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The NDP is calling for an independent investigation into how police handled the Wet'suwet'en pipeline blockade in northern B.C. earlier this year, in response to a media report saying RCMP officers were willing to deploy snipers against protesters.

The NDP is calling for an independent investigation into how police handled the Wet'suwet'en pipeline blockade in northern B.C. earlier this year, in response to a media report saying RCMP officers were willing to deploy snipers against protesters.

Windsor resident Mary Beth Lemire was taking her dog for a late-night walk on Sunday along the Detroit River when she heard frantic barking. 

Former NHL forward Jeremy Roenick was suspended indefinitely by NBC Sports on Monday for his inappropriate comments about coworkers.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's appeal to the U.S. to help secure the freedom of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor is "a waste of time" and "doomed to fail," China's foreign ministry said Friday.

Avalanche forecasters are concerned about people heading out during the holiday week.

Roxine Williams had spent the day with her husband, Jim, joking and laughing about Christmas shopping, when he realized he forgot to buy deodorant. She suggested they stop at Walmart. Within minutes, Jim would be dead.

Roxine Williams had spent the day with her husband, Jim, joking and laughing about Christmas shopping, when he realized he forgot to buy deodorant. She suggested they stop at Walmart. Within minutes, Jim would be dead.

Roxine Williams had spent the day with her husband, Jim, joking and laughing about Christmas shopping, when he realized he forgot to buy deodorant. She suggested they stop at Walmart. Within minutes, Jim would be dead.

The national statistics office is looking at changes to the federally adopted poverty line which, if approved, could increase the number of Canadians regarded as living below the low-income threshold.

All four were more than 100 kilometres off Port Hardy, B.C., and were measured at a depth of about five kilometres in the Pacific Ocean.

All three were more than 100 kilometres off Port Hardy, B.C., and were measured at a depth of about five kilometres in the Pacific Ocean.

There were no reports of damage or injuries after five earthquakes struck within seven hours off the northwest end of Vancouver Island on Monday.

There were no reports of damage or injuries after four earthquakes struck within four hours off the northwest end of Vancouver Island on Monday.

Every house on Rio Lane in St. Catharines, Ont., is dressed up in lights for the Christmas season. It's a street tradition that's been going on for 40 years, with front lawns littered in holiday inflatables, homemade cutouts and thousands of lights.

Scorching heat baking Australia eases, bringing relief from extreme bushfires, which destroyed around 180 houses and killed one person over the weekend, allowing firefighters to prepare for worsening conditions post-Christmas.

The driver has been charged with nine offences, including two counts of impaired driving causing death and one count of impaired driving causing bodily harm.

Alex Bilodeau's historic gold medal at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver would prove to be the first of many golden moments as Canada defined itself as a competitive force at the Olympic Games.

Boeing's chief executive officer has been forced out by the board of directors amid ongoing problems with the company's troubled 737 Max aircraft.

Boeing's chief executive officer has been forced out by the board of directors amid continuing problems with the company's troubled Max 737 aircraft.

Boeing chief executive officer Dennis Muilenburg has resigned, the company said on Monday, following a year of intense scrutiny and industrial setbacks set off by twin fatal crashes of its 737 Max jetliner.

A 60-year-old Kitchener man was ticketed by police after watching a YouTube video on his phone while driving.

Canada's economy slightly shrank in October with real gross domestic product edging down 0.1 per cent, Statistics Canada reports. 

The political war-of-words around the national economy took another turn on Sunday's political talk shows as the federal finance minister warned Conservatives to cease claims of a looming recession.

The kids wanted to hear Santa Claus tell them a story, but their parents didn't want to hear about the eventual bill.

As Jaydan Hutchinson speaks more frequently and publicly about her kidnapping, she's also making, selling and donating blankets to other sexual assault survivors.

As Jaydan Hutchinson speaks more frequently and publicly about her kidnapping, she's also making, selling and donating blankets to other sexual assault survivors.

China denied accusations of forced labour at a Shanghai prison on Monday, a day after media reports that a young girl had found a message in a Christmas card saying it had been packed by inmates.

Algeria's powerful military chief Lt.-Gen. Ahmed Gaid Salah, who was instrumental in pushing out the gas-rich country's long-serving president amid pro-democracy protests earlier this year, died unexpectedly Monday.

The cards were sent after the community declared a state of crisis when a young girl took her own life in November.

It will take several days to put out a major fire that broke out at a recycling plant in Minto, N.B., just before the weekend, New Brunswick's fire marshal says.

It will take several days to put out a major fire that broke out at a recycling plant in Minto, N.B., just before the weekend, New Brunswick's fire marshal says.

It will take several days to put out a major fire that broke out at a recycling plant in Minto, N.B., just before the weekend, New Brunswick's fire marshal says.

A court in Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, while the outcome of the trial was condemned internationally as a "whitewash" and "mockery of justice."

A court in Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year by a team of Saudi agents.

Ram Dass, who in the 1960s joined Timothy Leary in promoting psychedelic drugs as the path to inner enlightenment before undergoing a spiritual rebirth he spelled out in the influential book Be Here Now, died at home on Sunday. He was 88 years old.

Alf Zumpano took over Frank's Shoe Repair from his father in the 1980s. At the time, he was one of 20 shoe repair shops in Regina. Today, there are just three left.

New Brunswick has missed the opportunity to screen more than 1,800 potential tissue or ocular donors because no one was available to screen them, according to new figures obtained by CBC News through access to information.

Canada easily earned its best decade of Winter Paralympics results ever, and capped it off by blowing away the previous single Games record with 28 medals in Pyeongchang. Its 10 gold medals in Vancouver still stands as the national mark. Oh, and there were 60 Summer Paralympics medals mixed in, too.

Managed properly, dwarf mistletoe is a normal, even healthy part of B.C.'s forest ecosystem, but improper management and natural disasters can clear the way for infestations that stunt fledgling trees and wreck up to 40 per cent of the volume — and profitability — of a forest.

The Department of National Defence has faced some tough, pointed questions about whether it has chosen the right radar, main gun and close air defence systems for the navy's new frigates, which will soon hit the drawing board.

Cleaning poultry spreads germs. So despite what you saw Julia Child do, stick with the 4 Cs of preparation: Cleaning, cooking, chilling and (avoiding) cross-contamination.

For the past decade or so, Ken Rekowski has been sleeping in a bed at the Renfrew Victoria Hospital because he can't find a spot in a care home for brain injury sufferers — and if he did find one, he'd likely have to leave his family behind.

A Vancouver business owner and a retired Hong Kong politician back a crowdsourced shopping guide that colour codes businesses according to ones they feel are in favour of Hong Kong anti-government protesters, but a UBC scholar is concerned the online guide could cause "a great deal of division."

On a night the Toronto Raptors looked headed for its worst loss of the season, the team recorded its greatest comeback in franchise history.