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Most Canadians are secure knowing that they benefit from universal health care. All you have to do is walk into a clinic or hospital and you will be treated. For an estimated 500,000 people who live and work among us, it’s a different reality.

The Volunteer Pool Bearcats, a Thunder Bay peewee hockey team, usually wears black jerseys. But for this weekend's annual Robin's Minor Hockey Classic in the northwestern Ontario city, they're sporting bright green sweaters to encourage more discussion around mental health issues in children.

On top of the grief of having lost his brother when Flight PS752 was shot down in Iran, Masoud Pourjam is struggling with the challenge of resolving his affairs.

Public-sector strikes in France have gone on for more than a month, and they hinge on the government's proposal to raise the age of retirement. Germany instituted something similar with next to no resistance, writes Don Murray.

A painting found in one of the walls of an Italian art gallery has been verified as an original Gustav Klimt, which was originally stolen nearly 23 years ago.

Thérèse Tanguay Dion, affectionately known to Quebecers as "Maman Dion," has died at the age of 92.

In a statement Friday, the National Council of Canadian Muslims and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, along with plaintiff Ichrak Nourel Hak, said they have filed a request to seek leave to Canada's top court. 

Former independent counsel Ken Starr, who paved the way for the impeachment of Democratic President Bill Clinton in 1998, and prominent lawyer Alan Dershowitz will join President Trump's impeachment trial defence team, Trump's legal team and a source said on Friday.

Canopy Growth Corp. is delaying the launch of its cannabis-infused drinks. The company says work to scale up to commercial production is not complete and it is delaying the launch date while it completes the final steps.

Andrij Olesiuk has been found guilty of defrauding people who gave money after the Humboldt Broncos fatal crash.

The Dene Nation is seeking a formal apology for the way its members were treated in medical institutions. The move comes as a class action lawsuit seeking redress for ‘Indian hospitals’ heads toward certification.

A Nova Scotia woman has persuaded Air Canada to send six cargo planes full of handcrafted bat wraps, joey pouches and medical supplies to areas ravaged by bushfires in Australia.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will give an update on Canada's response to the destruction of a Ukrainian passenger flight in Iran last week that killed all 176 people aboard. CBC News will carry his remarks live starting at 10:30 a.m. ET. 

Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne is sitting down with his Iranian counterpart in a rare face-to-face meeting today, more than a week after a Ukrainian passenger flight carrying 176 people was shot down near Tehran.

Canada will start giving the families of people killed in the downing of UIA Flight PS752 thousands of dollars to help with immediate needs, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, stressing it's only a first step on the road to getting Iran to compensate those grieving loved ones.

Canada will give the families of people killed in the downing of UIA Flight PS752 thousands of dollars to help with their immediate needs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today — stressing it's only a first step on the road to getting Iran to compensate those grieving loved ones.

Canada's Sebastien Toutant scored gold at a World Cup snowboard slopestyle event in Laax, Switzerland, on Friday.

A video game streamer sprung into action after he spotted a disturbing video on social media. He spent the next 24 hours tracking down evidence and providing it to police. The result was a Calgary woman being charged for allegedly assaulting a child.

China's population has crept past 1.4 billion last year for the first time, even as the birthrate continues to fall.

After McKay's December 2017 disappearance and death, the Saskatchewan RCMP is now "requiring officers to attend all missing persons complaints in person."

Ukraine's prime minister submitted his resignation Friday, days after he was caught on tape saying the country's president knows nothing about the economy.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected his prime minister's offer to resign and asked him to stay on the job Friday. Oleksiy Honcharuk had been caught on tape saying Zelensky — a former sitcom star — knows nothing about the economy.

Ukraine's prime minister submitted his resignation Friday, days after he was caught on tape saying the country's president knows nothing about the economy.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should be very careful about what he says after Khamenei harshly criticized the United States in a Friday prayers sermon in Tehran.

Iran's supreme leader said President Donald Trump is a "clown" who only pretends to support the Iranian people but will "push a poisonous dagger" into their backs, as he struck a defiant tone in his first Friday sermon in Tehran in eight years.

