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Two Yukoners have settled their human rights complaint with a Denny's restaurant in Vancouver. The couple believed they were singled out in an incident in 2017, because they are Indigenous.

An Edmonton woman says her toddler is tired, a little scratched up and sunburned but otherwise fine after he spent a night in a muddy trench in southwestern Saskatchewan.

An Indigenous group planning to bid for ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline is launching a "listening tour" of Indigenous communities in B.C. and Alberta.

The manufacturer of Biocell breast implants recalled all models of the implant on Wednesday, two months after Health Canada banned them from sale in this country amid concerns over a heightened risk of a rare form of cancer.

Impeachment is the political process of removing from office certain elected or public officials accused of wrongdoing. The process is more difficult than you might think.

The C.D. Howe Institute says negatives will outweigh the positives for all three parties to the new Canada-United States-Mexico free trade agreement but it will hit Mexico hardest and the U.S. the lightest.

Dutch film actor Rutger Hauer, who specialized in menacing roles, including a memorable turn as a murderous android in Blade Runner opposite Harrison Ford, has died.

Quebec Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon said Wednesday the province will not offer financial help to SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. in spite of the construction giant's woes.

William Talbott II, 56, is the first person to ever be convicted as a result of genealogy research.

William Talbott II, 56, is the first person to ever be convicted as a result of genealogy research.

There are several active and highly public RCMP search sites in Northern B.C. this week. But there’s also a much more discreet RCMP presence at an undisclosed location near the Highway of Tears.

There are several active and highly public RCMP search sites in Northern B.C. this week. But there was also a much more discreet RCMP search on Wednesday, at an undisclosed location near the Highway of Tears. 

An investigation involving Winnipeg police, U.S. Homeland Security and Rhode Island State Police resulted in charges of a Rhode Island man. Police allege he exchanged illicit sexual materials with a 13-year-old Winnipeg girl and flew to the city where he sexually assaulted her numerous times.

Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould will release a book in the middle of the fall election campaign. Her publisher is promising a "timely" and "impassioned" piece of work, while another reviewer is calling the text a "must-read for all Canadians."

Earth’s natural cycles can’t account for the recent warming seen over the past 100 years, new research suggests.

Star forward Kawhi Leonard, who led the Raptors to their first-ever NBA title in June, opens his introductory news conference with the Los Angeles Clippers by thanking his former team, the city of Toronto and fans across Canada.

Star forward Kawhi Leonard, who led the Raptors to their first-ever NBA title in June, opens his introductory news conference with the Los Angeles Clippers by thanking his former team, the city of Toronto and fans across Canada.

The human rights complaint an Indigenous man made against Canadian Tire for an incident in 2017 has ended in a settlement, but the details remain confidential.

Boeing has reported a second quarter loss of nearly $3 billion as it absorbed the financial damage caused by the grounding of its 737 Max airliner after two deadly crashes.

People in northern Manitoba are tense after RCMP announced two men in a national manhunt could be in the area — and a car matching the one they were last seen driving was found burning and abandoned near a First Nation.

A burnt-out vehicle found outside Gillam, Man., is the same one driven by two B.C. teens wanted in connection with three homicides in British Columbia, according to the RCMP. 

People in northern Manitoba are tense after RCMP announced two men in a national manhunt could be in the area — and a car matching the one they were last seen driving was found burning and abandoned near a First Nation.

A burnt-out vehicle found outside Gillam, Man., is the same one driven by two suspects wanted in connection with a double homicide investigation in British Columbia, Manitoba RCMP say. 

Archaeologists and the chief of Newfoundland and Labrador's Miawpukek First Nation are seeking provincial protection for petroglyphs that appear to be the first Indigenous carvings discovered on the island of Newfoundland.

Federal regulators have fined Facebook $5 billion US for privacy violations, and are instituting new oversight and restrictions on its business. But they are only holding CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally responsible in a limited fashion.

Four of the seven North Atlantic right whale calves known to have been born this winter made it to the Gulf of St. Lawrence this summer, according to a group of scientists.

