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CBC | Top Stories News
RSS: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:32:38 EST
- Polygamist leader Samuel Bateman draws 50-year sentence for efforts to coerce women, girls into sex
A polygamist religious leader who claimed more than 20 spiritual 'wives' including 10 underage girls was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Monday for coercing girls as young as nine years old to submit to criminal sex acts with him and other adults, and for scheming to kidnap them from protective custody.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:58:59 EST- Should some rural ERs close permanently if better supports are in place?
Physicians who spoke to CBC wonder whether better supports — including urgent care clinics and advanced paramedic care — could allow some rural ERs to close permanently to remedy chronic, sporadic shutdowns and inconsistent service.
Published: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST- The bright lights in Port de Grave, N.L., mean more than Christmas. They're also about memory and loss
For the 26th year the eastern Newfoundland town of Port de Grave lit up dozens of boats in its harbour, an event that draws people in from all over Newfoundland and Labrador. An organizer says it helps remember those lost at sea.
Published: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 07:04:57 EST- Poilievre's 'Santa Claus' quip trivialized Inuit presence in Arctic, says national Inuit leader
The leader of the national organization representing Inuit says the Conservative leader trivialized Inuit and everyone who lives in the Arctic with a "Santa Claus" social media quip criticizing Ottawa's plans to appoint an Arctic ambassador.
Published: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST- This Canadian is the new world champion of spreadsheets, and he has the belt to prove it
Michael Jarman, a Toronto financial modelling director, has become the undisputed world champion of managing spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:23:18 EST- B.C. announces 9 new wind projects to power equivalent of 500,000 homes
The majority of projects are in the Interior and north and will add about eight per cent to power supply capacity.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 21:43:40 EST
CBC | World News
RSS: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 08:46:43 EST
- Notre-Dame reopens cathedral doors 5 years after devastating fire
Published: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 07:56:46 EST- Caretaker Syrian PM appointed after Israeli airstrikes pound Syrian bases
Published: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 10:44:10 EST- Scores slain in weekend attacks in Haiti's Cité Soleil, observers say
Scores of people were killed over the weekend in Haiti's Cité Soleil area, Haiti's prime minister's office said on Monday, after attacks that the state and two non-governmental groups allege were ordered by a gang leader.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 19:02:03 EST- Body of missing grandmother recovered from Pennsylvania sinkhole
A Pennsylvania coroner's office said Friday that investigators believe they have located the body of a woman who was last seen four days earlier near a sinkhole above a shuttered coal mine.
Published: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:24:41 EST- In Syria, a ruthless dictator is under siege. Will anyone step up to save him?
Published: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 20:04:24 EST- 'Unspeakable carnage': UN, government condemn killing of 184 Haitians in gangland massacre
A gang leader who controls a key port in Haiti's capital is accused of massacring older people and Vodou religious leaders in his community to avenge his son's death, according to the government and human rights organizations that estimate more than 100 were killed.
Published: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 07:29:59 EST
CBC | Business News
RSS: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 08:38:28 EST
- Oil prices lift slightly after Assad's ouster in Syria
Investors took geopolitical tumult in their stride on Monday, leaving oil and gold modestly higher while the U.S. dollar edged up ahead of inflation data this week that could cement a December rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 12:07:23 EST- He thought his car's crash-prevention technology would make him safer. Now he no longer trusts it
Last month, CBC News reported on a Quebec man who blamed the lane-centring technology in his car for causing an accident. Following the story, CBC received more than two dozen emails reporting similar concerns, including one about repeated braking issues out of Ontario.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST- Jobless rate reaches 6.8% in November, highest since 2017, excluding pandemic
Canada's unemployment rate jumped to 6.8 per cent last month as more people looked for work in a weak job market, shifting expectations toward a jumbo interest rate cut next week.
Published: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 09:18:07 EST- One easy way to offset the damage of Trump's tariffs
Donald Trump's proposed tariffs could plunge Canada into a recession. Experts say opening up inter-jurisdictional trade within the country could boost growth enough to offset that damage.
Published: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST- CN reaches tentative agreement with union representing mechanics, clerks
Canadian National Railway has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing its mechanical workers and clerks, the company announced on Monday, just two weeks after workers voted to authorize a strike.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:22:01 EST- A huge hack of U.S. phone companies means your text messages may not be safe
After a massive cyberattack on U.S. telecom firms and dozens of countries by a hacker group backed by China, security experts are worried about communication networks and even the privacy of text messaging for individual citizens.
Published: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 04:00:15 EST
CBC | Arts News
RSS: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST
- Ho ho oh no: Ranking the new Netflix holiday rom-coms
A buff snowman? Male strippers for the holidays? Those are just a couple of the plot points from the new wave of holiday rom-coms showing up on Netflix. CBC's Eli Glasner ranks Hot Frosty, Our Little Secret and The Merry Gentlemen.
