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The prospect of Americans raiding Canadian pharmacies for cheaper prescription drugs is raising the spectre of drug shortages north of the border.

A group of Indigenous students learned about constellations through a lesson incorporating Ojibway creation stories, a laser pointer and a portable planetarium Wednesday on the University of Winnipeg campus.

The college's board voted earlier this month to order the review of spinal manipulative therapy for children under the age of 10, according to a public notice.

Although fewer Canadians over 50 are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer, cases among younger adults are increasing.

Woodstock 50 organizers announce that the troubled music festival, which hit a series of setbacks in the past four months, won't take place next month.

NATO warships faced a stiffer test of mettle by Russian forces than in the past during two recent exercises in the Black Sea, the Canadian commander of the alliance’s task force in the region told CBC News today.

A prestigious Toronto private school is reinstating its football team in the wake of an investigation into systemic hazing and bullying that resulted in charges levied against some of its students.

York Regional Police have released the identities of all four people killed in a Markham home on the weekend, who friends say are all part of the same family.

The U.S. central bank slashed its benchmark interest rate for the first time in more than a decade on Wednesday, reducing the cost of borrowing in an attempt to stimulate the world's largest economy.

The U.S. central bank slashed its benchmark interest rate for the first time in more than a decade on Wednesday, reducing the cost of borrowing in an attempt to stimulate the world's largest economy.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has announced the publication of an internet code of conduct that is meant to help Canadians better resolve disputes between them and internet service providers. 

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has published an internet code of conduct meant to help Canadians better resolve disputes between them and internet service providers. 

Ontario's coroner's office is launching an inquest into the death of Sammy Yatim, an 18-year-old who died after being shot eight times by Toronto police Const. James Forcillo on a streetcar in 2013.

Ontario's coroner's office is launching an inquest into the death of Sammy Yatim, an 18-year-old who died after being shot eight times by Toronto police Const. James Forcillo on a streetcar in 2013.

A judge has approved more than $1.1 million in fees for lawyers and the accounting firm probing the controversial demise of the QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange.

RCMP are scaling down their hunt in northern Manitoba for two B.C. homicide suspects, citing a lack of new leads as the search stretches into its ninth day, but the head of Manitoba’s Mounties insists they are not giving up.

RCMP are scaling down their hunt in northern Manitoba for two B.C. homicide suspects, citing a lack of new leads as the search stretches into its ninth day, but the head of Manitoba’s Mounties insists they are not giving up.

Ontario must increase funding and staffing at the province’s nursing homes to help prevent future health-care serial killers from harming the most vulnerable, the final report into former nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer’s crimes recommends.

Michelle Hanson has been ordered to stand trial on two charges related to her son's death. Kaden Young, 3, died in February 2018 after he was swept down the Grand River west of Orangeville during flooding.

The Sannella family says the python they were reunited with after it escaped and ended up in a sewer grate is an impostor.

An Ellen Page documentary on environmental racism in Nova Scotia and a Jeff Barnaby-directed zombie thriller centring on an Indigenous community are among the Canadian features headed for the Toronto International Film Festival in September.

A 27-year-old London mother and her nine-year-old daughter are continuing to fight for their lives as provincial investigators look for witnesses to a Sunday collision that left the pair in critical condition.

A new partnership of news organizations will produce two federal election debates in the second week of October that will be free to broadcast, according to the Leaders' Debates Commission.

A new partnership of news organizations will produce two federal election debates this fall that will be free to broadcast, according to the Leaders' Debates Commission.

The Supreme Court of Canada has restored the conviction of a man who had his sexual-assault conviction quashed by the Ontario Court of Appeal.

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump says it will set up a system to allow Americans to legally import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, weakening a longstanding ban that had stood as a top priority for the politically powerful pharmaceutical industry.

Canada's gross domestic product expanded by 0.2 per cent in May, led by predictable sectors such as construction and manufacturing. But the economy also got a bigger-than-usual boost from the Toronto Raptors' run to the NBA championship.

A former Catholic priest and convicted sexual offender who faced additional charges relating to the sexual abuse of boys has died.

At least three people were taken to hospital with minor injuries and about 50 dwellings in Lac-aux-Sables, a municipality north of Trois-Rivières, Que., were damaged by strong winds Tuesday evening, and Environment Canada has confirmed all the damage was due to a tornado. 

The U.S. Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut its interest rate Wednesday for the first time in over a decade.

It isn't clear when, where or how the hunt for two B.C. homicide suspects will end, but Indigenous leaders suspect the scale and impact of the search will linger in the minds of northern Manitoba First Nation residents well after the large police and military presence is gone.

It isn't clear when, where or how the hunt for two B.C. homicide suspects will end, but Indigenous leaders suspect the scale and impact of the search will linger in the minds of northern Manitoba First Nation residents well after the large police and military presence is gone.

It isn't clear when, where or how the hunt for two B.C. homicide suspects will end, but Indigenous leaders suspect the scale and impact of the search will linger in the minds of northern Manitoba First Nation residents well after the large police and military presence is gone.

Sobeys plans to remove plastic bags from all its grocery stores by the end of January 2020.

Staff and volunteers at a Saint John nursing home are ensuring residents are supported and comforted as they face the end of their life, thanks to a program called NODA, or No One Dies Alone.

House prices in Charlottetown rose 38.5 per cent over the last three years, one of the fastest rates in the country, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association.

Having suboxone and methadone available on Bell Island is working, advocates say, but the work continues for more changes in the community.

Small business owners are struggling to cope with record high water levels in the Great Lakes. And while some blame the weather, others are pointing fingers at Canadian and American officials who manage shared bodies of water.

Insurance investigators raided the home office last month of a Richmond, B.C., driving instructor suspected of hacking the province's notoriously backlogged wait list for road tests.

The commission investigating the actions of serial killer nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer and how Ontario's long-term care home system failed to detect her eight murders over a decade will present its report Wednesday.

The commission investigating the actions of serial killer nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer and how Ontario's long-term care home system failed to detect her eight murders over a decade will present its report Wednesday.

Canada will be getting more help soon from its intelligence allies in collecting and preserving evidence to secure prosecutions of foreign fighters, says Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale.

On the heels of several high profile data thefts affecting billions of people, this week's news that Capital One has been breached reveals an ugly truth for consumers: you've been hacked, whether you know it yet or not.

Liberal firebrands Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren slapped back against moderate rivals who ridiculed "Medicare for All" during Tuesday night's Democratic presidential debate in which lesser-known pragmatists warned against "wish-list economics."

Liberal firebrands Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren slapped back against moderate rivals who ridiculed their Medicare for All plan during Tuesday night's Democratic presidential primary debate in which lesser-known pragmatists warned against "wish-list economics."

Thirteen train cars derailed in southeast Calgary shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Thirteen train cars derailed in southeast Calgary shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The mayor of Mackenzie says hers is "a community in crisis," after hundreds of local mill workers with the closure of three mills in one week.

An Alberta man has fallen to his death near a popular waterfall in B.C.'s Shuswap region, the second fatality in the area in recent months.

Some B.C. secondary students may have incorrect exam results on their final transcripts, caused by an "anomaly" in the tabulation of Grade 12 provincial exams written in June, according to the ministry of education.