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The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has awarded Saint Mary’s University a contract to update the DNA database of one of the most critically endangered species in Canadian waters.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning a final wave of appointments to fill the 10 vacancies in the Senate before he retires in March, Radio-Canada has learned.

A CBC News investigation has found the two largest police forces in Quebec — the Montreal police and the Sûreté du Québec — have lost a total of four guns since 2020. While experts say mistakes can happen, critics believe police should be held to a higher standard when it comes to how weapons are managed.

Marceline Tawembi, a newcomer to Canada who devoted her life's work to improving the lives of others in her home country of Congo, died in the cold in Ottawa earlier this month after leaving the women’s shelter where she'd been staying.

Dozens of Rogers Communications customers say they’re fed up with what appears to be an uneven playing field when they try to lower their monthly bills amid contract disputes.

As pickleball continues to grow in popularity, a U.S. company hopes to bring its model of indoor pickleball franchises north of the border. But some warn Canada could be a tougher market to crack.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadian Armed Forces veteran David Lavery is 'safe' in Qatar — months after a network that supports vets expressed concern that Lavery went missing in Afghanistan and was possibly detained by the Taliban government.

Émile Nadeau of Prévost, Que., improved on his best aerials performance of the season, earning a bronze medal at Sunday's World Cup event in Lac-Beauport, Que., after placing seventh a day earlier.

Two children and one adult are dead following a multiple-alarm fire at a highrise apartment building near Hamilton's waterfront on Sunday morning. 

Eden Fineday, publisher of Indigenous media outlet IndigiNews, will lead the association with the help of fellow journalists Francine Compton, Kerry Benjoe, Maureen Googoo and Katherine Ross.

When Kiyara Letlow started playing basketball eight years ago, she realized the only way she'd get her hands on the ball was to become a good rebounder. Today, she's the best rebounder in Canadian women's university basketball and leads the country in scoring.

More citizen-led organizations across Canada are fighting for neutral public spaces, where crosswalks are white and there are limitations on the types of flags municipalities can fly.

Classic as it may be, the Cherry Blossom is a divisive candy. Some love it, some hate it, but the bright yellow packaging emblazoned with a cross-section of the treat is an iconic image. Now, it’s one that Pasadena-based artist Kate Fudge is aiming to immortalize in her work.

Many Quebec snowbirds are putting their U.S. properties up for sale, no longer able to afford a U.S. lifestyle and spurred by a favourable exchange rate due to the loonie's declining value.

A sailor with the Royal Canadian Navy has died after their rigid-hull inflatable boat capsized in Halifax's Bedford Basin on Friday night.

A Pakistani-born B.C. climate activist is preparing to leave his adopted home after an unsuccessful attempt to stop a deportation order, with his lawyer saying the move is harsh and unjustified.

The Kwakwaka'wakw hereditary chief once faced off with former prime minister Pierre Trudeau in heated constitutional talks in the 1980s, and eventually helped get Indigenous title to land and treaty rights enshrined in the Constitution.

A BASE jumper says she's feeling grateful after rescuers managed to extract her from the face of a Squamish, B.C., mountain after her parachute was caught on Wednesday.