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History's most frightening dinosaur, the Tyrannosaurus rex, came from a long line of pipsqueaks.

History's most frightening dinosaur, the Tyrannosaurus rex, came from a long line of pipsqueaks.

A prominent former B.C. mayor has pleaded guilty to four sex offences against youths in his community. Luke Strimbold was the province's youngest mayor when he was elected, a high profile spokesperson after the Burns Lake mill explosion and a member of the B.C. Liberal party's executive board.

The four children and one woman who died in a tragic early morning house fire in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation in northwestern Ontario, also known as Big Trout Lake, on Thursday have been identified, the community stated in a written release Monday.

The Trump administration fired two warning shots last year over the Liberal government’s long-delayed plan to replace Canada’s CF-18 fighters, saying the procurement process discriminates against the Lockheed-Martin-built F-35 stealth jet, according to a new academic report.

Some former members of the group, NXIVM, are poised to break their vow of silence for the first time by testifying against Keith Raniere, who has been compared to a cult leader. Opening arguments are set for Tuesday at a federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y.     

Ottawa Lions track and field club coach Andy McInnis and recently fired chair Ken Porter have been banned for life from Athletics Canada, its branches and individual member clubs after several complaints of sexual misconduct.

Two bodies believed to be those of a mother and her toddler who went missing on April 16 have been found west of Calgary in Kananaskis, and police say second-degree murder charges are pending against a suspect.

Two bodies believed to be those of a mother and her toddler who went missing on April 16 have been found west of Calgary in Kananaskis, police say. 

A team from CBC was honoured for its Beyond 94 project, tracking progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 calls to action, at the Canadian Association of Journalism awards held this past weekend in Winnipeg.

A new study suggests children in poorer areas of Ontario face a greater risk of getting hit by vehicles than those in wealthier areas.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: news from UN report on biodiversity and global ecosystem is exceptionally bad; despite a promise of action from the feds, Canada is a long way from solving its issues with both legal and illegal firearms.

Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says it's time for fresh ideas when it comes to Canadians' mortgage options. In a speech Monday in Winnipeg, Poloz said changes could include loan terms longer than five years, a market for private mortgage-based securities and shared-equity mortgages for first-time home buyers.

There's one product cannabis retailers say they're especially desperate to keep on shelves: cannabidiol or CBD, a non-intoxicating extract vaunted for its purported health benefits.

Investigators with York Regional Police's homicide unit have identified the victim of last Friday's deadly shooting at an after-prom party as 18-year-old Rizwaan Wadee.

School administrators in Nova Scotia are authorizing high school rugby games to continue even though the sport is no longer sanctioned by the Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation.

Investigators who probed the disappearances of three men from Toronto’s Gay Village explored the possibility that their main suspect had killed and cannibalized Skandaraj Navaratnam with the help of notorious killer Luka Magnotta, according to recently unsealed court documents.

Hudson's Bay Co. says it's pursuing strategic alternatives for its Lord & Taylor business, including a possible sale or merger.

Bootlegging has a long history in Alberta, but the women who were behind many moonshine operations are rooted mainly within family folklore.

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, gave birth to a boy today, and Prince Harry says he's "incredibly proud" of his wife, and their first child — who's seventh in line for the throne — is "absolutely to die for."

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, gave birth to a boy today, and Prince Harry says he's "incredibly proud" of his wife, and their first child — who's seventh in line for the throne — is "absolutely to die for."

Documents filed with the Federal Court show the former Harper government was concerned about the legal and political fallout from how it dealt with a New Brunswick potato farmer jailed for more than a year in Lebanon.

The Maid of the Mist boats that bring tourists to the base of Niagara Falls are going electric.

Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques used the International Space Station's big robot arm — known as Canadarm2 — to capture a SpaceX shipment delivering 2,500 kilograms of equipment and experiments.

A Calgary-area mother who spoke out to CBC News over concerns about a large combined Grade 2 class at Red Deer Lake School has been handed a cease-and-desist letter by a law firm on behalf of the school board.

