Ottawa professor apologizes for using N-word, regrets growing controversy

University of Ottawa professor Verushka Lieutenant-Duval has apologized for using the N-word during a class discussion, and said she's now worried the controversy is being taken up by people with extreme positions.

Netflix is promising viewers a more complete picture of the Canadian-raised actor in the three-part docuseries The One About Matthew Perry.

The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday at 2.25 per cent, in a move widely expected by economists.

New legal filings describe the horror students and teachers experienced on Feb. 10 and include new details of OpenAI's alleged negligence in preventing the shooting.

Countertariffs Canada is preparing to place on more than $27 billion of American products has left a cloud of uncertainty for homebuilders in Newfoundland and Labrador, who say business could become more expensive and difficult.

Under the partnership launched between the restaurant and the home goods company on Wednesday, customers who link their Triangle and Tims Rewards accounts will earn between two and five per cent in Canadian Tire money in addition to Tims points on select Tims purchases.

A member of the clergy with an Orthodox church in Edmonton has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman more than two decades ago, and the complainant in the case says she was ostracized from the church after reporting the alleged crime.

Golf legend Tiger Woods has pleaded no contest to a reckless driving charge from March in Florida.

Tiger Woods entered a plea agreement on Wednesday to a reckless driving charge following a rollover crash in March near his home in Florida.

B.C.'s consumer watchdog is locked in a court battle with Telus after accusing the telecommunications giant of stonewalling an inspector trying to determine if a mistaken $1,435.65 contract cancellation fee was part of a bigger issue.

Students at Bethlehem Catholic High School will be back in class Wednesday for the first time since a fire last month — and the school day has been cut by half for most.

Iran and its Arab neighbours were plunged back into war on Wednesday by the biggest exchange of fire between Tehran and Washington since July, with U.S. forces striking Iran's southern coast and Iran firing at American bases across the region.

Some Manitoba farmers face a devastating year after extreme weather — including record-breaking flooding in the Parkland and Swan Valley — caused massive crop losses.

With Germany’s far right party ahead in the polls, voters in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt are gearing up for what could be one of the most significant elections in the country’s post-war history.

Nearly 8,000 applicants denied a provincial home heating rebate last winter would have qualified under previous rules, a CBC News analysis has found.

A longtime women's clothing store called Rudolf's Ladies Wear is closing its door after more than 100 years of operation, with Jane Lordly, the current manager and owner, having worked it for 40 years. Lordly says she received an offer for the space she couldn't refuse.

Riding on Prime Minister Mark Carney's use of the proper word for a body of water, a London, Ont., company has created T-shirts emblazoned with "My hydronyms are Lake and Ontario." A portion of the apparel sales proceeds go to Swim Drink Fish Canada, a charity that connects people with the lake, and works to keep it safe and clean.

Hopes of finding more survivors among the thousands still missing in Nepal were fading, authorities said on Wednesday, a week after a glacier collapse in the Himalayas unleashed flash floods that devastated the mountainous nation.

U.S. President Donald Trump is continuing his pursuit of Venezuela's oil jackpot, announcing a new deal aimed at boosting production in the South American country. And while Trump is flauntingthe potential controlling stake in a portion of Venezuela's oil reserves as a warning to Canada, experts say there is little cause for concern in Western Canada.

U.S President Donald Trump is continuing his pursuit of Venezuela's oil jackpot, announcing a new deal aimed at boosting production in the South American country. And while Trump is flauntingthe potential controlling stake in a portion of Venezuela's oil reserves as a warning to Canada, experts say there is little cause for concern in Western Canada.

It has been 20 years since Canadian soldiers walked into a Taliban killing ground west of Kandahar. Operation Medusa became Canada’s largest battle since Korea — a brutal test against a disciplined, entrenched enemy. Canada prevailed, but at a terrible cost, in a fight that changed the Afghan war and those who survived it.

A University of Waterloo student is suspected of espionage after the FBI said he admitted to accessing airport facilities in Toronto and Chicago, to take photos on behalf of a shadowy figure from China. Weiheng Zeng, himself a Chinese citizen, was arrested in Michigan on Aug. 23 and charged with making false statements.

Four weeks after Neskantaga First Nations declared a state of emergency over a sewage spill at its nursing station, a fire at the temporary health-care facility has left the community scrambling again. Officials with Indigenous Services Canada have visited the First Nation to assess the situation, which has forced the relocation of about 250 vulnerable people to Toronto.

Shoppers looking to save money on Lululemon apparel have another option. The athletic wear company has launched its resale site in Canada. A 25,000 square foot processing hub in Calgary is at the center of the expansion.

Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that has effectively stifled the city's once-thriving pro-democracy movement.

Blue Rodeo fan Patti McKague tells The National about the moment she and 16,000 fans joined the band in belting out “in the middle of Lake Ontario” during their performance of the song Hasn't Hit Me Yet in Toronto.

A judge ruled on Tuesday that Tyler Robinson, the man accused of fatally shooting prominent U.S. conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus last year, should face trial on murder ‌charges in a case eligible for the death penalty.

Tyler Robinson, the man accused of fatally shooting prominent U.S. conservative activist Charlie Kirk on ‌a Utah college campus last year, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a murder charge that a judge ruled could carry the death penalty.

Premier Danielle Smith defended her upcoming personal trip to the United States when asked if it was sending the wrong message amid an active trade war with Canada's southern neighbours.

Apple changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America on the web version of its Apple Maps following U.S. President Donald ‌Trump's executive order renaming the lake. The move by Apple on Tuesday followed a decision by Alphabet late on Saturday to change the name of the lake on its Google Maps for U.S. users.