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Twenty-three months ago, Justin Trudeau sounded chastened as he met reporters in the wake of an election that saw his Liberal party win 157 seats. This week, he's claiming a clear mandate from voters.

Jalen Smereck, an American defenceman for HC Donbass in the Ukrainian Hockey League, says he is taking a leave of absence until HC Kremenchuk player Andrey Denyskin is "suspended and removed from the league."

Lawyers for Jag Sahota, the Conservative incumbent in Calgary Skyview who lost her seat to Liberal George Chahal, will ask a Calgary judge to quash the election results in that riding because of the controversy surrounding campaign flyers, CBC News has learned.

A high-ranking member of the United Conservative Party who has been publicly demanding the resignation of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has been removed from his position as a party vice-president and director.

Booster shots could help protect vulnerable seniors from a combination of possibly waning immunity and living in high-risk settings, experts say.

Canadian farm groups are hoping the end of the legal saga with Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou will see a de-escalation of tensions with China that opens the door to resolving a long, costly trade dispute hanging over the country's canola sector.

Maj.-Gen Dany Fortin is fighting in Federal Court to get back his old job as head of Canada's vaccine task force — even though the government says the role no longer exists. Fortin was removed from the high-profile post after he was accused of sexual assault and subsequently charged.

A Markham, Ont., couple that went missing earlier month is now believed to have been murdered, and police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for a 35-year-old suspect. 

The top U.S. military officer told the U.S. Congress on Tuesday that he knew former president Donald Trump wasn't planning to attack China and that it was his job to reassure the Chinese of that fact in the phone calls that have triggered outrage from some lawmakers.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau laid out five post-election priorities for his government Tuesday — all of them focused  on the continued fight against the pandemic as COVID-19 case counts rise sharply in some parts of the country.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today that Chrystia Freeland will continue to serve as both deputy prime minister and finance minister in his post-election cabinet.

Private proof-of-vaccination app Portpass exposed personal information, including the driver's licences, of what might be hundreds of thousands of users by leaving its website unsecured. 

Alberta's hospitals and other facilities providing health services will soon be protected by the Critical Infrastructure Defence Act, Premier Jason Kenney announced on Tuesday.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is announcing that hospitals and other facilities providing health services will soon be protected by the Critical Infrastructure Defence Act.

Alberta's hospitals and other facilities providing health services will soon be protected by the Critical Infrastructure Defence Act, Premier Jason Kenney announced on Tuesday.

A new documentary about pop star Britney Spears recalls the complicated legal battle the singer faced after her father began controlling her life under a conservatorship set up in 2008, and some of the people who tried to help her break free.

Ontario's medical regulator has barred a family doctor from providing exemptions for COVID-19 vaccines and face masks, alleging that he has deliberately spread misinformation about the ongoing pandemic.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec says it will divest all of its oil investments by next year as part of the pension plan's plan to help combat climate change by cutting its carbon footprint in half by 2030.

Britain's transport minister said Tuesday there are "tentative signs" a fuel-supply crisis snarling the country is easing, but it will be a while before the situation returns to normal.

Groundwater under the sea floor off the coast of P.E.I. could solve a host of problems for the Island, but there are a lot of questions that need to be answered first.

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE submitted initial trial data for their COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5 to 11 to U.S. regulators on Tuesday and said they would make a formal request for emergency use authorization in the coming weeks.

Treating those who are suffering from the worst effects of COVID-19 sometimes means horrifying anecdotes like the one offered by Dr. Alex Wong in Regina.

The first of the 39 miners trapped underground at a mine in northern Ontario have climbed to the surface, and the rest are expected to join them by midday Tuesday.

Thirty-five of the 39 miners trapped underground at a mine in northern Ontario have climbed to the surface, with a Vale company spokesperson saying everyone is safe and "happy to see the sunshine," and the rest expected to join them sometime Tuesday.

Thirty-three of the 39 miners trapped underground at a mine in northern Ontario have climbed to the surface, with a Vale company spokesperson saying everyone is safe and "happy to see the sunshine," and the rest expected to join them sometime Tuesday.

33 of the 39 miners trapped underground at a mine in northern Ontario have climbed to the surface, and the rest are expected to join them by midday Tuesday.

Thirty-three of the 39 miners trapped underground at a mine in northern Ontario have climbed to the surface, with a Vale company spokesperson saying everyone is safe and "happy to see the sunshine," and the rest are expected to join them by midday Tuesday.

33 of the 39 miners trapped underground at a mine in northern Ontario have climbed to the surface, and the rest are expected to join them by midday Tuesday.

Jury selection begins today for the coroner's inquest into the death of Rodney Levi, who was fatally shot by the RCMP about 15 months ago.

As the Ontario government continues to say there's no need for rapid testing in schools, some Toronto parents have decided to build their own program from scratch at their children's elementary school.

Russia has staged a series of military exercises with its central Asian neighbours that are focused on anti-terrorism operations.

Mounties failed to adequately investigate a teen's sexual assault and arrested people without reasonable grounds, according to the civilian watchdog agency that oversees the RCMP.

Mounties failed to adequately investigate a teen's sexual assault and arrested people without reasonable grounds, according to the civilian watchdog agency that oversees the RCMP.

For decades, non-Indigenous scientists have taken samples from Indigenous people for future studies, often without clear consent. But a new generation of Indigenous scientists is taking biomedical research in a new direction — asking important questions about who controls the research process and the data derived from it.

As Canada prepares to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, some are quietly paying their respects to a man who more than a century ago tried to sound the alarm about the appalling health conditions in residential schools.

Canada's Catholic bishops on Monday said they would give $30 million to help support survivors of the residential school system, a pledge the Assembly of First Nations said it welcomed, albeit with "skepticism."

Corinn Jockisch of New Westmininster, B.C., says she was really upset to learn that she could be at risk for contracting illnesses such as Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B and HIV from the reused syringe, even though the health authority says the risk is low.

British Columbia's Fraser Health Authority says it has stopped a pharmacy from administering COVID-19 vaccines after learning syringes were reused on patients.

The $50K prize goes to the Edmonton-born rapper for his album Parallel World.

Robert Riley Saunders was accused of siphoning money from vulnerable children while working under the Ministry of Child and Family Development.

The Liberal Party is requesting a recount in the federal riding of Châteauguay-Lacolle after Elections Canada reported what it called a “potential anomaly” in the count that saw the Bloc Québécois candidate defeat the Liberal by 286 votes.

An Ontario farm where an outbreak of COVID-19 affected more than 200 workers, including a migrant worker from Mexico who later died, now faces 20 charges following an inspection by the provincial Labour Ministry. 

More than 17,000 health-care workers in Quebec will be suspended next month for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19, and now provincial officials are scrambling to fill in the gaps.