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A so-called "pardon truck" is travelling across parts of Canada, asking people to sign a petition pushing for complete expungement of marijuana possession criminal record, rather than the simple pardon being offered by the government.

The Canadian Women's Hockey League announced Sunday it would be discontinuing operations as of May 1 because of a business model that proved to be "economically unsustainable."

A former Nevada Democratic assemblywoman has detailed an unwanted encounter with former U.S. vice president Joe Biden, but he says he doesn't believe he has ever acted inappropriately toward women.

A former Nevada Democratic assemblywoman has detailed an unwanted encounter with former U.S. vice president Joe Biden, but he says he doesn't believe he has ever acted inappropriately toward women.

When Newfoundland became a Canadian province, learning to pronounce the name properly was a subject for discussion right from the get-go.

Tina Fontaine's tragic free fall has been painstakingly detailed so often that many now have the series of missed opportunities that preceded her death seared into memory.

Fresh off her Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for the TV series Killing Eve, Sandra Oh is still, well, killing it — this time on Saturday Night Live.

Fresh off her Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for the TV series Killing Eve, Sandra Oh is still, well, killing it — this time on Saturday Night Live.

Scientists say climate change is threatening hundreds of kilometres of dikes that line the coasts and tidal rivers of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

An unprecedented cyclone hits a devastatingly poor country. At what point should other countries intervene? For India, the answer was made easier by serendipity: it happened to have three naval vessels in the Indian Ocean when Cyclone Idai stuck Mozambique on March 14, killing more than 500 people.

Parks Canada may be in a race against time to research the HMS Erebus as bad weather damages the wreck lying in shallow Arctic waters. Meanwhile, poor ice conditions are preventing divers from exploring, mapping and retrieving precious artifacts from explorer John Franklin's ship.

The human toll of September 11 is still growing with thousands of people in the U.S. living with —and dying — from 9/11-related illness. The growing number has put crippling pressure on a federal compensation fund to help the sick and their families, leading first responders and survivors to pressure Congress.

It doesn't matter how long they've been away - Canada's election laws have recently changed to allow all Canadians who live abroad to vote. Elections Canada expects a surge in special ballots, better known as mail-in ballots.

Funeral services for Honorary Col. David Hart, the Canadian army's longest serving officer, will be held in Montreal Sunday.

An unprecedented cyclone hits a devastatingly poor country. At what point should other countries intervene? For India, the answer was made easier by serendipity: it happened to have three naval vessels in the Indian Ocean when Cyclone Idai stuck Mozambique on March 14, killing more than 500 people.

Some parents recently hit with big wireless bills argue there should be more protections in place to help customers avoid unforeseen charges on plans they share with their teens. The big three telcos say they provide customers with online tools to help them closely monitor all lines in a phone plan.

Riding a wave of public fury over corruption, liberal lawyer Zuzana Caputova wonSlovakia's presidential election on Saturday, bucking a trend that has seen populist, anti-European Union politicians make gains across the continent.

Passengers on a Cancun, Mexico-bound flight from Toronto were left stranded for several hours on Saturday after their aircraft made an emergency landing in New Orleans.

Passengers on a Cancun, Mexico-bound flight from Toronto were left stranded for several hours on Saturday after their aircraft made an emergency landing in New Orleans.

Ottawa is reeling over the latest materials shared with the justice committee by Jody Wilson-Raybould. Meanwhile, the former justice minister and attorney general is spending Saturday in her home territory on Vancouver Island where she’s being honoured by her Kwakwaka'wakw community.

Ottawa is reeling over the latest materials shared with the justice committee by Jody Wilson-Raybould. Meanwhile, the former justice minister and attorney general is spending Saturday in her home territory on Vancouver Island where she’s being honoured by her Kwakwaka'wakw community.

Canada's top civil servant didn't brief Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on a secretly recorded phone conversation with then-Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould about SNC-Lavalin because everyone "went on holidays the next day," according to his lawyer.   

Canada's top civil servant didn't brief Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on a secretly recorded phone conversation with then-Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould about SNC-Lavalin because everyone "went on holidays the next day," according to his lawyer.