Geoff Nixon

Actor James McAvoy was punched by a man at a downtown Toronto bar, apparently unprovoked, late on Monday evening.

Retail giant Canadian Tire confirms it will reduce its corporate staff roles, as part of a transformation and modernization push the company says is necessary to remain competitive.

Amid unprecedented trade turmoil, Ontario’s governing Progressive Conservatives are keen to cut red tape in the provincial economy with Premier Doug Ford and his finance minister signalling that permits, and their bureaucratic hurdles, have fallen squarely in their sights.

Should Canada build a spy service to gather foreign intelligence via human sources? It's a question worth asking as the country deals with a less reliable neighbour next-door, which also helps keep Canada informed about what is happening abroad.

Oleg Gordievsky, a high-ranking KGB officer who spied for the West during the height of the Cold War, has died in England at the age of 86.

Ukraine's fight against Russia hasn't gotten any easier with time, nor have efforts by aid groups to raise money for the war.

Ukraine has honed its army of drones to the point where these tools have become one of its most potent weapons in fighting back against Russia's full-scale invasion of its borders.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that he's spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump about the prospect of Ukraine sharing rare earth minerals with the United States in exchange for its support in the war against Russia, a topic he said was first raised with Trump months ago.

CBC readers want to know how the U.S. is able to impose tariffs on Canada. The answer: The country cannot rely upon the text of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) to stop any U.S. incoming tariffs on a preemptive basis.

Metrolinx pursued a potential commercial naming rights arrangement last year, involving an online casino brand and a downtown Toronto GO station, but the proposal was subsequently quashed, CBC News has learned.