Three restaurant owners who financially abused their immigrant employees were handed jail terms this week by a Calgary judge. Victims threatenedThe victims, all from India, moved to Calgary between 2017 and 2020 as temporary foreign workers on employer-specific permits to work as cooks at the offenders’ restaurant. In reality, under the temporary foreign workers program, employers were required to pay a $1,000 processing fee for an employee's assessment documentation. 14-hour daysOne of the victims, Parthiban Ramalingam, paid the full $24,000 while the other two paid $12,000 and $8,000 each. Ramalingam told the court that he would hand over $2,000 in cash for the Labour Market Impact Assessment and $400 for rent.

Software company Ubisoft has closed its Halifax studio, putting 71 staff members out of work. In late December, 60 workers at the Halifax studio formed the company's first union in North America. T.J. Gillis worked at Ubisoft Halifax for five years. Gillis noted with the Halifax studio closure, there are no more employment options for game developers in the province. "This was my first serious foray into the gaming industry," Gillis said.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to China next week, marking the first visit to the country by a Canadian prime minister since 2017. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said the trip from Jan. 13 to 17 will see Carney meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss trade, energy, agriculture and international security. Carney met Xi on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, in October, where he accepted Xi's invitation for a visit. In response, China imposed a 76 per cent tariff on Canadian canola seed imports and a 100 per cent tariff on canola oil, meal and peas. China also put a 25 per cent tariff on certain Canadian pork, fish and seafood products.

The ICE officer shot the woman in her vehicle in a residential neighbourhood in Minneapolis, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. But Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey blasted that characterization and the federal deployment of more than 2,000 officers as part of the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Federal law enforcement officers stand near a roadblock after a shooting involving federal agents in Minneapolis, where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been conducting a major crackdown. (Tim Sullivan/The Associated Press)Minneapolis police chief contradicts ICE positionThe shooting comes during a series of immigration enforcement operations in major American cities under the Trump administration. WATCH | Tension in Minneapolis: Minnesota immigration crackdown met by organized opposition | Duration 5:36 An immigration crackdown in Minnesota is being met by organized opposition from people who are angry about U.S. Donald Trump’s anti-Somali tirades.

January 7, 2026 —Bryan Peeler, Assistant Professor and Associate Head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Manitoba, speaks with CBC host Marcy Markusa about the implications of the U.S. strike in Venezuela and whether Canada should be concerned about its own sovereignty following threats of annexation. For the full interview, please visit CBC.

A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park announced on Wednesday, in what it described as "a major event" for the endangered subspecies. Spanning more than 7,700 square kilometres, Africa's oldest national park is home to many of the world's last mountain gorillas, yet much of the park is under rebel control and fighting has accelerated forest loss. Caring for twins can be challenging, "particularly during the early months when infants are entirely dependent on their mother for care and transport," the park's statement said. WATCH | Observing gorillas in the wild: Tracking gorillas from a distance | Duration 1:22 Rangers in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park track mountain gorillas in the bush, making sure to keep their distance and maintain precautions against coronavirus transmission. In total, Mafuko has now had seven offspring, including a set of twins which died a week after being born in 2016.

‘Get the f–k out’: Mayor reacts after ICE shoots and kills womanNewsDuration 1:27Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey did not hold back at a press conference on Wednesday after an ICE officer shot and killed a woman. Federal officials have claimed the shooting was an act of self-defence.

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For six days, her mother Ada Guan and Guan's boyfriend Justin Cassie-Berube did not get Chloe the help she needed. (CBC)Wednesday's sentence by Superior Court Justice Anne London-Weinstein comes 17 months after Guan, 33, pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Instant photographs of Cassie-Berube and Chloe, taken during the holidays in 2019, were entered as exhibits during his trial. He was handed a 14-year prison sentence for what the judge called a "shocking example of abuse." Not long after the Crown's successful prosecution on all the charges Cassie-Berube faced, Guan and her lawyer Diane Magas struck a plea deal.

In an unprecedented statement released Tuesday, seven European leaders essentially told the U.S. president to back off. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland," it read. "It would mean the end of NATO," said Kerry Buck, a former Canadian ambassador to NATO between 2015 and 2019. During a meeting with Frederiksen in Paris Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney struck a similar tone to the statement by the European leaders. Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European NATO members in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on Sept. 17, 2025.

Indoor zipline harness fails, injuring 11-year-oldNewsDuration 1:57Parents in Scarborough, Ont., are warning others about the potential risks at indoor playground facilities after their 11-year-old son Ramin Azizi was injured in a fall from a zipline.

The Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB) announced Wednesday that it’s selling three of its former school properties. Windsor Stadium, the former Kingsville District High School and the former Kingsville Public School have been listed for sale on publicboard.ca , reads a news release from the GECDSB. The release says the three properties will be available for viewing as follows:Kingsville District High School: Jan. 22 at 10 a.m.Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementKingsville Public School: Jan. 22 at 2 p.m.Windsor Stadium: Jan. 23 at 10 a.m. Last May a spokesperson for Ontario's minister of education told CBC News that Windsor Stadium was going through a process that could lead to its sale. The GECDSB operates 52 elementary and 14 secondary schools in nine regional communities providing public education to approximately 36,000 students across Windsor and Essex County.

The largest species, named Satyrex ferox, has a leg-span of 14 centimetres (about the width of a slice of bread). In October, the Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census announced 30 new species discovered in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica. Phyllidia ovata is one of two wart slug species discovered in Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Heike Wägele)New Canadian crayfishOne of the new species discovered in Canada this year was also an aquatic creature. Three of the unusual species discovered this year include toads that live in trees, far from water, in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania.

An evacuation order was lifted on Wednesday evening after a live explosive device was reported in an area of downtown Sydney, N.S., earlier in the day. "The explosive device was safely disposed of by the military's explosive disposal unit. Evacuations have been lifted and the area has reopened to public access," Cape Breton Regional Police said in a news release sent at 6:20 p.m. AT. Darren Barrington, police were called to 153 Pitt St. at around 7:30 a.m. after a live grenade was found inside a business. “When the police arrived on site, they entered the building and they found what appeared to be an explosive device sitting on the floor,” Barrington said in an interview with CBC Radio’s Mainstreet Cape Breton.