Crews are heading off the coast of northern B.C. to prevent a 78-year-old shipwreck from leaking oil into the surrounding waters, the Canadian Coast Guard says.  The 77-metre U.S. cargo ship USAT Brigadier General M.G. Zalinski met its unfortunate end in 1946 when it struck a rock near Pitt Island, while transporting …

In the end, Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader, who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and then spent more than a year evading one of the largest and most destructive manhunts in history, may finally have met his demise almost by fluke. As part of a regular military patrol — rather …

Though Bill C-282 has received cross-party federal support in Ottawa, Alberta’s provincial government says it’s not a backer of the Bloc Québécois legislation that aims to prevent Canada’s supply-managed sectors — dairy, poultry and eggs — from being included in future international trade negotiations. In a statement to CBC News on Thursday, Matt …

WARNING: The story contains details of a man burning to death. Muhammad Ahmad Al-Dalu was sleeping in a tent by himself outside of Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip early Monday when he heard the sound of an airstrike right next to him. He stepped out of his tent …

With the B.C. NDP and B.C. Conservatives neck and neck heading into election day on Saturday, there are also a record number of Independent candidates who — if voted in — could hold the balance of power in a minority government scenario.  British Columbians have only elected one Independent MLA in the …

World October’s supermoon is the closest of the year to Earth, and it’s teaming up with a comet for a rare stargazing two-for-one. The supermoon is 355,288 kilometres away Wednesday night, making it seem even bigger and brighter than in August and September. 3rd consecutive supermoon this year is bigger, …

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her plan to “Uber-ize” and replace the province’s online continuing care directory is aimed at making it easier for patients to navigate spaces, and the analogy shouldn’t be taken too far. It comes a day after Smith announced at a continuing care conference she aims …

Former One Direction musician Liam Payne died due to multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding caused by a fall, Argentine prosecutors said on Thursday, revealing the first official results of the singer’s autopsy. Payne, 31, who shot to global fame with boy band One Direction, was found dead Wednesday after …

Challenging and frustrating.  That’s how Mohammad Arfan describes his experience trying to get the answers he needs before sitting down to a meal.  As the face of In2Spices, a YouTube channel he runs with his wife, Sarah, dedicated to profiling halal restaurants, he eats out a lot — and his …

India’s government on Thursday denied it was working with mobsters to target Sikh separatists in Canada as alleged publicly this week by Canadian officials in an escalating diplomatic dispute. India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal denied that India was in cahoots with India-based mobsters in Canada and even suggested that Canadian authorities had been resisting India’s attempts to extradite those people to India. “It is strange that people who we …