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CBC has confirmed the home is that of Charlotte Kates, director of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network which was designated a terrorist entity last month by the Canadian government. 

Frontline officers in B.C. got the mozzarella but didn't get their man in a recent "cheese heist" at a Whole Foods in North Vancouver.

Derek Nicholas Kwasney was handed a year in jail and a $106,000 fine for failing to pay taxes on money he embezzled from the resort. Those penalties come just weeks after he was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison and a $669,000 fine for a fraud conviction.

A Georgia mom was arrested after her 10-year-old walked to their rural town alone. The case has sparked a debate about whether childhood safety fears have gone too far and how much supervision children need.

Twenty-two Indigenous governments in the Northwest Territories have signed on to a funding agreement worth $375 million over the next 10 years meant to be used for conservation, stewardship and more.

Nearly three years after its brazen theft, an iconic photo of the late former British prime minister Winston Churchill — grimace and all — is finally back where it belongs on the wall of the Fairmont Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa.

Nearly three years after its brazen theft, an iconic photo of the late former British prime minister Winston Churchill — grimace and all — is finally back where it belongs on the wall of the Fairmont Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa.

Canada's top court has declined to hear the appeal of one of two men found guilty in the deaths of two Métis hunters who were shot and killed in northeastern Alberta.

A heavy police presence but few visiting fans are expected when France hosts Israel in Nations League soccer on Thursday, a week after violence erupted in Amsterdam in connection with an Israeli team’s visit.

If you board a Via Rail train, there's a good chance you'll be late to your destination — their on-time performance has almost never been worse. The Crown corporation operates at a loss on every one of its routes. Andrew Chang explains how the shortfall and the lagging arrival times are connected.

If you board a Via Rail train, there's a good chance you'll be late to your destination — their on-time performance has almost never been worse. The Crown corporation operates at a loss on every one of its routes. Andrew Chang explains how the shortfall and the lagging arrival times are connected.

More than 800 million adults have diabetes worldwide, almost twice as many as previous estimates have suggested, and more than half of those aged over 30 who have the condition are not receiving treatment, according to a new study.

Livestock measures aim to keep virus out as hospitals and labs test patients with respiratory symptoms.

Toronto police say a 16-year-old arrested in a dramatic incident that saw 100 gunshots fired outside a Queen Street W. recording studio has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a homicide from earlier this year.

A proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government says Indigenous children removed from their communities and placed in group homes beginning in the 1950s suffered abuse that "was commonplace, condoned and, arguably, encouraged."

New Zealand's Parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.

The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones's Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion US in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax, the families announced Thursday.

Quebec's Education Ministry says it will monitor over a dozen public schools after receiving complaints that the province's secularism law is not being followed.

Lindsey Vonn is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team, she announced Thursday, intending to race again at age 40 — and six years after her last Olympics.

A new Human Rights Watch report says the "massive" and "deliberate" forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza carried out by Israeli forces equates to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

A new Human Rights Watch report says the "massive" and "deliberate" forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza carried out by Israeli forces equates to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Israeli authorities have caused a forced displacement of Palestinian people in Gaza to an extent that constitutes war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday.

A rogue B.C. acupuncturist has been found in contempt of court for practising unlicensed needlework. A B.C. Supreme Court concluded Wai Cheong Chik ignored a 2016 order banning him from unauthorized acupuncture after being convinced by evidence, including a surreptitiously recorded patient video.

A Mexican journalist and author, who had to flee to Canada after reporting on cartel activities, said that transnational drug traffickers from Mexico are increasingly seeing Canada as a base of operations.

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services is doubling down on its decision to deny 71-year-old Patsy Smith of St. Anthony rehabilitative care after she had a stroke last year.

Mary McEachern says Rotary Foundation Canada has repeatedly blocked her efforts to honour her husband’s final wishes and redistribute his estate to various charities, not the Rotary alone.

Transplants are rare because of new cancer treatments and small volumes. But experts say they still save lives.

A U.S. trade attorney and a former congressman say a second Trump administration may not direct tariffs specifically at Canada, but there's concern this country could get swept up in the broader universal tariff Trump is proposing.

Tobias Marzell doesn’t think he’ll ever use the lane-centring feature on his 2021 Subaru Crosstrek again, after he believes it caused an accident during his morning commute last month.

The man on trial for first-degree murder in the death of a woman who had just moved to Ottawa from Nunavut to attend college in 2022 was drinking, taking drugs, and had been trying to find an escort for "eight hours straight" before the killing, the Crown alleged in its opening remarks.

The man on trial for first-degree murder in the death of an Inuk woman who had just moved to Ottawa from Nunavut to attend college in 2022 was drinking, taking drugs, and had been trying to find an escort for "eight hours straight" before the killing, the Crown alleged in its opening remarks.

The RCMP is set to give an update today on its plans to attach cameras to frontline officers later this month, marking a monumental shift in how Mounties and Canadians interact.

In Canada, the homeseller usually pays a commission to real estate agents on both sides of the transaction. But some agents are willing to offer a cashback rebate to home buyers, which works as a kind of discount on the total purchase price.

In Canada, the homeseller usually pays a commission to real estate agents on both sides of the transaction. But some agents are willing to offer a cashback rebate to home buyers, which works as a kind of discount on the total purchase price.

A U.S. trade attorney and a former congressman say a second Trump administration may not direct tariffs specifically at Canada, but there's concern this country could get swept up in the broader universal tariff Trump is proposing.

On Nov. 14, 2023, a house on Bates Crescent in Whitehorse's Riverdale neighbourhood exploded, killing a neighbour and severely damaging several surrounding homes. Many people are still grappling with the aftermath a year later.

An alliance between more than a dozen First Nations partners and food security organizations is working to lower food costs in remote northern Ontario and Manitoba communities by buying food in bulk.

Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House of Representatives, completing the party's sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside president-elect Donald Trump.

Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House of Representatives, completing the party's sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside president-elect Donald Trump.

Hong Tao Yang bought bear paws and bear kneecaps from an undercover conservation officer involved in a sting operation.

An Abbotsford, B.C., man who was caught buying black bear paws and kneecaps in a sting operation pleaded guilty to charges under the Wildlife Act in Port Coquitlam provincial court on Wednesday.

Some Scotiabank customers are still unable to access their online banking accounts after what the company called "scheduled maintenance" turned into a service outage that crept into Wednesday, sparking online anger and a proposed class action lawsuit.