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New Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland will make a trip to Saskatchewan to meet the premier amid tense relationships between Ottawa and some western provinces. 

A pro-democracy district councillor who lost part of his ear in an attack earlier this month continues to campaign ahead of Sunday's local elections, marking the first time people go to the polls since mass protests began in June.

The duo Piqsiq, originally from Yellowknife, have put their own spin on the Christmas album.

From the teams that brought us the Fog Bowl in 1962 and the Wind Bowl in 1965, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats are now preparing for what many are calling the Drought Bowl.

Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer has fired two top aides in his office as the party deals with the fallout of an election loss.

Vasek Pospisil and Denis Shapovalov booked Canada a spot in the championship match at the Davis Cup Finals for the first time with a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5) victory over Russia's Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev on Saturday in Madrid.

The spectre of restricting Canada’s access to Five-Eyes intelligence, if the Liberal government does not ban Huawei from the upcoming 5G network, was raised Saturday as U.S. lawmakers delivered stern warnings about the Chinese telecom giant.

Some advocates say providing RV dwellers with a safe space would be beneficial. Others warn it would just pour limited resources into another stop-gap housing measure instead of focusing on building permanent homes. 

Heavy rains unleashed overnight floods that have killed 34 people in western Kenya, including 29 feared buried in a mudslide, authorities said Saturday.

In the lead-up to this Sunday's Grey Cup matchup between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats, fans of the Tabbies say they're not too concerned about the emotional well-being of those in blue and gold.

A U.S. outbreak of E. coli infections linked to romaine lettuce has led to warnings in both the United States and Canada for consumers to check labels for where the produce was grown.

As MaCali Cormier's family in Yarmouth, N.S., was grieving for her last Christmas, a donation in her memory from a businessman in Newfoundland helped to lift them out of darkness. Now that gift is helping other children.

The Italian Campaign began in July 1943, lasting until early 1945. For almost two years, Canadian troops and their allies moved from the south to the north of Italy, facing numerous brutal battles - including one of the largest seaborne operations in military history - leaving 6,000 Canadian troops dead.

The John McCain Prize for Leadership in Public Service is being presented to Figo Chan and Emily Lau by the Halifax International Security Forum, which said the award is intended to pay homage to those who are fighting for freedom.

The John McCain Prize for Leadership in Public Service is being presented to Figo Chan and Emily Lau by the Halifax International Security Forum, which said the award is intended to pay homage to those who are fighting for freedom.

The Canadian government’s decision this week to support a pro-Palestinian UN resolution in hopes of sending U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a message amounted to “childish diplomacy,” said Conservative MP Erin O’Toole.

Jonathan Wilkinson probably can expect to have a much easier time in the environment portfolio than his predecessor did - because of who he is, not what he does.

Mary Sardelis was banned from seeming her mom in an Ottawa seniors home for almost a year under Ontario's Trespass to Property Act. So-called trespass orders allow private property owners to ban unwanted guests from entering their premises.

The Trudeau government's foreign policy has made Canada some embarrassing allies in Latin America during Chrystia Freeland's tenure as foreign affairs minister, something her successor François-Philippe Champagne needs to address.

It's not a headline that you expect to see in 2019. But plague is back in the news after China reported three cases of the infectious disease earlier this month. Here's why experts say there's no need to panic.

Venus and Jupiter — two of the brightest objects in our night sky — are about to have a close encounter.

A divided country looks headed toward a divided result: A Democratic impeachment in the House, then a Republican acquittal in the Senate, followed by a bitter and hard-fought election campaign that will decide the fate of a president with a unique place in U.S. history.

Waves has received standing ovations, rave reviews and one award nomination (so far), but it's not without controversy. Can the film succeed despite being unconventional, and for being another story of black Americans told by a white director?

Waves has received standing ovations, rave reviews and one award nomination (so far), but it's not without controversy. Can the film succeed despite being unconventional, and for being another story of black Americans told by a white director?

Chrystia Freeland's former gig in foreign affairs put her at the heart of international confrontations and crises - an experience she now says helped prepare her to take on the national unity file.

Despite high-paying jobs in a healthy and growing industry, video game workers in Montreal and across the country are burning out at an alarming rate — and advocates are calling for change.

An auction house in Richmond, B.C., has decided not to sell flags and other items bearing swastikas following complaints from community.

The chances of the Russian flag flying at next year's Olympics took a potentially lethal hit Friday when anti-doping regulators recommended the country be declared non-compliant for tampering with data that was supposed to help bring the entire cheating episode to a close.

An Ontario court has thrown out a $210-million defamation lawsuit launched by Subway against CBC, which had reported the sandwich chain may have been selling some poultry products that were only 50 per cent chicken DNA.