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The UCP government’s controversial Canadian Energy Centre has been scolded by Auditor General Doug Wylie for financial oversight issues, including the awarding of $1.3 million in sole-sourced contracts without adequate justification or documentation.

Polls in the U.S. suggested Joe Biden was the favourite to win, but the margin is looking narrower than most expected. Did they get it wrong again?

The Ontario government rolled out its latest budget on Thursday, a plan that includes a record deficit as the province battles a second wave of COVID-19 and tries to lay the groundwork for an economic recovery.

Bloc Québécois' Leader Yves-François Blanchet is pitching a measure to prevent political parties from accessing pandemic aid earmarked for struggling businesses.

The embattled Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) says it will make sweeping changes to rebuild the organization more than four months after staff came forward with shocking allegations of racism and LGBT censorship.

A Toronto police officer convicted of beating a young Black man while off-duty has been sentenced to nine months in jail. Const. Michael Theriault was found guilty of assault for an attack on Dafonte Miller that took place in 2016.

President Donald Trump still has a chance of amassing over 270 electoral college votes and earning a second term, but his campaign is pre-emptively launching bids to challenge state results. Here's an explainer on where those efforts stand.

The National Ballet of Canada says it's cancelling its remaining 2020-21 season, "due to the ongoing uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic." The world premiere of its Swan Lake production in June will be postponed to the 2021-22 season.

Israel has demolished most of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, displacing 73 Palestinians — including 41 children — in the largest such demolition in years, residents and a United Nations official said.

Germany has recorded nearly 20,000 new coronavirus cases in one day, its highest level yet. Although Germany's situation is alarming officials, many other European countries are in worse shape, prompting stepped-up restrictions and lockdowns to try and slow the spread of COVID-19.

GM Canada says it will bring back pickup truck assembly work to its plant in Oshawa, Ont., if a new labour deal with its largest union is ratified.

GM Canada says it will bring back pickup truck assembly work to its plant in Oshawa, Ont., if a new labour deal with its largest union is ratified.

A Toronto police officer convicted of beating a young Black man while off-duty has been sentenced to nine months in jail. Const. Michael Theriault was found guilty of assault for an attack on Dafonte Miller that took place in 2016.

The British government and the Bank of England joined forces Thursday to provide further support to an economy that is set for a difficult winter following the imposition of new coronavirus lockdown measures.

New confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States have climbed to an all-time high seven-day average of more than 86,000 per day, with several American media outlets reporting Wednesday that the most recent daily reporting period saw cases go over 100,000.

New confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States have climbed to an all-time high seven-day average of more than 86,000 per day, with several American media outlets reporting Wednesday that the most recent daily reporting period saw cases go over 100,000.

A year ago, Nunavut RCMP opened a special unit to investigate child abuse. Its case load ranges from neglect to physical and sexual abuse against minors, to child pornography and trafficking.

Ahead of a weekend anti-lockdown rally in Aylmer, Ont., the mayor has received threats for calling a state of emergency, police officers have drawn up a plan of response, and merchants are bracing for clashes between protesters and counter-protesters.

Thursday's Ontario budget will pose a test for Premier Doug Ford: how willing is he to spend the kind of money needed to help spur economic recovery from COVID-19 and protect people from the ongoing pandemic?

The lawyer for Gerald Stanley — the Biggar, Sask., area farmer acquitted in the shooting death of Colten Boushie in 2018 — is alleging he was forced out of a prominent Saskatoon law firm after a "social media firestorm" around a proposed book on Stanley.

For a sign of what may be in store for Canadian voters if there's an election call during the pandemic, look south of the border, writes Éric Blais.

The time has finally arrived. Canadian track and field athletes have resumed training in earnest for the Tokyo Olympics after an abbreviated 2020 season, while world No. 1 decathlete Damian Warner has finally secured an indoor training facility.

Opioids were responsible for 4,614 deaths in Canada, equating to about 13 lives lost per day, in 2018 based on data from the Public Health Agency of Canada, says a new report that shines a spotlight on preventable poisonings.

Economists worry the great divide in U.S. politics shown in this election will have dire economic consequences. Is Canada destined to follow the same path?

For more than 13 years, astronomers have been trying to determine the source of extremely powerful radio bursts that can travel billions of kilometres through space but only last a fraction of a second. Now, at least part of the mystery has been solved.

Dozens of angry supporters of President Donald Trump converged on vote-counting centers in Detroit and Phoenix as the returns went against him Wednesday in the two key states, while thousands of anti-Trump protesters demanding a complete tally of the ballots in the still-undecided election took to the streets in cities across the U.S.

How long could vote counting go on for? Are there any restrictions on what outgoing presidents can do? What happens if a president-elect is incapacitated before they're sworn in? Here are the answers to your latest questions on the 2020 U.S. election.

A notorious Metro Vancouver COVID-19 conspiracy theorist has been charged with breaking mandatory quarantine after returning from a Flat Earth conference in the U.S.

The Quebec law than bars public teachers from wearing religious symbols at school is likely to cause lasting damage to the education of minority groups and imperil the health and safety of Muslim women in the province, according to expert testimony heard in Quebec Superior Court on Wednesday.

The Pictou Landing First Nation has launched a moderate livelihood lobster fishery in Nova Scotia and released its management plan publicly.