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We follow up with voters who participated in The National's Face-to-Face with Andrew Scheer in the last election to find out what they’re looking for in the new Conservative Party leader.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it would be "irresponsible" to proceed with the government's COVID-19 recovery plan without a green light from the House of Commons but would not explain why he chose to present a $37-billion aid package two days after he shut down Parliament.

Canada Post is reporting a second quarter pre-tax loss of $378 million, a figure the service says was largely driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canada Post is reporting a second quarter pre-tax loss of $378 million, a figure the service says was largely driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Liberal government is appealing last month's Federal Court decision that ruled the Safe Third Country Agreement — Canada's asylum agreement with the United States — infringes upon the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The Liberal government is appealing last month's Federal Court decision that ruled the Safe Third Country Agreement — Canada's asylum agreement with the United States — infringes upon the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The BC Wildfire Service is increasing its number of teams protecting properties near Penticton, B.C., as the area braces for changing weather patterns that heighten the potential for wildfire activity.

Calm winds over the past few days were forecast to switch direction and gain strength over the 20-square-kilometre wildfire that had already destroyed one home and prompted an evacuation order affecting hundreds.

A spokesperson for Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett said Canada "deeply values" its relationship with Six Nations and is "committed to continuing to work collaboratively to address Six Nations' historical claims and land right issues."

A spokesperson for Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett said Canada "deeply values" its relationship with Six Nations and is "committed to continuing to work collaboratively to address Six Nations' historical claims and land right issues."

Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli will be sentenced to five months in prison after a federal judge accepted his plea deal with prosecutors on charges that he paid $500,000 US in bribes to get his two daughters into the University of Southern California as rowing recruits.

Actor Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, will be sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty to participating in the college admissions cheating scheme that has laid bare the lengths to which some wealthy parents will go to get their kids into elite universities.

Full House actor Lori Loughlin must serve two months in prison and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, must serve five months for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California as rowing recruits, a federal judge ruled Friday.

Canadian retailers racked up $53 billion in sales in June, a 23 per cent rise from May and enough to put the figure above where it was in February before COVID-19 walloped Canada's economy.

Facing public backlash, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is set to testify Friday about disruptions in mail delivery as a Senate committee digs into changes in postal operations being made just as millions of Americans will be relying on mail-in ballots for the November election.

Facing public backlash, new U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Friday it's his "sacred duty" to ensure election mail delivery as a Senate committee digs into disruptions and changes in postal operations being made just as millions of Americans will be relying on mail-in ballots for the November election.

Iran's foreign minister in a letter to the UN Security Council said the United States has no right to demand the restoration of UN sanctions against Iran, the Foreign Ministry's website said Friday.

Researchers in Singapore have discovered a new variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus that causes milder infections, according to a study published in The Lancet medical journal this week.

Doctors at the Siberian hospital where Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny lies in a coma after suspected poisoning have allowed his family to transport him to a top German medical facility, the hospital's deputy chief doctor said Friday.

Alexei Navalny's supporters believe that tea he drank was laced with poison — and that the Kremlin is behind both his illness and the delay in transferring him to a top German hospital.

German doctors have examined Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in a coma in a Siberian hospital, and say he is fit enough to be flown to Berlin for treatment on a special medical plane, a charity representative says.

According to a close associate of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is comatose in a Siberian hospital, German doctors now have access to him, as friends and relatives push for him to be moved to a Berlin clinic.

Allies of stricken Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny accused Russian authorities of thwarting his medical evacuation to Germany on Friday, saying the decision placed his life in mortal danger because the Siberian hospital treating him was under-equipped.

At least 41 schools in Berlin have reported that students and teachers have become infected with coronavirus not even two weeks after schools reopened in the German capital.

The Bank of Montreal is waiving a Vancouver woman's entire credit card balance and lowering her interest rate after a botched application to its COVID-19 financial relief program drove her further into debt. 

Sky-darkening wildfires that took at least six lives and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes blazed throughout California on Friday as firefighting resources strained under the vastness of the infernos authorities were trying to control.

Dozens of wildfires raging throughout Northern California have now claimed at least five lives and threaten tens of thousands of homes, authorities said Thursday.

The Yue family from Halifax was just days into what they hoped would be an epic two-year sailing adventure to Guatemala and back when Hurricane Dorian struck. That was just the beginning of their troubles.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at a program in Campbell River, B.C., that sees people experiencing homelessness, or who have in the past, get involved in efforts to clean up green spaces, and we see what one group in southern Ontario is doing to try to boost conservation efforts for turtles.

The NDP says it's ready for a fall election campaign if necessary, stating it is in a better or equivalent financial position compared to the 2019 vote. 

The NDP says it's ready for a fall election campaign if necessary, stating it is in a better or equivalent financial position compared to the 2019 vote. 

The Canadian military's counterintelligence branch is supposed to provide early warning about threats within the ranks. Whether it could have spotted the Canadian Ranger who allegedly carried out last month's truck attack at Rideau Hall is part of an internal review of the case, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says.

In most parts of Canada, kids are heading back to school for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Here, experts answer your most pressing questions about managing masks in school.

From TIC4TS to OKBOOMER, the Ontario government denied thousands of personalized licence plate requests over the past year. Here's the full list — and its highlights.

From TIC4TS to OKBOOMER, the Ontario government denied thousands of personalized licence plate requests over the past year. Here's the full list — and its highlights.

Joe Biden, in the biggest speech of his long political life, accepted the Democratic nomination Thursday night and made clear his unequivocal and remarkably simple general-election message: He's a kinder human being than U.S. President Donald Trump.

Today is the last day to vote in the Conservative leadership race and pollsters say the party needs a leader who can articulate a clear vision for the country, appealing to a diverse cross section of voters ahead of the next general election. 

A Nigerian citizen living in Canada was extradited to the United States on Thursday to face federal charges after allegedly taking part in a scheme to defraud thousands of victims of hundreds of millions of dollars.

The Prince George Airport Authority realizes it will take longer than initially predicted for the airport to bounce back and at least one other B.C. airport is worried it will never recover at all.

Don Béni Kabangu Nsapu has been identified as the 19-year-old man who died from complications related to COVID-19. The death comes as people under 30 account for an increasing number of confirmed cases in Quebec and in Canada.

Members of the Conservative Party of Canada pick their new leader this weekend. Here's how you can follow CBC's special coverage.