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Canada's defence chief says the four medical conditions that will now be evaluated when people apply are attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, asthma and allergies.

Edmonton police say they hope a new digital billboard in the city's downtown will help generate information about the disappearance of Jeannine Ermineskin from the area over three years ago. 

Scallop fishers in the Bay of Fundy are keeping an eye out for a creamy-white species that grows on the seabed and could be described as gross.  

For the past five weeks, Toronto night nurse Keren Elumir has been handing out clean underwear and electrolyte packets at a safe consumption and overdose prevention site in Moss Park.

A new study shows that GLP-1 drugs offer health benefits such as reducing risks for heart disease but also carry potential risks like gastrointestinal issues.

Twenty-three per cent of those surveyed said following health advice they found online resulted in a bad reaction or had a negative impact on their health. 

The former president of the Métis Nation of Alberta testified in Ontario court last week on how disagreement between provincial organizations began affecting operations of the Métis Nation Council (MNC).

Many find themselves struggling with the cold, gray days with the shorter daylight hours of winter. But even within this gloomier setting, there's an easy way to boost your mood, according to Holli-Anne Passmore. 

Ozempic was first approved to treat diabetes in Canada seven years ago. Now the largest study of its kind suggests it and other medications like it have a host of other potential health benefits beyond obesity, but could also bring increased risk of other conditions.

The year 2025 brings big change for northern B.C. artist Jeremy Pahl, who has long shared his brand of Tsimshian folk and rock music under the stage name Saltwater Hank. 

The CFIA said illnesses linked to Sweet Cream mini pastries have been reported in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick, including 17 hospitalizations.

The latest disintegration of a SpaceX test flight was a spectacular sight, as broken-up rocket parts streaked like jellyfish tendrils across the Caribbean sky on Thursday evening.

When Kate Gammon and her family fled their Santa Monica, Calif., home during the recent wildfires, she wasn't sure what they would find when they returned. 

Wildlife advocates say the proposed measures aren't backed by science, have an arbitrary population threshold and are designed to appease the cattle industry.

Berens River First Nation in Manitoba is grieving the loss of the community's arena in a fire on Thursday.

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in AD 79, has unearthed a new treasure — a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.

Cochrane's 'Grandfather Tree' -- a much-loved feature of the town's natural landscape, was destroyed by the windstorm that swept across Alberta on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

A century ago, iodine deficiency affected kids across large swaths of the country. It essentially disappeared after some food makers started adding it to various foods.

One of NASA's two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station more than seven months ago.   

This story is part of Welcome to Canada, a CBC News series about immigration told through the eyes of the people who have experienced it.

A decision on the future of coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains is expected within 90 days after a public hearing into the project wrapped up Thursday.

Canada has told a First Nations child advocate it will not negotiate in line with Assembly of First Nations (AFN) resolutions rejecting a $47.8-billion proposal to reform the on-reserve child welfare system, according to a recently released letter.

Some of the visuals coming out of Los Angeles County over the past week are ones we expect with wildfires: dramatic flames, orange skies and damaged structures. 

After a long spell of warm, dry weather, an Arctic cold front is forecast to descend over Alberta this weekend — sending temperatures plunging by up to 40 degrees.

While sitting down to watch your favourite television show may seem like a relaxing way to unwind, it also could fuel your appetite, leading to binge eating.

U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk.

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index.

WARNING: This story contains details of abuse of children at residential schools

Major medical groups are proposing a change to how doctors diagnose obesity.

Dave and Barb Enns were killed when a landslide swept over their home in Lions Bay on Dec. 14, 2024.

Tina Bitangcol is a labour and delivery nurse and mom of four who shares her personal and professional knowledge with the 1.5 million followers of her 'Mama Nurse Tina' persona.

Some of the 'TikTok refugees,' as they call themselves, say the TikTok alternative, a Chinese app, is being chosen in protest of the TikTok ban.

Some protein powders, particularly plant-based and chocolate-flavoured varieties, have been found to contain heavy metals like lead and cadmium, according to a recent report.

When 35-year-old combat medic Tetyana Tsymbaliuk regained consciousness in the hospital room, she found her boyfriend waiting with a bunch of flowers. He proposed, but she declined. After a serious injury, her leg had been amputated; she worried about being a burden as a wife.

The Métis National Council is getting its day in court.

Dwarf planet Pluto and our Earth are the only two worlds in our solar system with very large moons. These may have come about by a "kiss and capture" process, which preserves a moon's large size.

Los Angeles is already infamous for poor air quality. But the fires scorching the area now are sending up plumes of black smoke that pose threats to human health beyond that of standard wildfires.

Elon Musk said a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink, one of many groups working to connect the nervous system to machines.

For four grueling hours, a Winnipeg firefighter, his partner and a friend battled the blaze and choking smoke near Pasadena — even climbing on a roof to hose down a burning house.

Firefighters spent the weekend blocking the explosive growth of fires that destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people in the Los Angeles area.

A California man whose two cats died after drinking raw milk recalled for bird flu risk says he meant to keep his beloved pets healthy, but his efforts tragically backfired.

There has never been more focus on who is Indigenous and who is not as more people seek answers about their ancestry.

Ottawa rapper Khalid Omar, who performs under the name TwoTiime, was forced to evacuate his Calabasas condo as wildfires tore through the Los Angeles area this week, leaving the studio where he records in ruins.

Experts and parents are sounding the alarm about non-medical anabolic steroid use as posts glorifying it grow on social media.

A California man whose two cats died after drinking raw milk recalled for bird flu risk says he meant to keep his beloved pets healthy, but his efforts tragically backfired.

The fire chief of a British Columbia community devastated by a fast-moving wildfire in 2023 says it's "haunting" to see similar circumstances playing out in Southern California.

Imagine this: you're gently awoken by the dulcet tones of your personal assistant just as you're nearing the end of your final sleep cycle.

Nearly a quarter century after Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin, the rocket company is poised for its most defining moment to date: sending a vehicle to orbit for the first time.

An Ontario public health official says they've detected norovirus among a group of 190 people reporting symptoms of gastroenteritis at the University of Guelph over the last week.

As interest in more environmentally-friendly burial options grows, one Ontario company is trying to help cemeteries across the county offer affordable and greener alternatives.