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Charley Pride, country music's first Black star whose rich baritone on such hits as Kiss an Angel Good Morning helped sell millions of records and made him the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died. He was 86.

Canada and the U.S. have been renegotiating the 56-year-old treaty, which regulates the flow of the Columbia River. Now a Washington state congressman is calling on the president to terminate the agreement, considered to be a model of international cooperation on hydropower development.

As he prepares to retire from the Senate, Murray Sinclair says that despite its efforts, the federal government is still taking actions that go against its promises around reconciliation.

A Charlottetown cake-maker disputes a letter from the Canada Revenue Agency saying she wasn't eligible to receive the Canada emergency response benefit and should pay back the money by year's end to avoid tax complications. The dispute involves net versus gross income.

Bandits armed with assault rifles attacked a secondary school in Nigeria's northwestern Katsina state late on Friday, police said, and two local people said hundreds of students were missing.

The Nigerian military had located and exchanged fire with gunmen who kidnapped scores of secondary school students in northwestern Katsina State, according to a statement from the president on Saturday.

Some Canadians are getting letters from the Canada Revenue Agency, suggesting they could have to repay thousands of dollars in CERB money because they may not have been eligible to receive it in the first place.

Help from the Canadian Armed Forces comes following a desperate plea from the First Nation's chief, after 25 per cent of the remote fly-in community tested positive for COVID-19.

More help from the Canadian Armed Forces is on the way to Shamattawa in northern Manitoba, following a desperate plea from the First Nation's chief, after 25 per cent of the remote fly-in community tested positive for COVID-19.

Toronto Raptors star point guard Kyle Lowry did not make the trip to Charlotte for the NBA team's first two pre-season games on Saturday and Monday.

Heavy equipment was brought in Saturday in an effort to recover the body of a worker trapped in the rubble of a partial collapse of a building under construction in London, Ont.

Heavy equipment was brought in Saturday in an effort to recover the body of a worker trapped in the rubble of a partial collapse of a building under construction in London, Ont.

A leading expert on personal information law says the Trudeau government is unwilling to hold political parties to the same level of accountability it is demanding of other organizations in its current revamp of the federal privacy regime.

Conservative groups that allege U.S. president-elect Joe Biden stole November's election from President Donald Trump are planning nationwide protests on Saturday.

Conservative groups that allege U.S. president-elect Joe Biden stole November's election from President Donald Trump are planning nationwide protests on Saturday.

Conservative groups alleging without evidence that U.S. president-elect Joe Biden stole the presidential election gathered for protests across the country on Saturday, including one in Washington featuring President Donald Trump's recently pardoned former national security adviser.

Conservative groups alleging without evidence that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden stole the U.S. election gathered for protests across the country on Saturday, including one in Washington, D.C., that threatened to turn violent as darkness fell.

Conservative groups alleging without evidence that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden stole the U.S. election gathered for protests across the country on Saturday, including one in Washington, D.C., that threatened to turn violent as darkness fell.

Conservative groups that allege U.S. president-elect Joe Biden stole November's election from President Donald Trump are planning nationwide protests on Saturday.

Hundreds of thousands of farmers are vigorously protesting new Indian legislation that they say will push them off their ancestral lands. Raji Aujla and Jagdeesh Mann, both Punjabi-Canadians from B.C., share why the issue matters deeply to the Indian diaspora.

Conservative groups that allege U.S. president-elect Joe Biden stole the U.S. election from Donald Trump are planning nationwide protests on Saturday.

A couple who have been homeless and experiencing addiction in Hamilton for the past two years had their encampment burned down after securing space in the city's shelter system. Then they lost their shelter space to salvage what was left.

Experts are worried the new COVID-19 vaccines may face an uphill battle gaining the confidence of Canadians. But transparency, openness, and hearing stories from those who have already been vaccinated are all key to making the shot feel normal.

Experts are worried the new COVID-19 vaccines may face an uphill battle gaining the confidence of Canadians. But transparency, openness, and hearing stories from those who have already been vaccinated are all key to making the shot feel normal.

The co-chair of the task force studying COVID-19 immunity is warning that the arrival of vaccines in Canada doesn't guarantee protection against the virus, or signal that peoples' lives will soon return to normal.

Canadians are turning to holiday cards to spread some much needed joy this year. In some cases the personal touch of handmade cards is even helping to bridge the physical distance keeping so many people apart because of COVID-19.

Canadians are turning to holiday cards to spread some much needed joy this year. In some cases the personal touch of handmade cards is even helping to bridge the physical distance keeping so many people apart because of COVID-19.

Ocean research that affects things ranging from weather forecasts to insurance rates has been hindered or sidelined completely due to the impact of the pandemic.

It's been obvious for some time that there is something a little weird about the way Canada approaches its relationship with China — a disconnect brought into sharp relief this week by the news that Global Affairs and the Department of National Defence were not the same page when it came to military ties and training involving the People’s Liberation Army.

The fact that the federal government finally has a clear strategy to hit its emissions targets might seem like an accomplishment to many. But shouldn't governments be expected to come up with plans to do what they promise to do?

Though some leaders have come down from their spring peaks, polls suggest governing leaders and parties in Canada still have more support today than they did before the pandemic began.

The National for December 11: The first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine makes its way to Canada as modelling paints a grim picture of the weeks ahead.