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An airstrike by Syrian government forces in Syria's northwestern Idlib region killed 33 Turkish soldiers, the local governor in Turkey's southeastern province of Hatay said early Friday, raising an earlier death toll.

An airstrike by Syrian government forces in Syria's northwestern Idlib region killed more than two-dozen Turkish soldiers, the local governor in Turkey's southeastern province of Hatay said early Friday, raising an earlier death toll.

An airstrike by Syrian government forces in Syria's northwestern Idlib region killed 22 Turkish soldiers, the local governor in the southeastern province of Hatay said early Friday.

The FCA Windsor assembly plant will eliminate its third shift on June 29, the company announced Thursday.

In a new fundraising email, Conservative leadership candidate Erin O’Toole takes a shot at rival Peter MacKay for insisting on a solid caucus front on so-called "conscience" votes, accusing him of behaving “just like Justin Trudeau does.”

Seventeen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg responded Saturday to a widely-condemned sexually graphic illustration posted on Facebook.

Two Alberta cabinet ministers have joined a chorus of condemnation levelled at a Red Deer energy company over a sexually graphic image that surfaced this week on Facebook. 

As protests in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary leaders continue to sweep Canada, hate experts say anti-Indigenous racism and violence is on the rise and should be addressed.

As protests in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary leaders continue to sweep Canada, hate experts say anti-Indigenous racism and violence is on the rise and should be addressed.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will sit down with provincial and territorial leaders on March 13 to wrestle with some of the thorny issues that are dividing the nation.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer appears to be backtracking on a campaign commitment to stop efforts to reopen the abortion debate, with a Conservative MP allowed to introduce a bill seeking to ban abortions for the purpose of choosing a child's sex.

Live lobster sales from Canada to China soared last year during that country's trade war with the U.S. But new rules stemming from a January agreement means Maine lobster could now be exempt from a 35 per cent Chinese tariff.

With little fanfare, the Senate of Canada voted today to suspend Lynn Beyak for the remainder of this parliamentary session because she failed to complete the anti-racism training she was directed to undergo the last time she was temporarily kicked out of the Red Chamber.

CAQ MNA Ian Lafrenière, a former police commander, is downplaying incendiary comments made by Premier François Legault yesterday about the presence of assault rifles in Kahnawake, the Mohawk territory south of Montreal where activists have blocked rail traffic for close to three weeks.

Premier François Legault is refusing to apologize for his incendiary allegation about the presence of AK-47s in Kahnawake, further driving a wedge between the Quebec government and leaders of the Mohawk community.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we examine the ethical ramifications of geoengineering and collect reader feedback on zero-waste grocery shopping.

Alphabet's proposed "smart" city development in Toronto is facing fresh questions over the project's data-gathering technology from a panel advising the Canadian government-mandated body in charge of getting it built.

CBC's head of news, Jennifer McGuire, is stepping down after more than a decade in the role and leaving CBC at the end of this week, the public broadcaster announced Thursday.

CBC's head of news, Jennifer McGuire, is stepping down after more than a decade in the role and leaving CBC at the end of this week, the public broadcaster announced Thursday.

CBC's head of news, Jennifer McGuire, is stepping down after more than a decade in the role and leaving CBC at the end of this week, the public broadcaster announced Thursday.

Earth has a tiny new companion in its journey around the sun — at least for now.

The company that owns and operates the Toronto Stock Exchange says it has ordered a "technical halt" to all trading on Canada's largest stock exchange, on a day when stock markets around the world are seeing heavy losses.

The company that owns and operates the Toronto Stock Exchange says it has ordered a "technical halt" to all trading on Canada's largest stock exchange, on a day when stock markets around the world are seeing heavy losses.

The company that owns and operates the Toronto Stock Exchange says it has ordered a "technical halt" to all trading on Canada's largest stock exchange, on a day when stock markets around the world are seeing heavy losses.

The company that owns and operates the Toronto Stock Exchange ordered a "technical halt" to all trading on Canada's largest stock exchange on Thursday, a day when stock markets around the world saw heavy losses.

The company that owns and operates the Toronto Stock Exchange ordered a "technical halt" to all trading on Canada's largest stock exchange on Thursday, a day when stock markets around the world saw heavy losses.

Major world stock markets either entered or flirted with official correction territory on Thursday, as a broad-based sell off of just about everything continued to spread in conjunction with the coronavirus.

The head of the RCMP says police have been "very patient" so far with the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and their supporters who are opposing a pipeline in northern British Columbia. 

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says while he's concerned about ongoing protests along rail tracks in Quebec and Ontario, they don't constitute acts of terrorism as some Conservative MPs are suggesting.

Construction on a natural gas pipeline in northern B.C. has been paused for two days as Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs prepare to meet with provincial and federal ministers in hopes of resolving an impasse over the First Nation's land and title rights.

Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs are gathering Thursday morning to prepare for a meeting with the British Columbia government and the federal government to discuss the First Nation's title and land rights.

Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs are gathering Thursday morning to prepare for a meeting with the British Columbia government and the federal government to discuss the First Nation's title and land rights.

Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and ministers from the B.C. and federal governments are scheduled to meet Thursday afternoon to discuss the First Nation's title and land rights amid an impasse over the issue, first sparked by the Coastal GasLink pipeline project.

Canadian taxpayers will not be on the hook for Prince Harry and Meghan's security when they cease their official royal duties after the end of March. The RCMP have been protecting them since November but will stop when their status within the Royal Family changes as of March 31.

Canadian taxpayers will not be on the hook for Harry and Meghan's security when they cease their official royal duties after the end of March. RCMP have been protecting them since October but will stop when their status changes as of March 31.

A small Manitoba town with a celebrated park named in honour of former resident Peter Nygard is scrambling in the wake of rape allegations by multiple women against the fashion mogul.

Monte Gisborne greeted his wife and daughter Wednesday night at Vancouver International Airport, reuniting with them after they had been stuck in Wuhan, China, during the coronavirus outbreak and then quarantined for two weeks in Ontario.

This year's Governor General's Performing Arts Awards will be a star-studded affair, with internationally renowned actors Ryan Reynolds, Catherine O'Hara and Tantoo Cardinal among the laureates.

Pierre Trudeau's new government elected just two MPs from west of Ontario. And when it came to naming his cabinet, those two Manitoba MPs weren't going to supply the balance he needed.

The Sûreté du Québec said they arrested a man in Montreal on Thursday.

The Sûreté du Québec said they arrested a 51-year-old man in Montreal on Thursday, the day after the teen's body was found on the side of a road in Brownsburg-Chatham, in the lower Laurentians.

The Alberta government plans to reduce operating expenses spending over the next three years to the tune of $1.2 billion, or 2.5 per cent, while increasing some user fees, according to the provincial budget released Thursday. 

Released only four months after UCP's first budget, Budget 2020 comes amid heightened turmoil due to job losses, union unrest and growing uncertainty around the province's energy industry. 

The federal government's much-anticipated economic impact study of the revised North American trade agreement does not forecast a significant economic boost when the deal takes effect, but officials from Global Affairs Canada told the Commons trade committee Wednesday it's preferable to having no deal.

Davina McLeod, who plays hockey with the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Trojans, says they were playing against the Red Deer Queens when one of the opposing team's players called her a racist name.

The ball is in the RCMP's court now that a police watchdog agency has completed its probe into how the Mounties investigated the August 2016 shooting of Colten Boushie and made recommendations to the force.

Flights of live lobster plummeted in late January after the coronavirus outbreak hit China, down from nine flights per week in the region to one or two, and those are not always full. When demand will resume to their previous levels remains uncertain, according to those with ties to Nova Scotia's lobster industry.

Xavier Sack says he and other Indigenous students at Hants East Rural High in Milford Station, N.S., feel they are unfairly targeted for discipline. An education official acknowledges Indigenous students are being suspended at disproportionately high rates at the school.

People with mental illness in Canada are being denied a voice as MAID legislation is amended, writes John Scully.

The Democratic race to pick a presidential nominee will hit overdrive with 14 states voting on Super Tuesday next week. We asked four Democratic Party insiders who have all served as ambassadors to Canada to share who they are picking and why.