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The widow of QuadrigaCX founder Gerald Cotten has agreed to surrender the contents of his estate and the "vast majority" of her own assets to pay back the company's jilted clients.

The Liberals were accusing the Conservatives of using American far-right campaign tactics while Andrew Scheer was calling Justin Trudeau's actions on a potential school strike in Ontario "quite disgusting" in the hours before the leaders assemble for the first English language debate.

The Liberals were accusing the Conservatives of using American far-right campaign tactics while Andrew Scheer was calling Justin Trudeau's actions on a potential school strike in Ontario "quite disgusting" in the hours before the leaders assembled for the first English-language debate.

The Liberals were accusing the Conservatives of using American far-right campaign tactics while Andrew Scheer was calling Justin Trudeau's actions on a potential school strike in Ontario "quite disgusting" in the hours before the leaders assemble for the first English language debate.

A video has been released by a Washington, D.C.-based animal rights organization showing salmon being smashed against posts, stomped on and discarded at a Cooke Seafood hatchery in Maine.

A video has been released by a Washington, D.C.-based animal rights organization showing salmon being smashed against posts, stomped on and discarded at a Cooke Seafood hatchery in Maine.

Saturn has broken a new solar system record with the discovery of 20 new moons that bring its lunar total to 82, surpassing Jupiter.

The federal party leaders' near-silence on Indigenous issues speaks volumes about their priorities, say analysts.

Two right-wing media organizations have won a legal battle to obtain accreditation for their representatives to cover tonight's election debate.

The victim was transported to hospital and police later confirmed the victim was a student.

A 14-year-old Hamilton student was fatally stabbed, while his mother was with him, outside Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School on Monday, police said.

Police say the attack, which was captured on video, shows 'a complete disregard for human life'.

A new report by three independent researchers finds there is systemic bias in street checks by Montreal police but stops short of concluding officers are guilty of racial profiling.

Norway's largest pension fund is no stranger to Alberta's oilsands, having invested in several different oil producers over the last decade. Now, those investments toward ramping up production from the bitumen-rich areas of northern Alberta have come to an end.

The man tasked by Justin Trudeau's government with coming up with a plan for a national pharmacare program says the federal Liberals aren't pledging enough money yet in their election platform to make it happen.

The man tasked by Justin Trudeau's government with coming up with a plan for a national pharmacare program says the federal Liberals aren't pledging enough money in their election platform to make it happen.

The Green Party of Canada is dropping its candidate in the eastern Ontario riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell for comments she made online about abortion.

Weaver says he will not seek re-election in the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head in the 2021 provincial election.

The Quebec government says it has no plans to introduce legislation to force businesses to greet customers in French only, instead of with the "bonjour/hi" used in many Montreal stores.

After almost two years of being unable to find markets to recycle single-use plastic bags on P.E.I., the problem has evaporated with the implementation of the Plastic Bag Reduction Act on July 1, says the CEO of Island Waste Management Corporation.

A U.S. District Judge emphatically rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's attempt to keep his financial records under wraps, calling the president's broad claim of immunity from all criminal proceedings "extraordinary" and "an overreach of executive power" at odds with the Constitution.

A federal judge rejected President Donald Trump's challenge to the release of eight years of his tax returns for a New York state criminal probe, saying on Monday that he could not grant such a "categorical and limitless assertion of presidential immunity."

The Indigenous vote might not turn out at the polls later this month in the high numbers seen at the end of the 2015 federal election, some observers say.

The first all-female spacewalk is back on, six months after a suit-sizing flap led to an embarrassing cancellation.

A new Statistics Canada study reports that women earned an average of 13 per cent less per hour than their male counterparts in 2018, or in other words, they earned $0.87 for every dollar earned by men. 

A new Statistics Canada study reports that women earned an average of 13 per cent less per hour than their male counterparts in 2018, or in other words, they earned $0.87 for every dollar earned by men. 

The Conservatives are promising to give Canadians free admission to the country's national museums if they form government this election.

The Toronto Raptors have agreed to a one-year, $31-million US extension with Kyle Lowry, the point guard’s agent, Mark Bartelstein, told ESPN.

The Toronto Raptors have agreed to a one-year, $31-million US extension with point guard Kyle Lowry, according to his agent Mark Bartelstein.

Nothing could have prepared the family of Bryce Sather for the shock of seeing a video of him in a body bag being dragged along the floor of a semi-trailer parked outside the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Alberta.

Loblaws has recalled one of its President's Choice infant formula, following the discovery of Cronobacter by Canadian Food Inspection Agency testing.

Two American and one British scientist won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering how the body's cells sense and react to oxygen levels, work that has paved the way for new strategies to fight anemia, cancer and other diseases, the Nobel committee said.

The 2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to scientists William G. Kaelin, Jr, Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza for their discoveries of "how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability," the Nobel Committee announced Monday.

Some experts say Canada is lagging behind other countries when it comes to online banking security.

Each party leader has a smaller slice of the electorate they need to target in tonight's English-language leaders debate.

The Liberal Party of Canada has made a promise to help small, rural Quebec municipalities access more immigrant workers. But because the provincial government pledged to curb immigration in the province, even if the federal Liberals are elected, the program may never come to Quebec.

The Conservatives lead other major federal parties in the amount of negative attacks on Twitter and in press releases this campaign, but at the midpoint of a close race the Liberals are increasingly turning negative, an analysis by CBC News shows.

With two weeks left in this federal election campaign — and with only a few days until the advance polls open — undecided voters will soon have to make up their minds as to whom they'll vote for on Oct. 21.

As the world still worries about recession, Canadian jobs figures will offer a fresh reading.

The federal leaders in tonight's final English-language debate of the campaign will have to cut through a crowded stage with sharp-elbowed performances if they hope to stand out.

The federal leaders in tonight's final English-language debate of the campaign will have to cut through a crowded stage with sharp-elbowed performances if they hope to stand out.

U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces in Syria say American troops have begun withdrawing from areas along Turkey's border.

Civilians must be spared in any Turkish military operation in northeast Syria, where the United Nations hopes that displacement and atrocities can be prevented,a senior UN aid official said on Monday.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday defended his administration's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria, saying it was too costly to keep supporting U.S-allied Kurdish-led forces in the region fighting ISIS.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday cast his decision to abandon U.S-allied Kurdish-led fighters in Syria as fulfilling a campaign promise to withdraw from "endless war" in the Middle East, even as Republican critics said he was sacrificing a U.S. ally and undermining American credibility.

Burgers and ground beef produced by The Beef Boutique are being recalled due to possible E. coli contamination, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said in a warning issued Sunday.

Some 55,000 education workers in Ontario will not strike Monday after successful last-minute contract talks with the provincial government, according to Education Minister Stephen Lecce.

Air Canada's little-known Rule 30 says if passengers upgrade within economy class but don't receive the extra services they paid more for, they are not entitled to a refund. Passengers are fighting back, demanding refunds and complaining to the airline regulator.