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A Liberal MP says he was pushed by one of the protesters who have been gathering on Parliament Hill for the first week of the fall sitting.

Dr. David Stack, an equine veterinary surgeon, led the team that conducted keyhole surgery to repair a white rhino’s fractured leg near Liverpool, England. 

A 24-year-old man has been arrested following an altercation at a Montreal-area mosque that left three people injured on Friday afternoon.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested following an attack at a Montreal-area mosque that left three people injured on Friday afternoon.

Peel police have arrested an 18-year-old woman in connection with a brazen car theft in Mississauga earlier this month, where a man was struck with the stolen vehicle before the suspect fled. 

A former teacher at a Winnipeg high school has been sentenced to five years in prison, after she was convicted of sexual assault following what a judge called an "inherently wrongful" months-long relationship with a teenage student.

After Lauren Philion lost a brother and a sister to sudden cardiac arrest, and almost died herself, extensive study of her family's history has helped lead Canadian researchers to a discovery they hope will help save lives.

RCMP issued an emergency alert Friday afternoon saying officers are looking for an armed 15-year-old boy in the Moncton area.

New Brunswick RCMP say the 15-year-old who was the subject of an emergency alert in the Moncton area has been taken into custody. 

B.C.’s provincial election period begins when the province’s lieutenant-governor, on the advice of the premier, dissolves the legislature and issues orders to begin the official election campaign.

Drone operators and ground search teams are looking for for child missing since Sept. 19.

The Ottawa Senators and the National Capital Commission say they've reached an "agreement in principle" to bring a new NHL arena and major events centre to LeBreton Flats.  

General Motors is recalling more than 449,000 of its SUVs and pickup trucks because the electronic brake control module software may fail to display a warning light when a loss of brake fluid takes place.

Days ahead of Saturday's presidential election in Sri Lanka, many still complain of corrupt leaders, economic mismanagement and the entrenched power of the political old guard. But former protesters are having a hard time coming together behind a candidate.

Nearly two months after announcing an independent, external review into the Paris Olympics drone spying scandal, Canada Soccer, like everyone else, is waiting on its findings. And suspended women's head coach Bev Priestman continues to get paid.

A paid passenger on an expedition to the Titanic with the company that owned the Titan submersible testified before a U.S. Coast Guard investigatory panel Friday that the mission he took part in was aborted due to apparently mechanical failure.

Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 0.9 per cent to $66.4 billion in July, helped by stronger new car sales. The agency says sales were higher in seven of the nine subsectors it tracks.

Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 0.9 per cent to $66.4 billion in July, helped by stronger new car sales. Analysts say the the rise came amid Bank of Canada's July rate cut, but that more cuts are needed to spark lasting results.

Israeli security services said on Thursday they had arrested an Israeli citizen on suspicion of involvement in an Iranian-backed assassination plot targeting prominent people, including the prime minister.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that Jewish-American voters would be partly to blame if he loses the Nov. 5 election to Vice-President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate.

Documents obtained by CBC reveal detailed allegations of 'atrocious' racism and sexism levelled by a Lower Mainland RCMP officer against colleagues posting on a private chat group. The Mounties are accused of mocking a sexual assault victim and bragging about 'Tasering unarmed black people.'

Wolfs — the new Jon Watts movie about a pair of professional fixers — isn't a failure. But it doesn't do much to capture the magic of its two leads.

Russian officials, encouraged by President Vladimir Putin, are rolling out programs to encourage women to have more children, by starting to have babies earlier in life.

A fresh wave of tighter restrictions on international students has some worried that continuing uncertainty in the sector will damage Canada's reputation as an attractive place to study and settle down.  

A judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed in his courthouse chambers Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged with murder, police said.

The B.C. government announced on Thursday that first-time homebuyers will be prioritized for an Indigenous-led condominium project in Vancouver, which the province will now support with financing. The units will be offered under 99-year leases. Tom Davidoff, director of the UBC Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate, joins Canada Tonight to discuss this project.

A Law Society of B.C. tribunal says Hong Guo showed "repetitive, protracted and serious" misconduct, and "cannot be trusted to be accurate or show any insight into her behaviour."

The Ontario government is considering bringing forward legislation that could prohibit the installation of bike lanes when lanes for motor vehicles are removed as a result, sources say.

A pair of escaped pigs managed to duck and dodge police in West Kelowna, B.C., in front of a crowd of cheering schoolchildren Wednesday.

Shohei Ohtani became the first major league player to exceed 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season during the most spectacular game of a history-making career for the Los Angeles Dodgers star, going deep three times and swiping two bags on Thursday against the Miami Marlins.

Shohei Ohtani became the first major league player to exceed 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season during the most spectacular game of a history-making career for the Los Angeles Dodgers star, going deep three times and swiping two bags on Thursday against the Miami Marlins.

The Canadian National Railway (CN) announced it’s moving its crew change terminal out of Jasper. One-third of the buildings in the mountain town were burned down by wildfire in July.

Quebec's Alimentation Couche-Tard started with one store in 1980. Now, the retailer stands a serious chance of taking over the largest operator of convenience stores in the world: 7-Eleven. 

Quebec's Alimentation Couche-Tard started with one store in 1980. Now, the retailer stands a serious chance of taking over the largest operator of convenience stores in the world: 7-Eleven. 

The harp emoji is the brainchild of beloved harpist Mary Lattimore and filmmaker Theo Schear, the man behind such emoji hits as juice box, disco ball, and Italian hand gesture.