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U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate Patrick Shanahan, a former Boeing executive, as his defence secretary, the White House said on Thursday. The pick of a Pentagon chief who made a career at a top defence company is a break with tradition.

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate Patrick Shanahan, a former Boeing executive, as his defence secretary, the White House said on Thursday. The pick of a Pentagon chief who made a career at a top defence company is a break with tradition.

A man from Ghana who lost all his fingers to frostbite after crossing irregularly into Manitoba is pleading with MPs not to pass new refugee rules in the government's budget bill.

Lynn Beyak has been suspended from the Senate for the remainder of this parliamentary session after declining to remove letters from her website that have been widely condemned as racist, and for refusing to apologize for posting them.

A flood-prone northern Ontario First Nation has reached an agreement with the federal and provincial governments to move the entire community within eight to ten years — but its chief says he fears Ottawa and the province won't follow through.

A flood-prone northern Ontario First Nation has reached an agreement with the federal and provincial governments to move the entire community within eight to ten years — but its chief says he fears Ottawa and the province won't follow through.

Hamilton's first black councillor, Matthew Green, says he felt betrayed and threatened by the city's hiring of former Heritage Front leader Marc Lemire.

The Supreme Court of Canada issued a statement today thanking police for their "professionalism" in dealing with Justice Clément Gascon's reported disappearance yesterday, but offered no explanation for the incident.

For the second time this week, the Quebec government is forced to distance itself from a supporter of its secularism bill who made incendiary remarks about Islam at a legislative hearing.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: Canada's decision to legalize cannabis seems to be having a global impact; the growing Green Party momentum, Mark Norman affair add to challenges Liberals face heading into the federal election.

While the City of Ottawa and dozens of other municipalities along the Ottawa River remained in a state of emergency Thursday, officials began addressing the question of how to dispose of the approximately four million sandbags used in the battle to keep homes dry.

The U.S. has seized a North Korean cargo ship used to supply coal to the isolated nation in violation of international sanctions, law enforcement officials said Thursday.

The U.S. reveals it seized a North Korean cargo ship last year, after it was allegedly used to violate international sanctions, a first-of-its-kind enforcement action that comes amid a tense moment in relations between the two countries.

A Globe spokeswoman says employees have until May 29 to enrol in the voluntary program and the company will decide in July if involuntary layoffs are necessary.

The kids of the northern Ontario First Nation of Kashechewan can't go home until the flood waters recede, but this week they did go back to school.

The girl's death has sparked a provincewide conversation about flaws in Quebec's youth protection system. But the priest who presided over the funeral service said he wanted to make sure the focus was on the girl herself.

Comic artist Kelly Bastow says celebrities and companies often share artists' work without crediting the creator.

Chris Hughes, a Facebook co-founder and former Mark Zuckerberg roommate, has written an opinion piece in the New York Times that calls for the breakup of the social network.

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett and Elsipogtog Chief Arren Sock have signed a memorandum of understanding that will launch discussions about the Mi'kmaq First Nation's claim of Aboriginal title to a third of New Brunswick.

Landlords and property managers in Metro Vancouver are offering bonuses, such as a free month’s rent, in an attempt to woo potential tenants.

U.S. President Donald Trump honoured the World Series champion Boston Red Sox — well, some of them — at the White House on Thursday, but made no mention of the controversy that shadowed the visit.

A BBC disc jockey has been fired after using a picture of a chimpanzee in a tweet about the royal baby born Monday to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, who is biracial.

Mohammed Shamji was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with no chance of parole for 14 years after pleading guilty to murdering his wife, family physician Elana Fric, whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase.

Mohammed Shamji was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with no chance of parole for 14 years after pleading guilty to murdering his wife, family physician Elana Fric, whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase.

Pope Francis issued a new law requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups by their superiors to church authorities, in a groundbreaking new effort to hold the Catholic hierarchy accountable for failing to protect their flocks.

Pope Francis issued a new canon law requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and coverups by their superiors to church authorities in a groundbreaking new effort to hold the Catholic hierarchy accountable for failing to protect their flocks.

As parliamentarians voted unanimously Wednesday evening in favour of a national suicide prevention action plan, Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus, who proposed the private member's motion, says he was reciting in his head the names of all the young people lost to suicide on northern Ontario First Nations.

A decision in Dennis Oland's murder retrial in the death of his father, Richard Oland, is not expected until at least July 19 — more than eight years after the multimillionaire was bludgeoned to death in his Saint John office.

Dennis Oland's murder retrial in the 2011 death of his father, multimillionaire Richard Oland, is scheduled to resume in Saint John Thursday with closing arguments.

Dennis Oland's defence accused Saint John police and the Crown of falling victim to "confirmation bias" in the closing arguments of his murder retrial Thursday, and cautioned the judge against doing the same.

Unions representing a wide range of Ontario's public sector workers - from teachers to nurses to hospital janitors - fear that legislation to freeze or limit their wages is on the way. 

South Korea's military says North Korea has fired at least one unidentified projectile from its western area. It's the second such launch in the last five days.

North Korea on Thursday fired two suspected short-range missiles from the country's western area, South Korea's military said — in what would amount to the North's second weapons launch in the last five days, and a possible warning that nuclear disarmament talks with Washington could be in danger.

How did it begin? What happens next? And how will it affect Canadians?

A flooded road has left residents of about 100 households in Whitewater Region with no way in or out, turning their shoreline community into an island.

New forms of criminalization, however, may not be the most efficient response to decrease the epidemic of violence against pregnant persons.

The Greens have the momentum - but how much further do they need to go to reach their goals?

The number of craft beer breweries continues to climb despite trade barriers — but how long will the party continue?

Health research bankrolled by Coca-Cola at universities in Canada and the U.S. included provisions allowing the beverage giant to quash studies midway, in a move potentially allowing the firm to shut down projects that are counter to its interests, says a new study.

Health research bankrolled by Coca-Cola at universities in Canada and the U.S. included provisions allowing the beverage giant to quash studies midway, in a move potentially allowing the firm to shut down projects that are counter to its interests, says a new study.

The Art Gallery of Ontario, one of North America's largest galleries, is hoping to entice more visitors to become regulars by changing its admission fees, including dropping them altogether for those under the age of 25.

U.S. and Chinese negotiators are to resume trade talks just hours before the United States is set to raise tariffs on Chinese imports in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the world's two biggest economies.

Chinese court has held an appeal hearing for Canadian Robert Schellenberg, who was sentenced to death for drug smuggling in a case that has deepened a diplomatic rift between the countries.

The Canadian Paediatric Society is calling for all young people 25 and under to have confidential access to free contraceptives.

The Canadian Paediatric Society is calling for all those under 25 to have confidential access to free contraceptives.

Premier John Horgan has asked the B.C. Utilities Commission to investigate what's behind a recent spike in gas prices. It's not clear what will come from it since the province has already said capping taxes and regulating gas prices are not the answer.

The Crown’s case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman unexpectedly began to collapse in March partly under the weight information from former Conservative cabinet ministers and staffers, CBC News has learned.

An estimated $5.3 billion worth of real estate transactions in B.C. last year were the result of money laundering, helping to fuel the province's skyrocketing housing prices, according to a new report.

Two reports on money laundering point to numerous gaps allowing criminals entry to the province's housing market.

Universities across Canada are feeling the pressure to hire more Indigenous faculty. But what kind of effect is this having on Indigenous scholars?