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With a fleet of just 22 warships, it was never going to be easy for the U.S. Navy to defeat the mighty British Royal Navy during the War of 1812. The enemy didn’t expect its secret weapon – the U.S.S. Constitution.

Hurricane Dorian was the most powerful storm known ever to hit the Bahamas. Dorian remained over the northern Bahamas for more than two days as a category five storm. It tied for the second most powerful hurricane in the Atlantic as it...

This video is discusses the mystery surrounding Quadriga, a Canadian cryptocurrency exchange, and its founder Jerry Cotton. The teacher takes the viewers through the events that occurred from the end of 2017 to 2019, including a lawsuit...

Lindsay Hilton is a badass CrossFit extraordinaire and a full contact rugby player - she also happens to have been born without limbs. The 31-year-old from Halifax, Nova Scotia has never let a lack of arms and legs hold her back from...

After the Great War of 1914-18, European powers were desperate to avoid another conflict of that scale. But just 20 years later, they found themselves plunged into catastrophe on an even greater scale. The outbreak of World War Two has...

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Food banks across Canada are gearing up for what's expected to be a season of record-high demand, as grocery prices and the rate of food insecurity soar.

CBC News has obtained a panel's report on environmental racism that calls for a formal apology by the Nova Scotia government. It also suggests reparations to Mi'kmaw and African Nova Scotian communities for generational harm. Michael...

After finding questionable emails and chats on her daughter's school-issued computer, a Nova Scotia mother is sounding the alarm about vulnerabilities in tools used regularly by students across the province. The CBC’s Blair Rhodes explains.

Parents and babies will still be able to access primary care, but a drop-in service will be discontinued in January because the nurse practitioner who's been providing the service is leaving the clinic and the health authority doesn't...

Disruption affecting Amazon Web Services led to a spike in reported outages across a wide range of internet services including those of HMRC, Halifax and Lloyds.



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Elizabeth Myers left Urmston Primary School in 1950. But this September, she returned to the school to meet up with her classmates for the first time in 75 years. The CBC's Emma Davie reports.

A recent report from Ottawa’s fiscal watchdog found that house prices in Halifax are 74 per cent higher on average than what the typical household can afford.

Paul Derry has launched a civil lawsuit over the abuse he says he suffered while working as an underage operative in the Maritimes.

Halifax Harbour Bridges says accidents are way down on both the MacKay and Macdonald bridges — all thanks to the elimination of tolls. Preston Mulligan has the story.

Rugby fans got together to cheer on Team Canada as they faced England in the Women's Rugby World Cup final. Canada settled for the silver medal, but the fans roared all the way to the finish. CBC's Giuliana Grillo reports.

Deepak Sharma was sentenced to four years in prison. Gareth Hampshire has the story.

Free weekly gatherings for all ages are being held at Northwood's Halifax campus to bring members of the Deaf community together. Some say isolation is still a concern in the years after the pandemic. Carolyn Ray reports.

Good Robot Brewing Company co-founder Joshua Counsil tells The National about the moment the Halifax brewery hosted a sold-out crowd for its first dog wedding.

Nova Scotia RCMP say a Dartmouth man is facing 66 sex-related charges involving at least 30 alleged victims, following a four-year investigation into allegations of dozens of sexual assaults at a provincial youth correctional facility...

Public Works has organized a series of job fairs to recruit snowplow operators. The department faces an aging workforce and growing demand for skilled workers.

Megumi Nakamura opened the scoring for Halifax, but was answered by Ottawa's Florence Belzile in the early going of the second half. Each side secures a point in the 1-1 draw.

For the second day in a row Saturday, protesters gathered to oppose Israel's participation in the Davis Cup amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza. They also protested Tennis Canada's decision to proceed with the event. Josh Hoffman reports