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A huge fire in southwest France has generated the country's first recorded pyrocumulonimbus fire cloud, which are far more common in Canada. Here's why these clouds are special, how they form and how they make wildfires worse.

The Israeli government has told CBC News that it requested permission for wanted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to overfly Newfoundland and Nova Scotia on Monday en route to a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. Canadian officials are again refusing to comment on how Netanyahu was able to enter and leave Canadian airspace, or whether they gave him permission.

Saskatchewan's police oversight body is investigating an incident on Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation where an RCMP officer punched a woman several times in the face.

The owner of a charter ferry service says he can't remember a storm this severe on the trail during the month of July, and that there's typically one rain storm in August.

Two men have been found guilty of murdering Quebec entrepreneur Daniel Langlois and his partner Dominique Marchand in Dominica, according to Radio-Canada. In December, 2023, the couple was found dead in a burnt-out car in the Caribbean country where they had lived since 1997.

U.S. President Donald Trump met separately with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East continue to test U.S. diplomacy. Zelenskyy hopes to revive diplomatic efforts with Russia, while Trump's talks with Netanyahu come amid differences over Iran.

A Canadian intern accused of spying at NATO's military headquarters in Belgium has been denied bail and will remain in custody. Belgian prosecutors allege she spied for a third country and was part of a criminal organization.

It appears the White House isn't done with Katy Perry.

The daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes has legally dropped her father's last name. She is registered to vote in Pennsylvania as Suri Noelle, according to public documents obtained by CBC News.

Amazon's Prime Video will exclusively broadcast Wednesday night national NHL regular-season games in Canada in English and French beginning next season, as part of a new 12-year sub-licensing agreement with Rogers Communications Inc.

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is back in Washington this week where he's continuing his search for a breakthrough in trade negotiations with the U.S. administration.

Canadian swimmers were back in action on Day 5 of the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday in Glasgow. Oliver Dawson was the top qualifier in the men's 200m breaststroke. The Grande Prairie, Alta., native touched the wall in 2:10.05, and will contest the final later Tuesday at Tollcross International Swimming Centre.

French authorities ordered nearly 4,000 people evacuated Tuesday from tourist sites on the Atlantic coast as returning heat threatened firefighters' fragile hold on a vast wildfire west of Bordeaux.

Montréal-Nord resident Rosanna Montesi fell on her balcony on May 12. A request for home care was sent before she was discharged from the hospital, but her son says they’re still waiting to hear back from the CLSC Montréal-Nord for an assessment.

Winemaking has always depended on weather, but climate change is making weather patterns more unpredictable — extreme heat, drought, hail and wildfires are reshaping harvests and yields in regions from Bordeaux in France to B.C.'s Okanagan Valley. Experts and wine industry insiders say it impacts everything from financial planning to growing techniques and decisions about what kinds of grapes to plant.

There isn't much left of the RCMP detachment in Morse, Sask., after a hydrant failed during efforts to fight a fire on Sunday. Local farmers and Hutterite colonies offered support to finally extinguish the blaze.

A 65-year-old Calgary man died at Mount Temple in Banff National Park after slipping and falling, according to Parks Canada.

Sony Pictures Entertainment has announced plans to restore L.A.'s iconic Cinerama Dome to its former glory and reopen it in early 2028 — just as movie theatres show signs of emerging from a years-long decline in ticket sales.

A new oil pipeline to the West Coast would lift Canada and Alberta's gross domestic product, but perhaps not to the degree the provincial and federal governments are forecasting, says a new report from TD Economics.

A new climate study suggests centuries of drought added pressure to the Bronze Age societies that inspired Homer's The Odyssey, revealing how environmental stress, food insecurity and failing trade networks may have shaped a world of collapse and survival.

The suspect in an attack on a Berlin Pride event had recently been ordered by a court to take part in deradicalization training. For The National, CBC’s Ashley Fraser examines how the programs work and if they’re an effective counterterrorism tool.

This video of a Costco in Japan has gone viral after a major earthquake hit the country’s southern Kyushu island. Here’s how we verified the video.

Lips are sealed on Netflix’s plans for filming on Prince Edward Island, but it's starting to look like this summer in the province will be different.

The federal government's rejection of a plan to allow commercial jets at Toronto's Billy Bishop Airport is threatening a wedge between the Ford government and Ottawa — and potentially strengthening opposition to a major high-speed rail project.

A massive wildfire in southwestern France has left parts of the town of Biscarrosse in ruins, with drone footage from Tuesday revealing burnt homes and forest. Fires across France have forced the unprecedented evacuation of tens of thousands of people.

Police Chief Shon Barnes told a news conference that the weapon was a 9 mm gun from Polymer80 — a now-defunct company that was once a leading manufacturer of ghost gun parts.

The billionaire CEO of one of Canada's largest companies has come under fire for seeming to endorse stripping voting rights from some and giving more votes to the ultra wealthy. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke replied positively to a post on X suggesting a system of "weighted voting proportional to the amount of income tax you pay," from no votes for people who don't pay income tax to five votes for anyone paying $500,000 or more.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino's plan to create a $20 billion company running the World Cup with private investors including the Kushner family was announced Tuesday — and immediately attacked by European soccer body UEFA.

