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While the past 12 months were hardly uneventful, 2022 was at least a “normal” parliamentary year — the House of Commons calendar was not significantly altered by an election or the arrival of a global pandemic.

The 32-year-old man accused of second-degree murder in the deaths of his two young sons in the Huron-Wendat First Nation of Wendake, north of Quebec City, pleaded guilty in court Wednesday. 

The prosecution of three businessmen caught up in one of Canada's most spectacular cannabis-industry flameouts has suffered its own collapse, as lawyers for the Ontario Securities Commission moved to withdraw all charges mid-trial following major admissions in court testimony.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith attended a pre-arranged meeting with Treaty 6 chiefs on Wednesday amid pushback from Indigenous leaders, who continue to call for her flagship Sovereignty Act legislation to be withdrawn.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith attended a pre-arranged meeting with Treaty 6 chiefs on Wednesday amid pushback from Indigenous leaders, who continue to call for her flagship Sovereignty Act legislation to be withdrawn.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith attended a pre-arranged meeting with Treaty 6 chiefs on Wednesday amid pushback from Indigenous leaders, who continue to call for her flagship Sovereignty Act legislation to be withdrawn.

Peru's new government imposed a police state Wednesday in response to violent protests following the ouster of president Pedro Castillo. The 30-day national emergency declaration suspends the rights of "personal security and freedom" across the Andean country.

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said Wednesday that while his provincial counterparts have agreed in private on what the problems in health care are and how to solve them, the premiers are muzzling them in order to put the focus on federal spending.

An Alberta mountain town has passed a bylaw banning smoking and vaping in most public places.

Stephen (tWitch) Boss, the longtime and beloved dancing DJ on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and a former contestant on So You Can Think You Can Dance, has died at the age of 40.

After four straight three-quarter-point interest rate hikes, the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to announce a smaller half-point increase in its key rate Wednesday, a first step toward dialling back its efforts to combat inflation.

The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates by half a percentage point on Wednesday and projected at least an additional 75 basis points of increases in borrowing costs by the end of 2023 as well as a rise in unemployment and a near stalling of economic growth.

MPs have voted that Wednesday will be their last day of work before they go on winter break until the end of January.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre told caucus members Wednesday that Conservatives must pair a message of hope with pointed critiques of the government. MPs are preparing to head home for the holidays today.

MPs have voted that Wednesday will be their last day of work before they go on winter break until the end of January.

The two people who were aboard the civilian plane have been airlifted to hospital.

The pair were the only two people aboard the single-engine plane when it went down.

The chief of the London Police Services (LPS) says an internal review has determined that responding officers acted appropriately in the case of a controversial arrest of a transgender activist as the result of a swatting hoax.

Paralympic gold medallist Billy Bridges was recently forced to climb down stairs in order to access the ice at an Oakville rink.

The family of eight-year-old Aurelia Braun of Surrey, B.C., worry deaf students will fall behind after Douglas College pauses its Sign Language Interpreter program, the only one of its kind in the province.

Grant Wahl died of a ruptured blood vessel when he was stricken while covering a World Cup match last weekend, according to an autopsy of the well-known American soccer writer.

Grant Wahl died of an aneurysm in his heart when he was stricken while covering a World Cup match last weekend, according to an autopsy of the well-known American soccer writer.

The young girl who was killed in a hit-and-run on Tuesday was a refugee whose family fled the war in Ukraine.

A couple in Nelson, B.C., tried various avenues to find indoor shelter for a 60-year-old homeless and mentally ill man, all without success. The man ended up in hospital twice over the next 24 hours, the second time with a potentially fatal blood infection.

China said Wednesday it would stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, since they've become "impossible" to track with mass testing no longer required, another step in the country's uncertain exit from some of the world's strictest antivirus policies.

Moon Animal Rescue founder, Shelby Tilley received a call on Saturday, after three people hiking in east London near Pottersburg Dog Park, discovered a zipped up tent with a mild-mannered black and brown dog inside. Someone had spray painted the words, 'Help. There's a dog left here,' on the side of the tent.

