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More than 1,000 Canadian health-care and public policy experts who support a universal pharmacare system sign an open letter to all federal party leaders to commit

The agreement is not legally binding, but signifies that all the major issues have been settled between the three parties to transfer responsibility for land and water management.

Steve Morrisey devoted years of his career toward making the Canadian military a more friendly place for Indigenous members. Now, he's warning them to avoid it at all costs — at a time when the Department of National Defence is trying to recruit more Indigenous people.

Bullying continues to be a "systemic" issue at a private Toronto school rocked by allegations of sexual assault despite measures introduced in the wake of the scandal, says a report that examined the culture at the all-boys Catholic institution.

The City of Saskatoon has lost $1.04 million to fraud.

Two southern resident killer whale calves have been seen swimming with their pods in apparent good health off the west coast of Vancouver Island.

A panel of judges on Thursday dismissed an appeal by the U.S. government that contended detained immigrant children might not require soap during shorter stints in custody under a longstanding settlement agreement.

July was the hottest month measured on Earth since records began in 1880, the latest in a long line of peaks that scientists say backs up predictions for human-caused climate change.

While many Maritimers are familiar with the story, the video's creators say the events deserve to be known across the country.

A man was sentenced for attempting to murder the father and grandmother of a girl he molested years ago. He tracked down the Niagara family to Smithville and beat them close to death with a baseball bat.

The Communications Security Establishment has taken the unusual step of reaching out to an Ottawa-based escape room company to help bolster its recruitment levels and raise its profile.

Statistics Canada says Canadian men are almost twice as likely to use cannabis as women. New data from the National Cannabis Survey Thursday shows 16 per cent of Canadians over 15 years old report using pot in April, May or June.

Last month, 12,000 litres of oil and water spilled into the ocean from the Hibernia offshore oil platform. Production shut down that day.

Israel has decided to block a visit by U.S. Democratic members of Congress Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said on Thursday, a decision that will please President Donald Trump, who renewed his criticism of the pair.

After weeks of teasing, Kimmel signed off Wednesday by telling the audience he'd see them Thursday.

Canada's housing market is showing signs of coming out of the slumber it had been in since mortgage stress tests were implemented last year, as sales and prices have started to rise again, the Canadian Real Estate Association says.

Political viewpoints are often split over generational lines, says UBC Professor Miu Chung Yan. But while arguments over the Hong Kong protests may have begun with black-and-white, pro-democracy or pro-government viewpoints, it has now evolved, he says, especially as the protests have turned violent.

The eldest brother of homicide victim Chynna Deese says he's not expecting the police investigation to provide a definitive answer as to why she was killed in such a seemingly random act.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remained dogged Thursday that he doesn't need to apologize for his role in the SNC-Lavalin affair, a day after Canada's ethics watchdog found he violated the Conflict of Interest Act by trying to influence the former attorney general while she was dealing with the SNC-Lavalin case.

Flight 109, scheduled to take off at 6:50 p.m. and land in Abbotsford at 8:39 p.m., has been cancelled, according to the airline's website

The low-cost airline says it grounded flights from Hamilton to Abbotsford, B.C. and back again Wednesday and is warning travellers about "unscheduled maintenance" on a plane in Winnipeg which means the Thursday-night round-trip flight from Hamilton to Las Vegas has also been cancelled.

Mario Dion's newly released report reveals the divide between the ethics commissioner and the prime minister, and their differing views on whether Justin Trudeau and his staff acted appropriately in their dealings with then justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould over the SNC-Lavalin file. Here's a breakdown on how Dion and Trudeau saw things.

Elk meat from 21 herds where chronic wasting disease was found were released into Canada's food supply over the last five years, CBC News has learned.

Elk meat from 21 herds where chronic wasting disease was found has been released into Canada's food supply over the last five years, CBC News has learned — a move contrary to World Health Organization recommendations that critics say creates unacceptable risk for humans.

