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A Royal Canadian Mint employee says bullying and harassment are still widespread in the Crown corporation — a claim that comes as a new report obtained by CBC News makes sweeping recommendations to tackle racism and a "traumatizing" and "toxic" workplace environment in the mint's security division.

Conservative MP Mike Lake says he and his team were “shocked” to learn that Rakesh David, a 25-year-old volunteer for his office, has been accused of killing his grandmother, mother and brother in Trinidad and Tobago.

Leadership of the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Nation said Thursday they are "not interested" in further apologies from the federal government after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ignored the community's invitations to visit on the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation last week.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the decades-long attempt to protect caribou populations in the North and the lack of available information on climate risk in Canada.

An acute energy crisis is making its presence felt in North America as consumers are finally starting to feel the pinch of much higher prices to fill up their cars and heat their homes.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says he wants to see the government take "concrete, immediate" steps on a range of issues — from pandemic supports to climate change to reconciliation — in order to secure NDP support in the next Parliament.

Provincial police cancelled the Amber Alert, which had been issued Thursday afternoon when Sûreté du Québec said two children had been kidnapped by their mother in Sutton, Que. Police said the children had been found safe.

Sûreté du Québec police say Chase Champigny, 3, and Mayden Champigny, 1, were kidnapped by their mother, 33-year-old Maryse Desmarais.

The government has unveiled details of Newfoundland and Labrador's vaccine passport program a day ahead of its Friday release. The system is set to cover a wide swath of public life when it becomes mandatory on Oct. 22.

The Montreal Canadiens announced Thursday that star goalie Carey Price will be away from the team while voluntarily taking part in the NHL/National Hockey League Players' Association assistance program. In an Instagram post, Price's wife noted the importance of "putting your mental health first."

Montreal Canadiens star goalie Carey Price will be away from the team while voluntarily taking part in the NHL/National Hockey League Players' Association assistance program.

Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. intelligence analyst who was convicted in one the largest breach of classified information in history, is fighting to be allowed into Canada.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is giving a COVID-19 update on Thursday morning as the province continues to struggle with high case numbers.

While he's not ruling out anything changing in the future, Premier Scott Moe says Saskatchewan is staying the course on its COVID-19 restrictions.

While he's not ruling out anything changing in the future, Premier Scott Moe says Saskatchewan is staying the course on its COVID-19 restrictions.

Canada's Walk of Fame announced its 2021 inductees on Wednesday, including actors Keanu Reeves and Graham Greene, retired lieutenant-general Romeo Dallaire and musician Bruce Cockburn.

Many Afghans say Taliban rule has led to better security, now that the bloody insurgency is over. But Afghanistan faces a humanitarian catastrophe, and the struggle to survive deepens every day.

Pfizer asked the U.S. government Thursday to allow the use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages five to 11 — and if regulators agree, shots could begin within a matter of weeks.

Elite distance runner Kate Bazeley of St. John's is set to compete in her first World Marathon Major on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. ET in Chicago, where the 37-year-old mother of three daughters is hopeful of setting another personal-best time.

U.S. Coast Guard investigators have boarded a massive cargo ship as part of the ongoing probe into what caused the rupture of a California oil pipeline that sent crude washing up on beaches.

Canada is facing a potential wave of terminations tied to mandatory workplace vaccine policies as a growing number of employers require workers to be fully inoculated against COVID-19 — or risk losing their jobs, legal experts say.

U.K.-based Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose experience of crossing continents and cultures has fed his novels about the impact of migration on individuals and societies, won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday.

Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in recognition of his "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism."

This collaborative model could be used for other public policy objectives, if leaders can agree to suspend partisan considerations in the pursuit of a greater goal, writes Wes McLean.

Police say in some cases, drugs are mailed by courier companies. Fishing boats are meeting out at sea and packages dumped into the ocean are hauled ashore by boats using a set of co-ordinates. But in Campbell's opinion, the most common way of moving drugs is having them driven to Sydney from Halifax.

The airport on the Spanish island of La Palma shut down again Thursday because of ashfall from a volcano that has been erupting for almost three weeks.

Megz Reynolds says it's worth examining why women are still being seen as an extension of their husband's work, instead of as farmers in their own right.

No one in the federal government is saying who made the final decision to absolve the Catholic Church of its financial responsibilities to residential schools survivors. A source with direct knowledge of the controversial 2015 case tells CBC News that then-minister of justice Jody Wilson-Raybould wasn't consulted.

The country's pandemic early warning system has issued only a handful of alerts — most of them unrelated to deadly variants of COVID-19 — since facing intense public scrutiny and criticism from Canada's auditor general, new federal documents show.

Startling testimony delivered this week by a former Facebook employee should spur Ottawa to rein in the social media giant with tougher and more comprehensive regulations, say technology experts and people fighting against online hate.

Startling testimony delivered this week by a former Facebook employee should spur Ottawa to rein in the social media giant with tougher and more comprehensive regulations, say technology experts and people fighting against online hate.

With Netflix's Squid Game holding down the No. 1 spot in over 90 countries, it seems non-English shows have firmly arrived for English speaking audiences. But as translated content takes its place in the mainstream, it has raised the question — are we all even watching the same thing? 

Health and safety documents obtained by CBC News illustrate key issues at several nursing homes in eastern Ontario as the pandemic began in early 2020, including complaints about a lack of PPE, poor communication with staff, fear of reprisals for speaking out about issues and concerns about staffing shortages.

Health and safety documents obtained by CBC News illustrate key issues at several nursing homes in eastern Ontario as the pandemic began in early 2020, including complaints about a lack of PPE, poor communication with staff, fear of reprisals for speaking out about issues and concerns about staffing shortages.

Drug manufacturer Teva Canada is recalling two lots of Novo-Gesic Forte acetaminophen tablets due to incorrect dosing information on the label.

Some of the crude oil that spilled from a pipeline into the waters off Southern California has been breaking up naturally in ocean currents, a U.S. Coast Guard official said Wednesday as authorities sought to determine the scope of the damage.

A new Alberta Health outbreak list, posted online Wednesday afternoon, details the impact of the pandemic's fourth wave in classrooms, as the province resumes public reporting of school outbreaks.

The ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, hacked the phones of his ex-wife Princess Haya and her attorneys during the legal battle over custody of their two children, Britain's High Court found Wednesday.