What you need to know about the 2026 Blue JaysNewsDuration 1:16The Toronto Blue Jays are back after their heartbreaking Game 7 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2025 World Series. But the team is looking a little different from last October ahead of their home opener. CBC’s Jamie Strashin walks you through what to expect from Canada’s baseball team as their 50th season kicks off.
Yarmouth woman sentenced to 6 years in death of young sonNewsDuration 2:15April Surette pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2020 death of her 17-month-old son. On Thursday, she was sentenced to six years in prison. The CBC's Frances Willick has the story.
ATB Financial expects Alberta to weather the world's economic stormNewsDuration 1:48A report from ATB Financial says Alberta is in a better financial position than much of the country, even as the world faces increased economic uncertainty due to conflict in the Middle East. CBC's Nicole Healey has more on how rising oil prices could impact the province.
Susan Bonner signs off after 40 years with CBC NewsNewsDuration 5:13After four decades guiding Canadians through major news stories, CBC’s Susan Bonner has signed off for the last time as host of Your World Tonight. Bonner’s extensive journalism career took her across the country and around the world, including reporting for The National.
The International Olympic Committee has banned transgender female athletes from women's competition. Women's Olympic events are now limited to biological females determined by a mandatory one-time gene test. It is unclear how many, if any, transgender women are competing at an Olympic level. WATCH | IOC bans transgender women athletes from competing in women's events at the Olympics: IOC bans transgender female athletes from competing in women's events at the Olympics | Duration 1:42 IOC president Kirsty Coventry announces a new policy that will exclude transgender female athletes from competing in women's Olympic events. The order also threatened to "rescind all funds" from organizations that allowed transgender athletes to take part in women's sports.
The French teacher was charged with sex crimes towards a child after a classroom incident in the fall. A French teacher in Prince Edward Island has been acquitted of all charges after the judge found the Crown did not bring forward any evidence to suggest the teacher’s touching of a student in a classroom was sexual in nature. Roger M'bahia, 49, was charged with sexual assault and sexual interference last fall after an incident that happened a few days prior at École Pierre-Chaisson, a K-12 French school in western P.E.I. “I think ultimately today, justice was shown in the end.”WATCH | Judge to rule in March on motion to acquit P.E.I. teacher on sex crimes: Judge to rule in March on motion to acquit P.E.I.
Why repetitive music sounds joyfulNewsDuration 5:41Ever wonder why music can make you feel so happy? Agasha Mutesasira sits down with neuroscientists, producers, sound engineers and artists to explore music's unique role in experiencing joy and happiness. ‘Feelings of Music’ is a four-part series, produced by CBC B.C.’s Creator Network, which explores music's role in experiencing our four fundamental human emotions: anger, sadness, fear and joy.
OC Transpo ended last year with a $52-million deficit as fare revenue fell short and other levels of government failed to come to the rescue. It's worse than the $47-million transit deficit forecast at mid-year. At budget time, OC Transpo was banking on $36 million in bail-out funding from the provincial or federal governments. OC Transpo is not expected to earn a profit and receives a substantial taxpayer subsidy. The report noted that it would have been a surplus had the province or the federal governments helped out OC Transpo.
Hon Chan, B.C. MLA for Richmond Centre, has been charged with assault, assault by choking and uttering threats. Conservative Party caucus, party leader Trevor Halford said. Someone from his constituency office sent a statement saying: "MLA Chan was made aware of a claim relating to an allegation from approximately two and a half years ago. Grace Lore, NDP MLA for Victoria-Beacon Hill, said in a statement that removing Chan from caucus doesn't go far enough.
Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementThe case is the most substantive review of the notwithstanding clause by the top court since its inception as part of the Charter over four decades ago. To make their point, opponents of Bill 21 raised a cornucopia of hypothetical situations in which legislatures could wield the notwithstanding clause to shield discriminatory laws or run roughshod over a host of Charter rights. As part of its argument that the court should impose limits on the invocation of the notwithstanding clause, constitutional lawyer Guy J. Pratte lobbed a question at provinces arguing the opposite. “I don’t think we’ll resolve this case by resorting to extreme scenarios,” the chief justice chided in French. The SCC is also pondering the question of if a court can assess if a law invoking section 33 still breaches the Charter rights suspended by the notwithstanding clause.
The RCMP's commissioner says he expresses sincere regret for an extensive spying program that targeted hundreds of Indigenous people. It's the first time Mike Duheme acknowledged reporting by CBC Indigenous concerning RCMP surveillance activities dating back to the late 1960s against Indigenous leaders and organizations. Assembly of First Nations Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak calls the RCMP surveillance program on Indigenous people shocking and unacceptable. The Indigenous surveillance program was scaled back in 1978 to focus on foreign involvement in the Indigenous rights movement, according to documents. NDP public safety critic Jenny Kwan is pushing for public hearings into the RCMP program and the release of all remaining files related to spying on Indigenous people.
Middle East war: Iran rejects Trump ceasefire plan, U.S. sends more troopsNewsDuration 4:11Iran flatly rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's 15-point ceasefire plan, and his demands that Iran admit military defeat. Meanwhile, the Pentagon ordered at least 1,000 airborne soldiers to the region, alongside thousands of Marines already en route.
Canada is imposing more sanctions against five individuals and four entities involved in the Iranian war effort. The measures are part of Canada’s ongoing actions to counter Iran’s destabilizing activities, the federal department of Global Affairs said in a statement issued on Thursday morning. The sanctions target Iranian businessmen and companies directly involved in procuring technology in support of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Over the past two years, says Global Affairs, Canada has listed the IRGC as a terrorist organization under the Canadian Criminal Code and designated Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism. And in late 2022, Canada designated several senior Iranian officials in government, security and intelligence agencies inadmissible to Canada.
Pamela Boettcher was a teacher at the elementary school for 17 years, and now teaches at the high school. The new school, which will be a combined elementary and high school for about 450 students, has been approved for construction while other projects are put on pause. Boettcher said her father attended the high school in the 1950s, and it wasn't new back then, either. Shellbrook Mayor Amund Otterson said he was a high school science teacher for 30 years, ending in 2004. Much like Shellbrook, Keating said Carlyle's elementary school is aging rapidly and its high school is beyond its useful life.
What it's like landing LaGuardia at nightNewsDuration 3:50This is what the pilots and the fire truck driver would have seen moments before the runway collision at LaGuardia airport. CBC's Ashley Fraser visited a flight simulator in Mississauga, Ont., to better understand the conditions investigators will examine as they work to piece together what went wrong.
