigration, will face senators Friday at confirmation hearing that will be her first chance to lay out her vision for the sprawling Department of Homeland Security.

2025-01-17T05:15:05Z

3 lawyers for the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are jailed by a Russian court

PETUSHKI, Russia (AP) — Three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were jailed Friday in Russia as part of the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent that has reached levels unseen since Soviet times.

2025-01-17T08:09:55Z

Pakistan court sentences ex-PM Imran Khan to 14 years in land graft case, ARY News reports

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment on Friday in a land corruption case, local broadcaster ARY News reported. The verdict in the case, the largest in terms of financial wrongdoing faced by Khan, was delivered by an anti-graft court in a prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where Khan has been jailed since August 2023.

2025-01-17T07:08:13Z

Refugee board refuses to deport alleged senior Iranian official

The decision is the first to go against Ottawa since it vowed to ban senior Iranian regime officials from Canada.

2025-01-15T11:16:38Z

Multi-year droughts are becoming hotter, lasting longer and causing more damage: study

Droughts that stretch on for years at a time are becoming longer and more devastating for ecosystems across the globe, according to a new study.

2025-01-17T01:31:15Z

Walmart updated its logo for the first time in nearly 20 years. The internet has thoughts

The retailer boasted in a news release that the new look reflects its evolution. Walmart applauded its colour palette (true blue and spark yellow), font ("everyday sans") and trademark "spark" symbol, calling the latter "a beacon that guides customers."

2025-01-15T16:44:35Z

Kamala Harris made history as vice president. The rest didn't go as planned

WASHINGTON (AP) — With Donald Trump’s return to the White House only days away, Kamala Harris ' staff packed into her ceremonial office to watch her sign the desk, a tradition performed by her predecessors for decades. Her husband, Doug Emhoff, stood behind her to take a photo as she wielded her Sharpie marker.

2025-01-17T05:49:57Z

PM 'low-key,' 'respectful': B.C. ski resort addresses 'misinformation' over Trudeau vacation

The B.C. ski resort where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holidayed with his family after Christmas says it was "disappointing" to see what it describes as misinformation about the vacation shared widely on social media.

2025-01-16T12:02:07Z

Woman allegedly poisoned baby and posted videos online for donations, police say

A woman in Australia has been charged with poisoning a child and allegedly posting videos of the infant suffering online in order to garner viewers and donations, police said Thursday.

2025-01-16T12:30:42Z

Israel set to approve Gaza ceasefire, hostage deal, Netanyahu's office says

By Andrew Mills, Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie DOHA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli cabinet will meet to give final approval to a deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and release of hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Friday. In Gaza itself, Israeli warplanes kept up intense strikes, and Palestinian authorities said

2025-01-17T07:08:19Z

Residents ordered to evacuate after fire breaks out at a power plant in Central California

People living near a power plant in Central California were ordered to evacuate their homes Thursday night after a fire broke out at the facility, officials said.

2025-01-17T06:26:42Z