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A second woman has come forward to accuse Virginia Lt.-Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault. Meredith Watson said in a statement through her lawyer Friday that the attack took place when she and Fairfax were students at Duke University.

A second woman has come forward to accuse Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault. Meredith Watson said in a statement through her lawyer Friday that the attack took place when she and Fairfax were students at Duke University.

Transport Canada has ordered new safety measures following Monday's fatal Canadian Pacific derailment near Field, B.C.

Transport Canada has ordered new safety measures following Monday's fatal Canadian Pacific derailment near Field, B.C.

New Democrat MP Murray Rankin said today he's still thinking about whether to run for his party in this year's federal election — despite having said he intended to make a decision about his future by early January.

Two Canadian women who had been living in ISIS-held territory with their children have surrendered to U.S.-backed forces in Syria, according to the head of a non-profit organization that urged them to turn themselves in.

Greenland and Antarctica are a long distance away, but newly released research suggests the accelerating disappearance of their ice caps will have a major — and underestimated — effect on extreme weather in Canada.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: it's proving difficult to make a dent in U.S. gun culture; Rukban refugee camp in southeast Syria gets desperately needed aid; as we approach the pinnacle of awards season, the big shows are facing problems.

The publisher of the National Enquirer said Friday it will look into claims of extortion and blackmail made by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who said the tabloid threatened to publish intimate photos of him unless he stopped investigating how the Enquirer obtained his private communication with his mistress.

One of Canada's biggest engineering companies is at the centre of what appears to be a growing scandal engulfing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government.

North Vancouver RCMP confirm they are investigating an alleged assault involving players on a minor boys hockey team from the North Shore Winter Club.

Victims of a double homicide in downtown Winnipeg earlier this week were members of the same street gang, and shot and killed each other, police say.

The victims of a double homicide in downtown Winnipeg earlier this week shot and killed each other, police say.

Acting U.S. attorney general Matthew Whitaker faced a sharply divided congressional committee Friday, with Democrats pressing him on his relationship to President Donald Trump and Republicans dismissing the hearing as a political stunt and even moved to end it before it began.

At least two salt trucks ended up on their side after slipping down icy roads Friday morning.

At least two salt trucks ended up on their side after slipping down icy roads Friday morning.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is calling for an emergency meeting of the parliamentary justice committee to question high-ranking officials involved in the recent allegations that the Prime Minister's Office pressured former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to help SNC-Lavalin avoid a criminal prosecution.

Jody Wilson-Raybould said Friday she wouldn't comment after Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer called for an emergency meeting of the Commons justice committee to question high-ranking officials involved in recent allegations that the Prime Minister's Office pressured the former attorney general to help SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution.

British actor Albert Finney, the Academy Award-nominated star of films from Tom Jones to Skyfall, has died at the age of 82.

Hamilton police have arrested and charged Lisa Strickland in connection with the 2017 drug-poisoning death of her son, four-year-old Kane Driscoll.

A state of emergency is being declared in Chatham-Kent.

A state of emergency is being declared in Chatham-Kent.

A report by the railway company involved in this week's deadly derailment in the Rocky Mountains details how challenging it is to run trains in frigid temperatures.

Canada saw a rush of 66,800 net new jobs in January, fuelled by a hiring surge in the private sector, but Statistics Canada also says more people searched for work last month, which pushed the unemployment rate to 5.8 per cent from its 43-year low of 5.6 per cent in December.

Some of the world's top fashion brands have raised eyebrows with designs that have racist connotations, the latest being Gucci's blackface-like balaclava sweater. How can fashion houses that thrive on detail miss such critical social cues?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau found himself in the opposition's crosshairs Thursday following a report that he pressed former Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to intervene in the prosecution of construction giant SNC-Lavalin on charges of fraud and corruption.

A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday stopped a Louisiana law imposing strict regulations on abortion clinics from going into effect in its first major test on abortion since the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy last summer.

