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Canada's former military ombudsman says Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan's claim that he wanted to avoid politicizing a potential sexual misconduct investigation of the country's top military commander is both "bizarre" and "weak."

Restaurant owner says police are investigating after a co-owner was filmed yelling obscenities at customers. He wants people to know he does not condone racism.

Ethiopia's leader on Tuesday said atrocities have been reported in Tigray, his first public acknowledgement of possible war crimes in the country's northern region where fighting persists as government troops hunt down its fugitive leaders.

Air Canada says it will restore some service along routes to Jamaica, Mexico and Barbados beginning in early May, after Canadian airlines suspended all flights to sun destinations in January at the request of the federal government.

The new public health measures will be in place until April 5 and reviewed then.

A dad in Fernie, B.C., wanted to get some insight into his three-year-old daughter's thoughts as she manoeuvred the slopes with remarkable speed and agility, so he decided to mic her up. Then CNN came calling.

The country's acting top military commander told a Parliamentary committee today that he's asked for written plan on how to deal with future allegations of sexual misconduct by seniors leaders. Having a roadmap, Lt.-Gen. Wayne Eyre said, would help the military deal with complaints more "rapidly."

Newfoundland and Labrador's troubled election, which should have ended Feb. 13, will finally conclude on Saturday after weeks of upheaval due to an unexpected coronavirus outbreak in the provincial capital.

The suspect accused of opening fire inside a crowded Colorado supermarket was a 21-year-old man who purchased an assault weapon less than a week earlier, authorities said Tuesday, a day after the attack that killed 10 people, including a police officer.

Police on Tuesday identified a 21-year-old man as the suspect in the killing of 10 people at a Boulder, Colo., supermarket the previous day.

Canada's top doctor says a rise in new strains of COVID-19 in Canada, including the B117 variant, is leading to higher average hospitalization rates and more severe outcome trends among younger people across the country.

The federal government will unveil its first federal budget in more than two years on April 19, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said in the House of Commons today.

The small robotic helicopter that will help the newest Mars rover explore the Red Planet has been freed from its debris shield and could conduct its first flight no earlier than April 8, NASA engineers said Tuesday.

A First Nation headdress that was supposed to be used for an inauguration ceremony before it went missing four months ago has been found sitting in Winnipeg's Canada Post depot.

Puppy scams have cost Canadians more than $105,000 since January 2020, according to the Better Business Bureau.

George Weston Ltd., is putting its Weston Foods bakery business up for sale and doubling down on its core retail and real estate operations, the company said Tuesday.

An "unrepentant" fraudster who fled to Canada before he could be sentenced in Utah has been charged alongside his wife in a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme involving several Calgary-based companies.

A British Columbia couple has been charged in a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme involving several Calgary-based companies. 

Canada's immigration minister has approved a new policy allowing Yazidi refugee families in this country to sponsor extended family members still languishing in camps in Syria.

Kurdish authorities responsible for the prisons and detention camps holding ISIS militants and their family members in northern Syria have accused Canada of shirking its responsibility by failing to bring Canadian women and children home, despite offers of assistance.

Kurdish authorities responsible for the prisons and detention camps holding ISIS militants and their family members in northern Syria have accused Canada of shirking its responsibility by failing to bring Canadian women and children home, despite offers of assistance.

After nearly a month of silence, the health agency for Montreal's West Island says it has family of Candida Macarine, who was found dead on the floor of a room at Lakeshore General Hospital on Feb. 27. Her family says it's not enough.

An internal review says the RCMP routinely flouted its own policies when gathering information from the internet, potentially endangering investigations and prosecutions.

A new report that analyzed surveys that asked people to report occurrences of anti-Asian racism found 1,150 cases across Canada since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis by the Chinese Canadian National Council revealed 60 per cent of the victims were women, and the bulk of cases occurred in British Columbia and Ontario.

A new report that analyzed surveys that asked people to report occurrences of anti-Asian racism found 1,150 cases across Canada since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis by the Chinese Canadian National Council revealed 60 per cent of the victims were women, and the bulk of cases occurred in British Columbia and Ontario.

