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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday the continuing protests near CN Rail tracks close to the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory are a worry and the protesters could cause serious harm if they don't stop.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday the continuing protests near CN Rail tracks close to the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory are a worry and the protesters could cause serious harm if they don't stop.

A commercial fisherman from B.C. has been charged for throwing an explosive device toward a group of sea lions in the Strait of Georgia last year.

An elected councillor of a Quebec First Nation says it was "extremely inflammatory" of Premier François Legault to say there are assault weapons at a rail barricade on Mohawk Territory south of Montreal. 

Premier François Legault says the presence of assault weapons is the reason why provincial police have not yet dismantled a rail barricade in the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake, south of Montreal. "Not only is that untrue, it's dangerous, and it's irresponsible to say that," a Kahnawake Peacekeeper responds.

Premier François Legault says the presence of assault weapons is the reason why provincial police have not yet dismantled a rail barricade in the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake, south of Montreal. "Not only is that untrue, it's dangerous, and it's irresponsible to say that," a Kahnawake Peacekeeper responds.

Dillard's, a large department store chain with nearly 300 locations in the U.S., is severing ties with Canadian fashion company Nygard over recent sexual assault allegations against the company's founder, Peter Nygard.

Since First Nations activists began blockading rail lines across the country nearly three weeks ago, Quebec Premier François Legault has not had to make many difficult decisions. That could be about to change.

U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign said on Wednesday it filed a libel lawsuit against the New York Times, accusing the newspaper of intentionally publishing a false story last year related to the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign said on Wednesday it filed a libel lawsuit against the New York Times, accusing the newspaper of intentionally publishing a false story last year related to the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

Clive Cussler, the million-selling adventure writer and real-life thrill seeker who wove personal details and spectacular fantasies into his page-turning novels about underwater explorer Dirk Pitt, has died.

The airline says it plans to launch the service on its direct flight between New York City and New Zealand's capital, Auckland, that will begin operating in October 2020.

Protesters who've set up another camp near the site of Monday's police raid are setting tires on fire around the tracks as freight trains move through.

Members of parliament were invited to a screening of nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, a documentary about Colten Boushie, in Ottawa on Tuesday night.

From outside Wet'suwet'en Nation, the conflict over a gas pipeline seems complex, but key players have emerged. Here's a guide to some of them and how they fit into the organizations that make up Wet'suwet'en Nation.

From outside Wet'suwet'en Nation, the conflict over a gas pipeline seems complex, but key players have emerged. Here's a guide to some of them and how they fit into the organizations that make up Wet'suwet'en Nation.

From outside Wet'suwet'en Nation, the conflict over a gas pipeline seems complex, but key players have emerged. Here's a guide to some of them and how they fit into the organizations that make up Wet'suwet'en Nation.

Canada is still pursuing a "containment" position to the coronavirus, but officials are preparing a robust response plan in the event of widespread transmission of the virus, says Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Howard Njoo.

Three Winnipeg buildings — the local RCMP headquarters, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and Liberal MP Dan Vandal's office — were spray-painted overnight with slogans slamming police and Canada.

As blockades continue to pop up across Canada, disrupting rail and road traffic in protest of the Coastal GasLink pipeline through Wet'suwet'en territory, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says First Nations must be partners in pushing oil and gas development forward.

As blockades continue to pop up across Canada, disrupting rail and road traffic in protest of the Coastal GasLink pipeline through Wet'suwet'en territory, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will address a conference on Indigenous communities and major projects. Watch his address live here at 9 a.m. MT/11 a.m. ET.

Michael Winsor saw first-hand one effect of plastic pollution while taking pictures of birds at Quidi Vidi Lake.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeals for calm after days of clashes between Hindus and minority Muslims over a controversial citizenship law in some of the worst sectarian violence in the capital in decades.

Maria Sharapova is calling it a career. In an essay posted on Vanity Fair and Vogue on Wednesday, the five-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1 women's tennis player says she is saying goodbye to the sport she loves after 28 years.

