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As medical labs across Ontario remain understaffed, one medical association is calling on the province to expand labs’ capacity for student placements by funding positions to train them. 

The year wrapping up means it's getting closer to tax season, and the federal Community Volunteer Income Tax Program will once again be offering free filing services for Islanders with modest incomes.

It's not so easy to remove a politician from office between elections in Canada.

A shooting in the engineering building at Brown University on Saturday has left at least two people dead and eight critically injured, officials in Providence, R.I., said, as authorities continued to search for a suspect.

Natasha Martin-Mitchell says creating art gives her a sense of calmness that acts as a medicine during stressful times.

Gabriel Vilardi scored twice and star goaltender Connor Hellebuyck made 24 saves in his first game back from injury to power the Jets to a 5-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday that snapped Winnipeg's three-game losing skid.

Alberta’s auditor general Doug Wylie says his office's budget will be $1.5 million short next fiscal year.

British Columbia has filed a civil claim against e-cigarette giant Juul Labs, alleging the company developed highly addictive nicotine products and fuelled youth nicotine addiction with “deceptive marketing practices.”

There's been positive reaction in Ottawa to news that the nation's capital could be home to Canada’s first high-speed rail line by the end of the decade.

The Alberta government has confirmed it will follow through with a longtime pledge to shutter Calgary’s only supervised drug consumption site.

The town of Collingwood, Ont., is under a boil water advisory after a major water main break Friday. 

Striking frontline staff at Central West Specialized Developmental Services (CWSDS) in Oakville want their residents returned to their original homes for the holidays.

Environment Canada is warning of more rain for the Fraser Valley this weekend and into early next week, even as floodwaters that inundated parts of Abbotsford earlier this week begin to recede.

Nearly a week after it was first opened, service on Line 6 has resumed after it was yet again partially shut down on Saturday. 

Students in Inuvik, N.W.T., are learning to cut and fillet fish at the East Three Elementary School on-the-land camp running through December. 

Prior to being arrested this week and accused of passing sensitive or classified information to a foreign entity, a Canadian military intelligence member was embroiled in a secret, long-running internal dispute with his superiors, CBC News has learned.

Claire Courty is one of more than 50 high school students contributing to a surge in activity at the regional airport in Medicine Hat, Alta.

Rising waters in British Columbia's Fraser Valley have "not meant good news" for farmers in a part of the province still recovering from devastating floods four years ago, the province's agriculture minister said on Friday.

When a teenaged Chloe Primerano made her debut on the Canadian women’s hockey team last season, Jocelyne Larocque was often the steady force beside her on the blue line.

High water temperatures and low water levels are having a serious impact on Newfoundland and Labrador's Atlantic salmon population, as Fisheries and Oceans Canada reports more than 60 per cent of Newfoundland's salmon rivers remain in the critical zone.

Canada's popular new gay hockey romance has scored a second-season renewal.

It was a field trip that students in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., will never forget.

It was sometime in 2008 that Henry Walter got a message from his lawyer.

When Fredericton High School student Matthew Jeon wanted to start saving money for university, he started applying for summer jobs.

After yet another major flood at the Sainte-Croix Hospital in Drummondville, Que., family doctor Catherine Tétreault says the situation at the facility has reached a point of no return.

As the calendar is about to flip to an election year in Winnipeg, the time is growing short for candidates to mount a serious electoral challenge to Mayor Scott Gillingham.

Though its origins are religious, you probably know the advent calendar as a humble grocery-store product that features chocolates hidden behind 24 perforated cardboard doors.

Claude Hardenne occasionally tries out new packaging or moulds for his locally made chocolates, but he would never tinker with the recipes Harden & Huyse has used for almost 50 years.

The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of the gang leader at the centre of the murder of Tiki Laverdiere.

As temperatures plunge and Islanders crank up the heat, the City of Summerside is preparing its power plans amid mounting pressure on P.E.I.’s electricity grid.

A group of young adults from Cumberland House Cree Nation travelled to British Columbia in November to take part in a program designed help them develop the skills needed to succeed should they decide to move away from their home northeast of Saskatoon.

WARNING: This story details allegations of child abuse.

Ten years ago, Canada responded to the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Syria with an unprecedented program that rapidly resettled 25,000 Syrian refugees in roughly 100 days. 

Alberta separatist leaders expect to start canvassing in January to get their independence referendum question on the ballot, thanks to the provincial government’s latest legislation to make it easier for them to succeed.

With the holiday season fast approaching, plenty of people are making a list and checking it twice. But for many in Thunder Bay, Ont., a hot meal is their number one concern of the season.

In just a few short months, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen will make history.

As Mayor Olivia Chow heads into what could be her final year leading Toronto — or final test before she asks voters to re-elect her in the fall — she’s reassuring ratepayers that they won’t see property taxes rise as sharply as they did earlier in her term. 

Health Minister Marjorie Michel says she worries about how recent actions by U.S. public health agencies, like removing a universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for American infants, could hurt Canadians’ health.

The Government of the Northwest Territories issued a public health order for Helen Kalvak School in Ulukhaktok, N.W.T., after testing found elevated lead levels at some drinking water fixtures.

The school that adults have attended for years in London to upgrade their high school education is being sold with plans in place to move students to a school that restructured in recent years amid controversy.

The Vancouver Canucks announced Friday that they have traded captain Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild.

U.S. House Democrats released a selection of photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, including some of Donald Trump, former U.S. president Bill Clinton and the former prince Andrew.

Newfoundland and Labrador’s acting child and youth advocate has completed a report commissioned by then-premier Andrew Furey more than a year ago about policies and procedures in the child protection system.

Members of Nova Scotia’s forest industry and a prominent environmentalist are welcoming news that the winning bidder for the Northern Pulp timberlands is a local company whose owner they say has a track record of doing right by rural communities.

An error by Fredericton police that thwarted murder prosecutions this year won't result in criminal charges or disciplinary proceedings, but the police chief says a series of recommended policy changes will be enacted.

Another senior in the greater Montreal area has died after being found outside in the cold this week.

A water main break slowed the Friday afternoon commute for some Main Street motorists and prompted the City of Winnipeg to issue an advisory about possible sediment in drinking water.

The Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) is investigating what led to a man being found lying on the ground near the Prince Albert Victoria Hospital in a vulnerable state.

Parents across Regina are facing significant difficulties enrolling their children in city-run swimming lessons.

British Columbia’s premier says his government is working on a plan to offer loan guarantees for property owners and businesses in the Cowichan Aboriginal title area.