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In a speech this afternoon, Annamie Paul pledged to stay on as leader of Canada's Green Party and claimed attempts to force her out of the top job were being driven by racism and sexism.

In a defiant speech this afternoon, Annamie Paul pledged to stay on as leader of Canada's Green Party and claimed attempts to force her out of the top job were being driven by racism and sexism.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is reaching out to prospective security partners in the Asia-Pacific as it turns its attention to China. But some NATO members want the focus to remain where it has always been — on Russia.

The Niagara Regional Police Service is offering up to $100,000 for information that would help solve the killing of two women in Fort Erie, Ont.

Israeli airstrikes hit militant sites in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, and Palestinians responded by sending a series of fire-carrying balloons back across the border for a second straight day.

Eric Wildman, wanted in connection with the disappearance and presumed death of another man, was seen on Wednesday evening in the Whitemouth area east of Winnipeg, RCMP say.

Eric Wildman, wanted in connection with the disappearance and presumed death of another man, was seen on Wednesday evening in the Whitemouth area east of Winnipeg, RCMP say.

Eric Wildman, wanted in connection with the disappearance and presumed death of another man, was last seen on Tuesday evening in the Lockport area north of Winnipeg, RCMP say.

An anti-poverty group is calling a Toronto-based developer's plan to buy $1 billion worth of single-family homes and turn them into rental properties a "frightening" example of how even more people will be priced out of an increasingly expensive housing market.

Two people who snuck into the small Yukon community of Beaver Creek earlier this year, and posed as locals to get doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, have pleaded guilty to charges under Yukon's Civil Emergency Measures Act. 

While the number of new COVID-19 cases has dropped precipitously nationwide, Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario is in the grips of a troubling new wave of coronavirus infections — and most of its victims are children.

Between November 2019 and March 2020, the massive star Betelgeuse dimmed in a way never seen before, puzzling astronomers. Now a team of researchers believe they've solved the mystery.

The Canadian men have advanced to the final stage of CONCACAF qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. What really separates this Canadian side from previous incarnations is the sense of self-belief. And if that surprises you, then you haven’t been paying close enough attention.

Sunniva Sorby, from B.C., and Hilde Fålun Strøm, from Norway, both self-titled scientists, spent 18 months at a small, uninsulated trapper's cabin in the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, about 1,000 kilometres from the North Pole, to collect data for research.

Sunniva Sorby, from B.C., and Hilde Fålun Strøm, from Norway, both self-titled scientists, spent 18 months at a small, uninsulated trapper's cabin in the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, about 1,000 kilometres from the North Pole, to collect data for research.

Canada's inflation rate increased to 3.6 per cent last month, the fastest pace in a decade, Statistics Canada says.

Canada's inflation rate increased to 3.6 per cent last month, the fastest pace in a decade, Statistics Canada says.

Canada's inflation rate increased to 3.6 per cent last month, the fastest pace in a decade, Statistics Canada says.

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin square up on Wednesday for their first meeting since Biden took office with deep disagreements likely and expectations low for any breakthroughs.

With deep disagreements likely and expectations of solving them low, U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down in a lakeside Geneva villa on Wednesday for their first summit since Biden took office.

With deep disagreements likely and expectations of solving them low, U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down in a lakeside Geneva villa on Wednesday for their first summit since Biden took office.

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday concluded their first face-to-face summit since Biden took office with an agreement to return their nations' ambassadors to their posts in Washington and Moscow and a plan to begin replacing the last remaining treaty between the two countries limiting nuclear weapons.

In my grandfather's words, which he explained to me are not even his words but the words of our ancestors, “a man needs to live a life of balance, love, and honour in order to be whole."

A small wine boutique in downtown Toronto wants to make the wine industry more diverse, and it is putting its money where its mouth is. Grape Witches has started a scholarship program to help women of colour access expensive higher wine education.

More than 6,700 prisoners across Canada have tested positive for COVID-19 — a rate much higher than the general population. Yet a CBC News analysis has found that in some facilities, prisoners waited until May for their chance at a first vaccination.

Cyndie Bourke was at work in Victoria one night in early 2018 when she received a text message from her daughter Taryn: "I signed the papers." She was referring to was a consent form for residential care at a home operated by the Garth Homer Society.

People who wear cosmetics such as lipstick or mascara may be absorbing or licking up potentially harmful ingredients that last 'forever' in the environment, a new study suggests. Here's what you should know about PFAS.

Shelby Patton's family is remembering the Saskatchewan RCMP officer, who died on duty Saturday, as a superhero.

As Canada begins to emerge from the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, specialists who work with cancer patients say they’re concerned they won’t be able to help everyone whose serious cancers have either gone undetected or been diagnosed late because of the crisis.

People who wear cosmetics such as lipstick or mascara may be absorbing or licking up potentially harmful ingredients that last 'forever' in the environment, a new study suggests. Here's what you should know about PFAS.

A small wine boutique in downtown Toronto wants to make the wine industry more diverse, and it is putting its money where its mouth is. Grape Witches has started a scholarship program to help women of colour access expensive higher wine education.

Green Party's Annamie Paul leadership is safe – for now – after party brass decided late Tuesday not to kickstart a process that could have ultimately ousted her as leader of the party.

Baitul Hadi Mosque in east Edmonton was recently tagged by vandals with a symbol of hatred.

A swastika symbol was discovered Tuesday on the wall of the Baitul Hadi Mosque in the Ottewell neighbourhood.

June 15, 2021 | B.C. has relaxed another round of COVID-19 restrictions and residents are embracing the reopening. Consumer complaints have Air Canada facing a $25 million fine in the U.S. Plus, the toxic ingredients hiding inside popular makeup products.

June 15, 2021 | The U.S. wants to fine Air Canada $25 million for slow customer refunds. B.C. relaxes another round of COVID-19 restrictions. Plus, the toxic ingredients hiding inside popular makeup products.

Canada is being excoriated as a racist failure as MPs who don't intend to seek re-election say their official farewells.

Israel mounted airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the first since the end of 11 days of cross-border fighting last month, in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian territory.

The Conservatives are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fire Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, arguing he's lost the confidence of the Armed Forces over the military sexual misconduct crisis.

The owner of Vancouver's Budway cannabis dispensary has been ordered to pay $40,000 to Subway for infringing on the sandwich chain's trademark.