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A signed agreement that gives Mi'kmaq communities co-management responsibilities for P.E.I. National Park and historic sites on Prince Edward Island is being hailed as a 'significant step' toward self-governance and reconciliation.

Sony's PlayStation Network went down for hours on Tuesday, frustrating gamers around the world who complained they weren't able to sign in to their accounts.

A Toronto police officer found guilty of misusing police resources, falsifying police reports, and stealing from dead people will serve seven years in prison.

The Liberal government has survived a second non-confidence vote in as many weeks in the House of Commons, after the NDP and Bloc Quebecois voted against a Conservative motion this afternoon.

John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom Good Times and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries Roots, has died. He was 84.

Canada could offer firms some relief from a 25 per cent surtax that is due to be imposed later this month on imports of Chinese steel and aluminum, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Tuesday.

Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard denies that he raped the woman who is accusing him of sexual assault, or that he touched her sexually without her consent.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says owners of small- and medium-sized businesses will finally receive their long-awaited carbon pricing refunds before the end of this year.

High levels of the chemical benzene were registered in the air near Sarnia, Ont., in April, forcing neighbouring Aamjiwnaang First Nation to declare a state of emergency after people became ill with headaches, nausea and dizziness. 

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet put forward a motion Tuesday calling on the government to move forward with legislation that would hike Old Age Security (OAS) payouts for seniors between the ages of 65 and 74.

Global Affairs Canada (GAC) says only about a third of the 1,700 Canadians in Lebanon who have been contacted by the department and offered seats on outgoing flights have taken up the government's offer.

Global Affairs Canada (GAC) says only about a third of the 1,700 Canadians in Lebanon who have been contacted by the department and offered seats on outgoing flights have taken up the government's offer.

McMaster Children's Hospital says it will resume tonsil and adenoid surgeries next week, almost four months after two children died following the procedure.

On Tuesday morning, Sask. Party Leader Scott Moe asked Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty to dissolve the government and drop the writ. Voters head to the polls Oct. 28.

On Tuesday morning, Sask. Party Leader Scott Moe asked Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty to dissolve the government and drop the writ. Voters head to the polls Oct. 28.

Recent polling suggests the gap in decided voters has significantly narrowed from this time last year, with the NDP holding a narrow lead over the Sask. Party.

Hundreds of Canadian workers are staying in trailers and dark hotel rooms as they work to repair power lines in the flood-battered southeastern U.S. They’ve witnessed a once-in-a-century storm that has caused untold damage, and death, and upended the presidential election.

The minimum wage in four provinces is going up today, with the new rates ranging from $15 an hour to $17.20.

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 38 people in Gaza on Tuesday, local medics said. Fighting has ramped up, as the Israeli military said it has been targeting command centres used by Hamas.

A Progressive Conservative candidate for a seat in the New Brunswick Legislature is facing calls she withdraw from the campaign after she compared protections for 2SLGTBQ+ students to the systematic taking of Indigenous children from their parents to place them in residential schools.

A day after McGill University threatened to cancel classes for law students, the union representing law professors says it has agreed to suspend its strike.

Dockworkers along the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast began a strike on Tuesday, halting the flow of about half the nation's ocean shipping after negotiations for a new labour contract broke down over wages.

One of Nova Scotia's most prominent and wealthy businessmen is locked in a massive income tax battle with the Canada Revenue Agency, one that spans two decades and includes a sprawling seaside mansion, a high-performance dressage horse operation and three luxury yachts.

Vice-presidential candidates Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance are set to appear in their first and only televised debate in the 2024 U.S. election campaign. 

Bob Mullin isn't against sunshine lists. He just believes that, with inflation eroding the value of salaries over the last three decades, the rules of Ontario's public salary reporting system need a revamp. 

Alberta’s orphan well woes are about to swell following the end of a controversial court case involving some of the biggest names in the Canadian oilpatch.

Vice-presidential candidates Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance are set to appear in their first and only televised debate in the 2024 U.S. election campaign. 

The spotted lanternfly sightings are some of the first in southwestern Ontario for the invasive insect species, considered a significant threat to wine and tree fruit crops.

The bodies of Erick and Carlo Fryer were found shot, stabbed and beaten in the head just off a forest service road in Naramata, B.C.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board on Monday said more than 40 foreign operators of Boeing 737 airplanes may be flying aircraft with rudder components that could pose safety risks.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board on Monday said more than 40 foreign operators of Boeing 737 airplanes may be using planes with rudder components that may pose safety risks.

Family of Jon Wells, 42, wants a thorough, transparent investigation into what went wrong.

Family of Jon Wells, 42, wants a thorough, transparent investigation into what went wrong.

Pete Rose, baseball's career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83.

Pete Rose, Major League Baseball's all-time leader in hits who was banned from the Hall of Fame after he was caught gambling on baseball games, has died at age 83, ABC News and TMZ reported on Monday.

Pete Rose, baseball's career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83.

Canada recorded its lowest ever fertility rate for the second year in a row in 2023, according to Statistics Canada. The country recorded a rate of 1.26 children born per woman, according to the agency, with British Columbia having the nation's lowest fertility rate at one child per woman.

Canada recorded its lowest ever fertility rate for the second year in a row in 2023, according to Statistics Canada. The country recorded a rate of 1.26 children born per woman, according to the agency, with British Columbia having the nation's lowest fertility rate at one child per woman.