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Canadian women should be outraged. The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health (CTF) released its latest guidelines for screening for breast cancer for women at average risk. They advise against mammography for women aged 40 to 49, against women doing breast self-examination (BSE) and against doctors doing breast exams. They recommend women age 50 to 74 have mammograms every two to three years.

Systemic racism throughout the Thunder Bay police force has compromised the investigation of the sudden deaths of Indigenous people, a scathing and unprecedented review has found.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed four new senators — including a failed Liberal candidate — filling every seat in the upper chamber.

There is a casualty in the simmering conflict between Canada and China over the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver: The iconic Canada Goose brand.

The story shook Canadians across the country.

It dominated front pages, broadcasts and social media timelines.

And yet it's easy to forget just how big of a story April's Humboldt Broncos bus crash was. The team was headed to a junior hockey playoff game when tragedy struck. Sixteen people were killed in the crash and 13 others were injured. The collision vaulted over political lines and brought elected representatives of all stripes together, even if that unity faded quickly.

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OTTAWA — Social media companies should rid their platforms of inauthentic accounts and give an oversight body the power to audit Facebook and Google's algorithms, MPs said Tuesday in a report focused on curbing the spread of disinformation online.

MONTREAL — Just For Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon, who resigned from the entertainment company last year amid allegations of abuse, was charged with rape and indecent assault Wednesday.

New research has found that younger women who gave birth to a child may have a higher risk of breast cancer after giving birth than women who did not give birth to any children.

The modern festive gathering can bring about a minefield of allergies and preferences that will have any host stressing out. Deciding what dishes to make when you have guests that are vegan, ketogenic, paleo and/or gluten-free might seem impossible, but the good news is there are a number of ingredients that accommodate everyone!

scene-stealer from "Crazy Rich Asians." A teen actress who brought aching realism to a movie about adolescence. A boundary-breaking country star. And a comedian who used everything from laughter to rage to make a searing statement on women and society.

We're not out of the woods yet.

Many in the real estate industry have declared that Canada's housing markets have achieved the much-desired "soft landing," and the country is not in for a severe housing correction.

But the latest data from the Teranet/National Bank house price index shows house prices in Canada's largest cities have largely turned negative in the past few months.

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WASHINGTON — North of the border, Canada's hard-won free-trade deal with the United States and Mexico is considered a matter of existential importance, heavy with implications for workers, businesses and governments of all political stripes.

TORONTO — The Ontario government stands by the decision to name Premier Doug Ford's family friend as head of the provincial police force and disputes the contents of a letter calling for the provincial ombudsman to investigate the matter, the minister in charge of law enforcement said Wednesday.

OTTAWA — There has been no surge of extremist travellers returning to Canada, despite the overseas setbacks suffered by militant forces in Iraq and Syria, a new federal report says.

VANCOUVER — A top executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei has been released on $10 million bail and must agree to wear an electronic tracking device while she is also monitored by two employees of a company that provides surveillance using former police and military personnel.

Shopping for toddlers can be a tough exercise. Even parents can have a difficult time weighing cost, time, enjoyment level, and skill development that comes with popular toys — and if you're shopping for your niece or nephew, or for a friend or co-worker's kid, it just gets that much harder.

The French prosecutor's office has opened a terror investigation into a shooting in the city of Strasbourg that has left at least four people dead and injured as many as 11 others.