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The Green party says it recently learned of Islamophobic social-media posts by four of its Quebec candidates.

An elusive snake embroiled in a case of mistaken identity involving a second missing python has finally been found — in his owner's basement.

Manitoba Hydro urges customers reeling from a snowstorm that's left them without electricity for days to keep fuel-burning equipment like heaters out of their homes after a woman was found unconscious in southern Manitoba.

Manitoba Hydro is urging customers reeling from a snowstorm that's left them without electricity for days to keep fuel-burning equipment like heaters out of their homes after a woman was found unconscious.

A company linked to U.S. investor Warren Buffett says it will break ground on a $200-million, 117.6-megawatt wind farm in southeastern Alberta next year.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer carried on with his "100 Day Action Plan" campaign theme Tuesday, promising to negotiate an interprovincial trade agreement with the premiers to eliminate internal trade barriers that he said stand in the way of prosperity.

General Motors Co. and the United Auto Workers union are near a deal to end a 30-day strike after chief executive Mary Barra and president Mark Reuss took part in contract talks, according to two people briefed on the matter.

The Government of Alberta is going to sign on to a class action lawsuit filed by the British Columbia government to recoup the costs of fighting the opioid crisis from opioid manufacturers and distributors.

There's a black bear roaming Manitoba's Victoria Beach area with a penchant for brownies. Oh, and cupcakes. Oh, and imperial dream cookies.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau aimed a pitch at NDP and Green voters today, warning darkly that a Conservative government would mean deep spending cuts, a lack of action on climate change and weak support for abortion services — and arguing that voting Liberal is the only way to prevent it.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says following through on his party's long-standing pledge to abolish the Senate would give Canadians better representation.

The Canadian Real Estate Association says the number of home sales in September rose 15.5 per cent compared with a year ago, as sales in the country's big cities climbed higher.

More than a dozen lawsuits have been filed against the owners of an event venue in Langley, B.C., where a deck collapsed during a pre-wedding celebration earlier this year.

Hunter Biden is rejecting assertions he did anything wrong in engaging in foreign work in Ukraine and China. The son of former U.S. vice-president Joe Biden spoke Tuesday in his first television interview since President Donald Trump and his Republican allies began making public allegations of wrongdoing.

The family of Shawn Hill, an Ottawa man who suffered a brain injury last summer, is concerned it could be months or years before he gets the treatment they say he needs.

Founders of a new cannabis delivery service set to launch in Winnipeg say they plan to use the Manitoba market as a test case for possible Canadian expansion, thanks to provincial laws that are comparatively friendly to online retailers.

People in the North struggle with the high cost of living, an unpredictable climate, chronic housing shortages and the lingering problems caused by residential schools. But during the campaign, national leaders haven't focused extensively on the North’s problems and how to solve them.

Two B.C. Mounties fear their careers have been ruined even though they have been cleared of misconduct allegations over their handling of an extra-marital affair between two co-workers. One of them faces some reinstated allegations of misconduct by the RCMP.

Stories of neighbours helping one another are emerging after a pummeling snowstorm snapped thousands of trees and pulverized the electricity network that connects southern Manitoba.

The latest results from Vote Compass show Alberta (and often Saskatchewan) at opposite ends of the spectrum from Quebec on many issues, including those related to Quebec sovereignty, oil and gas, or even handgun bans.

It's no secret that Alberta and Quebec have a strained relationship, and new data analysis from an online questionnaire shows the divide is stark most issues — with the rest of Canada in the middle.

According to eight Nova Scotia landlords, Nadav Even-Har owes them thousands of dollars in rent, but he says he's committed to mending his ways. 

According to eight Nova Scotia landlords, Nadav Even-Har owes them thousands of dollars in rent, but he says he's committed to mending his ways. 

According to eight Nova Scotia landlords, Nadav Even-Har owes them thousands of dollars in rent, but he says he's committed to mending his ways. 

The couple has a doctor's note saying they needed to be in St. John's last winter, but it didn't matter to the provincial government.

Turkish artillery are pounding suspected Syrian Kurdish positions near a town in northeast Syria as Turkey's military incursion enters its seventh day.

As Syrian forces push further into Kurdish-held territory, capturing the border town of Manbij, the United Nations is warning Turkey it could be held responsible for executions of captured Kurdish fighters and a politician by an affiliated armed group, saying the acts may amount to war crimes.

Syrian government forces have entered the centre of the once Kurdish-held northern town of Manbij, about 30 kilometres south of the Turkish border, and raised the national flag, Syrian state media say. 

By insisting that federal leaders steer clear of his controversial law, Premier François Legault created the conditions for the Bloc Québécois’s resurgence. In the process, the outcome of Monday’s election has become unpredictable.

Trash thrown illegally from cargo ships is the likely source of thousands of plastic bottles washing up on a remote island in the South Atlantic, says a new study. That suggests more focus on littering at sea may be needed to tackle the ocean plastics problem.

The RCMP is reviewing its policy around the pursuit of fleeing vehicles, as CBC News finds an increase in the number of people who ram police cars in the course of those chases.

It's no picnic being married to a federal party leader in the middle of a closely fought election campaign. It's weeks of whistle stop travel, jet lag and anxiety, sometimes with kids in tow.

To have respect for one’s fellow citizens is to refuse the exercise of unreciprocated power over them. This remains true even if that power only comes in the form of a consequence-free vote.

Although the topic of racism has been a prominent and recurring theme in this federal campaign, there’s little evidence the real issues facing racial minorities in Canada are on the election agenda. 

Jason Kenny says oil is a good investment for Alberta and for Canada, but is that where you would sink your pension savings?

The European Union said Tuesday that a Brexit divorce deal is possible this week but that the British government's proposals so far are not sufficient to seal an agreement.

More than 20,000 Ukrainians came out to protest a possible peace deal with Russia on Monday, ignoring the drama over Ukraine's role in Donald Trump's impeachment drama.