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On Friday, a Retail Secure Manitoba Summit was held in downtown Winnipeg with delegations from all over the province to address violent and retail crime.

A northeastern Ontario jury is expected to hear closing arguments Thursday in Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault trial.

Amid renewed investment by grocers in their store-branded offerings, studies show many shoppers no longer see store brands as lower quality than name brands.

The issue came to light in the spring, when the Athasbasca Chipewyan First Nation contacted Ottawa to dredge the dock following low water levels and the threat of wildfires

The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says home sales in September rose as buyers began taking advantage of interest rate cuts and lower home prices.

With the current economic realities, thrift stores in Alberta are seeing an increase in shoppers, a spike they've never seen before.

The shadow of a wider conflict in the Middle East will likely loom large over the meeting of French-speaking countries in France.

For the first-year Rider, it was the fast pace of the CFL game that caught him off guard originally and took some getting used to.

The U.S. broker-dealer unit of TD Bank has agreed to pay over $20 million under a deal with U.S. authorities to settle charges that it manipulated the U.S. Treasuries market.

The string of slayings began at 11:57 p.m. on Monday when Toronto police got received a call for the sound of gunshots in a plaza near Allen Road and Lawrence Avenue West.

The Bloc Québécois will try to put the squeeze on the Liberals Tuesday by calling for a debate in the House of Commons about increasing old age pension payments for all seniors.

The legal challenge claims Metrolinx "breached its contractual obligations" by entering into a separate operator contract with the TTC to run the line.

Cola needed to stay overnight in the veterinary clinic, where she was given fluids and pain medication and her leg was X-rayed. She will now need to have it amputated.

Sept. 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada — a day to reflect on this country's dark past with the residential school system.

Mike Smyth will moderate the debate between BC NDP Leader David Eby, Conservative Party of BC Leader John Rustad and BC Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau.

COS said it received multiple reports over several weeks of the bears lingering in a residential neighbourhood, including daytime sightings near schools and bus stop.

Effective Tuesday, Alberta will be tied with Saskatchewan for the lowest minimum wage in Canada at $15 an hour.

The Maritime Employers Association confirmed the work stoppage began Monday morning at 7 a.m. ET at the Viau and Maisonneuve Termont terminals.

The TTC has introduced restricted speed zones in places where 'certain defects have been documented' in order to reduce the wear and tear older portions of track suffer.

Three-quarters of Canadians say governments need to take more action to recognize the legacy of residential schools, a new poll says.

Members of various law enforcement agencies marched in Regina Sunday to pay their respects for the more than 60 officers from Saskatchewan who have been killed on duty.