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A scant 35 people were taken into custody during a long-threatened U.S. enforcement action that targeted more than 2,100 immigrants who had been ordered deported, the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said on Tuesday.

The Federal Court has ordered the Chief Electoral Officer to review his decision to not recommend a change in the scheduled federal election date — October 21 — which coincides with a Jewish holiday.

The Federal Court has ordered the Chief Electoral Officer to review his decision to not recommend a change in the scheduled federal election date — October 21 — which coincides with a Jewish holiday.

Hong Kong police continue to investigate the motive behind a violent attack against pro-democracy protesters at a subway station. Some of the attackers are believed to have connections to triads. CBC News explains who the triads are and their possible connection to government officials.

Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan says he's committed to building a new water plant and finding an alternative source of fresh water for the troubled reserve of Attawapiskat — but he's not ready to offer a timeline for those promises.

Investigators now believe a sudden medical emergency may have led to a car plunging into Hamilton Harbour on July 2, killing the married couple inside.

Halifax firefighters had to break a car's windows to gain access to a hydrant, and then thread a hose across the back seats, after fire broke out in a strip mall in the city's south end.

The French National Assembly today narrowly ratified the CETA trade agreement with Canada in a 266 to 213 vote.

Two men previously reported missing are now suspects in the homicides of a young couple gunned down in Northern B.C. last week, as well as in the suspicious death of another man whose body was found near the men's burnt-out truck days later.

The federal government formally submitted requests for proposals (RFP) today to procure fighter jets to replace the decades-old CF-18s.

Russia is determined to interfere in U.S. elections, despite sanctions and other efforts to deter Moscow, FBI director Christopher Wray says.

Puerto Rican justice officials on Tuesday were executing search warrants for the mobile phones of top associates of Gov. Ricardo Rossello amid a corruption scandal that provoked 10 days of protests demanding his resignation.

Claude Trachy was acquitted of 51 sexual assault-related charges, shocking former students who then appealed the decision in May.

An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed a counter claim by Allstate Canada, which had filed a lawsuit claiming defamation, after a former employee Medha Joshi filed a suit against the company for wrongful dismissal.

Two school buses were involved in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 640 West that has left more than 25 school children with minor injuries.

Dozens of children and some adults have been taken to hospital with minor injuries after two school buses burst into flames when they were involved in a three-vehicle crash northwest of Montreal. 

Sun Yang was in the middle of controversy at the world swimming championships again. The Chinese star got shunned on the medals podium again, and appeared to confront British swimmer Duncan Scott after walking off with his gold medal.

A leak was a problem at Kingsmere, but it wasn't the kind that could be fixed by a traditional plumber.

A missing toddler was found safe and sound on Tuesday morning after disappearing from an Aneroid, Sask.-area property on Monday evening.

Buzzworthy movies, star-studded ensemble films, biopics and literary adaptations —starring major names like Jennifer Lopez, Daniel Craig, Eddie Murphy and Tom Hanks — are coming to this year's edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.

Harley-Davidson Inc. on Tuesday trimmed guidance for shipments of its motorcycles in 2019 after worldwide sales in the second quarter slumped, hurt by higher tariff costs as well as weak demand in the United States.

A Quebec Superior Court justice last week rejected a request to temporarily suspend parts of the province's new religious symbols law. The groups contesting the law have now filed an application for leave to appeal.

Two members of a police department in a New Orleans suburb were fired Monday — one for a Facebook post calling U.S. Congress member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a "vile idiot" and suggesting she be shot, the other for liking the post.

Canada's Kylie Masse made it back-to-back world titles in the women's 100-metre backstroke, clocking 58.60 seconds at the world aquatics championships in Gwangju, South Korea, on Tuesday.

Canada's Kylie Masse made it back-to-back world titles in the women's 100-metre backstroke, clocking 58.60 seconds at the world aquatics championships in Gwangju, South Korea, on Tuesday.

Canada's Kylie Masse made it back-to-back world titles in the women's 100-metre backstroke, clocking 58.60 seconds at the world aquatics championships in Gwangju, South Korea, on Tuesday.

