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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer needs to address intolerance in his party after one of his MPs was accused of being disrespectful to Muslims for the second time in a month.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer unveiled a plan for the environment Wednesday that he says will meet Canada's emissions reduction targets while eliminating the current federal carbon tax regime.

Grassy Narrows First Nation members are in Toronto as part of the community's campaign to secure construction and long-term funding for a care home for those poisoned by mercury pollution.

The Liberal government is promising to have a redress system for those falsely flagged as being on the 'no-fly list' in place next year, now that its massive national security bill has been cleared for royal assent.

Parliament has passed a new law cracking down on animal cruelty that will list those convicted of bestiality on Canada's national sex offenders registry.

The former leader of an upstate New York self-help group has been convicted in a federal case accusing him of turning women into his "sex slaves."

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: Saudia Arabia facing more criticism for activities on the world stage; Syrian refugees in Lebanon can't return home, but they're facing increasing pressure from officials who want them to leave.

Hotels in India's southern city of Chennai are rationing water for guests amid searing heat while companies limit showers as the city of 4.6 million faces its worst shortage in years.

The U.S. central bank may be losing its patience for keeping its benchmark interest rate where it is, and may be getting ready to make a move.

The trial of the man accused of killing 10 people and injuring 16 others as he drove a van onto a Toronto sidewalk more than a year ago will be heard by a judge alone.

U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to become U.S. ambassador to the United Nations was grilled by a U.S. Senate committee about why she was absent from her post in Canada more than 300 days during her 19-month tenure as envoy to Canada.

The contest to become Britain's next prime minister is down to four candidates, with Boris Johnson building on his commanding lead in a Conservative Party vote after third round results.

The Trump administration has rolled back a landmark Obama-era effort targeting coal-fired power plants and their climate-damaging pollution. The changes will give states more discretion in regulating those power plants.

An Amber Alert has been cancelled for a seven-month-old boy believed to have been abducted Wednesday morning from his northern Alberta home. 

While Coldwater Chief Lee Spahan wasn't surprised to hear that the federal government was moving ahead with plans to twin the Trans Mountain pipeline that runs beneath his reserve, he says the approval is still frustrating because Ottawa has yet to deal with outstanding issues in his community related to the existing pipeline.

It's just days before the summer solstice, but snow is still falling in parts of B.C. and western Alberta.

Halifax privacy lawyer says offering up your phone should never be a requirement to enter an establishment.

Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques said aboard the International Space Station that after he returns to Earth in five days, he'll focus on reacquainting with some of the everyday pleasures of life while readjusting his body to his regular environment.

With a pro-oil protest humming outside, Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau told a Calgary business crowd on Wednesday that he understands how the shift to a low-carbon future can be a source of anxiety. 

The federal finance minister is in Calgary on Wednesday and delivered a speech to a largely business crowd in downtown Calgary for an Economic Club of Canada breakfast.

A dog-sled team on a mission to retrieve specialized instruments on the sea ice near Qaannaaq, Greenland, ran into standing water after the onset of warm conditions across the northern territory caused rapid ice melt.

Canadians may be feeling a price pinch as inflation rose to 2.4 per cent in May from the same month one year ago, led by higher prices for food.

Canadians may be feeling a price pinch as inflation rose to 2.4 per cent in May from the same month one year ago, led by higher prices for food.

A beautiful day in Swift Current ended in flooding after a massive downpour hit the community on Tuesday afternoon.

A Maple Ridge man is facing deportation as a result of his father's failure to admit his conviction in a notorious B.C. murder when he brought his family to Canada.

The RCMP is seeking the names of potential victims of coerced sterilization procedures and wants lawyers to help in the process, Commissioner Brenda Lucki said Tuesday.

Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a deliberate, premeditated execution, and the state of Saudi Arabia is responsible under international human rights law, concludes a UN report that the kingdom's foreign affairs minister says contains "baseless allegations."

Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a deliberate, premeditated execution, and the state of Saudi Arabia is responsible for what happened under international human rights law, a UN report concludes.

A prominent leader of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement says he hopes the protests over a controversial extradition bill that have filled the streets of the city in recent days will eventually lead to greater freedoms.

Workers doing maintenance on the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Hudson in St. John's have been offered blood tests after lead paint was discovered during the ship's refit. The Hudson, Canada's oldest coast guard ship, is still expected to be back in service next year.

That the federal cabinet would (again) approve the proposed expansion of the Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion was never really in any doubt.

After Tom Wong discovered he had a rare form of blood cancer, he found out very few people of Chinese descent had donated stem cells and finding a match was going to be difficult. Now that he's healthy again, he's trying to get more people of different ethnic groups to donate.

The federal government gave a second approval to the twinning of the Trans Mountain pipeline project. Still, many in the oilpatch are anxious to see pipes put in the ground considering the lengthy delays to the project.

As the Arctic warms three times as fast as anywhere else in the world, permafrost - which forms the foundation under much of the North's communities and roads - is thawing and causing major changes in the very landscape underfoot.

As much as eight per cent of global oil goes directly to plastic production — an estimate that excludes the transportation of single-use plastics to global markets, the energy used to transport plastic to landfill, and the energy used to sort or recycle items, or incinerate them.

Over the course of the week, Indigenous artists' work dedicated to raising awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is going up on billboards in cities across Canada.

As the Arctic warms three times as fast as anywhere else in the world, permafrost - which forms the foundation under much of the North's communities and roads - is thawing and causing major changes in the very landscape underfoot.

If you think Facebook is powerful now, you ain't seen nothing yet. The tech giant's latest move into the heart of commerce — cash — could make it truly titanic. But will central banks cede control?

Some of Canada's former top military commanders and soldiers - among them a Liberal MP - are rallying behind an ex-Department of Defence adviser who was denied PTSD benefits after serving seven tours in Afghanistan. They are calling on the federal government to take action.

Donald Trump officially kicked off his re-election campaign Tuesday at a Florida rally where he exhorted thousands of rollicking supporters to keep advancing his political movement to put America's "own citizens first."

Three Russians and a Ukrainian will face murder charges for the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Eastern Ukraine that left 298 people dead, with the trial in the Netherlands starting in March, an investigation team said on Wednesday.

The decision to proceed with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project was never going to make a lot of people happy. It's hard to see where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had much of a choice.

Quebec's religious symbols law has been denounced by minority groups that say it will institutionalize discrimination by limiting job opportunities for people who wear the hijab, turban or kippa. Premier François Legault's response? "To avoid extremism, you have to give a little to the majority."

The final version of a new Liberal telecommunications policy, in effect as of Tuesday, takes steps to address industry concerns while maintaining a more consumer-oriented direction than the 2006 policy it replaces.

The man at the heart of the Maple Leaf Gardens sex abuse scandal has had his sentence extended to 10 years after the Ontario Court of Appeal deemed his earlier sentence "demonstrably unfit."

The North End Community Health Centre in Halifax is hoping to alleviate long waits for mental health treatment by offering a weekly walk-in clinic for those who need immediate care.

The North End Community Health Centre in Halifax is hoping to alleviate long waits for mental health treatment by offering a weekly walk-in clinic for those who need immediate care.