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A growing number of newcomers to Canada are ending up in shelters or are finding themselves homeless, newly released government figures show.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is reminding Canadians to take careful note of the government's travel advisories after an adventure seeker was released from more than seven months' detention in Syria.

Susan Gastaldo claims she was coerced into a sexual relationship by her commanding officer a decade ago.

Cheryl Maloney says the Tripartite Forum failed to find solutions or protections for Mi'kmaq women after a 2018 report found that Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Morley Googoo engaged in "direct discrimination" against her and other women.

The man accused of carrying out last weekend's deadly mass shooting at a Walmart in the Texas border city of El Paso confessed to officers while he was surrendering and later explained that he had been targeting Mexicans, authorities say.

Bianca Andreescu overcame a hurting groin to become the first Canadian woman to make the semifinal of the Rogers Cup since 1979.

Purebred dingoes have arrived at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park for what is believed to be the first time at a Canadian zoo. Maple and Euci made their public debut Friday.

Ontario's premier says a patient who fled a mental health hospital where he was detained for killing his roommate is an "animal" and that politicians need to stop being politically correct about it.

Ontario's premier says a patient who fled a mental health hospital where he was detained for killing his roommate is an "animal" and that politicians need to stop being politically correct about it.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, who last year admitted he can be a ''gaffe machine," is taking some heat for new remarks made on the campaign trail in Iowa on Thursday.

Walmart is removing signs, displays or videos that depict violence from its stores following a mass shooting at its eastern El Paso, Texas, location, during which 22 were killed.

Princess Margaret requested seeing something more interesting than a royal guard inspection when she came to Canada in 1958. She got what she wanted.

Bayer AG has not offered to pay billions of dollars to settle thousands of claims in the United States related to allegations the herbicide Roundup causes cancer, mediator Ken Feinberg said, after a report of such a settlement had driven up shares by as much as 11 per cent.

The federal government is making changes to the way it will evaluate new drug prices, a tweak it says will save Canadians billions over the next 10 years.

Plesiosaurs swam in the world's oceans while dinosaurs roamed the land. The latest plesiosaurs discovered in Fort McMurray is not the first for Alberta.

Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders is addressing the city’s recent wave of gun violence at a news conference this morning.

Toronto officers have made several arrests connected to three shootings following a week of gun violence, the police chief said Friday. 

Canada's economy lost 24,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate moved up 0.2 percentage points to 5.7 per cent.

The federal ethics watchdog has launched an investigation into allegations Liberal MP Joe Peschisolido failed to update his public records when the Law Society of B.C. took control of his law firm earlier this year.

The answers to many questions about the B.C. killings that rocked Canada this summer may have died with the suspects, Bryer Schmegelksy and Kam McLeod. But there are a few ways more details could come to light.

The answers to many questions about the triple murder case that has rocked Canada this summer may have died with the suspects, Bryer Schmegelksy and Kam McLeod. But there are a few ways more details could come to light.

A British Columbia man who went to Syria late last year to seek adventure and was then detained has been released, Lebanon's security chief said Friday.

Noella Cockney’s house is slowly slipping into the Arctic Ocean — but she says the hamlet is in a rush to relocate her.

Federal Conservative party leader Andrew Scheer is clearly hoping for a breakthrough this fall in Atlantic Canada, where the federal Liberals represent all 32 seats in the House of Commons.

The Canadian government should accept the challenge of prosecuting and convicting war criminals at the standard which it has already set itself, and not to take the easy way out.

As White House officials meet with tech companies on Friday to discuss how to combat violent online extremism, experts say the biggest challenge is tracking anonymous users and filtering out hateful messaging in an ever-evolving landscape.

Recent NDP criticism of Elizabeth May shows that the party is starting to take the threat from the Greens seriously.

When two police officers were recently charged with sexual assault, Quebec’s police oversight body didn’t take any steps to inform the public. Women’s groups say that is a sign of a troubling double standard.

Users of Google Earth will now be able to hear over 50 Indigenous language speakers from across the globe saying words and simple phrases and even singing traditional songs.

Recent NDP criticism of Elizabeth May shows that the party is starting to take the threat from the Greens seriously.

Community members and legal experts are concerned about provisions in benefit agreements between First Nations and companies that ask leadership to dissuade their community members from speaking out against the project.

As White House officials meet with tech companies on Friday to discuss how to combat violent online extremism, experts say the biggest challenge is tracking anonymous users and filtering out hateful messaging in an ever-evolving landscape.

Growing more crops in the shade of the forest and fertilizing crops with plant-based charcoal are some of the ways we can fight climate change by using land more sustainably, says the co-author of a new UN-backed climate report.

Growing more crops in the shade of the forest and fertilizing crops with plant-based charcoal are some of the ways we can fight climate change by using land more sustainably, says the co-author of a new UN-backed climate report.

A strict curfew keeping residents of India-run Kashmir in their homes for a fifth day was being eased for Friday prayers, the police chief said. The Muslim-majority region has been under an unprecedented security lockdown and near-total communications blackout.

Demonstrators crowded the arrivals hall at Hong Kong airport on Friday, handing out anti-government leaflets and waving banners in a dozen languages in an effort to raise awareness among visitors ahead of a weekend of protests planned across the city.

Investigators should be able to provide some answers about three homicides in northern British Columbia even though two suspects in the case are believed to be dead, says a former RCMP assistant commissioner.

Brian Anderson walked into his Langley, B.C., dairy farm last week expecting to see Scorcher, a five-day-old calf he left sleeping in its enclosure the night before. But all he saw were puddles of blood and a broken arrow, and RCMP are now looking for two people caught on surveillance footage.

Residents of Flint, Mich., have been advised to boil filtered water as a result of water pressure loss in the city's water distribution system stemming from a water main break.

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Military leaders from the U.S. and Canada have come to an agreement on the nuts and bolts retooling of Norad, CBC News has learned. Proposals, including cost estimates, are now being crafted for decision-makers in Ottawa and Washington.

Kenrick McRae took his recycling out Tuesday afternoon. When he returned inside, he had been fined nearly $500 by police for drinking and driving.