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U.S. House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment Tuesday against President Donald Trump, charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Here's the lowdown.

Rising temperatures and shrinking snow and ice cover in the Arctic are endangering habitats, fisheries and local cultures, according to a report issued Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Five downtown Sudbury restaurants and hundreds of students volunteered for 'Warm Soup For Warm Hearts.' A human chain passed bowls of soup hand-to-hand through the downtown core to the Blue Door Soup Kitchen.

Halifax regional council voted 10-7 Tuesday in favour of a staff report that supports a $20-million contribution to a stadium, but only if a long list of conditions are met.

The Senate's ethics committee wants to strip disgraced former senator Don Meredith of his "honourable" title to protect the "dignity and reputation" of the upper house.

The Alberta government announced Tuesday a new plan to reduce surgical wait times by funding an additional 80,000 surgeries over the next four years as it expands agreements with private facilities.

Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a furious gunbattle Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City with the sound of heavy gunfire for hours, authorities said.

A police officer and multiple others were killed in a shooting in Jersey City Tuesday that authorities say is not believed to have been a terrorism attack.

Authorities say that multiple people are dead after a shooting in Jersey City on Tuesday.

Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a furious gunbattle Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City with the sound of heavy gunfire for hours, authorities said.

Two nights after Paul George's hostile treatment in Indiana, it should be nothing but love for his teammate Kawhi Leonard in Toronto.

Labour Party strongholds in the U.K. are being targeted by both the Brexit Party and the Conservative Party, both of which hope to capitalize on voters' disaffection over Brexit.

Labour Party strongholds in the U.K. are being targeted by both the Brexit Party and the Conservative Party, both of which hope to capitalize on voters' disaffection over Brexit.

Labour Party strongholds in the U.K. are being targeted by both the Brexit Party and the Conservative Party, both of which hope to capitalize on voters' disaffection over Brexit.

The prevalence of deadly opioids in western Canadian prisons has inmates and the officers who guard them increasingly fearful the drugs may be weaponized, a new University of Alberta study suggests.

The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society has lined up help from the Royal Bank of Canada as part of its proposal on how to distribute compensation to First Nations children taken from their families and communities through the on-reserve child welfare system.

The seizure of an estimated $6.5 million worth of illegal street drugs "saved some lives," RCMP said on Tuesday, announcing what they called the largest meth bust in Manitoba's history.

Desjardins Group says the former employee suspected of responsibility for a massive data breach had access to the personal information of a further 1.8-million credit card holders.

First Nations youth from Canada are at a United Nations climate change conference in Madrid, Spain, demonstrating against a massive proposed oilsands mine in Alberta.

In Ottawa today to meet with the prime minister, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said Justin Trudeau's government faces a stark choice: either approve Teck Resource's massive planned oilsands project or risk leaving the country's oil industry "with no way forward."

Kandahar was made a better place by Canada's military presence, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said following The Washington Post's publication of documents that suggest successive U.S. administrations saw the Afghanistan war as unwinnable.

Vancouver-based Harbour Air has completed the first test fight of an all-electric commercial seaplane.

Canada's privacy watchdog says Statistics Canada did not break current laws, but it did raise "significant privacy concerns" when it planned to harvest Canadians' personal financial transaction information.

A Lebanese mechanic who says he unknowingly worked for ISIS and was then approached by Hezbollah to become a spy has been denied asylum in Canada.

Two men have been banned from PAL Airlines after making racist remarks to Indigenous passengers aboard a flight Monday from Happy Valley-Goose Bay to St. John's.

The Dallas Stars on Tuesday dismissed second-year head coach Jim Montgomery due to "unprofessional conduct inconsistent with the core values and beliefs of the Dallas Stars and the National Hockey League."

Global commerce lost its ultimate umpire Tuesday, leaving countries unable to reach a final resolution of disputes at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and instead facing what critics call "the law of the jungle."

Officers with the National Capital Commission and Ottawa police removed an encampment within sight of the Peace Tower Tuesday, the culmination of a months-long standoff between the 20 or so homeless people who have been living there and officials who have been trying to find them somewhere else to go.

A Saskatchewan woman who lives next to the site of a CP train derailment Monday said a fire was still burning more than 24 hours later, but things seemed to be getting better by mid-morning. 

A CP train carrying crude oil derailed west of Guernsey, Sask., early Monday morning.

The fires from crude oil spill was contained and rail line reopened as of late Tuesday morning, Canadian Pacific Railway said.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is endorsing the new North American trade deal amid a flurry of conversations between Canada, the United States and Mexico to finally push the renegotiated pact over the finish line.

There will be a signing ceremony for the modified North American free trade agreement this afternoon, according to Canadian officials.

Canada's Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is in Mexico City today in a last-minute flurry to tweak the renegotiated North American trade agreement.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is in Mexico City today for a signing ceremony for the modified North American free trade agreement, after U.S. Democrats finally endorsed changes to the negotiated deal.

Canada has signed a new agreement updating the North American free trade agreement with Mexico and the United States, clearing the way for the contentious pact's long-awaited ratification.

There will be a signing ceremony for the modified North American free trade agreement this afternoon, according to Canadian officials.

A shutdown of SkyTrain services has been narrowly avoided, after a tentative deal between the workers' union and company was reached with minutes to spare on Tuesday morning.

A shutdown of SkyTrain services has been narrowly avoided, after a tentative deal between the workers' union and company was reached with minutes to spare on Tuesday morning.

A shutdown of SkyTrain services has been narrowly avoided, after a tentative deal between the workers' union and their employer was reached with minutes to spare on Tuesday morning.

The owner of a Cranbrook cannabis store is sticking to his guns in a trademark dispute with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, as a historian specializing in the story of famous Mountie Sam Steele weighs in on the issue.

House Democrats are poised to unveil two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — with an announcement expected early Tuesday.

House Democrats have announced two articles of impeachment charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

House Democrats have announced two articles of impeachment charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

In a 4-1 decision 80 years, the Supreme Court of Canada concluded that a Montreal tavern “was strictly within its rights" when its staff refused to serve a local black man. A civil rights group is now fighting for greater recognition of that legal battle and the man who launched it.

A growing number of Nova Scotians are considering an off-grid home. But in many cases finding the money to buy or build can be tricky, as most lenders still consider off-grid homes to be too risky to finance.

The head of a provincially owned energy development corporation says he’s concerned Ontario will try to grab the lion’s share of the economic benefits from proposed small modular nuclear reactors at New Brunswick’s expense.

The head of a provincially owned energy development corporation says he’s concerned Ontario will try to grab the lion’s share of the economic benefits from proposed small modular nuclear reactors at New Brunswick’s expense.

Six people were killed and three wounded in a shooting in a hospital in the eastern Czech Republic on Tuesday, the prime minister and officials said. The apparent gunman killed himself, police said.

Six people were killed and three wounded in a shooting in a hospital in the eastern Czech Republic on Tuesday, the prime minister and officials said. The apparent gunman killed himself, police said.