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Black market demand for bear parts like gallbladders and paws has led to poaching of these animals in Saskatchewan and Canada, according to a man tasked with cracking down on wildlife trafficking.

A late-night comedy skit that went wrong at the Edmonton Fringe Festival has prompted anger and apologies, touched off a controversy, and sparked a wider discussion about boundaries between performers and their audience, and what constitutes consent.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said today that Andrew Scheer's past statements on same-sex marriage rule out the prospect of his party supporting the Conservatives in a minority government.

Andrew Berry has denied killing the girls in the Victoria suburb of Oak Bay, B.C, and then trying to kill himself. Instead, he hints that a loan shark and his associates may have been responsible. 

Andrew Berry claims that just before his daughters were killed, he was tackled from behind, thrown on his bed and stabbed in the throat by an unknown attacker.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his administration has been clear with the Canadian government that the U.S. wants Canada to bring home its own citizens who joined ISIS and are now detained in Syria.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at social media's positive role in climate action and a country that actually has negative carbon emissions.

The Art Gallery of Ontario has acquired a French impressionist painting that had been barred from leaving the country because of its "national importance." Gustave Caillebotte's 1892 masterpiece Blue Irises, Garden at Petit Gennevilliers will be on display starting Saturday.

Five people, including two children, were killed in a thunderstorm in the Tatra Mountains on the Poland-Slovakia border on Thursday.

Jimmy Kimmel's satirical campaign to be mayor of Dildo, NL, has generated a lot of free advertising for the small community and the province, almost equal to what the government spends on marketing in an entire year.

Voters will soon notice a proliferation of federal campaign signs over the coming days as parties begin planting them on the front lawns of faithful partisans.

Quebec's Court of Appeal on Thursday overturned several of Bertrand Charest's convictions. The three-judge panel has upheld just 16 of the 37 charges laid against the former national ski coach.

Quebec's Court of Appeal on Thursday overturned several of Bertrand Charest's convictions. The three-judge panel has upheld just 16 of the 37 charges laid against the former national ski coach.

Syrian government forces opened a corridor on Thursday for people who want to leave insurgent territory in northwest Syria, where an army offensive has gained ground.

As of Thursday, there are more than 165,000 fires burning in the Amazon rainforest. The alarming part, however, is that a significant number of them — more than 75,000 — are burning in Brazil, which some experts fear will have dire consequences.

In Apple's attempt to completely rethink the credit card, it may have lost sight of how people actually use them.

In Apple's attempt to completely rethink the credit card, it may have lost sight of how people actually use them.

Bobbie Milnes is frustrated and looking for compensation after being separated from his dog during a cross-country flight. Air Canada says the dog was not lost, and it is going to reach out to Milnes.

A UCP leadership candidate who ran a "kamikaze" campaign on behalf of Jason Kenney went from nearly broke to flush after he was handed envelopes stuffed with $60,000, according to documents that detail for the first time an alleged scheme to circumvent Alberta election laws. 

Defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance says the military first became aware of a Manitoba reservist's alleged links to a neo-Nazi group in the spring and were investigating him in earnest weeks before media reported on the matter.

The definition of autism has changed to the point where a diagnosis could become nearly meaningless, the lead researcher of a new review says.

The definition of autism has changed so much that it prevents a better understanding of how the autistic brain works, the lead researcher of a new review says.

Frustrated homeowners from a sinkhole-ridden neighbourhood in Sechelt, B.C., are suing the district and the province, saying officials knew the ground beneath their houses was hazardous when they approved the development years ago.

The U.S. government is working to help release the two Canadian men detained in China, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said while on a visit to Ottawa, stressing: "It's wrong that they're being held."

Canada will have the support of the United States until the two Canadians detained in China "are returned to their families," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo promised Thursday while on a visit to Ottawa.

Production at the Hibernia oil platform remains shut down after its latest oil spill, while monitoring efforts continue in the area.

The will Jeffrey Epstein signed just two days before his jailhouse suicide puts more than $577 million US in assets into a trust fund that could make it more difficult for dozens of complainants to collect damages.

