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A red pickup truck belonging to former military reservist Patrik Mathews has been found in Sprague, Man., RCMP say. But Mathews has not been located.

An Edmonton mother and her roommate pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated assault and unlawful confinement for repeatedly hitting two little girls, denying them food and water and routinely locking them in the basement.

Quebecers are free to grow cannabis at home, at least for now.

Awards buzz is ramping up for author Margaret Atwood, who is again in the running for both the Man Booker Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. 

A woman who killed her eight-year-old daughter to spite her ex-husband was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday without the possibility of parole for 15 years.

Fourteen disgruntled former New Brunswick NDP candidates are defecting and throwing their support behind the provincial and federal Greens — a move unlikely to spark confidence in the federal New Democrats on the cusp of an election call.

A 56-year-old man from Ajax, Ont., has been charged with conspiring to murder a couple living in Jamaica, Durham police say.

Walmart says it will discontinue the sale of handgun ammunition and also publicly request that customers refrain from openly carrying firearms in stores even where state laws allow it.

Walmart says it will discontinue the sale of handgun ammunition and also publicly request that customers refrain from openly carrying firearms in stores even where state laws allow it.

Ontario Provincial Police say they were called on September 1, when the victim didn't return to her seasonal cottage when she went out to check on her dogs.

Following a devastating fire on a California dive boat early Monday, officials have suspended the search for survivors and say 34 of the 39 passengers are presumed dead.

Following a devastating fire on a Californian dive boat early Monday, rescuers continued to search Tuesday for nine missing passengers. Of the 39 who were on board, at least 25 have been confirmed dead.

The scenes have become chilling, even in a Hong Kong that's now hardened from three months of clashes. With demonstrations mostly outlawed, the same streets where millions once walked peacefully now see fires on the roadway and blood on the pavement.

Air Canada has filed a challenge with the country's transport regulator over WestJet Airlines Ltd.'s acquisition by Onex Corp.

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of mortality among middle-aged adults globally, accounting for 40 per cent of all deaths — but that's no longer the case in high-income countries.

The blue ribbon panel's report on Alberta's finances is recommending salaries for public sector workers be legislated, private clinics be allowed to perform day procedures and the freeze on post-secondary tuition be ended.

The blue ribbon panel's report on Alberta's finances is recommending salaries for public sector workers be legislated, private clinics be allowed to perform day procedures and the freeze on post-secondary tuition be ended.

Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street Tuesday as markets opened after a long weekend to expanded tariffs between the U.S. and China. Overseas, the British pound dropped to its lowest level against the U.S. dollar in 34 years.

All of the chemical leaks have been contained following a train derailment in southern Alberta that forced evacuations and road closures on Monday morning, officials say.

Canada's hopes of advancing at the FIBA World Cup died with a 92-69 loss to Lithuania on Tuesday in Dongguan, China.

Less than two weeks after a Canadian woman was barred from entering the United States after she was found with cannabidiol (CBD) oil at the border, her lawyer says her lifetime ban from entering the states has been reversed in what he is calling a "best-case scenario."

Less than two weeks after a Canadian woman was barred from entering the United States after she was found with cannabidiol (CBD) oil at the border, her lawyer says her lifetime ban from entering the states has been reversed in what he is calling a "best-case scenario."

A new study from McMaster University in Hamilton offers some advice for doctors poking around the heart to reopen a clogged artery that has caused one type of heart attack: Come back again to finish the job.

U.K. lawmakers will on Tuesday try to stop Prime Minister Boris Johnson from pursuing what they cast as a calamitous no-deal Brexit, a challenge a senior government source said would prompt him to call for a snap election on Oct. 14.

A cross-party alliance defeated U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Parliament on Tuesday in a bid to prevent him taking Britain out of the EU without a divorce agreement — a move that the government warned would thrust Britain toward an October snap election.

