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Two men who helped kill a Calgary teen in a group swarming attack will not get new trials, but a dissenting opinion from an Alberta Court of Appeal judge means they can take their case to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Supreme Court Justice Clément Gascon says that his sudden disappearance last week, which triggered a police search, was the result of a long battle with depression and anxiety and a recent change in medication.

The northern lights made a particularly bright — and surprise — display overnight on Monday. If you missed it, there's good news: you may get another chance or two this week.

There is no such thing as a safe opioid. That's the message of a new study released this week. American researchers found that tramadol, an increasingly prescribed post-surgery painkiller that was thought to be less addictive than other opioids, is actually every bit as dangerous.

Opponents of a settlement between Canada and survivors of Indian day schools had their say in federal court on Tuesday.

Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti is appearing before MPs tonight to answer questions about SNC Lavalin, the prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and the independence of the Canadian justice system.

Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti appeared before MPs tonight to answer questions about SNC-Lavalin, the prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and the independence of the Canadian justice system.

Marc Brown's long-running kids show Arthur has caused a sensation with its season 22 premiere, with the revelation that recurring character in Elwood City is gay.

Ontario Liberal MPs would rather focus on Canadians' economic anxieties instead of environmental issues during the fall federal election campaign, according to a caucus document obtained by CBC News.

The number of temporary workers in Canada increased by 50 per cent in the last 20 years — rising faster than the number of permanent jobs — according to the latest data from Statistics Canada.

Transport Minister Marc Garneau told the Senate committee studying the Liberal government's B.C. tanker ban bill that he is open to receiving amendments to Bill C-48 as long as they preserve the bill's stated purpose: to ban most oil shipments from ports along B.C.'s north coast.

Terri-Lynne McClintic, who killed Tori Stafford, applied to a court late last month asking for a review of her transfer from an Indigenous healing lodge in Saskatchewan back to a medium-security prison in Ontario, and compensation for her ensuing loss of liberty.

The man accused of driving a stolen vehicle through the Edson courthouse on Saturday and vandalizing the property with anti-Semitic slurs is a part-time rapper who appears to hold a dark fascination with Hitler.

Anger at cellphone Amber Alerts that rouse people from their sleep is misplaced and shows the need for more public education, observers said on Tuesday.

A nuclear physicist by training, Stanton Friedman had devoted his life to researching and investigating UFOs since the late 1960s. He was credited with bringing the 1947 Roswell Incident back into the mainstream conversation.

Dale Hunter will be Canada's head coach at the 2020 world junior hockey championship in the Czech Republic. The 58-year-old former NHL player has spent 18 seasons as the owner, president and head coach of the Ontario Hockey League's London Knights.

A senior Mexican cabinet secretary said today she thinks Mexico is close to a deal to lift the United States' controversial 'national security' tariffs on steel and aluminum and suggested Canada, the U.S. and Mexico might negotiate a trilateral agreement to eliminate the tariffs.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: California couple awarded $2 billion US in damages for claim that glyphosate weed killer gave them cancer; legal battle brewing in U.S. that could put abortion issue back before the courts.

The House of Commons voted unanimously today to apologize to Vice-Admiral Mark Norman for his legal ordeal, just days before opposition MPs are expected to push for a full-blown House of Commons committee investigation into the handling of the controversial criminal case.

Dozens of workers had to spend several hours underground when a fire broke out at a potash mine southeast of Saskatoon on Tuesday morning. 

Dozens of workers had to spend several hours underground when a fire broke out at a central Saskatchewan potash mine Tuesday morning. 

A new study says the population of the three Maritime provinces is growing at its fastest pace in decades, thanks mainly to immigration and a reduced outflow to Alberta.

Police north of Toronto have charged a father and son after officers found explosive materials and a detonator device at a home in Richmond Hill, Ont.

Police north of Toronto have charged two men after officers found hazardous and explosive materials and a detonator device at a Richmond Hill, Ont. home.

