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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney was speaking to his party’s caucus staff on Tuesday when he told them how close he came to stepping back from his job ahead of the upcoming leadership review. The remarks are contained in an audio file secretly recorded by someone in attendance and obtained by CBC News. 

Quebec Premier François Legault says he will continue to work remotely for the next five days in accordance with public health guidelines. 

On the same day that a provincial renoviction ban was lifted in Nova Scotia, a representative from Elly Archer’s new landlord came to her door with a message. 

On the same day that a provincial renoviction ban was lifted in Nova Scotia, a representative from Elly Archer’s new landlord came to her door with a message. 

On the same day that a provincial renoviction ban was lifted in Nova Scotia, a representative from Elly Archer’s new landlord came to her door with a message. 

Following a hearing Thursday, Canada's top court will now decide how long the gunman who opened fire in a Quebec City mosque should remain in prison without a chance of parole, in a case that could redefine sentencing limits for the most serious crimes in Canada.

The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to consider an appeal from a B.C. man who claims he was wrongfully convicted of murdering a toddler nearly four decades ago.

Russia's invasion has displaced more than half of Ukraine's children. The United Nations children's agency says half of the country's children, or 4.3 million of an estimated 7.5 million, have now fled their homes, including about 1.8 million refugees who have left the country.

A national security threat was identified by Ontario Provincial Police in early February as protests were underway in downtown Ottawa and elsewhere in the country, a parliamentary committee heard Thursday.

The country's largest port says record container and foreign bulk volumes helped maintain cargo volumes despite trade challenges in a year in which the cruise season was cancelled due to COVID-19.

The Crown has laid more charges against three leaders of the so-called Freedom Convoy, Tamara Lich, Chris Barber and Pat King.

Canada is looking at ways to get more weapons into the hands of Ukrainian soldiers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday after an emergency meeting of NATO leaders.

According to a 90-page document obtained by Radio-Canada, the Legault government is planning to revamp the health-care system by 2025, including ending the way it pays general practitioners, recruiting more foreign nurses, more clerks and making better use of nurse practitioners.

Saskatchewan's government has once again left funding for the province's only supervised consumption site out of the provincial budget.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we examine just how green train travel is in Canada, and the long-term effects of the war in Ukraine on our fossil fuel dependency.

The City of Prince George has issued an apology for destroying a portion of a court-protected homeless camp, which a judge said caused "serious harm" to those who lived there.

The City of Prince George has issued an apology for destroying a portion of a court-protected homeless camp, which a judge said caused "serious harm" to those who lived there.

The Conservative Party is renewing its push to get the federal government to lift all remaining COVID-19 restrictions, arguing the country must move on from all pandemic measures after two years of this health crisis.

P.E.I. table potatoes will soon be allowed into the continental U.S. with some conditions, according to a news release Thursday from the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS. 

A look at the conservative forces behind a spate of bills targeting transgender people in the United States.

While federal and Ontario politicians were tight-lipped about the amount of money governments are investing to secure a new $4.9-billion electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing plant in Windsor, Ont., a Toronto-area MP shared the federal amount of $500 million in a tweet.

While federal and Ontario politicians were tight-lipped about the amount of money governments are investing to secure a new $4.9-billion electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing plant in Windsor, Ont., a Toronto-area MP shared the federal amount of $500 million in a tweet.

If there is an unspoken certainty about John Herdman's otherwise top-secret lineup for Canada's game against Costa Rica, it's that Milan Borjan will be in goal — in no small part because of a long-ago conversation the two had.

A man whose life was upended in the name of Arctic sovereignty says Canada now needs to do more to keep his and other remote Arctic communities safe. Other northern leaders echo that thought.

The International Skating Union has apologized and replaced its world championship commentators for vulgar comments aimed at Canadian Meagan Duhamel.

A plant-filled park with a gleaming thunderhead sculpture at its centre is the winning design for a new monument in Ottawa to honour victims of its LGBTQ2+ purge.

