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Canadian Olympic sprint champion Donovan Bailey supports the action taken by Athletics Canada in suspending his former national team coach in a sexual harassment investigation, and says the organization and the Canadian Olympic Committee need to implement a reporting mechanism for athletes to prevent the possibility of abuse.

Donald Trump's legal troubles did not end when the special counsel submitted his report. From lawsuits to investigations into his business, taxes, charity and inaugural committee, the U.S. president still has a long legal road to travel.

An independent review into how Toronto police handle missing persons investigations will be expanded to include the victims of serial killer Bruce McArthur after earlier being excluded while the case was pending.

A Canadian team of Red Cross medical responders is headed into the heart of a humanitarian crisis in Mozambique after a cyclone devastated the country and surrounding southern African nations.

Harbour Airlines, which operates 30,000 flights each year on routes between Seattle, Vancouver, Victoria and other destinations, is partnering with Washington-state-based engineering firm MagniX with the goal of becoming the world's first all-electric airline.

An Ontario judge has ordered the federal government to pay $20 million for placing mentally ill inmates in solitary  confinement, with the money earmarked to boost mental health supports in correctional facilities.

The heavy bronze plaque pried off a memorial commemorating the invention of the telephone has been returned.

Global Affairs Canada says detained Canadian businessman Michael Spavor received a visit from consular officials in China today.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: a soon-to-be-released biopic about the life of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has angered and united his opponents; diabetes, already a huge health problem, is on the rise and doctors are worried.

The 911 call Joshua Boyle made to Ottawa police in December 2017, alleging the former hostage's wife was threatening to end her life, was played in a packed courtroom Tuesday on the second day of his trial.

The 911 call Joshua Boyle made to Ottawa police in December 2017, alleging the former hostage's wife was threatening to end her life, was played in a packed courtroom Tuesday on the second day of his trial.

Police are investigating after Edmonton parishioners, armed with canes, protected their priest from an unprovoked assault.

A labour federation representing Quebec public school teachers is taking legal action against the provincial government for trying to track how many teachers wear a religious symbol such as a hijab or kippa.

In the over 1,600-page flight manual of Boeing's 737 Max 8 planes, the aircraft's new MCAS computer system, now at the centre of the investigations into two deadly crashes, is mentioned only once by name — in the glossary of abbreviated terms.

Ontario's Infrastructure Minister Monte McNaughton announced $1.62 billion in joint provincial and federal funding for transit on Tuesday, but two Liberal MPs say the province has dragged its feet in providing money to municipalities.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is downplaying the split in the Liberal caucus over the SNC-Lavalin affair, insisting his team is strong and united.

Liberals MPs have voted down an opposition motion to launch a new Commons ethics committee probe into the SNC-Lavalin affair.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is downplaying the split in the Liberal caucus over the SNC-Lavalin affair, insisting his team is strong and united. The Commons ethics committee is debating a Conservative motion to hold hearings on the SNC-Lavalin issue this afternoon.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is calling the dropping of charges against Empire actor Jussie Smollett "a whitewash of justice."

Lawyers for Empire actor Jussie Smollett say charges he lied to police about being attacked by two men who shouted racial and homophobic slurs have been dropped.

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is walking back a statement by its CEO, who said last week he never cited the protection of 9,000 Canadian jobs as a reason the construction giant should be granted a remediation agreement.

There is a grave marker with the word 'Eskimo' above a body in a Yellowknife cemetery, and the city says burial records don't have any more details.

For two years, Britain has been telling the world it will quit the European Union at 11 p.m. London time on March 29, 2019. Now, the U.K. is taking a longer route on its road to Brexit, but why? Is the breakup in doubt? Where is this headed? CBC explains.

An American man who dedicated his life to finding pirate's treasure on Nova Scotia's Oak Island was remembered Monday as a larger-than-life figure who became a pillar in the community he made home for more than 50 years.

Beira is still in mourning, still bearing the scars of sudden catastrophe. As the city tries to get back on its feet, its people are still trying to make sense of a singular storm that defied the rules of any they have ever known.

