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Northern leaders are responding to the decision from Vancouver-based Teck Resources Ltd. to withdraw its application for its Frontier oilsands project in northern Alberta.

Kobe Bryant's wife offered a poignant portrait of her NBA superstar husband and their daughter Monday at a sold-out memorial service for the two, who were among nine people killed last month in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles.

The Liberal government tabled legislation Monday to amend the rules on medical assistance in dying (MAID), repealing the requirement that a person's natural death be "reasonably foreseeable" and disqualifying those whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness.

The Liberal government tabled legislation Monday to amend the rules on medical assistance in dying (MAID).

Canada is preparing to respond to a possible pandemic as the number of coronavirus cases continues to climb around the globe.

An award-winning Toronto-based production company behind a slew of popular reality shows is facing a $35-million class-action lawsuit over alleged employment standards violations.

A wrongful death lawsuit filed by Vanessa Bryant in Los Angeles says the pilot was careless and negligent by flying in cloudy conditions on the day of a helicopter crash that killed nine people — including her husband Kobe Bryant and their 13-year-old daughter, Gianna.

Politicians, environmentalists and First Nations leaders are among those reacting to the bombshell news Sunday night that mining giant Teck was withdrawing its application for a $20-billion oilsands mine. 

Politicians, environmentalists and Metis leaders were among those reacting to the bombshell news Sunday night that mining giant Teck Resources was withdrawing its application for a $20-billion oilsands mine. 

Politicians, environmentalists and Métis leaders were among those reacting to the bombshell news Sunday night that mining giant Teck Resources was withdrawing its application for a $20-billion oilsands mine. 

Dozens of electoral district associations affiliated with the People's Party of Canada have been deregistered by Elections Canada for failing to meet their reporting requirements — just months after the party contested its first general election.

Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer today accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of driving away energy sector investment, saying his "weakness and fear" in dealing with opponents of oilsands development killed the Teck Frontier project "through delay and by constantly moving the goalposts."

Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer today accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of driving away energy sector investment, saying his "weakness and fear" in dealing with opponents of oilsands development killed the Teck Frontier project "through delay and by constantly moving the goalposts."

A seventh case of COVID-19 has been diagnosed in British Columbia in the Fraser Health region. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the man, in his 40s, is a close contact of a young woman who was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus last week after she travelled back to Vancouver from Iran.

A jury has found Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape and sexual assault in New York but did not convict him of the two most serious charges of predatory sexual assault, which could have sent him to prison for life.

A New York jury has found Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape and sexual assault in a landmark case for the #MeToo movement, but the panel did not convict the former movie mogul of predatory sexual assault, which could have sent him to prison for life.

Thanks to several instruments on the Mars InSight lander, scientists are discovering more about our planetary neighbour that will help them better understand what future explorers might expect living on the red planet.

Shares skid and the price of gold surges as the number of people infected or killed by the viral outbreak that began in China grows, heaping more uncertainty on the economic outlook.

A California man who said he wanted to fly to the edge of outer space to see for himself if the world is round has died after his home-built rocket blasted off into the desert sky and plunged back to earth.

The doctor who signed off on the firearms licence review for Lionel Desmond in 2016 is testifying at the fatality inquiry Monday about why he felt the Afghanistan veteran seemed stable enough to own a gun 10 months before he killed his family and himself. 

The doctor who signed off on Lionel Desmond's firearms licence review did so in the same visit the Afghanistan veteran told him he'd been referred to an inpatient program to treat his complex post-traumatic stress disorder.

Some protesters are in custody after Ontario Provincial Police officers moved against the rail blockade near Belleville, Ont. this morning — where protests by the Mohawks of Tyendinaga have crippled passenger and freight train traffic for more than two weeks in solidarity with anti-pipeline protests in northern B.C.

Ten protesters have been charged by Ontario Provincial Police officers who moved against the rail blockade near Belleville, Ont. this morning — where protests by the Mohawks of Tyendinaga have crippled passenger and freight train traffic for more than two weeks in solidarity with anti-pipeline protests in northern B.C.

In a 4-1 decision, the Court of Appeal of Alberta has found the the federal government’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act to be unconstitutional as it poses unlimited intrusion on provincial jurisdiction.

