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Canadians who lost loved ones when Iran shot down Flight PS752 earlier this year have been reporting an increasing number of threats warning them against criticizing Iran's response to the disaster.

B.C.'s Supreme Court has approved the settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed by Indigenous foster children who were defrauded of government aid.

Health officials says multiple cases on the northern Manitoba First Nation are linked to a funeral attended by someone who didn't have symptoms but later tested positive for the virus.

Health officials says multiple cases on the northern Manitoba First Nation are linked to a funeral attended by someone who didn't have symptoms but later tested positive for the virus.

Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff, has announced that he is "Anonymous," the senior White House administration official who penned a critical op-ed piece about Donald Trump.

At least seven people were taken to hospital after an Omaha airport rally for U.S. President Donald Trump that drew thousands, many of whom were left stranded several kilometres from their parked cars in freezing weather.

Major League Baseball MLB on Wednesday issued a scathing rebuke to Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner after he returned to the field with his teammates after their World Series-clinching Game 6 win having tested positive for COVID-19

Don Mazankowski, a longtime Conservative from Alberta who served in Parliament for 25 years — including a stint as deputy prime minister — has died at the age of 85.

A $30-million settlement of three class actions over the alleged failure to pay junior hockey players the minimum wage has been thrown into jeopardy after three judges refused to sign off on the agreement.

Controversial Saskatoon businesswoman Heather Abbey won $21,500 US on Wheel of Fortune Tuesday night. Now, Indigenous artists who say she owes them money from a failed trade mission to Japan want her to refund their money.

Controversial Saskatoon businesswoman Heather Abbey won $21,500 US on Wheel of Fortune Tuesday night. Now, Indigenous artists who say she owes them money from a failed trade mission to Japan want her to refund their money.

Husky Energy says 900,000 litres of produced water spilled from one of its pipelines in the Rainbow Lake area of northwestern Alberta.

Bear River First Nation Chief Carol Dee Potter says fishers from her community have been forced out of the St. Marys Bay area of southwest Nova Scotia since Sipekne'katik First Nation launched its moderate livelihood fishery last month.

Journalist Ginella Massa will anchor a new primetime show on CBC News Network, as well as contribute to The National as a special correspondent beginning in the new year, the Crown corporation announced Wednesday.

A Canadian entrepreneur with a track record of retail turnarounds is launching a chain of 45 tea shops across the U.S. and Canada, out of recently closed DavidsTea locations.

If a group of fitness centres in red zones changes its mind again and decides to reopen its facilities, Quebec's deputy premier says owners and their members who show up will be fined.

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on Canadians suffering from mental illness, opioid addiction and other substance abuse problems, says a new study released today by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) which confirms anecdotal reports warning that the pandemic's health consequences extend well beyond COVID-19 itself.

The Migrant Rights Network is calling for full and permanent immigration status for all migrants as it releases a report detailing the alleged abuses suffered by hundreds of racialized migrant domestic workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Migrant Rights Network is calling for full and permanent immigration status for all migrants as it releases a report detailing the alleged abuses suffered by hundreds of racialized migrant domestic workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will provide an update on the Liberal government's plan to recover from the pandemic-induced economic slowdown today.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivered an emphatic defence today of the use of fiscal stimulus and deficit spending to sustain the Canadian economy through what she called the "coronavirus recession" — and promised to rein it in only after widespread vaccination brings the virus under control.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will provide an update on the Liberal government's plan to recover from the pandemic-induced economic slowdown today.

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is demanding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologize on behalf of the federal government for the implementation of the War Measures Act and the arrest of hundreds of people in Quebec during the October Crisis in 1970. 

A children's soccer club in Chilliwack, B.C., has hired a private security firm to supervise its games after it said family members who are unhappy with contact tracing and limited crowd sizes began lashing out on the sidelines.

Sexual misconduct in the Canadian military is “a wicked problem” with no easy solution, and the plan to address it is being given a retooling for the long haul, says the Department of National Defence.

