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A lawyer representing 300 women who worked for the RCMP alleging harassment and gender-based discrimination in a lawsuit says the national police force is declining an offer to mediate.

Senator Pamela Wallin says she is recusing herself from the Conservative caucus while her travel expense claims are under scrutiny. Wallin's departure comes one day after Senator Mike Duffy left the Tory caucus amid controversy over his expense claims.

Federally registered meat plants will be required to put new labels on tenderized beef in order to make it safer for consumers, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says allegations he was caught on tape smoking crack are "ridiculous," following reports that someone had been trying to sell a purported recording of such an event to U.S. and Canadian media outlets.

Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry in a brazen late-night burglary.

Dennis Oland is considered the prime suspect in the killing of his father, Richard Oland, according to search warrants.

The Supreme Court of Canada today upheld the acquittal of a Saskatchewan woman who was charged with abandoning a child after giving birth in a Wal-Mart bathroom.

Elijah Harper, a former Manitoba MLA and MP who was a key player in defeating the Meech Lake accord, has died at age 64.

Senator Mike Duffy's expenses may get a second review by independent auditors following media reports regarding expenses he claimed while campaigning for Conservative candidates during the last election.

All charges against a Nova Scotia woman in the Royal Canadian Navy who is fighting cancer, and who was charged with being absent without leave and facing a court martial have been dropped, the woman and her lawyer say.

As plans to honour Tim Bosma take shape for next week in Hamilton, Ont., CBC News has learned the man accused in his slaying purchased a Toronto condo less than 24 hours after Bosma went missing.

Techno beats, over-the-top stage antics and pop stars of the past return to the spotlight in Stockholm this weekend as the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest ramps up to its showy finale.

Getting your garden started for the summer? CBC Calgary's gardening expert Lyndon Penner answered questions and offered tips and tricks in a live chat that happened over the noon hour. You can replay it here.

Two earthquakes near the Ontario-Quebec border could be felt across both provinces this morning.

Washington's obsession with leakers – Attorney General Eric Holder has prosecuted more than any recent administration – is placing a decided chill on press freedoms, Neil Macdonald writes. Secretly seizing Associated Press phone records has only drawn the battle lines tighter.