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Billionaire Warren Buffett's company has taken a new stake in Canadian firm Suncor Energy and trimmed its huge Apple stake. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. filed a quarterly update on holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.

In a theft fitting of the Oceans franchise, somebody has stolen 30,000 litres of water from a Canadian vodka maker.

What might otherwise be the usual mudslinging around a student election has turned into a political firestorm on a Toronto university campus, where a newly-elected student president is raising questions about the source of pro-China attacks against her.

It must've been a bad breakup to end up as one of these unfortunate bugs.

A group of Indigenous senators — most of them appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, — issued a statement today praising the "integrity" of Jody Wilson-Raybould and saying her sudden departure from cabinet leaves "many questions and concerns."

A group of Indigenous senators — most of them appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, — issued a statement today praising the integrity of Jody Wilson-Raybould and saying her sudden departure from cabinet leaves "many questions and concerns."

A fan of the Rolling Stones is accusing Ticketmaster of pulling a "bait and switch" while he was buying tickets for the band's Canada Day weekend concert north of Toronto, raising the price by $60 within seconds. He says Ticketmaster is now refunding the extra costs.

Hundreds of relatives, community members and others on Thursday sat on piles of soil and rocks or wandered around at a site in Zimbabwe where dozens of artisanal miners are feared dead after rains flooded mines while they were underground.

Telus Corp. acknowledged Thursday that the deployment of its fifth-generation wireless network could be delayed and be more expensive than anticipated if Ottawa chooses to ban equipment from Huawei Technologies Inc.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: Haitian protests leave residents short of food, water, fuel; Liberals government struggles with transparency in SNC-Lavalin F1 driver Lance Stroll answers his critics.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: Haitian protests leave residents short of food, water, fuel; Liberals government struggles with transparency in SNC-Lavalin F1 driver Lance Stroll answers his critics.

On the latest episode of the Pollcast, pollster Greg Lyle of Innovative Research Group breaks down his latest numbers and the CBC's Jonathan Montpetit explains why the SNC-Lavalin controversy might resonate differently in Quebec.

Prosecutors say a man found not criminally responsible in a knife attack at a Toronto military recruitment centre should not be allowed to take college classes on his own.

U.S. President Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, William Barr, received the votes needed Thursday from the Senate for confirmation. Barr, who served in the same role under George H.W. Bush, will oversee the special counsel probe.

U.S. President Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, William Barr, received the votes needed Thursday from the Senate for confirmation. Barr, who previously served in the same role under George H.W. Bush, will oversee the special counsel probe.

This stretch of temperatures below -20 C in February hasn't occurred in Regina and Saskatoon since 1939.

Citing opposition from local politicians and community activists, Amazon abruptly announced Thursday that it has cancelled its plans to build its second headquarters in New York City.

Ontario's social services minister said Thursday that she was sorry if she made anyone feel threatened, after behaviour analysts said she warned them of consequences if they didn't support her new autism program.

Calls are mounting for Ontario's minister of children, community and social services to resign after an association of behaviour analysts said she pressured the group to support changes to the province's autism program.

Calls are mounting for Ontario's children, community and social services minister to resign after an association of behaviour analysts said she pressured the group to support changes to the province's autism program.

Industry observers are in disbelief over the revelation the embattled QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange recently lost track of more than $460,000 in crypto coins.

Protesters in Haiti who are demonstrating against high unemployment rates and skyrocketing inflation have made it impossible for about 100 Quebec tourists to get to the airport.

After months of pro-pipeline rallies across Alberta, a protest convoy with about 160 trucks, big and small, left Red Deer early Thursday morning for a four-day trek to Ottawa.

After months of pro-pipeline rallies across Alberta, a protest convoy with about 160 trucks, big and small, left Red Deer early Thursday morning for a four-day trek to Ottawa.

Groups in favour of the federal carbon tax will take the stand in Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal on Thursday morning.

The Supreme Court says a London, Ont., teacher who secretly filmed female students' chests with a camera pen is guilty of voyeurism.

