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A federal prosecutor is prepared to tell Congress on Wednesday that Roger Stone, a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, was given special treatment ahead of his sentencing because of his relationship with the president.

A federal prosecutor is prepared to tell Congress on Wednesday that Roger Stone, a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, was given special treatment ahead of his sentencing because of his relationship with the president.

Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper chain, Halifax-based SaltWire Network, has announced it will be laying off 109 people permanently.

The head of the RCMP is promising to "double down" on hiring more diverse members — a pledge that comes during a tumultuous time for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and police services everywhere.

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair will testify this evening before a parliamentary committee launching a study of systemic racism in policing — a study taking place at a tumultuous time for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and police services everywhere.

The head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said today the number of mental health calls her officers respond to is growing exponentially, as she defended Mounties' record amid growing calls to reallocate police funding to better fund social services.

The air force has conducted its first flight of a CH-148 Cyclone since last spring's deadly crash — and the Department of National Defence is signalling it is ready to resume delivery of the remaining maritime helicopters still on order.

WestJet Airlines Ltd. says it has halted its push for a labour code exemption that would have facilitated mass layoffs.

The plague of Athens struck in 430 BC, violently killing up to half of the Greek city's population. The chronicler Thucydides documented the grim symptoms, as well as the social and psychological fallout. His vivid account holds enduring lessons for those of us living through the coronavirus pandemic today.

Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne said today he has repaid two mortgages with a Chinese state bank and refinanced them with a Canadian financial institution.

Amazon said Tuesday that its carbon footprint rose 15 per cent last year, even as it launched initiatives to reduce its harm on the environment.

Progressive Sen. Pierre Dalphond is determined to roll back salary increases for dozens of members of the upper house — extra pay that he said can’t be justified with the Senate meeting so infrequently during the pandemic.

It's difficult to predict how long it will take for Canada's housing market to recover from COVID-19 crisis, but one thing is certain — the pain will be felt differently across the country, a new report from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says.

Organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival have announced they are laying off 31 employees, a 17 per cent cut of the organization's full-time staff, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Canadian veterans were surprised by a gesture from South Korea marking the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War this week.  

Some Indigenous people say discrimination they've faced by doctors and nurses in British Columbia is so normal that they weren't surprised to hear about allegations of an emergency room "game" in which health-care staff guessed the intoxication levels of Indigenous patients.

In a stunning decision that could test the legal framework of #MeToo cases, comedian Bill Cosby has won the right to fight his 2018 sexual assault conviction in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

A Conservative MP from Calgary has fired a summer student working in his office following allegations that someone stole campaign data from party leadership contender Erin O'Toole.

The Edmonton-based company announced Tuesday that it will reduce its selling, general and administrative workforce by 25 per cent immediately. Another 30 per cent of production staff will be laid off over the next two quarters.

A strong earthquake hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, shaking buildings in the centre of the capital Mexico City hundreds of kilometres away and sending people fleeing their homes into the streets.

A strong earthquake hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least six people, buckling paved roads, and sending people fleeing their homes into the streets.

A strong earthquake hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least five people, buckling paved roads, and sending people fleeing their homes into the streets.

A strong earthquake hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least four people, buckling paved roads, and sending people fleeing their homes into the streets.

A strong earthquake hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least two people, buckling paved roads, and sending people fleeing their homes into the streets.

A strong earthquake hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least one person, buckling paved roads, and sending people fleeing their homes into the streets.

A strong earthquake hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least one person, buckling paved roads, and sending people fleeing their homes into the streets.

The Manitoba government will pay residents up to $2,000 if they go back to work and stop collecting federal COVID-19 benefits. 

The parliamentary budget officer estimates in a new report that it will cost the federal government $17.9 billion to provide eight extra weeks of payments through the Canada Emergency Response Benefit.

Families of the Air India bombing victims are moving from group memorials to small, private gatherings and online condolences as they commemorate the 35th anniversary of the worst mass murder in Canadian history during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a heated exchange in Alberta’s Legislature Monday, United Conservative cabinet minister Kaycee Madu accused the New Democrat Party of playing politics with Black people and says they are treated worse in countries governed by “NDP allies.”

A surveillance video that is part of a civil lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court shows an RCMP officer in Kelowna dragging a female nursing student down a hallway and stepping on her head after a wellness check at her apartment.

Novak Djokovic, the men's world number one tennis player, has tested positive for COVID-19, he said in a statement on Tuesday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled on Tuesday a significant easing of thecoronavirus lockdown in England, saying pubs, restaurants and bars can reopen from July 4 and people can meet more friends and family.

Scores of mourners gathered at the historic Atlanta church that was once the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s pulpit for a funeral Tuesday for the Black man whose killing by police in a fast-food parking lot stoked protests across the U.S.

Rayshard Brooks, who was fatally shot by a police officer, is to be remembered Tuesday at the church in Atlanta where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached.

Here's a look at what's happening with COVID-19 around the world.

Here's a look at what's happening with COVID-19 around the world.

Pluto, a frigid little world inhabiting the solar system's outer reaches, may have been born as a warmer place sheltering a subsurface ocean that still exists today, researchers said on Monday.

Two people who travelled out of Manitoba, came into contact with a known case of COVID-19 and did not self-isolate for two weeks upon their return could face fines for disobeying public health orders.

A person who travelled out of Manitoba, came into contact with a known case of COVID-19 and did not self-isolate for two weeks upon returning could face a fine for disobeying public health orders. 

The man who was gunned down in an early morning home invasion in London, Ont. has been identified as Bill Horace, a former rebel commander who served under Charles Taylor, Liberia's former president and a convicted war criminal.

Canadian companies that ship live, frozen and processed lobster to China are on their own when it comes to a new demand that they assume liability for any COVID-19 contamination in order to access their second largest market.

We're answering your questions about the pandemic. Send yours to [email protected] and we’ll answer as many as we can. We’ll publish a selection of answers every weekday online, and also put some questions to the experts during The National and on CBC News Network.

A former soldier with PTSD is suing the federal government, accusing it of mishandling his case file and causing him to miss out up to $1,000 per month in benefits.

The global pandemic and the widespread protests that erupted in the wake of the killing of George Floyd have laid bare the racial inequities that permeate society. CBC News spoke with five Canadian physicians about the impact of systemic racism in their profession.

The Toronto neighbourhood of Thorncliffe Park has a higher rate of COVID-19 infections than all surrounding neighbourhoods. Health officials say cramped housing and other social factors put it risk of a larger outbreak.

The Toronto neighbourhood of Thorncliffe Park has a higher rate of COVID-19 infections than all surrounding neighbourhoods. Health officials say cramped housing and other social factors put it risk of a larger outbreak.

Every facet of Canadian life has been changed by the coronavirus pandemic, from how we live to how we shop, eat and work. While not all changes have been for the better, COVID-19 could bring about some positive changes to Canada's economy.

Conservatives spent nearly $3 million more than the Liberals in the 2019 federal election, and nearly three times as much as the NDP.

The global pandemic and the widespread protests that erupted in the wake of the killing of George Floyd have laid bare the racial inequities that permeate society. CBC News spoke with five Canadian physicians about the impact of systemic racism in their profession.