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The personal information of about 37,000 Canadians held by TransUnion may have been compromised this past summer, leaving both of Canada's credit monitoring agencies with data blemishes on their record.

Devan Bracci-Selvey was attacked before his mother's eyes outside Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School on Monday. His mother says the 14-year-old, who was stabbed and later died, had been bullied since the beginning of the school year.

B.C. Premier John Horgan is defending his actions when he was alerted to allegations of misconduct against two legislative staffers, saying the matter was not part of his responsibilities and getting involved would have opened him up to accusations of bias.

A senior federal official says a human rights tribunal ruling ordering Ottawa to compensate First Nation children apprehended through the on-reserve child welfare system could cost the federal government up to $8 billion, according to Federal Court records.

The Red River Floodway is being put to use for the first time ever in the fall.

The Red River Floodway is being put to use for the first time ever in the fall.

Canadians who have already made up their minds about who to vote for this federal election can get a head start as of Friday. 

Canadians who have already made up their minds about who to vote for this federal election can get a head start as of Friday. 

For the second year in a row, Nestlé and Tim Hortons were the top companies behind branded plastic bottles, coffee cups and lids and other plastic waste collected in shoreline cleanups across the country, Greenpeace Canada reported Tuesday.

The fallout from President Donald Trump's decision to remove U.S. troops from northeastern Syria has been swift and deadly, as Turkey has begun its assault on the region and America's now-former allies, the Syrian Kurds, dig in for what they say will be a bloody conflict on two fronts.

A Toronto-area Liberal candidate is apologizing for suggesting people "in the black community" like Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau more because he dressed up in blackface.

Canadians are not worried about national unity, Justin Trudeau said Wednesday — as he accused the Bloc Québécois of being incapable of addressing the issue that Canadians are really concerned about: the environment.

Thousands of people in California wake up in the dark after Pacific Gas & Electric starts shutting off households' power to prevent what the utility called an unprecedented wildfire danger from powerline sparks.

About a million people in California were without electricity Wednesday as the state's largest utility pulled the plug to prevent a repeat of the past two years when windblown power lines sparked deadly wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising to end illegal border crossings by asylum seekers entering Canada outside official points, and says his government would focus on economic immigration and protecting the most vulnerable refugees fleeing danger.

Two 16-year-old youths, who were arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of Devan Bracci-Selvey, 14, have been released without conditions. Two other teens were charged with first-degree murder.

The new board of a merged wish-granting charity, Make-A-Wish Canada, believes the combined organization can have a bigger impact than the two did as separate charities.

Chinese organizers have cancelled a fan event on the eve of an National Basketball Association exhibition game in Shanghai, the latest fallout in a row over comments by a team official supporting protests in Hong Kong.

Scientists have learned that a lake at the toe of the Donjek Glacier has flooded and released every year since 2014. This is the first year they caught it on camera.

Security videos obtained exclusively by CBC News show what experts are calling an "assault" of an alleged truck thief by Edmonton police during a violent arrest was far worse than previously revealed.

Apple became the latest company targeted for Chinese pressure over protests in Hong Kong when the ruling Communist Party's main newspaper criticized the tech giant Wednesday for a smartphone app that allows activists to report police movements.

It was Oct. 9, 2018, when an orange fireball was seen shooting into the air near Prince George, rocking homes on nearby Lheidli T'enneh reserve land. A year later, that First Nation is pursuing legal action while waiting for a full report on what went wrong.

Ontario's top court is expected to rule today in the case of a Toronto-area family that fought to keep their daughter on life support after she was declared brain-dead.

Ontario's top court has dismissed a legal challenge brought by a Toronto-area family that fought to keep their daughter on life support after she was declared brain-dead.

Ontario's top court dismissed an appeal Wednesday by a Toronto-area family that fought to keep their daughter on life support after she was declared brain-dead.

The Brandon Police Service is investigating the sudden death of a woman who overdosed at the home of the southwestern Manitoba city's manager. Christine Mitchell, who had been living at the home for almost five years, died in July after taking a lethal dose of purple heroin.