British lawmakers on Tuesday began a bid to stop Boris Johnson pursuing what they cast as a calamitous no-deal Brexit, while Johnson's Conservative government lost its slimmest of majorities when Phillip Lee crossed the floor of the House of Commons.

The Calgary Indigenous Court will officially open this week during a ceremony presided over by provincial court Judge Eugene Creighton, a member of the Blood Tribe who speaks fluent Blackfoot.

A property owner in Paradise says there seems to be an end to an ongoing sewage nightmare, as the town is on board for helping his family find a new rental property.

There's a scientific reason why, for many, smell is inextricably tied to the change of season: it's a confluence of chemistry, biology and psychology, and it means no two people smell or feel fall the same way.

Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans was initially prepared to veto a great white shark tagging expedition off Nova Scotia last year because of concerns over the scientific value of the mission, CBC News has learned.

Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans was initially prepared to veto a great white shark tagging expedition off Nova Scotia last year because of concerns over the scientific value of the mission, CBC News has learned.

For the first time, Ontario elementary school students will learn about the dangers of vaping as early as Grade 3 as part of the revised health and physical education curriculum. Parents, meanwhile, are dealing with the fact young people are getting their hands on vapour products despite being under the legal age.

The main federal parties have all shored up their campaign slogans now that an election call is imminent. Today the NDP, the last party to officially unveil a slogan, announced they're going with "In it for you."

For the first time, Ontario elementary school students will learn about the dangers of vaping as early as Grade 3 as part of the revised health and physical education curriculum. Parents, meanwhile, are dealing with the fact young people are getting their hands on vapour products despite being under the legal age.

Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans was initially prepared to veto a great white shark tagging expedition off Nova Scotia last year because of concerns over the scientific value of the mission, CBC News has learned.

Sept. 3, 1999 was just a regular day before 87 cars and tractor trailers crashed in a patch of dense fog on the 401, just east of the Windsor Airport.

With Canada's real economy going strong there's reason to think cutting rates in fear of recession would only make its effects worse once asset prices start to fall.

With Canada's real economy going strong there's reason to think cutting rates in fear of recession would only make its effects worse once asset prices start to fall.

As the university year gets underway, the consequences of the cut to Ontario's student grant and loan program are becoming clear — particularly for students from low-income families.

The MMIWG national inquiry overstated in its final report the percentage of Canadian homicide victims who are Indigenous women and girls by misquoting a figure from Statistics Canada — and later quietly altered the report online after CBC News raised questions.

CleanO2 has developed a technology to turn CO2 emissions from industrial furnaces and boilers into potash for use in soaps, detergents, the agricultural sector and the pharmaceutical industry, among others.

From China to Canada, both sides in the Hong Kong debate have been deploying advanced methods to spread their messages.

A social media campaign to help U.S. teachers with out-of-pocket expenses for school supplies is shining a spotlight on a decades-old problem. Teachers' unions hope it will help push education funding onto the 2020 election agenda.

Six months since a CBC investigation revealed widespread problems of sexual offences by coaches in amateur sports in Canada, signs of the promises made by the federal government to deal with it are hard to find.

University of Toronto professor Sali Tagliamonte has been documenting Ontario lingo. Her goal? Bringing new Canadian words, or new definitions of already-included words, to the Oxford English Dictionary.

From China to Canada, both sides in the Hong Kong debate have been deploying advanced methods to spread their messages.

Numerous mental health experts have long expressed concern about the "copycat" effect. We now have several studies that found that suicide rates increased following the release of the show's first season.

Chief of Defence Staff General Jonathan Vance tells Power & Politics that while his decision to suspend Vice Admiral Mark Norman was "personally difficult," he doesn't regret any of the actions that he took.

Hurricane Dorian came to a catastrophic daylong halt over the northwest Bahamas, while at least five people died and 21 injured people were airlifted to the capital by the U.S. Coast Guard, Bahamas officials said.

Relief officials reported scenes of utter ruin in parts of the Bahamas Tuesday and rushed to deal with an unfolding humanitarian crisis in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.