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By 10:09 a.m. on January 2nd, Canada's highest paid CEOs had made as much money as the average Canadian will earn all year, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Mark Gayowski vanished in the fog and snow at B.C.'s Red Mountain Resort on Monday. He wasn't found until Wednesday, after 10 teams of search and rescue workers were mobilized to comb the treacherous backcountry area of the Monashee Mountains.

The 14-year-old charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing Devan Selvey to death in Hamilton is facing new charges, including threats to cause bodily harm or death, in connection with two other incidents.

The 14-year-old charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing Devan Selvey to death in Hamilton is facing new charges, including threats to cause bodily harm or death, in connection with two other incidents.

Pressure is mounting as the Liberal government comes closer to deciding whether to let the Chinese telecom firm Huawei help build Canada's next-generation mobile networks.

The amber alert for a 12-year-old boy is over after police found him safe in Port Aux Basques.

The RNC said it been reported that 12-year old-Tony Austin Greenham, also known as Aussie, was abducted by his father Tony Greenham from the Corner Brook area. 

Residential property values across Metro Vancouver fell in 2019, with the value of homes — including detached houses and condo units — decreasing by up to 15 per cent.

Residential property values across Metro Vancouver fell in 2019, with the value of homes — including detached houses and condo units — decreasing by up to 15 per cent.

Alberta has recorded its first case of severe vaping-associated lung illness, the province's chief medical officer of health said Thursday.

A woman and her two adult daughters are under investigation in Germany for launching paper sky lanterns for the new year, apparently igniting a fire that killed more than 30 zoo animals, officials said Thursday.

Former Obama housing secretary Julian Castro on Thursday ended his run for president that pushed the 2020 field on immigration and swung hard at rivals on the debate stage but never found a foothold to climb from the back of the pack.

A Google artificial intelligence system proved as good as expert radiologists at detecting which women had breast cancer based on screening mammograms and showed promise at reducing errors, researchers in the United States and Britain report.

Lebanon's justice minister said Thursday the country received an international wanted notice from Interpol for former Nissan chair Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan and transited through Turkey before his trial on financial misconduct charges.

Lebanon's justice minister said Thursday the country received an international wanted notice from Interpol for former Nissan chair Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan and transited through Turkey before his trial on financial misconduct charges.

Japanese prosecutors on Thursday raided the Tokyo home of former Nissan chair Carlos Ghosn after he skipped bail and fled to Lebanon before his trial on financial misconduct charges.

Thousands of tourists fled Australia's wildfire-ravaged eastern coast Thursday ahead of worsening conditions as the military started to evacuate people trapped on the shore further south.

Thousands of tourists fled Australia's wildfire-ravaged eastern coast Thursday ahead of worsening conditions as the military started to evacuate people trapped on the shore further south.

The Australian navy on Friday began the evacuations of some of the thousands of people stranded on the east coast of the fire-ravaged country as a searing weather front was set to whip up more blazes across the states of Victoria and New South Wales.

A teenage boy is dead after being stabbed in Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Park, in Laval’s Fabreville neighbourhood Wednesday night.

Fashion doesn’t need to compromise the environment. Jeanniene Tazzioli, an environmental engineer who has been sewing for decades, has concluded that to reduce the impact of our wardrobes on the environment, we must have fewer clothes, keep clothes longer, and source clothes ethically.

The furtive glances, the nervous moment when they touch hands with their date — a night at the movies was once a rite of passage for residents of a small Manitoba community. 

The furtive glances, the nervous moment when they touch hands with their date — a night at the movies was once a rite of passage for residents of a small Manitoba community. 

For more than 110 years, the lighthouse at Cape Race on Newfoundland's Southern Shore has been the first, or last, beacon ships see as they cross the Atlantic Ocean.

You've likely seen Jeff Churchill's handiwork all over big and little screens, or perhaps at a musical or live performance. From his workshop in Parkdale, Churchill crafts some of the most exclusive bespoke footwear in the world.

An aging construction workforce and a shortage of workers has some businesses looking to drones to help fill the gaps in Canada's labour force, and help them do their work faster and with fewer people.

Julie Petis Parco, a now retired teacher from St. Luke's Catholic School said the class was a special one and the boxes would help them remember their childhood and even late family members.

The race to replace Andrew Scheer will be different from the one that elected him, but there are still some lessons to learn from the 2017 contest.

The University of Regina says it won't cancel or censor a lecture by renowned Canadian poet George Elliott Clarke simply because he edited poetry written by convicted killer Steven Kummerfield, who beat an Indigenous woman to death 25 years ago.

The University of Regina says it won't cancel or censor a lecture by renowned Canadian poet George Elliott Clarke simply because he edited poetry written by convicted killer Steven Kummerfield, who beat an Indigenous woman to death 25 years ago.

The Liberal government plans to bring in a new immigration program that will allow cities and towns to pick newcomers based on local labour needs.

For the people of Delaware Nation in southwestern Ontario, Lunaapeew is more than just their language — it is integral to who they are as people, and with only a handful of proficient speakers left, there's a push to pass it on to the next generation.

As data demands grow from our use of apps, video streaming and other technology, so do the energy needs of the server facilities at the source of the information. Some Canadian companies are working on solutions to reduce that energy demand and its toll on the environment.

Taiwan's top military official was killed in an air force helicopter crash Thursday morning that killed seven other people, the defence ministry said.