Next year, the federal government will begin uploading nearly 2,000 user-friendly flood plain maps, updating them with the most recent geospatial data. The impact will be devastating.

CEO Ed Sims says WestJet's roots are in Calgary and there is no plan to rip them up. He points to recent construction of a wide-body maintenance facility for its new Dreamliners as an indication of the commitment. 

CEO Ed Sims says WestJet's roots are in Calgary and there is no plan to rip them up. He points to recent construction of a wide-body maintenance facility for its new Dreamliners as an indication of the commitment. 

Environment advocates say Canadian senators are bowing to pressure from the energy industry to gut new environmental-assessment legislation, and they fear the Liberal government is going to do the same.

Emmy-winning actor Tim Conway, who brought an endearing, free-wheeling goofiness to skits on The Carol Burnett Show that cracked up his castmates as well as the audience, died on Tuesday at the age of 85, his publicist said.

Lawyers for the inquiry are in Vancouver this week fighting for access to files on two cases it says are at the core of the inquiry's mandate to look into the systemic causes of violence against Indigenous women and to make recommendations for effective action.

Lawyers for the inquiry are in Vancouver this week fighting for access to files on two cases it says are at the core of the inquiry's mandate to look into the systemic causes of violence against Indigenous women and to make recommendations for effective action.

Canadian officials decided on short notice to deny accreditation to all Russian and Venezuelan state media outlets planning to attend an international conference in Ottawa this winter — even though they knew the action likely would provoke retaliation against Canadian media.

Alabama's senate passed a near-total ban on abortion Tuesday, sending what would be the nation's most stringent abortion law to the state's Republican governor.

A powerful earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea, triggering a tsunami alert for coastal areas up to 1,000 kilometres away that later passed.

A class-action lawsuit launched against Facebook by a British Columbia woman is allowed to include residents of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador who claim their images were used without their knowledge.

It’s a stinky job but Gwenevere Marshall doesn’t mind doing it.

The water is low in the Yukon River system these days, and that's left some history exposed. 'These pieces of our heritage are best left where where they currently are,' says a government archeologist.

The event will include remarks from both leaders and is scheduled to begin at the Croatian Sports and Community Centre of Hamilton on Green Mountain Road East at 6 p.m.

At least one Canadian citizen was among the four people killed in the mid-air collision of two sightseeing planes over open water in Alaska during daylight hours Monday, Global Affairs Canada says.

At least one Canadian citizen was among the four tourists killed in the mid-air collision of two sightseeing planes over open water in Alaska during daylight hours Monday. 

At least one Canadian was among the six people killed in the mid-air collision of two sightseeing planes over open water in Alaska on Monday. 

At least one Canadian was among the six people killed in the mid-air collision of two sightseeing planes over open water in Alaska on Monday. 

Spyware crafted by a sophisticated group of hackers-for-hire took advantage of a flaw in the popular WhatsApp communications program to remotely hijack dozens of phones, the company said late Monday.

WhatsApp said on Tuesday that a security breach on its messaging app had signs of coming from a government using surveillance technology developed by a private company, and it may have targeted human rights groups.

"It's a really cruel way to get people to support your cause," says Holly Denine.

A call to a tip line from a woman being sought in an Amber Alert helped in locating her and her three-year-old son safe in Toronto early Tuesday, say Sudbury, Ont., police, who issued the alert.

Police in Ontario have issued an Amber Alert for a missing three-year-old boy, who was last seen with his mother.

A three-year-old boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert issued in Sudbury, Ont., was found safe in Toronto early this morning along with his mother, Toronto police confirmed to CBC News.

An actor at the Boardmore Playhouse at Cape Breton University strayed from his lines during a performance of Broadway Showstoppers on Mother's Day to propose to his girlfriend and she said yes.

U.S. officials are targeting a $300 billion list of additional Chinese imports including laptop computers for tariff hikes, ratcheting up a trade fight that is shaking financial markets and fuelling fears about global economic growth.