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Local filmmaking legend Anne Wheeler’s 1981 docu-drama, A War Story — based on the diaries of her father, Ben Wheeler, while a Japanese POW — opens the festival Friday

Focused on Scarehouse Windsor ((located at 1441 McDougall Avenue,) Gavin Michael Booth has been busy. As the venue grows in popularity, the local film-maker is working to take it to another level: As part of a docu-series he’s producing for Bell Fibe 1, the haunt will soon be featured across Canada.

Canola oil and gas are some of the key ingredients fuelling Chris Page's food truck business in Windsor, Ont.

But inflation has caused the price of both products to skyrocket over the last year.

It's Friday night, you've ordered in from a local restaurant and you're smiling contentedly, tossing emptied containers and cutlery marked '100% compostable' into your green bin.

The Ontario government says it is introducing a mandatory learning requirement on Holocaust education to the province's Grade 6 curriculum.

A 40-year-old man is facing charges after a fight escalated to a stabbing that sent a younger man to hospital overnight, Sudbury police say.

Former CTV national news anchor Lisa LaFlamme is among the luminaries set to be invested into the Order of Canada.

Heritage Canada is considering allowing one-journalist news outlets to qualify for news revenue sharing deals with Google and Facebook under Bill C-18, the National Post has learned.

Do you frequently get suspicious texts and calls about your bank account being compromised or notifications about unauthorized charges on your credit card? You’re not alone.

Dwight and DJ King say adults can fix hockey problems, while kids focus on fun

Environment Canada issued a fog warning for the Barrie, Orillia and Midland area for the second morning in a row Thursday.

Hockey Canada is a non-profit, otherwise these surplus funds would be deemed profit.

The head of Hamilton’s Chamber of Commerce (COC) says a one-day city event in November is seeking support from shoppers in an effort to aid local and small businesses still experiencing struggles following years of the COVID-19 pandemic and recent spikes in inflation.

A psychiatrist involved in efforts to support children of Canadian women detained in Syria after travelling to join the Islamic State is urging Ottawa to speed up repatriation efforts.

Canada’s largest school board says it will close schools on Friday in response to a planned walkout from Ontario education workers protesting legislation that imposes a contract and bans a strike.

Under the proposed legislation workers could be fined up to $4,000 per day if they hit the picketline

Almost 50 jobs are set to be slashed from BBC local radio stations as the broadcaster slims downs its offerings.

Local radio, one of the BBC’s most treasured departments, is the latest to be hit by the swingeing cuts to the BBC News division.

Items pulled from capsule marked anniversary of protest that pushed for campus at Point Grey

The United States and Canada, which on Thursday announced the launch of an assessment mission in Haiti, said the Caribbean nation needs international support but did not specifically address who might lead an intervention force.

The Canadian experience was included on a list of only 25 breathtaking places in the world.

ANCOUVER — A tentative contract has been reached for British Columbia's 49,000 public school teachers in a deal the union says would take them from near the bottom to the 'top tier' of pay in Canada.

HOMESTEAD, FLA. (WSVN) - A 6-year-old boy has been found after having been missing for months.

Canadian regulators said they were unaware of a methane cloud spotted by the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-5P satellite last month near gas pipelines, highlighting a disconnect between the nation’s climate ambitions and its emissions, which are the second highest per capita among G-20 countries.

Asix-year-old Miami boy with autism who vanished two months ago, reportedly kidnapped by his father and grandmother, has been found safe 2,000 miles away in Canada.

A 6-year-old was found safely in Canada after a Missing Child Alert was issued in Florida at the end of August.

A 6-year-old Miami boy taken by his father and grandmother in August was found in Canada on Sunday, authorities said.

Sault Ste. Marie's largest heavy industry is looking at using local waste forest biomass as an alternative fuel source, in a bid to further decarbonize its operations.

Jorge 'JoJo' Morales, who was last seen in August in Florida, was found Sunday in Canada after a tipster reported seeing the boy with his father at a Walmart in Moncton.

The pronounced shortage of qualified cybersecurity personnel

Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier were so burnt out after an Olympic season of isolation and dodging COVID-19 that their six-week break over the summer wasn't just a choice — it was a necessity.

Canada overcame a slow start in Auckland to beat the USA 32-11 and snatch the final Rugby World Cup semi-final spot against England.

After suffering a serious knee injury ahead of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup in Australia, Petra Woods put away her boots to serve as Canadian team manager.

With the start of winter less than two months away, we're starting to see more weather reflective of the upcoming season across the country.

Bringing coals to Newcastle — the aphorism has perhaps lost most of its force, since the memory of the days when coal was king, and Newcastle, U.K., was chock-full of it, are long gone. Back in the day, bringing coal there was the very definition of an empty purpose.

The Liberals have accused Facebook of “modern-day robber baron tactics” by signalling it could block Canadians’ access to news sites unless Ottawa makes changes to a proposed law that would require it to compensate media outlets for their work.

Canada's Summer McIntosh and American Katie Ledecky won their respective heats in the women's 400-metre freestyle on Friday morning at the FINA Swimming World Cup.

Canadian federalism and provincial autonomy have entered the news cycle lately.

Ontario is home to eight species of bats, four of which are endangered

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Alexander Bublik 6-2, 6-3 on Friday to reach the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament.

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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has reiterated Canada’s support for Ukraine and criticized Russia’s ongoing invasion of the country, and announced more names have been added to the official sanction list.

Human rights organizations say Canada Soccer has been “missing in action” when it comes to speaking out against human rights abuses in Qatar ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The federal government says France has denied an extradition request for a priest accused of crimes against children in Nunavut.

The Bank of Canada hiked its key interest rate by half of a percentage point Wednesday and said rates will need to rise further to clamp down on decades-high inflation

A fugitive on BOLO’s top 25 most wanted list has been located.

With Halloween just days away, the Better Business Bureau of Mainland B.C. is warning locals to avoid getting tricked out of their money through so-called 'zombie scams.'

People are aghast now that word has gotten out that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's delegation to the Queen's funeral spent $367,000 on luxurious hotel rooms, including a $6,000-a-night suite.

Police have arrested two Canadian women and charged one with terrorism-related offences after the federal government repatriated them from a detention camp in Syria for ISIS fighters' family members.

Sixteen candidates for local office circled around the atrium of the municipal building on a recent night in Shelton, a logging town near the southern crook of Puget Sound. One by one, they sat at tables of inquisitive voters for what was dubbed 'candidate speed-dating.'

Overabundant birds are causing an array of environmental, health, economic impacts

Ontario has announced it is raising the non-resident speculation tax on homes purchased by foreign nationals from 20 per cent to 25 per cent, effective Tuesday.

Hockey Canada says it will not collect a participant assessment fee for the upcoming season.

Rents in London grew at the fastest pace in the country over the past year, according to the latest snapshot of the rental market across Canada.