As the #MeToo movement sweeps across industry after industry, some in the fundraising sector say it's time for their profession to step up efforts to tackle and prevent sexual harassment.

Nearly 200 B.C. paramedics commute from places like Vancouver Island and the Okanagan every four days to get to their full-time jobs on the Lower Mainland.

Colliding technology with automotive and telling the world Windsor can be at the forefront is one purpose of the Rose City being present at a massive technology show in Las Vegas.

Nearly 200 B.C. paramedics commute from places like Vancouver Island and the Okanagan every four days to get to their full-time jobs on the Lower Mainland.

Environment Canada's Dave Phillips has crunched three decades of data to pinpoint winter's most miserable day, depending on where you live.

From a three-year battle to get one counselling session for a sexually-abused child, to children being dropped off in the middle of the night with scabies — four foster parents are sharing their stories of negligence and unsafe practices within the N.W.T. government's division of Child and Family Services.

Health advocates say a safe supply of opioids is critical to help stop people from overdosing on tainted street drugs. Now, a pilot project in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside provides some high-risk users with access to an automated machine that dispenses opioids prescribed by a doctor.

At 11 a.m. ET, CBC Marketplace’s Asha Tomlinson is joined by associate medical officer of health for Toronto Public Health Dr. Vinita Dubey, answering your questions on vaccinations and myths.

Child protection workers in the N.W.T. 'lied' about the behavioural issues of children in care, and 'verbally abused' foster parents, according to a letter sent to MLAs by the Foster Family Coalition of the Northwest Territories.

Nearly half of Canadians have some skepticism about the safety of vaccines despite overwhelming scientific evidence that they are safe and effective. We explore why anti-vaxx messaging remains so effective at sowing doubt.

Several immigration lawyers say they're concerned about Canada's new preclearance act, which gives added powers to U.S. customs officers to strip-search, question and detain U.S.-bound travellers on Canadian soil. The federal government says the act will benefit Canadians by streamlining things at airports.

Thursday's Senate vote means the revised North American free trade agreement is on its way to Donald Trump's desk for a signature, possibly as early as next week. But how quickly will Canada ratify?

As anti-vaccination misinformation continues to persist online, an undercover Marketplace investigation provides a rare glimpse into inner workings of the movement.

Child protection workers in the N.W.T. 'lied' about the behavioural issues of children in care, and 'verbally abused' foster parents, according to a letter sent to MLAs by the Foster Family Coalition of the Northwest Territories.

Dalhousie University professor Matthew Herder accessed hundreds of government documents to find out what really happened as Canadian scientists tried for years to get the pharmaceutical industry interested in their discovery of an Ebola vaccine.

Prashant Tiwari's family has waited seven years for their day in court. But when it was finally supposed to arrive, they learned there wasn't a single courtroom available in the Toronto area to hear their wrongful death case.

The City of St. John's and three neighbouring municipalities declared a state of emergency Friday as a massive storm system moves through the eastern part of Newfoundland.

A blizzard in eastern Newfoundland has much of St. John's hunkering down for the day, facing an onslaught of severe weather, including heavy snow and strong winds, with a state of emergency for the city in place.

A blizzard in eastern Newfoundland has much of St. John's hunkering down for the day, facing an onslaught of severe weather, including heavy snow and strong winds, with a state of emergency for the city in place.

With a blizzard ramping up for much of Newfoundland and snow starting to fall, most of St. John's has hunkered down for the day in anticipation of severe weather conditions.

With a blizzard ramping up for much of Newfoundland and snow starting to fall, most of St. John's has hunkered down for the day in anticipation of severe weather conditions.

Simmons called CBC's Radio West Thursday afternoon to chat about Grand Forks, the festival and some of his "peculiar" eating habits. 

British Columbia has lost its latest legal effort aimed at stopping the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and, for many in the province, the decision comes as a “disappointing” blow — and, for others, it’s “humiliation.”

The Supreme Court of Canada has delivered its verdict on B.C.'s attempt to challenge the Trans Mountain expansion project — and its decision was music to the Government of Alberta's ears.

The office of B.C.'s attorney general has appointed one of the country's top defence lawyers to probe the conduct of prosecutors involved in a second-degree murder charge laid against a babysitter in 2011.