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What is the fight all about? It’s essentially about resource-based economies without sufficient electoral power being lectured and hectored about the source of their wealth.

Conservatives caucus members attending a post election meeting in Ottawa have voted against a provision in the Reform Act that would give them the ability to oust Andrew Scheer as leader of the party. 

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer met with his caucus colleagues today to listen to their concerns about the federal election and explain why he thinks his party failed to win.

Niagara Parks Commission has determined exactly how far strong winds and rains shifted a historic iron scow at the top of the Canadian side of Niagara Falls last Thursday — which had been stuck in the same place for more than 100 years.

Video of a driverless Tesla moving at a brisk walking pace at a mall parking lot in Richmond, B.C. — sometimes in the wrong lane — raises questions about what is and isn't legal when regulations don't come close to capturing the advances or dangers of self-driving vehicles.

Video of a driverless Tesla moving at a brisk walking pace at a mall parking lot in Richmond, B.C. — sometimes in the wrong lane — raises questions about what is and isn't legal when regulations don't come close to capturing the advances or dangers of self-driving vehicles.

Andrew Horsley's mother says it is a miracle her son is alive after he was found unconscious and trapped under his all-terrain vehicle on a northern Vancouver Island logging road but he still has a lot of recovering to do.

The remains of an ancient ape found in a Bavarian clay pit suggest that humans' ancestors began standing upright millions of years earlier than previously thought, scientists said Wednesday.

Ontario says it will now beat its deficit target by $1.3 billion over the next year, although the provincial deficit continues to grow under the Ford government.

The short-term rental company and the province made an agreement in 2018 that Airbnb collect provincial and municipal taxes and remit them to the provincial government for housing initiatives.

Thirty-seven civilians were killed and more than 60 wounded in an attack by an unidentified gunman on a convoy transporting workers of Canadian-based gold miner Semafo in eastern Burkina Faso, regional authorities said on Wednesday.

Louis Riel and the resistance he led to protect Métis people and their rights during the turbulent events leading up to the creation of the province of Manitoba are being honoured by Canada Post.

Family members of Suzana Brito have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the celebrity businessman and his wife.

After nearly two months in hospital, New Brunswick MP Dominic LeBlanc has been sent home following a successful stem cell transplant.

A hockey player from Alberta who was paralyzed in last year's Humboldt Broncos bus crash has begun moving his legs after receiving experimental spinal surgery in Thailand — nearly kicking his therapist and asking if he could hit the gym.

The U.S. House of Representatives intelligence committee will kick off a series of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump next week, the panel's Democratic chairman said Wednesday.

Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess oversaw deaths of more than one million people, and his grandson Rainer has made it his life's work to ensure the world remembers how hate and intolerance led to atrocity.

All four members of an Alberta family were killed in a head-on crash Sunday on the roads of South Africa.

All four members of an Alberta family were killed in a head-on crash Sunday on the rural roads of South Africa.

The Supreme Court of Canada is set today to start hearing a case brought by Uber that could have significant implications for the gig economy.

A runway at the Calgary International Airport had to be shut down for a number of hours when the front wheel of a WestJet flight went off the tarmac after landing.

Chestnuts harvested from high branches on a chilly fall morning look typical: they're marble sized, russet coloured and nestled in prickly burs. But many are like no other nuts in nature.

A 34-year-old man has been extradited to San Diego to face terrorism counts after his armed robbery charge in Edmonton was stayed.

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is not yet directly engaged with any American company over the firm's proposal to ease concerns about the security of its platform by licensing its 5G network technology, its founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei said on Wednesday.

Bowing to public pressure, Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette now says he will allow students who are already in the Quebec experience program to continue their studies.

The eight children, some mere infants, who survived an ambush in northern Mexico not only escaped the drug cartel gunmen who killed their mothers but managed to hide in the brush, with some walking many kilometres to get help despite grisly bullet wounds.

Criminal investigators in northern Mexico say a suspect has been arrested and is under investigation for possible connections with the deaths of nine U.S. citizens — three women and six children — killed Monday when cartel gunmen ambushed their vehicles.

It's unclear why the murals were covered with white paint in the 1950s, but the art conservator working on the restoration says Saint Mary's Cathedral Basilica sustained quite a bit of damage during the Halifax Explosion in 1917. She hopes to have the work finished by Christmas.

Unofficial campaigning has been gearing up for weeks, but the five-week U.K. election campaign is now underway.

Boris Johnson has kicked off the Conservative Party's campaign for the Dec. 12 U.K. election, accusing the political opposition of blocking Brexit.

A $20,000 investment by a non-profit in the Arctic hamlet of Ulukhaktok, N.W.T., will establish a new community-owned and operated internet service provider as early as next summer.

A Nova Scotian's massive collection of country music records is heading west to live out its days on a cattle ranch in central B.C. Amanda Jackson says she's found a buyer who will appreciate the vinyl collection the way her dad did.

For the first time since the Oct. 21 election, Andrew Scheer meets his caucus today — looking for a second chance.

A CBC News investigation has uncovered details about a Toronto woman police call a prolific identity thief who has left a trail of shattered lives and destroyed credit profiles.

Some long term investment funds are betting that climate change matters to financial markets.

Metro Vancouver's transit authority has been ordered to stop random drug tests of a transit system employee who tested positive for cannabis during a routine medical examination.

The shooting death of a young Indigenous man is igniting conversations about racism and motivating two rural Alberta communities to confront the tensions that have long divided them.

For the first time since the Oct. 21 election, Andrew Scheer meets his caucus today — looking for a second chance.

Scam artists are using phone numbers from more than a dozen federal government departments to defraud Canadians — making it look as if the calls are coming from legitimate government agencies and police departments — CBC News has learned.

Cities around the world, including Canada, are testing a technology that could fix the gridlock and pollution generated by the growth of online shopping and delivery. No, not drones — electric cargo bikes.

Cities around the world, including Canada, are testing a technology that could fix the gridlock and pollution generated by the growth of online shopping and delivery. No, not drones — electric cargo bikes.

Surgeons at a Toronto hospital have performed the world’s first neurovascular surgery using robotics, a procedure that could open the door to heightened levels of precision and improved care for patients in remote communities.

A CBC News investigation has uncovered details about a Toronto woman police call a “prolific” identity thief who has left a trail of shattered lives and destroyed credit profiles.

A CBC News investigation has uncovered details about a Toronto woman police call a prolific identity thief who has left a trail of shattered lives and destroyed credit profiles.

Another Alberta oil and gas company has closed its doors, leaving more than $80 million in estimated costs to clean up the company's remaining wells, pipelines and facilities.

Metro Vancouver's transit authority has been ordered to stop random drug tests of a SkyTrain employee who tested positive for cannabis during a routine medical examination.

Proponents of the ratification of the revised North American trade agreement are hoping Richard Neal's trip to Ottawa Wednesday is a sign Congressional Democrats and the Trump administration are close to a deal. But is the chair of the House Ways and Means committee coming to town to propose changes?

A retired high school teacher is responsible for 26 missing names getting added to a cenotaph in Sarnia, Ont. 

U.S. Democrats claimed an upset win in Kentucky on Tuesday over a Republican governor backed by President Donald Trump and seized control of the state legislature in Virginia, where anti-Trump sentiment in the suburbs remained a potent force.

U.S. Democrats claimed an upset win in Kentucky on Tuesday over a Republican governor backed by President Donald Trump and seized control of the state legislature in Virginia, where anti-Trump sentiment in the suburbs remained a potent force.