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The federal government's GST holiday has been in effect for a week and some Toronto businesses say it's been a challenging transition. 

For the tenth year in a row, Kuujjuamiut Inc., a socio-economic development organization in Nunavik, distributed food hampers to Inuit in Kuujjuaq — an initiative meant to fight food insecurity, but also to share Inuit values. 

WARNING: This story includes graphic descriptions of torture.

Montreal police are searching for a man accused of attempting to kill a woman Friday after he allegedly abducted her and forced her into a car, which later plunged into the Richelieu River.

Eight First Nations represented by the Southern Chiefs' Organization say they will withdraw from the organization unless a summit of its chiefs is held before a decision is made on its leader's return to office.

The Stollery Children's Hospital may have to cap admissions over the holidays because of a lack of doctors. 

Squamish RCMP say they have now recovered the bodies of both people who went missing in the Dec. 14 landslide that had temporarily shut down the Sea to Sky Highway last weekend. 

Nearly two years after costly repair bills forced it to close, one of Toronto's most scenic outdoor skating rinks has reopened to the public.

Kamloops' beloved steam locomotive may be back on new tracks by 2026 to run one of the world's longest steam-powered rail excursions. 

At a virtual meeting of the Ontario Liberal caucus on Saturday morning, more than 50 Liberal MPs came to a consensus that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to step down as party leader, multiple sources told CBC News.

Laura Stacey scored 15 seconds into overtime to lift the Montreal Victoire to a 4-3 victory over the Sceptres on Saturday in Toronto. 

Alberta doctors are expressing concern about the possibility of a measles outbreak following a public alert issued by Alberta Health Services Thursday.

It was a showcase of the best of Kivalliq Inuit fashion in Arviat, Nunavut, last weekend. 

Residents of Prince Edward Island woke up to their first significant snowfall Saturday morning with more expected throughout the day.

A London dog owner is pushing for a bylaw change after his dog was bitten, and the owner of the other dog refused to share their contact information. 

Tributes and memories are being shared in Sudbury after the passing this week of a longtime editor, publisher and newspaper man, Michael Atkins.

Much of Nova Scotia is under weather warnings from Environment Canada as a nor'easter powers through the province, causing travel woes.

Moncton and the rest of southeastern New Brunswick saw the region's first winter storm overnight Friday.

Toronto police says its homicide unit is investigating after a man was found with injuries and died early Saturday morning in the city's Corso-Italia neighbourhood. 

Quebec's boreal forest — twice the size of France — is a vast expanse of wilderness rich in biodiversity that can lock up huge amounts of climate-warming carbon dioxide.

A northern Manitoba man is no longer facing child pornography charges after a provincial court judge found he waited an unreasonably long time for a trial.

When the holiday season comes calling, one particular potato dumpling becomes an important fixture on many dinner tables: perogies. 

It has been 118 years since Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church's congregation first gathered to worship.

A new First Nations immersive language program inspired is looking to help preserve Plains Cree, a dialect of the Cree language.

A new clinic opening early next year on British Columbia's Vancouver Island has a different structure it hopes will help attract and retain family doctors amid an ongoing physician shortage. 

After Alberta's population boomed through the first half of 2024, its growth slowed during the third quarter of this year.

The 2025 Folklore Festival is cancelled citing rising costs and safety issues impacting the festival's plans.

Nearly 200 volunteers are slated to sort and pack urgently needed food donations at the Daily Bread Food Bank's centre in Etobicoke on Saturday.

When Eileen Nurse was a kid, her family would decorate the mantle above the fireplace with miniature houses and fake trees every December, creating a little winter scene. So when Nurse, now 61, bought her first Christmas-themed Lego set in 2010, a new tradition was born.

Summerside's council voted earlier this week to repeal the city's decades-old taxi bylaw, deeming it "redundant." 

For Whitehorse resident Charlie-Rose Pelletier, insomnia is something she's dealt with on a regular basis for the last two decades — but she says it became worse after she moved to the Yukon from Quebec a few years ago. 

It's hard to imagine President Emmanuel Macron of France joking about annexing Belgium.

A festival commemorating the official start of the winter season is returning for its 35th year.

Doors are ready to open to welcome Londoners of all ages at the new London Children's Museum next week.  

A St. John's man accused of sexually abusing youths over a period of nearly two decades is now set for trial on 72 counts, after the Crown and defence agreed to combine a number of charges into one proceeding.

WARNING: This story contains graphic details.

WARNING: This story contains details about child pornography, sexual abuse and the torture and killing of animals.

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is calling for a change to the Criminal Code of Canada to prioritize child victims of crime, after a Saskatchewan provincial court judge stayed a charge related to the 2021 death of a nine-year-old Saskatoon girl.

Firefighters in Saskatchewan have been lobbying for decades for better cancer coverage. Now, the Saskatchewan Workers Compensation Board (WCB) is stepping in to provide some relief.

Canada's chief actuary says Alberta would be entitled to interest from the Canada Pension Plan proportional to the money Albertans have invested, should the province withdraw from CPP.

WARNING: This article includes details of sexual assault against a child.

A coalition of mainly Black-led groups demanded on Friday that the city adopt recommendations from a report critical of its refusal to let refugee claimants access beds in its homeless shelter system in 2022 and 2023. The report by Ombudsman Kwame Addo, released last week, found that the city's decision to stop allowing refugees access to beds in its base shelter system was "poorly thought out, planned for, and communicated" and amounted to anti-Black racism. City manager Paul Johnson said he did not agree with the report's findings.

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is trying to recover millions of dollars in unpaid loans to various businesses which have been set up on P.E.I. over the years, court documents show. 

An Ontario man with a lengthy criminal record, who pleaded guilty to harassment and firearm charges in a case of intimate partner violence has been handed a "lenient" sentence a year after he was caught up in a "shocking" and aggressive strip search by jail guards in riot gear.

A Hay River, N.W.T., company is working to change the face of housing across the territory. 

The 29th ministry since Confederation now has some new members — individuals who could one day become vital or important ministers of the Crown.

Toronto Public Health (TPH) is warning that travelers may have been exposed to measles on Dec. 8 on a flight from Dubai and while travelling through Toronto Pearson International Airport. 

Police in Whitehorse conducted another search on Friday at the territory's Department of Economic Development.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the House of Commons should be recalled now that NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is vowing to bring forward a motion of non-confidence to take down the Liberal government.

The Alberta government says it is developing rules that will shape the future of coal mining in the province, but certain notable projects remain exempt from the new plan.