Demand for travel and airport staff shortages are causing long line-ups, says travel insurance broker Martin Firestone. His advice: go early, be patient, be kind.
With only a test dummy aboard, Boeing's Starliner capsule undocked from the International Space Station for its return to Earth. (May 25)
A gunman stormed into an elementary school Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two teachers. An expert at Johns Hopkins University argues gun legislation is key in preventing mass shootings. (May 25)
LAVAL, Que. — Conservative leadership hopefuls are squaring off — in French — in the second official debate of the race, which is being held in Laval, Que. Here are the latest developments. All times eastern: 9:50 p.m. Former Quebec premier Jean Charest says Conservative party members need to pick someone who can unite the party and country, not someone who talks about Bitcoin and attacking the Bank of Canada governor. In his final two-minute segment in the French-language leadership debate, Cha
An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 18 children as he went from classroom to classroom, officials said. The assailant was killed by law enforcement.(May 24)
Canada Soccer is paying Iran's soccer federation $400,000 to play a controversial exhibition game next month in Vancouver, according to the head of Iran's national team. The team's director, Hamed Estili, told Iranian state-affiliated media outlet Tasnim that for the first time in 22 years, Iran's soccer federation will make a profit off a friendly match. Canada Soccer did not confirm or deny the quoted sum or answer CBC News's questions about where the money is coming from. The organization did
A major housing project on unceded Squamish territory took another step forward Wednesday as the City of Vancouver agreed to allow developers access to critical infrastructure, such as sewage and transportation. The Squamish First Nation's Sen̓áḵw housing development will be built on 11 acres of land at the foot of the Burrard Street Bridge in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood, and will be home to 6,000 residential units. Squamish spokesperson SxwÃxwtn (Wilson Williams) says the project will g
Director Deborah Chow is keeping her lips sealed when it comes to the actions of iconic villain Darth Vader in new TV series, "Obi-Wan Kenobi." (May 25)
The non-governmental organization Open Arms rescued 110 migrants during a rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunisia's coast. (May 26)
Boeing's crew taxi returned to Earth from the International Space Station, completing a repeat test flight before NASA astronauts climb aboard. (May 25)
The Hamlet of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, is starting to deal with the big loss of the community's youth centre, after it burned to the ground Monday. "It was an extremely important facility in the community," said Jim MacEachern, the hamlet's chief administrative officer. The youth centre was housed in one of the oldest buildings in Cambridge Bay, which first housed the Ministry of Transport offices and residences in the 1950s. In 2018, the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program invested $120,
In rural southeast Ottawa and communities right next door, work is underway at many farms and homes to clean up the extensive damage wrought by Saturday's devastating derecho storm front, and the investigation continues into whether any tornadoes touched down. Wyatt McWilliams was splitting wood on his horse and cattle farm in the rural Ottawa community of Navan on Saturday when his wife came outside to tell him about the severe thunderstorm warning alert broadcast on phones throughout the regio
Researchers in Alaska are developing an autonomous drone that can measure carbon dioxide levels in oceans, which are absorbing increasing amounts of carbon dioxide. The process known as ocean acidification threatens many marine species. (May 25)
Shareholders backed Shell's climate strategy in a meeting on Tuesday that was disrupted by dozens of climate protesters, while a climate activist proposal from the Follow This group received fewer votes than last year. It followed a Dutch court ruling in May 2021, telling the company to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in absolute terms by 45% by 2030 across the entire lifecycle of its hydrocarbons. Shell aims to cut to net zero by 2050 all greenhouse gas emissions, including those from burning fuel and from products it sells.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cancelled plans to attend a Liberal party fundraising dinner in Surrey on Tuesday evening as a result of safety concerns over a large gathering of protesters outside the event. Protesters allegedly harassed and hurled racial slurs at attendees and volunteers, many of whom were South Asian, according to Surrey Centre MP Randeep Sarai. The fundraiser was being held at Aria banquet hall. Sarai says that a group of protesters were stationed outside the front gates of th
Extensive storm clean-up continues, with at least ten fatalities reported after Saturday's devastating storms.
Two men and a five-year-old boy were standing in knee-high water, surrounded by thick fog and just minutes from being overwhelmed by the rising tide when they were rescued Sunday. It was one of two serious calls received by the Musquash Fire Department over the May long weekend, including one on Saturday when a man fell out of his boat and died. Wayne Pollock, fire chief of Musquash Fire Rescue, said the two events are a reminder that the picturesque Musquash watershed can be dangerous if people
Surgeon: Johnny Depp's severed finger story has flaws; Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band to tour in US, Europe; Actor Angela Lansbury to receive a special Tony Award. (May 24)
CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) — Jill Biden and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy welcomed the delivery Wednesday of a second shipment of tens of thousands of pounds of baby formula that the Biden administration is importing from Europe to ease critical supply shortages in the U.S. The first lady and the nation's doctor each sought to empathize with anxious parents nationwide who have been scrambling to find enough formula for their children. Both said President Joe Biden and his team understand what parents ar
Nunavut's Information and Privacy Commissioner says the Government of Nunavut (GN)'s access to information system isn't working. Graham Steele tabled his office's annual report in the Legislature on Wednesday, as MLAs returned to the House to begin the spring sitting. "The GN is in a rut when it comes to information," Steele told CBC News in an interview. "The existing system doesn't really work like it should. But it works just well enough that GN leaders, ministers and deputy ministers, can ig
Residents and crews in the Ottawa-Gatineau region worked to clean up the damage from Saturday's devastating wind storm, as city officials warned Tuesday the effort is expected to take weeks.