Hockey Canada is facing calls for change, and some in the Ottawa area's hockey community say those changes should go all the way down to minor hockey.

The possibility that the Vancouver police officers who handcuffed and detained an Indigenous man and his granddaughter when they tried to open a bank account won't be attending an apology ceremony is being described as 'extremely hurtful.'

A former chief medical officer of health says Premier Danielle Smith could be on a dangerous path as she repeats that her “sights are set” on changes at Alberta Health Services ( AHS ).

Municipal voters head to the polls Monday to choose their local councils and school boards.

Ottawa’s new police chief will be Eric Stubbs , an assistant commissioner with the RCMP in British Columbia. Stubbs used to live in Ottawa and has experience as the criminal operations officer for the B.C. RCMP, where 125 detachments reported to him.

The youth had just turned 16, was a quiet and respectful student and had his whole life ahead of him.

Facebook might ban news sharing in Canada if the country passes legislation forcing the company to pay news outlets for their content (via The Wall Street Journal). In a post shared on Friday, Facebook parent company Meta says Canada’s proposed Online News Act falsely presumes that it “unfairly benefits from its relationship with publishers.”

More than a million Americans have lost their lives in this century on account of drug overdoses.

Montreal will deliver lump sums of $85,000 to small newspapers in an apparent effort to energize an industry hit hard by the effects of digitization and distribution costs.

Bill C-18 would require tech giants to negotiate deals to pay media outlets

The market may be frozen for legal handguns but not the illegal firearms that are smuggled in from the U.S. and used in most shootings on city streets

Online News Act would compel digital platforms to pay news publishers

Online News Act would compel digital platforms to pay news publishers

The Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) marine mammal rescue team completed a humpback whale disentanglement mission on Oct. 14 near Texada Island.

It is not every day that you get to spend some time on yourself at a resort.

Pitt Meadow city council is calling on the province to investigate the Pitt Meadows Community Foundation, in the wake of concerns that the foundation’s $150,000 in funds could be seized by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

A Pakistani flight attendant has gone missing after arriving in Canada Friday.

A report has revealed the publicly funded CBC and other broadcasters would get the majority of the $329-million a year Bill C-18 would inject into the news industry if it becomes law.

The big international web platforms carry Canadian news content they didn’t create. They take it for free and use it to stock their sites, hold on to their users, attract new ones, and generate substantial revenues.

The first case of domestic infection with the highly-transmissible, immunity-evasive BQ.1 Omicron variant of Covid-19 is a 40-year-old foreign man who arrived from China, according to the Medical Sciences Department chief.

It is right to resign when we make mistakes, Suella Braverman said this afternoon in a withering exit letter aimed squarely at Liz Truss.

A mum-to-be announced her pregnancy to her sonographer sister by turning up at her work for an ultrasound scan.

A deadly road rage case has a local father begging for answers. A 24-year-old driving on US-2 was shot through the back window of her car and died last weekend, authorities say.

Freshman Kristin Smart disappeared without a trace after a Californian college party 26 years ago - and now the prime murder suspect has been found guilty after a crime podcast helped cops crack the case.

Expert insights, analysis and smart data help you cut through the noise to spot trends, risks and opportunities.

Several provinces are already struggling with patient load ahead of flu season

The epic western from Hugo Blick is coming soon to BBC Two.

Rental e-scooter riders have been responsible for injecting an estimated $13 million a year into Calgary’s local economy, according to new research from operator Neuron Mobility

As part of its 13th annual Feel The Love program, Lennox Industries proudly partnered with 180 HVAC dealers across 37 U.S. states and Canadian provinces to award deserving community heroes with new heating or cooling equipment and installation at no charge

Rue Dufferin, the main street in this town that hugs the US border, once bustled with Americans heading north to its pubs and antique shops. And from here, Canadians headed south to Vermont for cheaper gas and groceries. Many have family and friends on both sides.

Cristiano Ronaldo could be in line for his first Premier League start in two months as Manchester United welcome Newcastle to Old Trafford on Sunday.

A rising football star was killed during a date with his girlfriend: Everything we know about Elijah Dewitt’s shooting

Half of Simon Fraser University's (SFU) home games for football were originally scheduled to be played in the U.S.

A pair of games took the high school football field Thursday.

When the European Super League project was gathering pace in spring 2021, Paris Saint-Germain were of course approached. The feeling from the organisers, according to well-placed sources, was that the Qatari-owned club thought this was “a brilliant entertainment project”.

The Winnipeg Police Service has laid more charges against a Winnipeg football coach accused of sexually abusing students during the 1990s and 2000s.

We are officially five weeks into the fantasy football season. Certain players are performing at or above expectations, other guys are coming in south of them.

Local Logic, a location intelligence provider that quantifies location at scale to shape smarter developments and more sustainable cities, today announced a partnership with the Black Commercial Real Estate Network (BCREN).

Vladimir Putin has moved 31 Iranian drones to Belarus, Ukraine has claimed - as Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov warns the West of an 'uncontrolled escalation' over its 'growing involvement' in the war.

A local authority has sparked fury among residents for toppling at least hundreds of headstones because they were deemed ‘dangerous’.

A series of blasts have rocked Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv, according to local media reports and regional officials.

Every ambulance in use in the area has reportedly been called to the nursery following the suspected leak.

Sir John Daniel is a world-renowned expert in distance learning.

Canada is already feeling the impact of changing climate, much like the rest of the world. When a heat dome settled over British Columbia this summer, 570 people died. Last month, Hurricane Fiona wreaked havoc across the East Coast.

Canada’s minister of sport says Hockey Canada must continue to transition to a new leadership team.

Her imminent departure from Hockey Canada comes after more corporate sponsors and provincial organizations withdrew their support from the national body

A chance to play pet dress-up in Kitchener is also benefiting a cat shelter in the city.

More than a year after Sheila North unsuccessfully ran to lead one of Manitoba’s largest First Nations political organizations, the Cree leader and journalist is ready to try again.

Greg Sears was supposed to deliver 90 tonnes of his canola crop to a grain elevator near Grande Prairie, Alta., about 500 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, on Oct. 6. But before he left his farm, a local rep at Viterra Canada Inc., a major grain exporter, called and told him to hold off, likely for several weeks.

A 38-year-old U.S. citizen ended up in Sarnia after the train he was riding went through an underwater tunnel between Michigan and Ontario.

Canada has permanently banned half the membership of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from ever entering Canada, as protests sweep the nation following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.

Cornwall’s Madison Grant has officially been named one of the 15 starters for Canada’s Women’s Rugby Team that’ll face Japan in the opening game Saturday at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.

As company after company has cancelled sponsorships with Hockey Canada over its mishandling of gang-rape allegations and millions in payouts to complainants with sexual misconduct claims, communications experts are not sure the organization can ever recover with advertisers.

