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A 12-year-old from Vancouver likely will become the youngest golfer to play in the 47-year history of Canada's national women's championship next month.

Someone might have "inadvertently" helped two homicide suspects elude police in northern Manitoba, according to the RCMP and, if so, they want to hear about it. 

RCMP say they believe the two young men who are suspects in the killings of three people in northern British Columbia may have inadvertently received help in leaving the Gillam, Man., area.

The Conservative and New Democrat members of the House of Commons committee on foreign affairs have requested that the committee meet next week to discuss a possible study of allegations that a federal official pressured two former diplomats to coordinate with the government before speaking publicly about Canada's diplomatic conflict with China.

A Health Canada review of transvaginal mesh to treat pelvic organ problems in women concluded it should be restricted in its use. The review followed a complete ban on the surgically implanted mesh by the U.S. FDA.

Philip Demers says when he typed out the tweet he expected it might cause a stir, but he didn't anticipate an officer coming to his door.

The federal government is fining two cargo ships for allegedly breaking new speed limits introduced in an attempt to prevent endangered right whales from being struck by boats.

Twitter Inc. on Friday reported better-than-expected second-quarter revenue as design changes to its microblogging website attracted more users and advertisers, sending its shares up 10 per cent.

Tour de France organizers stopped Stage 19 of the race on Friday because of a hail storm as Julian Alaphilippe lost his yellow jersey to Egan Bernal.

Julian Alaphilippe lost his yellow jersey in exceptional circumstances on Friday, as Egan Bernal took control of the Tour de France after organizers made the rare decision to stop Stage 19 in the Alps because of a hailstorm.

Police identified the fourth body recovered from Mistastin Lake on Thursday as a 50-year-old male guide from Newfoundland and Labrador. Three men are still missing and presumed dead.

Police identified the fourth body recovered from Mistastin Lake on Thursday as a 50-year-old male guide from Newfoundland and Labrador. Three men are still missing and presumed dead.

Two Sunwing employees accused of importing cocaine through Toronto's Pearson airport are among 11 people facing dozens of drug-trafficking charges after an undercover operation led by Kitchener RCMP and involving law enforcement in southern Ontario.

A man bearing an uncanny resemblance to B.C. fugitive Kam McLeod, shown in a photo posing with a copy of Thursday’s Winnipeg Sun, is not the murder suspect, police confirm.

A man bearing an uncanny resemblance to B.C. fugitive Kam McLeod, shown in a photo posing with a copy of Thursday’s Winnipeg Sun, is not the murder suspect, police confirm.

Kanesatake Grand Chief Serge Simon passed on an opportunity to meet Oka, Que., Mayor Pascal Quevillon Friday, after the mayor refused to apologize for inflammatory comments he made about his Mohawk neighbours last week.

Canada's military justice system doesn't contravene the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and can remain as is, the country's top court has ruled.

Libya's coast guard recovered dozens of bodies of Europe-bound migrants who perished at sea as search operations continued Friday, a day after up to 150 people went missing and were feared drowned after their boats capsized in the Mediterranean Sea.

The Ontario-based cannabis company that was caught by Health Canada for growing the drug in unlicensed greenhouses has fired its CEO and the chair of the board in a major corporate shakeup.

Hassan Diab and his lawyer are accusing the federal government of perpetrating a "whitewash" after an external review, released today, concluded government lawyers acted ethically and followed proper procedures in extraditing him to France on a terrorism case that later fell apart.

The Department of Justice release the findings today of an external probe into Hassan Diab's extradition to France over allegations of his involvement in a 1980 bombing outside a Paris synagogue.

Sweden won't get involved in the assault case of American rapper A$AP Rocky, despite the angry urging of U.S. President Donald Trump, because "the government cannot interfere in legal proceedings," a Swedish government spokesperson says.

As water levels increase, residents are going to private contractors to combat flooding.

The hot air that smashed European weather records this week looks set to move towards Greenland and could take the world's second largest ice sheet close to or below the 2012 record low, the United Nations said on Friday.

Indigenous students and academics across Canada are calling on their universities to divest from a project that would see the construction of another telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

Some engineering students and an emergency department physician in Dartmouth, N.S., have invented a way to safely remove rings from swollen fingers without damage. They're hopeful Ring Rescue will be a common tool in hospitals.

Justin Trudeau may have had his reasons for breaking his vow that the 2015 election would be the last under first-past-the-post. That doesn't mean electoral reform is finished with him yet.

Justin Trudeau may have had his reasons for breaking his vow that the 2015 election would be the last under first-past-the-post. That doesn't mean electoral reform is finished with him yet.

The People's Party of Canada says that almost 75 per cent of Canadian immigrants are taking more than they give. It's not true.

Two men suspected in three B.C. killings “have nothing to lose” and the danger of more violence increases as police in northern Manitoba intensify their search, criminal psychologists warn.

Lady Thor. Blade. The deaf speedster Makkari. As Iron Man and Captain America step off stage, Marvel's plans for the next phase of films are challenging fanboy expectations while reflecting the growing face of the audience.

Egypt's minister of expatriate affairs said at a community event in Ontario that those who speak against Egypt will be "punished," while making a throat-slitting gesture.

An Italian collector of Second World War memorabilia who found a backpack belonging to a Canadian infantryman who fought alongside Allied forces in the Italian campaign became obsessed with finding its owner. Now he has.

Several hundred protesters calling for democracy and some chanting "free Hong Kong" converged on the Chinese-ruled city's airport on Friday as neighbouring Singapore advised its citizens to avoid parts of the territory.

A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion US jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG's glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup for their cancer to $86.7 million US.

A team exploring Canada's largest underwater volcano had a close encounter with a two-metre-long salmon shark about 250 kilometres off Vancouver Island.

A university lecturer and father-of-two who died during one of his characteristic, solitary camping trips through British Columbia's haven-like backcountry was a deeply introspective outdoorsman who, friends say, was profoundly engrossed with nature and the study of plants, to which he dedicated much of his life.

A white man accosted an Arabic-speaking woman and her two-year-old daughter earlier this week, uttering racial slurs and sexually violent threats in broad daylight on a Montreal street, and the incident was captured on cellphone video and widely circulated.

The Liberal Party is outspending other parties on Facebook election ads, according to new data released by Facebook Thursday. But the Conservatives are close behind — and are spending more per ad than any other party.

A federal-provincial panel says a proposed northeastern Alberta oilsands mine would be in the public interest, even though it would be likely to significantly harm the environment and Indigenous people.