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The Saskatchewan government now says an estimated 1.6 million litres leaked on the highway west of Guernsey, more than what leaked after a similar train crash near the community two months ago.

The Ontario government announced Thursday afternoon that a new “enhanced” licence plate is currently in development, and will be available within three weeks.

The Ontario government announced Thursday afternoon that a new “enhanced” licence plate is currently in development, and will be available within three weeks.

Larry Tesler, the Silicon Valley pioneer who created the now-ubiquitous computer concepts such as "cut," "copy" and "paste," has died. He was 74.

The Quebec government withdrew an invitation to one of the province’s most prominent philosophers to take part in a public forum on the future of a religious and ethics class. The reason: the philosopher advocated symbolic circumcisions on young girls.The problem: he doesn’t.

Conservative leadership hopeful Peter MacKay is facing blowback after posting and then deleting a tweet that expressed support for counter-protesters who dismantled a barricade erected by supporters of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs near Edmonton on Wednesday.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she wants to make Canada's trade negotiations more "transparent," by agreeing to proposals from the New Democrats to provide more details of future deals.

The CEO of Telus Corp. says it could cut about $1 billion of spending and 5,000 jobs over the next five years if the CRTC mandates Canada's wireless companies open their facilities to virtual network operators.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we try a week of zero-waste grocery shopping and look at how climate change is likely to affect the farmable parts of Canada.

Underwater archeologists from Parks Canada found highly personal items as they recovered more than 350 artifacts during their most recent - and they say most successful - season yet at the HMS Erebus wreck site off the coast of Nunavut.

An arbitrator says a former Canadian Pacific train conductor who was fired over social media posts is entitled to monetary compensation, but not to getting her job back at the railway company.

Some survivors of the residential school system say they felt frustrated and retraumatized by the bureaucratic nature of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement process, a report released this week says.

Calling the president's frequent tweets about the case "entirely inappropriate," a federal judge sentenced Donald Trump ally Roger Stone to over three years in prison on Thursday.

Calling the president's frequent tweets about the case "entirely inappropriate," a federal judge sentenced Donald Trump ally Roger Stone to over three years in prison on Thursday.

Keith and Marisa Hobbs, Mary Voss each acquitted of extortion charge laid after trio were accused of using threat of criminal allegations to attempt to induce purchase of a house.

The verdict in one of Thunder Bay's highest profile court cases in years was handed down Thursday when the northwestern Ontario city's former mayor Keith Hobbs was found not guilty of extortion.

Charges have been laid in a historical sexual assault investigation started by police in east-central Saskatchewan.

The official responsible for addressing civilian complaints against the RCMP says she will not investigate claims that the RCMP have been acting unlawfully in Wet'suwet'en territory because recommendations addressing identical issues were sent to the force almost a year ago, and that report has not yet been responded to.

Response addresses alleged unlawful RCMP actions against supporters of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs who oppose construction of the $6.6 billion Coastal GasLink pipeline through traditional territory.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the RCMP in British Columbia have offered to leave Wet'suwet'en territory as talks continue to try and defuse the Indigenous-led rail blockades crippling the country's rail network.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says he's hopeful the RCMP's offer to leave their outpost on Wet'suwet'en territory in northern B.C. will lead to the barricades coming down, as talks continue to try and defuse the rail blockades crippling the country's rail network.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says he's hopeful the RCMP's offer to leave their outpost on Wet'suwet'en territory in northern B.C. will lead to the barricades coming down, as talks continue to try and defuse the rail blockades crippling the country's rail network.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says he's hopeful the RCMP's offer to leave their outpost on Wet'suwet'en territory in northern B.C. will lead to the barricades coming down, as talks continue to try and defuse the rail blockades crippling the country's rail network.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says he's hopeful the RCMP's offer to leave their outpost on Wet'suwet'en territory in northern B.C. will lead to the barricades coming down, as talks continue to try and defuse the rail blockades crippling the country's rail network.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet are huddled in Ottawa this morning to chart a path forward as the Indigenous-led rail blockades hit the two-week mark Thursday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet are huddled in Ottawa this morning to chart a path forward as the Indigenous-led rail blockades hit the two-week mark Thursday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Canada's premiers late Thursday who expressed frustration with Ottawa's response to the ongoing Indigenous-led rail blockades.

A Canadian who contracted coronavirus aboard a quarantined cruise ship before being moved to a Japanese hospital said he's being "well treated but would prefer to be on the plane."

A Neanderthal skeleton unearthed in an Iraqi cave already famous for fossils of theseextinct cousins of our species is providing fresh evidence that they buried their dead — and intriguing clues that flowers may have been used in such rituals.

Alberta's largest labour organization says public-service pensions are being used to prop up the province's struggling fossil fuels industry at a time when many large investment funds are moving away from the sector.

Bernie Sanders's rivals have raised the possibility of pushing him out on a second ballot if he enters this summer's Democratic convention with a lead short of a first-ballot majority. That was the subtext of a revealing exchange in a presidential candidates' debate Wednesday night in Las Vegas.

Bernie Sanders's rivals have raised the possibility of pushing him out on a second ballot if he enters this summer's Democratic convention with a lead short of a first-ballot majority. That was the subtext of a revealing exchange in a presidential candidates' debate Wednesday night in Las Vegas.

A 43-year-old German man shot and killed nine people at several locations in a Frankfurt suburb overnight in attacks that appear to have been motivated by far-right beliefs, officials said Thursday.

Canadian passengers from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan who have not tested positive for COVID-19 are on a charter flight that is expected to arrive in Trenton, Ont., in the wee hours of Friday morning.

Canadian passengers aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan who have not tested positive for COVID-19 are expected to disembark today ahead of a charter flight that's scheduled to leave Tokyo on Friday.

Canadian passengers aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan who have not tested positive for COVID-19 are expected to disembark today ahead of a charter flight that's scheduled to leave Tokyo on Friday.

Canadian passengers aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan who have not tested positive for COVID-19 were allowed off the ship today ahead of a charter flight that's scheduled to leave Tokyo on Friday.

Authorities served protesters an injunction on Thursday evening, ordering the group to stop blocking a commuter train line on Montreal's South Shore. 

First Nations leaders are calling on the province to return the cabin of a northern trapper in Saskatchewan. Meanwhile, a second northern trapper speaks out about the seizure of his own.

Cree leaders in Quebec are focused on reassuring a jittery population after announcing a far-reaching economic development agreement with Quebec regarding massive infrastructure improvements in the territory over the next 30 years and, very likely, more resource extraction projects.

Cree leaders in Quebec are focused on reassuring a jittery population after announcing a far-reaching economic development agreement with Quebec regarding massive infrastructure improvements in the territory over the next 30 years and, very likely, more resource extraction projects.

It was rare to see black hockey players in the 1950s, especially in rural Ontario. Unless you were in Mount Forest. Three black men were recruited to join the small-town Redmen team, where the trio dazzled packed arenas.

Over seven years ago, two books written by retired lieutenant-colonel Douglas Bland offered some sobering warnings about the future of the Crown-Indigenous relationship — warnings that seem eerily prescient after the events of the past two weeks.

The Wet'suwet'en Nation is divided over whether to support a new natural gas pipeline through its territory.

The Wet'suwet'en Nation is divided over whether to support a new natural gas pipeline through its territory or oppose it. At public meeting in Houston B.C.

Travel and tourism operators around the world are bracing for more difficult times ahead as the coronavirus outbreak chokes off demand from China and leads to cancellations from other international travellers.

A northern B.C. woman with five children in care claims her First Nation is using her sons and daughters to make a point about placing Indigenous children with Indigenous families. She is challenging the provincial government and the First Nation in court.

From the opening bell, Mike Bloomberg faced fierce attacks from his Democratic rivals over race and gender at Wednesday night's high-stakes debate in Las Vegas as the former New York City mayor faced off on the debate stage for the first time.

Democrats are unleashing an aggressive verbal assault on New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg and raising new questions about Bernie Sanders' take-no-prisoners politics in a contentious debate Wednesday night on the Las Vegas Strip.

China reported a dramatic drop in new cases in the province at the heart of the coronavirus outbreak. Meanwhile, efforts are underway to bring home Canadians previously quarantined aboard a cruise ship in Japan.