Canada will temporarily allow international students to work more than 20 hours a week, in a bid to address ongoing labour shortages.

As a growing number of corporations suspend their support for Hockey Canada over the organization's handling of sexual assault allegations, there are calls for them to direct their funding into resources for survivors instead.

Hockey Quebec says it has lost confidence in Hockey Canada and will not transfer funds to the national organization, while a well−known Canadian brand extended its sponsorship boycott.

A prominent New York senator is joining the ranks of American lawmakers who want the White House to end vaccination rules at the Canada-US land border.

Elections New Brunswick is warning voters that they may receive letters with incorrect information about local government elections happening next month.

On a drizzly stretch of B.C. coastline at the head of the Douglas Channel, Canada’s first natural gas export terminal is taking shape.

The federal government has tabled a long−awaited plan in the House of Commons to improve access to diabetes treatment and prevention in Canada, Health Minister Jean−Yves Duclos announced Wednesday.

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A mall in Calgary has placed a daytime ban on students from two local schools.

Mexican state power utility Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) last year lost an international arbitration case to Canadian firm ATCO Ltd , and had to pay redress of about $85 million, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Eastern gateways positioning to tackle more freight, renewables opportunities

Over the course of the 2022 Winnipeg election campaign, Global News is sharing the various statements and pledges that are received from candidates for mayor.

Citing a 'significant increase' in fraudulent activity in Canada in the last two years— the majority of which in the last year has been happening online—the RCMP is calling on Canadians to be aware of scammers' tactics.

Canada is sanctioning 25 senior Iranian officials and nine government entities following a violent crackdown on anti-government protests in Iran.

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour once again hits the Arden Theatre screen on Tuesday, Oct. 4, featuring mesmerizing shots and feats of daredevil athleticism which take jaw-dropping turns across the world.

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – Denis Shapovalov advanced to the Korea Open final with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Jenson Brooksby in semifinal action Saturday.

Advanced polls opened on Oct 1. to locals looking to get their vote in early and skip the long lines.

TikTok’s popularity continues to rise, while other social media networks have seen a decline

Lax merger laws in Canada underestimate the harm to competition caused by mergers and overestimate their benefits, a new report says.

As of this morning, travellers to Canada do not need to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 -- and wearing a mask on planes and trains is now optional, though it is still recommended.

As Canada consistently reports low voter turnout rates, modern politics is thirsty for some kind of counselling to improve the relationship between elected officials and the public.

Gas prices have been going up on the prairies, with some stations in the Swift Current area coming in at above 163.9 cents per litre.

OTTAWA - International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan says Ottawa will match more donations, for a longer period of time, to help those suffering from flooding in Pakistan.

As Alberta’s Ismaili Muslim community commemorates five decades of history in Canada, many gathered at a ceremony Wednesday unveiling the final piece of the Aga Khan Garden .

Before she blacked out, the young woman says she was just watching the 20-something men play video games.

Defence Minister Anita Anand said Thursday there are now more than 700 Canadian Armed Forces personnel in Atlantic Canada to help with the fallout from Fiona, a post-tropical storm that caused widespread destruction in the region.

Decorated Second World War Veteran Charles Davis of Windsor is celebrating 100 years of life.

Indigenous, independent and small media outlets are raising red flags about Ottawa’s online news bill, arguing the proposed legislation could freeze them out of deals intended to toss them a lifeline in Canada’s shrinking media landscape.

TORONTO - Canada Infrastructure Bank is launching its $500-million initiative to boost zero-emission vehicle charging and refuelling infrastructure.

OTTAWA — With Hurricane Fiona forcing Canadian soldiers to put down their rifles and pick up chainsaws, senior military officers told MPs climate change has them responding to more disasters while they’re struggling to recruit more soldiers.

Transport Canada has issued $62,000 in penalties against the owners of the tugboat Ingenika, which sank in stormy seas near Kitimat in 2021, killing two.

The summer season may have come and gone, but it’s always deal season at Cineplex.

The Canadian military is spearheading federal efforts to support post-Fiona recovery efforts across Atlantic Canada.

While the damage caused by post-tropical storm Fiona is still being assessed across Atlantic Canada, it’s become clear the economic fallout will be substantial for some parts of the region.

After years of trying to start a family, Lindsay and Adam Rodney were over the moon when their daughter was born two and a half years ago. Just one year later, in 2021, the Smiths Falls family’s ecstasy turned to agony when Adam was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease ALS ( amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ).

As Atlantic Canada works to clean up the devastation brought by post-tropical storm Fiona, lessons from her brutal winds and waves should be used to secure the region against future storms, experts say.

Dentists are reacting with cautious optimism to the federal government’s plan to help low and middle-income families pay for their childrens’ dental care.

Local businesses are joining forces to help two students have the graduation experience of their dreams.

The United People of Canada, a controversial group that has occupied the former St. Brigid’s church for the past three months, has been ordered out of the historic Lowertown building by an Ottawa judge.

Canada confirmed 17,325 new Covid-19 cases for the week ending September 17, health authorities have announced.

The United People of Canada, a controversial group that has occupied the former St. Brigid’s church for the past three months, has been ordered out of the historic Lowertown building by an Ottawa judge.

High winds knocked out power in thousands of homes in Nova Scotia and P.E.I. Friday night as people in Atlantic Canada began feeling the wrath of Fiona.

Ottawa’s online news bill – which would force tech giants Google GOOGL-Q and Facebook META-Q to pay for reusing articles produced by Canadian news organizations – would help revive the flagging local news industry, spokesmen for papers across the country told a committee of MPs on Friday.

York Region`s weekend traffic violations by the numbers saw four cars impounded and 53 charges laid.

Harper is one of four former prime ministers in the British capital for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

Ottawa police are investigating a report of gunshots Monday night.

Business owner says the $6K bill is too high; other customers’ repairs cost less

101 groups receive $1.3 million in funding as in-store campaign and new stamp launched to meet growing needs across the country

Walmart Canada is investing more than $100 million to build its first sortable fulfillment centre in the province in Vaudreuil-Dorion, west of Montreal.

A Winnipeg choir felt more like rock stars Friday night after performing on stage with The Eagles at Canada Life Centre.

The Liberals launched the fall sitting of Parliament Tuesday by tabling two new bills with more than $4.5 billion in spending they hope will ease the rising cost of living for modest-income Canadians.

Air Canada is the first airline to receive IATA recertification for the safe transportation of live animals.

After the launches of the Austin and Berlin gigafactories earlier this year, one might have expected Tesla to focus solely on cranking up output at its existing plants given new supply chain pressures and the rising cost of raw materials.

Canada confirmed 16,501 new Covid-19 cases for the week ending September 10, the Public Health Agency of Canada said.

A local sledge hockey player from Monkton is on Team Canada’s roster for the upcoming International Para Hockey Cup in Ostrava, Czechia.

