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Conservative MP Michael Chong has accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of using his testimony on foreign interference as a "smear platform" targeting the Official Opposition.

Chiefs from across Canada heard from representative plaintiffs ahead of a scheduled vote on a $47.8 billion child and family services reform agreement reached with Canada in July.

A Toronto court has ordered an assessment to determine if a woman accused of killing three people in three Ontario cities over three days is fit to stand trial at this time.

A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and 15 others are facing criminal charges for allegedly running a drug-trafficking ring that shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine to Canada and used violence — including murder — to achieve its goals, the the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.

When Robert Adolph Boehm died on Oct. 6 at age 74, his son decided to honour his memory by writing an obituary as chaotic, irreverent and expletive-laden as his father was in life. 

The policy was not part of the platform released over the weekend. Moe said the party was just alerted to concerns "recently."

In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we see how EV chargers give nearby businesses a boost, how communities are protecting drinking water from toxic algae, and look at a greener shipping option now available in Canada.

A record number of British Columbians have cast their ballots in advance voting before the provincial election on Saturday, Elections B.C. says.

India's government on Thursday denied it was working with mobsters to target Sikh separatists in Canada as alleged publicly this week by Canadian officials in an escalating diplomatic dispute.

A group of young people argue Ontario's weakened emission target is a violation of their Charter rights. On Thursday, the Appeal Court of Ontario declined to rule on that question, but said lower courts shouldn't have dismissed the case, which will now require a new hearing.

The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government likely failed to keep its deficit below its promised $40 billion cap in the last fiscal year.

Premier Doug Ford's government is poised to announce rebate cheques to Ontarians as part of its fall economic statement, CBC News has confirmed.

The Israeli military said on Thursday that it was checking the possibility that it has killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar following an operation in the Gaza Strip that it said had targeted three militants.

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed.

At least 28 Palestinians including children were killed on Thursday in an Israeli strike on a shelter in the northern Gaza Strip, a Gaza health ministry official said, while Israel said the attack targeted militants at the site.

An Israeli strike on a school sheltering the displaced in northern Gaza on Thursday killed at least 15 people, including five children, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.

October's supermoon is the closest of the year to Earth, and it's teaming up with a comet for a rare stargazing two-for-one. The supermoon is 355,288 kilometres away Wednesday night, making it seem even bigger and brighter than in August and September.

Montreal police say a car was deliberately set on fire in the driveway of home in the city's West Island. Radio-Canada is reporting that the home belongs to Émile Benamor, the landlord who owns two buildings in Old Montreal that were the site of two fatal fires.

Vishal Joshi still dreams of owning a home in Canada, but falling affordability has him considering other options. "The radius of where we're looking for a house keeps getting bigger and bigger," he says. As house prices and interest rates rise and wages stay stagnant, a university professor says it might be time to rethink home ownership and consider other options.

Vishal Joshi still dreams of owning a home in Canada, but falling affordability has him considering other options. "The radius of where we're looking for a house keeps getting bigger and bigger," he says. As house prices and interest rates rise and wages stay stagnant, a university professor says it might be time to rethink home ownership and consider other options.

Tony Humby and Bruce Escott, two men accused of being central figures in a sexual exploitation case in St. John’s, were not believed to have acted alone.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says it introduced a humanitarian pathway in February to reunite Canadian families with loved ones affected by the war in Sudan. But Quebec has excluded itself from the program.

What many thought was a dream opportunity for Indigenous youth from Canada to participate in cultural exchange with local Māori communities in New Zealand turned into what one participant describes as a "nightmare."

In October of 2013, an Ottawa police intimate partner violence detective told Hanadi Mohammed she was going to charge her abuser, find people to help her and call back the next day. None of it happened, and Mohammed wound up back with her husband days later. He murdered her and tried to murder their daughter in 2021.

In October of 2013, an Ottawa police intimate partner violence detective told Hanadi Mohammed she was going to charge her abuser, find people to help her and call back the next day. None of it happened, and Mohammed wound up back with her husband days later. He murdered her and tried to murder their daughter in 2021.

In October of 2013, an Ottawa police intimate partner violence detective told Hanadi Mohammed she was going to charge her abuser, find people to help her and call back the next day. None of it happened, and Mohammed wound up back with her husband days later. He murdered her and tried to murder their daughter in 2021.

In October of 2013, an Ottawa police intimate partner violence detective told Hanadi Mohammed she was going to charge her abuser, find people to help her and call back the next day. None of it happened, and Mohammed wound up back with her husband days later. He murdered her and tried to murder their daughter in 2021.

In October of 2013, an Ottawa police intimate partner violence detective told Hanadi Mohammed she was going to charge her abuser, find people to help her and call back the next day. None of it happened, and Mohammed wound up back with her husband days later. He murdered her and tried to murder their daughter in 2021.

Ashima Sharma, a student in the honours philosophy program at Hamilton's McMaster University, decided to go above and beyond for just a one per cent bonus on an assignment. She found a way to catch the attention of Iceland's former prime minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir.

Ottawa family doctors are seeing an influx of public servants looking for medical notes to support work-from-home requests, putting added strain on an already overburdened health-care system.

The Alberta government says long-term care and supportive living programs will no longer be under the purview of the provincial Health Ministry.

Police say the now-deceased ex-boyfriend of missing Port Alberni woman Amber Manthorne is a person of interest in her disappearance and possible death.

The Audain Art Museum in Whistler, B.C., has announced it has acquired a watercolour painting from renowned B.C. artist Emily Carr from a private collection.

The Audain Art Museum in Whistler, B.C., has announced it has acquired a watercolour painting from renowned B.C. artist Emily Carr from a private collection.

As a veteran of six election campaigns at both the provincial and federal levels, B.C. NDP candidate Nathan Cullen is used to the rough and tumble of politics. But none of that prepared the Bulkley Valley-Stikine incumbent Tuesday for the sight of himself with a noose around his neck hanging from a makeshift gallows on the side of a highway.

As Israel continues its offensive in Lebanon, the World Health Organization says health-care workers are under enormous strain, taking on unprecedented numbers of injured people, while sometimes coming under fire themselves.

Buenos Aires police said in a statement that Payne fell form the third floor of the Casa Sur Hotel in the trendy Palermo neighbourhood of Argentina's capital, resulting in "extremely serious injuries." Medics confirmed his death on the spot, the statement said.