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The NDP is asking Canada's elections watchdog to immediately launch an investigation after a series of ads claiming Leader Jagmeet Singh lives in a multi-million dollar mansion popped up online in the lead up to Burnaby South byelection later this month.

Hamilton’s Doug Putman might be the king of vinyl right now.

The Toronto police officer facing disciplinary charges related to a 2016 arrest and release of serial killer Bruce McArthur accuses the force of turning him into "a scapegoat" to divert attention from other errors made during the investigation.

A Liberal member of Parliament is apologizing for putting out a calendar that features notable Canadians — all of whom are men.

In 1946, Viola Desmond refused to give up her seat in a segregated section of a New Glasgow, N.S., movie theatre.

Scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have declared 2018 the fourth warmest year on record. It ranks behind 2016, 2017 and 2015, respectively. And it's only going to get warmer from here, they predict.

The U.S. will continue to lead the fight against Islamic State militants in the Middle East, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted Wednesday — notwithstanding President Donald Trump's apparent impatience of late at getting American soldiers out of Syria.

Britain's consumer watchdog has struck a deal with some of the world's most popular online travel booking websites, getting them to be more transparent about hidden fees and stop implying certain hotels are in danger of being booked solid.

Barbara Williams has been appointed CBC's new vice-president of English services in charge of English-language TV, radio and digital services.

More than a year after the United Nations asked countries to take in refugees living in slavery in Libya, Canada has begun resettling hundreds of them, the UN and the federal government said Wednesday.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: President Trump made some big promises in his State of the Union address, and his foes are already trying to shoot holes in them; Alberta Premier Rachel Notley weighs in on the province's economic challenges.

The mother of a newborn girl whose apprehension into care was streamed live on Facebook has a long history with the child welfare system, including being investigated twice for child abuse, court records say.

There are no signs the U.S. would actually invade Venezuela, but the rhetoric in Washington and Caracas appears to have helped President Nicolas Maduro convince ordinary Venezuelans that U.S. marines could hit the beaches at any moment.

The man behind what a judge has described as the largest theft in the history of the Northwest Territories has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for theft over $5,000.

In the panel's first act since Democrats took the majority, the U.S. House intelligence committee voted Wednesday to send more than 50 interview transcripts from its now-closed Russia investigation to special counsel Robert Mueller.

A provincial court judge said the boy was given marijuana regularly on weekends and ridiculed when he would cough while smoking.

Another top Virginia Democrat — Attorney General Mark Herring — admitted Wednesday to putting on blackface in the 1980s, when he was a college student.

Another top Virginia Democrat — Attorney General Mark Herring — admitted Wednesday to putting on blackface in the 1980s, when he was a college student.

A total of 15 players and both head coaches have been suspended as a result of the brawl that broke out during an Acadia-St. FX hockey game last weekend.

Will the NHL ever have women officiating games? One former league referee thinks so. But while plenty of work and obstacles remain, the idea may not be that far-fetched.

After two days of deliberations a London jury has acquitted former Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre operations manager Stephen Jurkus in the 2013 murder of Adam Kargus, who was beaten to death by his cellmate Anthony George.

Canadian pharmaceutical industry lobby groups, in an effort to head off a planned crackdown on prescription drug prices, offered to give up $8.6 billion in revenue over 10 years, freeze prices or reduce the cost of treating rare diseases, Reuters reports.

A brash new scam on social media hijacked the identity of Canada's immigration minister to defraud desperate refugees of thousands of dollars.

Scientists used pulsating stars — young, newly catalogued stars bigger and brighter than our sun — to map our galaxy's shape. Here's what they found.

A bad olive harvest in Europe could mean an increase in olive oil fraud, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) warns.

A bad olive harvest in Europe could mean an increase in olive oil fraud, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) warns.

The Vatican on Wednesday clarified comments by Pope Francis about a case of what he called "sexual slavery" within a French congregation of nuns, saying he was referring to an abuse of power that was reflected in instances of sexual abuse.

Two men are dead after being gunned down inside a popular late-night restaurant and pub in downtown Winnipeg.

Two men are dead after being gunned down inside a popular late-night restaurant and pub in downtown Winnipeg.

The Royal Canadian Air Force is hoping to pull the trigger on the purchase of new armed drones within six years after spending nearly two decades weighing different options.

Organizers of the peer-counselling group in Ottawa say they had a hard time finding help for their industry's mental health challenges, so they made their own service.

In a video uploaded Wednesday, Audrey Parker — who died Nov. 1, 2018 — says people are dying earlier than necessary because late-stage consent is needed to invoke medical assistance in dying (MAID).

Randy Anthony, 52, lost the house his parents handed down for him, with snow burying precious memories and his retirement plan.

The vision U.S. President Donald Trump presented in his state of the union address Tuesday night suggests Americans can expect more uncertainty and division — with a few potential bolts of bipartisanship. Here's a look at some key moments.

Residents of a historic downtown Toronto building have been unable to get the tall condo next door to stop its residents from tossing garbage off their balconies.

Residents of St. Mary's, N.L., are concerned about the potential environmental impacts of fermenting seafood sauce left at a plant that ceased operations years ago.

Residents of St. Mary's, N.L., are concerned about the potential environmental impacts of fermenting seafood sauce left at a plant that ceased operations years ago.

Three recent polls in Quebec suggest the NDP might be back to where it was before the Orange Wave started building.

The NDP is trying to prod the federal government into launching an investigation into whether the RCMP used invasive — and possibly illegal — techniques to eavesdrop on one of their own during a harassment lawsuit.

The sanctions the U.S. slapped on Venezuelan oil last week are playing havoc with the tankers that ship crude around the world, and throwing energy prices off-kilter in the process.

We sometimes hear that a U.S. judge has imposed several consecutive prison sentences on a criminal, adding up to more than 100 years. That is far less common in Canada, but the issue has come up in some recent high-profile cases.

We sometimes hear that a U.S. judge has imposed several consecutive prison sentences on a criminal, adding up to more than 100 years. That is far less common in Canada, but the issue has come up in some recent high-profile cases.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion should be back on track if a National Energy Board report due later this month “goes our way.”

Health Canada has suspended the sales licence of Winnipeg-based cannabis producer Bonify.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will hold a two-day summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un in Vietnam to continue his efforts to persuade Kim to give up his nuclear weapons.

U.S. President Donald Trump struck a tone of unity in his state of the union speech on Tuesday, the first he has delivered to a divided congress.

U.S. President Donald Trump struck a tone of unity as he began his state of the union speech on Tuesday night — the first he has delivered to a divided Congress — before turning to a lengthy defence of his call for a border wall, one of the most polarizing issues of his time in office.

Some travellers through Toronto's Pearson International Airport last month may have been exposed to measles.

A day after the United States called on its allies fighting in Syria and Iraq to bring their foreign fighters home for prosecution, Canada is insisting it will not put its citizens at risk to answer the call.

As investigators work to determine all of the contributing factors in the Canadian Pacific freight train derailment that took the lives of three crew members Monday near Field, B.C., here's a look back at some of Canada's worst rail crashes responsible for hundreds of fatalities.