Published: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST- Kendrick Lamar, SZA will tour together next year, making one stop in Canada
Kendrick Lamar and SZA announced Tuesday that they will tour together next spring and summer, playing 19 stadiums across North America, including a lone Canadian stop in Toronto.
Published: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:22:53 EST- Taylor Swift dominates Spotify Wrapped globally, while Drake and The Weeknd crack global top 5 most streamed
Canadians took two of the top four spots on Spotify's list of most-played songs globally in 2024, while Taylor Swift dominated the charts in Canada and abroad.
Published: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:55:41 EST- Canadian Google searches dominated by international topics in 2024, along with solar eclipse and strikes
Google has released its annual report on the top search topics and terms Canadians wanted to know about in 2024.
Published: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST- The 2025 Golden Globes nominations include nods for Canadians Pamela Anderson, Martin Short
The nominations for the 82nd Golden Globes were announced on Monday by actor and comedian Mindy Kaling and actor Morris Chestnut. Among the Canadian nominees are Pamela Anderson, Gabriel LaBelle, Martin Short and director Denis Villeneuve.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:39:29 EST- Taylor Swift hype helps rake in dollars beyond charities' wildest dreams
Taylor Swift and her wildly successful Eras Tour have been making waves not just across the world, but also for charities that had never in their wildest dreams imagined raising so much money from the Swift era.
Published: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 10:00:00 EST
CBC | NHL News
RSS: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 17:04:55 EST
- Optimism for new NHL collective agreement, with talks expected to begin in February
The NHL's collective bargaining agreement does not expire until Sept. 15, 2026. That discussions are set to begin on a new deal in early 2025 is already one step ahead of where hockey has been in labour negotiations in the past.
Published: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 14:23:03 EST- Igor Shesterkin deal with Rangers said to be richest for goalie in NHL history
Igor Shesterkin's contract extension with the New York Rangers makes him the highest-paid goaltender in NHL history, according to multiple reports.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:39:49 EST- Blues fire head coach Drew Bannister, hire Jim Montgomery 5 days after Bruins let him go
Drew Bannister is out as coach of the St. Louis Blues after less than a full calendar year on the job. Jim Montgomery is back behind the bench of an NHL team five days after he was fired by the Boston Bruins.
Published: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 11:09:15 EST- Penguins star Sidney Crosby scores 600th NHL goal
Sidney Crosby became the 21st player in NHL history to score 600 goals when he reached the mark in the second period against the Utah Hockey Club on Saturday night.
Published: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 20:47:50 EST- Who will make Canada's 4 Nations Face-Off team?
CBC Sports' daily newsletter looks at some of the tough calls Canada has to make for the NHL's upcoming international tournament.
Published: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 18:44:24 EST- 'A humble superstar': Johnny Gaudreau honoured at Saddledome with family in attendance
A special video montage of Gaudreau, accompanied by an acoustic rendering of Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode sang by Canadian country singer George Canyon, was shown before the game to honour the former Flame's legacy, who spent nine seasons with the team.
Published: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 08:42:29 EST
CBC | Canada News
RSS: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:32:38 EST
- Search scaled back for missing Quebec hiker in Adirondack Mountains
After more than eight days, New York authorities are scaling back the search for a Quebec hiker who went missing in the snow-covered Adirondack Mountains.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:15:56 EST- Intimidation now 'commonplace' in N.S. lobster industry, says buyer whose home was shot at
Standing by a bullet hole in his dining room wall, lobster buyer Geoffrey Jobert says such attacks have become an all-too-familiar reality in Nova Scotia’s largest fishery.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:22:12 EST- Poilievre's 'Santa Claus' quip trivialized Inuit presence in Arctic, says national Inuit leader
- The leader of the national organization representing Inuit says the Conservative leader trivialized Inuit and everyone who lives in the Arctic with a "Santa Claus" social media quip criticizing Ottawa's plans to appoint an Arctic ambassador.
Published: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST - At the mercy of the algorithm: Tecumseh's Glenn Fricker reveals the YouTube grind
After 10 years of constantly uploading content, heavy music specialist Glenn Fricker needs to take a break from his popular YouTube channel — to care for his ailing wife. The Tecumseh-based recording studio expert shared with CBC Windsor what it's like being a full-time YouTuber.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST- Should some rural ERs close permanently if better supports are in place?
- Physicians who spoke to CBC wonder whether better supports — including urgent care clinics and advanced paramedic care — could allow some rural ERs to close permanently to remedy chronic, sporadic shutdowns and inconsistent service.
