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A U.S. military court is still refusing to hear Omar Khadr's challenge of his convictions in Guantanamo Bay.

When it opens, 100 Wellington Street in Ottawa will be the first and only building dedicated to and for Indigenous Peoples on Parliament Hill. Many hope it will change the way Indigenous leadership is viewed in Canada's parliamentary system.

Alberta elections commissioner Lorne Gibson, who has levied more than $200,000 in fines in his investigation of the 2017 UCP leadership race, would be fired if a bill introduced by the government Monday is passed and proclaimed into law. 

Alberta's government is facing accusations of political interference for moving to fire the province's elections commissioner, who is in the middle of investigating Premier Jason Kenney's 2017 campaign for the leadership of the United Conservative Party. 

A Toronto Catholic District School Board trustee is under fire over comments he made at a marathon board meeting this month where he connected debate over LGBTQ issues with bestiality, pedophilia, cannibalism and more.

The provincial legislation tabled Monday stems from a months-long gas price inquiry ordered by the NDP government.

The provincial legislation tabled Monday stems from a months-long gas price inquiry ordered by the NDP government.

The provincial legislation tabled Monday stems from a months-long gas price inquiry ordered by the NDP government.

Dr. David Lasner says the story behind how thieves were twice able to transfer $49,000 out of an account set up for his 16-year-old daughter's future is a cautionary tale.

The Department of National Defence has revealed that more than a dozen members of the Canadian Armed Forces linked to hateful actions or groups have been warned, disciplined or ordered to take counselling, but allowed to remain in uniform.

The Alberta government will not investigate the controversial $905,000 sole-source contract public inquiry commissioner Steve Allan personally awarded to the law firm in which his son is a partner.

Mailing free home HIV tests to high-risk men offers a potentially better strategy for detecting infections than usual care, according to a U.S. government study.

Canada's Liberal government sent two ministers on Monday to meet with representatives of Canadian National Railway and its largest union, as already hard-hit shippers pleaded for government intervention to avert a strike planned for early on Tuesday.

Ice sculptures are big business, a luxury item coveted worldwide, and the tiny town of Hensall, Ont., plays a crucial part in that.

An oil spill from the Keystone pipeline in eastern North Dakota has affected almost 10 times the amount of land as first reported.

Gus Etchegary and Gordon Wagg were both five years old when an undersea earthquake changed their lives, and everything around them.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says Sportsnet broadcaster Ron MacLean "spoke from the heart" during his monologue on Hockey Night in Canada and opted not to elaborate on the departure of Don Cherry and Coach's Corner.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says Sportsnet broadcaster Ron MacLean "spoke from the heart" during his monologue on Hockey Night in Canada and opted not to elaborate on the departure of Don Cherry and Coach's Corner.

A long-awaited fatality inquiry into the death of an Afghanistan war veteran who killed his family and himself in rural Nova Scotia has been adjourned until early 2020.

A long-awaited fatality inquiry into the death of an Afghanistan war veteran who killed his family and himself in rural Nova Scotia has been adjourned until early 2020.

The Makah Tribe — the only Indigenous group in the U.S. with a treaty right to hunt whales — is still waiting for government permission to hunt again as their people historically did.

Two more senators are leaving their caucuses to join the upstart Canadian Senators Group — with Conservative Quebec Sen. Jean-Guy Dagenais citing his discontent with Andrew Scheer's leadership as the reason for his defection.

President Donald Trump suggested Monday he might be willing to offer written testimony in the House impeachment inquiry over whether he pressured Ukraine's president to investigate Joe Biden and his son while withholding aid to the country.

Watch live coverage now as Montreal Impact introduces France star Thierry Henry as its new head coach.

The Montreal Impact introduced former Arsenal and France star Thierry Henry as its new head coach Monday. 

Canada's $1.6-billion bailout for Alberta's battered oil industry is well underway, but with little transparency about who is getting the money and for what.

November has already brought historically early snowfall in southern Ontario and power outages in the Prairies, setting what the Weather Network's chief meteorologist says will be a trend throughout a winter that's expected to be long, cold and messy.

An Edmonton judge has stayed charges against a man accused of fraud after determining Marc Vaillancourt's right to be tried in French within a reasonable delay had not been upheld.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lauded the king of Jordan for his leadership in the Middle East during troubled times.

Justin Trudeau and Jordan's king, who meet today in Ottawa, will discuss the partnership between Canada and Jordan, and efforts to promote diversity and counter violent extremism, according to the Prime Minister's Office.

Foreign countries, including the United States and Britain, should stop interfering in Hong Kong's internal affairs, China's ambassador to London said Monday as protesters continued to battle Hong Kong police.

Ontario's high school teachers are poised to walk off the job if contract negotiations with Premier Doug Ford's government remain stalled.

Helen Aster wanted to do something positive in light of the recent suicide crisis in Sheshatshiu, so she began sewing a quilt and the community has pitched in to help.

A Sudbury woman is fighting to get her job back after being terminated while on maternity leave.

Eddie Carvery's Africville protest has been a symbol of resistance against a city that destroyed his community. His protest started in 1970, but to keep going, he has to fight age, illness and poverty, and find a new trailer after his trailers were recently destroyed.

Charlie Tautuaqjuk has been a coroner in Baker Lake for two years. He says it's a valuable job that helps provide answers and closure to families when a loved one dies. 

When the Canadian Women's Hockey League folded in March, it took with it the aspirations of many young female hockey players.

The regulatory body for Manitoba nurses has found local nursing students are sometimes graduating without adequate English skills — but attempts at enforcing mandatory testing have hit a roadblock after opposition from post-secondary institutions. 

The plan to weaken Alberta's oilsands came together in a Minneapolis hotel. It was the fall of 2008, and a group of NGOs spent part of a conference there brainstorming tactics for slowing down the growth of the oilsands. They identified pipelines as an ideal target.

Lionel Desmond shot and killed his wife, daughter and mother before turning the gun on himself. An inquiry will examine whether Desmond had access to appropriate mental health services, should have been able to buy a gun and whether healthcare providers were properly trained.

There's an increasing view that the Canadian cannabis bonanza was little more than a pipe dream. That may not quite be true.

A Toronto woman who police say is a "professional" and "prolific" identity thief is also wanted by Quebec police. Deborah Oguntoyinbo is already facing more than 50 charges in the Toronto area relating to identity thefts and frauds in four jurisdictions. 

Four people were killed and six more wounded when "unknown suspects" snuck into a backyard filled with people at a party in central California and fired into the crowd, police said.

Ten people were shot and four of them were killed Sunday at a party in Fresno when suspects snuck into a backyard filled with people and fired into the crowd, police say.

With night falling in Hong Kong, police tightened a siege Monday at a university campus as hundreds of anti-government protesters trapped inside sought to escape.

With night falling in Hong Kong, police tightened a siege Monday at a university campus as hundreds of anti-government protesters trapped inside sought to escape.

Hong Kong police fired tear gas at protesters as they tried to escape a besieged university while hundreds more pro-democracy activists stayed inside armed with petrol bombs and other weapons awaiting an expected operation to oust them.

Anti-government protesters remain trapped inside a Hong Kong university campus sealed off by police, as the Canadian government confirms it is aware of Canadians "affected" by the standoff.

With night falling in Hong Kong, police tightened a siege Monday at a university campus as hundreds of anti-government protesters trapped inside sought to escape.

Hong Kong police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to force back anti-government protesters trying to escape a university where hundreds are holed up with petrol bombs and other homemade weapons amid fears of a bloody crackdown.