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A defamation lawsuit by the world's largest fast-food operator against Canada's public broadcaster over a report on the chain's chicken sandwiches can proceed, Ontario's top court has ruled.

Sarah Thomas will cap her sixth NFL season by becoming the first female to officiate the Super Bowl in NFL history.

Alexei Navalny, Russia's main opposition figure, is in a Moscow jail, with his supporters confronting the existential question of how his political movement will survive with him sidelined, in all likelihood for a very long time.

Veterans Affairs Canada hasn't gone far enough in reversing restrictions on mental health counselling for the families of former soldiers, sailors and aircrew, the county's new veterans ombudsman says in a hard-hitting report.

Another case of a highly contagious coronavirus variant has been detected in Quebec, and Premier François Legault says the federal government must shut down all non-essential travel, including trips to the Caribbean, to help halt the spread of COVID-19.

Conservative MPs will vote on whether to expel Eastern Ontario MP Derek Sloan from the party caucus Wednesday morning in response to Sloan accepting a donation from a notorious white nationalist during his bid to lead the party.

Conservative MPs could vote to expel Eastern Ontario MP Derek Sloan from the party caucus as early as this week in response to news that the backbencher accepted a donation from a notorious white nationalist during his bid to lead the party.

CBC News will have comprehensive coverage before, during and after the official swearing-in of U.S. president-elect Joe Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris at noon ET Wednesday.

Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is explicitly pointing his finger at U.S. President Donald Trump for helping to spur the attack on the Capitol by the outgoing president's supporters earlier this month.

President-elect Joe Biden has indicated that he plans to cancel the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office, and the move comes as good news to some activists in Canada’s North.

A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organization has criticized China and other countries for not moving to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus earlier and questioned whether the UN health agency should have labelled it a pandemic sooner.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today he will continue to press Canada's case for the Keystone XL pipeline project with the incoming Biden administration in the U.S., which is poised to rescind the presidential permit allowing cross-border construction tomorrow.

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante's calls come days after 51-year-old Raphaël André was found dead nearby a closed shelter. But Premier François Legault says no official exception will be added.

A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organization has criticized China and other countries for not moving to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus earlier, and questioned whether the UN health agency should have labelled it a pandemic sooner.

President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

A Haida filmmaker and several Indigenous elders are calling for federal legislation to authenticate Indigenous identity in Canada. The move comes shortly after award-winning filmmaker Michelle Latimer's unfounded identity claims were exposed by Indigenous elders. 

The Nova Scotia Health Authority and a group of local doctors are both doing separate reviews to figure out why so many people are dying unexpectedly in Cape Breton Regional Municipality hospitals.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney both decided their governments would take ownership stakes in two different pipeline projects stuck in limbo. But only one of the leaders had significant control over what happened next.

The more opportunities the coronavirus has to replicate, the more it will evolve, potentially creating a new variant that won't be mitigated by current vaccines. With concerning sets of mutations already popping up around the world, scientists are on high alert.

The more opportunities the coronavirus has to replicate, the more it will evolve, potentially creating a new variant that won't be mitigated by current vaccines. With concerning sets of mutations already popping up around the world, scientists are on high alert.

The union representing thousands of Mounties says it fears pandemic-related delays at the RCMP training depot will worsen its staffing crunch and increase the risk of officer burnout.

The servers provided a temporary home to TheDonald, a forum for right-wing extremists, after it was shut down by Reddit over racist, violent content and as other tech companies cracked down on hate speech.

By being creative in identifying solutions to our shared interests and leveraging opportunities through multiple levels of government, we'll ultimately advance Canadian interests, writes Colin Robertson.

By being creative in identifying solutions to our shared interests and leveraging opportunities through multiple levels of government, we'll ultimately advance Canadian interests, writes Colin Robertson.

The federal government is in exploratory talks to settle a combined class-action lawsuit over a $165 million accounting error at Veterans Affairs Canada that shortchanged more than 250,000 mostly elderly former soldiers, sailors and aircrew, CBC News has learned.

Erin O'Toole's decision to issue a 595-word statement on Sunday about his political beliefs suggests he's at least a little worried about his public image. And he might have good reasons to worry.

The U.S. capital is gripped with trepidation. Fear of violence has upended Washington before Wednesday's presidential inauguration as residents of the city, and the country, grapple with an unnerving question: Was the Capitol attack a one-off, or the beginning of a new era of political violence?

The more opportunities the coronavirus has to replicate, the more it will evolve, potentially creating a new variant that won't be mitigated by current vaccines. With concerning sets of mutations already popping up around the world, scientists are on high alert.

Canadians who made the journey to Florida this winter are being offered the COVID-19 vaccine. But they also face a backlash from some Floridians who argue non-residents shouldn’t have early access to vaccines that are currently in short supply.

There were only 'minor scrapes and bruises' as fire forced the evacuation of nearly 50 residents from a long-term care facility in Wellington, P.E.I., late Monday night. 

Joe Biden’s apparent plan to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit, COVID-19 vaccine supply issues, and Nova Scotia’s new opt-out organ donation law.

Alberta's energy minister says the province will cancel 11 recently issued coal leases and pause future lease sales that would have allowed open-pit coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

A Supreme Court justice has thrown out a woman's attempt to stop her teenager from having gender-affirming chest reconstruction surgery, finding the mother had "misled" the court during her fight against an issue that's already been settled.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he plans to expel Eastern Ontario MP Derek Sloan from the Conservative caucus after news emerged that the backbencher received a leadership campaign donation from a self-described white nationalist.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is looking into a donation to the failed leadership campaign of MP Derek Sloan that may have come from a self-described white nationalist.

The Russian-born, Montreal-raised athlete retired from competitive figure skating in 2018 and has found worldwide fame online through his creative and unconventional approach to the sport.

The Russian-born, Montreal-raised athlete retired from competitive figure skating in 2018 and has found worldwide fame online through his creative and unconventional approach to the sport.