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The U.S. energy giant's application was initially rejected by the Municipality of the District of West Hants, but the company appealed that decision to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board.

Alberta ended the 2018-19 financial year with a deficit of $6.7 billion. The debt is forecast to increase to $71.8 billion this year.

The Houston Astros have fired assistant general manager Brandon Taubman for directing inappropriate comments at female reporters following the team's pennant-winning victory over the New York Yankees.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has laid out areas of common policy interest where she thinks she can work with the Liberal minority government — goals such as bringing in a single-use plastic ban and adopting more civil behaviour in the House of Commons.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has laid out areas of common policy interest where she thinks she can work with the Liberal minority government — goals such as bringing in a single-use plastic ban and adopting more civil behaviour in the House of Commons.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the growing interest in zero-emissions delivery vehicles, how much power the sun actually produces and why Andrew Scheer might have benefited from a better climate policy.

The Ontario government says it will walk back plans to increase high school class sizes in the province.

A noted B.C.-based businessman and philanthropist who allegedly paid $200,000 to have someone take college entrance exams on behalf of his two sons also conspired to cheat law and business exams for the boys, according to new allegations from prosecutors in the U.S.

The CEO of Calgary-based Husky Energy Inc. says social media speculation that layoffs put in place the morning after the federal election this week were in reaction to political events are just "B.S."

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday called for a general election on Dec. 12 to break the Brexit impasse, conceding for the first time he will not meet his "do or die" deadline to leave the European Union next week.

An outbreak of salmonella illness that sickened a dozen people in Ontario and Quebec has been linked to a brand of sausage, federal health officials say.

The testimony of U.S. diplomat Bill Taylor as part of congressional inquiries into whether President Donald Trump committed an impeachable offence included a teasing detail about a meeting in Canada.

Matt Galloway has been announced as the new host of CBC Radio’s weekday morning current affairs show The Current.

The recent talk of Alberta separating from Canada isn't the first time some have spoken about separation. It goes back decades, to the early 1970s, and ramped up in 1980.

Whoever spray-painted a vulgar word across the front window of Catherine McKenna's campaign office overnight has failed in their attempt to chase women out of politics, the Ottawa Centre MP said Thursday.

B.C.'s promised legislation on Indigenous rights is expected to be tabled Thursday and, if passed, would make the province the first in Canada to legally implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

B.C.'s promised bill on Indigenous rights has been tabled in the legislature and, if passed, it will make the province the first in Canada to legally implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline is not fodder for negotiating with other Canadian political parties in the minority government.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline is not fodder for negotiating with other Canadian political parties in the minority government.

A wind-driven wildfire forced evacuations north of San Francisco on Thursday as power companies warned that more than half a million homes and businesses across California could lose electricity because of encroaching flames. 

Similar to what has happened in B.C., tens of millions of voracious purple sea urchins have chomped their way through towering underwater kelp forests in California. Now they're spreading north to Oregon, causing other critical species to starve to death.

The Federal Aviation Administration must work to restore public confidence in aircraft certification efforts after two deadly Boeing 737 Max crashes, the U.S. Transportation Department's inspector general said on Wednesday in a public report.

Spanish authorities finalized preparations on Thursday morning and removed Gen. Francisco Franco's remains from a state mausoleum, seeking to exorcise the ghost of a dictator whose legacy still divides the country more than four decades after his death.

Feelings of western alienation have led many in Saskatchewan and Alberta to call for Western Canada to leave the rest of the country.

Feelings of western alienation have led many in Saskatchewan and Alberta to call for Western Canada to leave the rest of the country.

Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews says the UCP’s first budget on Thursday will be a “thoughtful, surgical budget.”

During their visit to New York City, Roxanne Harnum's family had no idea Jimmy Kimmel was going to be on Live with Kelly and Ryan, but knew they had to wear their Dildo Brewing shirts once they realized the American talk-show host would be making an appearance.

Caroline Cochrane, who represents Yellowknife's Range Lake riding, was selected after three rounds of voting.

MLAs will choose the next premier, Speaker and cabinet in a secret vote on Thursday.

A self-confessed Lego thief with a penchant for slot machines extended his winning streak to a B.C. courtroom Monday by arguing that while he might have been caught with an unusually large amount of drugs, no one could prove he wasn't enjoying a gambling windfall.

MLAs will choose the next premier, Speaker and cabinet in a secret vote on Thursday, with very few publicly revealing their choices.

Caroline Cochrane, who represents Yellowknife's Range Lake riding, was selected after three rounds of voting.

A mother from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, says she was forced to choose between seeing a medical specialist in Yellowknife and caring for her 23-month-old son following misinformation about medical travel policies.

Two dozen former students of P.E.I. high school teacher Roger Jabbour allege inappropriate behaviour by him dating back three decades. Jabbour was recently convicted of sexual touching in a case involving three teenage girls.

A man and a woman who don't know each other say their privacy has been breached after a mix-up at a telecommunications company left them with the same phone number.

Two strangers feel their privacy was breached after a mix-up between two telecommunications companies gave them the same phone number.

On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced a permanent ceasefire on the Syrian border with Turkey. But can the peace be stable? The CBC’s Margaret Evans on her experience travelling there last week.

All 39 people found dead in a truck container at an industrial park in southeastern England on Wednesday were Chinese nationals, British police said.

Despite an Ontario law enacted eight years ago that makes it mandatory for school boards to report violent incidents to the education ministry, CBC found many assaults are not being recorded.

How much did the oil industry know about the impact of fossil fuel emissions on the climate? When did they know it? And what did they do with that knowledge? Those are the central questions in a series of court cases attempting to hold companies accountable for their role in climate change.

The results of the federal election can be viewed as both good news and bad news for Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

Despite an Ontario law enacted eight years ago that makes it mandatory for school boards to report violent incidents to the education ministry, CBC found many assaults are not being recorded.

A father in Gatineau, Que., has filed a human rights complaint after his son was assigned to read a book containing the N-word in elementary school.

Polls suggested a close national race between the Liberals and Conservatives, but hinted the Liberals would emerge with more seats.

If you were expecting a wholly different Justin Trudeau to appear on Wednesday, a day after Canadian voters returned 27 fewer Liberal MPs to the House of Commons than they elected in 2015, you were perhaps disappointed.

High river levels brought on by an intense snowstorm more than a week ago have forced people living in one of Winnipeg’s homeless camps to seek higher ground.

This week's election results triggered a renewed notion of Western alienation. While some British Columbians argue B.C. should not be lumped in with the Prairies, many rural voters align with Alberta's separatist sentiments. Politicians in B.C. are trying to separate the province from the idea of separation.

Program spending will be trimmed by 2.8 per cent and capital projects will be delayed or scaled back when Alberta’s United Conservative Party government introduces its first budget on Thursday.

Commissioner Rob Manfred says Major League Baseball will look into a politicized tweet by umpire Rob Drake that referenced a rifle and criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The Conservative Party of Canada has started the post-mortem process on the 2019 election campaign, trying to work out what went wrong in the weeks leading up to Monday's vote.