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Long-time Ontario MP Pierre Poilievre announced today he will not run for the Conservative Party leadership, saying it would be too tough on his family at this time.

Britain's delayed and disputed Brexit bill became law on Thursday, removing the last parliamentary obstacle to leaving the European Union in just over a week.

A lawyer for Meng Wanzhou made a final pitch against extradition Thursday to the B.C. Supreme Court judge tasked with weighing the Huawei executive's fate. But Richard Peck said he was asking for more than just justice.

Jim Lehrer, co-host and later host of the nightly PBS NewsHour that for decades offered a thoughtful take on current events, has died, PBS said Thursday. He was 85.

Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu says several people in Canada are under observation for signs they may have contracted a coronavirus from China, but that the risk to Canadians remains low.

Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu says several people in Canada are under observation for signs they may have contracted a coronavirus from China, but that the risk to Canadians remains low.

Actress Annabella Sciorra confronted Harvey Weinstein from the witness stand Thursday, telling a jury in a quivering voice that the burly Hollywood studio boss barged into her apartment in the mid-1990s, overpowered her and raped her as she tried to fight him off by kicking and punching him.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at ways to the concept of microgrids, as well as how to heat your home without fossil fuels.

A senior corporate official with the joint venture behind an LNG terminal project that would eventually ship natural gas from the Coastal GasLink pipeline says First Nations people who support the project are being silenced by "bullying and intimidation."

Democrats are pressing their case in the Senate for removing U.S. President Donald Trump from office by using the words of his own allies against him to show his actions were impeachable.

Democrats are set to press forward with their case at U.S. President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Thursday, but his fellow Republicans have shown no signs of softening their resistance to the Democratic case for removing him from office.

Democrats are pressing forward with their case at U.S. President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Thursday, but his fellow Republicans have shown no signs of softening their resistance to arguments for removing him from office.

An earthquake that sent tremors through central Alberta last spring — rattling homes in Red Deer and knocking out power in Sylvan Lake — was caused by fracking, an investigation by provincial regulators concludes.

The Saskatchewan government says it continues to encourage bargaining discussions between the Co-op Refinery Complex and locked out Unifor members but did not commit to intervention in the dispute.

Unifor National President Jerry Dias accused police of being violent, a claim the Regina chief denied.

Prominent Tories, including a number of Conservative leadership hopefuls, are piling on prospective candidate Richard Décarie after he called being gay a "choice" on national television.

As the Liberal caucus meets on Parliament Hill Thursday to plot strategy for the return of the House of Commons, three ministers with economic portfolios are absent, choosing to attend events at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, instead.

As the Liberal caucus meets on Parliament Hill Thursday to plot strategy for the return of the House of Commons, three ministers with economic portfolios are absent, choosing to attend events at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, instead.

Alberta is a "hot spot" for rare tapeworm, with 15 of Canada's documented cases.

Alberta is a "hot spot" for rare tapeworm, with 15 of Canada's documented cases.

Alberta is a ‘hot spot’ for rare tapeworm, with 15 of Canada's documented cases.

Alberta is a ‘hot spot’ for rare tapeworm, with 15 of Canada's documented cases.

Quebec's tourism minister announced stricter rules and mandatory training for tourism operators Thursday, as crews continue to search for five missing tourists who fell through the ice while snowmobiling with a guide on Lac Saint-Jean.

Quebec's tourism minister announced stricter rules and mandatory training for tourism operators, as crews continue to search for five missing tourists who fell through the ice while snowmobiling with a guide on Lac Saint-Jean.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged MPs to move "resolutely and rapidly" to ratify the new North American trade deal.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will address his Liberal caucus this morning as MPs meet for a two-day strategy session ahead of next week's return to Parliament.

The offences relate to four consecutive days in March 2017, when the Nunavut outfitter ran private tours out of a camp it had set up around 30 kilometres outside of Qikiqtarjuaq.  

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is not recommending that people use the masks to protect themselves from coronavirus — and would be unlikely to ever issue such a directive.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ordered Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect its Muslim Rohingya population from persecution and atrocities, and preserve evidence of alleged crimes against them.

China effectively quarantined Wuhan, cutting air and rail service to the city of 11 million people and closing down public transit within it. A government edict said citizens should not leave Wuhan unless they had "special conditions." 

Online learning isn't the massive problem that Ontario's embattled teachers unions are making it out to be, according to a leading expert in the field — but he says to properly implement it across the province would likely prove very costly.

Dozens of funerals have been put on hold in St. John's and area because of a state of emergency, and that's putting added stress on families trying to say goodbye to loved ones, and those who take care of the dead.

U.S. officers working at multiple Canada-U.S. border crossings were instructed to target and interrogate Iranian-born travellers earlier this month, said a U.S. border officer in an email obtained by CBC News. U.S. border authorities denied detaining Iranian-born travellers.

With Jean Charest out of the running, Quebec is wide open for the other candidates in the Conservative leadership race.

More than 225,000 Canadians have given the federal government their opinion about medical aid in dying.

Patriotic Millionaires, an exclusive U.S. club that also includes billionaires, released a letter at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, demanding elites add their names to a new plan to make the world a better place through tax reform.

The Conservative Party will need to evolve, but Stephen Harper still defines it as the party leadership race heats up, writes Kory Teneycke.

The Conservative Party will need to evolve, but Stephen Harper still defines it as the party leadership race heats up, writes Kory Teneycke.

Amid the teacher job actions, there's been a lot of misleading and false information coming from both the province and teachers and their unions. Here are some of the more common claims that have caused confusion.

In its annual announcement, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock ahead to 100 seconds to midnight. "We now face a true emergency — an absolutely unacceptable state of world affairs that has eliminated any margin for error or further delay," says group's leader.

In its annual announcement, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock to 100 seconds to midnight.

In its annual announcement, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will reveal the status of the Doomsday Clock at 10 a.m. ET Thursday morning.

In its annual announcement, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will reveal the status of the Doomsday Clock at 10 a.m. Thursday morning.

A Toronto couple whose daughter died in a plane crash in March say they're heartened by what Ottawa is doing to support victims of the more recent crash in Iran — but they still feel they were abandoned by their government.

As Alberta struggles to clean up thousands of oil and gas wells left behind by bankrupt companies, the province's auditor general is set to investigate how the problem became so big and why the industry regulator's efforts to collect security deposits came up so short, CBC News has learned.

Three crew members were killed Thursday when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker from the Oregon subsidiary of a B.C. company crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Australia, officials said.

Three people died when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in the Snowy Monaro region of Australia's southern New South Wales state

Multiple people opened fire outside a McDonald's in the busiest part of downtown Seattle during the evening commute Wednesday, killing one person and wounding seven others, police said.

At least six people have been shot in downtown Seattle , including one fatally.

A strange, swirling circle of ice that appeared at a bend in the South Thompson River has attracted plenty of attention in the Kamloops area. It was not caused by "alien stuff".