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The Canadian government has agreed to pay nearly $1 billion to settle class-action lawsuits from Canadian Armed Forces members and employees who allege rampant sexual misconduct in the military. 

The federal government has agreed to set aside $900 million to settle class-action lawsuits from Armed Forces members and defence employees who allege rampant sexual misconduct in the military. 

A former medical student who raped an unconscious woman "availed himself of an opportunity" he could not resist due to the stress of "leading an exemplary life," his lawyer has argued.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the idea of "conservation vacations," as well as the unseen benefits of climate action.

The Manitoba government wants to recruit civil servants from Quebec who are concerned about a new law banning religious symbols.

A crew member working on the TV show Titans was killed while preparing for an upcoming shoot in Toronto on Thursday morning, according to the studio.

A new study involving millions of house cats from across Canada and the United States confirms what many pet owners and veterinarians have long suspected: cats today are fatter than they used to be.

Seattle's NHL expansion team is close to an agreement with Hockey Hall of Famer Ron Francis to become its first general manager, a person with direct knowledge tells The Associated Press.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday sought to distance himself from supporters' chants of "Send her back" after he criticized Somali-born Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar at a rally in North Carolina.

If China doesn't see a way to get what it wants from the current Canadian government, it would wait for the next one before resolving its diplomatic dispute, Japan's ambassador to Canada says.

The entire People's Party of Canada board in a Winnipeg riding has resigned in disgust over the upstart party being taken over by racists, anti-Semites and conspiracy theorists, according to their resignation letter.

High winds and heavy rain mean it will be at least Friday before searchers can arrive near Mistastin Lake.

The president of the European Commission said Thursday he was happy to be in Canada where citizens don't say things like "Send him back" — a clear reference to U.S. President Donald Trump's recent tweets that told ethnically diverse congresswomen to "go back" to their countries of origin.

The government has appointed Canada's first-ever intelligence commissioner — the person who will help oversee some of this country's most secretive operations.

A Quebec Superior Court justice has rejected a request to temporarily suspend parts of the province's new religious symbols law, upholding a ban on the wearing of hijabs, kippahs or other religious gear by some civil servants.

A Quebec Superior Court justice has rejected a request to temporarily suspend parts of the province's new religious symbols law, upholding a ban on the wearing of hijabs, kippahs or other religious gear by some civil servants.

Toronto Mayor John Tory is calling on the Ontario government to launch an independent review of the case of Zhebin Cong, the man found not criminally responsible in a 2014 stabbing death who was able to leave the country this month.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the federal government “has some explaining to do” about how a man found not criminally responsible in a 2014 stabbing death in Toronto was allowed to leave the country this month.

Newly released documents detail a series of phone calls between Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump and the publisher of the National Enquirer that prosecutors say were about hush-money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

A judge denied bail Thursday for jailed hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges after prosecutors argued the jet-setting defendant is a danger to the public and might flee the United States.

Former United Conservative Party leadership hopeful Jeff Callaway has been fined $70,000 for irregular campaign contributions during the 2017 race in Alberta.

Former United Conservative Party leadership hopeful Jeff Callaway has been fined $68,000 for irregular campaign contributions during the 2017 race in Alberta. 

It's a seemingly endless cycle of addiction, incarceration and overdoses that causes both mother and daughter to suffer. Every day it pushes their love to the limit and lurking behind every fight is the fear that death is the only way it will end.

The Supreme Court of Canada refused Thursday to hear WestJet's arguments to quash a proposed class-action harassment lawsuit launched by a former flight attendant.

The odds of a minimum wage worker being able to afford a one- or two-bedroom apartment in just about every city in Canada are next to nil, a new report from an Ottawa-based think-tank says.

The bust is the "largest organized crime operation" in the history of the York Regional Police service, said Chief Eric Jolliffe at a Thursday morning news conference.

The Project Sindacato bust is the "largest organized crime operation" in the history of the York Regional Police service in Ontario, Chief Eric Jolliffe said at a Thursday morning news conference.

The federal NDP may have lost its final legal bid for judicial review of decisions by the House of Commons management body that left the party on the hook for as much as $2.7 million.

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, which will premiere at TIFF in September, tells the story of the Canadian musician's early life and the formation of "one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music."

The Louvre Museum in Paris has become the first major institution to remove the Sackler family's name after protests blaming the family for the deadly opioid crisis in the U.S.

A Regina toddler is recovering, but will undergo more surgery next month after she swallowed a plastic eye from her teddy bear and it became lodged in her throat.

Doctors are optimistic that a two-year-old girl will recover after a plastic item became lodged in her throat, causing her airway to collapse after it had been removed.

A U.S. warship on Thursday destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after it threatened the ship, U.S. President Donald Trump said. The incident occurred on the same day Iran said its Revolutionary Guard seized a foreign oil tanker and its crew of 12 for smuggling fuel out of the country.

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard forces have seized a foreign oil tanker accused of smuggling oil with a crew of 12, Iran's state TV reported Thursday, just days after an oil tanker based in the United Arab Emirates disappeared off trackers in Iranian territorial waters.

Edmonton junior high teacher Alyssa Tungul, 29, faces three sex-related charges.

The consequences of a no-deal Brexit continued to pile up Thursday as the U.K.'s budget watchdog warned of a recession and diplomatic language appeared to break down between the two sides.

New research on lead pollution trapped in Arctic ice is revealing how plagues, wars and the climate affected the economy of Medieval Europe.

Two sheep flocks in central Alberta have been quarantined by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) for scrapie, a fatal disease that affects the central nervous system of both sheep and goats and is related to mad cow disease.

Production was stopped on Wednesday evening after oil leaked from a storage container aboard the Hibernia oil platform off the coast of St. John's.

Production was stopped on Wednesday evening after thousands of litres of oil leaked from a storage container aboard the Hibernia oil platform off the coast of St. John's.

A member of the Winnipeg Police Board wants the officers involved in photographing an unresponsive man last week to be punished.

The mystery of TD customers being charged for Spotify memberships and other charges without their consent has left customers worried their bank accounts aren’t safe.

For years, people have debated whether even light strength training is safe for children, but now, some kids have taken it a step farther. Hundreds of children, some as young as seven, are competing in Olympic-style weightlifting across Canada and the U.S.

More than 60 years ago, the federal government sent Inuit South for tuberculosis treatment. Many died there, their deaths unreported to their loved ones. Now, Inuit are finding their relatives — sometimes in unmarked graves.

The soon-to-be grade 5 student also says he'll keep swimming — but never again where the drowning happened.

Workers are at the national historic site in St. John's to remove a wooden fence that drew jeers from city residents.

A controversial wooden fence was short-lived on Signal Hill in St. John's as government workers tore it down in the pouring rain on Thursday morning.

A controversial wooden fence was short-lived on Signal Hill in St. John's as government workers tore it down in the pouring rain on Thursday morning.

Have you ever seen a weird plant or bug in your garden and wondered what it was? Many nature apps can help you identify just about any plant or animal using the camera on your smartphone. 

If these U.S. congresswomen can't appreciate how Great America Is Again, they should go somewhere they can express their dissent freely, like Beijing.