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Jeffrey Epstein's prison death has been ruled a suicide by hanging, the medical examiner's office said Friday.

More than 3,900 workers have been affected by mill closures and curtailments this summer.

Jody Wilson-Raybould now says she was contacted by the RCMP in the spring over the SNC-Lavalin affair, CBC News has learned.

Parks Canada's new research vessel, the RV David Thompson, is en route to the wrecks of the Franklin Expedition's HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, making community stops in Cambridge Bay and Gjoa Haven along the way.

The Parole Board of Canada has granted day-parole privileges to James Forcillo, the Toronto police officer convicted in the shooting death of Sammy Yatim.

The Parole Board of Canada has granted day-parole privileges to James Forcillo, the Toronto police officer convicted in the shooting death of Sammy Yatim.

A study of nursing home residents with advanced dementia finds men are more likely to be hospitalized and receive invasive treatment at end of life than women.

The star of Disney's upcoming Mulan has become the latest entertainer to wade into the ongoing pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, drawing praise from some while others call for a boycott of her anticipated live-action remake. 

Driving through Banff or Jasper, you might see the occasional piece of litter on the side of the highway, but a pair of mountaineers were surprised last weekend to come across a whole pile of trash somewhere you wouldn't expect.

Exactly what Alek Minassian told detectives in the aftermath of last year's deadly van attack in Toronto won't be public until next month, but one thing is clear: he confessed to being behind the wheel of the vehicle.

Transport Canada is flagging safety concerns about the rail line that runs between Farnham, Que., and Lac-Mégantic, six years after the derailment that left 47 dead.

The sound of a barking dog on a remote river location southwest of Grande Prairie launched a daring high-angle rescue by emergency crews and resulted in the joyful reunion of a family with a four-legged friend they feared was dead.

Members of China's People's Armed Police marched and practised crowd-control tactics at a sports complex in Shenzhen across from Hong Kong, in what some interpreted as a threat against pro-democracy protesters.

Indigenous tourism businesses are seeing rapid growth in B.C. as more international visitors seek experiences that bring them closer to Canadian culture, the province's Indigenous tourism association says.

A backyard camera captured the moment a house exploded in the Old East Village neighbourhood of London, Ont., on Wednesday night.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is asking Liberal MPs on the House of Commons ethics committee to vote to continue the investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair, after a scathing report found that the prime minister broke ethics law.

CannTrust Holdings Inc. says the Ontario Securities Commission has approved a management cease trade order as the cannabis producer works to deal with its regulatory problems with Health Canada.

The Liberal government is delivering $1.75 billion in compensation for dairy producers negatively impacted by the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

The Liberal government is delivering $1.75 billion in compensation for dairy producers negatively impacted by the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

When a Vancouver woman discovered the doors of her car had been opened, she thought someone had broken in — until she saw a giant paw print on the seat.

When a Vancouver woman discovered the doors of her car had been opened, she thought someone had broken in — until she saw a giant paw print on the seat.

Everyone’s favourite tournament for pint-sized baseball players is underway in Williamsport, Pa. Here are some things to know about the wildly/oddly popular Little League World Series.

Residents of all but 10 homes damaged in Wednesday's explosion and fire in London, Ont., after a car crashed into one of them have returned to their residences, but what they found was almost unrecognizable. 

Residents return to their London, Ont., homes for the first time since the explosion earlier this week that was set off by a car ramming into a house, and are now seeing the scope of the damage up close and in full daylight.

Efforts to vaccinate mares with a contraceptive called ZonaStat-H showed promise but government support is needed to continue, says president of the Wild Horses of Alberta Society.

Medical reports leaked to the media about Serenity's injuries were erroneous and inaccurate, the guardians claim in response to a $1.6-million lawsuit filed by Serenity’s mother.

Danish politicians poured scorn on the idea of selling Greenland to the U.S. after reports President Donald Trump had privately discussed the idea of buying the world's biggest island with his advisers.

U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib says she won't travel to the West Bank after all to visit her family after the Israeli government lifted a ban on her entry, citing "oppressive conditions" that she says just work to humiliate her.

The CEO of Cathay Pacific Airways resigned on Friday following pressure by Beijing on the Hong Kong carrier over participation by some of its employees in anti-government protests.

Myanmar and Bangladesh are making a second attempt to start repatriating Rohingya Muslims after more than 700,000 of them fled a security crackdown in Myanmar almost two years ago, the United Nations Refugee Agency said Friday.

After a week-long campaign, American late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel has been named mayor of Dildo, N.L., but there’s a catch.

A Quebec woman wound up spending nearly $8,000 in airline tickets to fly herself and her daughter home after Air Canada kicked them off a plane and then didn't immediately inform them that they were banned from future Air Canada flights. 

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced some of the biggest changes in decades to the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The move will have ripple effects in Canada.

When protesters at the Hong Kong airport on Tuesday kicked and tied up a man they thought was acting suspiciously, they played right into the hands of the Chinese government they've spent weeks rallying against. China's campaign to discredit the pro-democracy demonstrators continues to intensify.

A majority of Canadians who took part in a survey about the ethical conduct of judges believe that superior court justices should not be allowed to leverage the prestige of their former position for commercial gain after they retire.

Police in New Zealand say a suspect has been arrested after an apparently random attack from which a Canadian woman was able to escape but killed her Australian fiancé.

Police in New Zealand were searching for a suspect after an Australian man was killed following what police believe was a random attack on the van where he and his Canadian fiancée were sleeping inside.

Police in New Zealand were searching for a suspect after an Australian man was killed following what police believe was a random attack on the van where he and his Canadian fiancée were sleeping inside.

Police in New Zealand were searching for a suspect after an Australian tourist was killed following what police believe was a random attack on the van that he and his Canadian partner were sleeping inside.

Hundreds of people have held a street protest in India-administered Kashmir as India's government assured the Supreme Court that the situation in the disputed region is being reviewed daily and unprecedented security restrictions will be removed over the next few days.

India will lift restrictions on people's movements and communication links in Indian-administered Kashmir in the next few days, the federal government told the Supreme Court on Friday.

An international team of scientists has discovered a new species of North American medicinal leech, and it turns out the creatures have been hiding in plain sight for decades.

Indonesia has tightened import rules and customs inspections, sending hundreds of tonnes of foreign waste back to their origin countries.

The Okanagan Indian Band is suing the federal government over Ottawa's alleged failure to improve the water system on the 100 square kilometre reserve.

The Okanagan Indian Band is suing the federal government over Ottawa's alleged failure to improve the water system on the 100 square kilometre reserve.

Chase Ross says the mere mention in videos of such words as "transgender," "gay" and "lesbian" — or the use of those words in titles and tags — can get a video flagged as sensitive, restricting their views and curtailing advertising.

North Korea said on Friday it will never sit down with South Korea for talks again, rejecting a vow by the South's President Moon Jae-in to pursue dialogue with Pyongyang, a promise he made the previous day as he pledged to bring in unification by 2045.

The federal government extended eligibility for Indian status to potentially hundreds of thousands of people Thursday by bringing into force the final provisions of legislation aimed at removing sex discrimination from the Indian Act.

Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said Thursday she didn't realize just how aggressively SNC-Lavalin had lobbied senior members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government to create a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) regime, a legal avenue it hoped would help it avoid a criminal trial for alleged corporate wrongdoing.

Safety concerns and the political turmoil playing out in Hong Kong have at least some Canadian expatriates contemplating a move back.