Moon Animal Rescue founder, Shelby Tilley received a call on Saturday, after three people hiking in east London near Pottersburg Dog Park, discovered a zipped up tent with a mild-mannered black and brown dog inside. Someone had spray painted the words, 'Help. There's a dog left here,' on the side of the tent.

Children from across different schools shared a variety of wintertime celebrations and traditions across different cultures during an event at Richmond Jewish Day School this week. Their takeaway: families are more similar than you'd think.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed sorrow on Wednesday after four people died following an incident involving a small migrant boat in the English Channel between Britain and France.

A destructive storm marched across the United States, spawning tornadoes that touched down in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, where two deaths were reported, and it delivered blizzard-like conditions to the Great Plains and threatened more severe weather Wednesday in the South.

Today on Front Burner, AI image generators and chatbots are flooding social media feeds. They’re fun — but also a hint at how powerful AI is becoming and how it may transform the way we work, for better or worse.

Anthony Morgan is a name that will become more familiar for many Canadians. He’s one of the new co-hosts of the CBC’s The Nature of Things, and he has a close connection to northern Ontario.

The lawyer for a group seeking to certify a class action lawsuit against B.C.'s provincial health officer for damages allegedly caused by unjustified COVID-19-related orders says the proceedings could result in as many as three million claims.

A Greater Sudbury, Ont., mother is calling on whoever stole her family’s Christmas lawn ornament in the shape of a dachshund to return it as soon as possible.

A Court of King’s Bench justice tossed the evidence in a drug possession case after ruling a Winnipeg police officer violated a suspect’s charter rights by conducting a "humiliating and invasive" strip search during the man's arrest last year.

Cameron Gordon, who has Down syndrome, is sad to see so many young people struggling this year. So he's helping to brighten their spirits by making Christmas stockings filled with gifts for 20 young people in need.

Cameron Gordon, who has Down syndrome, is sad to see so many young people struggling this year. So he's helping to brighten their spirits by making Christmas stockings filled with gifts for 20 young people in need.

A pricing bubble that hit diesel and related fuels including furnace oil and kerosene in the northeastern United States in early November has cost consumers in Atlantic Canada millions of dollars so far as it continues to engulf the entire region in elevated prices.

Winter has only just arrived in northern Ontario, but so far the season is proving to be a deadly one on highways in the region, raising questions over provincial funding for northern infrastructure.

Thomas Hartle, a Saskatoon man with terminal cancer, hopes he can legally continue using magic mushrooms to cope with his fear of dying.

As Iran executed a second anti-regime demonstrator in a week, protests continued inside the country unabated. Medical professionals, who are among those facing the greatest personal risk, are being helped by colleagues overseas, including Canada.

The Ottawa Police Service and its former chief had no choice but to allow thousands of trucks to flood the city's downtown during the initial stages of last winter's convoy protest in the capital, and feared stopping them risked making a bad situation worse.

The Liberal government might be wishing for a dose of "deliverology" at the Department of National Defence (DND) when it comes to its decades-long effort to eradicate sexual misconduct and assault from the Canadian military.

Local and urban Indigenous leaders want the City of Hamilton to listen to them in the wake of another sewage spill.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin became the third NHL player to reach 800 career goals when he scored three times Tuesday night at Chicago.

A friendship society in Richmond, B.C., has become a focus in an RCMP investigation into allegations of secret Chinese "police" stations operating in Canada.

A friendship society in Richmond, B.C., has become a focus in an RCMP investigation into allegations of secret Chinese "police" stations operating in Canada.

A NASA rover by chance had its microphone on when a whirling tower of red dust passed directly overhead, recording the racket. It's about 10 seconds of not only rumbling gusts of up to 40 km/h, but the pinging of hundreds of dust particles against the rover Perseverance.

The Orléans Express bus and car collided around 5:15 p.m. on route 132, near Saint-Fabien, Que., about 285 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. There were about 40 passengers on the bus.

The Orléans Express bus and car collided around 5:15 p.m. on route 132, near Saint-Fabien, Que., about 285 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. There were about 40 passengers on the bus.