Woman shoved to ground by officer in video was armed with knife, Edmonton police say

The Edmonton Police Service is defending the actions of an officer who can be seen on video roughly shoving a woman to the ground.

Ontario will put $1.8 million into expanding police video surveillance programs.

The Canadian-based Women CyberSecurity Society is celebrating its fourth annual International Women in Cyber Day next week with a day-long virtual symposium consisting of talks, workshops, panel discussions, and awards.

Air Canada has signed a deal to buy 30 electric-hybrid aircraft under development by Swedish company Heart Aerospace.

Victoria's top music photographers are set to have their work showcased at this year's Rifflandia Music Festival.

While team success didn’t come for local bowlers at the Canada 55+ Games this year, two local members of team Manitoba walked away with individual medals.

A priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children when he missioned in their Canadian Arctic community has told alleged victims and relatives who traveled to France to confront him that he won’t go back to Canada to be questioned.

A new academic analysis has identified at least 75 foreign digital operations of a malicious political or industrial nature directed at Canada since 2010 – from attempts to steal COVID−19−related research to the targeting of Uyghur human rights activists.

A Chilean man who spent over a year in Thunder Bay has failed in his bid for permanent residency, with Canada's Immigration Appeal Division citing the best interests of his children.

Rescue organizations are still looking for 'fur'ever homes for dogs and cats in Vancouver and beyond.

One of the leading experts on treaty rights and First Nations governance in Canada says the queen’s passing marks an opportunity to improve the relationship between the Crown and Indigenous people in Canada.

The Carleton MP’s convincing leadership victory Saturday night gives him a strong mandate from the Conservative rank-and-file to remake the party in his image.

Canada’s opposition Conservative Party elected its go-to attack dog as its new party leader Saturday.

One in five first responders develop PTSD in their lifetime according to the Police Association of Ontario.

King Charles III was proclaimed Canada's head of state on Saturday at a ceremony that included heraldic trumpeting, a 21-gun salute and a moment of remembrance for his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

Miles Sanderson, wanted for stabbing ten people to death in a Canadian province between September 4 and 5, was arrested and died hours later.

Local and provincial leaders are calling for more First Nations policing in Saskatchewan in the wake of the stabbing rampage in the province that captured national and international attention.

Canada fell five spots in an index that rates how prepared nations are to bring electric vehicles (EV) into their economies, despite a notable increase in government efforts to develop the sector in the past year.

Canada fell five spots in an index that rates how prepared nations are to bring electric vehicles (EV) into their economies, despite a notable increase in government efforts to develop the sector in the past year.

Sephora employees in Kamloops are preparing for a contract negotiation after the province approved their bid to unionize.

Over the last week of August, Kamloops played host to the Canada 55+ Games, a biennial event that features over 2,500 participants competing in 26 different events.

The suspect in a stabbing that left 10 dead and 18 others injured has died of self-inflicted wounds as he was captured by police, report local media.

Canadian police have said that 10 people were killed and at least 15 others injured and rushed to hospitals after stabbings in multiple locations in Saskatchewan, Canada.

A stabbing spree in an Indigenous community and a nearby town in Canada’s Saskatchewan province left at least 10 people dead and 15 injured on Sunday, police said, as they launched a manhunt for two suspects.

A stabbing spree in an Indigenous community and a nearby town in Canada's Saskatchewan province left at least 10 people dead and 15 wounded on Sunday, police said, as they launched a manhunt for two suspects.

A stabbing spree in an Indigenous community and a nearby town in Canada's Saskatchewan province has left at least 10 people dead and 15 wounded.

Canadian police hunted for two suspects in a stabbing spree that killed 10 people and wounded at least 15 others mostly in a sparsely populated indigenous community early Sunday.

Canadian police have launched a huge manhunt for two men suspected of stabbing at least 10 people to death in a rampage that has shocked the nation.

Canadian police have launched a huge manhunt for two men suspected of stabbing at least 10 people to death in a rampage that has shocked the nation.

At least ten people have been killed in a stabbing attack in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

For a fifth year, Lowe’s Canada is bringing back its Heroes campaign from Sept.?1 to Sept.?30, matching 50 per cent of the funds raised, up to $2,000 per location that will go to support charities, NPOs, and public schools.

An Edmonton group is raising money for victims of Pakistan's Indus River flooding, which has killed more than 1,100 people, injured 3,500 and affected 33 million since mid-June.

Local MP Elizabeth May is once again hoping to lead the federal Greens for a second time in her political career, this time as part of a tandem.

Organizers of a Vancouver compassion club say they will continue to distribute tested cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine despite a rejection from Health Canada, calling it the only way to save lives in the face of a toxic drug supply.

The CRTC says it will launch a new emergency crisis number for people in need of immediate mental health or suicide prevention support.

Canadians who need immediate mental health crisis intervention will be able to text or call 988 and obtain counselling in the fall of next year, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced on Wednesday.

The CRTC says it will launch a new emergency crisis number for people in need of immediate mental health or suicide prevention support.

Canada has sanctioned a Russian woman whom the foreign affairs minister's office alleges is the architect of a scheme to abduct thousands of Ukrainian children and facilitate their adoption into Russian homes.

After fuelling Canada's economy through the COVID-19 pandemic, the real estate market is showing signs of weakness as home prices fall and bidding wars dissipate.

Freeland was asked Thursday to respond to a characterization of herself as a frustrating and difficult negotiator in a new memoir by Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner

Statistics Canada says employers in the health care and social assistance sector were looking to fill 149,700 vacant jobs in June, up 4.3 per cent from May and up 40.8 per cent compared with a year earlier.

Job fairs for the Halloween Haunt will take place every Sunday until Sept. 18

Berni Wood was in the throes of a COVID-19 infection and was struggling to breathe when she was told she would have to wait upwards of 20 hours in a Prince Edward Island emergency room to receive medical care.

The agreement depends on Health Canada's approval of the company's bivalent vaccine, which was submitted for review on June 30

A London-area grandmother has finished at the top of her class after finally realizing her dream of graduating from high school.

Random testing at Canada’s border can’t distinguish between people who previously had COVID-19 and those currently infected by it, according to a statement from the government received by Global News.

Ottawa researchers will begin testing the city’s wastewater for polio within weeks, uOttawa wastewater researcher Robert Delatolla has confirmed.

Rusnak, 17, who hails from the Courtland area, was named the winner on Saturday night.

Moderna says the federal government has purchased a total of 12 million doses of the company's bivalent vaccine that targets both the original strain of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant.

It started with a lengthy weather delay, but it turned out to be a g'day at Volunteer Stadium for Canada at the 75th Little League World Series.

The rescheduled World Junior Championship is through the round robin and into the knockout portion of the tournament.