A New York Times report says seven women have claimed singer-songwriter Ryan Adams offered to help them with their music careers but then turned things sexual, and he sometimes became emotional and verbally abusive.

Texas's El Paso Zoo is running a promotion called Quit Bugging Me that allows people to name cockroaches after ex-spouses, former friends or anyone else on their nope list, and have them fed to animals.

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School deadly shootings a year ago in Florida renewed the national debate on guns and school safety, turned some victims' parents and surviving students into political activists, and at least temporarily ended the local sheriff's career.

Images of a rare African black leopard have been captured in Kenya, the first verifiable record of the animal for nearly 100 years, researchers said.

It's been almost 25 years since residents in Neskantaga First Nation, about 450 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, Ont., have had access to safe, clean drinking water straight from their taps and it could be months yet before the country's longest unbroken boil water advisory is lifted.

Fourteen homes in Sechelt's Seawatch neighbourhood face a looming evacuation order, due to sinkholes opening up. On Christmas Day, a sinkhole on an undeveloped property appeared, requiring 40 dump truck loads to fill it up.

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s 97-year-old husband, won't face prosecution over a car crash last month that injured two women and left his Land Rover flipped on its side.

A collaborative project between the University of Victoria and two hamlets in Nunavut provides hunters with real-time radar images of ice conditions. Hunters say it will save time and gas, and make travelling safer.

A collaborative project between the University of Victoria and two hamlets in Nunavut provides hunters with real-time radar images of ice conditions. Hunters say it will save time and gas, and make travelling safer.

A woman found guilty last month of terror charges for attacking workers at a Canadian Tire store in suburban Toronto was given a seven-year sentence on Thursday.

The logo for the Lingan Golf Club in Sydney depicts an Indigenous person wearing a headdress superimposed over a map of Cape Breton.

The mayor of Stephenville and his wife have been ordered to get out of their house, after the council declared their off-the-grid home contravened town rules.

While federal politicians decry alleged interference in SNC-Lavalin's bribery case, in Quebec many worry a trial could doom a company that's considered a jewel of the business community.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has moved to shore up support in his Liberal caucus as the aftershocks of Jody Wilson-Raybould's resignation from cabinet rocked both Parliament Hill and members of his own party.

He has broken out of two of the highest level maximum security prisons in Mexico. Now it is up to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons to figure out how it's going to contain Joaquin (El Chapo) Guzman, and prevent him from throwing egg on the faces of his U.S. captors by escaping one of its prisons, too.

He has broken out of two of the highest level maximum security prisons in Mexico. Now it is up to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons to figure out how it's going to contain Joaquin (El Chapo) Guzman, and prevent him from throwing egg on the faces of his U.S. captors by escaping one of its prisons, too.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau has quietly reversed a controversial decision to slap a surtax on two types of Mexican steel imports. The NAFTA partner vigorously objected to being targeted by Canada's emergency safeguards measure last fall and threatened trade action.

The politics of Israel has struck a divisive chord between old-guard Democrats and the party’s freshman class of 2019 — a fissure that’s likely to deepen approaching the 2020 primaries, and as public opinion polling shows Americans are increasingly willing to be more broadly critical of Israel.

As the oil-rich nation's political crisis continues with two men claiming to be the rightful president amid an economic meltdown, both camps are courting support from the armed forces.

An Oakville, Ont., resident on a flight to B.C. says he's frustrated Air Canada didn't clearly give passengers their options while the plane was stuck on the tarmac at Toronto's airport for nearly seven hours. The airline, however, says announcements were made throughout the wait, and crew provided water and snacks several times.

After being stuck on the Toronto tarmac for almost seven hours Tuesday night, an Air Canada flyer is frustrated that passengers were left in the dark.

The resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould from the Liberal cabinet this week was a significant development in the SNC-Lavalin affair, a controversy that has now sparked two government-related probes and continues to dog Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. CBC News untangles the ever-widening controversy.

U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort breached his plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office by lying to prosecutors, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.