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Squirrels caused about 80 power outages in Toronto in 2023 after coming into contact with power equipment, Toronto Hydro said, after a squirrel-related outage in the city Wednesday affected about 6,500 people. 

A new public exhibition by a French artist is bringing colour, and smiles, to people in the city's downtown.

People gathered at the East Preston Recreation Centre this week to mark the 105th birthday of Liza Brooks. She was born on May 15, 1919.

Federal officials say they've made what they describe as a major seizure of baby eels after finding 109 kilograms of elvers at Toronto's Pearson International Airport earlier this week.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre needs to clarify where he stands on industrial carbon pricing, says the new head of major oilsands group that aims to bring the industry's emissions to net-zero largely through the construction of a massive carbon-capture project that relies on carbon credits.

Prince Edward Island no longer produces more potatoes than any other Canadian province. Yes, you read that correctly.

A Nova Scotia bus driver is being lauded for his quick action after a tractor-trailer crashed through the guardrail of an overpass on Highway 101 and landed in front of the bus below.

Danny Chisholm of Port Williams, N.S., will make his series debut when the NASCAR Canada season opens Sunday in Ontario. CBC's Luke Ettinger spoke with the 19-year-old university student.

Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, N.S., returns to the Diamond League professional circuit this Sunday in Marrakech, Morocco, eight days after raising her women's shot put national record to 20.68 metres. She says her "entire focus" is on the Paris Olympics in August.

Joanne Audet and Marcel Breton say they have lived an extraordinary life by the sea, but the coastal erosion along the shores of Maria, Que., has become too much for the couple.

Low pay is one of the reasons some of Alberta's wildland firefighters are not returning to their seasonal jobs, resulting in fewer experienced firefighters and potential safety risks to personnel and the public. 

Bellevue House National Historic Site in Kingston, Ont., is set to welcome visitors with exhibits that seek to reconcile the role of Canada's first prime minister with the present and provide previously-silenced communities with a voice.

The wildfire season is off to an early start in some parts of Canada — partially due to what are sometimes called "zombie fires" that have carried over from last year. Here's what we know about them.

An Ontario child’s death from measles this year offered a grim reminder: When vaccination rates drop and this virus rears its head, the youngest among us bear the brunt.

Canadian forestry giant Paper Excellence won't have its sustainability certification revoked by the world's premier forestry credentialing body after a review — a process critics and experts say appears to have been rife with conflicts of interest and far from independent.

Edmonton police officials laid out a detailed timeline Friday, regarding a pro-Palestinian encampment that formed at the University of Alberta and the police response when the university asked the camp to be cleared from campus.

Toronto's Penny Oleksiak won the women's 100-metre freestyle on Friday night at the Olympic & Paralympic Trials.

Canada’s industry minister says Ottawa is “considering all measures” after the U.S. announced it would be hiking tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other related goods.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is ordering all petrochemical companies operating in Sarnia, Ont., to take steps to control leaks of the cancer-causing chemical benzene.

A British Columbia man was airlifted to a Calgary hospital Thursday after fending off a grizzly bear attack on a mountainside in the Rocky Mountains near the B.C.-Alberta border, according to RCMP.