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An orphaned bear cub was rescued by volunteers with the Northern Lights Wildlife Society this week after its mother was shot by a hunter.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says she has given Alberta notice that the federal government will begin imposing its price on carbon in the province beginning Jan. 1 2020.

The status of Canada's largest park as a world heritage site remains wobbly after a United Nations body expressed grave doubts about a federal plan to rescue it.

Board members with Canada’s most prominent Indigenous women’s group feared the organization could “go down” over an ongoing conflict between its president and CEO amid swirling allegations staff suffered from a toxic work environment, according to board minutes obtained by CBC News.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, a fierce loyalist of U.S. President Donald Trump who evolved into one of his closest advisers, will leave the job at the end of June to return to her home state of Arkansas, Trump announced on Thursday.

A controversial statement by Conservative MP Michael Cooper before the Commons justice committee — in which he named the New Zealand mosque shooter and recited passages from his manifesto — will be officially struck from the record.

Alcohol contributes to more than half of all substance-use hospitalizations, Canadian Institute for Health Information says.

About 40,000 years ago, a wolf died in what we know as Siberia. Now, its severed head has been found.

Imagine for a moment Raptor fans if this scenario was presented to you around Christmas: In June you will have three opportunities to beat the defending world champion Golden State Warriors in order to win the franchise’s first-ever NBA title.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: rumours, false reports suggest an Ebola threat at Texas border; the tension with the provinces is mounting as federal Liberals try to juggle economic and environmental priorities.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: rumours, false reports suggest an Ebola threat at Texas border; the tension with the provinces is mounting as federal Liberals try to juggle economic and environmental priorities.

Herb Peppard, a Second World War veteran from Truro, N.S., who was part of an elite commando unit and was awarded the highest U.S. civilian honour, has died.

The head of the Mining Association of Canada says the hotly contested federal environmental assessment bill is welcome in the industry it will affect the most.

On the latest episode of The Pollcast, the CBC's Mike Crawley breaks down Doug Ford's first year as the premier of Ontario and what impact he might have on the federal election.

Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, repeatedly violated U.S. law by making political comments while serving in the White House and should be removed from the federal workforce, the Office of Special Counsel said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is travelling to Washington next week to visit with President Donald Trump.

The spiraling diplomatic row between Ottawa and Beijing "lies entirely with Canada," the Chinese foreign ministry said Thursday, suggesting for the first time that its leadership won't speak with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau until Canada drops extradition proceedings against a Chinese telecom executive.

Toronto Raptors fans are gearing up for a big night of basketball as the team takes a second shot at winning its first NBA Finals title.

Toronto Raptors fans are gearing up for a big night of basketball as the team takes a second shot at winning its first NBA Finals title.

Raptors fans across the country and abroad geared up for a big night of basketball as the team took a second shot at winning its first NBA Finals title — and they weren't disappointed. 

Like the Rogers offer announced yesterday, the $75-per-month plans include no overage fees but speeds are reduced after 10 gigabytes of data have been used.

After Rogers announced an unlimited data plan on Wednesday, the company's two big rivals came out with expanded data plans of their own.

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced another $10 million in funding for the RCMP so it could further investigate money laundering across Canada after a special meeting of federal cabinet ministers and their provincial counterparts Thursday.

British Columbia's efforts to fight money laundering are expected to be front and centre today at a special meeting of federal cabinet ministers and their provincial counterparts to discuss national strategies for stemming the problem.

The federal government would have to levy an additional carbon tax worth as much as $50 a tonne on greenhouse gas emissions to achieve Canada’s emissions reduction targets, the parliamentary budget officer (PBO) said in a report released Thursday.

While Canadians are finally easing up on their credit debt, their mortgage commitments continue to push overall debt levels up.

British Columbians who woke up this morning wiping sweat from their brow, wondering if it was warmer than usual for June, take comfort: it likely was, depending on where you live.

Canada is making it mandatory for federally regulated commercial truck and bus drivers to use electronic logging devices in an effort to combat driver fatigue and improve road safety.

The federal government is making mandatory the use of electronic logging devices by federally regulated commercial truck and bus drivers to combat driver fatigue and improve road safety.

China's envoy is once again telling Canada to mind its own business after Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland put out a statement responding to Beijing's proposed extradition bill.

A committee of MPs who probed bus-passenger safety in Canada has decided not to call for seatbelts to be installed in school buses, urging further study instead.

The U.S. military has released a video it said shows Iran's Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the oil tankers targeted near the Strait of Hormuz

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blamed Iran for attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf, saying it was an effort by Tehran to raise the global price of oil.

U.S. President Donald Trump's assertion he would be open to accepting a foreign power's help in his 2020 campaign ricocheted through Washington, with Democrats condemning it as a call for further election interference and Republicans struggling to defend his comments.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that if a foreign power offered dirt on his 2020 opponent, he would be open to accepting it and would have no obligation to call in the FBI.

Healing from childhoods wracked with absentee or alcoholic fathers — and the effects of residential schools — two Indigenous fathers say they're trying to establish a new normal, despite the obstacles they face.

Two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz were reportedly attacked on Thursday, an assault that left one ablaze and adrift as sailors were evacuated from both vessels and the U.S. Navy rushed to assist amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran.

Real-time data on toxicity and dissolved oxygen levels in the Great Lakes will soon be available.

The chief executive of Telegram, a popular encrypted messaging app, said on Wednesday the messaging service experienced a "state actor-sized" cyberattack and pointed to China as its likely country of origin.

Without meaning to, we've created a Big Tech monster that is devouring industries and transforming society. But even left and right working together may not be able to turn the clock back.

Legitimate news stories are playing a role in the spread of disinformation online. The problem isn't the source, but the date: the stories were published years ago and are being shared as if they're new, falsely stoking debate.

If the province is successful in putting beer in corner stores, a highly successful recycling program the Beer Store runs could be in jeopardy, experts say

Final arguments are expected to wrap up today in the first court challenge to Canada's revised prostitution laws, which came into force in 2014. 

Eric Hoskins says the time is right for Canada to create a universal pharmacare system. The timing of his report calling on the federal government to finally do that might not be so bad, either.

Would the most famous residence in the United States preserve tradition by opening its doors to the NBA champions, even if the winners are a Canadian team? Six experts on presidential protocol and White House event planning weigh in.

In the moments before a patient undergoes surgery, chances are climate change isn't top of mind. Yet, the anesthetic gases used to put them to sleep leave a big carbon footprint. Some Canadian doctors are trying to do something about it.

The family of an Ottawa man who has dementia says he's owed nearly $20,000 in Old Age Security payments he never received because his illness prevented him from filing the correct paperwork.

Would the most famous residence in the United States preserve tradition by opening its doors to the NBA champions, even if the winners are a Canadian team? Six experts on presidential protocol and White House event planning weigh in.

Final arguments are expected to wrap up today in the first court challenge to Canada's revised prostitution laws, which came into force in 2014. 

Stephen Harper’s challenge was that he came off as too authoritarian, too controlling. Scheer’s is the opposite: he’s mild, flaccid. He’ll demand the prime minister resign — and then demand again.