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A Toronto plastic surgeon says a class-action lawsuit alleging he breached the privacy rights of patients by recording them without their consent using surveillance cameras inside his clinic is without merit and he will fight it vigorously if it is certified.

A Toronto plastic surgeon could face a class-action lawsuit over allegations that he breached the privacy rights of patients by recording them - sometimes in a state of undress - without their consent using surveillance cameras inside his clinic.

A Quebec comedian should be forced to pay $35,000 in damages to a disabled singer that he mocked for years in his stand-up comedy shows, the provincial appeals court ruled Thursday.

The United Kingdom's opposition parties intensified attacks on Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday with two weeks to go until election day, as polls suggested the Conservatives have a substantial lead.

The premier of Nunavut says Canadians living in the North should receive higher rebates than people in southern Canada, to compensate for the federal carbon tax.

Names of people found to have broken Alberta elections laws by the province's chief electoral officer will be published online following the transfer of investigations started by fired elections commissioner Lorne Gibson.

As his foes within the Conservative Party mobilize to get Andrew Scheer out of the leadership well before the spring, Stephen Harper's former campaign director is warning him not to cling to the job.

Days after being attacked for quoting a blog that denies climate change during a public debate, Ontario's energy minister told reporters he does believe in climate change. And that's all he told them.

President Donald Trump paid a surprise Thanksgiving visit to Afghanistan, where he announced the U.S. and Taliban have been engaged in ongoing peace talks and said he believes the Taliban wants a ceasefire.

A six-year-old boy from Sandy Bay First Nation is lucky to be alive after he was hit by a semi-trailer truck Thursday morning while trying to board his school bus.

Teachers and education workers represented by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) will will stage a one-day, province-wide walkout on Wednesday, Dec. 4.

Teachers and education workers represented by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) will will stage a one-day, province-wide walkout on Wednesday, Dec. 4.

Ontario public elementary and high school teachers will stage a one-day walkout on Wednesday, Dec. 4, president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) Harvey Bischof announced Thursday.

Heavy, wet snow that blanketed much of Nova Scotia earlier Thursday continues to cause slippery conditions on roads, reducing visibility on many major highways.

Hockey players fed up with abuse are no longer willing to keep the sacred silence of the locker room, writes Oren Weisfeld.

A week ago, Barry Abbott of Mount Pearl woke up early to discover that his wife, Sandra, had suffered a seizure, was unconscious on the floor and had begun to turn blue. Fortunately, they had a four-legged saviour in the house.

A legal battle between law enforcement in Ontario and tech-giant Facebook has come to an end, with both sides conceding the social media company isn't bound by Canadian laws, even though its used by millions of Canadians. 

A legal battle between law enforcement in Ontario and tech-giant Facebook that would have changed how the courts access private messages allegedly used in crime has come to an abrupt end.

A legal battle between law enforcement in Ontario and tech-giant Facebook has come to an end, with both sides conceding the social media company isn't bound by Canadian laws, even though its used by millions of Canadians. 

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the difficulty of recycling plastic bottles, the hubbub over Tesla's Cybertruck and a Second World War bunker that was turned into a vertical farm.

Police in London have arrested a fifth suspect on suspicion of of punching two women on a bus because they are lesbians.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh unveiled his shadow cabinet in Ottawa this morning, giving himself two portfolios that are expected to loom large in the upcoming Parliamentary session: intensifying regional divisions and ongoing Indigenous issues.

Former NHL player Akim Aliu called Bill Peters' apology "misleading, insincere and concerning" after the Calgary Flames coach released a statement Wednesday night apologizing for using "offensive language" when they both were in the minor leagues more than 10 years ago.

The war of words between the premiers of Quebec and Manitoba over Bill 21, Quebec's secularism law, spiralled Thursday to include craft beer, hockey and the merits of the Prairie province.

Quebec Premier François Legault​​​ is firing back at his Manitoba counterpart over ads inviting public service workers to move west because of Bill 21, Quebec's secularism law. 

Giving women with very dense breasts an MRI scan in addition to a mammogram led to fewer missed cancers but also to a lot of false alarms, a large new study suggests.

Ontario's special adviser on flooding has published 66 recommendations to improve the province's resiliency to floods, but the government isn't saying if it will commit more funding to implement them.

A New York judge has rejected Harvey Weinstein's bid to throw out the most serious charges in his sexual assault case, dealing a blow to the disgraced movie mogul as he sought to limit the scope of his looming trial and any potential punishment.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is vowing to fight for his job after a bruising electoral defeat, and has chosen as his deputy leader a former Liberal MP who crossed the floor to join his party.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will announce his inner circle this morning, unveiling a leadership team that will drive the party's strategy to take on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has tasked a former Liberal MP who crossed the floor to join his party as his new deputy leader.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has chosen a former Liberal MP who crossed the floor to join his party as his new deputy leader.

A new study done in northeastern Alberta suggests habitat restoration may not be enough to save threatened woodland caribou, at least in the short term, and researchers at the University of British Columbia say their results make the case for a more rigorous analysis of conservation methods.

The 93rd annual Thanksgiving parade in New York City is underway, entertaining sidewalks full of onlookers, complete with the traditional, flying big balloons that were at risk of being grounded because of high winds.

New York City's mayor says the giant balloons that are a popular feature of the annual Thanksgiving parade are expected to take flight after concerns they would be grounded because of strong winds.

Vancouver city council has given the OK for a ban on plastic straws and plastic shopping bags, to be phased in starting in April.

Vancouver city council has given the OK for a ban on plastic straws and plastic shopping bags, to be phased in starting in April.

With his community in the middle of a devastating suicide crisis, the chief of the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation in Saskatchewan has made the six-hour drive to the provincial legislature looking for a prevention strategy.

The Chief of the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nationsays a long term suicide prevention strategy is needed for all First Nations.

China warned the U.S. on Thursday it would take "firm countermeasures" in response to U.S. legislation backing anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, and said attempts to interfere in the Chinese-ruled city were doomed to fail.

Mountain Equipment Co-op, Canada’s largest outdoor gear retailer, is losing money — a lot of it.

Mountain Equipment Co-op, Canada’s largest outdoor gear retailer, is losing money — a lot of it.

In September, Nancy Saunders fell while putting out the garbage bins at her Guelph home. Four 12-year-olds ran over to help her and call 911. Now, two of the kids knock on Saunders' door each week to take her bins to the curb for her.

Chatham, Ont.-based telecom service provider TekSavvy filed a notice of appeal this week challenging a Federal Court decision ordering a number of Canadian internet service providers (ISPs) block access to the GoldTV streaming service. 

Wet, windy weather has been identified as a possible factor in the fatal crash of a six-seater Piper PA-32 in a wooded area northwest of Kingston, Ontario's core.

It's not known how many people were on board the plane — identified as a six-seater Piper PA-32 by the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) — which came down in a wooded area northwest region of Kingston, Ont.

Wet, windy weather has been identified as a possible factor in the fatal crash of a six-seater Piper PA-32 in a wooded area northwest of Kingston, Ont.'s core.

A pilot from Houston, Texas, his family and two adults from Canada died in a small plane crash in Kingston, Ont., Wednesday evening.

A pilot from Houston, Texas, his family and two other adults died in small plane crash in Kingston, Ont., Wednesday evening, CBC has learned. 

A pilot from Houston, Texas, his family and two adults from Canada died in a small plane crash in Kingston, Ont., Wednesday evening.