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Canadian Leylah Fernandez has advanced to the U.S. Open semifinals in New York, defeating fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 on Tuesday.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro got a rousing reception from tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital Tuesday in an Independence Day show of support for the right-wing leader embroiled in a feud with the country's Supreme Court.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro got a rousing reception from tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital Tuesday in an Independence Day show of support for the right-wing leader embroiled in a feud with the country's Supreme Court.

An Alberta MLA who criticized his colleagues for breaking ranks with Jason Kenney's government has himself taken aim at its new policy on masks and vaccinations. 

Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No. 12 seed, joined fellow Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez in the U.S. Open semifinals on Tuesday after his opponent Carlos Alcaraz of Spain retired in the second set.

Without holding a formal platform launch featuring party leader Annamie Paul, the Green Party of Canada has quietly released a series of expensive, largely uncosted promises for the 2021 election campaign.

Without holding a formal platform launch with leader Annamie Paul, the Green Party of Canada has quietly released a series of as yet uncosted promises for the 2021 election campaign, including vast social programs such as universal pharmacare and free university tuition.

With less than two weeks left in the federal election campaign, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole faced renewed pressure today to release his party's platform cost.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole promised today to appoint a health minister who's been vaccinated against COVID-19 if his party wins power on Sept. 20.

Some of Alberta’s most vulnerable children are struggling to access care in a system focused on “checking boxes” and meeting deadlines, says Child and Youth Advocate Del Graff. 

The Taliban on Tuesday announced a caretaker cabinet that paid homage to the old guard of the group, giving top posts to Taliban personalities who dominated the 20-year battle against the U.S.-led coalition and its Afghan government allies.

Former Montreal Expos' star outfielder/first baseman Larry Walker will formally be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday afternoon after last year's event in Cooperstown, N.Y., was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the federal election less than two weeks away, and two leaders' debates set for this week, the mayors of the five largest cities in Quebec joined forces to call for a federal ban on handguns and assault rifles.

Canada's tight-knit art world is reeling after the death in Victoria of multimedia artist Jeremy Gordaneer, in what police are treating as a homicide.

Saying he's inspired by frontline workers facing harassment on the job, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said today he won't let "the mob" control his campaign after he was sprayed with gravel during a raucous protest in London, Ont. yesterday.

When Julia King, a nurse at Vancouver General Hospital, decided to anonymously donate part of her liver to a sick child, she was surprised to learn the province's living donor transplant program is for kidney donation only. 

Doctors in the province say Alberta's vaccine lottery did little to boost vaccination rates.

The head of a top association of pharmaceutical makers says they are now churning out coronavirus vaccine doses at a rate of about 1.5 billion a month, so wealthy governments that have been sitting on stockpiles of doses "no longer need to do so."

A First Nation in Treaty 9 in northwestern Ontario is celebrating a legal win that will see a sacred area in its lands temporarily protected from mineral exploration activities. It's part of a larger legal battle over the protection of Indigenous sacred areas.

A public hearing into the debacle that resulted in at least 38 deaths in only three weeks at the West Island long-term care home during the pandemic is set to begin on Tuesday, now that criminal charges against the former owners are off the table.  

Amid the rising cost of poultry, chicken feed and canola oil — not to mention the vagaries of international shipping — restaurants say dishing out this pub favourite is getting more expensive.

It's been nearly six years since Sheree Fertuck disappeared near the Saskatchewan village of Kenaston. Her body was never found, and her family is hoping for justice and answers at the murder trial of her estranged husband, which is set to begin this week.

A Quebec coroner will hear testimony from a long list of witnesses with ties to a long-term care home on Montreal's West Island in examining the deaths of 47 patients in the spring of 2020.  

A Quebec coroner is hearing testimony about what led to the death of 47 patients at the long-term care home in Montreal's West Island in the spring of 2020. Patients at the home were found to have lacked access to food, water and basic care.  

To raise the level of debate and present a credible alternative on climate, the NDP needs to do better to describe how it will engage in policy change, writes climate and energy policy economist Jennifer Winter.

As COVID-19 was spiralling out of control at the Herron long-term care home in Montreal's West Island, health officials were struggling to assess the extent of the problem and how to fix it.  

A Quebec coroner will hear testimony from a long list of witnesses with ties to a long-term care home on Montreal's West Island in examining the deaths of 47 patients in the spring of 2020.  

Parties have talked about a rise in gun violence in their platforms and campaigns as a serious issue. But is it true?

As Canada's 44th federal election campaign enters the home stretch, CBC News will continue to root our coverage daily in the concerns of Canadians at the community level over any party’s campaign agenda that day. We work to hold candidates to account and deliver factual, fair, balanced information in a multitude of ways so you can make an informed choice.

In the past 12 months, courts across Ontario have withdrawn or stayed 85 per cent of drug possession charges in the system before they ever reached trial, according to public data analyzed by CBC Toronto.

Ottawa police are reviewing the use of force by officers during a May arrest after CBC News obtained security camera footage that showed officers throwing a barrage of punches and knee strikes.

An Amber Alert has been cancelled for a three-year-old girl reported missing in Barrie, Ont., now that the child has been found 'safe and sound,' police said early Tuesday.

An Amber Alert has been cancelled for a three-year-old girl reported missing in Barrie, Ont., now that the child has been found 'safe and sound,' police said early Tuesday.

Police are asking for the public's help to locate Grace Lynn Deck, 3, who goes by Gracie, and David Cave, 27. The two were last seen Monday afternoon in the Lampman Lane Park area in Brampton.

Bob Wetenhall Sr., the American businessman who took over the Montreal Alouettes in 1997 and transformed the club into one of the CFL's model franchises, has died.

A government seismologist says a magnitude 6.5 earthquake reported in British Columbia on Monday never happened.

The federal election is estimated to cost taxpayers $610 million. So what are we paying for?

The federal election is estimated to cost taxpayers $610 million. So what are we paying for?

Kent Hehr, the former Liberal MP who left cabinet following allegations of sexual harassment, is running for mayor of Calgary.

Kent Hehr, the former Liberal MP who left cabinet following allegations of sexual harassment, is running for mayor of Calgary.