Did Spinosaurus, the largest-known carnivorous dinosaur, wade into rivers and lakes like a heron? Or did they swim underwater like a hippo or croc? It turns out that the answer was in their bones.

The Canadian award show dedicated to Black talent will be held in Toronto and will air Sept. 25 on CBC and CBC Gem.

Prince William has expressed his "profound sorrow" for slavery during a visit to Jamaica, though he stopped short of offering the apology demanded by protesters who are also seeking reparations for Britain's role in the slave trade.

Farmer Aimee Kootnikoff in Krestova, B.C., says she found out her goat Arret began riding on her horse Bouge's back two months ago.

New polling commissioned by World Animal Protection (WAP) shows the majority of Ontarians surveyed support regulations that would create licenses for zoos in the province and set standards for safety and animal welfare.

North Korea conducted what is thought to be its largest intercontinental ballistic missile test ever on Thursday, militaries in South Korea and Japan said, marking a dramatic end to a self-imposed moratorium on long-range testing.

The Doug Ford government is poised to crack down on developers who unjustifiably cancel or jack up the price of pre-construction sales agreements, CBC News had learned. 

Mike and Erin Doan contacted an animal rescue group to adopt a dog after their son Henry, who's non-verbal and recently began speaking with the help of software, asked for one. But the family was told they wouldn't be a good fit because the nine-year-old has autism.

A $4.9-billion electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont., which will allow the city to reclaim its position as Canada's automotive capital, promises to be a significant economic generator and create thousands of new jobs. 

Residents of a west Toronto high-rise are protesting against an effort to take away many of their parking spaces — a move that some long-time tenants say could force them to look for other places to live.

The Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS) has been under intense scrutiny and pressure from multiple directions for months. Some have even called for the Ontario force's disbandment, among many proposed changes. Here are some scenarios of what the future of policing in the city could look like.

From debates over masking in schools to students repeatedly bounced between in-person and remote learning, many parents feel Canadian policy makers have let our children down during the pandemic. 

Netflix, as with the last few awards seasons, isn’t the lone streamer on the Oscar ballot. But a big win for its film The Power of the Dog could open the floodgates, allowing streamers to take their place in an industry that has historically given them a chilly reception.

The arrival in Warsaw of more than 300,000 refugees from Ukraine has caused an almost 20 per cent spike in the city's population of roughly 1.8 million and spurred warnings from the mayor of Poland's capital that services are stretched dangerously thin.

A recent study out of Quebec looked at health-care workers who are grappling with life-altering long COVID impacts — which could jeopardize their ability to work while putting strain on the healthcare system, researchers say.

A protester who joined the so-called Freedom Convoy, which occupied downtown Ottawa for much of February, says he regrets taking part after he lost $13,000 and his home protesting something he never really "had a stance on."

A planned $4.9-billion electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont., that is anticipated will help the city reclaim its position as Canada's automotive capital promises to be a significant economic generator and create thousands of new jobs.

Quebec’s pre-election budget had a clear, immediate benefit for 6.4 million people: an additional $500 in their pocket. But is it the best approach to help those who need it most?

Residents of a west Toronto high-rise are protesting against an effort to take away many of their parking spaces — a move that some long-time tenants say could force them to look for other places to live.

A First Nation in southern Manitoba is weighing its options about what to do with hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of potato chip equipment it owns, which is sitting in a factory collecting dust.

Toronto residents with ties to the Caribbean say they sympathize with protests against the British monarchy in Jamaica this week as a royal tour draws controversy in the island nation.

Toronto residents with ties to the Caribbean say they sympathize with protests against the British monarchy in Jamaica this week as a royal tour draws controversy in the island nation.

Two B.C. teens are on their way to Hollywood after winning golden tickets from their first auditions for the reality TV singing competition American Idol.

Haida Nation elder Jiixa and Julia Weder, who was adopted into the Haida Eagle Clan, write and perform rap songs in the Haida language, which has only two dozen fluent speakers left, according to the nation's council.