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The minor, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was charged in January after a series of raids at two homes in the city, roughly 200 kilometres from the nation's capital, after a tip from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation in late December 2018.

The investigation into a former United Conservative Party leadership candidate's so-called "kamikaze" campaign will continue through Alberta's election period, now that a Calgary judge has refused to grant an emergency injunction sought by the man at the centre of the probe.

The president of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says his agency wants to raise millions more dollars to help Canadians afford places to live, despite the billions already available in government funding.

Former U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden acknowledged Wednesday that his tendency toward physical displays of affection and encouragement has made some women uncomfortable, and he promised to be "much more mindful" of respecting personal space.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is linking the lifting of "absurd" U.S. tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel to the ratification of the new North American free-trade deal.

More than three years after the legislation was first introduced in Parliament, the Commons fisheries committee has passed a bill banning whale and dolphin captivity.

Former hostage Caitlan Coleman's cross-examination has been put on hold while counsel deals with a number of procedural issues that could impact future questioning.

Joshua Boyle's defence team presses his estranged wife in court, questioning whether she had any part in writing a list of rules that she said Boyle made for her follow.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: President Donald Trump's threat to close the U.S.-Mexico border would have massive economic consequences; Edward Snowden has a message for Canadians; doctors rally for gun control.

Premier Brian Pallister announced Wednesday his government will launch a legal challenge against the federal government, which followed through on imposing its new levy on Monday.

A recent sighting of southern resident killer whales near Monterrey, Calif., has researchers taking note. The whales normally call the waters of the Salish Sea home.

A seven-year-old Canadian boy's family will stay together — for now.

Andrea Giesbrecht, found guilty of disposing of six infants' remains in a U-Haul storage locker, has won an appeal reducing her 8½-year prison sentence to three years.

Justin Trudeau is defending his feminist credentials as the two women he ejected from the Liberal caucus say they have no regrets about standing up to the prime minister on principle.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending his feminist credentials after tossing two strong women from the Liberal caucus.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could face a boisterous crowd when he delivers a speech to 338 young women later today — just hours after he expelled from the Liberal caucus two women who are former cabinet ministers.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced some tough questions in the House of Commons today — not from opposition MPs but from young women participating in a special event promoting political leadership.

The design for a stage that collapsed before a Radiohead concert in Toronto in 2012 was flawed from its inception and several people knew it, according to Dale Martin, head of the company that was contracted by Live Nation to erect the stage.

Canada's biggest airline is making adjustments to its flight schedule and temporarily cancelling or delaying some routes now that two dozen of its Boeing planes have been grounded.

Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are expected in court on Wednesday to face charges that they participated in a wide-ranging college admissions cheating scam.

Hollywood stars Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin appeared in federal court Wednesday alongside other wealthy parents to face charges they rigged test scores or paid bribes to cheat the admissions process at prestigious universities.

Boeing anti-stall software on a doomed Ethiopian Airlines jet re-engaged as many as four times, after the crew initially turned it off, due to suspect data from an airflow sensor, two people familiar with the matter said.

When Debbie Labrecque took a job as a heavy equipment operator at the coal mine in Wabamun, Alta., she thought she would work there until retirement.

Ottawa is keeping appropriate track of how Canada's mining industry releases effluent into the country's waterways, but nobody's responsible for fixing problems when they are discovered, says the federal environment commissioner.

Newfoundland and Labrador career college Academy Canada is launching a greenhouse production program, but it won't be just about cannabis.

The chief financial officer for former UCP leadership candidate Jeff Callaway is facing up to two years in prison or a $50,000 fine for alleged "corrupt practice" in breach of the Elections Act.

New Islamic criminal laws that took effect in Brunei on Wednesday, punishing gay sex and adultery by stoning offenders to death, have triggered an outcry from countries, rights groups and celebrities far beyond the tiny Southeast Asian nation's shores.

While most people her age are planning for retirement, 63-year-old transgender woman Rhiannon Lynn Frost is making plans to complete her transition this year.

