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Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is working on contingency plans to assist Canadians in Hong Kong, where an escalating political conflict has resulted in mounting protests, including recent demonstrations at the airport.

The federal Liberals are treading carefully in how they respond to heated rhetoric over the current conflict in Oka with Quebec and Indigenous votes at stake.

The RCMP says it's reviewing the facts of the SNC-Lavalin affair "carefully" in the wake of a new damning report from the ethics commissioner that found Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act, following renewed calls from the Opposition to investigate. 

The dual role of Canada's attorney general and justice minister that's now carried out by the same cabinet minister doesn't need to be split, says a report by former deputy minister Anne McLellan. It was released the same day as the ethics commissioner's scathing report on the prime minister and SNC-Lavalin.

The dual role of Canada's attorney general and justice minister that's now carried out by the same cabinet minister doesn't need to be split, says a report by former deputy minister Anne McLellan. It was released the same day as the ethics commissioner's scathing report on the prime minister and SNC-Lavalin.

Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett gave a wide-ranging apology to Inuit of Baffin Island in Iqaluit on Wednesday.

A woman from Muskoday First Nation says a class action lawsuit against the province is the only avenue she has to seek acknowledgement that the government and social services wronged her in the way they handled abuses she suffered while in foster care.

Dennis Oland's family has renewed its offer of a reward for information that might help find the real killer of his father, multimillionaire Richard Oland.

A top Trump administration official says the famous inscription on the Statue of Liberty, welcoming 'huddled masses' of immigrants to American shores, was referring to 'people coming from Europe.'

Sliding bond yields and the inversion of a key part of the U.S. yield curve on Wednesday for the first time in 12 years gave investors a gloomy outlook for the U.S. and global economies.

Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion has found that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the ethics code by trying to encourage former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to reach a deferred prosecution agreement with Quebec-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he accepts full responsibility after Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion found he violated the Conflict of Interest Act by trying to influence then-justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and get her to overrule a decision to not grant a deferred prosecution agreement to Quebec-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act by trying to influence then-justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to overrule a decision to not grant a deferred prosecution agreement to Quebec-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin, Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion has found.

Suzanne Whalen is living out a real-life version of a television medical drama — except she doesn't know if a doctor will have a flash of inspiration and diagnose her in the nick of time.

Suzanne Whalen is living out a real-life version of a television medical drama — except she doesn't know if a doctor will have a flash of inspiration and diagnose her in the nick of time.

Facebook's lead regulator in the European Union is seeking information over how it handled data during the manual transcription of users' audio recordings, Ireland's Data Protection Commision said on Wednesday.

CBC Toronto reported Tuesday that part of the plan will involve reassigning 45 major crimes personnel from 17 divisions to the Integrated Gun and Gang Task Force.

Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders has detailed his plan to curb gun violence amid a recent spike in shootings, saying new government funding will be used to target street gangs. 

An amateur fossil hunter in New Zealand found fossilized bones from an extinct monster penguin that was about the size of an adult human and swam the oceans some 60 million years ago, scientists say.

Sounds outrageous, but it's not that simple. Here’s what you should know about the Canadian tennis event's pay gap and why it exists — but maybe doesn’t have to.

The RCMP has been sitting for two years on a watchdog report into alleged Mountie surveillance of anti-oil protesters, a civil liberties group charges.

Jason Gauthier was once homeless himself. Now he offers haircuts to the less fortunate.

A six-page letter from the man accused of killing 51 people in a mass shooting in New Zealand was posted this week on 4chan, a website notorious as a place for white supremacists to post their views.

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg, 16, will travel in a high-tech sailboat from England to New York on Wednesday for the UN climate summit next month, partly to highlight alternatives to plane travel.

Canada's spy agency says recruiting and retaining officers is a key issue of concern, according to an internal memo.

With tensions simmering in Hong Kong, people in Canada who have connections there are watching nervously as pro-democracy protesters take to the streets to resist what they fear is the tightening grip of the Chinese government.

With tensions simmering in Hong Kong, people in Canada who have connections there are watching nervously as pro-democracy protesters take to the streets to resist what they fear is the tightening grip of the Chinese government.

Experts estimate between two and 10 per cent of university and college students think about killing themselves. Every year, some follow through. A new mental health guide for first-year students aims to help prevent burnout, breakdowns and, ultimately, suicides.

Drug users who have long sought to keep others safe by voluntarily distributing clean needles are now getting paid for their work in North Battleford, Sask., where public health workers are responding to recent outbreaks of HIV and syphilis. 

Drug users who have long sought to keep others safe by voluntarily distributing clean needles are now getting paid for their work in North Battleford, Sask., where public health workers are responding to recent outbreaks of HIV and syphilis. 

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has plunged his province into an election nearly a year before he had to, and voting day will happen while a federal election campaign is also underway — meaning Conservative resources could be stretched thin in the Prairie province.

Solving the land dispute has been of the highest importance to the Mohawk community, but it hasn’t been an easy process between federal bureaucracy, confidentiality clauses and ongoing development in the area.

With hot regions predicted to get hotter with a changing climate, there's more need to provide some cool relief. But how do you do that without going in a vicious circle and further pumping CO2 emissions into the air? It's all about efficiencies, experts say.

With hot regions predicted to get hotter with a changing climate, there's more need to provide some cool relief. But how do you do that without going in a vicious circle and further pumping CO2 emissions into the air? It's all about efficiencies, experts say.

A third case of chronic wasting disease in 2019 has been confirmed at a Canadian deer farm, but the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says no infected meat from this year's cases has been allowed to enter the country's food supply. 

Canada's spy agency says recruiting and retaining officers is a key issue of concern, according to an internal memo.

A third case of chronic wasting disease in 2019 has been confirmed at a Canadian deer farm, and an advocate fears servings of infected meat may have once again entered the country's food supply.

With hot regions predicted to get hotter with a changing climate, there's more need to provide some cool relief. But how do you do that without going in a vicious circle and further pumping CO2 emissions into the air? It's all about efficiencies, experts say.

Solving the land dispute has been of the highest importance to the Mohawk community, but it hasn’t been an easy process between federal bureaucracy, confidentiality clauses and ongoing development in the area.

Pakistan's prime minister assured Kashmiri people living in the Indian-administered part of the divided region that he supports them in their struggle for self-determination.

Taleeb Noormohamed has been acclaimed as the federal Liberal candidate and will run against former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, now an Independent candidate.

Hong Kong's Airport Authority said normal flight operations would resume on Thursday after pro-democracy protests forced the cancellation of nearly 1,000 flights this week.

China's Hong Kong affairs office condemned what it called "near-terrorist acts" at Hong Kong's airport and reiterated support for local authorities to severely punish those responsible amid an escalating crisis in the Chinese-controlled city.

The number of reported incidents of sexual assault and misconduct within the ranks of the Canadian military declined in the last fiscal year, said a new statistical report released Tuesday by the Department of National Defence.

With air travel to and from Hong Kong's International Airport potentially affected for a third day Wednesday, here's what Canadian travellers need to know.