Despite the messaging from the Liberal camp, there is nothing in a new deal that binds anyone to anything on making Muskrat Falls power cheaper, writes CBC's Chris O’Neill-Yates.

Nature is in more trouble now than at any other time in human history, with extinction looming over one million species of plants and animals, scientists said Monday in the UN's first comprehensive report on biodiversity.

The parents of a five-year-old girl who was attacked by two dogs in Winnipeg’s North End in April say their daughter is doing better, but the fines given the owner aren't high enough.

This moment — frozen in time in February 1949 near Arviat, Nunavut — is spreading across the internet after her grandson Jordan Konek posted it on Twitter. It took just a few days for it to be shared thousands of times by people around the world.

By the time Terrance Morin drove a stolen GMC Envoy into a swampy field north of Saskatoon he'd already dumped and burned almost everything he could tear out of the red SUV.

By the time Terrance Morin drove a stolen GMC Envoy into a swampy field north of Saskatoon he'd already dumped and burned almost everything he could tear out of the red SUV.

The plane that burst into flames while making an emergency landing at a Moscow airport, killing 41 of the 78 people on board, was without radio communications because of a lightning strike, the pilot has told Russian news media.

Russia's transportation minister said 41 bodies were recovered from the burned wreckage of an Aeroflot plane at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, while the country's main investigative body said both flight recorders were recovered as well.

Chinese envoys are preparing to travel to the United States for trade talks, a government spokesperson said Monday, suggesting negotiations on ending a bruising tariff war will proceed despite President Donald Trump's threat to raise import taxes.

An Ontario man was sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife — but not the full-term child she was carrying. Without affecting the rights of pregnant women in Canada, there just might not be a fair way to see justice for the killing of baby Assara Goberdhan.

An Ottawa man who says his tenant is renting his ByWard Market condo out on Airbnb against his will — and the condo board's rules — complains he's feeling violated.

Since 2014, dozens - if not hundreds - of companies have failed, and many say the problems associated with the industry are getting worse as municipalities struggle to collect taxes and landowners often fail to get paid.

Since 2014, dozens - if not hundreds - of companies have failed, and many say the problems associated with the industry are getting worse as municipalities struggle to collect taxes and landowners often fail to get paid.

Public hearings into Bill 21, Quebec's proposed secularism law, begin this week in Quebec City. Debate over the bill has been fierce in parts of the province, less so in others.

Public hearings into Bill 21, Quebec's proposed secularism law, begin this week in Quebec City. Debate over the bill has been fierce in parts of the province, less so in others.

With the unprecedented convenience of services like Netflix, Dropbox, and Spotify it can be easy to end up with more subscriptions than we really need, use… or can afford.

Voters in the British Columbia riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith will go to the polls today to elect a new member of Parliament. 

As parties of the left and right debate a Green New Deal, governments need a complex directed strategy to invest in the economy and the climate.

Barbara Sherwood Lollar has won the prestigious Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering for her work on ancient Earth water and for advancing the search for life on other worlds.

As parties of the left and right debate a Green New Deal, governments need a complex directed strategy to invest in the economy and the climate.

Along the rocky south coast of Vancouver Island, hundreds of construction workers are building a nearly $800 million dollar wastewater treatment facility — a project that has been debated for decades and described as long overdue by some, and completely unnecessary by others.

The Israeli military lifted protective restrictions on residents in southern Israel on Monday, while Gaza's ruling Hamas militant group reported a ceasefire deal had been reached to end the deadliest fighting between the two sides since a 2014 war.

There was no official ceasefire announcement from either side, but the intense fighting over the past two days appeared to come to a sudden halt in the early morning hours.

The United States is deploying a carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Middle East to send a clear message to Iran that any attack on U.S. interests or its allies will be met with "unrelenting force," U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday.

Two young brothers, both with a deadly genetic disease, could face two very different futures because only one has access to cutting-edge medication. Health advocates blame Canada's broken drug evaluation and funding system, which leaves many patients without access to the medication they need.