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CBC | Top Stories News
RSS: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:43:16 EST
- Heated Rivalry is getting a 2nd season on Crave
The drama series, based on books by Nova Scotian author Rachel Reid, has been picked up outside of Canada by broadcasters in the U.S., New Zealand and more, and been a hit with fans.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:39:03 EST- 'Cocaine lawyer' linked to fugitive Ryan Wedding could be killed if granted bail, court told
Published: Sun, 13 Jul 2025 04:01:00 EDT- Conservative MP laughs off missing Secret Santa gift from floor-crosser Michael Ma
Conservative MP Jamil Jivani might have the most personal reason to have a blue Christmas after Michael Ma's surprise defection to the Liberals on Thursday: he was left without a Secret Santa gift.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:52:47 EST- Flooding in B.C.'s Fraser Valley expected to peak Friday, with more rain on the way
Published: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:46:22 EST- The National | B.C.’s Fraser Valley bracing for more rain
Dec. 12, 2025 | Environment Canada says more rainfall is coming for parts of British Columbia already on flood alert. The federal Liberals suggest there could be more Conservatives jumping ship. And concern over AI toys that chat with children.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:00:00 EST- 15 extortion suspects are seeking refugee status, says Canada's border agency
The statement from CBSA neither reveals the nationalities of the individuals nor details about their applications — but Surrey, B.C., Mayor Brenda Locke says she's "appalled" to learn the suspects are claiming refugee status to evade deportation.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:35:34 EST
CBC | World News
RSS: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:21:57 EST
- Indiana Republicans help defy Trump's push to redistrict House seats, including some who faced bomb threats
Indiana's Republican-led Senate has decisively rejected a redrawn congressional map desired by the White House that would have favoured their party. Two Republicans who received bomb threats amid the highly charged battle were among those voting against the measure.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:18:16 EST- What we learned from the new batch of Epstein photos
Published: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 22:20:28 EDT- Kilmar Ábrego García released from immigration detention
A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Ábrego García, whose wrongful deportation became a flashpoint in U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. The judge ruled that the federal government never secured a formal order for Ábrego García's removal from the United States.
Published: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:57:22 EST- Feeling lonely? Stop by a Grandma Stand for a heartfelt chat
A volunteer army of grandmothers are dispensing wisdom and advice to complete strangers at Grandma Stands in cities around the U.S., and they may soon be coming to Canada.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:33:30 EST- U.S. admiral's abrupt retirement spurs command leadership change in Latin America operations
A U.S. Navy admiral who oversees military operations in Latin America handed off command responsibilities Friday as scrutiny increases over the Trump administration's deadly strikes on alleged drug boats in the region.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:44:07 EST- The U.S. wants some visitors to submit 5 years of their social media history. How would that work?
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:17:16 EST
CBC | Business News
RSS: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:20:53 EST
- Canada's unemployment rate fell to 6.5% in November, a steep drop from previous month
Canada's economy gained 54,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate dropped to 6.5 per cent from the previous month's 6.9 per cent rate, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
Published: Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:39:48 EST- U.S. businesses claim Canada is a back door for products from China
As U.S. President Donald Trump sticks with tariffs on imports from Canada, some American industries are accusing Canadian competitors of using cheap materials from China in ways that violate free-trade rules and undercut U.S. companies.
Published: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 04:00:00 EST- Paramount Skydance makes $108B US hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery after Netflix move
Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile bid worth $108.4 billion US for Warner Bros Discovery, throwing a wrench into the deal with Netflix in a last-ditch effort to create a media powerhouse that would challenge the dominance of the streaming giant.
Published: Mon, 08 Dec 2025 09:33:40 EST- Court approves $18M sale of 350-year-old HBC royal charter to Thomsons, Westons
Two of Canada's wealthiest families have cleared the final hurdle on the road to buying and donating the royal charter that created the Hudson's Bay Co.
Published: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:17:34 EST- Air Transat cancels more than a dozen flights in anticipation of pilots' strike deadline
With less than 24 hours until a potential pilots' strike, Air Transat has cancelled a dozen flights that were scheduled for Tuesday and six others scheduled for Wednesday.
Published: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:13:25 EST- Health Canada expands recall on Oster toaster ovens that have burned some users
The recall was first issued in September, but was expanded this week to include an additional model. Canadians who own one of the affected models are being asked to stop using the ovens immediately, and contact the company for a free repair kit.
Published: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:39:11 EST
CBC | Arts News
RSS: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:22:25 EST
- Paranormal investigator explores ghost ships in latest Hellboy comic set in Labrador
Comic book writer Rob Williams says the new Hellboy comic book story, The Ghost Ships of Labrador, was inspired by a MUN folklore student.