Emil Andrae broke a tie midway through the third period and Sweden beat Latvia 2-1 on Wednesday to reach the world junior hockey semifinals.

Logan Stankoven had two goals and an assist and Canada beat Switzerland 6-3 on Wednesday night in the world junior hockey quarterfinals.

Guns are being used more frequently in crimes that aren’t associated with gangs or other criminal organizations, according to Calgary police.

An Ontario mayor had some harsh words for protesters who attempted to place local police officers under arrest Saturday.

A police officer in Louisiana is in critical condition after police say a suspect ran over him with a vehicle and dragged him during an attempted traffic stop.

There are countless places to buy beauty products, but how many encourage customers to show up and be a part of social change? The Body Shop is creating a local destination for changemakers with new Workshop stores that call back to the retailer's activist roots.

When people ask me what to do in Toronto, the city where I grew up, my answer is always the same: “Eat!”

It was a banner competition for the Holmgren sisters who will now travel with their brother, Gunnar, to France to compete in the Mountain Bike World Championships

Canada's agriculture industry has been undergoing significant changes over the past 45 years. Since the 1970s, the number of farms has been steadily declining, but not all farms have been impacted equally—mid-size farms have been hit the hardest, as the number of small and large farms increases.

Family members being hunted, arrested by Taliban, say language and cultural advisers who worked with Canada

A year after the Taliban seized control of Kabul, Canada's resettlement efforts have lagged behind official targets and the efforts to help those fleeing the war in Ukraine.

A Maltese hunting lobby has hit back at travel advice issued by the Canadian government warning off potential “stray bullets” for any ramblers looking to check out the island’s countryside.

Local youth soccer players dreaming of playing in the pros are getting a taste of professional training during a five-day camp in Waterloo.

Canada has not needed to declare an emergency over the monkeypox virus the same way the United States and the World Health Organization have as mechanisms are already in place to tackle the outbreak, the country's top doctor said Friday.

Vancouver police are warning the public that a high-risk sex offender released from prison Friday morning has gone missing from his halfway house in the city.

RCMP in Campbell River, B.C., say there has been a rising number of “sextortion” crimes in the Vancouver Island city over the last year.

Algoma Steel Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTL; TSX: ASTL) (“Algoma” or the “Company”) announced today that United Steelworkers Local 2251 (“2251” or the “Union”) have agreed to take the Company’s last offer to a vote by employees in the affected bargaining unit.

An Edmonton Police Service officer has been acquitted of assaulting his fiancée but convicted of improperly storing a police-issue firearm in his home.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is condemning police brutality in the wake of an allegedly violent altercation between Gatineau police officers and a Senegalese diplomat.

The World Junior Hockey Championships in Edmonton may have begun but much of the attention is focused on the news off the ice.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Aug. 10 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

Ava Holmgren, 17, overcame 'treacherous' weather-related conditions to capture top spot, finishing 51 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor

Defence Minister Anita Anand says two miners who were trapped in an underground mine for 10 days in the Dominican Republic have been rescued with the help of Canada.

Provincial and territorial hockey federations, including Hockey Manitoba, are calling on Hockey Canada to do more to address its handling of sexual assault allegations in London, Ont. in 2018.

Federal prosecutors in the United States have accused a Saskatoon woman of faking her own death and that of her son in what they describe as an elaborate scheme to illegally enter the country.

A retail Canada Post location in Brandon is shutting down at the end of the month.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Aug. 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

Hundreds of wildfires are raging across Canada as heat warnings continue in several provinces.

Wildfires are raging throughout Canada, with a long-burning forest fire in central Newfoundland prompting a state of emergency, a so-called 'zombie fire' flaring up in the Northwest Territories and fire crews conducting controlled burns in an effort to control a raging wildfire in B.C.'s southern Okanagan region.

A new study has confirmed that replacing diesel fuel with biomass such as wood pellets and local chips can help mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in northern remote communities in Canada while also providing socioeconomic benefits, according to Canadian Biomass.

A new study has confirmed that replacing diesel fuel with biomass such as wood pellets and local chips can help mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in northern remote communities in Canada while also providing socioeconomic benefits, according to Canadian Biomass.

The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), a quasi-judicial federal body, says treating staff shortages as a safety matter violates federal rules.

Canada dug itself an early hole Sunday, conceding twice in the first 10 minutes en route to a 4-1 loss to the defending champion U.S. in the final of the CONCACAF Girls’ Under-15 Championship.

Canadian canoe racers demonstrated endurance and power at the world championships Sunday on Lake Banook, taking home gold, silver and bronze medals to the roar of an approving local crowd.

AIMMO secures partnerships with Toronto and San Francisco companies in the EV and self-driving fields

Plans to expand a proposed U.S tax credit on electric vehicle purchases to cover North American-made cars is a boon for the auto sector, says Ontario’s economic development minister, but the province isn’t planning any buyer incentives for local drivers.

The Okanagan will be front and centre in next week's episode of The Amazing Race Canada.

COVID-19 restrictions limiting travel may have had an impact on new cases entering Canada in the early days of the pandemic, but not necessarily on outbreaks in later waves, results from a B.C. study suggest.

The president of the National Congress of American Indians says Canada’s progress on Indigenous issues is helping to push the United States in the same direction.

Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Ottawa, Gatineau and most of eastern Ontario for the first weekend of August.

A majority of Canadians are angry over revelations that Hockey Canada used player registration fees to pay settlements for sexual assault allegations, while most say they have no confidence in the sporting body's leadership.

A plethora of crimes across western Canada appears to have left a mark on multiple communities in southwestern Saskatchewan.

An amphibious tour bus crashed into the front gates of the prime minister’s residence at 24 Sussex Drive on Wednesday morning.

A girl had gone missing near Stanford, Ontario, on Tuesday, prompting the authority to issue of an Amber Alert.

A dozen young female air cadets from throughout Ontario have gathered in Windsor to attend the Power Pilot Training Course.

The archbishop emeritus of Guwahati looks at the pope’s words and gestures among Canada’s indigenous peoples through Indian eyes. “No more of that” also applies to Dalits, minorities, and the weakest groups in society who still experience abuse.

As Premier Doug Ford called for more healthcare funding from the federal government at an announcement in Stratford, several hospitals in the surrounding area continued to deal with staff shortages and temporary closures.

The Canadian government says it is reviewing its duty to local staff members at missions abroad following a media report that its Ukrainian employees in Kyiv were not alerted to the threats against them and were left to fend for themselves with the Russian invasion looming.

Matt Berry was driving home after golfing Monday evening when cloudy skies quickly turned into a rare storm that dropped hail the size of softballs, caving in his windshield and leaving about 150 dents in his car.

As part of its Pillars for Life plan, the Ministry of Health is funding more than 1,800 suicide prevention training opportunities for Saskatchewan’s “gatekeepers.”

There are now more Conservative members in Quebec than in the party’s heartland province of Saskatchewan.

