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The provincial fatality inquiry examining why an Afghanistan veteran killed his family and himself in 2017 heard Monday that Nova Scotia police officers had limited intimate partner violence training in the seven years before the murder-suicides.

While the CP Rail work stoppage has businesses calling for back-to-work legislation, the Liberal government and opposition MPs avoided discussing the idea as they debated next steps in the House of Commons Monday. 

International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan says he wants the World Health Organization to greenlight Medicago's COVID-19 shot so it can be donated and used by the COVAX vaccine-sharing alliance.

The creators of the popular online video game Fortnite have raised more than $36 million US in a single day, after promising to send all the money raised from sales of a new version of the game to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.

A new report by the Canada West Foundation (CWF) shows that despite rising job vacancies across the prairies, more young people are choosing to move to cities and towns in B.C. and Ontario, which they feel better reflect their values.

Voters in the Fort Whyte district cast their ballots today to decide who should fill former Manitoba premier Brian Pallister's seat in the legislature.

In a hotly contested byelection between two former members of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the Progressive Conservatives have narrowly retained the seat once held by former Manitoba premier Brian Pallister.

An investigation is underway after the National Research Council reported being hit Friday by what it's calling a "cyber incident."

Violent repression of the largely Muslim Rohingya population in Myanmar amounts to genocide, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, a declaration intended to both generate international pressure and lay the groundwork for potential legal action.

The P.E.I. Rape and Sexual Assault Centre has launched a new campaign to help Islanders feel safer when going out for a drink with friends.

The P.E.I. Rape and Sexual Assault Centre has launched a new campaign to help Islanders feel safer when going out for a drink with friends.

A national Inuit-led health survey is underway in the Inuvialuit region of northern N.W.T. “We are looking to really understand from an Inuit perspective, what are the gaps? And what are the strengths?”

An 11-year-old boy led police on a wild car chase in Whitby, Ont. Sunday evening but no one was hurt, Durham Regional Police say.

An 11-year-old boy led police on a wild car chase in Whitby, Ont., Sunday evening but no one was hurt, Durham Regional Police say.

Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party is expecting up to 20,000 of its members to register for an April 9 vote that will decide the fate of Premier Jason Kenney as leader. 

A man who just finished serving time on Prince Edward Island for slashing a judge's tires is now facing more serious charges involving that judge and a second one.

The Ontario government is introducing legislation to provide police officers with more enforcement tools to respond to illegal blockades.

Kanye West was told Friday that he is not allowed to perform at the Grammys this year, a representative for the musician has confirmed to The Associated Press.

British Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said on Monday she should not have been left detained in Iran for six years and questioned why Britain had failed to get her home before her return last week.

The U.S. Senate's judiciary committee will begin historic confirmation hearings on Monday for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who would be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

The U.S. Senate's judiciary committee began historic confirmation hearings on Monday for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who could become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

Matty Clarke's online videos show him "creating a dream" as he clears a spot of Yukon wilderness and builds himself a log cabin. The territorial government says he's got to go.

With utility fees and rates rising, some Calgarians can't pay their bills. After a few missed payments, they may find themselves strapped with a load limiter and facing disconnection. 

Andie Lawrence, a Grade 11 student, has spent her high school years under the cloud of the pandemic. Now she wonders what she's lost.

Canada had a backlog of more than 1.8 million immigration applications as of Feb. 1, including 519,030 permanent residence and 448,000 Canadian citizenship applications, according to IRCC data. Some have been waiting for four years to get their citizenship.

Canada had a backlog of more than 1.8 million immigration applications as of Feb. 1, including 519,030 permanent residence and 448,000 Canadian citizenship applications, according to IRCC data. Some have been waiting for four years to get their citizenship.

Having grown up in Edmundston, Dr. Samira Mubareka says she’s well aware of the interaction between New Brunswickers and deer in her home province. 

Whether native speakers or learners themselves, Anishinaabemowin teachers in Canada work hard to create curriculums, deliver online classes and build software to ensure the language is passed on to the next generation.

Members of London’s Muslim community say they are saddened and angered by news of a recent attack on a mosque in Mississauga, Ont.

Members of London’s Muslim community say they are saddened and angered by news of a recent attack on a mosque in Mississauga, Ont.

Some health-care providers in Nova Scotia want more training when it comes to using psilocybin — commonly known as magic mushrooms — to help treat end-of-life distress and possibly other mood disorders. But they say bureaucracy is stopping them from getting it.

A section of multi-use trail linking Fredericton's west and east ends has remained unfinished for years, and as spring nears, advocates are calling on the city to finish it before someone gets hurt.

Documents obtained under access-to-information laws reveal what Bridgewater did to get the money back, how much it spent on legal fees, and the frustration officials had with banks it felt were unhelpful in resolving the matter. 

A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people aboard crashed in a remote mountainous area of southern China on Monday, setting off a forest fire visible from space, in the country's worst air disaster in nearly a decade.

Chinese airliner with 133 aboard crashes in southern province of Guangxi, state media reported Monday.

A China Eastern Boeing 737 with 132 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi on Monday, officials said.

A China Eastern Boeing 737 with 132 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi on Monday, officials said.

A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi on Monday, officials said.

A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people aboard crashed in a remote mountainous area of southern China on Monday, setting off a forest fire visible from space, in the country's worst air disaster in nearly a decade.

An Indigenous Winnipeg woman says she was stunned by some questions on a CIBC job application, one of them asking about her favourite Indigenous tradition. Experts say it’s an opportunity for Canadian companies to learn better practices when pursuing diverse workplaces.

Eager to save Ukraine, several Ukrainian-Canadian businesses have pivoted their operations to fund or deliver humanitarian aid, putting profits aside in the process.

Over the past three decades or more, Canada has suffered from a deep identity crisis whenever it has been confronted with the messy, brutal foreign wars raging in far-flung parts of this troubled globe.

An Oakville couple say they are caught in a nightmare scenario because the people living in the downstairs apartment of their Mississauga investment home refuse to leave more than six months after they sold it — and there's little they can do.

An Oakville couple say they are caught in a nightmare scenario because the people living in the downstairs apartment of their Mississauga investment home refuse to leave more than six months after they sold it — and there's little they can do.

An Oakville couple say they are caught in a nightmare scenario because the people living in the downstairs apartment of their Mississauga investment home refuse to leave more than six months after they sold it — and there's little they can do.

An Oakville couple say they are caught in a nightmare scenario because the people living in the downstairs apartment of their Mississauga investment home refuse to leave more than six months after they sold it — and there's little they can do.

Most of the roughly $1 million in known donations raised in digital currency for the Freedom Convoy appears to have evaded seizure by authorities more than a month after the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act to freeze convoy assets.

As inflation rises and Quebecers tighten their belts, many are calling for the government to intervene. But experts say the government should think twice before handing out cheques.

As COVID-19 restrictions lift across the country, many summer music festivals are gearing up for the return of in-person performances.

As Mariupol's defenders held out Monday against Russian demands that they surrender, the number of bodies in the rubble of the bombarded and encircled Ukrainian city remained shrouded in uncertainty, the full extent of the horror not yet known.