British Columbia's top doctor is again calling on people not to gather inside, pointing to the increased transmissibility of the B117 variant and saying it is "much easier to spread it with even minimal contact in indoor settings."

Results from a U.S. trial of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine may have included "outdated information" and that could mean the company provided an incomplete view of efficacy data, U.S. federal health officials said early Tuesday.

Maestro Fresh Wes remembers thinking Saint John 'was definitely dope' when he performed in the port city as part of a tour with fellow rappers Classified and Ludacris back in the 1990s, but the Canadian hip-hop icon never dreamed he would end up moving to New Brunswick permanently.

If you think this election has gone off the rails, you should see what's in the history books.

A little under three-quarters of Ontarians aged 80 and older have either been vaccinated against COVID-19 or have signed up for a shot, a proportion that has some health experts worried and looking for solutions.

First Nations leaders in Manitoba are racing to vaccinate 100,000 people in 100 days to avoid complications with melting ice roads in the spring, and fire season in the summer.

Environmental racism is an issue that has long impacted BIPOC communities across Canada, as hazardous sites are disproportionately located in those communities and can be linked to poor health outcomes and a lack of access to clean air and water.

A little under three-quarters of Ontarians aged 80 and older have either been vaccinated against COVID-19 or have signed up for a shot, a proportion that has some health experts worried and looking for solutions.

First Nations leaders in Manitoba are racing to vaccinate 100,000 people in 100 days to avoid complications with melting ice roads in the spring, and fire season in the summer.

Canadian WNBA player and TSN commentator Kia Nurse hopes the NBA's first all-women's broadcast — scheduled for the Toronto Raptors game against the Denver Nuggets Wednesday on TSN — can inspire young women with the notion that if they see it, they can be it.

Canada may have the unfortunate distinction of being the first country to face the possibility of trying its top military commander — and possibly its former top general — for sexual misconduct offences. Experts say the situation has exposed gaps in the Canadian military justice system and it's being watched closely by allies.

AstraZeneca has been in the headlines recently over concerns that some people were developing blood clots after receiving the vaccine. Here are some answers to questions you may have.

Environmental racism is an issue that has long impacted BIPOC communities across Canada, as hazardous sites are disproportionately located in those communities and can be linked to poor health outcomes and a lack of access to clean air and water.

An RCMP watchdog report that concluded police racially discriminated against the bereaved mother of Colten Boushie when its officers notified her of his death, underscores the need to address systemic racism in policing, experts say.

U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has warned asylum seekers against trying to enter the country, but that has not deterred desperate migrants who are flocking the border in the belief his government will be more migrant-friendly than that of his predecessor.

U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has warned asylum seekers against trying to enter the country, but that has not deterred desperate migrants who are flocking to the border in the belief his government will be more migrant-friendly than that of his predecessor.

In China, the trials for Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have started and ended in the span of a few days, completely in secret. Globe and Mail reporter Nathan VanderKlippe tells us what he saw outside those courthouses, and where things go from here.

A report finding the RCMP racially discriminated against Colten Boushie’s mother comes as a painful vindication for Debbie Baptiste. The third wave of COVID-19 seems to be hitting younger people harder. Plus, do Canadians need to take their masks up a level?

A report finding the RCMP racially discriminated against Colten Boushie’s mother comes as a painful vindication for Debbie Baptiste. The third wave of COVID-19 seems to be hitting younger people harder. Plus, do Canadians need to take their masks up a level?

Multiple people — including a police officer — were fatally shot on Monday afternoon at a Boulder, Co., supermarket, police said.

Police on Tuesday identified a 21-year-old man as the suspect in the killing of 10 people at a Boulder, Colo., supermarket the previous day.

Police on Tuesday identified a 21-year-old man as the suspect in the killing of 10 people at a Boulder, Colo., supermarket the previous day.

Ten people — including a police officer — were fatally shot on Monday afternoon at a Boulder, Colo., supermarket, police said.

The NHL has postponed Monday night's game in Montreal between the Canadiens and the Edmonton Oilers, making it the first contest in the all-Canadian North Division to be shut down due to COVID-19 concerns.