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Canada's main stock index posted a triple-digit gain Friday after oil hit a three-month high to extend the market's winning streak to six weeks. Stock markets responded positively to optimism about possible U.S.-China trade deal.

One person was fully buried and another partially buried, both were rescued by ski patrollers and were uninjured.

Police say a gunman who killed five people at suburban Chicago business was 15-year employee who was being fired.

A gunman opened fire at a manufacturing plant in suburban Chicago on Friday, killing five people and wounding five police officers before he was fatally shot, police said.

At least one person was killed and four police officers wounded when a shooter opened fire at an industrial park in Aurora, Ill., officials said Friday.

A spokesperson for the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said the decision was made Friday but did not indicate how long the moratorium may last.

A judge has cited unreasonable delays in the case against Sami Bebawi, who still faces fraud and corruption charges in connection with contracts negotiated with the former regime of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

As suspicions mount about possible Chinese government influence being exerted on Canadian campuses, Chinese officials have denied involvement in a campaign of online vitriol against a Tibetan activist elected student president at the University of Toronto's Scarborough campus.

Advocacy groups are again calling for “robust, independent and external oversight” of the country’s border service following reporting by CBC News on misconduct at the Canada Border Services Agency.

Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid have settled collusion lawsuits against the NFL. Kaepernick and Reid had filed collusion grievances against the league, saying they were blacklisted because of protests during the U.S. national anthem at games.

​Enbridge Inc. is confident that its Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project will come into service by the end of the year in spite of a renewed challenge launched this week by the newly elected governor of Minnesota.

More than 3,600 athletes, managers and coaches, 5,500 volunteers and more than 20,000 visitors are descending on Red Deer for the 18-day Canada Winter Games that starts Friday.

A six-year-old boy bought and hand-delivered 155 single roses to the women in his community of Main Brook, N.L.

A six-year-old boy bought and hand-delivered 155 single roses to the women and girls in his community of Main Brook, N.L.

Cannabis company Aphria Inc. says a review of recent transactions that a short seller cast doubt on has found the company paid a high price for the assets in question, and certain company directors had "conflicting interests" in the deals that weren't disclosed at the time.

Cannabis company Aphria Inc. says a review of recent transactions that a short seller cast doubt on has found the company paid a high price for the assets in question, and certain company directors had "conflicting interests" in the deals that weren't disclosed at the time.

The top lawyer at the Privy Council Office asked federal prosecutors if it was possible to “engineer the issues at stake” in the criminal case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman.

Calgary chef Michael Noble no longer faces a sexual assault trial, after the Crown prosecutor's office stayed the charge against him, according to his defence lawyer.

Calgary chef Michael Noble no longer faces a sexual assault trial, after the Crown prosecutor's office stayed the charge against him, according to his defence lawyer.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould asked him if he was directing her on the SNC-Lavalin prosecution case and he said no.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opened the door to more questions this morning about his conversations with former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould about the SNC-Lavalin fraud case and his reasons for then shuffling her out of that role.

The health authority said "several cases" of the highly contagious disease have been identified at École Jules-Verne with another at École Anne-Hébert.

A federally funded study has found 14 per cent of sausages sold in grocery stores in several provinces contain meat not declared on the label. That's down from 20 per cent in a similar study two years ago.

The average price of a Canadian home has fallen by 5.5 per cent to $455,000 over the past 12 months, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Friday.

Police have charged a Kingston, Ont., man with three homicides between 1995 and 2001, as well as a bombing in Toronto in 2000.

Police have charged a Kingston, Ont., man with three cold-case homicides between 1995 and 2001, as well as a bombing in Toronto in 2000.

After eight days of street violence that left at least seven people dead, the president of Haiti addressed the nation, rejecting protesters' demands that he resign.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Alfonso Ribeiro, who's suing two video-game makers over the so-called Carlton dance he popularized during the 1990s TV sitcom, has been denied a copyright for the dance.

Nigeria's electoral commission delayed the presidential election until Feb. 23, making the announcement a mere five hours before polls were set to open Saturday. It cited unspecified "challenges" amid reports that voting materials had not been delivered to all parts of the country.

CBC/Radio-Canada journalists crunch the data on more than 9-million troll tweets and reveal foreign campaigns to influence Canadians' opinions.

An uproar in Fort McMurray, Alta., over a viral video that some considered racist has led to a minor hockey team forfeiting the remainder of its season because of safety concerns. Team parents say the players have faced death threats and humiliation.

The Trump administration is sending another large shipment of humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border in Colombia, this time using U.S. military aircraft to pressure President Nicolas Maduro to give up power, according to a leaked U.S. State Department email to Congress.

Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says his foreign minister recently held secret meetings with an American official in New York and that he himself hopes to meet with the U.S. president soon.

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to declare a national emergency today that would allow him to redirect money to fund a border wall with Mexico. The signing would bypass Congress, which has just passed a new spending bill that keeps the federal government open, but doesn't fully fund the wall.

Battling with one branch of government and opening a new confrontation with another, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday he's declaring a national emergency to fulfil his pledge to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

You might expect the pressure to be high for Jocelyn Peterman heading into the Scotties Tournament of Hearts this weekend, as the new second for Team Jennifer Jones. But the 25-year old says the transition to Olympic medal-winning rink has been a seamless one.

The Canadian International AutoShow opens in Toronto Friday. The event has landed manufacturers and exotic cars that other car shows have missed out on and high-end dealerships credit the large number of luxury car customers who call the city home.

Clearwater Seafoods' offshore lobster fishery in Eastern Canada has lost its "recommended" rating from Ocean Wise, a seafood sustainability recommendation program of the Vancouver Aquarium.

CBC News has determined that as many as 32 Canadians are being held by Kurdish-led forces fighting ISIS in Syria. Given the changing circumstances on the ground, there's pressure on the Canadian government to decide what do to with its suspected militants and their families in makeshift prisons.

Wounded and injured soldiers — both serving and retired — have been given the option of postponing the filing of disability claims until after the Liberal government’s pension-for-life plan is implemented on April 1, CBC News has learned.

Scientists think they’ve found evidence of slimy organisms that crawled and wriggled through the mud 2.1 billion years ago — extraordinary at a time when simple bacteria were thought to be the only living things on Earth.

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This week the House of Commons Justice and Human Rights committee held an emergency meeting to probe allegations suggesting the Prime Minister's Office applied pressure to the minister of Justice to help Quebec-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution in a bribery case.

While the Redfin model is a challenge to conventional brokerages, more radical changes are being rolled out by other players in the U.S. market. Is this the early days of a real estate revolution?

While the Redfin model is a challenge to conventional brokerages, more radical changes are being rolled out by other players in the U.S. market. Is this the early days of a real estate revolution?

U.S. President Donald Trump first floated the idea of proclaiming a national emergency over border security last month. Among voters in his base who want his border wall, the idea is catching on.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at ways to get to zero waste at home, how to tell what kind of fish you're eating and a major award for a pioneering climatologist.

Over the past week or so, the image of a blockaded bridge between Colombia and Venezuela has featured in stories describing how the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, is keeping international food aid from his desperate citizens. But the image doesn't tell the full story. CBC explains

A group of missionaries from Western Canada on a trip to Grande Guove — about 65 km west of the capital city Port-au-Prince — are safe but trapped as they cannot reach the airport to fly out.

Waves of heavy rain pounded California on Thursday, trapping people in floodwaters, washing away a mountain highway, triggering a mudslide that destroyed homes and forcing residents to flee communities scorched by wildfires last year.