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Jacob Forman admitted to killing his wife and two daughters in the family home in December of 2017. He has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 35 years.

Canada's intelligence services are carefully monitoring the threat of agents of the Chinese and Indian governments working with diaspora communities here to influence the upcoming federal election, according to a number of sources who have been briefed on their activities.

Military police have laid sexual-assault charges against two senior members of the Canadian Armed Forces, including a lieutenant-colonel working as a reservist with the Canadian Armed Forces' recruiting group in Ontario.

Julien Perrotte stood in front of the representative at his local bank last week, unsure he properly understood what she was telling him. 

Rapper Haviah Mighty of Toronto has won the 2019 Polaris Music Prize for her album 13th Floor.

Five Québécois music acts, a Top 40 singer and well-travelled punk rockers from Toronto are among those vying for the Polaris Music Prize tonight.

Legendary Canadian jazz musician Vic Vogel has died at the age of 84. He is remembered by his friend Oliver Jones, also a prominent Montreal jazz musician, as a wonderful, unique musician.

The NHL Players' Association has announced the union will not re-open the current collective bargaining agreement after the 2019-20 season, avoiding a potential lockout next September.

Netflix says it will start streaming all 180 episodes of Seinfeld in 2021, gaining a hugely popular addition to its library as the battle for viewers heats up.

The investigation into Kaillie Humphries' harassment complaint against her former coach and Bobsleigh Canada has been completed, a Calgary judge has been told, with a finding that her allegations have not been substantiated. 

The Canadian Real Estate Association raised its forecast for home sales this year, after August home sales rose five per cent, helped by economic fundamentals and falling mortgage rates.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer unveiled his latest tax credit pledge Monday — this one targeting parents with kids in arts and sports activities.

The two University of Victoria students killed in a rollover bus crash between Port Alberni and Bamfield, B.C., on Friday night have been identified as teenagers from Manitoba and the United States.

The federal Leaders' Debates Commission announced Monday that People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier will be invited to participate in the commission's two televised debates next month.

Gasoline prices could rise one or two cents this week because of the spike in crude prices caused by an attack on the world's biggest production plant, but analysts are expecting volatile crude prices in weeks to come, which makes longer-term price increases difficult to predict.

Swastikas have been scrawled on Liberal signs in the Montreal-area riding of Hochelaga and Conservative signs in Pierrefonds.

Selma Alincy, a family friend of Jonathan Davis, describes the terrifying minutes after the 17-year-old was fatally shot in a Mississauga parkette on Saturday.

This week, Israelis go to the polls for the second time in six months in a vote that's in danger of delivering the same result as the last one, writes Margaret Evans.

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki says the force is still trying to understand the fallout of allegations levelled against one of their top intelligence officials and that RCMP officers are "shaken" by the charges.

As 49,000 United Auto Workers in the U.S. strike against General Motors, there's a risk the walkout could shut down GM Canada's plants and auto-parts makers in Ontario.

As 49,000 United Auto Workers in the U.S. strike against General Motors, there's a risk the walkout could shut down GM Canada's plants and auto-parts makers in Ontario.

Canadians with bladder cancer will know this fall whether Health Canada will approve a second supplier of a life-saving drug that is being rationed as a worldwide shortage drags on.

Are the Liberals removing one hand for tomorrow? That's what the new French-language version of federal party's theme song implies implies. The Liberals said Monday it will be re-recorded.

Carolyn Strom will be appealing a $26,000 penalty from the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association after the Prince Albert nurse made a Facebook post criticizing her grandfather's care in a health centre.

One person is dead and another seriously injured after what Peel police are describing as "multiple shootings" on Highway 410 in Brampton.

A Manitoba mother is scrambling to figure out a solution after learning she'll have to travel nearly 700 kilometres to deliver her baby in November.

Experts say so-called "ghost" agencies are taking advantage of weaknesses in the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program. Some newcomers are paying big money for fake job offers, known as the "golden ticket," that will secure them permanent residency.

Italy’s newly formed ruling coalition of the populist Five Star movement and left-leaning Democratic Party has decided to once again allow humanitarian rescue ships to dock here after more than a year of blocking ships under Matteo Salvini, the former minister of the interior.

Answers to some of your most common — and most interesting — questions during Week 1 of the federal election campaign.

Dr. Allan Posthuma was an expert witnesses in child custody cases for decades. But his work has recently been the subject of five investigations by B.C.'s College of Psychologists that alleged some major flaws. Yet parents who were affected seem to have no recourse in court.

As inflation kicks in again, and with world oil prices up sharply following weekend attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, it may actually be boneheaded to cut rates if evidence shows the economy remains strong.

Answers to some of your most common — and most interesting — questions during Week 1 of the federal election campaign.

An Ottawa food bank that accepts "prescriptions" for fresh produce is struggling to keep up as more and more people come from across the city looking for fruit and vegetables.

Advertisers are able to write their own copy, when sharing a link as an advertisement on Facebook, potentially opening the door for misleading ads to spread.

Advertisers are able to write their own copy, when sharing a link as an advertisement on Facebook, potentially opening the door for misleading ads to spread.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is sticking by his candidates while Green Leader Elizabeth May is re-vetting hers. But what is the impact of having to replace a name on the ballot?

CBC has created a chat bot tool for Facebook Messenger to help you spot disinformation and decide what news sources you can trust throughout the campaign.

Global energy prices spiked on Monday after a weekend attack on key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia caused the worst disruption to world supplies on record, and President Donald Trump warned the U.S. was "locked and loaded" to respond to the attack.

Humberto gained Category 1 hurricane strength late Sunday and is expected to drop another five centimetres of rain on the storm-ravaged northwestern Bahamas as the storm crawls away from the U.S. coast, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center says.

Humberto gained Category 1 hurricane strength late Sunday and is expected to drop another five centimetres of rain on the storm-ravaged northwestern Bahamas as the storm crawls away from the U.S. coast, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said early Monday.

Beachgoers on the southeastern U.S. coast should be wary of potentially dangerous rip currents caused by Hurricane Humberto, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday.

More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike.

Purdue Pharma, the company that made billions selling the prescription painkiller OxyContin, filed for bankruptcy in White Plains, N.Y., days after reaching a tentative settlement with many of the state and local governments suing it over the toll of opioids.

Ric Ocasek — The Cars lead singer whose deadpan vocal delivery and lanky, sunglassed look defined a rock era with chart-topping hits like Just What I Needed — was discovered dead Sunday afternoon in his Manhattan apartment.

After what police called an 'ambush-style' shooting in the Toronto area killed a teenager and wounded five other people, federal party leaders were swift to offer condolences Sunday but had little in the way of new ideas to address gun violence.