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Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced today a plan that will make it easier for same-sex couples to register children born abroad for Canadian citizenship.

Canadian fashion designer Peter Nygard is asking the Southern District Court of New York to dismiss the claims of 52 out of 57 plaintiffs who filed a class-action lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted them.

Film funding body Telefilm Canada says it has launched an investigation into allegations of misconduct made against an unnamed employee, with the probe coming after allegations surfaced on social media about the conduct of feature film executive Dan Lyon.

A large-scale search is underway in Quebec for a 44-year-old father and his two young daughters who police believe were in a car crash Wednesday night and left the scene on foot.

A large-scale search is underway in Quebec for a 44-year-old suspect and his two young daughters who went missing after a mysterious car wreck Wednesday night that has left investigators scratching their heads.

Quebec provincial police are searching for a 44-year-old man and his two daughters, aged 11 and six.

Independent investigator Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond said Thursday that her investigation into B.C.'s health-care system will be multi-phased, wide-ranging, and will seek to determine the range and extent of anti-Indigenous racism in the system, and how it affects care.

As Canada continues to battle an opioid epidemic, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police is calling on federal lawmakers to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of illegal drugs for personal consumption.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's mother Margaret and his brother Alexandre have both been paid to appear at WE Charity events.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's mother Margaret and his brother Alexandre have both been paid to appear at WE Charity events.

The body of Park Won-soon, the missing mayor of Seoul, South Korea's capital, was found in northern Seoul early Friday, more than seven hours after police launched a massive search for him.

The owners of the Saanich Junior Braves, a hockey team on Vancouver Island, have decided to change their team name out of respect for Indigenous communities.

Nunavut is getting a new, all Inuktut TV channel this year. Inuit TV, which was announced on Nunavut Day, will have Inuktut programming in dialects from all Inuit regions, including Greenland.

Nunavut may be getting a new all-Inuktut TV channel this year. Inuit TV, which was announced on Nunavut Day, plans to have Inuktut programming in dialects from all Inuit regions, including Greenland.

Tesla Inc.'s blistering stock rally is putting CEO Elon Musk in reach of a payday potentially worth $1.8 billion US, his second jackpot from the electric carmaker in about two months.

The United States Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Manhattan district attorney's demand for President Donald Trump's tax returns, but kept a hold on Trump's financial records that Congress has been seeking for more than a year.

The United States Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Manhattan district attorney's demand for President Donald Trump's tax returns, but kept a hold on Trump's financial records that Congress has been seeking for more than a year.

The United States Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Manhattan district attorney's demand for President Donald Trump's tax returns, but kept a hold on Trump's financial records that Congress has been seeking for more than a year.

The United States Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a New York prosecutor's demand for President Donald Trump's tax returns as part of a criminal investigation that includes hush-money payments to women who claim they had affairs with Trump.

The United States Supreme Court is expected to deliver opinions this morning on whether Congress and the Manhattan district attorney can see President Donald Trump's taxes and other financial records, which the president has fought hard to keep private.

Over the last few weeks, Albertan protesters have targeted men on bail accused of crimes against children. They say the criminal justice system is broken, but others warn it's vigilantism, and it’s dangerous.

Now the dream home Jason Merkl is building in memory of his late wife, with money he received from her death benefits, is tied up in a series of legal disputes because his homebuilder didn’t pay some subcontractors.

Centuries before Europeans reached the Americas, two groups of people separated by 6,800 kilometres of ocean met, exchanged sweet potatoes — and interbred, a new study confirms.

More than 24 hours after Naya Rivera was last seen, over 80 people using helicopters, drones and all-terrain vehicles, including divers, were involved in the search to find her, which began Wednesday afternoon on Lake Piru, 90 kilometres from Los Angeles. Authorities said the search has now become a recovery mission.

Authorities say former Glee star Naya Rivera is missing and being searched for at Lake Piru in Southern California, with her young son being found alone on a boat the actress rented.

Students hoping to get paid for work with non-profits are now stuck in limbo as the federal government tries to resuscitate the Canada Student Service Grant program after WE Charity left its administration role.

An Ontario man is expressing concern about COVID-19 testing after a Windsor hospital denied a swab test request following the death of his grandmother.

With the pandemic pinching off the supply of illegal and illicit drugs, the sale of legalized cannabis products in Newfoundland and Labrador appears to be filling the gap.

With the pandemic pinching off the supply of illegal and illicit drugs, the sale of legalized cannabis products in Newfoundland and Labrador appears to be filling the gap.

Thousands of Canadians and their families have been left in limbo since the pandemic hit in March with no word from the federal government about when their family members’ immigration applications will be processed, an immigration lawyer and families say.

In Newfoundland and Labrador, Indigenous communities have struggled with racism for generations. CBC spoke to a cross-section of people from Innu, Inuit and Mi'kmaq communities. While their experiences vary, the effect on their lives is much the same. 

Nobody seems to be arguing that the Trudeau government spent too much, or too quickly, on its pandemic response. But the government's critics can be expected to make an issue of its pre-pandemic deficit spending — a point on which it is particularly vulnerable.

The Games are meant to be a neutral space where we set aside the issues that divide us, writes former Canadian Olympian Jasmine Mian.

The mother of one of six people killed in B.C.’s most notorious gangland slaying says she may be in court to watch but she’ll get no satisfaction from seeing the gangster plead guilty to one count of conspiring to commit murder in relation to the 2007 Surrey Six killings Thursday.

The mother of one of six people killed in B.C.’s most notorious gangland slaying says she may be in court to watch but she’ll get no satisfaction from seeing the gangster plead guilty to one count of conspiring to commit murder in relation to the 2007 Surrey Six killings Thursday.

Donald Trump’s call to reopen schools is winning rare support from a group that’s included some of the U.S. president’s harshest critics: public-health experts. There are caveats, however.

Across the province, parents say they're struggling. Not just with the constant threat of COVID-19, but also the ripple effect of no school or child care. Some warn a mass exodus of working parents — moms in particular — is on the horizon with the September school year looming.

Jamie Bacon has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit the murder of Corey Lal in the Surrey Six killings in October 2007 and counselling someone to murder Dennis Karbovanec in 2008.

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

The esports world is grappling with how to protect competitors — many of whom are barely in their teens — and respond to serious allegations against members. One game community has come up with its own "conduct panel" to adjudicate complaints.

Some public health and infectious disease experts are pressing for governments in Canada to shift to minimizing, not eradicating, COVID-19 while allowing society to resume functioning.

Canadian barley farmers are the unintended beneficiaries of a diplomatic spat a world away, as exports of their product to the Chinese market are picking up.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday announced measures to help Hong Kong citizens start a new life in Australia, including extending visas by five years, after Beijing imposed a new security law on the Asian financial hub.

Mounties on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast north of Vancouver are looking for the person responsible for threatening to tear down two poles carved by an Indigenous artist, apparently as retaliation for any removal of statues of historical figures.

The doctor accused of being patient zero in a northern New Brunswick COVID-19 outbreak after he travelled to neighbouring Quebec in May and didn't self-isolate has been notified he won't face criminal charges, his lawyer said.

A B.C. Mountie who fondled the genitals of one of her fellow constables, groped his thigh and made inappropriate sexual comments to him has lost 20 days of pay and 10 vacation days.

The At Issue panel discusses the political impact of an unprecedented fiscal update. Plus, what the federal government didn't include and what it means for the road ahead.

As George Floyd told Minneapolis police officers that he couldn't breathe more than 20 times in the moments before he died, the officer who pressed his knee against Floyd's neck dismissed his pleas, saying "it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk," according to transcripts of body camera video recordings made public Wednesday.