The Alberta Court of Appeal is to release its decision today in the province's challenge of the federal government's carbon tax.

Ontario health officials are expected to give an update on the state of coronavirus in the province Monday morning following word of a new presumptive case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel virus, in Toronto over the weekend.

Ontario health officials are expected to give an update on the state of coronavirus in the province Monday morning following word of a new presumptive case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel virus, in Toronto over the weekend.

Ontario health officials say the system put in place to manage the spread of coronavirus is "working quite well" following word of a new presumptive case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel virus, in Toronto over the weekend.

Ontario health officials have confirmed a new case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, the fourth in the province since the global outbreak began late last year.

The U.S. government began outlining its extradition case against Julian Assange in a London court on Monday, arguing that the WikiLeaks founder is not a free-speech champion but an "ordinary" criminal who put many lives at risk with his secret-spilling.

The U.S. government has begun outlining its extradition case against Julian Assange in a London court, arguing that the WikiLeaks founder is not a free-speech champion but an "ordinary" criminal who put many lives at risk with his secret-spilling.

Fears of a potential coronavirus pandemic grew on Monday after sharp rises in new cases reported in Iran, Italy and South Korea, but China relaxed restrictions on movements in several places including Beijing as its rates of new infections eased.

Fears of a potential coronavirus pandemic grew on Monday after sharp rises in new cases reported in Iran, Italy and South Korea, but China relaxed restrictions on movements in several places including Beijing as its rates of new infections eased.

China and South Korea on Tuesday reported more cases of a new viral illness that has been concentrated in northern Asia but is creating worrisome, increasing clusters in the Middle East and Europe.

How a pan-northern push for local control of hunting, fishing and whaling is challenging the Western approach to saving species at risk.

China has taken unprecedented steps to stop COVID-19, locking down 60 million people. But questions remain about whether authorities initially concealed the severity and spread of the outbreak.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is offering a glimpse of his strategy for winning a second term in office, more than two years before the next election. 

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is offering a glimpse of his strategy for winning a second term in office, more than two years before the next election. 

New Canadian players are rushing in to plug the gap in EV charging. But changes to the refuelling business model are also predicted to hurt established players.

Bahamians are grappling with new and disturbing allegations, which have come in waves over the past few weeks, involving Canadian fashion designer Peter Nygard and his former neighbour, Louis Bacon, who both once lived in an exclusive gated community on the western tip of this Caribbean island.

Vancouver-based Teck Resources has withdrawn its application to build a massive oilsands project in northern Alberta.

Vancouver-based Teck Resources has withdrawn its application to build a massive oilsands project in northern Alberta.

Vancouver-based Teck Resources has withdrawn its application to build a massive oilsands project in northern Alberta.

Vancouver-based Teck Resources Ltd., has withdrawn its application to build a massive oilsands project in northern Alberta, citing the ongoing debate over climate policy in Canada.

A scathing complaint filed against top-level staff at an Alberta nursing home alleges administrators locked up diapers to limit their use while incontinent residents sat in urine-soaked pads, suffering from severe bladder and yeast infections, painful skin rashes and open wounds.

Ontario Provincial Police and CN Rail have told the Mohawks they have to clear their camps in Tyendinaga, Ont., by midnight ET tonight or they will face a police investigation and charges, Tyendinaga Mohawk Kanenhariyo Seth Lefort tells CBC News.

Ontario Provincial Police and CN Rail have told the Mohawks they have to clear their camps in Tyendinaga, Ont., by midnight ET tonight or they will face a police investigation and charges, Tyendinaga Mohawk Seth Lefort tells CBC News.

Ontario Provincial Police and CN Rail told the Mohawks to clear their camps in Tyendinaga, Ont., by midnight ET Sunday or face a police investigation and charges, according to Tyendinaga Mohawk Kanenhariyo Seth Lefort.

Protestors who set up a camp in Tyendinaga, Ont., near one of Canadian busiest rail corridors were still on the scene early Monday despite a warning from police to clear the area by midnight.

RCMP in British Columbia moved its officers out of an outpost on Wet’suwet’en territory to a nearby detachment on Friday, but won’t stop patrolling the area — a move that partially addresses a demand set by the nation’s hereditary chiefs late last week.