Tax experts and lawyers explain to CBC how capital gains works on property transfers, including what happens with inheritances and how the value of those properties is determined.

Alex Vinogradsky, a kingpin in Toronto's tow truck underworld who was gunned down outside a north-end plaza last month, had previously been the focus of plots to kill him, court documents reveal. Police also had information that he'd ordered hits on his perceived rivals.

The Correctional Service of Canada says it's taking multiple steps to combat the «evolving threat» of drones that drop contraband into prisons, after B.C. guards held a rally to call attention to violence that they say is fuelled by the smuggling.

B.C.'s highest court has dismissed an appeal by an RCMP officer who was found guilty of sex crimes involving teen girls, upholding his conviction.

The judge presiding over the trial of a man accused of fatally running over a Toronto police officer is telling jurors the possible verdicts they may reach based on the evidence in the case.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre delivered a fiery speech Thursday that depicted the government's latest budget as a threat to the country's future while suggesting a number of new social programs will get a second look if he's elected.

Short-term rental platforms that violate B.C.'s pending regulations can face administrative penalties of up to $10,000 per day, officials announced Thursday.

Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) President Samantha Becotte says two days of «difficult» negotiations has led to a «final offer» with slight improvements to salary and the inclusion of a line in the collective agreement – promising to address classroom complexity issues.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre delivered an hour-long rebuttal to the Liberal government's budget Thursday — a fiery and pointed speech that painted the multi-billion dollar spending plan as a threat to the country's future.

According to the minister of forestry and parks, Alberta is experiencing «heightened wildfire risk» this year, with 148 fires already extinguished and more still burning.

Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) President Samantha Becotte says two days of «difficult» negotiations has led to a «final offer» with slight improvements to salary and the inclusion of a line in the collective agreement – promising to address classroom complexity issues.

Ontario Provincial Police say they have 'disrupted' an organized crime group that allegedly used an emergency grandparent scam to defraud seniors across Canada out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Calgary police say Winston Campbell, 45, has been charged in the death of a two-year-old girl in 2022.

A motion to reverse a ban on the keffiyeh within Queen’s Park failed to receive unanimous consent Thursday just moments after Ontario Premier Doug Ford reiterated his view that prohibiting the garment in the House is divisive.

The Canada Border Security Agency is scrambling to find space to hold high-risk detainees that are set to be transferred from provincial jails in June.

American millionaire Jonathan Lehrer, one of two men charged in the killings of a Canadian couple in Dominica, has been denied bail.

Most Canadians in March reported feeling angry or pessimistic towards the federal government than at any point in the last six years, according to a survey by Nanos Research.

The Alberta government will detail on Thursday measures it’s taking to ensure electricity is more affordable.

An interprovincial investigation into a 'grandparents scam' that targeted seniors across Canada has led to the arrest of 14 suspects, Ontario Provincial Police say.

Almost 7,000 bars of pure gold were stolen from Pearson International Airport exactly one year ago during an elaborate heist, but so far only a tiny fraction of that stolen loot has been found.

The lawyer representing child-killer Allan Schoenborn walked out of his client's annual review hearing Wednesday – abruptly ending proceedings marked by tense exchanges and several outbursts.

Around 100 members of the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers plan to hold a protest in Abbotsford, B.C., today.

In the Indian general election that gets underway on Friday, almost a billion people are eligible to vote, but a vast majority of the overseas Indian community in Canada won't be casting a ballot.

The judge presiding over the trial of a man accused of fatally running over a Toronto police officer is set to continue her instructions to the jury today.

Canadian entrepreneurs and investors are blasting the federal government's budget for expanding a tax on the rich that they say will worsen brain drain and further degrade productivity. The government estimates the change will impact 0.13 per cent of Canadians in any given year, and 307,000 Canadian companies.

A Quebec-based company is hoping to become a leader in direct air capture, where carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere. But questions remain about whether the technology is the best use of limited public funds and resources as the world seeks to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions.

A once-sealed affidavit filed with the Tax Court of Canada and obtained by The Fifth Estate details how alleged scammers tricked the Canada Revenue Agency and made off with $37 million of taxpayers' money.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's predecessor Bill Morneau says there was talk of increasing the capital gains tax while he was on the job — but he resisted such a change because he feared it would discourage investment by companies and job creators.

A hearing to decide whether a B.C. man who killed his three children can continue to go out in public unescorted ended abruptly and without a decision on Wednesday, after the man shouted at members of the B.C. Review Board and his lawyer quit the case.

Almost 7,000 bars of pure gold were stolen from Pearson International Airport exactly one year ago during an elaborate heist, but so far only a tiny fraction of that stolen loot has been found.

A motion filed by the man accused of killing four Indigenous women in Winnipeg to have one of those murder charges quashed has been dismissed by the judge – weeks before the start of his trial.

Video of the moment a suspect left Toronto Pearson International Airport with more than $22 million in gold and cash has been released by police.

Health-care workers across the country are reporting high levels of burnout, and many say child care with flexible hours would help. Whether 24/7 daycare for children of health-care workers is feasible is still an open question, but at least two provinces are trying to find out.

Clarisse Mukashumbusho, just 10 years old during the 100-day Rwandan genocide in 1994, escaped death by hiding under a pile of bodies — including her family's. Thirty years later, she recounts what it was like gowing up without her parents and most of her siblings.

Indigenous history is rooted in the Niagara Region on both sides of the border, a legacy that these Haudenosaunee people are making sure is recognized.