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A man in his 50s killed his mother in a vehicle found near Nose Hill Drive and Stoney Trail in northwest Calgary on Friday before killing himself, police have concluded.

Quibbling over the definition of genocide does nothing but help obscure the long history of vicious racism and undeniable suffering of Indigenous people in this country. It's bad enough whatever you want to call it.

Questions are again being raised about the efficacy of the Alert Ready System after some people in Ottawa didn't receive Sunday's emergency tornado warning on their mobile devices.

A Liberal MP wants Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to strip MP Michael Cooper of his role as deputy justice critic and toss him from the party caucus for berating a Muslim witness at a parliamentary committee last week.

After languishing in the Senate for two years, a private member's bill that would require judges to undergo training on Canada's sexual assault laws could soon pass swiftly through the Red Chamber.

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott promoted a convenience store convicted of selling an electronic cigarette to an underage customer in a tweet calling for expanded beer and wine sales.

A court ruling in Minnesota that could further delay Enbridge Inc.'s Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project spells more bad news for Canadian oilfield workers, says the CEO of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada.

A weekend plane crash claimed the lives of three Moose Jaw, Sask., residents, including two fathers who expected to see their children get married this summer.

After the Toronto Raptors suffered a loss in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, the momentum quickly shifted to the Golden State Warriors, who return to Oakland, Calif., with the series tied 1-1. But if fans are sweating Toronto's 109-104 loss on Sunday, the Raptors aren't.

The head of the RCMP won't commit to the recommendations out of the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls inquiry, which lambasted decades of police 'indifference' and called for fundamental policing reforms, but is promising to review the report.

Stop right here, Jeopardy fans who want to keep some mystery in their lives.

James Holzhauer, the trivia whiz who dominated Jeopardy! this spring, lost for the first time in an episode that aired Monday, falling short of records for total winnings and longest reign.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: As the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women ends, the next chapter begins, Trump's state visit to the U.K. gets off to a controversial start, the first Brexit Party MP could be elected in a byelection, remembering D-Day 75 years later.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Vancouver this afternoon to help kick off the Women Deliver 2019 global conference, with opening comments and a panel discussion set to start at 4:30 p.m. PT. Follow the livestream here.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Vancouver Monday afternoon to help kick off the official opening of the Women Deliver 2019 global conference. 

What was locked inside the safe was a 40-year mystery. The combination had defeated locksmiths and befuddled former employees at the hotel it once occupied. That was till two weeks ago.

Caster Semenya won an interim ruling in her battle against the International Association of Athletics Federations and its testosterone regulations when the Swiss supreme court ordered athletics' governing body to suspend the rules on Monday.

Thousands of weary residents of High Level can go back to their homes today for the first time since a wildfire threatening the Alberta community prompted a mandatory evacuation.

The Canadian navy and air force will begin regular deployments to help enforce United Nations sanctions against North Korea, the Department of National Defence said Monday.

Premier Doug Ford said Monday he will not march in Toronto's Pride parade this month because police are barred from participating while wearing their uniform.

The Canadian market for next-generation cannabis products is worth an estimated $2.7 billion annually, with edibles contributing more than half, according to a new report from Deloitte.

Beset by falling iPhone sales, Apple announced upcoming changes to its phone and computer software — intended to highlight its increasing emphasis on digital services and to further position it as a fierce guardian of personal privacy.

Apple is previewing upcoming changes to its phone and computer software at its annual developers conference as it diversifies to offset eroding sales of its bedrock product, the iPhone.

Twenty Octobers ago, there was another well-known rapper hanging around with the Toronto Raptors.

Nearly half of the residents of Pikangikum First Nation have been flown out of the northern community as a 3,300-hectare forest fire continues to burn just a few kilometres away.

A couple who treated their dying toddler with natural remedies will go on trial in Lethbridge, Alta., for a second time, accused of criminally failing their son.

A couple who treated their dying toddler with natural remedies are on trial in Lethbridge, Alta., for a second time, accused of criminally failing their 19-month old son.

Today on Front Burner, CBC’s Chantelle Bellrichard and Jorge Barrera report on the findings of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and explain why the report says this violence is part of a "Canadian Genocide."

A group that helps LGBTQ refugees integrate into their new lives in Calgary is praising the federal government's decision to expand a pilot program that helps privately sponsored LGBTQ people come to Canada.

Indian air force pilots have spotted five bodies in the Indian Himalayas while searching for eight climbers who have been missing for a week.

For close to two years, Jessica Leclair, 25, and Andrew Randall, 30, have been struggling to understand what happened the night of the delivery at The Moncton Hospital.

In a four-part series, CBC News is looking at racism in hockey reported by Indigenous players. It comes a year after a First Nations team was subjected to racist slurs and taunts at a tournament in Quebec.

There are renewed calls for a national immunization registry after an outbreak of measles in New Brunswick. But creating a registry would mean co-ordinating the 13 different vaccination systems of the provinces and territories.

There are varying opinions on how to deal with traffickers who sell tainted opioids. Even people who have lost loved ones due to fatal overdoses are divided on whether traffickers should be charged with manslaughter.

A family from Fergus, Ont., says they were an hour from boarding the plane for a vacation in Cuba when their 3-year-old had an allergic reaction requiring a hospital. They had purchased Option Flex from Air Transat, but the airline won't rebook their trip without additional cost.

Companies are signing up with new benefit platform Vacation Fund, where employee savings for holidays are matched — at varying levels — by employers. Its the latest strategy among several recent initiatives geared at making sure staff use their holiday time.

The World Anti-Doping Agency, a regulatory body ostensibly dedicated to "doping-free sport," been conspicuously hushed about an international federation essentially forcing a competitor to dope.

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation has voluntarily dry-docked its aging ferry — with no intention of ever using it again now that there is a permanent road linking the community to the rest of the country for the first time in 100 years.

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation has voluntarily dry-docked its aging ferry — with no intention of ever using it again now that there is a permanent road linking the community to the rest of the country for the first time in 100 years.

With more minority governments in provincial capitals than ever before, Canada is showing signs that it is taking part in a global wave of political disruption.

After more than three years, dozens of community meetings and testimony from well over 2,000 Canadians, the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls inquiry will deliver its final report to the federal government at a hand-off ceremony in Gatineau, Que. today. 

A Canadian family spent decades puzzling over the details of a family members death in the maelstrom of the Normandy campaign - until a one-of-a-kind interactive map brought his last moments back to life.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Queen Elizabeth toasted to their shared alliance on Monday in one of many moments marking the president's largely ceremonial visit to Britain.

U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania were greeted by Queen Elizabeth as they arrived at Buckingham Palace on Monday to start a largely ceremonial visit to Britain.

U..S. President Donald Trump arrived in Britain on Monday in a trip that the White House is billing as a chance to honour shared sacrifice and service between the United States and its longtime ally across the Atlantic.

Sudanese security forces have moved against a protest sit-in camp in the capital Monday, besieging the site and setting fire to tents, witnesses and protest leaders said.

Sudanese security forces have moved against a protest sit-in camp in the capital Monday, besieging the site and setting fire to tents, witnesses and protest leaders said.

Sudanese security forces attacked a protest camp in the capital Monday, killing at least 13 people as they largely cleared away a weeks-old sit-in aimed at pressuring the military to yield power, witnesses and protest leaders said.

Holding signs and framed photos of the people they have lost, family members of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls came together in Ottawa on Sunday to remember their loved ones — and talk about what comes next.

The Toronto Raptors and their fans knew the Golden State Warriors would punch back — the heavyweight back-to-back defending champions have been here before and are the best for a reason.