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Rugby Canada fired the head of its national development program after "a review of recent social media postings which were unacceptable and in breach of organization policy," the organization announced in a statement Friday.

A proposed settlement agreement worth nearly $8 billion has been reached in two national class action lawsuits launched against the federal government by First Nations under drinking water advisories.

The makers of the Buffalo Tracks app — a sort of Yelp for RCMP detachments — say they fear candid comments left on the application will be used against them by RCMP brass.

The U.S. Justice Department, in a reversal, says the Treasury Department must provide the House ways and means committee former U.S. president Donald Trump's tax returns, apparently ending a long legal showdown over the records.

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is urging Kansas City Southern shareholders to vote against the proposed merger with Canadian National Railway Co. because of the regulatory uncertainty of its rival's US$33.6-billion bid.

Many Alberta doctors are reacting with surprise and disappointment to the province's plan to relax its COVID-19 surveillance and management system despite an increase in case numbers, the positivity rate and R-value, and vaccination rates that are lagging behind other provinces.

The federal government raised $8.9 billion in a licence auction for a key band of 5G wireless spectrum in results announced after the close of markets Thursday.

The playoff-chasing Toronto Blue Jays won the pursuit for pitcher José Berrios and acquired the Minnesota Twins' right-hander in exchange for infielder/outfielder Austin Martin and right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson.

The playoff-chasing Toronto Blue Jays won the pursuit for pitcher José Berrios and acquired the Minnesota Twins' right-hander in exchange for infielder/outfielder Austin Martin and right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson.

Former U.S. president Donald Trump urged senior U.S. Justice Department officials to declare the 2020 election results "corrupt" in a December phone call, according to handwritten notes from one of the participants in the conversation.

Wildfire smoke is in the forecast for B.C.'s South Coast this weekend, on top of a heat wave that prompted warnings from health officials Friday. 

France's Champagne region has seen one of its wettest June-July periods in the past half-century, and that excess rain is causing problems for its winemakers.

Canada's top health officials are warning that Canada could be seeing the beginning of a fourth COVID-19 wave driven by the more infectious delta variant.

The first flight of Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan over the past two decades brought more than 200 people, scores of them children and babies in arms, to new lives in the United States on Friday, and President Joe Biden said he was proud to welcome them home.

The first flight of Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan over the past two decades brought more than 200 people, scores of them children and babies in arms, to new lives in the United States on Friday, and President Joe Biden said he was proud to welcome them home.

ArcelorMittal Dofasco is getting new, electric-arc steelmaking technology, an upgrade expected to cut the Hamilton steelmaker’s CO2 emissions by more than half.

ArcelorMittal Dofasco said the project, which is contingent on provincial funding as well, would cut the Hamilton steelmaker’s CO2 emissions by more than half.

ArcelorMittal Dofasco is receiving $400 million in federal funding that the company says will help it cut carbon emissions by more than half.

Gas Plus in Langdon, Alta., told CBC News that their storage tanks were accidentally filled with the wrong fuel for three days, and anyone using the pumps was getting a mixture of gas and diesel.

Gas Plus in Langdon, Alta., told CBC News that their storage tanks were accidentally filled with the wrong fuel for three days, and anyone using the pumps was getting a mixture of gas and diesel.

Canada's gross domestic product shrank by 0.3 per cent in May, the second consecutive monthly contraction as most industries slowed down.

Scientists in the U.S. who studied a big COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts concluded that vaccinated people who got so-called breakthrough infections carried about the same amount of the coronavirus as those who did not get the shots.

New evidence showing the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox has prompted U.S. health officials to consider changing advice on how the country fights the coronavirus.

Scientists in the U.S. who studied a big COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts concluded that vaccinated people who got so-called breakthrough infections carried about the same amount of the coronavirus as those who did not get the shots.

Scientists in the U.S. who studied a big COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts concluded that vaccinated people who got so-called breakthrough infections carried about the same amount of the coronavirus as those who did not get the shots.

