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Finance Minister Bill Morneau has delivered his fourth budget — a document that includes billions in new spending meant to tackle what he called Canadians' economic "anxieties": millennials struggling to buy homes, dislocated workers needing new skills to compete in the modern economy and seniors concerned about maintaining steady incomes in retirement. CBC News fact-checked key parts of his budget speech.

The federal Liberal government plans to spend $4.5 billion over the next five years to try to narrow the socio-economic gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people — part of a plan to keep reconciliation at the forefront of this fall's campaign narrative.

People will be looking to see if Mississauga teenager Bianca Andreescu can build off her surprise result at Indian Wells. And whether she can deal with the pressure that comes with winning.

Police in York Region say they have located a five-year-old girl whose alleged abduction by her father prompted an Amber Alert on Tuesday afternoon.

No charges will be laid against the father of a five-year-old girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert on Tuesday, but was found safe in Markham, Ont., according to York Regional Police.

Hamas is facing the biggest demonstrations yet against its 12-year rule of the Gaza Strip, with hundreds of Palestinians taking to the streets in recent days to protest the dire living conditions in the blockaded territory.

The Trudeau government’s new budget targets the first-time homebuyer who wants an electric car in the driveway, some job-training and a subscription to a digital news website.

The 2019 federal budget includes a tantalizing pitch for prospective first-time home buyers — one that could see Canada's housing agency contribute up to 10 per cent of the purchase price of a home and bring down the mortgage load for borrowers.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau has tabled his fourth federal budget - his final one before the next election in October. Read the highlights.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled a pre-election budget today designed to calm Canadians worried about retiring with financial security, getting the skills they need to land new jobs, or being able to afford a first home.

A group of students from St. Mary Catholic Secondary School are being heralded as heroes for safely bringing their school bus to a stop and offering first aid after their driver collapsed from a medical emergency.

Google unveils a video game streaming service, dubbed Stadia, that attempts to capitalize on the company's cloud technology and global network of data centres.

An imam at one of the two Christchurch, New Zealand, mosques targeted by a gunman remains haunted by what he saw and the lives lost, with his eyes revealing his exhaustion, as burial ceremonies are set to proceed for some of the 50 victims.

Canadian women are paid 25 per cent less than men, and the gap widens further when it comes to bonuses and profit sharing, according to a new study.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: the massive extent of Mozambique's flooding is becoming evident; what to watch for in today's federal budget; damage done by the Christchurch attack video.

A federal procurement official was told by the RCMP roughly two years ago that he also was a suspect in the same investigation into the alleged leaking of cabinet secrets which had ensnared Vice-Admiral Mark Norman.

A strong majority of people in wealthy countries, including Canada, want to tax the rich more and get better services from government, a survey by the OECD released Tuesday suggests.

The alleged incidents happened in 2018.

Air Canada has grounded its Boeing 737 Max 8 jets until at least July 1, saying the move is intended to provide customers with certainty as they book flights and travel in the coming months.

One day after the Alberta government delivered its throne speech, focused on what it has achieved over the past four years, NDP Leader Rachel Notley says it's time to go to the polls.

Opposition Leader Jason Kenney and NDP Leader Rachel Notley hammer home different visions for Alberta, after the latter announces the province will go to the polls on April 16.

Two-time American League MVP Mike Trout is on the verge of signing a 12-year, $430-million US contract extension with the Los Angeles Angels, ESPN reported Tuesday.

Two-time American League MVP Mike Trout is on the verge of signing a 12-year, $430-million US contract extension with the Los Angeles Angels, ESPN reported Tuesday.

An international team of researchers collected thousands of samples and pioneered a new DNA testing method to learn more about salmon survival in the North Pacific in the first comprehensive study in the region in decades.

United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney addressed a scandal over his party's leadership campaign in 2017 by saying he and his team have done nothing wrong or unethical, telling a news conference Monday it's not unusual for competing campaigns to share information during a leadership race.