WATCH BELOW as Toronto Sun Editor-in-Chief Adrienne Batra speaks to columnists Brian Lilley and Jamil Jivani about the Trudeau Liberal problems and one area Lilley says they did okay on.

Full LRT service is back, OC Transpo chief Renée Amilcar announced Friday afternoon.

The list of Winnipeg mayoral candidates is set to hit a baker’s dozen with Kevin Klein slated to file his papers with the clerk’s office in the coming days.

The Ontario Nurses Association says its members fear beds and ICUs at about 20 hospitals are at risk of being shut down due to a lack of staff.

The government of Saskatchewan wants greater control over immigration, and has put forward a 'detailed proposal' to the federal government outlining the proposed 'Saskatchewan Immigration Accord,' according to a Thursday morning news release.

A civil liberties group says the British Columbia government's decision to end immigration detention in provincial jails should not taken as an opportunity for the Canada Border Services Agency to increase the number of holding centres or use of restricted detention alternatives like ankle monitors or curfews.

An episode of The Amazing Race Canada filmed in Kelowna and Vernon will be on TV Aug. 9.

Electric vehicles made in Canada will qualify for expanded tax credits in the United States, a move that is being welcomed by the Canadian government and automotive industry.

The London Police Services Board in Ontario is preparing a request urging the federal government to add femicide and its definition to the Criminal Code of Canada.

Police in Canada are investigating after a stranger approached a woman sitting on a sidewalk and set her on fire.

Workers at Syncreon Automotive face an uncertain future after Stellantis announced it plans to bring work back to Windsor Assembly that was outsourced 20 years ago, according to union officials.

The Doug Ford government should consult with Toronto before implementing a ‘strong mayor’ model and grant the city more autonomy and decision-making authority, council decided Thursday.

Amid a summer surge of COVID-19, Ottawa’s medical officer of health says “now is the time” to adapt to the amount of the virus circulating in the city by wearing masks, staying home when sick, getting boosted and limiting contacts.

As the city is hit with a summer surge of COVID-19, Ottawa Public Health says wearing a mask both indoors and in crowded outdoor places will protect people from being infected.

An older woman died last week after lying on a stretcher for at least two days in a North Vancouver hospital waiting room. It’s another sign, health-care workers say, of the growing staff-shortage in B.C.’s overcrowded emergency rooms.

Faith Robinson never really enjoyed high school. When the 16-year-old student from Nipissing First Nation fell behind on some of her classes, she was encouraged to attend summer school to make up the difference.

With David Eby poised to become the 37th premier of B.C., his central promise is to use public dollars to create more “missing middle” housing.

The Ontario Progressive Conservatives want to give more power to the next mayor of Ottawa to make decisions at city council, drawing criticism from several councillors who could have their influence diminished if they’re re-elected in October.

Renovations are going ahead at a former BC Tree Fruits warehouse in Kelowna's north end to make it the home of a new temporary homeless shelter. It will be operated by Kelowna Gospel Mission.

Saskatchewan animal shelters say affordability is playing a role in the increasing amount of animals being given up.

Eight hopefuls vying to replace Jason Kenney as leader of the United Conservative Party and premier of Alberta have submitted their required paperwork and fees by Wednesday’s deadline.

The mayor of Ashcroft, B.C., is speaking out after a 'perfect storm' of conditions saw a woman die of a cardiac arrest, despite living just a 'stone's throw' from the community's hospital.

The same day the City of Regina confirmed receipt of a formal complaint against Ward 7 councillor Terina Shaw, the executive director of a local Indigenous-run community-based organization says she also plans to lodge a grievance.

The Williams Lake First Nation and Union of BC Indian Chiefs are calling for a public inquiry into the death of a local man after an interaction with the RCMP earlier this month.

City staff should ensure comprehensive social and health supports are in place when moving homeless individuals out of park encampments, Toronto Council says.

There are still more than 50 days to go in a Conservative leadership that is widely considered to be a foregone conclusion.

Authors: Jean-Philippe Ayotte-Beaudet, Professor, Department of Preschool and Primary Education, Universite de Sherbrooke and Felix Berrigan, Professor, Faculte des sciences de l’activite physique, Universite de Sherbrooke

Hoping to be part of the solution, Rylan Graham is researching how Regina is failing to implement intensification targets set out in the city’s Official Community Plan (OCP).

Jaiden Moise says the negative feelings he once harboured toward the RCMP given the history the force has with Indigenous people have transformed into something positive.

So much for the financial impact of the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa, Windsor and beyond.

Since the pandemic began, Karen Gilbert and her family have been taking extra precautions to protect her youngest child. Four-year-old Jasper, who has multiple health issues, is a patient in CHEO’s complex care program.

Ward 9 Coun. Gian-Carlo Carra said he is going to apologize to Calgarians after he was sanctioned for not disclosing his financial interest in an Inglewood property for six years.

The nation’s system of ‘Indian education’ was not limited to residential schools. These survivors deserve recognition, too.

Key indicators of the level of COVID-19 in Ottawa continue to rise as the city is hit with a new pandemic wave, according to statistics released Tuesday by its public health unit.

Dissatisfied with the city’s current leadership, the two-term councillor on Tuesday filed his paperwork at city hall for the Oct. 24 municipal election.

With the seventh pandemic wave growing, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health is scheduled to give a rare public update Wednesday for an announcement about expanding access to fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses.

As the 13 premiers gathered in Victoria realized Tuesday their demands for more health care dollars would not be met by Ottawa, they became increasingly hostile, accusing the federal government of ignoring them and negotiating through the media.

Winnipeggers can expect a few more cameras in the downtown area in the coming months.

Ottawa residents expressed frustration with the city’s response to the “Freedom Convoy” at a public consultation session on Tuesday that revealed deep divisions over how the protests were perceived.

The CRTC is giving Rogers 10 days to provide details about the massive service outage that saw millions of Canadians lose internet and wireless service last week, while a House of Commons committee will meet Friday to discuss looking into what happened.

The next two weeks of July should see near-perfect weather in Metro Vancouver and a low flood and fire risk across Southern B.C., according to a meteorologist.

Patients treated by physicians who speak their own language are healthier and less likely to die while in hospital, according to a new study led by Ottawa researchers.

In Cold Lake, Alta., Canada’s fighter jets are ready 24-hour a day at the Canadian Forces Base. The oil sands operations of Imperial Oil run around the clock. But the hospital emergency room in the community three hours east of Edmonton doesn’t always have a doctor.

Eighteen-year-old Aren Hemmings planned to spend the summer in the Old North End of Saint John, studying photography and media marketing at the O.N.E. Future program at the Nick Nicolle Community Centre.

The military command responsible for collecting and assessing intelligence is trying to avoid posting junior staff to Ottawa because it has become too expensive to live in the region.

