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Some Black businesspeople say a new government program meant to bolster Black entrepreneurship is hard to access, offers unclear repayment terms and asks invasive questions about applicants’ sexuality.

Countries around the world are counting on the net-zero strategy of removing carbon to cancel out an equal amount of emissions to help them meet climate targets. But a new study by researchers in British Columbia suggests the math might not be that simple.

Lt.-Gen. Frances Allen has officially taken over the role of vice chief of the defence staff, making her the first woman to hold the title of second-in-command of the Canadian military.

A new study is throwing cold water on the possibility of life in the clouds of Venus. Scientists from Europe and the U.S. reported Monday there isn't nearly enough water vapor in the scorching planet's clouds to support life as we know it.

A decision by Canada Goose to no longer use coyote fur trim on its signature parkas could cost taxpayers, according to a group representing Ontario trappers, who say the animals will still need to be culled to control the population.

Three Alberta men — a Calgary-based street preacher, his brother and a café owner — have been found guilty of contempt for what a judge deemed "deliberate and wilful" breaches of judicial orders requiring them to follow COVID-19 public health rules.

A final report from a lawyer hired to investigate systemic discrimination at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights paints a troubling picture of what staff say happens inside the national museum in Winnipeg.

For the first time ever, a union representing RCMP members has reached a tentative collective agreement with the federal government to cover more than 20,000 Mounties.

Debora Joyce Rabik of Calgary faces charges of second-degree murder and indignity to a body in the death of her daughter, Sarah Rabik, more than a year after the 24-year-old victim was found on a highway near Cochrane, Alta.

After enduring a barrage of online hate and physical attacks on her constituency office during her six years as an MP, Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna announced today she will not run again in the next election.

After enduring a barrage of online hate and physical attacks on her constituency office during her six years as an MP, Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna announced today she will not run again in the next election.

Toronto Mayor John Tory and city staff are recommending renaming Dundas Street following a 2020 petition to scrap the name due to Henry Dundas's association with the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. 

The pilot of an ill-fated Canadian military helicopter that crashed in the Ionian Sea off Greece last year manually overrode the aircraft’s automatic flight controller system, which caused an unanticipated “bias” in the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter’s electronic system, an air force flight safety investigation has concluded.

Ottawa-area cabinet minister holds news conference.

Less than 24 hours after Lytton recorded the highest temperature ever seen in Canada, the B.C. village has hit a new historic high, blasting through the previous record by nearly a full degree.

Mild to moderate side effects from a second shot of a COVID-19 vaccine tend to be more frequent and more severe than from a first shot. Epidemiologist and cardiologist Dr. Christopher Labos says those symptoms of an immune response are to be expected.

Rescue workers digging feverishly for a fifth day Monday stressed that they could still find survivors in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condo building, a hope family members clung to even though no one has been pulled out alive since the first day the structure fell.

The family behind Yukon Asian Market decided to step in when they learned a local Filipino business was struggling. Now, both families have become a lot more than business partners.

The man facing murder and terrorism charges after members of a London, Ont., family were killed in a hit-and-run on June 6 is expected to appear in court this morning.

The man facing murder and terrorism charges in the hit and run of a London, Ont., family earlier this month now has a Toronto lawyer, court was told Monday.

All of Quebec is now at the lowest alert level under the province's COVID-19 response plan as public health restrictions continue to ease.

After a day of what it says is a record-breaking number of vaccines administered at Scotiabank Arena, the City of Toronto says it is opening up 375,000 new vaccine appointments over the next three weeks and will be available for booking starting Tuesday at 8 a.m.

A Shaw Communications employee and his union are speaking out against the telecommunications giant, after it refused to give some of its B.C. workers paid leave to get their COVID-19 vaccinations, citing federal regulations.

A judge has rejected an application by the Department of Social Development to make a 13-year-old boy a permanent ward of the state, in turn ruling he be returned to his mother.

The Newfoundland and Labrador government is planning to stop the practice of birth alerts this week, following the lead of several other provinces.

"Breakthrough infections" among fully vaccinated individuals can make for alarming headlines. But they're rare — totaling just 0.5 per cent of reported COVID-19 cases since vaccination efforts began, the latest Canadian data shows — and they tend to be milder.

The Montreal Canadiens appreciate the magnitude of the task awaiting them in the Stanley Cup Final against the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning. But the Habs aren't inclined to feel intimidated, despite what the experts say.

More than nine months after former Toronto police officer Ralph Thistle was awarded what should amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost salary, he still hasn’t been paid by Ontario’s Workplace Insurance and Safety Board. Instead, the Métis elder lives in poverty.

As restrictions begin to ease and people grow increasingly excited to resume normal activities, a 21-year-old Regina woman who lost her mother and grandmother to COVID-19 says life won't return to normal for many Canadians who lost loved ones during the pandemic.

It wasn't an injury that saw Mary Jane Richards' track career come to an abrupt halt in the 1990s, but rather what she says were years of grooming by her running coach — which included inappropriate massages, explicit emails and sexual intercourse.

More than nine months after former Toronto police officer Ralph Thistle was awarded what should amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost salary, he still hasn’t been paid by Ontario’s Workplace Insurance and Safety Board. Instead, the Métis elder lives in poverty.

Mary Two-Axe Earley, whose advocacy helped lead to changes in the Indian Act in 1985, is the focus of Google's June 28 doodle.

Mary Two-Axe Earley, whose advocacy helped lead to changes in the Indian Act in 1985, is the focus of Google's June 28 doodle.

The failure of some members of the U.K.'s governing political class to support the national soccer team's decision to take the knee before games has created a whole new level of controversy, writes Margaret Evans. 

Some Catholics are struggling with their faith and are angry with the Catholic Church following the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves.

The truth is out there. Today, we dig into a new U.S. intelligence report that sheds light on unidentified aerial phenomena, a.k.a. UFOs, with help from science writer and UFO expert Chris Rutkowski.

The city is investigating after three women were bitten at locations just a few hundred metres apart, a few hours apart, by coyotes.