Toronto Raptors player Terence Davis has been arrested and charged after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend at a New York City hotel Tuesday night.

Zeta has restrengthened into a hurricane and is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge and strong winds along portions of the U.S. Gulf Coast.

The Bank of Canada will release its updated outlook for the country's pandemic-plagued economy.

The Bank of Canada says it has no plans to change its benchmark interest rate until inflation gets back to two per cent and stays there, something the central bank says isn't likely to happen until 2023.

The Bank of Canada says it has no plans to change its benchmark interest rate until inflation gets back to two per cent and stays there, something the central bank says isn't likely to happen until 2023.

The country's top public servant is offering to testify about controversial redactions to some 5,000 pages of documents the government released on the WE Charity affair.

Manitoba's health system still has capacity and is not yet at its breaking point, the health minister said Tuesday as the number of active COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations increased.

Health officials in Manitoba are continuing to see coronavirus cases linked to people not following public health advice by attending large gatherings and leaving their homes even though they have symptoms, according to Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin.

Russia will send army medics to a region in the Urals hit by a surge in COVID-19 cases, the defence ministry says, after doctors there made a public plea to President Vladimir Putin for help and as authorities reported their highest daily death toll yet.

Russia is sending army medics to a region hit by a surge in COVID-19 cases, the defence ministry says, after doctors there made a public plea to President Vladimir Putin for help and as authorities reported their highest daily death toll yet.

Nunavut RCMP will have the ability to turn their body-worn cameras on and off when a national pilot project gets underway in Iqaluit next month.

A new research institute planned for Cape Breton University will honour the legacy of Donald Marshall Jr., who fought for the Indigenous right to fish for a moderate livelihood. The Mi'kmaw man's name has been invoked in recent weeks by Indigenous fishermen in southwest Nova Scotia who've launched self-regulated lobster fisheries.

Classrooms look like they never have before this fall and teachers are feeling the weight of returning to school amid the pandemic, regardless of whether they're in a region deemed a COVID-19 hot spot or an area with little or no community transmission.

Group's 'go low' strategy, once directed against Democrats, is a source of debate.

The RCMP obtained more than two dozen court-ordered warrants and authorizations over a 15-month period prior to and after the arrest of Cameron Ortis, then the director general of its National Intelligence Co-ordination Centre.

The U.S. has a tiny number of swing voters. Yet they wield outsized power. And in this election, if the polls are correct, this little group spells big trouble for the president.

The U.S. has a tiny number of shifting voters. Yet they wield outsized power. And in this election, if the polls are correct, this little group spells big trouble for the president.

The restaurant where Ontario MPP Sam Oosterhoff posed for a photo with a large group of people who weren't wearing masks says the diners didn't follow its COVID-19 rules despite reminders from staff.

Classrooms look like they never have before this fall and teachers are feeling the weight of returning to school amid the pandemic, regardless of whether they're in a region deemed a COVID-19 hot spot or an area with little or no community transmission.

Are the record case counts in many provinces caused by increased testing? How long are test samples good for? Why can’t you provide a stool sample instead of getting a nose swab? Are pharmacy tests accurate? Here are the answers to some of your COVID-19 testing questions.

At least 70 million Americans have already cast ballots in the 2020 U.S. election, about two thirds of them by mail. Numbers like that mean this election could be like no other in terms of how long it takes to count ballots and declare a winner. 

While Joe Biden's ties to Canada are deep and wide, his campaign platform has more than a touch of protectionism to it. The Trump presidency put new strains on the Canada-U.S. relationship. Would a Biden presidency be better for it?

Group's 'go low' strategy, once directed against Democrats, is a source of debate.

Tension gripped the streets of Philadelphia for a second night on Tuesday following a deadly police shooting of a Black man armed with a knife and described by relatives as suffering from a mental breakdown as he was confronted by law enforcement.

On Tuesday, after the painful victim impact statements of 15 people, disgraced NXIVM self-help guru Keith Raniere was sentenced to what amounts to life in prison. Today, reporter Josh Bloch tells Jayme how the trial unfolded.