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Cdn swims ocean passage
An Ontario software developer has become the first Canadian to successfully swim across the Strait of Magellan. Madhu Nagaraja says he completed the swim across...
PM off to China to talk trade
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is departing for Beijing for a four-day state visit to China that will begin Monday with a visit to a popular social media company...
Doctor's downward spiral
He was a doctor, a father, a marathon runner and an upstanding member of his Prince Edward Island community — but beneath the white coat, Grant Matheson...
Child killed by snowplow
An eight-year-old girl was struck and killed by a snowplow in Quebec City on Friday, police said. The child was pronounced dead in hospital, while the snowplow...
Funeral chain fights fentanyl
A funeral services chain in British Columbia is developing a program it hopes will cut the number of drug deaths related to fentanyl among children and young...
Sam sign to rise again
A giant neon sign that once drew visitors to Toronto's landmark Sam the Record Man store is rising again and will soon light up a busy downtown hub in the...
High Arctic fishing ban
An international deal has been reached to prevent commercial fishing in the High Arctic for at least the next 16 years. "Canada has reached an historic...
Victory for First Nations
The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned an appeal court decision that rolled back years of planning for a huge swath of wilderness lands in Yukon. The...
Jobless rate lowest in years
A wave of job creation last month knocked the unemployment rate down to 5.9 per cent — its lowest level in nearly a decade. Statistics Canada said Friday...
Not talking missile defence
While the Canadian military is preparing to work with the U.S. on upgrading North America's aging defences, Canada's top general says there have been...
Air Transat slammed, fined
Air Transat failed its passengers during a sweltering, hours-long ordeal aboard two of its grounded aircraft this summer, a federal agency ruled Thursday as it...
Toews cleared of conflict
The Canadian Judicial Council has rejected complaints that former federal cabinet minister Vic Toews, who is now a Manitoba judge, is unfit to remain on the...
Say bonjour - or else
Quebec's legislature unanimously adopted a motion Thursday calling on store clerks to stick with a simple "bonjour" when greeting customers...
Prosperity ranking slips
Canada's prosperity ranking has slipped in 2017 to the lowest level in 11 years, according an annual index that measures several factors including wealth...
Call for Morneau to resign
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer demanded Bill Morneau hand in his resignation Wednesday as political rivals intensified their attacks on a finance minister...
Naked kidnapping charges
One of three people arrested in a bizarre case of an Alberta family allegedly kidnapped by a group of naked people is facing additional charges. Court records...
Canada's space experiments
When Canadian Astronaut David Saint-Jacques boards the International Space Station in November 2018, he'll be involved in groundbreaking experiments on how...
Triple murder case wraps
The trial of two men accused of killing three members of a central Alberta family wrapped up Wednesday with the Crown arguing that both share responsibility for...
Apology for N-word
The longest-serving member of Quebec's legislature has apologized for using the N-word in front of high-school students. Francois Gendron, 73, used the...
Great Lakes: polluted mess
Despite recent improvements, the U.S. and Canada have a long way to go toward ridding the Great Lakes of pollution that endangers human health and the...
Trudeau appoints justice
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made his second appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, naming Sheilah Martin to fill the vacancy that will open when...
Daily commutes get longer
More members of the workforce are cramming the country's buses, subways and highways each day, adding precious minutes to the daily commute, Statistics...
Working into golden years
The three months of Bill VanGorder's retirement were among the longest of his career. Lured by the promise of relaxation and spare time, the Halifax...
Morneau threatens to sue
Finance Minister Bill Morneau is threatening to sue the Conservatives for suggesting he used his inside knowledge of a pending tax change announcement in 2015...
Backtracking on gun rally
Amid swift and widespread outrage, a pro-gun lobby group backtracked Tuesday on a plan to hold a rally at a memorial site for the 14 women who were killed at...
Public art without consent
A comedian from the United Kingdom says photos of her and her colleagues were used without their knowledge in artwork funded by the City of Calgary. A series of...
