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The NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs and Calgary Flames are among contributors helping the defunct Canadian Women's Hockey League settle its debts.

An average of 150,000 Ontario residents were diagnosed with a concussion each year between 2008 and 2016, researchers find.

An Alabama district attorney has decided to drop the charges against a woman who was indicted for manslaughter after she lost her fetus when she was shot during a fight.

The cartoonist set to replace Michael de Adder at Brunswick News Inc. says he no longer wants to work for the company and asked that his cartoons be kept off the pages of its newspapers.

The so-called freshman 15, when students experience hefty weight gain during their first year of university, is real, according to a Canadian survey published Wednesday. And men typically pack on twice as many pounds as women.

Facebook Inc. said on Wednesday it is working to resolve issues faced by some users while sending media files on its social media platforms including WhatsApp and Instagram.

Facebook Inc. said on Wednesday it is working to fix a problem that caused a headache for users trying to send media files over its social media platforms, including WhatsApp and Instagram.

Facebook Inc. said on Wednesday that a problem with uploading or sending media files on its apps and platforms has been resolved.

UNESCO praised Canada for measures it has taken to stop the deterioration of Wood Buffalo National Park but has expressed concern about impacts piling up from hydro development in British Columbia and dozens of oilsands projects in Alberta.

Nutrien will now conduct an internal investigation into the incident.

Plagued by delays, a sexual assault trial involving a couple held hostage in Afghanistan will resume after the judge ruled he will allow evidence about Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle's sexual history. 

The sexual-assault trial of former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle took another unexpected twist Wednesday that left the Crown's star witness looking for a new lawyer and the possibility of a contempt charge against her hanging in the air.

China warned Canada not to be "naive" in thinking that the U.S. can help smooth over the ongoing issues between the two countries.

China warned Canada not to be "naive" in thinking that the U.S. can help smooth over the ongoing issues between the two countries.

The province is set to triple its number of cannabis stores starting in October. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario will hold a lottery for 42 retail store authorizations, while another eight stores will be on First Nations reserves through a separate process.

The province is set to triple its number of cannabis stores starting in October. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario will hold a lottery for 42 retail store authorizations, while another eight stores will be on First Nations reserves through a separate process.

U.S. government investigators warned of dangerous overcrowding at more migrant facilities on the southwest U.S. border, publishing photos on Tuesday of packed cells in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas where some children have no access to showers or hot meals.

U.S. government investigators warned of dangerous overcrowding at more migrant facilities on the southwest U.S. border, publishing photos on Tuesday of packed cells in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas where some children have no access to showers or hot meals.

A Canadian woman travelling with her son has been charged with importing cocaine into Australia after local authorities said border officials found about 12 kilograms of the drug hidden in luggage at the Sydney airport.

Canopy Growth, a Smiths Falls, Ont.-based cannabis company, is looking for a new leader.

Canopy Growth, a Smiths Falls, Ont.-based cannabis company, is looking for a new leader.

A veritable all-star team of University of Saskatchewan alumni has resigned in frustration from the board of Huskie Athletics.

Russia's defence minister on Wednesday said some crew members survived a deadly fire that killed 14 sailors on one of the Russian navy's deep-sea research submersibles.

Premier Jason Kenney accused the previous NDP government of lying to Albertans about the province's finances but, after new numbers put out by his own government painted a different picture, Kenney is facing similar accusations, himself.

Freya and Mila Snook both qualified for world championship events ... before finishing the second grade.

Two First Nations in New Brunswick have filed a lawsuit against the Canadian government over access to the commercial snow crab fishery.

New research shows that while cars are safer than they've ever been, women are at greater risk of suffering serious or fatal injuries in a collision compared to men. A big reason why, experts say, is automotive safety tests are conducted almost exclusively with crash test dummies modelled after men.

The RCMP are investigating after one of its officers was seen on video threatening to kill a man who was on his knees and being handcuffed during a recent arrest in a remote First Nations community in Saskatchewan. 

Canada Border Services Agency officials used documents found in a trash bin to begin unravelling what they allege was a major immigration fraud scheme led by a couple from White City, Sask., involving fraudulent job offers, hundreds of Chinese nationals and dozens of Saskatchewan business people.

Canada Border Services Agency officials used documents found in a trash bin to begin unravelling what they allege was a major immigration fraud scheme led by a couple from White City, Sask., involving fraudulent job offers, hundreds of Chinese nationals and dozens of Saskatchewan business people.

The RCMP are investigating after one of its officers was seen on video threatening to kill a man who was on his knees and being handcuffed during a recent arrest in a remote First Nations community in Saskatchewan. 

The Federal Court has granted a medical cannabis patient the right to possess a kilogram of marijuana at a time, ruling that the 150-gram regulatory cap violates his constitutional rights.

A witness to the death of Florida triathlete Jill Levy Morris at an Ironman 70.3 event in Mont-Tremblant last month says the way organizers handled the aftermath of the incident only made a tragic accident worse.

It's going to be a hot one in much of the U.S. this Fourth of July — and not only because of the forecasted high of a sweltering 34 C. There's also been heated debate about President Donald Trump's plans for this year's Independence Day celebrations in Washington, D.C.

A pre-election survey conducted for CBC News suggests Canadians are divided on immigration and do not think Canada should accept more refugees.

New research shows that while cars are safer than they've ever been, women are at greater risk of suffering serious or fatal injuries in a collision compared to men. A big reason why, experts say, is automotive safety tests are conducted almost exclusively with crash test dummies modelled after men.

Gov. Gen. Julie Payette won’t be moving into Rideau Hall, the home and workplace of every viceregal going back to Confederation, until further notice, according to her office.

New regulations on emissions from the shipping industry have companies looking at hybrids and pure electric ships to save energy and cut pollutants - but many obstacles remain.

Tens of thousands of tourists and locals gaped skyward Tuesday as a total eclipse of the sun darkened the heavens over Chile and Argentina.

Two people are dead after a vehicle plunged into the lake at a marina in Burlington, Ont., on Tuesday, police say.

Two people, believed to be a married couple, are dead after a vehicle plunged into Lake Ontario at a marina in Burlington on Tuesday, police said.

A small, southern Alberta city that only held its first LGBTQ pride celebration last month has unanimously voted against allowing a straight pride group to fly its flag at city hall.

Lee Iacocca, the auto executive and master pitchman who put the Mustang in Ford's lineup in the 1960s and became famous when he resurrected Chrysler 20 years later, has died in Bel Air, Calif. He was 94.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is calling for an independent investigation of the "outrageous" bombing of a detention centre for migrants near Libya's capital Tripoli, noting the United Nations had given its exact co-ordinates to parties in the conflict.

An airstrike hit a detention centre for migrants early Wednesday in the Libyan capital, killing at least 40 people, a health official in the country's UN-supported government said.

An airstrike hit a detention centre for migrants early Wednesday in the Libyan capital, killing at least 40 people, a health official in the country's UN-supported government said.

A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced a movie whose lead actress won an Oscar in the mid-1980s was sentenced Tuesday to at least six years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of a child.

An orphaned bear that was released into the wild just two weeks ago was shot and killed after it wandered near children on private land.

A military jury acquitted a decorated U.S. Navy SEAL of premeditated murder Tuesday in the killing of a wounded ISIS captive under his care in Iraq in 2017.

An arctic fox walked more than 3,500 kilometres end-to-end to go from northern Norway to Canada's far north in four months, Norwegian researchers said.