Published: Sun, 07 Dec 2025 04:30:00 EST- Paramount Skydance makes $108B US hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery after Netflix move
- Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile bid worth $108.4 billion US for Warner Bros Discovery, throwing a wrench into the deal with Netflix in a last-ditch effort to create a media powerhouse that would challenge the dominance of the streaming giant.
Published: Mon, 08 Dec 2025 09:33:40 EST - Clair Obscur cleans up at 2025 Game Awards, wins game of the year
French indie game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 had 12 nominations in total and took home nine awards. Mario Kart, Battlefield 6 and the TV adaptation of The Last Of Us also took home prizes.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:25:53 EST- Family, friends remember para athlete, reality TV star and 'fierce' disability advocate
Brian McPherson, an Edmonton-based pioneer in adaptive bobsled and star of the CBC TV show, Push, died on Nov. 12. He was 47.
Published: Sat, 06 Dec 2025 06:00:00 EST- ABC signs Jimmy Kimmel to a 1-year contract extension, months after temporary suspension
U.S. President Donald Trump won't be getting his wish. ABC said Monday it has signed late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract extension.
Published: Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:50:51 EST- Renowned Toronto-born architect Frank Gehry dead at 96
Toronto-born architect Frank Gehry, whose works included the 2008 redesign of the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, has died.
Published: Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:00:29 EST
CBC | NHL News
RSS: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:26:10 EST
- Edmonton Oilers trade Stuart Skinner, Brett Kulak to Pittsburgh Penguins
The Edmonton Oilers have finally made a move in net, trading the hometown netminder Stuart Skinner to the Pittsburgh Penguins for goalie Tristan Jarry.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:30:52 EST- Former MLSE boss Leiweke pardoned by Trump months after being indicted
U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned Tim Leiweke on Wednesday, five months after his own justice department indicted the former president and chief executive officer of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment.
Published: Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:46:54 EST- NHL's Heritage Classic heading to Winnipeg for face-off between Jets and Canadiens
The Winnipeg Jets and Montreal Canadiens will be heading back outdoors next season. The NHL announced Saturday the teams will face off in the 2026 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic at Winnipeg's Princess Auto Stadium.
Published: Sat, 06 Dec 2025 21:32:08 EST- Olympic hockey in Milan will be played on shorter ice than NHL dimensions
Hockey, one of the premier events at the Winter Olympics and one that is welcoming NHL players back for the first time in more than a decade, will take place on ice shorter than NHL-regulation size.
Published: Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:10:37 EST- Dillon Dube joining Blues' AHL affiliate on professional tryout
Dillon Dube, the only remaining unsigned player among the five members of Canada's 2018 world junior team who were acquitted of sexual assault in the high-profile case, has agreed to an American Hockey League professional tryout with the St. Louis Blues.
Published: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:19:10 EST- Blues' Binnington focused on his game with Canadian Olympic selection looming
Goalie Jordan Binnington backstopped Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off and opened the NHL season as the front-runner to start in February's Milan-Cortina Winter Games. But a sluggish start, for both him and the St. Louis Blues, has raised questions about where he fits in Canada's Olympic plan.
Published: Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:59:22 EST
CBC | Canada News
RSS: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:43:16 EST
- Toronto axes traffic camera pilot to fight gridlock after Ford government's speed camera ban
Toronto has cancelled an automated traffic enforcement pilot intended to help fight congestion in the wake of the provincial government’s ban on speed cameras in Ontario, CBC Toronto has learned.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:26:02 EST- Quebec scraps penalties for family doctors, obligations tied to patient load in tentative deal
The agreement in principle reached between Quebec’s family doctors and the Legault government scraps penalties for doctors who miss performance targets, along with a host of other concessions.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:24:37 EST- Flooding in B.C.'s Fraser Valley expected to peak Friday, with more rain on the way
Published: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:46:22 EST- Air Canada wins court battle to quash $2,000 payout to passenger for delayed luggage
Following an 11-month court battle, Air Canada has successfully overturned a Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) decision requiring the airline to pay a passenger $2,079 for delayed baggage. But the case isn't over yet.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:00:00 EST- Got empties? Finding a place to return them in Ontario is getting harder
Environmental activists say a recent agreement between the Beer Store and grocers puts the future of Ontario’s successful deposit return program at risk. Grocers with alcohol licences were expected to start accepting empties in the new year, but now they won’t have to after all.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:00:00 EST- 'We need a little bit of help:' Floods put unhoused people in B.C.'s Fraser Valley at further risk
Abbotsford is the only area of B.C. that remains under flood warning on Friday, with hundreds still under evacuation orders including in areas where unhoused people were already living in vulnerable conditions.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:17:11 EST
CBC | Toronto News
RSS: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:43:16 EST
- Joe Bowen looks back at 44 years of Leafs broadcasts as team pays tribute to retiring commentator
Joe Bowen will be honoured at Tuesday's game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Blackhawks. The announcer, who started with the organization in 1982, has said he will be retiring at the end of this hockey season.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:21:00 EST- Toronto Zoo says lion put down after months of vet care
Fintan, a male white lion, had lived at the zoo for 13 years, according to the Toronto Zoo.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:40:00 EST- Markham-Unionville MP leaves Conservatives, crosses floor to Liberals
Ontario MP Michael Ma announced Thursday that he is leaving the Conservative caucus and joining the Liberals.