On a visit to an agricultural fair in a battleground riding east of Montreal Tuesday, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer defended his promise to review the Canada Food Guide in order to make the document reflect research put forward by the country's food industry.

Carrying hand-drawn signs declaring, "Our Kids Matter, Water is Life" and, "Our People are Dying Slowly," about 50 Attawapiskat residents marched through their community Tuesday to demand a permanent fix to the Ontario First Nation's long-standing water problems.

Boris Johnson launched his premiership with a bid to do a bold new Brexit deal with the European Union by Oct. 31, rebuking "gloomsters" and the political class who he said had forgotten the people they should serve.

Boris Johnson took office as U.K. prime minister on Wednesday after an audience with Queen Elizabeth, a moment that put an avowed Brexiteer in control of Britain's exit from the European Union for the first time since the shock 2016 referendum.

Boris Johnson takes office on Wednesday as U.K. prime minister, and will unveil the names of the team he has tasked with delivering Brexit by the end of October, with or without a deal.

The fate of the southern resident killer whales is so closely entwined with chinook in the Salish Sea that some fear a decline in the salmon species could lead to the end of B.C.'s cherished orca population.

Canadian millennials are more likely to pick a future partner based on shared home-buying aspirations than on good looks, a new survey has found.

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello says he is resigning effective Aug. 2 in the face of public furor over an obscenity-laced online chat that showed the governor and close advisers insulting women and mocking constituents including the victims of Hurricane Maria.

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello says he is resigning effective Aug. 2 in the face of public furor over an obscenity-laced online chat that showed the governor and close advisers insulting women and mocking constituents including the victims of Hurricane Maria.

Flocks of sheep and lamb are helping improve Ontario wine this summer — and making life a little easier for Niagara winemakers.

Flocks of sheep and lamb are helping improve Ontario wine this summer — and making life a little easier for Niagara winemakers.

In a much-anticipated televised hearing, former U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller admits under questioning that President Donald Trump tried to "exert undue influence" over his Russia investigation and was not exonerated by the final report.

Former U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller finally faces congressional interrogators on Wednesday, testifying in televised hearings that Democrats hope will weaken U.S. President Donald Trump's reelection prospects in ways that Mueller's book-length report did not. Republicans are ready to defend Trump and turn their fire on Mueller and his team instead.

In a much-anticipated televised hearing Wednesday morning, former U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller admitted under questioning that President Donald Trump tried to "exert undue influence" over his Russia investigation and was not exonerated by the final report.

Toby Obed wants to know why Newfoundland and Labrador's premier still hasn't followed Justin Trudeau's lead with an apology to residential school survivors.

The public recently learned of the appalling conditions at a detention centre in Clint, Texas, where children — many of whom are infants — went without regular baths, appropriate food, proper bedding, hygienic conditions and necessary medical attention.

An Ottawa woman wants Air Canada to apologize after she says the airline told her mother she would have to share a single hotel room with a complete stranger after missing a connecting flight. The room had only one bed.

Instead of relying on planting trees or purchasing carbon offsets to reach the net-zero goal, a company executive said innovation will be the key.

First Nations leaders gathered in Fredericton for the Assembly of First Nations general assembly are hearing from representatives of four political parties, discussing key issues leading into the October federal election.

There is all-party political paralysis over the future of prime minister's official residence. But that isn't stopping the Tories from trying to make it an election issue.

First Nations leaders from across the country will hear from representatives of four political parties and discuss key issues leading into the October election.

A Canadian-born researcher is helping to launch the first substantial study of transgender athletes in a bid to better understand how gender reassignment and hormone therapy affects athletic performance. 

Britain's new prime minister will need more than his can-do attitude to keep trade growing between Canada and the U.K., after a late decision by his predecessor scuppered a deal that was set to keep the terms of the existing European Union trade agreement in place.

Britain's new prime minister will need more than his can-do attitude to keep trade growing between Canada and the U.K., after a late decision by his predecessor scuppered a deal that was set to keep the terms of the existing European Union trade agreement in place.