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Advocates at a Winnipeg fundraiser in support of HIV awareness and funding are hoping the recent revelation made by Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness about being HIV positive will help break the stigma around and educate people about those living with the diagnosis.

Friends, family and members of the Ethiopian community gathered at a packed church on Saturday to grieve and remember Michael Gebru — a man they say remained a generous soul concerned about his community despite going from laid-off assembly plant worker to multi-millionaire. 

Five great white sharks have been spotted, and three have been tagged in Ocearch's latest expedition off the coast of Cape Breton.

The Liberal leader says his party would raise the basic personal income tax deduction to $15,000 and cut cellphone bills by a quarter if re-elected in October. 

The Arab-led Joint List confirmed their support of centrist party Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz as Israel's prime minister. It is the first time since 1992 that Arab parties have endorsed a candidate in the selection process. 

The Civil Aviation Authority announced the film's collapse early Monday. More than 600,000 vacationers had booked through the company.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his government would more than double the disaster mitigation funds provided to communities. 

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his government would more than double the disaster mitigation funds provided to communities. 

Andrew Scheer made a slew of promises to veterans on Sunday morning, including that a Conservative government would deal with the backlog of veterans benefits applications within two years. 

Every fall, Innu of Sheshatshiu come together to spend time on the land. The CBC's Alyson Samson joined them.

CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

Frustration: that's the word Vancouverite Jacqueline Sinclair uses most often to describe her insomnia. Increasingly, doctors and sleep experts recognize that insomnia and sleep disorders affect women differently.

The freshness Kate Middleton brought to the Royal Family seemed to fade, but recently there's been an uptick in the Duchess of Cambridge's public role, and Prince Harry and Meghan will be under scrutiny during a trip that starts next week in South Africa.

National party leaders' reluctance to intervene in a court challenge to Quebec's controversial Bill 21 may have left the erroneous impression that there's nothing the federal government can do to try to stop the law that bans teachers, police and certain other public servants from wearing religious symbols at work.

In this week’s newsletter: all the major parties are racking up big bills with their long lists of election promises, but how will they foot the bill? Also: how many voters are waiting to choose between parties — and can you help a family member with a disability to vote?

Meng Wanzhou's lawyers will begin eight days of hearings Monday, scheduled to argue for access to documents related to her initial detention and arrest at Vancouver's airport last December on a warrant for extradition to the U.S.

Meng Wanzhou's lawyers will begin eight days of hearings Monday, scheduled to argue for access to documents related to her initial detention and arrest at Vancouver's airport last December on a warrant for extradition to the U.S.

Here's what you need to know about where the leaders of Canada's political parties are on Day 12 of the election campaign.

Here's what you need to know about where the leaders of Canada's political parties are on Day 12 of the election campaign.

Canadians from coast to coast wrote to the Prime Minister’s Office during the hunt for the country’s two most wanted men this summer, some expressing outrage with how the search for Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod was handled.

Canadians from coast to coast wrote to the Prime Minister’s Office during the hunt for the country’s two most wanted men this summer, some expressing outrage with how the search for Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod was handled.

Bird watching and nature conservancy groups were reacting to a recent report that estimates there are nearly three billion fewer birds in Canada and the United States than there were half a century ago.

One in five Canadians identifies as having a disability. There are tools and services — many new for 2019 — to help them vote.

The latest stop for the Pirovolakis family in the search for a cure for their who has a rare genetic disorder is San Diego. Terry Pirovolakis is at conference for families of patients with rare genetic disorders, to show them how to manoeuvre and advocate in the medical research community.

After his approval rating cratered in early 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron embarked on a talking tour with French citizens, including 16 televised conversations. It appears to have changed his fortunes, writes Don Murray.

The latest stop for the Pirovolakis family in the search for a cure for their who has a rare genetic disorder is San Diego. Terry Pirovolakis is at conference for families of patients with rare genetic disorders, to show them how to manoeuvre and advocate in the medical research community.

Economists say Canada now has a digital divide between those who have access to big-city tech jobs and those who do not. Here are some of the smaller towns and cities working to spread opportunity around.

Newly released documents show Canadian military police were called to hunt for a missing, broken-down armoured pickup truck belonging to special forces in Iraq during the height of the battle to retake Mosul.

For more than a century farmers in California's Central Valley have been pumping water out of the ground — so much so that the land is slowly sinking, a process known as subsidence. In fewer than 100 years, it's dropped 8½ metres.

Many of the biggest stars in television and streaming entertainment gather tonight in Los Angeles for the Emmy Awards, the U.S. Television Academy's annual celebration of excellence.

Many of the biggest stars in television and streaming entertainment gather tonight in Los Angeles for the Emmy Awards, the U.S. Television Academy's annual celebration of excellence.

Protesters walked on a Chinese national flag, damaged a subway station and burned a barricade outside a police station, in demonstrations over creeping Chinese interference in Hong Kong and a lack of democracy.