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Yvon Joseph Ghislain Gaudet, 69, was arrested on New Year's Eve at a hotel in Sosua, near Puerto Plata, where police said he was attempting to have sex with a minor.

On their first day in the majority, House Democrats on Thursday night passed a plan to reopen the government without funding U.S. President Donald Trump's promised border wall.

On their first day in the majority, House Democrats on Thursday night passed a plan to reopen the government without funding U.S. President Donald Trump's promised border wall.

Democrats wasted no time flexing their new power in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday as they manoeuvred to pass legislation backed by new Speaker Nancy Pelosi that would end a 13-day partial government shutdown while ignoring President Donald Trump's demand for $5 billion for a border wall.

Democrats wasted no time flexing their new power in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday as they manoeuvred to pass legislation backed by new Speaker Nancy Pelosi that would end a 13-day partial government shutdown while ignoring President Donald Trump's demand for $5 billion for a border wall.

Brock University says a professor who was found to have sexually harassed one of his students in 2014 will be back in the classroom next week.

Despite the heightened state of political tension between Ottawa and Beijing, MPs and senators plan to proceed with a trip to China this week.

Two more West Coast orcas are ailing and probably will be dead by summer, according to an expert on the critically endangered southern resident population of killer whales that live in the waters of the Pacific Northwest.

Two more West Coast orcas are ailing and probably will be dead by summer, according to an expert on the critically endangered southern resident population of killer whales that live in the waters of the Pacific Northwest.

An Ottawa woman who's been confined to the Saint-Vincent hospital because there weren't enough workers to care for her at her Kanata apartment complex is finally going home, months after doctors first said she could.

A man in recovery for a substance use disorder from Windsor, Ont., has a message for other users: If you're going to use, call me.

A woman says she is lucky to be alive after a piece of plywood flew through the air and punctured her windshield while driving on a busy highway.

The Trudeau government has announced $113 million in new money to improve pre-arrival services for future immigrants to Canada.

Halifax Harbour Bridges is looking for ways to keep its old toll booths from putting the squeeze on oversized vehicles and trucks, including the creation of a safety campaign reminding drivers to pay attention to their surroundings.

Alana Bartol is hoping to find caregivers for hundreds of Alberta orphans, but these charges are not children. They are oil wells across the province abandoned by their owners.

RCMP have issued a Manitoba-wide arrest warrant for a Winnipeg-area real estate agent they say is "dangerous and unpredictable."

RCMP have issued a Manitoba-wide arrest warrant for a Winnipeg-area real estate agent they say is "dangerous and unpredictable."

A team of scientists will reveal more information on Ultima Thule — an object that lies 6.5 billion kilometres from Earth — when they address a news conference today.

Scientists say NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, as seen from Earth, goes almost directly behind the sun on Friday, so there will be a pause in downloading images of a Kuiper Belt object known as Ultima Thule.

Parti Québécois interim leader Pascal Bérubé used Twitter to share his feelings after Maxime Comtois was hit hard with criticism after missing on a penalty shot during overtime in a 2-1 loss to Finland in the world junior championship quarterfinals Wednesday.

The incident took place Wednesday night at the Mont-Vidéo ski resort in Barraute, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue.

The incident took place Wednesday night at the Mont-Vidéo ski resort in Barraute, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue.

Nancy Pelosi is poised to be elected Thursday as House Speaker, the only woman who has held the office and now one of the few elected officials who will be returning to it. The last time a Speaker regained the gavel was more than a half-century ago.

Nancy Pelosi was re-elected Thursday as House Speaker, the only woman who has held the office and now one of the few elected officials who will be returning to the role. The last time a Speaker regained the gavel was more than a half-century ago.

An Ontario Superior Court judge has found some of the enforcement powers held by the province's animal welfare agency to be unconstitutional, and says the government has 12 months to rewrite laws to remedy the situation.

An Ontario judge has found some of the enforcement powers held by the province's animal welfare agency to be unconstitutional and says the government must rewrite related laws to remedy the situation.

Stocks went into a steep slide Thursday after Apple sent a shudder through Wall Street with word that iPhone sales in China are falling.

Apple's warning on revenue rocked financial markets on Thursday as investors shunned equities and sought safety in bonds and less risky assets, amid renewed concerns about slowing global economic growth and damage from the China-U.S. trade war.

A winter storm moving across B.C. is dumping heavy snow and rain and making travel treacherous.

Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu has recorded a massive tennis upset. The 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., stunned world No. 3 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6-4, 6-4 in the second round of the ASB Classic on Thursday in New Zealand.

When the Canadian Citizenship Act came into effect on January 1, 1947, Canadians born in Canada and naturalized immigrants were considered British subjects. With the new act, they became citizens of their own country.

Pegi Young, a U.S.-born singer-songwriter who was married to Canadian artist Neil Young for 36 years and had performed with him, has died at age 66 after a yearlong battle with cancer.

Pegi Young, a U.S.-born singer-songwriter who was married to Canadian artist Neil Young for 36 years and had performed with him, has died at age 66 after a year-long battle with cancer.

The United States government is entering the thirteenth day of a government shutdown that some predict will last for weeks. So how does this end? CBC correspondent Paul Hunter warns we are in uncharted territory. "There's no path out, and that's the problem right now."

Older adults have been found to be just as adept as younger people when it comes to recalling new information, as long as they draw what they're trying to remember.

It's expected Calgary's housing market will continue to contend with more supply than demand.

Suspects accused in the October death of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Turkey attended their first court hearing on Thursday.

Eleven suspects accused in the October death of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Turkey attended their first court hearing on Thursday.

A super-insulated, radio frequency controlled, $2,000 designer cat door is just one of many energy saving features of a passive house being built in West Vancouver.

Democrats won back the U.S. House of Representatives in November by talking about everything but Donald Trump. That's over now, writes Keith Boag.

Democrats won back the U.S. House of Representatives in November by talking about everything but Donald Trump. That's over now, writes Keith Boag.

A super-insulated, radio frequency controlled, $2,000 designer cat door is just one of many energy saving features of a passive house being built in West Vancouver.

Canadians are walking into new territory on the right to die, commencing a debate over whether Parliament should allow minors and the mentally ill to end their lives with the help of a doctor.

Just days before he was to be sworn in as the junior Republican senator for Utah, Mitt Romney's broadside against Donald Trump has sparked questions about the former governor's timing, his motives and his presidential ambitions for 2020.

A Cantley, Que., couple are calling on motorists to properly brush snow and ice off vehicles after a dangerous situation unfolded on Highway 50 in Gatineau, Que., on New Year's Day.

A type of plumbing sold between 1995 and 2007 may be a flood waiting to happen in your home, but the Kitec products are the subject of a class-action lawsuit that has been settled for tens of millions of dollars, so homeowners are eligible for partial compensation to pay for repairs.

A super-insulated, radio frequency controlled, $2,000 designer cat door is just one of many energy saving features of a passive house being built in West Vancouver.

A type of plumbing sold between 1995 and 2007 may be a flood waiting to happen in your home, but the Kitec products are the subject of a class-action lawsuit that has been settled for tens of millions of dollars, so homeowners are eligible for partial compensation to pay for repairs.

Tomorrow's employment numbers in Canada and the U.S. will offer some insight into your economic future, Don Pittis writes.

Team Canada was less than 47 seconds from advancing to the semifinals of the world junior hockey championship. And then disaster struck.