Essex Mayor Larry Snively has been charged by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) for "procuring" ineligible voters to cast ballots during the town's 2018 municipal election.

Periodic aerial and shoreline searches will continue in the future, but OPP have ended the search for the boy who they believe drowned in Lake Erie near Peacock Point in Haldimand County.

The Alberta government plans to introduce details about extending its tourism levy to short-term rentals such as Airbnb, HomeAway and VRBO. A government spokesperson confirmed that details of the levy will be announced in Thursday's budget. 

A fifth case of coronavirus has been reported in Ontario, provincial health officials said Wednesday.

A fifth case of COVID-19 has been reported in Ontario, provincial health officials said Wednesday.

A fifth case of coronavirus has been reported in Ontario, provincial health officials said Wednesday.

The number of new coronavirus infections inside China — the source of the outbreak — was for the first time overtaken by fresh cases elsewhere on Wednesday, with Italy and Iran emerging as new epicentres of the rapidly spreading illness.

Asia reported hundreds of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, including the first U.S. soldier to be infected, as outbreaks in Italy and Iran spread to more countries.

Asia reported hundreds of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, including the first U.S. soldier to be infected, as outbreaks in Italy and Iran spread to more countries.

A class-action lawsuit filed in Halifax on Tuesday alleges the Christian charity Gospel for Asia misused donor funds in excess of $100 million. Similar claims were made in a U.S. class-action lawsuit that settled last year for $37 million.

Democrats in 2020 are going through the same sort of identity crisis that Republicans went through with Donald Trump in 2016: An outsider, openly contemptuous of the party machine and its direction, has pulled together the support of a significant and deeply committed minority of the party while the majority against him is split between too many candidates to stop him.  

While Vancouver city council has spent the last 40 years prioritizing density in the city's core area, it's up to the separately elected school board and provincial government to manage the school system and approve funding for new buildings.

A 105-year-old who lives on her own in west London, Ont. is wondering why her personal support worker's home care visits were cut back from three times a day to once a day.

With six weeks of searching and no new clues, the family of Holly Ellsworth-Clark plans on leaving for Calgary in the coming weeks, after they clean out her apartment.

We've been hearing different numbers on the size of Alberta's oilsands emissions. Here's what's behind the discrepancy.

Alberta's oilpatch was dealt another devastating blow this week with Teck Resources' decision to pull the plug on its Frontier project — a move that has some analysts wondering whether the sector has a future in the long term.

We've been hearing different numbers on the size of Alberta's oilsands emissions. Here's what's behind the discrepancy.

Global Affairs briefing papers released by a Commons committee show that Canada's diplomatic corps has been warning politicians for some time that it's dangerous for Ottawa to get too close to China.

The country's top aviation officials said Canada will conduct their own flight tests to examine if the grounded Boeing 737 Max fleet is safe to fly after two deadly crashes.

There few signs of COVID-19 spreading in Canada. But experts say empty store shelves are a reminder the time to act is before an emergency hits.

A sitting Alberta provincial court judge is rejecting allegations that the province's Justice Ministry buried key evidence in criminal cases that involved possible wrongful convictions.

Friends are raising money to try to help a Calgary retiree who was left paralyzed with a punctured lung after armed men burst into a rental property where he was playing Scrabble with his wife and in-laws while on vacation in Barbados.

Mike Bloomberg seized on reports that Russia is interfering in the 2020 presidential election to help Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders as the party's candidates met on the debate stage for what could be their final prime-time opportunity to change the direction of the nomination fight.

Mike Bloomberg seized on reports that Russia is interfering in the 2020 presidential election to help Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders as the party's candidates met on the debate stage for what could be their final prime-time opportunity to change the direction of the nomination fight.

Hours before Shanna Desmond's husband fatally shot her, she called a domestic violence crisis line to learn how to file a peace bond in Nova Scotia, a fatality inquiry heard Tuesday.

MPs in the House of Commons are tonight debating a decision by Teck Resources Ltd. to withdraw its application to build a massive oilsands project in northern Alberta, citing the ongoing debate over climate policy in Canada.