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Toyota will soon build a new vehicle in Canada, adding the Lexus NX luxury SUV to its Ontario assembly plants as of 2022.

Premier Doug Ford is firing back after being hit with a $5M defamation lawsuit by former OPP deputy Brad Blair, denying accusations made against him in the suit filed in March over claims Blair violated the Police Services Act. 

Deranjali Fernando lost both of her mother and father to one of the deadly attacks that swept across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Her two brothers were also in the church, but survived — one of them shielded from the blast by his parents' bodies.

A B.C. water polo coach has been banned from the sport's national association for life after teenage girls under his supervision claimed a pattern of harassment and humiliating sexual remarks.

The state of emergency gives the city the power to seize land, to make evacuations mandatory and to put in place other flood prevention measures.

Water flowing over the Bell Falls Dam on the Rouge River has reached "millennial'' levels, meaning there is a .1 per cent chance of such a flood occurring in a given year. Here's what we know about the structure.

Wildlife enforcement officers discourage the public from stopping and snapping pictures of polar bears. They say it could be dangerous and aggravate the animal in a spring with multiple polar bear sightings across Newfoundland and Labrador.

A man who said he lived with a missing and suspected dead mother and toddler told reporters he was arrested and questioned by police, but released without charges.

A man suspected of killing a Calgary mother and toddler has been released without charges, but police say he remains the primary suspect in the case. 

Ontario pharmacists have a little less than a year to get up to speed on weed if they want to practice in the province.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: slate of candidates for 2020 U.S. presidential race is out of step with demographic reality; RCMP mounts unusual campaign to scare drivers into slowing down using life-sized cutouts of their huskiest officer.

Canadian engineers have developed a new type of material that can be applied to different surfaces in order to make them almost repellent to ice.

Hereditary leaders from the Wet'suwet'en Nation in northern B.C. told the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples Wednesday their human rights are being violated by pipeline development on their territory.

"A few weeks ago, I consulted with my doctor for what began as flu-like symptoms. After a series of tests, my doctor has diagnosed me with a form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma”, LeBlanc said in a joint statement with his doctor.

Joshua Boyle's lawyer sees a glimmer of hope that a dispute over evidence in the Ottawa assault trial will be resolved quickly, leading to the resumption of the former hostage's case as early as July.

A jury will begin deliberations next week in the trial of two Mohawk men from Kahnawake, Que., facing charges in connection with the Sûreté du Québec's largest operation targeting a cross-border contraband tobacco ring.

A preliminary estimate of the federal books says the government posted a surplus of $3.1 billion through the first 11 months of the fiscal year.

The Trudeau government says it remains on track to post a budgetary shortfall of about $15 billion in 2018-19 even though a new estimate says the federal books ran a $3.1-billion surplus through the first 11 months of the fiscal year.

The Trudeau government says it remains on track to post a budgetary shortfall of about $15 billion in 2018-19 even though a new estimate says the federal books ran a $3.1-billion surplus through the first 11 months of the fiscal year.

Ford Motor Co. said on Friday the U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into the automaker's emissions certification process in the United States, the latest company to come under scrutiny by U.S. officials.

A B.C. scientist has invented a 3D concrete printer that he claims can build a four-bedroom home in a matter of days at a fraction of the costs of normal construction.

People living in some flood-threatened Ottawa neighbourhoods could be asked to leave their homes in the coming days as water levels on the Ottawa River continue to rise.

Members of the Canadian Armed Forces arrive in Ottawa this morning to deal with flooding as water levels along the Ottawa River keep rising and a rainfall warning threatens to make things worse.

Alberta premier-designate Jason Kenney's addresses his United Conservative caucus starting at 9 a.m. MT Friday morning, and CBCNews.ca is livestreaming it.

Raymond Bissonnette says while his son Alexandre's crimes were "of the most terrible kind," he had no terrorist connection "nor any particular ideology."

Air Canada has adjusted its route schedule and cancelled flights through to the end of July as a result of the grounding of its fleet of two dozen Boeing 737 Max jets.

Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins has seen several highly anticipated major league debuts, including Washington National pitcher Stephen Strasburg back in 2010. None, however, compare to the one Blue Jays phenom Vlad Guerrero is about to walk into when he begins his big-league career Friday night at Rogers Centre.

The effort to clear people out of the area below the Bell Falls Dam in Quebec's western Laurentians continues today as officials remain on high alert.

The effort to clear people out of the area below the Bell Falls Dam in Quebec's western Laurentians continues today as officials remain on high alert.

Hydro-Québec officials are still confident that the Bell Falls Dam will withstand unprecedented water levels. If it doesn't, "no one is at risk," Quebec's public security minister said.

Linda Sarsour has made a number of statements that can be characterized, fairly, as questionable, crude, intolerant and offensive. But is the U.S. activist an anti-Semite?

When Phil Robinson, 91, was told cancer had spread through his lungs and he had mere weeks left to live, he said his goodbyes, got his affairs in order and was prepared to die — until doctors told him he was, in fact, cancer-free and could return home.

When emergency responders arrived at the scene of the SUV crash that claimed the lives of four teenagers in Miramichi, N.B., last Saturday, all they could see were four tires sticking out of the water.

Pat Musitano, reputed scion of the Hamilton crime family that shares his name, was shot Thursday after reportedly leaving a meeting with his lawyer. He remains in life-threatening condition.

Computers that think like humans are changing hospitals and will soon play a role in giving diagnoses. But some experts warn that serious ethical questions remain.

For Canada, the sudden escalation of its diplomatic dispute with China came as something of a shock. But Japan has been managing a rocky diplomatic relationship with its neighbour for a long time now - and it has some tips for Ottawa.

Canada is not experiencing a sexist regression so much as it is a desire for change. But most of the "change" options presented from opposing parties are men.

The video game industry is hugely profitable, but it has a dirty little secret: Crunch. For years, many workers have toiled for incredibly long hours to meet game release deadlines, often with no overtime pay. It takes a toll on their health. Now, some in the industry are demanding change.

Computers that think like humans are changing hospitals and will soon play a role in giving diagnoses. But some experts warn that serious ethical questions remain.

A short-term rental company that caters to LGBTQ travellers is calling for a boycott of hotels around the world owned by the Sultan of Brunei following the introduction of new laws making gay sex punishable by stoning to death.

Catholic leaders cancelled Sunday masses indefinitely across Sri Lanka and officials urged Muslims to stay home for Friday prayers in an extraordinary call by the clergy to curtail worship as fear of more attacks plagued the island nation after the deadly suicide bombings on Easter.

Police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with ISIS, which has claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday suicide bombings of churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, President Maithripala Sirisena said said Friday as shooting erupted in the east during a raid.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with the Islamic State group, which has claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday suicide bombings of churches and hotels.

RCMP are looking for information about the more than a decade-old death of a 16-year-old girl — after new technology has been applied to the cold case.

Taylor Swift says she's releasing a new single and music video called ME! on Friday that's about "embracing your individuality and really celebrating it."

In a statement, police said Raimon Geday, 19, was charged after a missing girl from Surrey was rescued from a location in Vancouver.

Contrary to what you might have heard, eating tiny amounts of peanuts does not appear to help a person with a peanut allergy build up a tolerance in the real world, according to a recent review by researchers in Canada, the U.S. and Italy.

A Toronto-area man won a Jeep Compass in this year's Roll up the Rim contest — but didn't hear anything from Tim Hortons because they were calling the wrong number.

A GTA man won a Jeep Compass in this year's roll up the rim contest — but didn't hear anything from Tim Hortons because they were calling the wrong number.