Published: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST - Calgary's unemployment rate is trending higher than Canada's — but it's not because of layoffs
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 07:53:18 EST
CBC | Toronto News
RSS: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:19:16 EST
- Ontario man says 911 put him on hold 3 times as armed group broke into his home
Theo Meadows says he and his daughter were held at gunpoint by an armed group demanding valuables. He says he was put on hold three times during the ordeal and is speaking out to prompt changes to the service.
Published: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST- This Torontonian is the new world champion of spreadsheets, and he has the belt to prove it
- Michael Jarman, a Toronto financial modelling director, has become the undisputed world champion of managing spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:23:18 EST 
The victim of a "romance cryptocurrency fraud," who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars, has had most of their money returned following a three-year international investigation, Toronto police say.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:29:15 EST- How the FBI linked a Pakistani student in Ontario to an alleged plot to kill Jews in New York
A summary of U.S. prosecutors’ evidence in the case of Toronto-area resident Muhammad Shazeb Khan reveals new details about how investigators first learned of his alleged support for ISIS, and how they say he put in motion his plot to 'slaughter' Jews in New York.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 12:28:43 EST- Brother of man gunned down in Brampton driveway says shooting was case of mistaken identity
A man whose brother was shot dead in a Brampton driveway last week says the pair were outside cleaning snow off the windshield of their car when they were attacked and he believes they were the victims of mistaken identity.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:17:55 EST- Man found dead after being struck on side of the highway in Clarington, police say
A 31-year-old man is dead after being struck while walking on the side of the road in the Clarington area on Saturday evening, Durham police say.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 12:35:39 EST
CBC | Technology News
RSS: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 06:00:00 EST
- This driving simulator will help test impairment from taking cannabis edibles
The Driving Research and Simulation Laboratory at the University of Saskatchewan is hosting a study that will test drivers for impairment after consuming cannabis edibles.
Published: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 06:00:00 EST- How a British penguin got her waddle back, thanks to the Toronto Zoo
After a penguin in England lost her waddle, her caretakers found a unique way to get her on her feet again — with some help from the Toronto Zoo.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST- Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke associated with increased risk of dementia: study
Being exposed to wildfire smoke over a long period of time could increase the risk of developing dementia even more than exposure to other sources of air pollution, according to new research — a pressing concern as Canada’s wildfire season is only projected to get worse with time.
Published: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST- Holiday decorating? Experts say to check for these invasive pests first
Invasive species experts are asking families to check their holiday trees, wreaths and garland for invasive bugs and plants. They warn insects eggs from spongy moths and spotted lanternflies can harm the environment if not disposed of properly.
Published: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 05:00:18 EST- Final UN plastic treaty talks reach halfway mark
Canadian negotiators at the United Nations plastic pollution treaty talks in South Korea said Thursday they are working "around the clock" to finalize an agreement, though the process has been predictably difficult.
Published: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:06:02 EST- #TheMoment an astronaut captured 'cosmic fireflies' on video
Bob McDonald, host of CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks, describes the moment an astronaut captured flashing Starlink satellites that look like 'cosmic fireflies.'
Published: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:25:08 EST
CBC | Sports News
RSS: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 09:43:53 EST
- Felix Roussel claims gold in 3-medal day for Canada at short track World Tour
A day after winning four medals, the Canadian short track team skated to three more podium appearances at the World Tour stop on Sunday in Beijing, headlined by a gold-medal performance by Felix Roussel.
Published: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 08:48:47 EST- Summer McIntosh leads Canadian swim team eager to build on Paris success at world short course championships
Fresh from the memory of eight medals won in the pool at the Paris Olympics, 18 Canadian swimmers are in Budapest to compete at the world short course championships.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 08:55:48 EST- 40-year-old Lindsey Vonn encouraged by her competitiveness as she attempts skiing comeback
Lindsey Vonn finished 24th and 19th in two super-G races Sunday as she attempts a comeback at the age of 40.
Published: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 14:20:23 EST- No farm system: How PWHL players without a roster spot continue their development
The still-young PWHL is looking for a long-term solution for player development, with expansion on the horizon.
Published: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 04:00:00 EST- Former Blue Jays closer Romano joining Phillies on 1-year deal: reports
The Philadelphia Phillies and two-time all-star Jordan Romano are in agreement on a one-year deal worth $7.75 million US, ESPN and The Athletic reported Monday.
Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 11:23:32 EST- Track cycling event in London cancelled after crash injures rider, spectators
The UCI Track Champions League's final stop of the season in London was cancelled Saturday following a frightening crash involving British rider Katy Marchant and German Alessa-Catriona Propster.
Published: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 18:39:51 EST