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A 17-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisc., has been extradited to stand trial on homicide charges, sheriff's deputies in Illinois handing him over to their counterparts in Wisconsin shortly after a judge approved the contested extradition.

Former finance minister Bill Morneau says he was thinking of leaving federal politics and running for a top diplomatic post well before the WE Charity affair prompted his sudden departure from cabinet.

Three Metro Vancouver employees have been dismissed in connection with a deadly incident at the Cleveland Dam in North Vancouver in early October.

An Illinois judge on Friday approved the extradition of a 17-year-old accused in the fatal shooting of two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wis.

Full House actress Lori Loughlin has reported to a federal prison in California to begin serving her two-month sentence for her role in the college admissions bribery scandal.

The Liberal government will miss a target it set during the 2015 federal election campaign to lift all long-term drinking water advisories in First Nations by March 2021 — in some cases by several years — according to a survey of communities by CBC News.

An Ontario Superior Court Justice has ordered the spokesperson for a Six Nations-led land reclamation of a housing development in Caledonia, Ont., to pay $168,000 in legal bills for the developer and the municipality.

Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr has endorsed the re-election bid of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Canadians must reduce the number of close contacts they have with other people by 25 per cent in order to suppress the second wave of COVID-19, according to new federal modelling on the spread of the coronavirus released today.

In a letter addressed to the premier and health minister published by the Winnipeg Free Press on Friday, 12 Manitoba doctors say the province must shut down to stem the surging COVID-19 numbers that are straining the health-care system.

Health officials are moving forward with a suite of new provincewide restrictions in Manitoba come Monday following calls for more strict rules from doctors in the province.

An inmate serving a life sentence for first-degree murder has escaped from prison in Mission, B.C.

A man matching the description of an inmate who escaped from prison in Mission, B.C., has been spotted across the border in Washington state.

An inmate serving a life sentence for first-degree murder who escaped from prison in Mission, B.C., has been spotted across the border in Washington state.

Over the objections of dozens of Conservatives, the House of Commons gave approval in principle Thursday to a bill that would make it easier for dying Canadians to get medical help to end their suffering.

A strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea has shaken Turkey and Greece. Several buildings were wrecked in Turkey's western Izmir province, according to officials, but there was no immediate information on casualties.

A strong earthquake struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the west coast of Turkey and the Greek island of Samos, collapsing buildings in the city of Izmir in western Turkey, and officials said at least six people were killed and scores were injured.

A strong earthquake struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the west coast of Turkey and the Greek island of Samos, collapsing several buildings in Turkey's Izmir province and causing some damage in Samos. At least four people were killed in Turkey.

A strong earthquake struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 19 people and injuring over 700 amid collapsed buildings and flooding, officials said.

A strong earthquake struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 14 people and injuring over 500 amid collapsed buildings and flooding, officials said.

A strong earthquake struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 14 people and injuring hundreds amid collapsed buildings and flooding, officials said.

A record surge of coronavirus cases in the United States is pushing hospitals to the brink of capacity and killing up to 1,000 people a day, the latest figures show, as most of the country focuses on Tuesday's presidential election.

For everyone who wants to see life return to pre-pandemic normal, I give you this week’s wildcat strike by Alberta health support workers.

Statistics Canada reported Friday that the Canadian economy grew by 1.2 per cent in August, extending its run of gains to four consecutive months but down from July.

The investigation into a gruesome attack by a Tunisian man who killed three people in a French church had a second suspect in custody Friday, as France heightened its security alert amid religious and geopolitical tensions around cartoons mocking the Muslim prophet.

A second suspect was in custody Friday in connection with a gruesome knife attack that claimed the lives of three people in a French church as France heightened its security alert amid religious and geopolitical tensions around cartoons mocking the Muslim prophet.

Deep beneath the surface of Howe Sound, northeast of Vancouver, there are 17 rare glass sponge reefs — rich ecosystems created by the sponges over thousands of years. The reefs were thought to be extinct until they were discovered off B.C.'s coast in the late 1980s.

A Newfoundland and Labrador woman was handed down a federal sentence for her role in a rash of pet scams that affected victims across Canada.

A Newfoundland and Labrador woman was handed down a federal sentence for her role in a rash of pet scams that affected victims across Canada.

When Christina Belding shared her breast cancer story and mastectomy wounds with CBC News, she gained a huge following. A young survivor saw the story and it gave her confidence to show her own surgically scarred chest. Whatever the treatment, empowering a woman to choose her cancer care boosts mental health, says a researcher.

A 76-year-old man from London, Ont., says he was left to sleep in his wheelchair for three consecutive days after his personal support worker (PSWs) failed to show up to his home for care, highlighting the dire need of PSWs across the province. 

Federal Conservative Party needs to pay attention to populist winds that are blowing more strongly in favour of Wexit, writes Kory Teneycke.

“There's a definite trend towards improvement, but with a caveat. We haven’t observed where that trend is going to end up,” said one Toronto doctor of the declining death rate during the second wave of COVID-19 in Ontario.

Life isn't quite the same as it was pre-coronavirus, but the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region has largely been spared by the second COVID-19 wave. There will even be cinephiles in the Théâtre du Cuivre when the region's highly-regarded film festival officially kicks off this weekend.

Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino will unveil a three-year immigration plan today that will set targets for bringing skilled workers, family members and refugees into Canada in the midst of a global pandemic.

The Liberal government plans to bring in a historically high number of more than 1.2 million immigrants over the next three years, despite hurdles created by the global pandemic.

This week, Canada hit a grim milestone: more than 10,000 people in the country have died from COVID-19 — although experts say the true number could be higher. Today, we hear about three of the many who have been lost: Shawn Auger, the first recorded Canadian in his 30s to die from the disease; Gurinder Anand, who made his mark on Montreal with his cooking and community spirit; and Bontu Abdulahi, a personal support worker and devoted mom.

The footage from body-worn cameras that was taken as Philadelphia police responded to a call about Walter Wallace Jr. shows him emerging from a house with a knife as relatives shout at officers about his mental health condition, a lawyer for the man's family said Thursday.

France on alert after a deadly attack inside a church. Plus, the covert cameras in Canadian malls.

More than three years after his death, a man who was shot dead and found in a burnt-out SUV near Squamish, B.C., has been identified as a U.S. citizen known for spreading racist, neo-Nazi ideologies and for a massive spam email campaign that led to a $12.8-million US lawsuit.

Homicide investigators in B.C.'s Lower Mainland have confirmed the identity of a man found in a burned-out SUV on a forest service road, more than three years after the body was found.

More than three years after his death, a man who was shot dead and found in a burned-out SUV near Squamish, B.C., has been identified as a U.S. citizen known for spreading racist neo-Nazi ideologies and for a massive spam email campaign that led to a $12.8-million US lawsuit.

More than three years after his death, a man who was shot dead and found in a burned-out SUV near Squamish, B.C., has been identified as a U.S. citizen known for spreading racist neo-Nazi ideologies and for a massive spam email campaign that led to a $12.8-million US lawsuit.

The maker of Canada Dry ginger ale has agreed to pay more than $200,000 to settle a class-action lawsuit launched by a B.C. man who alleged he was misled by marketing suggesting the soda had medicinal benefits.