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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that the federal government will extend the business tax deduction for zero-emission vehicles and equipment to cover mining operations, as he argued that the sector will have an important role to play in the fight against climate change.

Social conservative Richard Décarie says he has no idea why the Conservative Party barred him from running for the party's leadership — but points out that party officials asked him questions about his statements on hot-button social issues during the interview phase of his application.

A small group of masked protesters has disrupted passenger rail service in Montreal.

A small group of masked protesters briefly disrupted passenger and commuter rail service in Montreal on Monday afternoon, saying they were acting in support of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs in British Columbia.

Residents of the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake, south of Montreal, are mulling over whether to maintain a rail blockade that's been up since Feb. 8. Community members attended a meeting at a longhouse Monday evening.

James Lipton, the actor, writer, producer and host of the long-running interview series Inside the Actors Studio, has died at the age of 93.

Travellers arriving in Canada from Iran will be asked to self-isolate for two weeks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus.

Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg and Beto O'Rourke united behind Joe Biden's presidential bid on Monday as the Democratic Party's moderate wing scrambled to boost the former vice president just hours before voting began across a series of high-stakes Super Tuesday states.

Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg united behind Joe Biden's presidential bid on Monday as the Democratic Party's moderate wing scrambled to boost the former vice president just hours before voting began across a series of high-stakes Super Tuesday states.

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar ended her Democratic presidential campaign on Monday and endorse rival Joe Biden in an effort to unify moderate voters behind the former vice president's White House bid.

Nearly half of Canadians are expected to be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lifetime.

An Alberta energy services company says it deeply regrets pain caused by a decal bearing its logo beneath a sexually suggestive cartoon appearing to depict 17-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.

An Alberta energy services company says it deeply regrets pain caused by a decal bearing its logo beneath a sexually suggestive cartoon appearing to depict 17-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Conservative leadership candidate Peter Mackay says if he becomes leader, he will try to topple the liberal government as early as this October.

Conservative leadership candidates Peter MacKay, Erin O'Toole and Marilyn Gladu all say that if they're chosen to lead the party, they'll try to topple the Liberal government as early as possible.

A Quebec court has given the federal government more time to amend its assisted-dying legislation.

Washington state health authorities now say six people have died from the illness caused by the coronavirus, five of them in King County and one in Snohomish County, north of Seattle.

Health officials in Washington state said Sunday night that a second person had died from the coronavirus — a man in his 70s from a nursing facility near Seattle where dozens of people were sick and had been tested for the virus.

A violin teacher convicted of multiple sexual assault-related charges has been sentenced Monday.

Stocks rose sharply on Wall Street Monday, clawing back some of the losses they took in a seven-day rout brought on by worries that the coronavirus outbreak will stunt the global economy.

Stocks rose sharply on Wall Street Monday, clawing back some of the losses they took in a seven-day rout brought on by worries that the coronavirus outbreak will stunt the global economy.

Stocks rose sharply on Wall Street Monday, clawing back some of the losses they took in a seven-day rout brought on by worries that the coronavirus outbreak will stunt the global economy.

Stocks rose in early trading on Wall Street Monday following a seven-day rout brought on by worries that the spreading coronavirus outbreak will stunt the global economy.

Work is expected to resume today on a natural gas pipeline in B.C. that has been at the centre of blockades disrupting both rail and road traffic in many parts of the country.

Work has resumed on a natural gas pipeline in B.C. that has been at the centre of blockades disrupting rail and road traffic in many parts of the country.

A recently dismissed security guard freed his hostages and walked out of a shopping mall in the Philippine capital on Monday, ending a daylong hostage crisis in an upscale commercial district near the police and military headquarters, officials say.

The European Union's chief executive, Ursula von der Leyen, expresses sympathy with Turkey over the conflict in Syria but says it's not permissible for Ankara to let refugees and migrants on its territory cross into Europe as reports indicate at least two migrants have died trying to reach Greece.

The chief firearms officer for Nova Scotia will testify Monday at the fatality inquiry looking into the triple murder-suicide of an Afghanistan veteran and his family — and whether the veteran ought to have reacquired his gun licence in New Brunswick. 

The chief firearms office of Nova Scotia does not have the power to get a second medical opinion after reinstating a gun licence, unless the applicant gets flagged by police, a doctor or someone from the community. The was the information provided to the Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry on Monday.

National protests sparked by the opposition of some Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs to a pipeline project in B.C. are also sparking debate in Conservative circles about the party's own relationship to Indigenous communities.

Ahead of Israel's third election in less than 12 months, no single issue seems to have moved the needle significantly enough to swing voters in one direction or another — leading to predictions of a fourth poll in the fall.

Ahead of Israel's third election in less than 12 months, no single issue seems to have moved the needle significantly enough to swing voters in one direction or another — leading to predictions of a fourth poll in the fall.

Scouts Canada requires volunteers do background checks that show any criminal convictions, outstanding charges, warrants, probation orders or pardons for sexual offences — but the organization doesn't check whether applicants in Manitoba are on the province's child abuse registry.

Feeling trapped in Canada with no way of visiting his family back in Lebanon, Salam Al Sayed Ali of Windsor, Ont. said his problems all began when the U.S. denied him entry. Now, he can't board planes that fly over American soil, even for mere minutes.

It's illegal to pay a surrogate to carry someone else's baby in Canada. Yet, surrogacy is far from free. A CBC investigation into the industry reveals why some parents are left with serious questions about payments they made — and why they're reluctant to report their concerns. 

While WHO has said the risk of COVID-19 spreading worldwide is now "very high", officials have suggested that efforts to combat the virus are still in the containment phase. But some medical experts believe that the containment stage has long since passed and that the spread of the virus is inevitable.

Iran made more than $100 million a year in airlines fees after the ISIS surge in neighbouring countries. That revenue might have factored into the fateful decision not to shut down Iran's airspace the night Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was shot down, according to multiple aviation experts. 

Mike Bloomberg could be pouring up to half a billion dollars of his own money into his bid to win the Democratic Party nomination, but the former mayor of New York City faces a critical test on Super Tuesday in his run for the U.S. presidency.

Iranian-born Canadian citizen Farzad Alavi said he was denied entry to the U.S. on Jan. 10 because of his past mandatory military service in Iran. Alavi, who lost his wife in the Jan. 8 Ukrainian plane crash, claims the U.S. border services' reason is unjust.

Some family members of veterans suffering from mental health issues linked to their service say the federal government is cutting off their own publicly funded therapy - and seems unwilling to admit it.

South Korea's viral outbreak surged and millions of children in Japan stayed home from school Monday as officials wrestled with the epidemic in more than 60 countries.

North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into its eastern sea on Monday as it begins to resume weapons demonstrations after a months-long hiatus that could have been forced by the coronavirus crisis in Asia.

The health-care system is throwing out millions of dollars' worth of costly cancer drugs every year because of how they're packaged by drugmakers, ​​​say experts.

Former South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg is ending his race for the Democratic presidential nomination