A fire at the training centre of Rio de Janeiro soccer club Flamengo killed 10 people and injured at least three others on Friday, firefighters said.

An Acadia Axemen player admits to taunting a member of the St. Francis Xavier men's hockey team with an inflammatory slur moments before a bench-clearing brawl in Wolfville, N.S., that resulted in multiple suspensions for both teams.

The Town of Grand Falls-Windsor issued a stern warning this week, after about a dozen incidents of angry citizens chasing snow plows.

People backing Venezuela’s opposition want results, but as expectations rise so does the risk that they won’t be met. In a country beset by food shortages, the battle over who gets food — and where that food comes from — has become a high-stakes fight with hungry Venezuelans left hoping their needs will be met.

One horrified homeowner in Torbay, N.L., is warning others to check every nook and cranny for destructive rats, which residents say have been slowly taking over the town in recent years.

One horrified homeowner in Torbay, N.L., is warning others to check every nook and cranny for destructive rats, which residents say have been slowly taking over the town in recent years.

Debbie Baptiste is still wearing her grey "Justice for Colten" T-shirt. It's been one year since Gerald Stanley was found not guilty of murder in the death of her son, Colten Boushie.

Parents of young children in Ontario and Nova Scotia are having trouble accessing flu vaccines, which health authorities say aren't simple to move around.

Is your name and your phone number all it takes for a hacker to take over your cellphone account? Marketplace's latest investigation has found that just a few pieces of personal information could leave you vulnerable.

Serial killer Bruce McArthur will be eligible to apply for parole after spending at least 25 years in prison for the murders of eight men in Toronto, an Ontario Superior Court judge ordered on Friday during the 67-year-old former landscaper's sentencing hearing.

Serial killer Bruce McArthur, having pleaded guilty to the first-degree murders of eight men, will learn today whether he'll spend more than the mandatory 25 years in prison before he's eligible for parole.

Serial killer Bruce McArthur, having pleaded guilty to the first-degree murders of eight men, will learn today whether he'll spend more than the mandatory 25 years in prison before he's eligible for parole.

Serial killer Bruce McArthur will be eligible to apply for parole after spending at least 25 years in prison for the murders of eight men in Toronto, an Ontario Superior Court judge ordered on Friday during the 67-year-old former landscaper's sentencing hearing.

Alexandre Bissonnette, who pleaded guilty to killing six men at a Quebec City mosque two years ago, will be allowed to ask for parole at age 67, a judge decided Friday.

Alexandre Bissonnette can apply to be released from prison after 40 years for the murders of six men in a shooting at a mosque in Quebec City two years ago, a judge determined Friday.

Alexandre Bissonnette, who pleaded guilty to killing six men and wounding several others in a shooting spree at a Quebec City mosque in 2017, could receive the longest sentence in Canadian history.

After almost 10 years of not having a suitable rink, the Irish Ice Hockey Association has managed to secure funding for a lone year-round ice rink in the Republic of Ireland, and it's partially thanks to the Canadian prime minister and Montreal's Irish community.

One of Canada's top cyber security experts says he's been quietly giving the main political parties threat briefings in the lead-up to the upcoming federal election.

Serial killer Bruce McArthur, having pleaded guilty to the first-degree murders of eight men, will learn today whether he'll spend more than the mandatory 25 years in prison before he's eligible for parole.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the growing trend of celebrities promoting an eco-friendly vegan diet, as well as the pros and cons of carbon offsets.

The Parliamentary Protective Service has launched an internal investigation into allegations that a member of its staff acted in a discriminatory way towards a group of black visitors to Parliament Hill earlier this week.

The Parliamentary Protection Service has launched an internal investigation into allegations that a member of its staff acted in a discriminatory way towards a group of black visitors to Parliament Hill earlier this week.

The Parliamentary Protective Service has launched an internal investigation into allegations that a member of its staff acted in a discriminatory way towards a group of black visitors to Parliament Hill earlier this week.