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Halifax airport reopens runway after fiery weekend landing
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:31:13 EST
Plane on the ground, leaning on one side as officials stand around it.


Wait for answers continues 1 year after 19-year-old fatally shot by Winnipeg police
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 06:00:00 EST
A man smiling.

Manitoba’s Nigerian community is keeping the memory of an international student fatally shot by police close this week, but as the first anniversary of his death approaches, they are also eager for answers that have yet to come. 


South Korea orders air safety probe after worst crash in country kills 179
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:26:16 EST
Two women sitting in chairs cry and hug eachother.


For some Canadian students, music class also means turntables and MIDI controllers
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST
A male student wearing headphones leans over a mixing board and turntables as he looks into a laptop off-screen, while another male student to the left looks on.

Step into a music class today and you might just find laptops, turntables and MIDI controllers alongside the clarinets, recorders or violins most people expect to see. From elementary school through post-secondary, some teachers are expanding the definition of music education and encouraging more students to try music-making. 


The biggest takeaways from Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man trailer
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 11:54:31 EST
A cartoon version of Spider-Man is pictured slinging on a web.

Disney+ has released a trailer for its new animated series, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. We break down what viewers can expect from the show and how this origin story differs from the Marvel Cinematic Universe's take on the web-slinging hero.


Brazen car thefts, new loopholes: These are some of the top auto-theft stories of 2024
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST
Recovered stolen cars during a Toronto Police Service press conference in Toronto, Ontario on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.

Auto thefts continue to dominate headlines as governments, police forces and regular citizens alike scramble to figure out how to put a stop to the problem. Here's a look at some of the most-read auto theft stories from CBC Toronto in 2024 — from brazen thefts to the vulnerabilities thieves are still taking advantage of:


Festive dog walk draws hundreds in support of flood-hit animal shelters
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 09:51:54 EST
festive dog walk madrid

Hundreds of people and their pooches in Madrid showed up as part of the city's annual Sanperrestre dog walk on Monday. The event raised money for animal shelters affected by the deadly floods in Valencia, Spain, in October.


Jimmy Carter remembered for 'compassion and moral clarity' as ex-U.S. president mourned
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:32:32 EST
A couple kiss


Meet the 17-year-old Quebec painter taking her work international
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST
A teen smiles, standing in front of several abstract paintings hung on the wall.

Mégane Fortin’s passion for painting started when she was just five years old. More than 10 years later, she’s selling her paintings to buyers across the world and participating in international art fairs.


WHO chief calls for end to hospital attacks in Gaza after deadly Israeli strike
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 07:28:57 EST
People inspect a damaged building.

The head of the World Health Organization on Monday called for an end to attacks on hospitals in Gaza after Israel struck one and raided another in the past few days.


I survived Stage 3 cancer. I was surprised to find myself struggling with my mental health after it
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST
An older woman sits on blocks with four young kids.

It's been six years since Elizabeth Barnes' diagnosis of breast cancer — around the same time her brother was diganosed. In this First Person column, she writes about trying to cope with the trauma of the treatment and his death.


1st-time Brandon homeowner says little homes could be a big thing in Manitoba
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 06:00:00 EST
A woman sits with her dog.

A "pocket neighbourhood" in Brandon, Man., aims to make home ownership affordable in the city, wiht 21 houses, all under 920 square feet.


Selling Churchill: N.L. spending $300K in ad blitz to sell new power deal
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 04:30:00 EST
A man wearing a suit and tie listening to a headset. He is seated in front of the Newfoundland and Labrador flag.

Within hours of the Churchill Falls announcement earlier this month, the Newfoundland and Labrador government launched a media blitz to win residents over to the tentative deal.


Taliban to close all NGOs employing Afghan women
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 06:14:47 EST
People stand next to bags of food aid inside a gymnasium.

The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women. It comes two years after they told NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, allegedly because they didn't wear the Islamic headscarf correctly.


Have you spotted this 6-foot-tall duck wandering Montreal's streets?
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST
Lewis Mallard dressed in his duck costume with orange shoes and leggings stands on a Montreal sidewalk.

Lewis Mallard has been taking his performance art into different parts of the city — and it’s catching people’s attention.


Atlantic Liberal caucus calls for Trudeau to step down as leader
Sun, 23 Jun 2024 11:35:59 EDT
A man is seen through a glass window holding a microphone and speaking at a podium.


Toronto man creates tiny mobile homes to help unhoused people escape the cold
Sat, 28 Dec 2024 17:23:04 EST
A man stands in front of a small white mobile home.

Tired of watching people sleeping outside in the cold, a Toronto man is building tiny mobile homes attached to bicycles to give temporary relief to those who are unhoused


Canada edges Germany to get back into win column at world juniors
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 22:25:06 EST
Two hockey players celebrate together.

Canada got back in the win column at the world junior hockey championship. It wasn't pretty. Oliver Bonk, Caden Price and Mathieu Cataford, into the empty net, scored as the wobbly host country picked up an unconvincing 3-0 victory over Germany on Sunday.


RCMP asks for help handling troubling number of kids radicalizing online
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST
A teenage girl uses her phone in Sydney, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024.

When RCMP Supt. Jean-Guy Isaya first started as a police officer 20 years ago, school outreach involved drug safety programs. Now the Mountie says there’s a growing need to teach counter-radicalization. It’s why the RCMP, along with its Five Eyes allies, put out a report earlier this month warning about the rising prominence of young people drawn to support terrorism.


Shopping on Sundays was illegal until this Calgary drug mart fought a $40 fine to the Supreme Court
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:00:00 EST
A collage is pictured. There are two people, a historic still and a piece of paper with some writing on it.

Nearly 40 years ago, Calgary’s Big M Drug Mart challenged the Lord’s Day Act, sparking a Supreme Court case that redefined religious freedom and paved the way for Sunday shopping in Canada.