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Former Ontario Liberal MP, the Hon. Paul Bonwick, earned more than $1 million in consultant's fees on a series of backroom deals involving public money while his sister was a local mayor, a judicial inquiry has revealed.

Just hours before flames engulfed the spire one of the world’s most recognizable cathedrals, Ashley Creed had been inside the centuries-old Notre-Dame, marvelling at a piece of history she'd only seen in history books.

Justice Clément Gascon is retiring from the Supreme Court of Canada this fall, and the Liberal government says it plans to name his replacement before the fall federal election campaign officially begins.

Universities in Atlantic Canada have turned to international students as an antidote to dwindling enrolments. Documents obtained by CBC show institutions are now spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on third-party agents.

The Canadian man who was charged for smuggling immigrants to the U.S. using the Windsor rail tunnel to Detroit has been sentenced.

Penticton RCMP say four people are dead after a string of shootings in three locations Monday morning.

Penticton RCMP say four people are dead after a string of shootings in three locations Monday morning.

Penticton RCMP say four people are dead after a string of shootings in three locations Monday morning.

Penticton RCMP say four people are dead after a string of shootings in three different locations Monday morning.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: Fukushima reactor cleanup hits milestone as robotic crane starts removing nuclear fuel rods; talk to Alberta voters and it's clear they have a lot of worries heading into tomorrow's provincial election.

Sylvain Charlebois, a professor in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University, says Metro is the first major grocery store chain in Canada to allow reusable containers.

Canada will appeal last week's decision by a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel to allow the United States to use "zeroing" to calculate lumber anti-dumping tariffs, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Monday.

A French official and the Paris fire chief say they think Notre Dame Cathedral's landmark rectangular towers have been saved from the fire that caused horrific damage.

Notre-Dame Cathedral went up in flames on Monday in a roaring blaze that devastated the Parisian landmark, a huge loss for the city and for France.

The Justice Department expects to make special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia investigation public on Thursday morning.

The number of measles cases worldwide nearly quadrupled in the first quarter of 2019 to 112,163 against the same period last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, citing provisional data, while federal officials in the U.S. also reported

Police say they're looking for a man they believe posed as a delivery man in order to shoot a woman with a crossbow in Mississauga, Ont. The man allegedly shot her with a crossbow he was hiding inside a box.

Actor Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli and other prominent parents pleaded not guilty to charges in the sweeping U.S. college admissions bribery scam, according to court documents filed Monday.

Gordon Parmenter, 78, was a father figure to more than just his own four children, said his son David — and he knew the suspect now arrested in connection with his death.

The average price of a Canadian home sold last month was $481,745, a figure that has fallen by 1.8 per cent in the past 12 months, the Canadian Real Estate Association says.

Alberta's election campaign promised a titanic clash of ideas and ideologies between two nationally known leaders, but delivered a burlesque of biting attacks and bozo eruptions — and a surprise guest appearance by the RCMP.

Aphria Inc.'s first full quarter of sales since the legalization of recreational cannabis fell short of investor expectations after the company posted a steep quarterly loss, a $50-million impairment charge related to its Latin America operations and announced that Green Growth Brands had dropped its hostile takeover offer.

Cannabis company Aphria Inc. lost $108 million last quarter despite seeing a sixfold sales increase, partly because it wrote down the value of some of its assets in Latin America.

A giant six-engine aircraft with the world's longest wingspan has flown for the first time, bringing to life a dream held by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen and moving closer to its goal of launching rockets and satellites from the air.

The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women is fighting in court for access to two RCMP files the national police force is refusing to hand over.

Fans at Rogers Arena will become part of a testing plan as the Georgia-based company, Liberty Defense, develops its new concealed weapon detection device later this year or early next year.

Chris Wenzel may not be here anymore, but the tattoos that covered his body still are.

At the final class of the semester, University of Waterloo instructor Vanessa Lam gave her students a handwritten note with inspirational quotes. For one student, the note radically affected her mental health.

Organizers behind Sudanese anti-government protests say the military attempted to break up their sit-in outside the Defence Ministry in Khartoum on Monday, but backed off.

Timothy Hogan, an Aboriginal artist, believes racism was involved when the Canada Border Services Agency searched him for drugs when he returned from a vacation in the Dominican Republic.

Blockage at the city's main lift station has forced sewage to overflow into the bay, so it doesn't back into people's homes.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday he's ready for a fourth summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to help salvage faltering nuclear negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang.

A CBC News investigation looks at why a group of top directors who left SNC-Lavalin years ago have plenty at stake if the bribery case against the engineering company goes to trial. What were the red flags they may have missed on their watch?

A lawyer for the Ontario government has begun laying out why a federal law that puts a price on carbon is unconstitutional.

Sukhman Singh Shergill has dreamt of becoming a police officer since he was a little boy. The Quebec government’s Bill 21, which aims to ban public workers in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols, has only strengthened his resolve.

It is one thing to receive the proverbial anonymous brown envelope under the door (or, more likely, in an email inbox). It is quite another, and beyond the pale, to hack into protected systems.

When red meat was substituted with legumes, soy or nuts, researchers found favourable changes in cholesterol levels.

Experts say that among developed countries, Canadian is well placed to deal with the aging baby boom bulge. But it will require smart planning and investment in unexpected places.

Ontario's legal battle against the federal Liberal government's controversial carbon tax will be heard today in the province's top court. 

Ontario's legal battle against the federal Liberal government's controversial carbon tax will be heard today in the province's top court. 

The federal government will end up with the power to regulate almost every facet of life — such as when you can drive or where you can live — if its law aimed at curbing harmful greenhouse gas emissions is allowed to stand, Ontario's top court heard Monday.

When red meat was substituted with legumes, soy or nuts, researchers found favourable changes in cholesterol levels.

The political crisis around Brexit has pierced Britain's psyche, experts say, and people are showing signs of the harmful consequences. They're seeking out meditation, therapy and other coping mechanisms as the withdrawal process drags on.

The politically charged competition to replace Canada’s aging fleet of fighter jets will rocket forward at the end of May as the federal government releases a long-anticipated, full-fledged tender call.

The political crisis around Brexit has pierced Britain's psyche, experts say, and people are showing signs of the harmful consequences. They're seeking out meditation, therapy and other coping mechanisms as the withdrawal process drags on.

A suspected tornado hit a rural Ohio city, as the storm that pummelled the South made its way to the Northeast.

Concerns over potential health risks and weak communication are being raised over a longstanding airline practice of spraying insecticide in plane cabins, sometimes when passengers are on board.

Concerns over potential health risks and weak communication are being raised over a longstanding airline practice of spraying insecticide in plane cabins, sometimes when passengers are on board.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says a New Zealand nurse and two Syrian drivers were last known to be held by ISIS after being kidnapped in Syria in 2013.