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Kamala Harris has been formally nominated as Democrats' pick for vice-president, becoming the first woman of colour to run for the position for a major U.S. political party.

A man travelling from Alaska to the continental United States has been charged with violating Canada's Quarantine Act amid accusations that he failed to follow COVID-19 public safety rules while in Banff — not just once but twice.

Montreal community groups say they will collect data on COVID-19 cases and other impacts of pandemic.

Apple has become the first U.S. company to boast a market value of $2 trillion US, just two years after it became the first to reach $1 trillion US.

Lawyer Leslyn Lewis doesn’t have a seat in Parliament but is vying for the Conservative Party of Canada leadership under a social conservative banner.

The Bank of Nova Scotia has agreed to pay more than $127 million US in fines to settle criminal investigations into a price manipulation scheme in the price of precious metals that some of its traders were engaged in.

Laura Loomer, a far-right online provocateur whose hate speech got her banned from many social media platforms, won her Republican primary on Tuesday and will challenge Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel for Congress in November.

BlackBerry Ltd. is teaming up with a Texas-based startup to launch a new 5G-enabled version of its well-known smartphone in the first half of 2021 aimed at the North American and European markets.

Manitoba unveiled a new colour-coded system Wednesday that will allow government to roll out COVID-19 restrictions targeting specific regions, communities or industries in the province.

Federal lawyers are being asked to avoid prosecuting simple drug possession cases unless major public safety concerns are at play — a move that comes amid a push on the federal government to reconsider decriminalization. 

The Toronto District School Board, Canada's largest, says it intends to provide remote learning this fall through a centralized "virtual school" rather than from students' individual neighbourhood schools, prompting concerns that children out of class since March will be further isolated.

Waste management company GFL has been accused of misleading accounting by an American short seller with a history of targeting Canadian companies.

Waste management company GFL Environmental Inc. has been accused of misleading finances by an American short seller with a history of targeting Canadian companies.

Hundreds of residents in British Columbia's southern Okanagan region are out of their homes, and thousands more must be ready to leave on short notice as a nearby wildfire grows in size.

Hundreds of residents in British Columbia's southern Okanagan region are out of their homes, and thousands more must be ready to leave on short notice as a nearby wildfire grows in size.

Canada's inflation rate slowed down to increase by just 0.1 per cent in the year up to July, as lower prices for gasoline and air travel continue to drag the number lower.

Pope Francis on Wednesday warned against any prospect that rich people would get priority for a coronavirus vaccine. The World Health Organization has urged countries to join a global pact aimed at ensuring less wealthy countries have access to vaccines.

Newly released documents back the Trudeau government's contention that it was federal public servants who recommended a student service grant program be administered by WE Charity. But they also suggest bureaucrats may have been nudged in that direction by their political masters.

A four-year-old girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert this morning was found in Saskatoon.

Police said a four-year-old girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert this morning has been found safe in Saskatoon.

The RCMP, with the Saskatoon Police Service, issued an Amber Alert on Wednesday morning for a missing four-year-old girl.

Soldiers who ousted Mali's president and government in a military coup that drew condemnation abroad promised on Wednesday to restore stability and oversee a transition to elections within a "reasonable" time.

Researchers say it's one of the more tangible effects of climate change: Like the Arctic is warmer faster than the Equator, the nights in Calgary are heating up more than the days.

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating top RCMP brass' actions in the aftermath of the Robert Dziekanski, 13 years after his death.

Geoff Shoesmith has seen his share of competition from the gas station down the road from his long-time family business but never did he expect the RCMP to get involved or that he'd end up in hospital with a concussion and a black eye.

A series of crashes allegedly caused by a 30-year-old Iraqi man on a Berlin highway was an Islamic extremist attack, prosecutors told the German news agency dpa on Wednesday.

European Union leaders are set to tighten sanctions against Belarus at an emergency video conference on the crisis on Wednesday, EU Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton said.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered his police on Wednesday to put down protests in the capital Minsk, signaling an escalation after a week and a half of mass demonstrations against his rule.

Hundreds of Belarusian protesters gathered in Minsk on Wednesday evening, defying a new order from President Alexander Lukashenko, who instructed his police to clear the streets of the capital after a week and a half of rallies protesting his rule.

Furey shakes up cabinet and appoints Siobhan Coady as the new finance minister hours after being sworn in as premier on Wednesday.

Andrew Furey has been sworn in as the 14th premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, at a time when the province faces one of its worst fiscal challenges with a near-record deficit of $2.1 billion this year.

Christina Belding hopes her double mastectomy scars spark a conversation about breast cancer.

Parliament is prorogued until Sept. 23. Here's what prorogation means, how it's been used in the past and what comes next. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says proroguing Parliament gives the government a chance to prepare for the "unprecedented opportunity" presented by the pandemic. But that can't obscure the fact it's egregious, Aaron Wherry writes.

Chrystia Freeland  doesn't have the Bay Street credentials of her predecessor Bill Morneau, who was CEO of the large Canadian human resource firm Morneau Shepell. But that's not necessarily the only ingredient a prime minister looks for when choosing a finance minister.

Bill Janman and his wife were never able to recover any of their money from the Ponzi scheme and have since tried to amend their tax returns. However, the CRA says the deadline has passed to make changes.

New video footage shows Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri was shoved twice before pushing back against an Alameda County sheriff's deputy while trying to reach the court after the team won the NBA championship in June 2019.

New video footage appears to show Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri was shoved twice before pushing back against Alameda County sherriff's deputy Alan Strickland while trying to reach the court after the team won the NBA championship in June 2019.

An evacuation order has been issued for residents of 319 properties near a quickly growing wildfire that broke out Tuesday afternoon north of Okanagan Falls, B.C., while residents of thousands of homes in Penticton have been put on notice.

An evacuation order has been issued for residents of 319 properties near a quickly growing wildfire that broke out Tuesday afternoon north of Okanagan Falls, B.C., while residents of thousands of homes in Penticton have been put on notice.

An evacuation order has been issued for residents of 319 properties near a quickly growing wildfire that broke out Tuesday afternoon north of Okanagan Falls, B.C., while residents of thousands of homes in Penticton have been put on notice.

First Nations groups in British Columbia are calling on the federal fisheries minister to issue an emergency order to close all sockeye fisheries on the Fraser River.