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The wildfire started Monday evening, in the height of France's summer vacation season, about 40 kilometres inland from the coastal resort of Saint-Tropez.

The Conservatives' proposal for a one month "holiday" on paying GST in retail stores received a lukewarm response from a group representing small businesses Tuesday.

The Conservatives' proposal for a one month "holiday" on paying GST in retail stores received a lukewarm response from a group representing small businesses Tuesday.

The Conservatives' proposal for a one month "holiday" on paying GST in retail stores received a lukewarm response from a group representing small businesses Tuesday.

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

Elijah Kaernerk said he saw one of the women being attacked in a similar manner in which a polar bear catches a seal. He said he started blacking out, but did his best to get up and distract the bear, in an effort to try and save the others.

Elijah Kaernerk said he saw one of the women being attacked in a similar manner in which a polar bear catches a seal. He said he started blacking out, but did his best to get up and distract the bear, in an effort to try and save the others.

Tropical storm Grace swept over Haiti with drenching rains, just days after a powerful earthquake battered the Caribbean nation, adding to the misery of thousands who lost loved ones, suffered injuries or found themselves homeless.

Exhausted and heartbroken, Canadian filmmakers who've spent years working in Afghanistan are now trying to help friends leave as they reconcile what is happening with the Afghanistan they knew.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said today the government will demand that virtually all federal public servants get a COVID-19 shot — and warned of workplace repercussions for those who defy the mandate.

People in northern Ontario are in an agonizing wait on word about family and loved ones in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, with some taking action to provide help.

The Weeknd's hit song Blinding Lights is the longest charting song in Billboard Hot 100 history, while the Toronto-born artist is the only Canadian among Billboard's longest charters.

'It was a war that saw 159 Canadians pay the ultimate sacrifice. When the demons proved too much to handle, more took their lives. Over 2,000 were physically injured, and many more suffer the mental wounds of PTSD,' says Canadian veteran of Afghanistan Bruce Moncur.

Tropical storm Grace swept over Haiti with drenching rains just two days after a powerful earthquake battered the impoverished Caribbean nation, adding to the misery of thousands who lost loved ones, suffered injuries or found themselves homeless.

Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Grace forced a temporary halt to the government's response to the deadly earthquake that battered the impoverished Caribbean nation on Saturday. 

Thousands of Haitians were left homeless as heavy rain from Tropical Storm Grace forced a temporary halt to the government's response to the deadly earthquake that battered the impoverished Caribbean nation on Saturday. 

Members of StopTMX, the group behind a year-long treetop protest of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, have built two tree houses in the woods of Burnaby, B.C., and say they won't move until the entire project is cancelled.

Archaeologists in the ancient city of Pompeii have discovered a remarkably well-preserved skeleton during excavations of a tomb that also shed light on the cultural life of the city before it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in AD 79.

Britain's medical agency has approved the Moderna coronavirus vaccine for use in children ages 12 and over. It is the second COVID-19 shot authorized in the U.K. for those between ages 12 to 17 after the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Britain's medical agency has approved the Moderna coronavirus vaccine for use in children ages 12 and over. It is the second COVID-19 shot authorized in the U.K. for those between ages 12 to 17 after the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Britain's medical agency has approved the Moderna coronavirus vaccine for use in children ages 12 and over. It is the second COVID-19 shot authorized in the U.K. for those between ages 12 to 17 after the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

U.S. officials for the first time on Monday declared an official water shortage for the massive Lake Mead reservoir, triggering supply cuts to parts of the drought-stricken Southwest as 10 western governors appealed for federal drought disaster aid.

U.S. officials for the first time on Monday declared an official water shortage for the massive Lake Mead reservoir, triggering supply cuts to parts of the drought-stricken Southwest, as 10 western governors appealed for federal drought disaster aid.

The Canadian Press says it has learned that Ontario plans to introduce a set of policies requiring employers in education and several health-care settings to develop strict COVID-19 vaccination policies for their staff.

Ontario announced new measures to combat the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday, including mandatory vaccination policies for employers in education and several health-care settings; booster shots for some and a pause to further loosening of restrictions.

Ontario announced new measures to combat the fourth wave of COVID-19, including mandatory vaccination policies in education and several health-care settings; booster shots for some and a pause on further loosening of restrictions.

An unnamed woman has sued folk singer-songwriter Bob Dylan alleging he sexually abused her after giving her drugs and alcohol in 1965 when she was 12 years old.

A group representing fishermen in southwestern New Brunswick is welcoming new funding to help transition to gear that is less hazardous to whales and other marine life.

The union representing medical communications officers said an email sent to its members from management on Aug. 13 instructed Emergency Medical Care Inc. staff to provide only the estimated time of arrival to police and fire services.

Your voter information card confirms you’re registered to vote and tells you when and where to cast your ballot. Here’s what you need to know about when to expect it in the mail — and what happens if you don’t receive it.

Nova Scotians head to the polls today in an election some insiders say could be so close that the result won’t be known until Wednesday. The Liberals are trying for their third straight majority, but their campaign has struggled to gain momentum.

Canada’s political leaders could do serious damage to the country’s vaccination efforts if they engage in a charged and polarizing debate over vaccines during the federal election campaign, say people on the frontlines of outreach work and other experts.

One cancer doctor's message to Canadians: "Don’t delay. Get checked out." As Ontario and other provinces work through a surgical backlog, some patients are facing more aggressive surgeries and tougher choices than they might have a year ago.

Maryam is busy making sure she will survive until she can find a flight out of Afghanistan. She's hiding and destroying any evidence of her successful, decade-long career as a judge — a job that could seal her fate under Taliban rule. 

Leaders of six First Nations across B.C. confirm they have begun the process of investigating the sites of former residential schools on their territories for possible unmarked graves.

A twin-engine airplane crashed just after 9 p.m. ET Monday at Thunder Bay's airport in northwestern Ontario, leaving one person dead.

U.S. experts expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans eight months after their second shot, sources tell The Associated Press.

In Port Moody, B.C., on Monday, Liberal candidate Chrystia Freeland defends party leader Justin Trudeau's decision to call a snap election on Sept. 20 when many British Columbians are threatened wildfires and other emergencies.

In the midst of a federal election campaign, the Green Party has postponed its national convention that was supposed to take place this week, sources confirm to CBC News.

Thousands of properties remain under evacuation order Monday after "exceptional" high winds fuelled dozens of wildfires across B.C., sending flames barrelling toward several communities.

The fallout from an earthquake that hit Haiti this weekend is being felt in Canada as Haitians here try to make contact with loved ones. With rescuers still searching for survivors on the ground, local aid groups are gearing up to deliver what's needed.

The fallout from an earthquake that hit Haiti this weekend is being felt in Canada as Haitians here try to make contact with loved ones. With rescuers still searching for survivors on the ground, local aid groups are gearing up to deliver what's needed.