Don't let me out: criminal
A Saskatchewan man who was jailed for brutal attacks on two women in southern Alberta agrees that he should not receive day or full parole. In 2013, the Alberta...
Marlene Bird remembered
To the sound of pounding drums Indigenous dancers performed outside Saskatoon city hall to pay tribute to a homeless woman who survived a brutal attack in 2014,...
Trudeau says sorry
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began by telling a story -- one that began not that long ago and, in some ways, is still unfolding -- about how the federal...
On track for $10.3B deficit
Alberta remains on track to rack up a $10.3-billion deficit this year, but Finance Minister Joe Ceci says there are signs pointing to a continued rebound in the...
$100M for 'gay purge'
The Trudeau government has earmarked more than $100 million to compensate members of the military and other federal agencies whose careers were sidelined or...
Break down booze barriers
As the Supreme Court prepares to hear a landmark case on provincial beer and liquor monopolies, a new poll indicates Canadians overwhelmingly want to tear down...
Feds won't scrap Phoenix
The federal government says it won't scrap the troubled Phoenix pay system, despite its costly problems and criticisms from the auditor general. Marie...
Puff, puff, pot law passed
The federal government's plan to legalize marijuana by next summer is a step closer. Bill C-45 received final approval Monday in the House of Commons,...
401 crash kills two
Two people were killed and four others injured late Monday in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 401 in eastern Ontario. The OPP says according to its preliminary...
Humour in reconciliation
The name, perhaps, is the place to start. "It's a very corny old joke," said Tim Fontaine, the man behind a new and increasingly popular...
Do you recognize him?
Police have released a composite sketch of a man found dead in Red Deer, Alta., last summer in hopes of identifying him. RCMP responded to a report of a...
Redford advises Afghanistan
Former Alberta premier Alison Redford has taken a new job as policy adviser to Afghanistan's minister of energy. The World Bank says Redford has been hired...
Pot regs coming tonight
The federal government is expected later tonight to come a step closer to its plans to legalize marijuana as its proposed cannabis legislation makes its way out...
Raped, burned... gone
A woman who lost both her legs and much of her eyesight after she was viciously attacked and set on fire in a back alley more than three years ago has died....
9 dead in strep outbreak
Health officials have issued an alert, saying nine people have died in an ongoing invasive Group A streptococcus outbreak in the London, Ont., area. The...
Disabled cargo ship rescued
A disabled cargo ship was towed back into shore Monday after running into trouble in rough North Atlantic seas, just two days after it left the Newfoundland...
Can you rehab a terrorist?
A leading researcher on terrorist travellers says returnees to Canada can be rehabilitated, since those who come back to their home countries are often...
Cargo ship in rough waters
Inclement weather is causing a dangerous situation as crews try to tow a disabled cargo ship to safety near the coast of Newfoundland, says a Canadian Coast...
Trudeau finalizes topics
Trade and human rights are among the topics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau intends to raise during a visit to China next month. Trudeau's office finalized...
'Fair deal' for LGBTQ
A lawyer for members of the military and other federal agencies who were investigated and sanctioned because of their sexual orientation says a hellish week of...
Sister appeals over bullying
The sister of a 15-year-old boy who committed suicide is urging people to take action against bullying in the hopes of saving lives. Karine Dufour's message...
Shark mating scene?
A social media savvy great white shark is extending his much-watched sojourn in Atlantic Canada, in what one researcher is calling further evidence that Nova...
Suspended over profiling
Giant Tiger says an employee has been suspended after a video circulated on social media showing a man being followed around one of the store's Regina...
Where will children go?
Some Manitoba First Nations say they are worried some of the reforms planned for the province's troubled child-welfare system could worsen the problem of...
Cybercrimes could kill
Data theft from high-profile hacks against companies like Uber and Equifax can cost consumers thousands of dollars but resource companies worry about millions...
$1M winner in BC
The $5-million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw was claimed by a ticket sold in Ontario. And the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket...