One of the most famous portraits of Winston Churchill is missing from the Château Laurier’s Reading Lounge after apparently being replaced with a copy, but exactly how long ago it disappeared is a mystery. A staff member at the storied downtown Ottawa hotel, just steps from Parliament Hill, discovered on Friday night that …

As Hibba Asim and her friends were on their way Saturday evening to The Lights Festival — which was advertised by its U.S.-based organizer as taking place in the Toronto area — the 16-year-old said she was imagining a scene out of the Disney movie Tangled. “All the lanterns go up, and it …

Red Deer RCMP and Community Peace Officers are beginning to enforce an updated city bylaw tackling excessive vehicle noise with the help of new decibel readers. The city approved a change to the Community Standards Bylaw in May, which sets excessive noise levels for vehicles at idle at 92 decibels …

This First Person column is written by Karli Jahn, a master’s student at Athabasca University who is writing her thesis on weight stigma in counselling interventions. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. “Are you sure you have an eating disorder?” the doctor asked me. …

An elder statesman of Canada’s conservative movement is offering a vivid warning about how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals might attack Pierre Poilievre if he wins the Conservative leadership. In an email sent to Conservative leadership campaigns and senior Conservatives earlier this month, former Reform Party leader Preston Manning …

‘It’s a huge, huge riding,’ says Nipissing University political scientist David Tabachnik of the proposed Kiiwetinoong—Mushkegowuk riding. (Submitted by the Federal Electoral Boundary Commission) A proposal to redraw Ontario’s federal electoral map would amount to a “kick in the teeth” for northern Ontario if no changes are made following public …

While a proposed wind-energy project for Newfoundland’s west coast hit a speed bump earlier in August, a flock of global leaders, from politicians to international CEOs, is in Stephenville on Tuesday to sign a hydrogen deal between Canada and Germany.  The project, put together by umbrella company World Energy GH2, needs more details and …

An environmental group is sounding the alarm about the city’s main sewage and stormwater system after finding trash like condoms, sanitary wipes and tampons floating in Toronto harbour last month. Mark Mattson,  an environmental lawyer and the founder of Swim Drink Fish — a volunteer group working to create swimmable, drinkable, and fishable water for everyone — told CBC …

More than 20 per cent of Albertans say they are struggling to put food on the table, according to data analyzed in a University of Toronto (U of T) report released earlier this month. That is the highest percentage out of all the provinces. Researchers found that about 5.8 million people …

The B.C. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday from a group of B.C. single mothers who are challenging the province’s legal aid system. The case, launched in 2017 by the Single Mothers Alliance, argues the province’s legal aid funding for women fleeing abuse is inadequate, and puts them further at risk. A judge …