An aerospace company near Edmonton has patented technology it believes can help step up the game of fighting wildfires and other natural disasters in Alberta and Canada.

Three media outlets, including the CBC, are challenging a decision by the B.C. Supreme Court's chief justice to deny the public details about so-called alternative measures that resulted in the staying of a sexual assault charge against the mayor of Port Moody, B.C.

Canada’s women’s soccer team is off to the Olympic semifinals after a thrilling win over Brazil in penalty kicks on Friday in Tokyo. Goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé came up huge with a crucial save on Brazil's Rafaelle on the final penalty kick to send Canada into the medal rounds.

The family of a patient resident at a Kitchener, Ont., hospital say its internet policy has left the 30-year-old without streaming services, so they're paying an "unfair burden" of costs to give him services he needs as a lifeline. Grand River Hospital says it works to keep patients connected with loved ones.

The Catholic Church spent millions supposed to go to residential school survivors on lawyers, administration and unapproved loans.

A pro-democracy protester was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison in the closely watched first prosecution under Hong Kong's national security law as the ruling Communist Party tightens control over the territory.

Poet, educator and activist El Jones has written a poem for Emancipation Day, which will be marked for the first time in Nova Scotia and across the country this Sunday.

Living out of a van is a trending lifestyle sold as an alternative form of housing that promises mobility and freedom. But for some people in Whitehorse, living in a vehicle is a very practical decision amid the territory’s housing crisis.

Poet, educator and activist El Jones has written a poem for Emancipation Day, which will be marked for the first time in Nova Scotia and across the country this Sunday.

Here’s the latest on which vaccines distributed in Canada might cause problems for travellers abroad.

From the Norwegian beach handball team to the German gymnastics Olympic team, women athletes around the world are fighting the uniform status quo, choosing what they want to wear during competition.

After 22 months without playing baseball at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Toronto Blue Jays finally returned to the Rogers Centre on Friday, hosting the Kansas City Royals.

After 22 months without playing baseball at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Toronto Blue Jays will finally return to the Rogers Centre on Friday, hosting the Kansas City Royals.

From South Africa to Cuba, Haiti to Lebanon, we are seeing some of the biggest riots, protests and challenges to governments in decades. Many seem to be sparked by the economic and social impacts of COVID-19 and government attempts to contain it, writes Saša Petricic.

Oxygen bars are the lone business that still can't open under Ontario's current reopening plans, with the province calling them "high-risk for COVID-19 transmission."

Oxygen bars are the lone business that still can't open under Ontario's current reopening plans, with the province calling them "high-risk for COVID-19 transmission."

Oxygen bars are the lone business that still can't open under Ontario's current reopening plans, with the province calling them "high-risk for COVID-19 transmission."

Climate change is expected to lead to a rise in the number of wildfires, which pose health dangers due to smoke inhalation. But there are also other risks to consider, such as the impact on mental health and clean water supplies.

Baie de Beauport, an urban beach in Quebec City, has installed a new wheelchair-accessible mat along the sand, as well as new picnic tables.

Scientists have been watching extreme weather events unfold across the world this summer, seeing the many links between heatwaves, floods, droughts and climate change. But the scale of some of these events suggests that the climate is no longer changing in a gradual, predictable way.

After 22 months without baseball during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Toronto Blue Jays will finally return home to play the Kansas City Royals at Rogers Centre today.

The dramatic shift in the risk the coronavirus poses to the general population justifies removing the province's remaining COVID-19 protocols, Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw told CBC News.

The dramatic shift in the risk the coronavirus poses to the general population justifies removing the province's remaining COVID-19 protocols, Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw told CBC News.

A Russian space official on Friday blamed a software problem on a newly docked science lab that briefly knocked the International Space Station out of position.

A newly arrived Russian science lab briefly knocked the International Space Station out of position Thursday.