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A man alleged to be connected to a complex scheme that leaves homeowners with high-interest mortgages they say they didn’t want flaunts a luxurious lifestyle on social media, while regulators crack down on lawyers and mortgage brokers alleged to be connected to the scheme. Lawyer and mortgage brokerage facing professional …

International networks of sophisticated criminals have claimed untold millions of dollars from Canadian government coffers while facing few to no consequences, an investigation by The Fifth Estate and Radio-Canada’s Enquête has found. $1.1B identified in carousel frauds, agency says In early 2020, the Canada Revenue Agency came to believe it …

As some of the wealthiest and most influential people in Newfoundland and Labrador welcomed world leaders inside a St. John's bar Thursday night, dozens of police officers held back and equal number of protesters outside. Global conflicts, green hydrogen take centre stage as mini summit begins As some of the …

Nearly 2.5 million Canadians have indicated they want to be organ and tissue donors, thanks to a Conservative private member's bill that lets people tick a box on their annual tax return. Conservative private member's bill allowed Ontario and Nunavut residents to tick box during 2022 tax season Nearly 2.5 …

Amid pushback over plans to use foreign workers, NextStar Energy has confirmed it wants to hire hundreds of technicians from South Korea to help set up the government-subsidized electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont. Company confirms job figures for first time since reports of use of South Korean workers …

The mayor of Niagara Falls, Ont., expects the Rainbow Bridge to reopen Thursday or Friday after a car crash and explosion Wednesday killed two people on the American side of the Rainbow Bridge. FBI said investigators found no connections to terrorism after explosion shut border crossings for hours The mayor …

A week after the man who killed their family members was found guilty for multiple counts of first-degree murder, Ali and Hina Islam sat down with CBC's Adrienne Arsenault to discuss the aftermath of the Islamophobic attack and how they are healing. Ali and Hina Islam are the aunt and …

A high-speed car chase, a missing man presumed dead and a family legacy of human smuggling. Find out why some locals in a Haudenosaunee community that straddles the Canada-U.S. border have been caught up in what seems to be a never-ending cycle. Dozens of human smuggling attempts have been uncovered …

During his bail hearings in October 2019, federal prosecutor Judy Kliewer alleged former RCMP intelligence official Cameron Ortis was in the final stages of a plan to pass state secrets to a "foreign entity." Information presented at RCMP analyst's bail hearing can be published for the first time Cameron Ortis, …

There's no indication that a vehicle crash and explosion Wednesday that killed two people on the American side of the Rainbow Bridge, which connects Ontario and New York, is linked to terrorism, says New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. The explosion closed four bridges, with all but the Rainbow reopening later …