A 30-year-old who has experience skydiving is recovering in hospital with several fractures after her parachute failed during her fall from a plane last weekend, but police say her life is not in danger. 

The United States has applied to seize the Iranian Grace 1 tanker in Gibraltar commandeered by British Royal Marines last month, not long before the vessel was set for release.

The United States applied to seize the Iranian Grace 1 tanker in Gibraltar that was commandeered by British Royal Marines last month, but Gibraltar authorities have released it back to Iran.

Hundreds of members of China's People's Armed Police could be seen conducting exercises on Thursday at a sports stadium in Shenzhen, as the U.S. State Department expressed concern that they could be deployed across the border in Hong Kong to break up protests wracking the city.

Hundreds of members of China's People's Armed Police could be seen conducting exercises on Thursday at a sports stadium in Shenzhen, as the U.S. State Department expressed concern that they could be deployed across the border in Hong Kong to break up protests wracking the city.

The federal government has released details about the relaunch of Canada's prison farm program that has been shuttered for nearly a decade.

The federal government is expected to give details today about when Canada's prison farm program will begin operating again after the program was shelved a decade ago. 

Two federal prison farms in the Kingston, Ont., area are getting up and running again after the former Conservative government shelved the program in 2010.

The Liberals lost the lead in the polls after the SNC-Lavalin story broke. Now that it's back in the news, the progress they've made since could be at risk.

Four former Supreme Court justices were, in one way or another, caught up in the high-profile SNC-Lavalin affair -- a surprising revelation stemming from Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion's report.

The reason business uses Hong Kong as its access point to China is convenience. But violence and airport closures could prompt a search for alternatives.

Farmers say people can take still take a bite out of climate change while eating red meat, pushing back against global headlines calling for major changes to the world's farming and eating habits. 

Farmers say people can still take a bite out of climate change while eating red meat, pushing back against global headlines calling for major changes to the world's farming and eating habits. 

The family of murdered Toronto woman Laura Babcock is being forced to go to court to convince Ontario's Office of the Chief Coroner that Babcock is truly dead.

The family of murdered Toronto woman Laura Babcock is being forced to go to court to convince Ontario's Office of the Chief Coroner that Babcock is truly dead.

Businesses in Quebec are increasingly turning to temporary foreign workers to help counter the acute labour shortage facing the province, a development experts say is unsustainable and puts workers in a vulnerable position.

This is a government so convinced of it own moral virtue that it can rationalize trading text messages with a criminally charged organization over a pressure campaign on the attorney general.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that stripping the disputed Kashmir region of its statehood and special constitutional provisions has helped unify the country.

Loujain Alhathloul, a University of British Columbia graduate who turned 30 in a Saudi prison last week, has been detained since May 2014. Her brother explains why she ripped up a deal that could have set her free.

Residents in London, Ont., rushed out of homes Wednesday night after police said a vehicle drove into a residence in the city's east end, causing an explosion.

Seven houses were damaged and seven people were sent to hospital in London, Ont., after a vehicle drove into a house in the city's east end, setting off an explosion and a large fire Wednesday night, and leading to the arrest of a woman on impaired-driving charges.

Seven houses were damaged and seven people were sent to hospital in London, Ont., after a vehicle drove into a house in the city's east end, setting off an explosion and a large fire Wednesday night, and leading to the arrest of a woman on impaired-driving charges.

Seven houses were damaged and seven people were sent to hospital in London, Ont., after a vehicle drove into a house in the city's east end, setting off an explosion and a large fire Wednesday night, and leading to the arrest of a woman on impaired-driving charges.

Seven houses were destroyed and four firefighters hurt in a large fire in a London, Ont., neighbourhood Wednesday night after a vehicle drove into a house in the city's east end, causing a large explosion, according to police.

Residents in London, Ont., rushed out of homes Wednesday night after police said a vehicle drove into a residence in the city's east end, causing an explosion.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is cautioning the public after reports of tampering in an infant formula product at an Edmonton Walmart.