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A corporation that funnelled money into the United Conservative Party “kamikaze” leadership campaign of Jeff Callaway has been fined $18,373 for prohibited contributions.

Video game behemoth Blizzard Entertainment is returning prize money and reducing its ban on a Hong Kong-based pro esports player who made political comments on air after a win.

More than 200 demonstrators gathered in downtown Montreal Saturday, asking for the Canadian government to take action as Turkish forces continue to attack northern Syria.

Since roughly 100,000 people were ordered to evacuate their homes, firefighters in California have gained ground as they battle wildfires sweeping through the state. They have been aided by diminishing winds, and officials report multiple fires mostly contained or with minimal growth.

Firefighters were taming a wildfire Saturday that damaged or destroyed more than 30 structures along Los Angeles's northern edge and sent a blanket of smoke across a swath of neighbourhoods, as three deaths have now been tied to blazes across Southern California.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is asking for a mandate to govern with increasing confidence as shifting polls favour his party to win the most seats for the first time in this campaign — while Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau pivots his attacks to the NDP and a resurgent Jagmeet Singh.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is asking for a mandate to govern with increasing confidence as shifting polls favour his party to win the most seats for the first time in this campaign. Meanwhile, Jagmeet Singh is urging voters to park their votes with the NDP, despite poor polling numbers.

The snowstorm that hit Manitoba this week not only damaged homes, vehicles and power lines and closed highways in Manitoba — it's also forced a handful of federal election advance polling stations in Winnipeg to relocate.

The snowstorm that hit Manitoba this week not only caused damage to homes, vehicles, and power lines and closed highways — it's also forced a handful of federal election advance polling stations in Winnipeg to relocate, and closed many others around the province.

One person has been confirmed dead and two construction workers missing in the sudden collapse of a hotel under construction in New Orleans.

One person has been confirmed dead and three construction workers missing in the sudden collapse of a hotel under construction in New Orleans.

One person has been confirmed dead and two construction workers are missing in the sudden collapse of a hotel under construction in New Orleans.

The CBC is taking the Conservative Party of Canada to court for using the broadcaster's footage in an online advertisement.

Canada needs a "national re-examination" of veterans issues, and the Green Party would begin it immediately if they win the federal election this month, leader Elizabeth May says.

Manitoba Hydro says it's working around the clock to restore power after a snowstorm walloped the southwestern part of the province over the last two days.

Manitoba Hydro says it's working around the clock to restore power after a snowstorm walloped the southern half of the province over the last two days.

Manitoba Hydro says it's working around the clock to restore power after a snowstorm walloped the southwestern part of the province over the last two days.

Manitoba Hydro says it's working around the clock to restore power after a snowstorm walloped the southern half of the province over the last two days.

What Canadians need to know about their party leaders and their plans for the country.

Family and friends will gather to mourn Devan Bracci-Selvey at the 14-year-old's funeral in Hamilton on Saturday.

Family and friends are gathering to mourn Devan Bracci-Selvey at the 14-year-old's funeral in Hamilton on Saturday.

With mourners wearing pink as a message against bullying, hundreds of people attended the funeral Saturday of 14-year-old Devan Bracci-Selvey, who was stabbed to death outside his school.

Hundreds of people attended a funeral in Hamilton on Saturday for a 14-year-old boy stabbed to death outside of his school.

With mourners wearing pink as a message against bullying, hundreds of people attended the funeral Saturday of 14-year-old Devan Bracci-Selvey, who was stabbed to death outside his school in Hamilton.

The Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada says unmet need in a quickly growing sector increases the risk of cultural appropriation and inauthentic experiences.

As Canada braces for another flu season, experts say it’s difficult to predict the severity of the virus and the effectiveness of the flu shot this year, but global trends may hold clues as to what’s in store for us.

Advocates for openness and transparency in government are warning the secrecy around Alberta’s new $30 million Canadian Energy Centre leaves it vulnerable to corruption and cronyism. 

Eliud Kipchoge has become the first athlete to run a marathon in less than two hours, although it will not count as a world record.

Dianne Whelan just finished a 3,500-kilometre stretch of her 24,000-kilometre trek across Canada, paddling through Alberta and the Northwest Territories, before stopping for a rest in Tuktoyaktuk. 

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels seized control of Ras al-Ayn's town centre in northeast Syria on Saturday, a senior Turkish security official said as Turkey's offensive against a Kurdish militia in the region entered its fourth day.

Here's what you need to know about where the leaders of Canada's political parties are on Day 32 of the election campaign.

Japanese authorities lifted rain and flood warnings for the Kanto region around a becalmed Tokyo before dawn on Sunday but imposed them on areas further north after Typhoon Hagibis blasted through the capital.

Here's what you need to know about where the leaders of Canada's political parties are on Day 32 of the election campaign.

Jagmeet Singh has finally released his platform costing, but questions remain.

Here's what you need to know about where the leaders of Canada's political parties are on Day 32 of the election campaign.

A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast as the worst in six decades made landfall southwest of the city.

A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast as the worst in six decades made landfall southwest of the city.

Polls suggest the Bloc Quebecois is poised to make significant gains on election day. And much of the credit if that happens will go to Yves-Francois Blanchet, the leader who only took over the party this year.

After a week in which the White House issued a blanket refusal to co-operate with what it describes as an 'invalid' impeachment inquiry, constitutional scholars are divided about whether this moment represents a constitutional crisis.

After a week in which the White House issued a blanket refusal to co-operate with what it describes as an 'invalid' impeachment inquiry, constitutional scholars are divided about whether this moment represents a constitutional crisis.

Let's take a closer look at the three issues that sometimes get lumped together under the heading of a "Netflix tax."

If business school professors are looking for new material about the importance of having an effective board of directors, the Alberta Energy Regulator provides a gripping case study of what not to do.

The Green party is hoping to capitalize on provincial success in P.E.I. and New Brunswick. But unseating federal Liberals in Atlantic Canada won’t be easy.

The voluptuous female nudes painted by Peter Paul Rubens are so famous that the word Rubenesque is used to describe curvy figures to this day. Now a new exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario shows the darker side of the Flemish baroque master's early work.

Japanese authorities lifted rain and flood warnings for the Kanto region around a becalmed Tokyo before dawn on Sunday but imposed them on areas further north after Typhoon Hagibis blasted through the capital.

With an increase in gang and gun violence in Regina, the city’s police service has been adding to its arsenal, including buying an armoured vehicle and equipping officers with semi-automatic rifles. But a successful program out of the U.S. shows there’s another way to deal with the problem.

One of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit Tokyo paralyzed the Japanese capital on Saturday, leaving millions confined indoors and streets deserted as fierce rain and wind killed two, flooded rivers and threatened widespread damage.

Not having ID, feeling unwelcome in polling stations and having limited access to candidates are barriers standing between homeless people and the ballot box — but there are solutions, experts say.

The six cases are an indication B.C. is not immune to the illnesses caused by vaping that have resulted in more than two dozen deaths in the U.S.

Canada's foreign affairs minister is hinting that there is a new sense of urgency in Washington in the push to get the revised NAFTA ratified. That raises a question: what would happen if action is needed here before election day?