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A Dutch-Canadian woman formerly employed by the High Commission of Canada in London is suing former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell and the federal government over incidents alleged to have taken place in 2013, when Campbell was Canada's high commissioner to the U.K.

Skip kissing and consider wearing a mask when having sex with a new partner to protect yourself from catching the coronavirus, Canada's chief public health officer said on Wednesday, adding that going solo remains the lowest-risk sexual option in a pandemic.

One month before the Green Party of Canada picks its next leader, Toronto international-affairs expert Annamie Paul has widened her fundraising lead over her nearest competitor. 

A Black man who was pulled over and wrongly accused of having an expired sticker on the licence plate of his rental car believes he was the target of racial profiling, and says he'd like to see Ottawa police undergo better training.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole today downplayed talk of the Tories triggering a fall election, saying he's more focused on holding the Liberal government to account over its efforts to rebuild an economy ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic.

A karaoke bar in Quebec City has been linked to a growing number of cases of COVID-19, including several at local schools, and there are reports the bar's customers flouted isolation orders while waiting for their test results.

Lawyers for a U.S. law enforcement officer accuse Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri of making race a key part of his counterclaim to a lawsuit in the aftermath of an altercation between the two at last year's NBA Finals.

Six months after detangling their work lives from the Royal Family, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have signed a multi-year deal to produce nature series, documentaries and children's programming for Netflix.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has no intention right now of asking the Queen to replace Governor General Julie Payette in the wake of CBC reports alleging harassment. 

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole makes an announcement in Ottawa and takes reporters' questions.

As school boards head into a challenging year, a significant amount will coincidentally have new leaders to guide them through it. Here's the full list of departing directors.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would not back decriminalization of drugs as a public-health response to the country's escalating opioid poisoning crisis, insisting on Wednesday that the approach, while raised as an option by advocates and medical officials across the country, is not a "silver bullet'' solution.

Abdoul and Fatouma Abdi, siblings who were taken into provincial care as child refugees nearly 20 years ago, are now suing the Nova Scotia government and a care home, alleging abuse and a failure to respect their heritage.

Treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with corticosteroid drugs reduces the risk of death by 20 per cent, an analysis of seven international trials found on Wednesday, prompting the World Health Organization to update its advice on treatment.

The family that controls Cogeco Inc. and Cogeco Communications Inc. says it won't support a hostile bid from a New York firm that offered $10.3-billion to buy the telecommunications companies.

The German government says tests performed on samples taken from Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny showed the presence of Novichok, the Soviet-era nerve agent.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the same type of Soviet-era nerve agent that British authorities identified in a 2018 attack on a former Russian spy, the German government said Wednesday, citing new test results.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the same type of Soviet-era nerve agent that British authorities identified in a 2018 attack on a former Russian spy, the German government said Wednesday, citing new test results.

The coronavirus pandemic will widen the poverty gap between women and men, pushing 47 million more women and girls into impoverished lives by next year, the United Nations says. Here's a look at what's happening with the coronavirus around the world.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't letting the COVID-19 pandemic stop his usual practice of travelling to various regions of the country during the summer — he's just doing it virtually this year.

A team of international astronomers has caught the merger of two black holes of unprecedented masses creating yet another massive black hole — one that astronomers believed existed in theory but that had never been detected.

Pope Francis held his weekly general audience in public for the first time in six months on Wednesday, smiling and chatting as he re-emerged from the constraints of the coronavirus lockdown.

Seven people were shot, one fatally, in two separate incidents in the early morning hours on Wednesday, Toronto police say. Investigators have identified the homicide victim as Joseph Hart, 50, of Toronto.

Seven people were shot, one fatally, in two separate incidents in the early morning hours on Wednesday, Toronto police say.

Six people were shot in Toronto's north end early Wednesday when a vehicle pulled up outside a bakery and occupants of the vehicle fired multiple rounds at people gathered inside.

Six people were shot in Toronto's north end early Wednesday when a vehicle pulled up outside a bakery and occupants of the vehicle fired multiple rounds at people gathered inside.

Residents of an Alaska village lined a remote runway with cars, trucks and all-terrain vehicles to provide enough light for a medical transport plane to evacuate a child.

Residents of an Alaska village lined a remote runway with cars, trucks and all-terrain vehicles to provide enough light for a medical transport plane to evacuate a child.

Dr. Jean Robert Ngola has been blamed as the source of a COVID-19 outbreak in Campbellton, N.B., but an investigation by CBC’s The Fifth Estate and Radio-Canada reveals contact tracing information that casts doubt on the certainty with which Ngola was identified as "patient zero" and points to dozens of other people who could have brought the virus into the community.

E-commerce giants Amazon and eBay continue to sell thousands of items promoting QAnon, even as social media companies crack down on the dangerous conspiracy theory that the FBI has called a 'domestic terror threat.'

E-commerce giants Amazon and eBay continue to sell thousands of items promoting QAnon, even as social media companies crack down on the dangerous conspiracy theory that the FBI has called a "domestic terror threat."

Dr. Jean Robert Ngola has been blamed as the source of a COVID-19 outbreak in Campbellton, N.B., but an investigation by CBC’s The Fifth Estate and Radio-Canada reveals contact tracing information that casts doubt on the certainty with which Ngola was identified as "patient zero" and points to dozens of other people who could have brought the virus into the community.

With two million students, teachers and other education workers returning to Ontario schools this month, cases of COVID-19 will almost undoubtedly be confirmed. What happens then?

A working group in the U.S. capital recommends renaming, removing or recontextualizing monuments, including the giant obelisk dedicated to the city's namesake. President Donald Trump is already using it as a campaign issue.

A working group in the U.S. capital recommends renaming, removing or recontextualizing monuments, including the giant obelisk dedicated to the city's namesake. President Donald Trump is already using it as a campaign issue.

The Second World War formally ended 75 years ago today with a surrender ceremony aboard a American battleship in Tokyo Bay. The war changed the world — Canada included — but one historian argues Canadians still haven't come to terms with its legacy.

The federal government has announced that it has signed deals with four companies to reserve millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines under development. The candidate vaccines represent a variety of different technologies with different pros and cons. Here’s a closer look.

Four people arrested for curfew violations while protesting the shooting of a Black man by a white policeman in Kenosha, Wis. sued the city and county governments on Tuesday, claiming they were denied free speech rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

Billy Yovanovich is convinced "square waves" created the mystery pattern that he saw on the Lina Island beach on Saturday, but Institute of Ocean Sciences researcher Richard Thomson is skeptical.

Billy Yovanovich is convinced "square waves" created the mystery pattern that he saw on the Lina Island beach on Saturday, but Institute of Ocean Sciences researcher Richard Thomson is skeptical.

University of Victoria anthropologist Chris Arnett said schools should educate people about the significance of Indigenous cultures to help prevent the defacement of their ancient art.

The National for September 1: Educational needs and COVID-19 precautions come to a head as more classes resume across Canada.

Tropical Storm Omar formed off the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Nana approached the coast of Central America, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported.