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New data from Statistics Canada shows that among parents of children under six, nearly one in 10 have had to change work schedule due to lack of childcare. Another seven per cent have had to reduce their hours, and six per cent have postponed their return to work.

A 35-year-old Nova Scotia woman who died of cancer last week summed up her life in her self-written obituary by saying '35 years may not seem long, but damn it was good!'

New data from Statistics Canada shows that among parents of children under six, nearly one in 10 have had to change work schedule due to a lack of available child care. Another seven per cent have had to reduce their hours, and six per cent have postponed their return to work.

A second-degree murder charge filed after a man was struck and killed by an arrow earlier this year has been upgraded to first-degree murder. 

Thirteen fossil bones and teeth excavated in a cave in the Philippines represent an enigmatic previously unknown human species, scientists say.

The head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service says his agency is "more and more preoccupied" with the threat of violent right-wing extremism and white supremacists.

More than 10,300 Canadians died as a resulted of an apparent opioid-related overdose between January 2016 and September 2018, Public Health Agency of Canada says.

A Surrey, B.C., driver who was caught wearing in-ear headphones has been found guilty of distracted driving, even though the earbuds were connected to a dead iPhone.

A Surrey, B.C., driver who was caught wearing in-ear headphones has been found guilty of distracted driving, even though the earbuds were connected to a dead iPhone.

St. Louis Blues rookie goalie Jordan Binnington is facing an off-ice distraction as he prepares for the NHL playoffs: The emergence of old tweets about women in burkas and a taxi driver speaking a foreign language.

Documents obtained by CBC News show emails were fraudulently attached to United Conservative Party memberships and used to cast ballots in that party’s leadership race.

The Liberal government is taking steps to tackle the flow of asylum-seekers crossing into Canada outside of legal border points, but the proposed change may only stop a fraction of the total number of claimants.

The report comes after 24 hearings and statement gathering events across Canada in 2017 and 2018. Those involved more than 1,000 family members and survivors of violence, Indigenous knowledge keepers, experts and officials.

A coroner's inquest into the death of a drum technician who was crushed when a stage collapsed before a Radiohead concert in Toronto is recommending companies that build temporary stages for events undergo licensing.

Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday he is reviewing the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, declaring he believed the president's campaign had been spied on and wanted to make sure proper procedures were followed.

Federal ministers played down notions Tuesday that Senate committee amendments to the Liberals' gun bill would hobble the legislation.

The West is wide open. That means a potentially intriguing conference final matchup between the Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets is possible. Tim Wharnsby provides all the breakdowns as the Stanley Cup playoffs begin Wednesday.

The legalization of marijuana in Canada has caused the price of the drug overall to increase by about 17 per cent, but people who are buying it legally are paying about 57 per cent more than black market buyers.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says his department intends to "follow the law" and is reviewing a request by a top House Democrat to provide President Donald Trump's tax returns to lawmakers.

Black holes have been mysterious and elusive — until now. Astronomers using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have, for the first time, photographed one. 

Black holes have been mysterious and elusive — until now. Astronomers using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have, for the first time, photographed one. 

Getting Alberta's economy running on all its fossil fuel-powered cylinders is at the heart of the province's election campaign. But some of Canada's top energy thinkers warn there's no pedal any premier can stomp to make that engine rev like it used to.

Conservative environment critic Ed Fast slammed the federal government Tuesday for giving $12 million to help Loblaws stores make their refrigerators and freezers more energy efficient.

A Nunavut man with kidney failure says he is caught in a jurisdictional limbo that means he doesn’t have access to home dialysis.

Hundreds of Hydro-Québec workers are working to restore power in the southern part of the province today, two days after a spring freezing rain storm wreaked havoc on the electrical grid.

Hundreds of Hydro-Québec workers are in southern regions of the province, working to restore power after freezing rain wreaked havoc on the electrical grid Monday.

Police and fire departments in the city of Laval, Que., were kept busy overnight as power outages continue after freezing rain hit the region on Monday, leading to carbon monoxide poisonings and fires.

New Zealand's Parliament has passed sweeping gun laws that outlaw military style weapons, less than a month after mass shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch left 50 people dead and dozens wounded.

HBO's fantasy show starts its final season on April 12. Here's an informal look at who of the protagonists might end up on the Iron Throne as the series wraps.

As relations with China remain rocky, Europe remains a potential bright spot for Canadian trade. But experts warn a new EU-U.S. trade war helps no one.

Not all immigrants from Muslim countries are opposed to Quebec’s religious symbols ban. Some say the proposed law is a necessary bulwark against the kind of problems they left behind in their home countries.

As relations with China remain rocky, Europe remains a potential bright spot for Canadian trade. But experts warn a new EU-U.S. trade war helps no one.

Libya is again facing the prospect of all-out civil war. The desire for power and access to the country’s wealth by rival leaders, rather than competing ideologies or policy differences, is driving the current conflict, a military analyst says.

The British prime minister's skills in negotiation and diplomacy are again under scrutiny Wednesday as she travels to Brussels to meet her EU counterparts and request another Brexit delay.

Ontario's government has unveiled its nearly $30-billion transit expansion plan — including a new 15-kilometre "Ontario Line" stretching from Ontario Place to the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto.

Premier Doug Ford's provincial government unveiled its nearly $30-billion transit expansion plan — including a new 15-kilometre "Ontario Line" stretching from Ontario Place to the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto.

Everyone expects automation and other technological advances to eliminate some jobs and create others. But Canadian futurists say there's a much wider range of trends that could influence the types of skills that are likely to be in demand in the future.

The British prime minister's skills in negotiation and diplomacy are again under scrutiny Wednesday as she travels to Brussels to meet her EU counterparts and request another Brexit delay.

Just two days from a potentially calamitous no-deal Brexit, EU leaders offered the U.K. an even longer delay than what British Prime Minister Theresa May was seeking.

Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to be headed toward a historic fifth term as Israel's prime minister, with close-to-complete unofficial election results giving his right-wing Likud and other nationalist and religious parties a solid majority in parliament.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured a clear path to re-election on Wednesday, with religious-rightist parties set to hand him a parliamentary majority and his main challenger conceding defeat.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured a clear path to re-election on Wednesday, with religious-rightist parties set to hand him a parliamentary majority and his main challenger conceding defeat.

Vacancies in U.S. President Donald Trump's cabinet are raising concerns among critics about a leadership vacuum and a lack of permanent authority directing major government agencies, even as Trump says the temporary heads give him 'flexibility.'

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama was admitted to a New Delhi hospital on Tuesday with a chest infection, an aide said, adding that the 83-year-old Buddhist monk was stable.

A Winnipeg couple say they didn't think twice before barging into a burning house Tuesday morning after hearing a woman crying for help.

A judge has awarded $30,000 in aggravated damages to a B.C. man who was fired from his position with a Vancouver native health organization "because he was not an Indigenous Canadian."

During a two hour videotaped police interview, Jared Eliasson refused to admit he attacked a driver with a crowbar in March 2017, breaking both her arms.

Vancouver businessman David Sidoo is facing an additional charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with the college admissions scam, according to documents from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Heavy rains killed at least 10 people and left a trail of destruction in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, raising questions about the city's preparedness to deal with recurring extreme weather.

In the tit-for-tat over the Trans Mountain expansion project, B.C.'s attorney general responds to Jason Kenney's threat to restrict oil and gas exports to B.C. if elected as premier of Alberta.