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CBC/Radio-Canada unveiled its broadcast schedule Friday for the upcoming Professional Women’s Hockey League season, which features more games on the network than ever before.

Almog Italie and his family were on the final leg of their trip home following a vacation in Japan when they felt FlyDubai flight FZ1073 plummet.

Political leaders in Alberta’s oilsands region say they hope the potential one million barrels of oil per day that could flow through a new West Coast oil pipeline will also bring jobs and economic spinoffs.

Manchester City has lodged a "comprehensive" appeal, the club confirmed Friday, following the publication of a report by an independent commission detailing large-scale financial rule-breaking by the Premier League giant.

About 400 schools in France are expected to remain closed on Friday after student protests over education-related grievances ‌turned violent in some places.

The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight described Friday how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent.

Martin Marks has pleaded guilty to four dozen charges after being caught twice with copious amounts of fentanyl and cocaine.

A'ja Wilson made sure her basketball spoke for itself Thursday night.

Prolonged drought in B.C.'

Montreal Canadiens fans wanting to see their team play at home this season will have to pay a premium for tickets, with average prices at the Bell Centre higher than anywhere else across the NHL.

The UN World Food Program's cash-for-work program helps provide stable work and income for Palestinians in Gaza, who have with little to no other options.

A Quebec train factory battered by years of layoffs is expanding as governments push to buy Canadian.

Several legal experts note there are some striking similarities between the alleged gang rape case unfolding at Cornell University this week and last year's Hockey Canada sexual assault trial in London, Ont., which saw all five players acquitted.

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Ted Hupé tells The National about the moment he watched his former Grade 6 student, Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk, launch into space on the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station, in Cocoa Beach, Florida.

At Issue this week: Prime Minister Mark Carney puts a West Coast pipeline on the approval fast track ahead of the Alberta referendum.

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Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk blasted off to the International Space Station for a six-month mission just a few months after fellow Canadian Jeremy Hansen flew around the moon.

A Montreal hospital has isolated a female patient presenting with symptoms of Ebola, a deadly virus, officials said.

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Three years after Hammad Shaikh lured and sexually assaulted underage girls he met on Snapchat, the 26-year-old pleaded guilty to seven offences and sat expressionless in a Calgary courtroom as several of his victims delivered statements with what the jud…

British counter-terrorism police investigating a suspected plot involving an air base used by the U.S. ‌to target Iran said on Thursday they had arrested a dual UK-Iranian national on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.

Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach on Thursday and charged with domestic violence following an alleged incident, local authorities confirmed to The Associated Press.

The judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case on Thursday refused to declare her not guilty, turning down a defence motion that had argued there wasn't enough evidence to prove she was responsible for killing her three children.

Police said Wednesday that the male driver of the vehicle may have suffered a medical emergency in the moments leading up to the crash on Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the world was living through a dangerous moment and warned the West not to escalate a standoff ‌over Ukraine by threatening the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, which Moscow has made clear it would defend w…

Police arrested a 44-year-old Edmonton man accused of threatening to kill Prime Minister Mark Carney, RCMP say.

Lawyers are asking a Quebec Superior Court judge to authorize a class-action lawsuit against American fruit giant Driscoll’s.

Police in Belleville, Ont., say they're investigating antisemitic flyers being distributed in the city less than two weeks after a gunman was killed attempting to attack a local synagogue on Yom Kippur.

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, CBC's Johanna Wagstaffe shares the vibe at New York Climate Week, and what she learned from meteorologists there; we map out Canada's progress on protected areas; and we visit a company trying to cut the cost…

Macklemore says all three shows of his newly announced tour to raise funds for organizations supporting Palestinians "sold out immediately."

Canadian comedian Jim Carrey has tied the knot with Min Ah, the partner he introduced to the public back in February.

Lawsuits filed by Renee Good's family allege wrongful death, conspiracy and other violations in the 37-year-old's fatal shooting by a U.S. immigration officer during an immigration crackdown in January.

According to an engineering firm's report, the Canada Malting plant in Montreal's Sud-Ouest borough could collapse at any moment.

Five weeks from now, Americans will cast their ballots in the midterm elections to decide who controls Congress, and right now, Democrats have reason to be encouraged.

Glaciers in Switzerland lost 5.5 per cent of their ice volume this year, the second-biggest percentage drop on record.

Defender Claire Thompson, one of Canada's top women's hockey players, is retiring from the sport to become a doctor.

Building the proposed high‑speed rail project between Toronto-Quebec City could cost between $75 billion and $113 billion — higher than the official initial estimates, according to a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Office.

Minimum wage hikes from 25 to 40 cents take effect Thursday in five provinces.

A sexual assault case against Trailer Park Boys actor Mike Smith was dropped in Dartmouth provincial court on Thursday.

The U.A.E. prosecutor general has ordered an investigation into the ‌incident aboard FlyDubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, which was diverted and landed in Saudi Arabia after an altercation in the cockpit, the state news agency ‌reported Thursday.

A new poll suggests the group with the highest level of support for Alberta separation is supporters of the United Conservative Party, trumping other groups, including those defined by age, religiosity and education.