After years of consultations, protests and court battles, the Peel Watershed Regional Land Use Plan has been signed in Mayo, Yukon, with five governments committed to the recommendations.

The Oakland Raiders tweeted out various photos on Wednesday of the team arriving in Winnipeg, which is set to host an Oakland-Green Bay NFL pre-season game at IG Field on Thursday. In one photo, A.J. Cole III was wearing a shirt that said "Winnipeg, Alberta."

The Oakland Raiders tweeted out various photos on Wednesday of the team arriving in Winnipeg, which is set to host an Oakland-Green Bay NFL pre-season game at IG Field on Thursday. In one photo, A.J. Cole III was wearing a shirt that said "Winnipeg, Alberta."

India's defence minister hinted last month it's not a given that India will always stick to its no-first-use (NFU) nuclear policy, talk seen by experts as a provocation during tense times that could help corner it into a conflict with neighbouring Pakistan.

U.S. President Donald Trump's desire to buy Greenland has drawn ridicule, but he's by no means the first American president to have entertained the notion. The United States was built through a long list of land purchases throughout its history. Here are some of the most notable.

As it hurtles toward what could be a messy exit from the European Union, Britain is hoping to hear some fresh trade reassurances from Canada at the upcoming G7 Summit in Biarritz, France, say officials in the diplomatic community and experts in international affairs.

Clearly, Trump is betting that base hatreds and tribalism will send him to the White House for a second term. Given modern America, that's probably a smart bet.  

As U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sits down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today, geopolitical watchers and at least one Hong Kong national are urging both leaders to speak with one voice when it comes to China's response to the democratic protest movement in Hong Kong.

The case of an Armed Forces reservist being investigated for alleged links to a neo-Nazi group underscores the challenge facing the Canadian military and the need for it to do more to crack down on white supremacists in its ranks, experts say.

The case of an Armed Forces reservist being investigated for alleged links to a neo-Nazi group underscores the challenge facing the Canadian military and the need for it to do more to crack down on white supremacists in its ranks, experts say.

Sylvia Williams will no longer be able to look after her blind son because she's been issued a deportation order. Immigration Canada rejected her as a refugee but accepted her 31-year-old son.

Jack Letts has every right as a Canadian citizen to come to Canada, legal analysts say, but the man dubbed 'Jihadi Jack' by the media and accused of being an ISIS fighter may not have an easy time getting into the country

Senior officials inside the Ford government planned to keep letters to cabinet members about their mandates secret as long as they could, a CBC News freedom of information request reveals.

U.S. border protection has barred a young Canadian woman from crossing the border after cannabidiol (CBD) oil was found in her backpack — a non-psychoactive product of the cannabis plant she uses to treat the painful side effects of scoliosis.

A fire was reported on the warship in Halifax on Wednesday evening. No one was injured, but there has been some damage to the ship. There will be no impact on current operations on the ship, according to Maritime Forces Atlantic.

Microplastics contained in drinking water pose a "low" risk to human health at current levels, according to the World Health Organization.

When Vancouver's Michelle Liu tees off at the Canadian Women's Open, at just over 12 years of age, she'll be the youngest to ever do so. Liu spoke with CBC News ahead of her record-breaking debut on what she's looking forward to at her first big tournament.

Vancouver's Michelle Liu, who is preparing to become the youngest golfer ever at the Canadian Women's Open that starts today in Aurora, Ont., spoke with CBC News on what she's looking forward to at her first big tournament.

The exploding grey seal population is eating adult cod at unsustainable levels and a new DFO assessment predicts a 32 per cent drop over the next four years.

The city of Edmonton plans to take steps to ban conversion therapy — the widely discredited practice that tries to change a person's sexual orientation through counselling or religious teaching.    

The traditional governing body in Kanesatake, Que., has a long list of demands for the federal government to resolve the Mohawk community’s 301-year-old land dispute.

A spat over the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man is a sign of the growing box office muscle of the Walt Disney Company, which ended a sharing arrangement with Sony Pictures.

A spat over the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man is a sign of the growing box office muscle of the Walt Disney Company, which ended a sharing arrangement with Sony Pictures.