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Tim Hortons has announced a new Harry Potter promotion, but the reaction online has been anything but magical.

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High diesel fuel prices following a tough couple of years for the industry mean the cost savings may not trickle down to consumers any time soon.

The Trump administration is increasingly conflating communism and the political left, casting them as threats to national security. Many are calling these tactics familiar. Is the United States entering a new 'Red Scare'?

Multiple environmental groups are concerned the Alberta government's proposed oil pipeline route poses a risk to southern resident killer whales. They are protected under the Species At Risk Act, but the Carney government is considering changes that would give cabinet power to exempt certain projects from the "jeopardy test" for species at risk.

Parks Canada says creeks and rivers are running high with more rain expected through Wednesday, and visitors are urged to delay or cancel planned trips.

The new system, which has already sparked concern among doctors and some health care advocacy groups, has been in the works for months. It allows Albertans to self-refer and pay for MRIs, CT scans, ultrasounds and X-rays.

A year after a nine-year-old girl from Montreal was found dead near a swamp in Upstate New York, local resident Bridgette Cruz says new road signs are keeping her memory alive.

A 15-year-old suspect was arrested after a shooting that killed three people and left at least four others injured at a food festival near Seattle's Space Needle over the weekend, the city's mayor said Monday.

After multiple delays, the Gordie Howe International Bridge, linking Detroit and Windsor, Ont., finally opened to traffic July 27, 2026.

The freedom and lower price tag of open-weight models is turning the heads of business leaders in the west, where the merits have prompted letters from top tech leaders warning against restrictions on open models, despite the potential for security risks.

A former Conservative Member of Parliament is entering the already crowded race to become Toronto's next mayor.

Iran launched multiple ballistic missiles at American forces in the Middle East on Tuesday, shattering a brief pause in fighting as mediators tried to get both sides back to negotiations and toward a ceasefire, the U.S. military said.

Countless Canadians and Americans made the journey to Windsor and Detroit on Monday to be amongst the first to cross the newly opened Gordie Howe International Bridge. The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority says roughly 7,500 vehicles crossed the bridge in its first 12 hours

Legend has it the last time County Mayo won the Gaelic Football All-Ireland in 1951, an angry priest cursed the team to never win another championship so long as they lived. But on Sunday — five years after the 1951 team's last surviving member died — Mayo beat Kerry to claim ​the Sam Maguire Cup for the first time in 75 years.

After Hamilton neighbourhoods were blanketed by an unknown black substance in early July, Ontario's official opposition is calling on the government to share what it knows about the recurring issue.

Albertans located west and north of Edmonton are being warned about the possibility of a tornado Tuesday afternoon; city residents advised to be ready for a severe thunderstorm.

France is bracing for its fourth major heat wave of the year on Tuesday, as soaring temperatures and tinder-dry conditions across the nation's southwest put pressure on crews battling the giant wildfire in the Bordeaux region.

All eligible Canadian adults can now apply online to renew their passports, Immigration Minister Lena Diab announced on Tuesday.

A report commissioned by Hydro-Québec is recommending the utility forgive more than $250 million in unpaid electricity bills owed by members of some First Nations and Inuit communities and instead allow the communities themselves to decide how those debts should be handled.

Ariana Grande is suing the hackers who she claims have been stealing and selling her unreleased music, photos and footage for years. The singer filed a lawsuit in California state court on Monday, obtained by CBC News, alleging a yearslong hacking campaign against close collaborators and others with access to her unreleased material.

Hundreds of people have been evacuated from the area, where the Pear Lake and Fiftynine Creek fires have merged into a 668-square-kilometre behemoth that's destroyed a number of properties.

A former Regina police sergeant who was criminally convicted for using an internal police database to pursue intimate relationships with vulnerable women is now being sued by two of the women he deceived.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands of homes, stopping rail services and triggering warnings for tsunamis and aftershocks.

Four years after the oilsands' Pathways carbon capture project was first announced, the initiative has become increasingly nebulous in both environmental impact and who is even paying for it.

A judge ruled Monday that there is enough evidence to put D4vd on trial in the killing and dismemberment of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who authorities said had threatened to expose their relationship and crater the indie-pop singer's rising career just a few days before his debut album dropped.

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree is committing to "get to the bottom" of the arrest of a Canadian in Europe on spying charges. The suspect, who was not named in the office's statement, worked as an intern at NATO in Mons, Belgium.

The storm, which closed roads, flooded neighbourhoods, shut down outdoor events and downed trees, came with winds reaching a maximum of 94 km/h.

In early publicity for his recently released The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan cited Wilson's opening line in her translation of The Odyssey as a reference point for main character Odysseus. But Wilson's feelings about Nolan's take appear more mixed.

A fire burning near Clinton, B.C., is forcing more evacuations Monday, with the wildfire service saying "extreme fire behaviour" is expected on it this week.