The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in broad daylight Friday shocked a world that has come to associate Japan with relatively low crime and strict gun control.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is 'shocking,' and that Canada has 'lost a close friend' with his death.

Canada Jetlines Operations Ltd. (NEO: CJET) (“ Canada Jetlines ”) the new all-Canadian, leisure airline, is proud to announce successful completion of all demonstration flights for Transport Canada in the process to obtain its Air Operator Certificate (AOC).

The Liberal government is putting a lot of pressure on individuals who took CERB leaving some in financial uncertainty, but major tax evaders seem to still fly under their radar.

The federal government isn’t considering putting up money to help buy shares in the only domestic manufacturer of COVID-19 vaccines, but it is “working on a solution” with Medicago’s parent company.

Income inequality means 40,000 Canadians die each year because they are not as healthy as the wealthiest 20 per cent. Public policy establishes this social inequity by allowing the marketplace to shape policy which dictates the quality and distribution of the social determinants of health.

Robinson Petrazzini will be now accountable to the Minister of Education for the organization of the HWDSB

Ottawa police say 50 criminal charges were laid over the Canada Day long weekend and 12 people were arrested.

Every 36 hours a woman or girl in Canada is murdered, board member says

Police in Barrie arrested a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant as he made his way into the city Monday night.

Canada has long had an immigration system that worked — one that we could be proud of — but right now, no one can say that. Like so many government services these days, the immigration system simply isn’t working like it should.

A member of Parliament has questioned Canada's sports minister on when and what the government knew about an alleged sexual assault at a 2018 Hockey Canada event.

Canada decided that this couple's marriage was 'not genuine.' Now, a Canadian woman is forced to raise a child without a father The post Immigration Canada forces mother-to-be to raise child on her own appeared first on New Canadian Media .

Canada decided that this couple's marriage was 'not genuine.' Now, a Canadian woman is forced to raise a child without a father The post Immigration Canada forces mother-to-be to raise child on her own appeared first on New Canadian Media .

A Winnipeg man who witnessed a violent stabbing at The Forks this weekend says the incident left him embarrassed for the city, although he's thankful the victim will pull through.

The chief of a Michigan police department is asking for forgiveness after it was revealed that his force has been using images of Black men as targets at the force's shooting range.

The 38-year-old first-time cabinet minister has had to address two humanitarian crises, a significant—and growing—backlog, and reports of systemic racism within the department he now manages.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s second carbon tax — known as the Clean Fuel Standard — is the latest example of how his energy policies are drifting further away from reality, while punishing Canadians financially in the process.

Aiden Aslin being held in separatist-controlled part of east Ukraine; strategic island back in Ukrainian hands.

The protests staged in Ottawa over the weekend that caused only minimal disruptions were a far cry from the 'Freedom Convoy' demonstrations that occupied downtown streets for three weeks earlier this year.

At least 11 Iranian students with PhD offers from Canadian universities have been waiting over one year for a decision on their study permit applications.

More than 2,500 charges were laid in the Ontario Provincial Police’s (OPP) central region during Canada Day week, the force says.

Members of a First Nation in Northwestern Ontario are in Winnipeg to search for a woman who has been missing since May.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has indicated his United Conservative government will reveal details next week about additional support to help people deal with high inflation.

University of Regina professor Margot Hurlbert is excited about an injection of $2.5 million in federal funding to support ongoing research into planning how to protect Saskatchewan’s water resources in the future.

Winnipeg Police Service confirm to Global News a stabbing took place around 10:30 p.m. Friday, Canada Day.

Nearly 60 years ago to the day, Saskatchewan doctors went on strike in protest against what would become Canada's universal health care system.

RCMP officers in Saanich, B.C., have identified 22-year-old twin brothers Matthew and Isaac Auchterlonie as the two armed bank robbers who were killed by police in a shootout on Tuesday.

Manitoba RCMP are investigating an officer involved in an exchange of shots fired.

One man is dead and homicide detectives have been called in to investigate in Port Coquitlam early Thursday.

It's been one year since a behemoth fire devastated the small southern B.C. village of Lytton and neighbouring Lytton First Nation.

The government won’t be warning you that your burgers are unhealthy after all.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford suggested Thursday that car insurance rates based on postal codes will 'come to an end.'

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and Canada's top doctor said Thursday that it's imperative everyone eligible for a booster dose gets their third shot now before the new, more infectious Omicron variants take hold in the coming weeks.

As the capital readies for the first in-person Canada Day celebrations since 2019, “freedom movement” protesters plan a string of events starting Thursday.

When it comes to modern former prime ministers, Jean Chrétien reigns as the most popular among Canadians, beating out Prairie favourite Stephen Harper and Ontario’s beloved Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

Anew wide-ranging poll by Michael Ashcroft, a former deputy chairman of the U.K. Conservative Party, took the time to interview 10,096 Canadians about their hopes, dreams, fears and prejudices.

Canada is looking at developing new infrastructure to help other countries transition away from Russian oil and coal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday at the conclusion of the G7 summit in Germany focused on the conflict in Ukraine.

Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, has launched consultations to solicit input and inform a National Agricultural Labour Strategy.

Canada’s “tax gap” has remained relatively stable at nine per cent of federal tax revenues even though the total amount of the shortfall grew over a five-year period, according to a new report issued by the Canada Revenue Agency on Tuesday.

The Ottawa Police Service has had to take “unprecedented measures” to staff its Canada Day policing plan, interim chief Steve Bell said Monday, and it’s resulting in a hit to members’ wellbeing.

The commissioner of the inquiry examining Ottawa's use of the Emergencies Act to bring an end to the 'Freedom Convoy' protest in February has granted standing to the organizers, police and representatives of all three levels of government.

Justice Canada says it should have consulted the inquiry looking into Canada’s worst mass shooting in history instead of withholding critical information from them for nearly four months.

Canada still faces its own disparities in abortion access and may struggle to act as a 'safe haven' for Americans impacted by the overturning of Roe v. Wade, advocates north of the border say.

Operating distinctly from NATO wouldn’t stop us from supporting, say, Ukraine at the moment. Or working with the U.S. on Arctic air defence.

Gas prices are changing summer travel plans across the region.

HMCS Oriole, the Royal Canadian Navy's sail training vessel, will be at the Roberta Bondar dock over the Canada Day long weekend.

For at least three years, Allan Fischer, 59, set up fake business accounts with fake phone numbers, address and emails all across Canada for bulk mail with the postal service.

Dr. Thierry Mesana, who heads the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, has devoted his professional career to treating and understanding heart valve disease. Now a new research chair named in his honour will help improve treatment and care for what Mesana calls the next epidemic of heart disease.

The Waterloo Regional Police Service is asking for the public's help in locating a missing Kitchener girl.

Ottawa police are calling in support from the RCMP for Canada Day festivities, as the service prepares for possible protests over Canada's birthday.

