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Sean McQuillan, his wife, their two children and two pugs slept soundly Thursday night as two black bears rummaged through the family's SUV in Coquitlam, B.C. Despite a flurry of calls from neighbours and the police, the family knew nothing until morning.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan is calling on world leaders to crack down on online hate and extremism following the deadly truck attack in London, Ont. — now being investigated by authorities as a possible act of terror.

The teenager who pulled out her cellphone and recorded the police restraint and death of George Floyd, helping to launch a global movement to protest racial injustice, was awarded a special citation by the Pulitzer Prizes on Friday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau consulted with Queen Elizabeth today about the process for selecting the next governor general of Canada, months after Julie Payette's resignation.

People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier was handcuffed and put in the back of an RCMP vehicle after attending a rally against COVID-19 restrictions in St-Pierre-Jolys, Man., on Friday afternoon.

People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier was handcuffed and put in the back of an RCMP vehicle after attending a rally against COVID-19 restrictions in St-Pierre-Jolys, Man., on Friday afternoon.

The number of fully vaccinated Canadians is slowly rising and all levels of government are under pressure to start outlining which restrictions can be lifted for those who've gotten their second doses — and how they'll be expected to prove it.

The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Halifax says he's willing to work with other church leaders across the country to ask the Pope to apologize to survivors of residential schools.

The doctor who was accused of breaking COVID-19 rules and being the source of an outbreak in northern New Brunswick last year plans to sue the province and the RCMP.

The signature European soccer championships event, postponed last year, kicks off Friday with the first of 51 matches played in 11 cities around the continent, the first tournament of its kind in the pandemic era.

To save the planet, the world needs to tackle the crises of climate change and species loss together, taking measures that fix both and not just one, United Nations scientists said.

Two years after leaving competitive figure skating, Kaitlyn Weaver is tired of doing the dance and keeping up the façade just to be accepted in the sport she loves. "I feel like it's the right time in my life to share that I identify as a queer woman," Weaver told CBC Sports in an exclusive interview.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in favour of unsealing the estate files of Barry and Honey Sherman.

Indigenous athletes and academics say poverty, isolation, health issues, inter-generational trauma from residential schools, cultural barriers and a lack of opportunity are preventing many Indigenous athletes from competing at the Olympics.

The dusty, rocky Martian surface and a Chinese rover and lander bearing small national flags were seen in photos released Friday that the rover took on the Red Planet.

The public is encouraged to attend the following events to mourn and pay tribute to Muslim family members who lost their lives in last weekend's attack in London, Ont., as well as show their support.

Canada will commit to sharing up to 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the world in a formal announcement that will come later in the G7 summit, the country's high commissioner to the United Kingdom said Friday.

The superintendent of the Burnaby School District has issued an apology after a question on a Grade 9 social studies test asked students to describe how First Nations people benefited and took advantage of their relationship with colonizers.

A new era in highway safety regulation begins in Canada on Saturday as electronic logging devices that track a driver's hours behind the wheel become mandatory in semi trucks travelling between provinces.

Fortescue has announced ambitious plans to begin developing a portfolio of renewable energy and green hydrogen projects.

The causes of climate change and the possible sources of climate mitigation are a lot more complicated than individual ethics, and we need to ensure that our concerns about the little things don't blind us to the biggest things, writes Todd Dufresne.

If, after the horror in London, Canadians are being called on to ask questions of themselves and their country, their political leaders should face some awkward questions about their own words and actions.

A massive bill laying out the long-term U.S. strategy for competing with China is making its way through Congress. There is even a long section in it about Canada. As Alex Panetta explains, the bill presents potential challenges as well as some opportunities for this country.

The chief of the Tŝilhqot’in National Government says the body tasked with governing B.C.'s law profession has failed to "appropriately condemn" a lawyer who hired a paroled killer accused of extorting money from residential school survivors.

A Quebec court judge admonished the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes for a lack of transparency in its communications with the public. Families and advocates say the ruling confirms what they have been arguing about the investigative body for years.

COVID-19 deaths led to a five-month decrease in life expectancy at birth last year, recent data released by Statistics Canada suggest, potentially putting the country at a level not seen in seven years.

Families of those who died aboard Flight PS752 say they left a meeting with the RCMP commissioner disappointed and frustrated that, 17 months after the shootdown, the Mounties have not accepted Ukraine's offer to establish a joint investigative team or launch its own investigation in Canada.

Ottawa has embarked on Phase 1 of a multiphase approach to lift its travel restrictions. However, the government warns that the process will be gradual — based on scientific data and not people's pleas to reopen the borders.

Neighbours carried an elderly woman down 15 flights of stairs to safety on Thursday evening after an apartment in their West End Vancouver building caught fire.

B.C.'s capital city has cancelled scheduled programming for Canada Day following the discovery of what are believed to be the unmarked burial sites of children's remains near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. 

June 10, 2021 | The man accused in a fatal attack on a Muslim family in London, Ontario appears in court. Fredericton MP Jenica Atwin defects to the Liberal Party after having scored a historic win for the Green Party in the last election. Plus, At Issue takes a look at the political reaction to the attack in London, Ontario.

Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett has asked the Speaker to rule on whether it's acceptable for a member of the upper house to hold an eagle feather when speaking in the chamber, saying he's concerned that using that sort of "prop" may be against the rules.

Alberta's auditor general is criticizing the government for failing to fix problems pointed out six years ago in a program that's supposed to guarantee coal and oilsands mines clean up after themselves.

Air Canada says it will recall more than 2,600 employees as it prepares for an increase in demand for flights, while also extending the deadline for COVID-19 refunds. The airline said the employees will be brought back in stages in June and July.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair confirmed on Thursday that police are investigating the deadly hit-and-run attack in London, Ont. as an act of terrorism.

Many Ontario businesses are preparing to reopen with some limitations after a frustrating period of ever-changing pandemic restrictions affecting retailers and services that were deemed non-essential.