Leaders of the United States, South Korea, Japan and allied countries convened an emergency meeting during an Asian summit on Friday and condemned North Korea’s firing of a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile, calling for a united response. The missile, which landed just 200 kilometres off Japan, was capable of reaching the mainland United States, Japanese …

It’s the exhaustion on parents’ faces that hits you first. CBC News got exclusive access to the emergency department and ICU at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, Canada’s largest pediatric medical centre, as it and other hospitals across the country grapple with what one doctor called “a perfect storm” of …

Families of Jack James High School students are speaking out against the proposal to relocate Louise Dean Centre — a Calgary program for pregnant teens and young moms — to the school in Forest Lawn. Hejdi Hodson, mother of a Grade 10 student at Jack James High School, says parents …

A B.C. judge has found a Chilliwack pastor “liable” for holding a worship service in breach of the province’s old COVID-19 orders — but a conviction for a $2,300 ticket won’t be entered until the court has considered a constitutional challenge.  In a decision with implications for a number of similar …

The Liberal government’s long-promised Indo-Pacific strategy will include new investments to strengthen the role the Canadian Armed Forces plays in the region, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday in Thailand. “This will support our allies, Japan and South Korea, and all of us in the Pacific,” Trudeau said Friday as …

It’s been nearly two weeks since Canada’s team of negotiators arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for COP27, the UN climate change conference. Now, as delegates enter the final stretch of negotiations over various texts and communiques, what has Canada achieved during the conference? This was dubbed the “African COP” and has become …

In a reversal, alcoholic beer will not be sold at Qatar’s World Cup stadiums, world soccer governing body FIFA said in a statement on Friday. The announcement comes two days before Sunday’s kickoff of the World Cup, the first to be held in a conservative Muslim country with strict controls …

This week’s snowfall has southern Ontario’s skiers and snowboarders getting ready for a new season and experts say this could be a banner year on the province’s slopes. Paul Pinchbeck, president and CEO of the Canadian Ski Council (CSC), says he expects an exceptional season after the last three were disrupted by the …

An Edmonton family physician has been sentenced to four years in prison for a crime described as the largest billing fraud by a doctor in Alberta history. In 2016, Dr. Yifei Shi billed Alberta Health for a total of $1,388,862. According to an agreed statement of facts entered in Court of King’s …

Shea Kearns said he feels lucky to be alive after he crashed his truck during a snowstorm in Kelowna, B.C., last week and had it blow up just moments after he got out. In particular, Kearns is thankful for the actions of fellow motorist Jennifer Kerr, who stopped to help …