Published: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:23:04 EST- 19-year-old man dead after being shot by Peel police in Mississauga home, SIU says
A 19-year-old man is dead after being shot by a Peel Regional Police officer in a Mississauga home on Thursday afternoon, Ontario's Special Investigations Unit says.
Published: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:59:37 EST- 'Cocaine lawyer' linked to fugitive Ryan Wedding could be killed if granted bail, court told
A Toronto-area lawyer — who allegedly counselled fugitive Ryan Wedding to murder an FBI witness — risks being assassinated if he’s released on bail, an Ontario court heard. Deepak Paradkar appeared from the prisoner box in a Toronto court Friday for the third straight day of a bail hearing.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:17:43 EST- Minister breaks silence on mandatory Greenbelt review — but there's no word on who will conduct it or when
Ontario’s municipal affairs minister says the province will move forward with a much-delayed mandatory review of the Greenbelt, but opposition critics say there's still no word on when the study of the ecologically sensitive zone will take place or who will conduct it.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:00:00 EST
CBC | Technology News
RSS: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:45:45 EST
- Japan leads the world in responding to earthquakes. Here's why
The latest earthquake in Japan on Dec. 8, which triggered widespread shaking and tsunami alerts, served as another clear example of the nation’s world-leading earthquake response efforts. CBC’s Johanna Wagstaffe explores the factors that make Japan stand out and the lessons other earthquake-prone countries can learn from their approach.
Published: Mon, 08 Dec 2025 20:32:01 EST- Prince George, B.C., conservation group fixes deadly problem for Nechako River fish
The Spruce City Wildlife Association has reconnected a side channel at Cottonwood Island Park to the Nechako River, restoring a critical fish habitat and preventing fish from being trapped and left to die during periods of low water.
Published: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:00:00 EST- IN PHOTOS | See final supermoon of 2025
Stargazers were treated to a spectacular sight on Thursday evening as a supermoon, the last one of 2025, lit up the night sky.
Published: Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:08:40 EST- 'Like dog poo': Historic N.S. garden gets a smelly surprise from tree
Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens staff initially dismissed a suggestion by a visitor that their 40-year-old ginkgo tree had suddenly started producing stinky seeds.
Published: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 05:00:00 EST- Bundle up and look up! The annual Geminid meteor shower is upon us
Baby, it’s cold outside — but it’s worth putting on that heavy winter coat, scarf and boots and heading out for one of the best meteor showers of the year: the Geminids.
Published: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 04:00:00 EST- See the moment a Hawaii volcano's eruption knocked out a remote camera
A remote camera on Hawaii's erupting Kīlauea volcano captured the moment a lava fountain engulfed it and knocked it offline on Saturday. Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has been erupting intermittently since Dec. 23, 2024.
Published: Mon, 08 Dec 2025 21:21:03 EST
CBC | Sports News
RSS: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:26:17 EST
- Vancouver Canucks trade captain Quinn Hughes to Minnesota Wild for 3 players, 1st-round pick
The Vancouver Canucks have traded star defenceman and captain Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild, according to a team statement.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:55:49 EST- Jonathan David, Vanessa Gilles eye Canada Soccer players of the year repeat
Jonathan David and Vanessa Gilles, last year's winners, are up for Canada Soccer player of the year again.
Published: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:39:51 EST- Canadian ski cross racer Kevin Drury scores emotional gold-medal win
Canada's Kevin Drury battled his way to a gold medal at a World Cup ski cross event on Friday in Val Thorens, France. The race marked his first victory in five years.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:17:56 EST- Grand Slam Track files for bankruptcy; Johnson vows to press on
Grand Slam Track, the league fronted by sprint great Michael Johnson that offered six-figure prize money for top runners, has filed for bankruptcy after canceling its final event and failing to pay athletes and vendors.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:27:30 EST- IOC urges sports bodies to let Russian youth teams, athletes compete with flag and anthem
The International Olympic Committee took a big step toward reintegrating Russia and Belarus into world sports Thursday by advising governing bodies to let the countries' youth teams and athletes compete with their full identity of national flag and anthem.
Published: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:35:19 EST- Oilers acquire goaltender Tristan Jarry from Penguins for Skinner, Kulak
- The Edmonton Oilers have finally made a move in net, trading the hometown netminder Stuart Skinner to the Pittsburgh Penguins for goalie Tristan Jarry.
Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:30:52 EST