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The trial of Lawrence Sharpe, 40, and Oldouz Pournouruz, 35, is underway in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver.

Saskatchewan's privacy commissioner has found eight people inappropriately gained access to electronic health records of 10 Humboldt Broncos team members involved in a bus crash last April.

Saskatchewan's privacy commissioner has found eight people inappropriately gained access to electronic health records of 10 Humboldt Broncos team members involved in a bus crash last April.

A year and a half after it accused one of its MPs of leaking a list of Conservative Party members to a firearms rights group, the party has changed course and now says Brad Trost had nothing to do with the leak.

The increasing popularity of vaping is thought to be undoing years of progress in youth tobacco control efforts, a report by the U.S. CDC suggests.

Alaskan musher Brent Sass crossed the finish line in Fairbanks, Alaska, early Monday afternoon. It's his second time winning the 1,600-kilometre race.

Alaskan musher Brent Sass crossed the finish line in Fairbanks, Alaska, early Monday afternoon. It's his second time winning the 1,600-kilometre race.

Joe Schlesinger, who narrowly escaped the Nazis as a young boy growing up in the former Czechoslovakia and ended up becoming one of Canada's most beloved and respected journalists, has died at the age of 90.

Members of Young Spirit turned heads on the Grammys red carpet Sunday night as they took a moment to stand and sing a Cree round dance song.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: distressing numbers around sexual abuse of young people in Canadian amateur sports; Rodrigo Duterte proposes a new name for the Philippines, fronts an anti-measles campaign, and challenges rumours of his demise.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Monday that he is ready to withdraw hundreds of the state's National Guard troops from the U.S.-Mexico border, a rebuke of President Donald Trump's stance that a national security crisis is unfolding there.

Mars One, a Dutch company that planned to send humans on a one-way trip to Mars and start the first human colony on the Red Planet, has been declared bankrupt.

Dashcam footage captured earlier this month shows some tense moments on Highway 1 in Saskatchewan as a truck appears to try and force a minivan off of the highway.

Federal Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion will investigate claims that the Prime Minister's Office pressured former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to help Quebec engineering firm SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution.

Federal Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion will investigate allegations that the Prime Minister's Office pressured former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to help Quebec engineering firm SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution.

Spain is bracing for the nation's most sensitive trial in four decades of democracy this week, with a dozen Catalan separatists facing charges including rebellion over a failed secession bid in 2017.

Ontario Provincial Police say they have freed 43 modern-day slaves brought to Canada from Mexico by alleged human traffickers and forced to work as cleaners at hotels.

People in Russia's eastern Arctic are scrambling to come with a plan to take back their community after it was overrun by dozens of polar bears over the weekend.

Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a young woman who threw chairs off the upper floor of a downtown condo building.

When Jay Taylor’s pet snake Scarlet disappeared from his Edmonton apartment four months ago, he assumed she was gone for good.

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians marched and some burned U.S. flags on Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of the triumph of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Shia cleric who toppled the Shah in an Islamic Revolution that rattles the West to this day.

The Rolling Stones have selected a single Canadian date for the upcoming leg of their North American tour: the Burl's Creek Event Grounds in Oro-Medonte, Ont., about 130 kilometres northeast of Toronto.

U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to turn the debate over a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border back to his political advantage as his signature pledge to American voters threatens to become a model of unfulfilled promises.

U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to turn the debate over a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border back to his political advantage as his signature pledge to American voters threatens to become a model of unfulfilled promises.

A new species of insect found in a limestone cave near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island may have survived the last ice age by living underground, researchers suggest.

Canada's trade minister says the government expects Canadian business interest in China to slow given current tensions, but he's confident the two countries will work through their differences and allow economic ties to again flourish.

These days, dreams of staying home from school are becoming more of a reality for students across the province as the number of snow days keeps piling up.

Canada's $227-million fleet of mid-shore coast guard vessels are rolling "like crazy" at sea, making crews seasick and keeping some ships in port during weather conditions where they should be able to operate, CBC News has learned.

Female artists dominated at the Grammys on Sunday night, with the spotlight of "music's biggest night" firmly focused on powerhouse performances by women.

Female artists dominated at the Grammys on Sunday night, with the spotlight of "music's biggest night" firmly focused on powerhouse performances by women.

Canada needs to crack down on a certain type of short selling, because a growing number of bad apples are abusing the system for everyone, market watchers say.

Athletic clubs and leagues across the country may have different rules and policies to address abuse and coach misconduct, with little guidance from their national sports bodies. And that means some young athletes are left in precarious situations.

Athletic clubs and leagues across the country may have different rules and policies to address abuse and coach misconduct, with little guidance from their national sports bodies. And that means some young athletes are left in precarious situations.

Athletic clubs and leagues across the country may have different rules and policies to address abuse and coach misconduct, with little guidance from their national sports bodies. And that means some young athletes are left in precarious situations.

Like the term liberalism, socialism is a word with many definitions. Canadian experts weigh in on the meaning of U.S. President Donald Trump's anti-socialist alarm in his state of the union address.

For the first time since Madison Arseneault's skull became impaled by a sawed-off golf club during gym class, the partially paralyzed teen has a bedroom she can actually access.

For the first time since Madison Arseneault's skull became impaled by a sawed-off golf club during gym class, the partially paralyzed teen has a bedroom she can actually access.

Canada needs to crack down on a certain type of short selling, because a growing number of bad apples are abusing the system for everyone, market watchers say.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced anti-pipeline protesters at a campaign event to support Richard T. Lee, the Liberal candidate in the upcoming Burnaby South byelection.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced anti-pipeline protesters at a campaign event to support Richard T. Lee, the Liberal candidate in the upcoming Burnaby South byelection.

Michael Wilson served for over a decade as the MP for the Toronto-area riding of Etobicoke Centre, including time as finance minister and minister of international trade under then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

Indigenous truck drivers staged a pro-pipeline rally in the tiny community of Lac La Biche, Alta., Sunday as laid-off oil and gas workers struggle to make ends meet.

A pair of Air Canada insiders are shedding light on the airline's policy of overselling flights, revealing what they say is a widespread practice of duping passengers into believing they have a seat on a plane and stringing them along until the last possible moment.

Lady Gaga, the Black Panther soundtrack, and folk singer Brandi Carlile took home early Grammy awards on Sunday ahead of a telecast hosted by R&B singer Alicia Keys.

Women returned at the Grammys on Sunday as female acts won album of the year and best new artist, while rap also triumphed, with Childish Gambino's This Is America becoming the first rap-based song to win record and song of the year.