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Raj Saini, Liberal candidate for Kitchener Centre, is ending his campaign after accusations of unwanted sexual advances and inappropriate comments were reported this week. Saini continues to deny the allegations.

Raj Saini is ending his campaign after accusations of unwanted sexual advances and inappropriate comments were reported this week and the Liberals cut ties with him. Saini continues to deny the allegations.

Raj Saini is ending his campaign after accusations of unwanted sexual advances and inappropriate comments were reported this week and the Liberals cut ties with him. Saini continues to deny the allegations.

This summer, Canada may have very well earned the nickname The Great White-hot North, as people around the world were stunned to see record-breaking temperatures that plagued the west. Meteorological summer ended on Aug. 30 and, looking back, it seems that it wasn’t just the west that experienced warmer than normal temperatures. 

A new exhibit at the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria is showcasing the past and present experiences of Black British Columbians.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh today promised to implement a federal program that would subsidize the costs of dental care for Canadians who lack insurance.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh today promised to implement a federal program that would subsidize the costs of dental care for Canadians who lack insurance.

Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft say they will cover the legal fees of any driver who is sued under the new law prohibiting most abortions in Texas.

Earlier this summer, Israel Crooks brought a chess set to a basketball game in a Hamilton park, and after noticing kids weren't playing ball strategically, he introduced them to the board game. A few free ad hoc lessons became a full summer series for teens eager to learn from a man who grew up playing chess in Jamaica.

Canada's chief public health officer says there is an urgent need for more people between the ages of 18 and 39 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to reduce the impact of the delta variant.

Canada's chief public health officer says there is an urgent need for more people between 18 and 39 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to reduce the impact of the delta variant.

Florida is in the grip of its deadliest wave of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, a disaster driven by the highly contagious delta variant.

Florida is in the grip of its deadliest wave of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, a disaster driven by the highly contagious delta variant.

A mild winter, followed by a damp summer means tick numbers are up as we head into the fall, when ticks are most active in their search for a blood meal.

As vaccine mandates continue to pop up at schools and workplaces across Manitoba, so does opposition to them based on personal and religious convictions.

A new study suggests warming ocean temperatures are driving endangered North Atlantic right whales away from the Bay of Fundy and into waters around the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where they've been at higher risk of vessel strikes and entanglements.

Canada's Nate Riech has raced to a gold medal in his Paralympic debut after posting a first place finish in the men's T38 1,500-metre final. 

After four members of a London, Ont., family were killed in a June attack, recommendations to address Islamophobia were issued to all levels of government. Weeks later, little has been done in communities including Thunder Bay. Advocates say action is needed from all levels of government.

Nestled in Hamilton's North End is a home that may be as close as you'll get to heaven on earth — and it could be yours.

The Conservative candidate for the N.W.T. lives in Thunder Bay, Ont., and hasn't done any campaigning in the North, but the local party association says that doesn't change her commitment to represent the territory if elected.

Many voters have reached out to CBC News to ask whether they will need to show proof of vaccination to vote in provinces that have vaccine passport systems. Here's what Elections Canada says about voting while unvaccinated.

Canadians may be eager to get a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to further protect themselves in the fourth wave, but the lack of evidence in favour of booster shots for the general public and the desperate need for vaccines worldwide should give us pause. 

Melissa Peter-Paul could never stop on the busy Charlottetown corner where a statue of John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, whose government oversaw the establishment of a formalized residential school system, stood until recently. Now, the Mi'kmaw artist has been asked to design a crosswalk for that very intersection.

Some post-secondary students anticipating a more normal return to campus this fall are getting a turbulent kickoff to the new term. Some in-person courses are suddenly shifting online, while just days ahead of school, other students remain in the dark about what their classes will look like.

The road to victory in national elections always passes through Quebec. The only question is whether the province with 78 seats to offer comes with roadblocks or a fast lane.

According to a CBC analysis of the Green Party leader's itineraries, leader Annamie Paul has campaigned outside the riding she's contesting personally only once — and that was only to visit a neighbouring Toronto riding.

More than two weeks after the Taliban swept into Kabul, there is still no working government, leaving Afghans increasingly anxious and some looking to a new life in Pakistan for a better future.

Canada's Leylah Fernandez defeated third-seed Naomi Osaka 5-7, 7-6, 6-4 in the third round of the U.S. Open on Friday in New York.

The National for Sept. 3 — Federal health officials are projecting a grim Delta-driven fourth wave if vaccinations don't go up and measures don't tighten up. Plus, Shang-Chi, starring Toronto’s Simu Liu, is out marking an exciting milestone for Asian representation in film.

The B.C. ministry responsible for wildlife in the province says it will place traps in Vancouver’s biggest park to remove and euthanize up to 35 coyotes over a two-week period as a response to a growing number of attacks on humans.

Voters in the Winnipeg riding of Saint Boniface-Saint Vital have 21 candidates to choose from on federal election day, with most on the bill to make a statement about Canada's electoral system and a broken Liberal promise of electoral reform.