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The humble shopping cart, long known for squeaky wheels and uneven steering, is undergoing a high-tech makeover at a grocery store in Oakville, Ont.

Republicans managed to bring the U.S. House Democrats' impeachment investigation to a halt on Wednesday as around two dozen Republican House members stormed into a closed-door deposition.

Enthusiasm for wireless data plans that don't charge overage fees has forced Rogers Communications Inc. to slash its revenue expectations for this year.

A Winnipeg-based cannabis producer had its sales licence reinstated by Health Canada on Wednesday, after it was suspended in February over an investigation that revealed the company sold illegal product at stores in Saskatoon, Regina and Moose Jaw.

Two days after much of Western Canada rejected the Liberals on election day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today vowed to be more sensitive to the needs of Alberta and Saskatchewan and to build the Trans Mountain expansion pipeline in the face of entrenched opposition from environmentalists.

U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyer told a federal appeals court on Wednesday that the president does not have to hand over his tax returns to state prosecutors because he is immune from criminal investigation ⁠— including if he were to shoot someone on Fifth Avenue in New York City.

Mark Zuckerberg arrived on Capitol Hill to push an optimistic vision of Facebook's planned digital currency Libra, but was quickly grilled Wednesday over a number of issues confronting the social media giant.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today ruled out a formal governing coalition and said his minority government's new cabinet will have gender balance when it's sworn in on Nov. 20.

Probation officers are part of law enforcement and therefore ineligible to sit on juries, even if relevant legislation does not specifically mention them, an Ontario judge has ruled.

Four people have been arrested and charged in connection with a protest outside a People's Party of Canada event featuring Maxime Bernier last month in Hamilton.

Three men have been arrested and charged in connection with a protest that occurred outside a People's Party of Canada event featuring Maxime Bernier last month in Hamilton.

A woman is dead and a man was airlifted to a hospital in Winnipeg on Tuesday evening after a house exploded in the east end of Brandon, Man., police said in a news release.

A woman is dead and a man was airlifted to a hospital in Winnipeg on Tuesday evening after a house exploded in the east end of Brandon, Man., police said in a news release.

Quebec finds itself in the middle of a legal battle launched by the Trump administration against the state of California.

The College ward councillor, who's facing numerous allegations of inappropriate behaviour, must attend council by the end of November or his seat will be declared vacant.

The College ward councillor, who's facing numerous allegations of inappropriate behaviour, must attend council by the end of November or his seat will be declared vacant.

Sebastian Normandin was arrested in December 2016 after he allegedly tried to hit his former girlfriend and her partner with his vehicle.

Party anthem Let Your Backbone Slide helped usher in Canada's early hip-hop movement, and now the influential track by Maestro Fresh Wes will become the first rap song inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he's lifting sanctions on Turkey after determining a ceasefire in northern Syria is permanent.

Russia warned Syrian-Kurdish YPG forces on Wednesday they face further armed conflict with Turkey if they fail to comply with a Russian-Turkish accord calling for their withdrawal from the entire length of Syria's northeastern border with Turkey.

For decades, bull trout would be removed from a fishing line and left to rot in the sun.

Boeing Co reported a 53 per cent drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday as the world's largest planemaker was hurt by the grounding of its bestselling 737 Max jets.

Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador have a lot in common, including a shared economic reliance on oil, but the comments of social media users took on a disturbing twist after Monday night's federal election.

The province has drawn up plans to expand Saskatchewan jails and address overcrowding that has inmates sleeping in a gym, but it is still deciding whether to go ahead with building more beds.

Police found the bodies of 39 people inside a Bulgarian-registered truck trailer at an industrial park east of London Wednesday.

Police found the bodies of 39 people inside a truck container at an industrial park to the east of London on Wednesday, and it's believed the vehicle came from Bulgaria.

Police in southeastern England say 39 people were found dead in a truck container believed to have come from Bulgaria.

Where Stephen Harper and his ministers simply refused to answer, Trudeau's team never stopped answering. They just never said anything, writes Neil Macdonald, and it cost them at the polls.

After a campaign rejecting climate change politics, can the Conservatives create a policy to satisfy their base and a growing external climate consensus?

If the 2019 federal election accomplished anything, it might be this: the carbon tax is no longer the third rail in federal policy. In fact, the Conservatives' loud rejection of carbon pricing probably didn't do them any favours.

Two 11-year-old Ottawa girls are being praised for helping save a man's life on the weekend.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being told to not even think about appointing an independent senator to fill the regional hole at the cabinet table created by Monday’s election.

Economist Trevor Tombe says we have a choice to make in the aftermath of the 2019 election: we can choose to concentrate on the policies that divide us, or on those that will unite us.

Canada’s new Parliament will look a lot different when it reconvenes after this 43rd general election.

Vote-splitting is at the heart of many heated election season discussions of strategic voting. It's often cited by Liberals late in election campaigns as a reason for progressive voters to rally around their party. Vote NDP or Bloc or Green, the argument goes, and you may elect a Conservative.

The final installment of answering your election questions — from how long minorities typically last to what the future holds for the party leaders.

As Ottawa city council prepares to decide Wednesday whether to grant medical leave to Coun. Rick Chiarelli, a thirteenth woman has come forward with fresh allegations against him.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being told to not even think about appointing an independent senator to fill the regional hole at the cabinet table created by Monday’s election.

A network of Canadian scientists is trying to make up for lost time in their search for a standard diagnostic test and treatment for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. About 580,000 Canadians live with the disease, yet there has been little research into ME/CFS until recently.

A network of Canadian scientists is trying to make up for lost time in their search for a standard diagnostic test and treatment for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. About 580,000 Canadians live with the disease, yet there has been little research into ME/CFS until recently.

A network of Canadian scientists is trying to make up for lost time in their search for a standard diagnostic test and treatment for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. About 580,000 Canadians live with the disease, yet there has been little research into ME/CFS until recently.

Economist Trevor Tombe says we have a choice to make in the aftermath of the 2019 election: we can choose to concentrate on the policies that divide us, or on those that will unite us.

Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday withdrew an unpopular extradition bill that sparked months of chaotic protests that have since morphed into a campaign for greater democratic change.

In the riding of Burnaby North-Seymour, the Trans Mountain pipeline was a major issue in the tight contest. Incumbent Terry Beech held on to his seat but a political scientist says the pipeline could remain a political point of contention in a minority Parliament.

When he broke into his victim's apartment, John Joseph Macindoe had everything he needed to drug, hog-tie and rape the woman he'd become so obsessed with, he kept a Ziploc bag of her hair.

Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri will not face criminal charges for an incident that took place after Game 6 of the NBA Finals in Oakland, Calif., on June 13, according to the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. 

A key discovery from Monday's federal election results is that most Canadians support political parties that promote a carbon tax. Roughly two-thirds of voters marked an "X" by the name of a Liberal, NDP, Green or Bloc Québécois candidate. Some experts say it's time the Conservatives take note.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will try to reassure the U.S. Congress today that his company won't try to evade financial regulators as it prepares its planned digital currency Libra.

Aly Jenkins, a well-known Saskatchewan curler, died Sunday from complications that arose during the birth of her third child, Sydney. She was 30.

The new trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker suggest the franchise is still caught in the tractor beam of nostalgia as director J.J. Abrams attempts to move the sci-fi series forward.