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Centre-right premiers demanding that the federal government accept compromises on pending legislation to regulate natural resource development are themselves threatening national unity, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday.

Political third-party groups made their presence known during Game 5 of the NBA finals last night with big ad buys — taking advantage of a chance to beat the buzzer and reach a massive audience before new spending restrictions kick in at the end of the month.

The medical examiner who did an autopsy on a 19-month-old Albertan says there was no suggestion a lack of oxygen had anything to do with the child's death, despite claims to the contrary by the boy's father.

The world's oceans will likely lose about one-sixth of their fish and other marine life by 2100 if climate change continues on its current path, a new study says.

A 23-year-old Montrealer says she discovered Islamophobic posts on an STM bus driver's Facebook profile after the woman did not pick her up at a stop. 

A 23-year-old Montrealer says she discovered Islamophobic posts on an STM bus driver's Facebook profile after the woman did not pick her up at a stop. 

Comedian Jon Stewart scolds Congress for failing to ensure that a victims' compensation fund set up after the 9/11 attacks never runs out of money.

Canadian municipalities are "sitting ducks" for "cyber terrorists," says the mayor of Stratford, Ont. — the latest Canadian community to find itself targeted by an online ransom attack.

Uganda confirms first case of Ebola in current outbreak, the World Health Organization says.

The Alberta government has started talks with the private sector about Canadian oil producers taking over crude-by-rail contracts signed by the previous government, Premier Jason Kenney said on Tuesday.

Toronto Raptors fans may have awoken a sleeping giant when some cheered at the Achilles tendon injury suffered by Golden State forward Kevin Durant during Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night. And while other fans recognized the seriousness of the injury and began chanting Durant's name, the damage was already done.

Marcel Dubroy, 68, of Smithers, B.C. faces five charges for offences alleged to have happened between Jan 1, 2002 and April 30, 2008.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: U.K.'s Charity Commission releases damning report following an 18-month probe into Oxfam GB's actions in Haiti; two New Brunswick teenagers have come up with a new system to predict floods.

Oprah Winfrey is stepping aside to make way for the Toronto Raptors.

Oprah Winfrey is stepping aside to make way for the Toronto Raptors.

The Senate's Aboriginal peoples committee has passed a bill that will implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in Canada — over the objections of Conservative senators who say they fear adopting the legislation will give Indigenous peoples a veto over future natural resource development.

Indian authorities are preparing to evacuate 300,000 people along the western coast as a severe cyclone is expected to make landfall Thursday morning in the state of Gujarat.

The Court of Appeal of Alberta has upheld a decision to extradite Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi to the United States to face terrorism charges.

One of the RCMP officers who responded on the night Robert Dziekanski was Tasered and died at Vancouver International Airport in 2007 has filed a complaint against his supervisors and others for allegedly interfering in the ensuing legal processes.

A wealthy Calgary businessman who was to be sentenced Tuesday after paying current and former police officers nearly $1,000,000 to harass his ex-girlfriend didn't show up in court — with his lawyer saying he was in a hospital in Russia.

Documents filed with the U.S. Patent Office's trial and appeal board show that Monster Energy, makers of a popular energy drink, says the Raptors' logo of a clawed-up basketball is too similar to the one it uses.

Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant crumpled to the hardwood, clutching the Achilles tendon in his right leg during Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Large sections of Toronto Raptors fans at a frothing Scotiabank Arena initially cheered, which angered players.

Ontario's Court of Appeal is hearing arguments for a second day over a decision by Doug Ford's government to cut the size of Toronto's council midway through an election campaign.

With another court battle on the books over Ontario Premier Doug Ford's mid-election Toronto city council cuts, the case is sparking concerns about a "constitutional crisis" — and raising questions about whether some municipalities should get a seat at the table, alongside the provinces and federal government.

Neil Bruce, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.'s chief executive, is stepping down from the beleaguered engineering giant after a nearly four-year tenure that saw its stock fall by roughly half and its projects overshadowed by a political controversy tied to an ongoing corruption case.

The Newfoundland and Labrador company uses acoustic technology to find explosives buried in the European sea floors.

The Newfoundland and Labrador company uses acoustic technology to find explosives buried in the European sea floors.

Critics of the provincial government are calling for more action to tackle the opioid crisis after two weekend deaths in Peterborough.

Even after the Nunavut health department set up mobile TB screening clinics in three communities, there has been little change to the territory's TB rate.

Halifax Public Libraries will soon offer free menstrual products in all its bathrooms at its 14 branches, joining growing efforts across Canada to end so-called period poverty.

Northern Ontario forestry producers are hoping the Canadian economy is about to trade plastic for paper.

Fed up residents of a polluted city in central Russia are making an emotional plea to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, begging to be admitted to Canada as environmental refugees.

When it comes to reducing your blood cholesterol with healthy eating, white meat isn't any better than red meat, according to a new study that contradicts previous medical thinking.

When it comes to reducing your blood cholesterol with healthy eating, white meat isn't any better than red meat, according to a new study that contradicts previous medical thinking.

Victoria Morrison is speaking publicly for the first time since being taken from Windsor, Ont., brought to Winnipeg and held captive by a man who forced her to work in the sex trade.

Victoria Morrison is speaking publicly for the first time since being taken from Windsor, Ont., brought to Winnipeg and held captive by a man who forced her to work in the sex trade.

Unrepresented litigants devour justice system resources. Clogged courts could mean more charges thrown out due to unconstitutional delay.

A farming project for Yazidi refugees in Manitoba that aims to bring the local community together and bolster their food security is undergoing a big expansion this year.

The MMIWG inquiry wants to see a national police task force established to investigate unsolved cases of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls.

Hundreds braved thunderstorms in Hong Kong on Tuesday for a fresh wave of protests against a proposed extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial, but the Chinese-ruled city's leader said she would not back down.

Hong Kong geared up for more protests, including strikes, transport go-slows and even picnics, against a proposed extradition law that would allow people to be sent to China for trial, even as the city's leader vowed on Tuesday to push ahead with the bill.

Toronto had prepared for a Raptors championship celebration, which would have sent hundreds of thousands of fans into the downtown core. Instead, minutes after the final buzzer went, many stunned fans quietly left Jurassic Park, shaking their heads in disbelief that they had come so close.

Toronto Raptors fans show joy and sorrow while watching their favourite team on Monday during Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The Raptors lost to the Golden State Warriors 106-105.

Monday's Game 5 against the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors, a game the Raptors hoped would be their last of this season, turned out to be a back-and-forth slugfest that came down to the final shot.

Ninety per cent of Canadians say they have fallen for fake news online, with many listing Facebook as the most common source of misleading reports, according to a new international public opinion poll.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday that photos of travellers and licence plates collected at the nation's borders have been exposed in a malicious cyberattack in what a leading congressman called a "major privacy breach."

The NBA Finals are headed back to Oakland after the Toronto Raptors failed in their first opportunity to clinch the championship. The Golden State Warriors won Game 5 106-105 on Monday in Toronto to trim the Raptors's series lead to 3-2.

After spending more than a year at an overcrowded jail near Kathmandu, prominent Canadian aid worker Peter Dalglish has been found guilty of sexually assaulting children in Nepal.

After spending more than a year at an overcrowded jail near Kathmandu, prominent Canadian aid worker Peter Dalglish has been found guilty of sexually assaulting children by a Nepalese judge.

After spending more than a year at an overcrowded jail near Kathmandu, prominent Canadian aid worker Peter Dalglish has been found guilty of sexually assaulting children in Nepal.