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Several Saskatchewan hockey teams took extraordinary measures to hide their participation in a Winnipeg hockey tournament in July, including changing their team names, withholding player names on game rosters and forbidding parents from posting on social media.

Five people, including three women, have been convicted in the beating death of 21-year-old Logan Ring north of Swift Current in November 2016. Collin Perrault is serving a life sentence for murder, and the other four people were convicted of manslaughter or accessory to murder. A publication ban is no longer in effect.

Abbott, who was a retired member of Parliament, represented the southeastern British Columbia riding of Kootenay-Columbia for 18 years.

Jesse Wente, a prominent Anishinaabe advocate for an increased presence of Indigenous voices in Canada's cultural landscape, has been appointed chairperson of the Canada Council for the Arts.

A Kingston, Ont. teenager has pleaded guilty to four terrorism-related offences stemming from a series of raids in early 2019.

A Kingston, Ont. teenager has pleaded guilty to four terrorism-related offences stemming from a series of raids in early 2019.

Health Canada has authorized with conditions the drug remdesivir for patients with severe COVID-19, although Canada's top doctor says the supply is limited.

The COVID-19 pandemic may be delaying deliveries across Canada, but it’s not stopping four new barges from travelling from China to Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., this summer.

The manager of a St. John's hotel says American military members have been leaving the building and telling staff they were given the OK to do so by the Canada Border Services Agency as confusion grows over whether federal or provincial rules and exemptions should apply.

Less than a week after the provincial and federal governments announced a joint panel review into April's mass killing in Nova Scotia, three Liberal members of Parliament have spoken out in support of a full public inquiry.

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair on Tuesday announced there would be a full public inquiry into the Nova Scotia shootings. It comes amid mounting pressure from MPs, families of victims, legal experts and the public upset that a review panel had been announced last week instead. 

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair made the announcement on Tuesday amid mounting pressure from fellow MPs, families of victims, legal experts and the public upset that a review panel had been announced last week instead. 

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair made the announcement on Tuesday amid mounting pressure from fellow MPs, families of victims, legal experts and the public upset that a review panel had been announced last week instead. 

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says there will be a full public inquiry into the Nova Scotia shootings. It comes amid mounting pressure from MPs, families of victims, legal experts and the public upset that a review panel had been announced last week instead. 

Government officials update Canadians on the latest measures the federal government is taking to slow the spread of COVID-19.

WE Charity co-founder Craig Kielburger told MPs on a parliamentary committee today that the charity he and his brother Marc founded agreed to take on the administration of the Liberal government's $900 student grant program because they wanted to make a difference not because they wanted make a profit off of the deal. 

A former chair of the WE Charity board of directors told MPs on the Commons finance committee this afternoon that the board was told that speakers were not being paid for appearing at WE Day events — even though WE later confirmed that its for-profit arm had paid Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's mother and brother thousands of dollars for speaking at such events.

WE Charity co-founders Marc and Craig Kielburger emerged from a four-hour grilling at the hands of opposition MPs today insisting they did not stand to gain financially from running the Liberal government's $900 million student grant program nor did they exploit their ties with the Trudeau family to secure the deal. 

MPs studying a controversial contract between the government and the WE Charity organization are hearing this week from WE co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger and later from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Here is how to follow the proceedings.

Johnny Depp's libel case against a British tabloid that accused him of abusing ex-wife Amber Heard was wrapping up Tuesday after three weeks of court hearings that dissected a toxic celebrity love affair.

Late last week Roy Jones Jr., the 51-year-old ex-champion and light-heavyweight legend, emerged as Mike Tyson’s opponent in the main event of a pay-per-view card slated for Sept. 12 at Dignity Health Sports Park in suburban Los Angeles.

The 72nd prime-time Emmys are the first major entertainment honours to unfold amid the coronavirus disruption, and Tuesday's virtual announcement makes clear how much improvisation is required.

The 72nd prime-time Emmys are the first major entertainment honours to unfold amid the coronavirus disruption. Canadian contenders include all four leads in CBC's Schitt's Creek and Sandra Oh for her role in the TV series Killing Eve.

A vast section of Alberta backcountry once considered for a park is being overused by tens of thousands of campers who cut trees, strew garbage and trespass, says a provincial advisory committee.

The spacecraft Perseverance — set for liftoff this week — is NASA's brawniest and brainiest Martian rover yet. Here are some of its most notable gadgets and interesting features of its mission to find signs of ancient life on the Red Planet.

Attorney General William Barr defended the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America, saying on Tuesday "violent rioters and anarchists have hijacked legitimate protests" sparked by George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr is defending the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America while making reference to the 'bogus' Russia investigation in prepared testimony for an appearance at the House judiciary committee that is expected to be heated.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr is defending the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America while making reference to the 'bogus' Russia investigation in prepared testimony for an appearance at the House judiciary committee beginning at 10 a.m. ET that is expected to be heated.

For one Thunder Bay family, dealing with COVID-19 has been a long, drawn-out experience with symptoms fading and returning over the course of months.

In Vietnam, travel in and out of Danang was shut down early Tuesday, while in Europe, Britain and Germany recommended their citizens avoid the islands and beaches of Spain due to an increase in coronavirus cases. Here's what's happening with the pandemic in Canada and around the world on Tuesday.

HMCS Fredericton is returning home to Nova Scotia on Tuesday, nearly three months after a deadly helicopter crash claimed the lives of six crew members.

HMCS Fredericton returned home to Nova Scotia on Tuesday, nearly three months after a deadly helicopter crash claimed the lives of six crew members.

When WE Charity founders Craig and Marc Kielburger appear before a House committee to answer questions about a partnership they struck with the Liberal government to administer a $900-million student grant program, they will be risking the reputation of the charity they started, say pollsters. 

The Caribbean island nation of Barbados has a tantalizing suggestion for quarantine-weary Canadians: Working from home is a lot more palatable when you're doing it remotely from a tropical paradise.

The Canadian navy has found a very creative way to keep its second-hand submarines afloat until the late 2030s and early 2040s — a plan that emphasizes maintenance over age in predicting how long the vessels can remain seaworthy.

The Canadian navy has found a very creative way to keep its second-hand submarines afloat until the late 2030s and early 2040s — a plan that emphasizes maintenance over age in predicting how long the vessels can remain seaworthy.

Faced with a rising tide of online hate and advertiser boycotts, Facebook Canada will announce today that it is teaming up with Ontario Tech University's Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism to create what it calls the Global Network Against Hate.

Nearly five months after the coronavirus brought play to a halt, the NHL is ready to stage its return in Edmonton and Toronto. Here’s everything you should know to refamiliarize yourself with hockey.

Most studies examining kids and COVID-19 are trying to answer two questions: What is the likelihood of children getting the infection? And what is the likelihood of them spreading it? But being out of school also comes at a cost, doctors tell CBC News.

The Caribbean island nation of Barbados has a tantalizing suggestion for quarantine-weary Canadians: Working from home is a lot more palatable when you're doing it remotely from a tropical paradise.

The mysterious, low-frequency noise that has plagued the city of Windsor for nearly a decade has finally quieted down after a steel factory just outside neighbouring Detroit halted its operations indefinitely.

Almost 800 players and dozens more team staff have embarked on the completion of a 2019-20 season suspended on March 12 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A best-of-five qualifying round starts Saturday at Edmonton's Rogers Place and Toronto's Scotiabank Arena.