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries.

The general manager of two car dealerships in Oakville, Ont., is struggling to promote a new environmental initiative on Facebook after the platform rejected his ads twice — for two different reasons.

Turkey launches a military operation in northeast Syria just days after U.S. troops pulled back from the area, with air strikes and artillery hitting Kurdish YPG militia positions around the border town of Ras al-Ayn.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced the start of a new military operation into Syria as it looks to reduce the presence of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near Turkey's shared border with Syria.

The Kurdish-led civilian administration in northeastern Syria issued a "general mobilization" call along the Syrian border with Turkey on Wednesday as Ankara poised for an imminent invasion of the area in the latest major escalation in the war-ravaged country.

Etched into the glass panels of the Parliament Hill memorial known as the Honour Roll are the names of the more than 880 Canadian police and peace officers who have died in the line of duty since Confederation. The names of officers who have died by suicide aren't included.

As thousands of inmates cast their ballots Wednesday in the federal election, CBC News has learned a group of inmates in Canada's largest prison for women are planning legal action after being denied the vote in last year's Ontario provincial election.

Sailors aboard Canadian frigates are battling mould in the ships' ventilation systems — and in their own bedding. CBC News has obtained photos and documents that detail the problem on two warships. The navy says it's a common problem; it has now issued special instructions for sailors to check their mattresses every time they change sheets.

The federal ridings in Brampton, like many in the Greater Toronto Area, have historically bounced back and forth between  the Liberals and Conservatives. But what makes Brampton East competitive to all 3 parties is that NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh held it when he was an Ontario MPP.

The federal ridings in Brampton, like many in the Greater Toronto Area, have historically bounced back and forth between  the Liberals and Conservatives. But what makes Brampton East competitive to all 3 parties is that NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh held it when he was an Ontario MPP.

The Russian military recently took foreign media, including CBC, on a tour of its operations in Syria. The trip showed that despite fierce criticism from human rights groups and ambivalence back home, Russia is planning for a lengthy stay, Chris Brown writes. 

The federal ridings in Brampton, like many in the Greater Toronto Area, have historically bounced back and forth between  the Liberals and Conservatives. But what makes Brampton East competitive to all 3 parties is that NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh held it when he was an Ontario MPP.

Some Canadian cities have comprehensive definitions investigators use to determine if a crime is hate-based. Others don’t have a definition at all. That makes it difficult to determine accurate numbers across the country.

As tensions mount at demonstrations and statistics suggest Hamilton had the highest per capita rate of hate crimes in the country in three of the past five years, an expert says the city should serve as a cautionary tale for other communities in Canada.

The Mi'kmaq and the Wolastoqiyik are pitching a First Nations owned water authority to the federal government and other First Nations.

New research conducted on behalf of staffing firm Robert Half found that 39 per cent of respondents had quit a job because of a bad boss.

A class-action lawsuit claiming Canadian car owners are being misled about their vehicle's maintenance schedule is raising questions about how often drivers need to service their cars or even change the oil.

Body language expert Mark Bowden breaks down the body language displayed during the English-language debate.

B.C.’s former sergeant-at-arms committed “very serious misconduct” by submitting untruthful statements to to the former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, a new report alleges.

B.C.’s former sergeant-at-arms committed “very serious misconduct” by submitting untruthful statements to the former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, a new report alleges.

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Devan Bracci-Selvey's family describes him as shy, quiet boy who loved animals and hoped to become a mechanic someday. The 14-year-old was killed outside his Hamilton high school Monday.

Devan Selvey's family describes him as shy, quiet boy who loved animals and hoped to become a mechanic someday. The 14-year-old was killed outside his Hamilton high school Monday.

Many of you have asked what the parties are promising LGBTQ Canadians. Issues of same-sex marriage, the blood donation ban and Pride parades have been hot topics in this election. Here's where the parties stand and what they're committing to.