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A Mississauga First Nation woman has been charged with assault after she took offence to comments about her on social media.

Scotiabank kicked off earnings season for Canada's big banks with a fourth-quarter profit boost as it set aside a smaller amount for bad loans compared with a year ago.

The season's first blast of winter weather continued Tuesday in the region and north of the city with some schools and school purpose vehicles cancelled and plows out in force on the roads. 

Quebec prisons were in lockdown on Tuesday after a correction officer at the Sorel-Tracy detention centre was attacked this week.

A group of Jewish-Canadian activists protesting Israel's ongoing armed offensive in Gaza have occupied a parliamentary building in Ottawa on Tuesday morning.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will convene a meeting with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and the other opposition party leaders on Parliament Hill on Tuesday to brief them on his visit to Florida to meet with president-elect Donald Trump and some of his incoming cabinet secretaries.

Whistler and Panorama, B.C., are candidates to host men's World Cup downhill ski races in the future.

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement in northern New Brunswick, warning the region could see 'significant' snowfall later this week.

An Ontario woman was 'shocked' to find out her unused $250 gift card was almost completely drained. 'My aunt gave me this gift card as a present and I was shocked to find out it was almost empty,' Catherine Uchida, of Mississauga, told CTV News Toronto.

Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew will be honoured tonight before the Calgary Flames take on Columbus, on the same ice where Johnny etched his place as a cherished member of the city's hockey community. 

Saskatchewan's provincial auditor is to release a report today outlining government programs and services that need improvement.

The Toronto Public Library is apologizing after a mother took to social media, saying they refused to let her lost child use their phone to call for help.

The win column is starting to look a little bare for Newfoundland and Labrador's oil and gas industry, and now the sector is facing more uncertainty as Ottawa proposes an emissions cap on production.

In a nondescript lab at Laurentian University in Sudbury, a team of researchers is working to unlock the full potential of microalgae. 

A Halifax resident is frustrated after waiting more than three years for an MRI that showed a benign brain tumour and she's worried others are suffering because of an inefficient system.

The executive director of one of Moncton's four shelters says the number of people becoming homeless continues to outpace those being housed. 

Residents of a northern Alberta town have voted in favour of a bylaw banning Pride flags and rainbow crosswalks from municipal property.

A Manitoba First Nation is helping to bridge the gap in health-care services not only for its members, but for multiple surrounding Interlake communities.

A Saskatchewan doctor had his medical licence suspended over allegations he physically assaulted children in separate incidents and self-prescribed medication.

The government's use of former Saskatchewan Party MLA Gary Grewal's hotel is expected to be part of the focus of an auditor general's report being filed with the provincial legislature Tuesday afternoon.

The last few weeks have seen an 'exponential' rise in fraud attempts, says says Octavia Howell, chief information security officer at Equifax Canada.

Some children who disappeared from residential schools ended up in arranged marriages organized by school principals and the government, according to the final report from the special interlocutor for missing children and unmarked graves and burial sites associated with Indian Residential Schools.

The City of Hamilton faces provincial charges over two sewage spills that began decades ago and were discovered in recent years.

When Balwinder Singh left his home in Jalandhar, India, in 2017 to start a life in Calgary, he quickly noticed a part of his daily routine missing in his new city. 

The union representing workers at Thunder Bay's Alstom plant says recently announced federal funding for new subway cars could mean good things for the facility.

Disability advocates and health-care providers say a new $30-million donation to 11 organizations will help kids, adults and families get the support they need.

A 22-year-old woman has died following a collision between a side-by-side and a vehicle in Belnan, N.S., over the weekend.

An Ontario woman was 'shocked' to find out her unused $250 gift card was almost completely drained.

The controversial redevelopment of Ontario Place into a mega-spa will be among the topics covered in the latest report from the province's auditor general Tuesday.

A Kitchener MPP wants to see school resource officers back in the hallways of Ontario schools after some school boards cancelled their programs.

Health P.E.I. is planning to expand free virtual health care to everyone on the Island, not just the 35,000 people without a family doctor.

A former employee of a Fort Smith, N.W.T., construction company will spend nearly two years under house arrest and more than 17 years paying off a fine for defrauding her former employer out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The coming of winter in Ottawa could persuade even the most patriotic Canadian to think about following the geese south. But it was the threat of economic havoc that sent the prime minister to Florida on Friday to meet Donald Trump at the president-elect's private club and personal palace.

Why did the cow cross the road? In the central Alberta community of Sylvan Lake, at least one bovine appears happy to hit the streets in exchange for a sweet bite of Timbits from Tim Hortons.

All Paul Ziman wants for Christmas is to be reunited with his mother, after nearly a year of not being allowed to visit her in a long-term care (LTC) home.

The CEO of Rogers Communications was in the hot seat Monday, facing pointed questions on Parliament Hill.

Spending is up in the City of Corner Brook, but residents won't see increases in property or business taxes as part of the 2025 budget.

The executive director of the embattled Nova Scotia Firefighters School is rejecting calls for his resignation, both from his peers and the family of a firefighter who died at the training facility in Waverley five years ago.

New Brunswick's child and youth advocate has delivered a mostly failing grade to the provincial government's work on recommendations in 2021 to address mental health issues among First Nations youth.

At 23 years old, Makenna Kuzyk is the first woman and second civilian to be admitted to the International Test Pilots School in London, Ont., where she plans to get her master's degree in flight test engineering.

A 23-year-old woman from southern Manitoba died following a dental appointment, the Manitoba Dental Association disclosed Monday.

Premier Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party government introduced its promised legislation to lower personal income taxes on Monday.

Budget debate is in full swing at Edmonton city hall as the final set of deliberations began Monday.

It came as a surprise to Shawn Murfitt to learn B.C.'s securities regulator has fined David Smillie a whopping $18.4 million for defrauding customers of his now defunct cryptocurrency exchange.

A prominent polling analyst says Quebec's governing party would be reduced to fewer than 10 seats in the provincial legislature if an election were held today, based on current poll numbers.

An Ontario health tribunal has ordered a Kingston, Ont. doctor to repay over $600,000 to the Ontario government for improperly billing thousands of COVID-19 vaccinations at the height of the pandemic.

For kids who rely on school meal programs for their daily nourishment, the weekend often means those children go without. Backpack Buddies helps bridge that weekend gap.

The Government of Saskatchewan has introduced promised legislation to lower personal income tax in the province.

The Manitoba Dental Association (MDA) said it is investigating a critical incident where a young woman from the Morden-Winkler area died following a dental appointment.

A North Bay family is struggling to find peace and justice as the five-year anniversary of the brutal death of toddler Oliver McCarthy approaches.