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Ex-governor general Michaelle Jean blasts Trump's reported 'shithole' countries comment
Former governor general Michaelle Jean is blasting U.S. President Donald Trump for reportedly using bluntly vulgar language to describe Haiti and countries in Africa.
Missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls inquiry loses another executive director
The federally funded commission — plagued by many staffing changes throughout its tenure — says Debbie Reid has left the commission as executive director but it will not comment further, calling it a personnel matter.
Canadian newsprint producers hit with initial U.S. countervailing duties
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr are calling new U.S. duty rates against Canadian newsprint "unjustified."
Sorry parents, Apple can't keep kids from getting addicted to phones: experts
Consumers shouldn’t count on Apple redesigning its phones and tablets to make them less addictive for kids, say experts, who caution that good parenting may be the only solution to keep children from staring too long at screens.
Toronto Zoo welcomes rhino calf as its first newborn animal of 2018
The Toronto Zoo says a greater one-horned rhinoceros calf is its first newborn animal of 2018.
Alberta's environment minister says she didn't tell people to eat less meat
Alberta's environment minister says she's not responsible for a controversial tweet advising people to eat less meat. Shannon Phillips says the tweet was regrettable and that she has been assured it won't happen again.
Franchisees' cuts to paid breaks and benefits is "reckless," says Tim Hortons
Tim Hortons franchisees who planned to offset the Ontario government’s minimum wage hike by cutting paid breaks and forcing workers to cover a bigger share of their benefits faced criticism from a new source on Friday, January 5, 2018: their own head office.
Feds agree to open Toronto armoury to homeless amid frigid temperatures
Canada's public safety minister says a downtown armoury in Toronto is being opened as a temporary homeless shelter for two weeks.
Google says phones, tablets also affected by newly discovered security issue
Google says a newly discovered security vulnerability initially thought to be linked to most modern computers is actually a threat to smartphones and tablets as well.
Sen. Lynn Beyak removed from Tory caucus over 'racist' post on website: Scheer
Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer says controversial Sen. Lynn Beyak has been removed from the Conservative Party caucus after refusing to remove a "racist" comment from her website.