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Morgan Gobeil suffered a serious head injury in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash on April 6, 2018. He's been released from hospital after 333 days. Gobeil was one of 13 hockey players injured in the crash.

Police are searching for a suspect after a hit and run in Burnaby sent two police officers to hospital with non-life threatening injuries just before noon on Monday.

Police are searching for a suspect after a hit and run in Burnaby sent two police officers to hospital with non-life threatening injuries just before noon on Monday.

NDP MP Charlie Angus is calling on Canada's lobbying commissioner to investigate social media giant Facebook after leaked internal company e-mails revealed the company met with Conservative cabinet ministers but didn't report those meetings to the lobbying commissioner's office.

The National's health panel answers your questions about vaccines, why they’re being questioned by some people and what you can do to keep your family healthy and safe.

Jane Philpott, one of Justin Trudeau's most trusted ministers, has resigned from cabinet as the Liberal government's crisis over the SNC-Lavalin affair deepens.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: U.K. intelligence cites evidence of 'frantic comings and goings' from Russian embassy in days before and after 2018 Novichok attack; resurgence of measles fuels debate over childhood vaccinations.

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP explores filing for bankruptcy to address potentially significant liabilities from roughly 2,000 lawsuits alleging thedrug manufacturer contributed to the deadly opioid crisis sweeping the United States, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Riverdale and Beverly Hills, 90210 actor Luke Perry has died at age 52 several days after suffering a stroke, according to his publicist.

Riverdale and Beverly Hills, 90210 actor Luke Perry has died at age 52, several days after suffering a stroke.

The U.S. House of Representatives judiciary committee is launching a sweeping new probe of President Donald Trump, his White House, his campaign and his businesses, sending document requests to 81 individuals and entities linked to the president and his associates.

Democrats in Congress have unleashed a slew of demands in their investigations of U.S. President Donald Trump, seeking information about his communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin and documents from 81 individuals and entities linked to the president and his associates in an obstruction probe.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today he's still reflecting on whether Jody Wilson-Raybould can remain in the Liberal caucus, one day after the MP central to the SNC-Lavalin affair publicly confirmed she's seeking re-election as a Liberal candidate.

It's not the first time a wolverine has escaped from the zoo.

The Ford government has fired OPP deputy commissioner Brad Blair.

The Ford government has fired the outspoken Ontario Provincial Police deputy commissioner Brad Blair, a fierce critic of the Progressive Conservatives' appointment of Toronto police Supt. Ron Taverner as the next chief of the OPP.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido returns to Venezuela after defying a travel ban last week, arriving at the country's main airport around noon local time. There had been fears the regime of Nicholas Maduro would seek to detain Guaido upon his return.

The quake occurred about four kilometres southwest of Red Deer at 5:55 a.m., Earthquakes Canada confirmed in a report on its website.

When Steven Spielberg speaks about the business of Hollywood, everyone generally listens. But reports he intends to support rule changes that could block Netflix from Oscars-eligibility have provoked a heated debate online.

NHL legend Ted Lindsay, who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1966 and was a founding member of the NHL Players' Association, died on Monday at 93.

Mentioning climate change can kill a conversation. But a new Alberta project is using the topic to start one — and is showing people from geologists to farmers to environmentalists that they have more in common than they thought.

Keith Flint, the British musician who sang the vocals for The Prodigy's hits such as Firestarter and Breathe, has died at age 49.

Keith Flint, the British musician who sang the vocals for The Prodigy's hits such as Firestarter and Breathe, has died at age 49.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is "very concerned' about China's stance following reports coming out of Beijing this morning accusing two Canadian men of working together to steal state secrets.

China has accused detained Canadian citizen Michael Kovrig of stealing state secrets passed on to him from another detained Canadian, Michael Spavor.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to visit the Charlottetown chemical company BioVectra Monday for a major announcement.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to visit the Charlottetown biotechnology company BioVectra Monday morning, and will announce an investment that will support 150 new jobs.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the Charlottetown biotechnology company BioVectra Monday morning, and announced an investment that will support 150 new jobs in the Maritimes.

The United States has officially shuttered its consulate in Jerusalem, downgrading the status of its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians by folding it into the U.S. Embassy to Israel.

The United States has officially closed its consulate in Jerusalem, downgrading the status of its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians by folding it into the U.S. Embassy to Israel.

After a Quebec semi-pro hockey player and his family was taunted with racist remarks at a hockey game in Saint-Jérôme, coaches and parents weigh in on racism in hockey and how to stamp it out.

Despite public concern over the air quality at Iqaluit's largest store following a fire the week before, test results show the air quality was safe when it was tested.

Children's clinics across the country are seeing exponential growth in demand for treatment from teens who don't identify as the sex they were born with.

There is a growing body of research that says the knowledge economy can move beyond Canada's high-price cities.

An independent investigation into how the Royal Canadian Mounted Police handled the death of Colten Boushie — the young Saskatchewan man whose 2016 death plunged the country into a bitter debate on race — has been delayed.

Police investigating widespread allegations of physical and sexual abuse at St. Anne’s Indian residential school in northern Ontario looked for secret church archives that would have contained sensitive information about priests.

Gift cards are convenient and popular purchases, and last holiday season, Quebecers bought nearly $250 million of them. But as Samantha Vandzura discovered, scammers like them too.

Gift cards are a convenient and popular gift, and last holiday season, Quebecers bought nearly $250 million of them. But as Samantha Vandzura discovered, scammers like them too.

Bombarding vaccine-wary parents with stats about safety and sterile messages about herd immunity isn't working. Facts don't move people the way that an appeal to emotion — fear, specifically — does.

After a generation in the workforce Canadian women directly control a large chunk of Canadian financial assets — about $2.2 trillion, according to a new study from CIBC.

Brian Carlson-Graves and his partner Daniela Malandruccolo thought they were buying their dream lakefront home in Port Perry, Ont. But after a tree fell on their house, they quickly learned two-thirds of it was built without permits in the first place.

Authorities plan to resume an intense ground search Monday amid devastation from a deadly tornado that killed at least 23 people in southeast Alabama.

Authorities plan to resume an intense ground search Monday amid devastation from a deadly tornado that killed at least 23 people in southeast Alabama.

The deadly tornado that killed at least 23 people in southeast Alabama left a trail of destruction nearly 1.4 kilometres wide and at least 38 km long, says Emergency Measures Agency state director Brian Hastings. Winds reached 273 km/h.

A sheriff says the death toll is now at 23 from a large tornado that devastated an Alabama community.

A deadly Winnipeg home invasion, parts of which were heard by emergency dispatchers over the phone, has left the entire police service shaken, a spokesperson said.

A sheriff confirmed at least 14 people were killed by a possible tornado in Alabama on Sunday as severe storms destroyed mobile homes, snapped trees and left a trial of destruction and weather warnings extending into Georgia, Florida and South Carolina.

An apparent tornado roared into southeast Alabama and killed at least 22 people and injured several others Sunday, part of a severe storm system that caused catastrophic damage and unleashed other tornadoes around the U.S. southeast.

A long-time teacher is questioning why taxpayer dollars are going to a B.C. Christian school that refused to renew her contract because she violated a rule forbidding employees from having sex "outside of a heterosexual marriage." A lawyer says exemptions in human rights law allow religious schools to discriminate.