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President Donald Trump expressed a commitment Sunday, hours after the latest deadly mass shooting, to work with a divided Congress to "stop the menace of mass attacks." He said any measures must satisfy the competing goals of protecting public safety and the constitutional right to gun ownership.

In this week’s Canada Votes newsletter, we ask: Will the Conservative leader’s personal views on abortion and LGBT rights hurt the party in the polls? Also: Manitoba could see a big shakeup in its 14 federal seats — and a look at the federal debt situation.

Veteran pitcher Justin Verlander no-hit the Blue Jays in Toronto for the second time in eight years on Sunday, leading the Houston Astros to a 2-0 win and series victory.

An apparent fireball blazing across the sky was captured by doorbell and dash cameras in the Edmonton region late Saturday.

Ontario college and university students are heading back to school with lower tuition fees, but accompanying cuts to government assistance mean many will have both less help paying for school and more debt.

Authorities said Sunday they still could not explain why a man with an AR-style weapon opened fire during a routine traffic stop in west Texas to begin a terrifying, 16-kilometre rampage that killed seven people, injured 22 others and ended with officers gunning him down outside a movie theatre.

The death toll in Saturday's shooting rampage in West Texas rose to seven on Sunday, after a man opened fire on state troopers during a traffic stop.

Pope Francis is giving the Catholic church 13 new cardinals, including a Canadian Jesuit priest who has worked to help refugees and migrants.

Hoarding all those plants at your desk is good for you, too.

Some municipal leaders want wastewater to be a federal election issue.

Dior pulled a new cologne ad after the luxury brand was accused of cultural appropriation, but not before it generated multiple mentions, hashtags and conversations on social media.

Sweeping federal labour reforms come into force today, but the government is still figuring out who will be exempt from key provisions.

Sweeping federal labour reforms come into force today, but the government is still figuring out who will be exempt from key provisions.

The first Europeans who arrived on our shores to fish and trap often took inspiration from the environment when assigning names to their new surroundings, writes Ainsley Hawthorn.

If elected in the 2019 provincial elections, the Green Party of Manitoba says it will introduce mixed-member proportional representation system into the Manitoba Legislature.

CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week, including coroners sounding the alarm on nursing home staffing, the Red Bull settlement payout and a Better Business Bureau consumer alert for FlightHub and JustFly.

Laura Lynch, a longtime CBC political reporter and foreign correspondent, will debut at the helm of CBC Radio's national weekday morning current affairs program on Monday.

A dangerous Hurricane Dorian closed in on the northern Bahamas early Sunday, threatening to batter islands with 240 km/h winds, pounding waves and torrential rain as people hunkered down in schools, churches and other shelters. 

Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas as a catastrophic Category 5 storm Sunday, its record 295 km/h winds ripping off roofs, overturning cars and tearing down power lines as hundreds hunkered down in schools, churches and shelters.

An extremely powerful, life-threatening hurricane has reached the Bahamas. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sunday that Hurricane Dorian made landfall in Elbow Cay, off of Grand Abaco, at 12:40 p.m. ET.

Weather forecasters say Hurricane Dorian intensified to a Category 5 storm on Sunday near the northwestern Bahamas.

An extremely powerful, life-threatening hurricane has reached the Bahamas. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sunday that Hurricane Dorian made landfall in Elbow Cay, off of Grand Abaco, at 12:40 p.m. ET.

Thousands of protesters blocked roads and public transport links to Hong Kong's airport on Sunday in a bid to draw global attention to their fight for greater democracy for the Chinese-ruled special administrative region.

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Hong Kong airport on Sunday, disrupting travel to draw global attention to their fight for greater democracy for the Chinese-ruled territory.

A trio of new satellites will allow the Department of National Defence to better monitor areas where it's deploying troops and figure out potential threats soldiers may face before they arrive on foreign soil.

Food banks in Toronto say they’re struggling to keep food on the shelves due to a recent spike in demand coupled with a decline in donations.

Canada is doing little to ensure that workers are not exploited or enslaved in the production of your seafood, and one victim of slave labour in the fishing industry is among those calling on the Canadian government to do more to protect workers' rights.

After four years in power, the Liberal government still hasn't delivered on a promise of a detailed plan for developing Canada's North in a time of climate change and economic and military threats from circumpolar powers.

With the crumbling of Italy's coalition government and the scramble to form yet another, this latest crisis to grip Italy could be seen as just one more confusing chapter in a country where chaos has been the one political constant.

Canada is doing little to ensure that workers are not exploited or enslaved in the production of your seafood, and one victim of slave labour in the fishing industry is among those calling on the Canadian government to do more to protect workers' rights.

It’s a cosmic collision that has astronomers rethinking one of the universe’s most colossal events: the collision of massive stars. But astronomers almost missed it.

After four years in power, the Liberal government still hasn't delivered on a promise of a detailed plan for developing Canada's North in a time of climate change and economic and military threats from circumpolar powers.

The Trump administration's latest round of tariffs on Chinese imports have taken effect, potentially raising prices Americans pay for some clothes, shoes, sporting goods and other consumer goods in advance of the holiday shopping season.

The 140-square-foot apartments have a small kitchen, bathroom and a Murphy bed that turns into a desk. UBC says the units have been "incredibly popular."

RCMP say one person is dead after a small plane disappeared during the Smith Fall Fair air show while two small planes were conducting acrobatic manoeuvres.