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The governor of the Bank of Canada warns the slower rebound facing women, youth and low-wage workers could pose a threat to a broader economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The long-awaited peace talks with the negotiating team selected by the Afghan government are to begin on Saturday in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar, the Taliban said in a statement on Thursday.

It will be late into the fall before the army is able to completely cut ties with a Canadian Ranger who openly supported two far-right groups and called the prime minister a "treasonous bastard" on social media, the country's top soldier tells CBC News.

An American consumer advocacy group is accusing Amazon of price gouging on items such as soap, face masks and toilet paper in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as the e-commerce giant claimed to be cracking down on third-party sellers on its platform who were doing the same thing.

Two RCMP officers who were charged in the shooting death of 31-year-old Clayton Crawford at a rest stop near Whitecourt in July 2018 are now facing manslaughter charges.

A man who set up camp on his way to visit family in Cape Breton got the surprise of a lifetime when he woke up and found himself floating in the Atlantic Ocean.

A man who set up camp on his way to visit family in Cape Breton got the surprise of a lifetime when he woke up and found himself floating toward the Atlantic Ocean.

A man who set up camp on his way to visit family in Cape Breton got the surprise of a lifetime when he woke up and found himself floating in the Atlantic Ocean.

Dr. Brian Day had argued patients have the right to pay for private care if the public system is too slow accommodating them.

A B.C. Supreme Court justice is expected to release a decision around noon PT in a constitutional challenge against critical sections of B.C.'s Medicare Protection Act, more than a decade after the case began.

Bill Morneau violated a part of the Canada Elections Act last summer when he promoted prospective Liberal candidates during his capacity as minister, according to the commissioner of Canada elections.

Bill Morneau violated a part of the Canada Elections Act last summer when he promoted prospective Liberal candidates in the lead-up to the federal election during his capacity as minister, according to the commissioner of Canada elections.

Quebec Premier François Legault says police will begin handing out fines to anyone who isn’t wearing a mask when required to according to public guidelines.

A store of oil and tires at Beirut port caught fire on Thursday, a military source said, a little more than a month after a massive blast devastated the port and a surrounding residential area of the Lebanese capital.

A P.E.I. woman who got a letter asking for taxes on money she hadn't earned thought she was being scammed until the Canada Revenue Agency set her straight. 

Activists working to defend Hong Kong's democracy say police in Canada appear to be helpless against what they call a campaign of harassment and threats against them by supporters of the Chinese state.

As the Toronto International Film Festival begins its partly digital, partly physical events, it's still unclear how a largely the format will affect those who rely on it as a tastemaker, networking opportunity and place to jumpstart their career.

A University of Windsor law professor who was successfully sued for defamation by a former colleague has filed a notice of legal action against her school, accusing it of "unconscionable" behaviour by hiding documents that would have cleared her.

A front-running team in the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine has put its trial on hold after a reported “unexplained illness” in one of the trial volunteers. What does that mean for the quick development of a vaccine?

As the Toronto International Film Festival begins its partly digital, partly physical events, it's still unclear how a largely the format will affect those who rely on it as a tastemaker, networking opportunity and place to jumpstart their career.

As the Toronto International Film Festival begins its partly digital, partly physical events, it's still unclear how a largely the format will affect those who rely on it as a tastemaker, networking opportunity and place to jumpstart their career.

Activists working to defend Hong Kong's democracy say police in Canada appear to be helpless against what they call a campaign of harassment and threats against them by supporters of the Chinese state.

A front-running team in the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine has put its trial on hold after a reported “unexplained illness” in one of the trial volunteers. What does that mean for the quick development of a vaccine?

Large ceremonies are customary in Palestinian society, where weddings bind the couple to each other — and to the community. In the absence of physical distancing measures, weddings have proved an incubator for the novel coronavirus.

A surprisingly high proportion of COVID-19 cases in Ontario have been among women working in health care, according to a new report that experts say intensifies calls for better protection.

More than a dozen Instagram accounts have emerged to allow students and alumni to post publicly about experiences with racism at universities across Canada.

Large ceremonies are customary in Palestinian society, where weddings bind the couple to each other — and to the community. In the absence of physical distancing measures, weddings have proved an incubator for the novel coronavirus.

A Northern California wildfire threatened thousands of homes Thursday after winds whipped it into a monster that incinerated houses in a small mountain community and killed at least three people.

Dozens of extreme wind-driven wildfires burned through forests and towns in U.S. West Coast states on Thursday, destroying hundreds of homes and killing at least nine people, authorities said.

Dozens of extreme wind-driven wildfires burned through forests and towns in U.S. West Coast states on Thursday, destroying hundreds of homes and killing at least eight people, authorities said.

A Northern California wildfire threatened thousands of homes Thursday after winds whipped it into a monster that incinerated houses in a small mountain community and killed at least three people. In addition, four deaths have been connected to wildfires in Oregon and Washington.

Parents and staff of the two schools received a letter from Alberta Health Services Wednesday evening confirming that two or more people have COVID-19.

Parents and staff of the two schools received a letter from Alberta Health Services Wednesday evening confirming that two or more people have COVID-19.

Three people have died in a Northern California wildfire that has forced thousands from their homes, one of them apparently while trying to flee.

The National for Wednesday, September 9

About 2,000 low-income residents who live in two buildings in Toronto are now getting free internet access thanks to a partnership between the city and technology company Cisco Canada.

Japan's Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto said Tuesday she believes organizers 'have to hold the Games at any cost,' but as CBC Sports Senior Contributor Morgan Campbell writes, the toll in human lives could prove too expensive.

Spooky season fans, fear not: Halloween 2020 is not cancelled due to the global pandemic, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed on Wednesday.

Benjamin 'Ben' Ray Davidson died of a heart attack in August on Haida Gwaii. He was 44 years old and is survived by his parents, his wife and five children.

The Toronto District School Board has pushed back its start date for most high schools to Sept. 17, citing the "complexities of the secondary staffing and timetable process."

A Nanaimo family is still in shock after returning home from a three-week vacation to find their home had been broken into and lived in while they were away.

A Nanaimo family is still in shock after returning home from a three-week vacation to find their home had been broken into and lived in while they were away.

Firefighters are struggling to contain an 'unprecedented' wildfire moving toward Portland. Thousands of residents south of Oregon's largest city have been told by authorities to flee their homes, in some cases with only minutes to spare.