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An Iranian refugee who is trying to cross the border from Turkey into Greece described babies and the elderly waiting in freezing conditions, and Greek officials firing tear gas at refugees.

Sandwich chain Subway has been ordered to pay the CBC $500,000 in legal costs following its failed bid to sue the public broadcaster for defamation.

“Wild geese" is how Koreans refer to men whose children are studying abroad while their mothers look after them. In Montreal, nearly 3,000 Korean women are raising their children alone, while their husbands work in South Korea. Jennifer Yoon gives us a glimpse into a cultural phenomenon.

Prince Harry was at the place made famous by the Beatles to meet American rocker Jon Bon Jovi in one of his last events before stepping back from his official duties for the Royal Family.

New data from China's COVID-19 epidemic reveals important clues about how the outbreak unfolded — and how it's slowing sooner than expected.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he's dispatching the Secretary of State to sign an agreement with the Afghan Taliban aimed at beginning a draw down of thousands of U.S. troops and ending America's 18-year involvement in the war.

The Alberta government wants to hand off management of 164 provincially run parks to outside groups.

A human-rights lawsuit against a Canadian mining company can be heard in British Columbia, even though it involves events in Africa, the Supreme Court of Canada says.

The 42-year-old’s hockey stick, which he used last Saturday night to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Toronto Maple Leafs on Hockey Night in Canada, now sits in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake has proposed that its peacekeepers head up a temporary Indigenous police force to patrol the Wet'suwet'en traditional territory instead of the RCMP.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake has proposed that its peacekeepers head up a temporary Indigenous police force to patrol the Wet'suwet'en traditional territory instead of the RCMP.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the RCMP is the best service to patrol traditional Wet'suwet'en territory for now despite the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake's offer to have its peacekeepers head up a temporary Indigenous police force to ease tensions.

Canada's Public Safety Minister Bill Blair has turned down the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake's proposal to have its peacekeepers head up a temporary Indigenous police force to patrol traditional Wet'suwet'en territory instead of the RCMP.

The budget reveals, yet again, the need for us to confront what we have failed to confront for generations: our reliance on an unpredictable source of revenue, says economist Trevor Tombe.

A little-known feature on the Canada Revenue Agency’s website is netting some Canadians hundreds of dollars they are owed from uncashed government cheques.

The federal privacy commissioner is opening an investigation into how the RCMP uses facial recognition technology, a day after the national police force admitted using the controversial technology from Clearview AI.

The hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en are set to meet for a second day with senior federal and provincial ministers in northwestern B.C. on Friday as they try to break an impasse in a pipeline dispute that has sparked countrywide demonstrations for weeks.

The hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en are set to meet for a second day with senior federal and provincial ministers in northwestern B.C. on Friday as they try to break an impasse in a pipeline dispute that has sparked countrywide demonstrations for weeks.

The hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en are set to meet for a second day with senior federal and provincial ministers in northwestern B.C. on Friday as they try to break an impasse in a pipeline dispute that has sparked countrywide demonstrations for weeks.

Emergency Goaltender David Ayres has his goalie stick entered into a display at the Hockey Hall of Fame.  

François Sénécal, 51, kept his head down, never uttering a word, barely making eye contact with the judge in the Saint-Jérôme, Que., courtroom Friday as he was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of 13-year-old Océane Boyer.

A mail carrier in Cape Breton says he's thinking of attaching a mail carrier's bag and putting a male pheasant to work. The pheasant has been following him along his mail route for weeks.

The Toronto Stock Exchange reopened Friday after a technical glitch shut down trading early the day before — and investors picked up right where they left off by dumping shares in just about everything.

The Toronto Stock Exchange reopened Friday after a technical glitch shut down trading early the day before — and investors picked up right where they left off by dumping shares in just about everything.

The Toronto Stock Exchange reopened Friday after a technical glitch shut down trading early the day before — and investors picked up right where they left off by dumping shares in just about everything.

The Toronto Stock Exchange lost 454 points on Friday after a technical glitch shut down trading early the day before — and investors picked up right where they left off by dumping shares in just about everything.

Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq are poised to sign an agreement that finally defines how a 'moderate living fishery' will operate in the province. Membertou Chief Terry Paul, who heads the fisheries portfolio of Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs, says a deal is close.

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang was banned for eight years on Friday and will miss the 2020 Tokyo Olympics because he broke anti-doping rules in a late-night incident in which a blood sample container was smashed with a hammer.

Say hello to the new budget, much like the old budget.

Tom Williams strapped up his goalie pads for the last time on Saturday night after a 48 year stint in net. On Monday, he had a hip replacement surgery.

Canadian hospitals are preparing for the next phase of the COVID-19 epidemic.

For the first time, scientists have discovered something they didn’t think existed -- an animal that can’t breathe oxygen — and obviously doesn’t need to.

Almost a quarter-century ago, Canada had a comprehensive plan to repair the Crown-Indigenous relationship. Is it time to revisit the final report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples?

Bernie Sanders is the Democratic front-runner, but a win by former vice-president Joe Biden in Saturday’s South Carolina primary could give him a boost ahead of next week's decisive Super Tuesday contests.

Russia on Friday said it was sending two warships armed with cruise missiles to waters off the Syrian coast and blamed Ankara for the deaths of 33 Turkish soldiers in Syria's Idlib region the previous day.

Russia on Friday said it was sending two warships armed with cruise missiles to waters off the Syrian coast and blamed Ankara for the deaths of 33 Turkish soldiers in Syria's Idlib region the previous day.

Hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en who oppose a B.C. pipeline sat down Thursday with senior government ministers to discuss the dispute that has caused protests across the country, shutting down freight and passenger rail services.

Hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en who oppose a B.C. pipeline sat down Thursday with senior government ministers to discuss the dispute that has caused protests across the country, shutting down freight and passenger rail services.

The RCMP has for the first time acknowledged using controversial facial recognition technology that has raised privacy concerns, saying it was used in the Mounties' efforts to crack down on online child sexual abuse. 

Quebec Health Minister Danielle McCann says the first case of COVID-19 has been detected in a patient who recently returned from a trip to Iran.

Quebec Health Minister Danielle McCann says the first case of COVID-19 has been detected in a patient who recently returned from a trip to Iran.

The COVID-19 case was considered "presumptive" on Thursday evening when Health Minister Danielle McCann first announced the news. Quebec public health authorities announced the test came back positive on Friday.