British lawmakers vote to approve the first stage of legislation that would force Prime Minister Theresa May to seek a delay to Brexit to prevent the risk of leaving without a deal on April 12.

Britain's Brexit secretary says the government is not offering a "blank cheque" to the Opposition after Prime Minister Theresa May offered to meet with the Labour Party leader in hopes of ending the impasse over the U.K.'s departure from the European Union.

Britain's House of Commons rejected a plan to hold more indicative votes on Brexit next Monday, while Prime Minister Theresa May met the leader of the main opposition party earlier on Wednesday for talks on ending the impasse over the country's departure from the European Union.

British lawmakers vote to approve the first stage of legislation that would force Prime Minister Theresa May to seek a delay to Brexit to prevent the risk of leaving without a deal on April 12.

Lawyers say Jody Wilson-Raybould may not have broken the law but her decision to tape a conversation with the outgoing privy council clerk may have crossed ethical lines.

Jody Wilson-Raybould described the decision Liberals had to make on her presence in the party caucus as a referendum on the party's morality. The caucus saw something else - a growing civil war on the eve of an election.

On Monday, a report commissioned by Environment and Climate Change Canada called Canada's Changing Climate Report said that, on average, Canada is warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world. And here are a few answers to questions reader had.

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal is expected to release its report late Wednesday on Finance Minister Bill Morneau's use of emergency safeguard measures to shield Canada's domestic market from seven types of foreign steel.

Layne Matechuk suffered a traumatic brain injury in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash on April 6, 2018. His father, Kevin, says the one-year anniversary is triggering anxiety and flashbacks. The Matechuks want to focus on Layne's recovery.

Export Development Canada has hired outside legal counsel to review some of its dealings with SNC-Lavalin. The review comes after a company insider told CBC News the engineering giant secured billions in loans from the Crown agency over the years, some of which he alleges was intended to pay bribes.

Governments worldwide have discovered more than a billion dollars in unpaid taxes to date thanks to the Panama Papers and have obtained criminal convictions. But in Canada, despite finding nearly 900 Canadian taxpayers in the leak, the CRA hasn't laid a single charge.

In a sense, the public outline of the SNC-Lavalin scandal emerged in Atlantic Canada with Scott Brison's resignation - and polls suggest it's in Atlantic Canada that the Liberals have suffered the most.

A committee that is supposed to advise the Veterans Affairs minister on mental health issues was kept in the dark about changes to an important disability questionnaire meant to document post-traumatic stress disorder claims by former soldiers.

On Monday, a report commissioned by Environment and Climate Change Canada called Canada's Changing Climate Report said that, on average, Canada is warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world. And here are a few answers to questions reader had.

A tower that was being prepared for plant maintenance fell inside the Imperial Oil manufacturing site Tuesday evening.

No injuries were reported after a tower scheduled for maintenance collapsed at Sarnia Imperial Oil Tuesday night.

As Canadians digest the news that Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott have been kicked out of the Liberal caucus, First Nations leaders in B.C. are expressing support for the two women and condemning Trudeau's decision.

A third Canadian canola exporter has received a non-compliance notice from China over quality concerns, the federal agriculture minister said Tuesday, the latest development in an escalating feud with the Asian country.

A Chinese woman who got through security checkpoints at U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida carrying a thumb drive coded with "malicious" software was arrested on Saturday for entering a restricted property and making false statements to officials, according to a court filing.

A Chinese woman who got through security checkpoints at U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida carrying a thumb drive coded with "malicious" software was arrested on Saturday for entering a restricted property and making false statements to officials, according to a court filing.

A humanitarian emergency is unfolding in the camp in northeast Syria overwhelmed with people who fled the last battlefields of ISIS extremists — and a top priority is helping hundreds of unaccompanied children return home, the head of the international Red Cross said Tuesday.

The cross-examination of former hostage Caitlan Coleman continued Tuesday in the trial of her estranged husband Joshua Boyle.