What should have been a giant leap for womankind has turned into a stumble on the path to equality after U.S. space agency NASA made a personnel change to what would have been the first all-female spacewalk — because a spacesuit didn't fit one of the astronauts. 

Leading House Democrats, backed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, are unveiling broad legislation to shore up the Affordable Care Act, an attempt to deliver on campaign promises about health care and to — just maybe— change the conversation.

In the wake of an arrest in the abduction of Chinese international student Wanzhen Lu, new information is coming to light about the 22-year-old who police say was forced into a van by masked men in the parking garage of his Markham, Ont., condo building.

A 35-year-old man from Toronto has been arrested in the abduction of Wanzhen Lu, but Lu still has not been found, police say.

A Chinese international student missing since Saturday after being taken from a parking garage in Markham, Ont., has been found alive and safe, police say.

A Chinese international student missing since Saturday from north of Toronto has been found alive and safe, Ontario Provincial Police say.

The federal government on Tuesday pledged $150 million for four flooding and storm mitigation projects in Toronto and York Region, after a summer in which residents across the GTA endured water-filled basements and power outages following intense rainstorms.

The federal government is making an announcement Tuesday morning in relation to flood mitigation in Toronto and York Region.

A second Canadian company has has its licence to sell canola to China revoked, as the country's crackdown continues on one of the most Canadian crops in the world.

A major Greenland glacier that was one of the fastest-shrinking ice and snow masses on Earth is growing again, a NASA study finds.

A major Greenland glacier that was one of the fastest-shrinking ice and snow masses on Earth is growing again, a NASA study finds.

The flight on Monday seemed to go perfectly well, until passengers realized their plane had landed in the wrong city and wrong country. A British Airways flight from London City Airport was supposed to head to Duesseldorf, Germany, but ended up in Scotland's capital of Edinburgh.

The seafood chowder prepared in a Vancouver restaurant kitchen was "unfit for human consumption," according to an inspection report prepared after a rat was allegedly found in a customer's soup.

Starting in 1896, education superintendent Alexander Mackay enlisted the help of thousands of rural Nova Scotia schoolchildren to catalogue everything from first plant blossoms to animal migrations and thunderstorms.

Starting in 1896, education superintendent Alexander Mackay enlisted the help of thousands of rural Nova Scotia schoolchildren to catalogue everything from first plant blossoms to animal migrations and thunderstorms.

James Brophy, affiliated with the University of Windsor, took a close look at violence in Ontario long-term care facilities and its impact on workers in the industry. 

Australia's prime minister on Tuesday accused an influential minor political party of trying to "sell Australia's gun laws to the highest bidders" by asking the U.S. gun lobby for donations.

After the Mueller report news broke on the weekend, triumphant Republicans wondered: What will Democrats focus on now that U.S. President Donald Trump has been "vindicated" on Trump-Russia collusion? The answer, Democrats say, is the same priorities that helped them take back the House.

New Zealand's prime minister has won praise from gun control advocates around the world for her fast work in tabling restrictions on firearms after the Christchurch mosque massacre. Now, Ottawa is under heavy pressure to follow her lead.

The Supreme Court of Canada debates today whether the Canadian military has the constitutional authority to try its own members for serious crimes like sexual assault and murder — a case that some legal observers are calling a once-in-a-generation event.

When Cristiano Savioli travelled to Cortes Island, B.C., from his hometown in Italy after the brutal slaying of his father, Stefano, in the summer of 2010, he vowed to do everything he could to help investigators solve the case. Today, the homicide case lies dormant and Cristiano Savioli wants answers.

New Zealand's prime minister has won praise from gun control advocates around the world for her fast work in tabling restrictions on firearms after the Christchurch mosque massacre. Now, Ottawa is under heavy pressure to follow her lead.

Organized labour groups in Ontario hope to derail some of Premier Doug Ford's plans by persuading backbench Progressive Conservatives that the government is on the wrong track.

What's bad news for some is good news for others, and Canadian mortgage-holders are the unexpected beneficiaries of some of the gloom that's hovering over Canada's economy.

What's bad news for some is good news for others, and Canadian mortgage-holders are the unexpected beneficiaries of some of the gloom that's hovering over Canada's economy.