Caylan Ford, the United Conservative Party candidate for Calgary-Mountain View riding, has resigned following the release of private messages from two years ago when she talked about a double standard for white supremacist terrorists.

As U.S. President Donald Trump moves to banish transgender troops from the ranks, Canada's military is welcoming such recruits with revamped policies that promote equality, respect and accommodation.

Dutch prosecutors say they are taking seriously the possibility a man suspected of killing three people and seriously wounding three in a shooting on a tram in Utrecht had a terrorist motive.

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau has tabled his government's 2019 budget, getting around a threat by the Opposition Conservatives to stir up a disruption because Liberal MPs on the justice committee had shut down an investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair.

The Conservatives are promising to disrupt today's budget speech after the majority Liberal MPs on the justice committee shut down an investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is threatening to use "emergency actions" in Parliament after the Liberal MPs on the justice committee shut down an investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair.

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau has tabled his government's 2019 budget, getting around a threat by the Opposition Conservatives to stir up a disruption because Liberal MPs on the justice committee had shut down an investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau has tabled his government's 2019 budget, getting around a threat by the Opposition Conservatives to stir up a disruption because Liberal MPs on the justice committee had shut down an investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair.

The committee of MPs studying the SNC-Lavalin affair will meet again today in Ottawa for what's expected to be another explosive day — but this time it will be behind closed doors. 

A 'kamikaze candidate' and allegations of tens of thousands of dollars of irregular campaign donations. Investigative reporter Charles Rusnell takes us through the political scandal facing Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party in Alberta.

Hundreds are dead, many more are missing and thousands are at risk from massive flooding in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi caused by Cyclone Idai and persistent rains.

New Zealand's prime minister has declared she will do everything in her power to deny the accused mosque gunman a platform for elevating his white supremacist views, after the man dismissed his lawyer and opted to represent himself at his trial in the killings of 50 people.

Five members of the 16-person group made their way to London’s Children’s Hospital, where they met with Justice Smith and shared stories, songs and gifted him a drum.

Nova Scotia-based coast guard ships were tied up 151 days when weather was "within operational parameters," according to documents obtained by CBC News.

Natalie Jarvis has been inundated with offers of help since speaking out last week about the significant financial costs faced by Atlantic Canadian patients who must move to Toronto for lung transplants, and now she's asking people to help others in similar situations.

A British Airways Boeing 777 carrying 209 people landed safely at St. John's International Airport after leaving New York City and declaring an emergency early Tuesday morning while en route to Heathrow Airport.

All 209 people on board landed safely early Tuesday morning.

Hundreds of homes flooded in several Midwestern states after rivers breached at least a dozen levees following heavy rain and snowmelt in the region, authorities said Monday while warning that the flooding was expected to linger.

UBC researchers are part of an international team that discovered a "staggering" amount of biological changes in a baby's first week of life, fuelling hope they can develop better survival strategies during this critical time.

As world leaders offered condolences to New Zealand after a deadly shooting rampage at two mosques was livestreamed on social media, the Canadian government quietly went a step further — suspending its social media advertising for three days.

The White House is again grappling with questions about white supremacy in the wake of last week's massacre in New Zealand, with U.S. President Donald Trump denying that white nationalism is a growing global threat and defending a Fox News presenter in trouble for anti-Muslim remarks. Data disagrees.

Unrepayable lifetime debt now seems to be a business model. Students enter the professional world owing hundreds of thousands, and otherwise sane people carry heavy credit card balances, with the usurious vig that comes with them.

The stakes are higher than usual for an election year budget, as the Liberals' electoral fortunes take a turn for the worse.

With an election looming and the SNC-Lavalin scandal showing no signs of letting up, the Liberal government is expected to deliver a budget today that offers supports for seniors and skills training and sets the stage for a national pharmacare program.

Dozens of students demanded action outside the halls of power at the University of Toronto on Monday, calling for the school to acknowledge a mental-health crisis on campus days after a suicide on campus.