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"POV: you live alone, have no friends, this is how you spend a Friday night". These types of videos have taken off on social media. The crea...

Ukraine is hitting key energy targets inside Russia. And US President Donald Trump says the US will give Ukraine licence to make Patriot mis...

It's been a wild ride so far this World Cup. With the quarterfinals underway we’ve got your World Cup roundup. The highs, the lows, the fina...

Hamas announced this week it was ready to dissolve its government after being in charge of Gaza for more than a decade. Israel says it's a t...

U.S. President Donald Trump says the interim agreement to end the war in Iran is over after Tehran carried out attacks on U.S. bases in the...

Why do we procrastinate? Joseph Ferrari, a Professor of Psychology at DePaul University, has spent his career studying why we put things off...

Politicians of all stripes are out in full force at the Calgary Stampede, squeezing into jeans and cowboy boots. This year's focus: The upco...

When you’re sitting in the dentist’s chair – it can sometimes be hard to know for sure if the treatment being recommended is really the righ...

NATO members are gathering in Ankara, Turkey at a fraught time. The wars in Ukraine and Iran are ongoing and there are questions about how t...

It's being called the 'Flamingo Revolution' – Albanians have taken to the streets in record numbers for more than a month, protesting their...

Is your job at risk, can you afford your home and when will things stop being so expensive? Guest host Catherine Cullen speaks to Deloitte’s...

The Eurovision Song Contest is famous for bringing us major musical artists, plus healthy doses of kitsch -- and politics. Now Canada is joi...

This 4th July marks a big milestone in U.S. history, with 250th anniversary celebrations taking place across the country. But with political...

Yesterday, B.C. Premier David Eby and Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a multi-billion B.C.-Ottawa agreement, including investments in t...

Yesterday, the Trump administration declined to renew the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). Without an agreement to extend the deal betwee...

More people, especially people under 45, are turning to sewing their own clothes. Globally, sewing machine sales are on the rise, expected t...

In honour of Canada Day, we’re highlighting some favourite conversations with prominent Canadians from the last season. Rick Mercer and coun...

With today's CUSMA deadline, we speak with three business leaders — one in Canada and two in the US — who give their differing perspectives...

In an increasingly polarized world, Dr. Lafontaine says the best time to work through our outrage was yesterday. A close second, however, is...

The Canadian celebrity investor wants to build a massive data centre in rural Utah. People in the Republican-dominated state, like Rhonda An...