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Players, parents and coaches are angry that the Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation has decided to cancel public school rugby games across the province because of safety concerns.

A decision by the Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation to cancel public school rugby games across the province because of safety concerns has drawn a swift and angry response from players, parents and coaches.

Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and others from its main service and from Instagram, saying they violated the company's ban against hate and violence.

​​​​​​​The Hubble Space Telescope has been an essential tool in helping us understand our origins, peering back in time as it photographs the most distant objects in our universe. Now, astronomers have used the telescope to photograph 265,000 galaxies that go back to just 500 million years after the Big Bang.

One person has been taken to hospital, but police said the extent of their injuries isn't known.

The driver of a Toyota Sienna van was pronounced dead at the scene. A second driver is in hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: issues tied to climate change could make for a stormy meeting between the prime minister and Alberta's new premier.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: issues tied to climate change could make for a stormy meeting between the prime minister and Alberta's new premier.

Residents in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, also known as Big Trout Lake First Nation, are mourning the deaths of five people in a house fire Thursday morning.

Residents in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, also known as Big Trout Lake First Nation, are mourning the deaths of five people in a house fire Thursday morning.

A new study found no differences in depression, vitamin B12 levels or energy between mothers who'd eaten placenta and those who didn't.

Hockey legend Leonard "Red" Kelly, who starred for the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs, has died at age 91.

Canada has made an offer to the Philippines to repatriate six dozen shipping containers full of rotting garbage that were erroneously shipped there six years ago, the federal environment minister said today.

Canada has made a formal offer to have more than six dozen containers of Canadian household trash returned to the Port of Vancouver nearly six years after it was sent to Manila labelled incorrectly as plastics for recycling.

Edmonton police Chief Dale McFee delivered a formal apology Friday for wrongs committed against the city's LGBTQ2+ community.

For the first time in 2.5 years, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has rated the housing market as only moderately vulnerable, indicating the hot conditions characterized by bidding wars and sky-high prices may be cooling off a little.

Employees at the Essex Engine Plant found out Wednesday that the location is losing a shift.

While conservative MPs on the Board of Internal Economy were satisfied with the ruling, they called the process a partisan attack and warned they could dig into historical expense claims, as well.

A committee that oversees House of Commons expenses has cleared Alberta Premier Jason Kenney of any wrongdoing for claiming a room in his mother's basement as his primary residence while sitting as a Conservative MP.

A man and a woman who died in a hostage-taking situation at a home in Surrey, B.C., in March were killed by shots fired from RCMP, the province's police watchdog has found.

Beyond Meat, a maker of meat alternatives, went public on stock markets on Thursday, and investors quickly drove up the price of the shares within minutes of being able to finally sink their teeth into the company.

Organizers of a new art exhibit on the Poundmaker Cree Nation hope it will set the historical record straight about their famous chief.

More than 200 of the top female hockey players in the world have decided they will not play professionally in North America next season, hoping their stand leads to a single economically sustainable league.

For the first time, Canada's budget watchdog has a mandate to cost out election campaign promises, but the uptake from political parties isn't clear.

The head of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. said it will scale down its operations in 15 countries and swear off bidding on fixed-price contracts in the mining industry as it reported a loss in its latest quarter.

After weeks of rising waters, the latest forecast indicates the Ottawa River has peaked across much of the capital region.

A U.S. House committee convenes briefly without Attorney General William Barr in attendance to discuss his handling of the Mueller report at a time of rising tensions between Donald Trump's administration and Congress.

Local police found the girl in critical condition at a home in Granby on Monday. She was taken to hospital, where she was in a coma until she died on Tuesday.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is warning the Senate against passing the federal Liberal government's environmental assessment bill in its current form or risk inflaming a burgeoning national unity "crisis" in his province.

Permafrost in some areas of the Canadian Arctic is thawing so fast that it's gulping up the equipment left there to study it.

Canadian company Bombardier says it plans to consolidate its plane-making businesses into a single entity and sell off factories in Northern Ireland and Morocco to focus on profitable parts of the business.

Canadian company Bombardier says it plans to consolidate its plane-making businesses into a single entity and sell off factories in Northern Ireland and Morocco to focus on profitable parts of the business.

Tiny homes built with local lumber may be part of a solution to housing shortages in Jean Marie River, N.W.T.

Bas and Martha Froese-Kooijenga's new coin-operated milk dispenser wasn't necessarily purchased for its value as a farm tool, but since it was installed earlier this year the guest list has been growing.

Bas and Martha Froese-Kooijenga's new coin-operated milk dispenser wasn't necessarily purchased for its value as a farm tool, but since it was installed earlier this year the guest list has been growing.

Opposition leader Rachel Notley is calling on the United Conservative Party to remove Calgary East MLA Peter Singh from caucus until a criminal investigation by the RCMP involving alleged voter fraud is completed.

Alberta’s newly appointed justice minister, Doug Schweitzer, begins his tenure as the province’s top legal official with the difficult task of evading a potential political and legal conflict of interest in a voter fraud investigation.

Premier Jason Kenney is offering to help his B.C. counterpart with the high price of gasoline in that province's Lower Mainland. But an industry expert said a new pipeline doesn't guarantee price cuts.

One southern Ontario law student's need of a robe has sparked dozens of other students around the country to do the same on Twitter on Wednesday, as many new students face mountains of debt and expenses.

Transport Canada photos from earlier this week show swamped neighbourhoods and flooded homes.

Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya will run her last 800 metres on Friday before the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) imposes hugely controversial new rules limiting testosterone in female athletes.

Afterlife violated the copyrighted work of grieving families in order to make a profit, a judge in Ottawa ruled in ordering damages to be paid in a class-action lawsuit.

Alberta's new premier came out swinging on the morning of his first full day in office, blaming his counterparts in B.C. for record-high gas prices and promising to cut off their petroleum supply if necessary.

Dr. Paul Young says some companies demand he fill out a two-page form for absences that are two days or longer. Some ask that he include copies of up to three months of a patient's chart.

Indian authorities have evacuated hundreds of thousands of people along the country's eastern coast ahead of a cyclone moving through the Bay of Bengal.

The list of Liberal incumbent MPs not running for re-election keeps growing, but the Liberals are still on track to have more incumbents on the ballot in this fall's vote than past first-term majority governments.

The families of two men executed by Saudi Arabia last week spoke exclusively with CBC News, saying Canada's continued sale of arms to the regime makes it complicit in the kingdom’s human rights abuses.

This week's flooding has raised questions about how municipalities have been allowed to develop so close to the water or, in the case of Quebec's Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, on the lake bed itself.

Enter a modern Jewish temple in some U.S. cities today and it might carry features found in a high-tech fortress, as new statistics show a surge in anti-Semitic attacks following another a deadly shooting targeting Jews at a synagogue last weekend. Other religious communities are also facing fears over extremism.

This week's flooding has raised questions about how municipalities have been allowed to develop so close to the water or, in the case of Quebec's Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, on the lake bed itself.