When the graphic novel remake of Ann M. Martin's book Claudia and the Bad Joke was the best-selling kids book in Canada earlier this month, it was time for bookworms to feel their hearts flutter with nostalgia. The original, part of the wildly popular The Baby-Sitters Club series, was published …

A sweeping foreign aid package easily passed the U.S. Congress late on Tuesday after months of delay, clearing the way for fresh Ukraine funding amid advances from Russia’s invasion force and Kyiv’s shortages of military supplies. Biden to sign broader $95B US aid package into law on Wednesday. A sweeping …

One of the world’s most popular social platforms — wildly popular with young people — risks becoming a high-profile casualty of the cold-war sequel developing between China and the United States. Now a new bill offers the app’s Chinese-based parent company two choices. Biden expected to sign strike on Chinese-owned …

When word came over the weekend that Israel’s closest ally, the United States, reportedly plans to hold members of an Israeli military battalion accountable for violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, rights groups saw it as progress. Measures aimed at punishing perpetrators are welcomed by advocates but rejected …

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has shown up in at least 32 herds in eight U.S. states, but not in Canada so far. While farmers are worried, experts say there’s no cause for alarm right now thanks to national food safety standards and biosecurity measures in place.  Highly pathogenic avian influenza …

As the rain started to fall toward the end of March, Doug Allen sensed the inevitable. He moved the furniture out of his cabin. The unwanted visitor he had dreaded for years arrived about a week later. “The water was rising one inch per hour on the lake,” he said …

Organized crime groups driving Canada’s worst-ever auto theft epidemic are adapting by increasingly selling hot vehicles in Canada to unsuspecting buyers with little protection, police say. Veteran investigators argue they exploit a weakness in provincial registration systems that needs to be fixed. Nearly 1/3 of stolen vehicles may now have …

CBC’s research found more than one-third of the allegations leading to officer suspensions since 2013 involved gender-based violence including sexual assault, domestic violence or sexual harassment. Women officers who are also survivors of abuse say the policing system is unsupportive and rife with professional conflict. CBC News data reveals 1 …

A controversial road through a wetland inhabited by the western chorus frog, a threatened species, is soon set to be completed in Longueuil, Que. While efforts to boost the frogs’ population get underway, conservationists say more needs to be done.  Conservationists worry not enough is being done to protect the …

Never mind the fact that consumer sales have yet to live up to the superlatives: Honda is about to cast a massive vote of confidence in Canada’s electric vehicle sector. Here’s what we know so far and the questions that remain. What to watch for as Honda announces its new …