The economic downturn in B.C.'s forest industry is being felt, not only by the hundreds of mill workers who have been laid off or had a reduction in shifts, but also by forestry contractors, such as log truck drivers and independent timber harvesters, that rely on the mills to make money. 

On Monday, the City of Calgary announced it had come to an agreement with the ownership group behind the Calgary Flames to evenly split the cost of a new $550-million hockey arena to replace the aging Scotiabank Saddledome.

One of Canada’s top scientists says he’s surprised and dismayed an “administrative matter” resulted in the sudden eviction of a prominent Chinese Canadian virologist, her biologist husband, and her students from Canada’s only level-4 lab in Winnipeg and prompted an RCMP investigation.

Dennis Oland's murder retrial cost New Brunswick taxpayers nearly $930,000 so far, figures obtained by CBC News reveal.

Researchers have mapped the complete genetic profile of Inuit in the northern Quebec region of Nunavik and found that the population is genetically different from any present-day people in the world.

Britain's governing Conservative Party is set to reveal Tuesday the identity of the country's next prime minister, with Brexit champion Boris Johnson the strong favourite to get the job.

Boris Johnson, the former London mayor and ebullient Brexiteer who has promised to lead the U.K. out of the European Union by Halloween, will replace Theresa May as prime minister after winning the Conservative Party leadership on Tuesday.

Although women are making some inroads into skilled trades, just 1 in 10 apprentices are women and most of those are concentrated in female-dominated trades such as hairstylist or esthetician. Experts say that needs to change in order to meet demand for skilled workers.

Although women are making some inroads into skilled trades, just 1 in 10 apprentices are women and most of those are concentrated in female-dominated trades such as hairstylist or esthetician. Experts say that needs to change in order to meet demand for skilled workers.

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says talks on water protection and climate change will take priority on the first day of its 40th annual general assembly.

The news media aren't interested in trying to understand why things haven't really changed for the people of Kanesatake or Oka in the past 29 years, writes Mohawk journalist Taiorenhote Dan David.

The news media aren't interested in trying to understand why things haven't really changed for the people of Kanesatake or Oka in the past 29 years, writes Mohawk journalist Taiorenhote Dan David.

The Department of Justice will this week release the findings of an external probe into Hassan Diab's extradition to France over allegations of his involvement in a 1980 bombing outside a Paris synagogue, sources familiar with the department’s plans tell CBC News.

North99, a political advocacy group founded by former Liberal Party staffers, has been using online petitions, some of them misleadingly labelled, to collect supporters' contact information ahead of the 2019 election.

Four years ago today, the 18 women on Canada's national baseball team were in a quest for gold at the XVII Pan American Games. This year's edition of the team won't get that chance: their sport has been dropped from the 2019 games, which start Friday in Lima, Peru.

Neither Republicans nor Democrats are expecting bombshell revelations when they square off with Robert Mueller on Wednesday for five hours of congressional hearings on the Russia investigation, but both hope to extract enough from the tight-lipped former special counsel to advance their respective agendas.

Environmental issues such as climate change and water protection took priority during the first round of talks on the opening day of the 40th annual general assembly of the Assembly of First Nations in Fredericton on Tuesday.

Neither Republicans nor Democrats are expecting bombshell revelations when they square off with Robert Mueller on Wednesday for five hours of congressional hearings on the Russia investigation, but both hope to extract enough from the tight-lipped former special counsel to advance their respective agendas.

The Assembly of First Nations will open its 40th annual general assembly in the Fredericton region on Tuesday.

South Korean fired warning shots after a Russian military plane violated South Korea's airspace on Tuesday, Seoul officials said, in the first such incident between the countries.

The Trump administration announced Monday that it will vastly extend the authority of immigration officers to deport migrants without allowing them to appear before judges, its second major policy shift on immigration in eight days.

A Washington state couple whose two children were badly burned in a fire and later died from their injuries is suing Vancouver businessman Luigi Aquilini and several companies linked to the Aquilini family.

It's been a rough start to the season for Gainer the Gopher.

The RCMP plans to apologize to Amber Tuccaro's family Thursday at noon MST, nine years after her disappearance.