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Seabed mining talks show key issues remain unresolved

    FILE - The sun rises over fishing boats in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 8, 2022, off of Kennebunkport, Maine.

    Even as the race to mine the ocean floor for important minerals intensifies, a UN-body tasked with establishing regulations for the emerging industry ended a key global meeting this week without a new mining code.

    Europe is eyeing France’s nuclear shield. Should Canada follow?

      Two men in suits shaking hands.

      As European allies quietly explore France’s nuclear umbrella amid doubts about U.S. reliability, Canada faces an uncomfortable question: join or stay clear. While Ottawa rejects going nuclear, extending French deterrence to North America risks inflaming tensions with Washington — and raises stark questions about who would defend whom in a crisis.

      3 options to replace ‘inadequate’ prime minister housing

        Prime Minister Mark Carney waits to greet Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa.

        An internal memo obtained by CBC News reveals that Rideau Cottage, the residence for past and the current prime minister, is inadequate and comes with security risks, according to the government’s own assessment. The two-storey brick house was meant to be a temporary home for leaders, after 24 Sussex — the official residence — was decommissioned in 2022.

        3 options to replace ‘inadequate’ prime minister housing

          Prime Minister Mark Carney waits to greet Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa.

          An internal memo obtained by CBC News reveals that Rideau Cottage, the residence for past and the current prime minister, is inadequate and comes with security risks, according to the government’s own assessment. The two-storey brick house was meant to be a temporary home for leaders, after 24 Sussex — the official residence — was decommissioned in 2022.

          3 options to replace ‘inadequate’ prime minister housing

            Prime Minister Mark Carney waits to greet Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa.

            An internal memo obtained by CBC News reveals that Rideau Cottage, the residence for past and the current prime minister, is inadequate and comes with security risks, according to the government’s own assessment. The two-storey brick house was meant to be a temporary home for leaders, after 24 Sussex — the official residence — was decommissioned in 2022.

            3 options to replace ‘inadequate’ prime minister housing

              Prime Minister Mark Carney waits to greet Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa.

              An internal memo obtained by CBC News reveals that Rideau Cottage, the residence for past and the current prime minister, is inadequate and comes with security risks, according to the government’s own assessment. The two-storey brick house was meant to be a temporary home for leaders, after 24 Sussex — the official residence — was decommissioned in 2022.

              Fears for B.C. woman, daughter detained at Texas immigration facility

                A smiling group picture, with two adult men, two adult women and a young girl.

                Family and friends are expressing fears for a Penticton, B.C., woman and her daughter who have been detained by U.S. authorities in Texas and are currently in an immigration holding facility. Tania Warner — a 47-year-old who family say is legally in the U.S. on a worker’s visa — and Ayla Lucas were stopped at a U.S. border checkpoint on their way back from a baby shower.

                Woman who wrote a book on grief after husband’s death found guilty of murdering him

                  A woman sitting in court

                  A Utah woman who wrote a children’s book about coping with grief after her husband’s death was convicted of aggravated murder in his death by poisoning him with fentanyl. Jurors on Monday also found Kouri Richins guilty of fraudulently claiming insurance benefits after the death of Eric Richins in March 2022 at their home outside the ski town of Park City.

                  The National | Allies reject Trump’s call for help in Hormuz

                    March 16, 2026 | NATO allies reject Trump’s demand for help re-opening the crucial Strait of Hormuz. A powerful storm brings 40 centimetres of snow to parts of northern Ontario and Quebec. And, a recruitment campaign brings hundreds of doctors and nurses to B.C.

                    Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of deadly strike on Kabul hospital that it says killed hundreds

                      Taliban security personnel manning an anti-aircraft gun, mounted on a vehicle

                      Afghanistan accused Pakistan of targeting a hospital for drug users in the Afghan capital late Monday, saying the airstrike had killed at least 400 people. It marked a dramatic escalation of a conflict that began late last month and has seen repeated cross-border clashes as well as airstrikes inside Afghanistan. International calls for a ceasefire have gone unheeded.

                      Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of deadly strike on Kabul hospital that it says killed hundreds

                        Taliban security personnel manning an anti-aircraft gun, mounted on a vehicle

                        Afghanistan accused Pakistan of targeting a hospital for drug users in the Afghan capital late Monday, saying the airstrike had killed at least 400 people. It marked a dramatic escalation of a conflict that began late last month and has seen repeated cross-border clashes as well as airstrikes inside Afghanistan. International calls for a ceasefire have gone unheeded.

                        Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of deadly strike on Kabul hospital that it says killed hundreds

                          Taliban security personnel manning an anti-aircraft gun, mounted on a vehicle

                          Afghanistan accused Pakistan of targeting a hospital for drug users in the Afghan capital late Monday, saying the airstrike had killed at least 400 people. It marked a dramatic escalation of a conflict that began late last month and has seen repeated cross-border clashes as well as airstrikes inside Afghanistan. International calls for a ceasefire have gone unheeded.