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A pair of court decisions released last week by a Nova Scotia Supreme Court justice say that poorly worded legislation is making it tough for the courts to hand down convictions in cases where individuals are accused of distracted driving with a cellphone. She's not the first judge to point this out.

Food Banks Canada says demand is up 6 per cent this March over last year, and nearly double what it was five years ago, with two million visits per month across the country.

The policy sets out a framework on how Parks Canada and Indigenous communities can work together to conserve nature and culture.

Saskatchewan voters who haven't already cast their ballots will be able to do that today, the final day of polling before the province decides which party will form the next government. Keep an eye on this page for CBC Saskatchewan's election coverage.

From swimming in toilets to scurrying through backyards, rats are once again making life miserable for some Ottawa residents — this time, in Old Ottawa East.

Deaf passenger Georgina Villeneuve says she's tired of having to explain to airlines what the rules are around service animals on flights. The Edmonton woman was kicked off a Porter flight last month after the flight attendant didn't know the airline's own rules.

At the height of this year’s tax season, the Canada Revenue Agency discovered that hackers had obtained confidential data used by one of the country’s largest tax preparation firms, H&R Block Canada.

The most recent review of the Ontario government's progress on implementing the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act considered the current state of emergency procedures for people with disabilities an immediate safety threat. But almost a year and a half after receiving the report, the province hasn't updated its emergency protocols. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a recent podcast that he thinks about the angry messages some Canadians send his way and what impacts they — and his job overall —  will have on his children.

The lawsuit was filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court earlier this month on behalf of 11 families — two of whom are Canadian — who say their children suffered physical and mental harms because of social media platforms.

The move comes on top of an ongoing strike on overtime shifts and a three-day strike at two container terminals that ended earlier this month.

Historian Sean Carleton says residential school denialism is a strategy used to twist, misrepresent and distort basic facts about residential schools to shake public confidence in the stories of survivors, and in the process of truth and reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada.

Tim Houston has turned his back on the fixed election date he passed into law in 2021, sending Nova Scotians to the polls in November. The Progressive Conservative leader visited Nova Scotia's lieutenant-governor Sunday to dissolve the House and kick off an election eight months earlier than planned.

Memorial University assistant professor Hilary Corlett has dived into the mystery of the strange white blobs washing up on Newfoundland's shores.

While Mansion Impossible producers persist in pitching the story of the infamous Grant mansion to online platforms and TV networks, vandals continue to trespass on the property to break windows and put graffiti on the walls.

She's met with past donors. She's trying to communicate more. But even supporters admit Gondek faces uphill climb to win back public's approval — if she runs again.

Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal are set to walk off the job for 24 hours starting Sunday morning in a bid to ramp up pressure on management amid a labour standoff.

There are just a few days before votes are counted in Saskatchewan’s 2024 provincial election. Monday is the last day of voting and Elections Saskatchewan says results deciding who will govern the province should be out by midnight.

Canadian Indigenous leaders say U.S. President Joe Biden's apology for his country's residential school system is only the first step toward healing generations of harm.