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As the International Year of Indigenous Languages comes to an end, the United Nations has declared an International Decade of Indigenous Languages, to begin in 2022.

Liberal MP Majid Jowhari is denying allegations made in an Iranian-language television broadcast that he has worked with and accepted money from Iran's government.

Travis Casagrande's microscopic creation is a home for the holidays — a gingerbread house complete with a wreath over the door, a cheery brick chimney, Christmas tree details carved into the walls and a patriotic Canadian flag doormat.

Canada has once again voted to back Palestinian self-determination. In a vote at the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday it reaffirmed a major change in position in the controversial and long-running dispute between Israel and the Palestinians.

A lawyer for Trans Mountain Corp. is defending the government's consultation with Indigenous groups over the Crown corporation's operation and construction of its pipeline project.

The past 12 months were great for Bianca Andreescu, Kawhi Leonard and Andre De Grasse. Not so much for Don Cherry, Mike Babcock and other old-school hockey coaches. Here's who won and lost the year.

A Manitoba-based insurance and financial brokerage catering to clients across the Prairies has fallen victim to a ransomware attack that it hasn't publicly disclosed.

Jean Charest is thinking about running to replace Andrew Scheer as federal Conservative Party leader, according to sources close to the former Quebec premier.

The car-share service, which operates in Vancouver and Montreal, will shut down operations on February 29, 2020.

The car-share service Share Now, formerly known as Car2Go, said Wednesday it will shut down operations in North America early next year. 

The car-share service Share Now, formerly known as Car2Go, said Wednesday it will shut down operations in North America early next year. 

U.S. President Donald Trump cares about his place in history and what future generations will say about his impeachment. But what do actual historians think about this moment in time?

Ontario police forces aren't concerned by the fact that drivers can use navigation apps to pinpoint and broadcast their location to other drivers.

Ontario police forces aren't concerned by the fact that drivers can use navigation apps to pinpoint and broadcast their location to other drivers.

Civil rights groups say Quebec's controversial ban on religious symbols is causing "serious and irreparable harm," and they will seek to take the case to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Civil rights groups say Quebec's controversial secularism law is causing "serious and irreparable harm," and they will seek to take their case to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Winnipeg has broken the record for the most homicides in a single year, with two weeks left in 2019.

The death of a man last month after a house fire has been deemed a homicide, bringing Winnipeg's total to 42 in 2019 and setting a new single-year record.

The annual pace of inflation heated up in November as gasoline prices posted their first year-over-year increase since October 2018, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The rate reached 2.25 per cent, which is above the Bank of Canada's target of 2 per cent.

Family doctors in British Columbia are being urged to annually screen every patient starting at age 12, in a move to prevent alcohol addiction, a leading cause of social and economic harms.

A division of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. has pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000 in relation to the company's activities in Libya.

The prosecution and defence are both recommending a $280-million fine to be paid over five years, and that SNC-Lavalin Construction be placed on probation for three years.

SNC-Lavalin's construction division will pay a $280-million fine over five years and will be placed on probation for three years after the company pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of fraud over $5,000.

The prosecution and defence are recommending a $280-million fine to be paid over five years, and that SNC-Lavalin Construction be placed on probation for three years.

High school student Turki Ayash said he learned CPR over two days as part of the physical education curriculum. Just two days later, the Windsor, Ont., student, who came to Canada with his family as Syrian refugees, put the CPR to lifesaving use.

Japanese journalist Shiori Ito has won her civil lawsuit seeking damages from a prominent reporter who she said had raped her, a verdict welcomed by women's rights advocates in a country where sexual assault victims often stay silent.

As first responders across Canada advocate for levels of support that match the mental health crisis in their ranks, Alberta firefighter Ward Redwood is stepping forward to tell his story.

Some of the roughly 2,600 direct employees at the GM plant in Oshawa, Ont., are expected to produce the final vehicles today, though the exact timeline could still shift.

Some of the roughly 2,600 direct employees at the GM plant in Oshawa, Ont., are expected to produce the final vehicles today, though the exact timeline could still shift.

Kinngait is now the eleventh Nunavut community to revert its name. The last community to officially change back to an Inuktitut name was Naujaat in 2015, previously known as Repulse Bay.

The hockey world seems bereft of feel-good stories of late, but a bit of sportsmanship in St. Stephen over the weekend is helping fill the void.

Ring Rescue, a device that was once a Dalhousie University project, was instantly sold out when the company launched in August. Now, the founders have their sites set on the international market.

U.S. President Donald Trump is on the cusp of being impeached by the House of Representatives, with a debate set for Wednesday on charges that he abused his power and obstructed Congress ahead of votes that will leave a defining mark on his tenure at the White House.

U.S. President Donald Trump is on the cusp of being impeached by the House of Representatives, with a debate Wednesday on charges he abused his power and obstructed Congress ahead of votes that will leave a defining mark on his tenure at the White House.

U.S. President Donald Trump is on the cusp of being impeached by the House of Representatives, with a debate Wednesday on charges he abused his power and obstructed Congress. Watch the proceedings live here.

U.S. President Donald Trump is on the cusp of being impeached by the House of Representatives, with a debate Wednesday on charges he abused his power and obstructed Congress. Watch the proceedings live here.

U.S. President Donald Trump is on the cusp of being impeached by the House of Representatives, with a debate Wednesday on charges he abused his power and obstructed Congress. Watch the proceedings live here.

New Brunswick has officially assumed the title of Canada's poorest province and will begin receiving the most funding per capita from the federal government's equalization support program, starting in April.

Two weeks before Jennifer Hillier-Penney vanished from her estranged husband's house in a remote Newfoundland town, she removed him as a beneficiary on her life insurance policy.

Ottawa is facing another battle before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, this time over its alleged failure to account for the true cost of delivering child welfare services in remote First Nations.

The oil producing equipment is not going extinct like the traditional grain elevator, but just as technology changed how agriculture companies built their terminals, innovation is altering the number, size and placement of pumpjacks.

Two weeks before Jennifer Hillier-Penney vanished from her estranged husband's house in a remote Newfoundland town, she removed him as a beneficiary on her life insurance policy.

The audacious assault on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq refinery and the Khurais oil field last September sent shivers down the spines of some Canadian military planners - because it exposed how vulnerable Canadian soldiers would be to battlefield attacks from the air.

The audacious assault on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq refinery and the Khurais oil field last September sent shivers down the spines of some Canadian military planners - because it exposed how vulnerable Canadian soldiers would be to battlefield attacks from the air.

With the popular secularism law passed, Quebec's nationalist movement is now strategizing on how to use it as a beachhead to launch a multi-pronged attack on Canadian multiculturalism.

In the lead-up to the 2019 election, Albertans donated the most money per capita to federal political parties — giving at four times the rate of people in Quebec.

Australia experienced its hottest day on record and temperatures are expected to soar even higher as heatwave conditions envelop most of the country.

Pull on your Star Wars PJs, dust off your action figures and buckle up for one last grand adventure in J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Pull on your Star Wars PJs, dust off your action figures and buckle up for one last grand adventure in J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Peugeot announced Wednesday that their boards signed a binding deal to merge the two automakers, creating the world's fourth-largest auto company.