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Tory members in the Upper House say they do not believe their influence has diminished with the creation of the Canadian Senators Group.

For years, MPs targeted by online hate speech and threats have had to figure out on their own how to make their staff feel safe. But as the volume and intensity of online abuse - especially against female MPs - continues to grow, some federal politicians say it's time for Parliament to tackle the issue.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will decide whether Parliament sits before the end of this year after he wraps up a face-to-face meeting with opposition leaders in Ottawa next week, a senior Liberal source tells CBC News.

In a striking reversal, a top diplomat revised his testimony in the House impeachment inquiry of U.S. President Donald Trump to acknowledge he understood that American aid to Ukraine was being withheld until the country promised to investigate corruption.

Home sales rose in Canada's two most valuable real estate regions in October as a rebound in the market continued as interest rates remain low. Greater Vancouver home sales rose 45.4 per cent in the month compared with a year earlier, while Greater Toronto Area home sales were up by 14 per cent.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today Canadian beef and pork exports to China will resume, ending a nearly four-month-long trade dispute with Beijing.

They wanted to stir childhood memories to increase donations, so Calgary gamers Andrew Smith and Curtis Braham went big.

They wanted to stir childhood memories to increase donations, so Calgary gamers Andrew Smith and Curtis Braham went big.

Climate emergencies have been declared by countries like Canada, Portugal, Ireland and France, and in cities such as Paris, New York, Toronto and Vancouver. Now a collection 11,000 scientists from 153 countries is doing the same.

Statistics Canada says the country's merchandise trade deficit narrowed to $978 million in September compared with a revised deficit of $1.2 billion in August.

Drug cartel gunmen ambushed three SUVs along a dirt road, slaughtering at least six children and three women — all of them U.S. citizens living in northern Mexico — in a grisly attack that left one vehicle a burned-out, bullet-riddled hulk, authorities say.

At least three women and six children were slaughtered by cartel gunmen and one child was still missing in northern Mexico, the country's top security official said Tuesday. Relatives said the victims are also U.S. citizens.

The Alberta government is moving forward in its effort to preserve the province’s dwindling caribou herds while maintaining industry and jobs.

The Alberta government is plodding along in its effort to preserve the province’s dwindling caribou herds while maintaining industry and jobs.

In the wake of two coroners' inquests into the Toronto death of British drum technician Scott Johnson, Radiohead is calling for all parties involved to "publicly admit their part" in the incident and to apologize to Johnson's family.

U.S. President Donald Trump's move last year to tax imported steel triggered jeers but also cheers. Its goal — to raise steel prices — threatened to hurt the legions of domestic manufacturers that depend on steel.

Quebec Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette says everyone — including newcomers — should be served in French when communicating with government organizations.

Quebec Premier François Legault has laid out who in the province he believes has the right to receive government services in English — only those entitled to English schooling under Quebec's French language charter, Bill 101.

A new forecast says Great Lakes levels are likely to remain unusually high and may set additional records.

A man who spent $16,000 to send his daughter on a school trip to Antarctica next month says it's looking increasingly unlikely the trip will happen after communication with the Squamish-based cruise company ceased completely. 

Some prominent Torontonians say it’s time for the city to take control of its future by establishing Ontario’s first city charter, a proposal that would allow Toronto to make decisions without provincial approval.

Some prominent Torontonians say it’s time for the city to take control of its future by establishing Ontario’s first city charter, a proposal that would allow Toronto to make decisions without provincial approval.

Treaty 21, also known as the Longwoods Treaty, is on display this week at Museum Strathroy-Caradoc for Treaties Recognition Week.

A Cape Breton publisher is bringing to light the story of Thomas A. Watson, the man on the other end of Alexander Graham Bell's first phone call.

As Canada's Innu community grapples with grief, people involved in Indigenous health care point to the need for long-term, self-directed solutions.

Iran's president has announced that Tehran will begin injecting uranium gas into 1,044 centrifuges, the latest step away from its nuclear deal with world powers since U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the accord over a year ago.

Iran's president announced on Tuesday that Tehran will begin injecting uranium gas into 1,044 centrifuges, the latest step away from its nuclear deal with world powers since U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the accord over a year ago.

One of the biggest forces in global economics right now is uncertainty — it has weighed down the stock market and shaved as much as 0.75 per cent off U.S. GDP growth. Yet the market is setting new records.

Oil and gas industry leaders in Alberta are applauding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's appointment of former federal cabinet minister Anne McLellan as an unpaid adviser to the federal government on issues of interest to Western Canada.

The announcement Monday that 11 senators were breaking away from their respective groups to create a new entity — the blandly named Canadian Senators Group (CSG) — is a welcome development for those looking to hasten the demise of an explicitly partisan upper house.

The RCMP has launched an internal review to make sure it's obeying the law in the way it monitors Canadians' social media accounts, according to documents obtained by CBC News.

Oil and gas industry leaders in Alberta are applauding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's appointment of former federal cabinet minister Anne McLellan as an unpaid adviser to the federal government on issues of interest to Western Canada.

Kombucha often contains traces of alcohol from the production process, but various conditions can boost the alcohol to levels comparable to beer. B.C. health officials are testing hundreds of product samples and trying to come up with labelling requirements.

Elizabeth May took the Green Party as far as she could. And while that was farther than anyone was predicting when she became the party's leader in 2006, she fell short of both hopes and expectations in the recent general election.

A year out from the U.S. election, most Americans – 65%, according to a recent survey - now find Trump’s behaviour undignified and damaging to the presidency, but not white evangelicals. They are, in fact, the only religious group in the survey to disagree.

Dafonte Miller is now expected to testify Wednesday in the trial of a Toronto police officer and his brother, who are accused of beating him with a metal pipe nearly three years ago.

Dafonte Miller is expected to testify Tuesday in the trial of a Toronto police officer and his brother who are accused of brutally beating him nearly three years ago.

Elizabeth May took the Green Party as far as she could. And while that was farther than anyone was predicting when she became the party's leader in 2006, she fell short of both hopes and expectations in the recent general election.

Saskatchewan homeowners are dealing with high levels of lead in their drinking water. Some contamination stems from city-owned lead service connection pipes and it's not clear when those will be replaced.

A separatist group calling for Alberta to leave Canada has begun the process to become a federal political party.

A separatist group calling for Alberta to leave Canada has begun the process to become a federal political party.

The judicial recount for the Quebec riding of Hochelaga has been terminated by a judge at the request of the Bloc Québécois.