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CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada is returning for a 90th season this fall after all. But instead of six-plus months of NHL action, the longest-running sports program in the world will air eight prime time Professional Women’s Hockey League games on Saturday nights, the CBC announced Monday morning.

The increased toxicity of the illicit drug supply has prompted public warnings in the north-central B.C. city.

After approval through a NASA and CSA selection process, the food company based in Gull Lake will be supplying jerky for the four-person mission with a launch date of Oct. 1.

The Tatamagouche Centre in Nova Scotia is being returned to Wabanaki women by the United Church of Canada, as part of its commitment to reconciliation.

Some plastic surgeons in Canada and elsewhere say they're seeing more people coming in for consultations with AI-modified images of themselves, seeking cosmetic procedures that work that will mirror AI-generated outcomes that may not even be achievable.

First Nation leaders in northern Ontario are calling for the launch of an Indigenous-led search-and-rescue pilot program after five missing people were found dead in Thunder Bay this spring. Three of them were members of Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities. At their annual Keewaywin Conference, chiefs voted in favour of a NAN search-and-rescue pilot project. Here's what that could look like.

Research shows alcohol causes more harm overall than any other drug in Canada. Some doctors and other advocates say people struggling with alcohol aren’t getting treatment options that are backed by science.

The union representing Air Canada pilots says it is concerned about what it calls a "retaliatory and anti-labour" action by Scandinavian Airlines — which is currently run by Air Canada's next CEO.

Former defence chief Wayne Eyre considered quitting "several times" as he battled the Trudeau government over military misconduct, defence spending and support for Ukraine. His candid memoir recounts political clashes, frustration with Ottawa's "inability to make decisions at the speed of war."

The federal government says the purpose of Bill C-39 is to make project decisions in one year. But tucked inside are a dizzying array of more than 300 clauses that amend more than a dozen separate pieces of federal legislation, including laws to protect species at risk, water quality and fisheries.

Parks Canada says staff have killed a coyote in the MacIntosh Brook area of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park, but it’s not clear if the coyote is the same one that bit a camper earlier this week, triggering temporary closures in some areas of the park.

One day after a helicopter crash in Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Que., that killed four people, tributes are pouring in for the victims.

The memory of the late Gord Downie was in sharp focus as the Kingston alt-rock band the Tragically Hip were among four musical acts inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame at a star-studded gala held at Toronto's Massey Hall on Saturday night.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pitching a plan to cut federal taxes on diesel fuel and help ensure Canada has affordable supplies of the fuel in the future.

Albertans are divided over immigration but attitudes are “softening,” while nearly half still don’t know which way they’ll vote on the nine non-separation questions in the Oct. 19 referendum, a new poll commissioned by CBC News suggests.

Two thirds of Albertans who filled out a survey on highway speed limits last year said they supported increasing the speed limit on rural divided highways to 120 km/h, but the results show older drivers were less likely than younger ones to support the idea.

A Vancouver-based company has figured out a way to grow and harvest mycelium — the hidden, underground root-like networks of fungus that give rise to mushrooms. The result is a food product that can add bulk to meat products.

When Canada's premiers met in Prince Edward Island back in July, leaders from the Maritime provinces had power on their minds — just not the political kind.

To avoid triggering massive U.S. price cuts, pharmaceutical companies now incentivized to protect their larger U.S. profits by raising prices elsewhere, drug policy experts say.

The pawpaw fruit tastes of banana, mango and pineapple and was once abundant across parts of North America, but it can still be found growing wild and in some orchards.