A Toronto man faces multiple charges after a homemade explosive device was set off in the Upper Canada Mall in Newmarket yesterday, causing concern for customers who thought it was gun shots.

The Government of Canada and the Government of Alberta support the Franco-Albertan community

Winnipeg city council unanimously approved a tax rebate to the Southern Chiefs’ Organization as it renovates the former Hudson’s Bay Company storefront on Portage Avenue.

According to Nancy Caron, media relation advisor for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the significant increase is due in part to the introduction of the “temporary residency pathway” Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel.

Members of Parliament and charitable groups are warning that two immigration programs for Afghans who helped Canadian Forces and those at special risk from the Taliban are almost full and thousands living in peril could be left behind.

Surrey lawyer Mohammud Massood Joomratty has been barred from practising law for 12 years after he admitted to misappropriating $450,000 of his client’s funds.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he still 'very much' has confidence in RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, and is denying his government put 'any undue influence or pressure,' on the national police force's investigation into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting.

He has an increasingly defiant caucus, his approval numbers have been in the toilet for years and the very arc of history decrees that he can never win another election.

Canada will open an embassy in Rwanda for the first time in both countries’ diplomatic history, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced in a press conference from Kigali.

Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX: CVE) (NYSE: CVE) today announced a new and significant commitment to Indspire that will support initiatives across Canada aimed at enhancing education and recognizing the outstanding achievements of Indigenous people.

Canada’s transport regulator aims to beef up its passenger rights charter, placing more stringent rules around reimbursement by airlines.

Gassing up remains one of the driving forces behind galloping inflation that continues to soar to new highs.

Canada now has 211 confirmed cases of monkeypox, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and Alberta Health said Wednesday.

Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre is set to get a range of upgrades through a $100-million fundraising campaign it also expects will help with staff recruitment and retention.

A TikTok video calling on Canada's Prime Minister to address homelessness on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has gone viral.

Right before a heat wave this past weekend, Victoria General Hospital had a breakdown on one of two chillers at the facility.

Canada should put in place a strategy to fight ideologically-motivated violent extremism that includes tackling the spread of such movements on the internet, a House of Commons committee says.

Canada's members of parliament will be given panic buttons to call police in an emergency, amid growing harassment, intimidation and threats of violence.

An Edmonton councillor wants to see mansion owners pay higher property taxes, arguing those with more wealth should pay more as the city plans for a tough fiscal year.

B.C. Housing Minister David Eby doubled down on his promise to force municipalities to increase housing stock during a live panel on Tuesday night called The Affordability Puzzle: Who has the Answers.

Two health-care aides are being investigated for abusing up to 15 residents at Extendicare/Oakview Place in Winnipeg.

A bulletin to its investors by Scotiabank this week outlines the economic dilemma the Trudeau government — and, more important, Canadian families — are facing these days.

The Ontario police watchdog says two Vancouver police officers did not commit a criminal offence by shooting less-lethal rounds at two protesters during the “Freedom Convoy”' demonstration in February.

One of Canada’s largest commercial banks fired a broadside at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, warning that high levels of federal spending are hurting the fight against inflation.

Public education about Canada’s treatment of Indigenous Peoples is an important component of the process of reconciliation.

This is a time to celebrate the diverse experiences and cultures of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities, but also to recognize Indigenous peoples and perspectives.

Exhibitors for Canada's Farm Show in Regina are busy putting the finishing touches on their displays, making sure all the equipment is washed, shined and ready to go for opening day.

Canada’s chronic visa backlogs are responsible for scores of no-shows at a prominent Toronto tech conference this week, and prompted at least one technopreneur to take his investment dollars elsewhere.

Abbotsford police are investigating a bizarre incident involving a car being damaged by an arrow over the weekend.

VANCOUVER — A flood watch has been issued for the south Thompson River in British Columbia, where a forecast calling for long-lasting rain means swollen waterways could overflow and cause flooding in some areas.

The 2022 Kinetico Kids of Steel Triathlon returned from its COVID hiatus Sunday in southeast Calgary.

Every year, about 300 to 400 outbreak cases of norovirus are reported to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Many often go unreported in food-service settings such as restaurants, catering events and cruise ships, according to the health agency.

A donation centre to help Ukrainians new to Canada says it's in desperate need of supplies to support traumatized new arrivals.

Two men are dead following a shooting in Brampton early Sunday in a banquet hall parking lot.

Two people have been transported to hospital in life-threatening condition after a shooting in Scarborough, ON, Sunday evening.

Canada will return home from the Under-18 women's Americas Championship with a silver medal, but there were moments on Sunday when the basketball squad looked like it had a chance to upset the powerhouse U.S. squad.

The ongoing crisis in Ukraine has reverberated in Canada in highlighting refugee care inequities.

After a string of break-ins and supply chain hiccups, a renowned glassblowing studio in south Edmonton is opening.

Colton Rolof credits the Enviros Shunda Creek Treatment Centre with saving his life.

The Regina Symphony Orchestra is trying to find its rhythm despite constant disruptions.

Danielle Smith, who’s vying to become the next leader of Alberta’s United Conservatives, has promised that if she becomes premier, new legislation will simply allow Alberta to ignore federal laws, court rulings and regulatory decisions that the provincial legislature doesn’t like.

Angry bank customers who traveled to a city in central China attempting to retrieve their savings from troubled rural banks were stopped in their tracks by a common technology: a QR code.

The immigration backlog in Canada has ballooned to 2.4 million people, with over 250,000 applications adding to the pile over a one-month span alone.

The decision to split P.E.I. into two EI zones was made for 'crass political reasons,' and workers and employers continue to pay the price, says a former Island MP.

Earlier this month, Sean McTavish’s three-year-old son woke up sick with inflamed red and white tonsils. McTavish and his wife were worried it might be a bacterial infection that required antibiotics, so they called their family doctor.

Telus Health is disputing claims that its private, fee-based services create a two-tier system that allows some to jump the queue, saying patients who pay for the LifePlus program only receive services not covered by B.C.’s Medical Services Plan.

Former B.C. Supreme Court Justice Austin Cullen has made 101 recommendations to combat rampant money laundering in the province, from expanding the mandate of the civil forfeiture office to creating a new anti-money-laundering czar “who will provide strategic oversight of the provincial response to money laundering.”

Pitching autonomy for Albertans in his campaign for leadership of the UCP, Brian Jean says he will push to open constitutional negotiations if elected.

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will deliver her first major speech since the budget today to outline the programs her government has introduced to deal with rising inflation

Strong winds and heavy rain that prompted warnings from Environment and Climate Change Canada had Calgary's Fire Department responding to hundreds of calls on Tuesday.

Some of the UCP leadership hopefuls aiming to be Alberta’s next premier are staking out their positions on whether the province should create its own police force while the justice minister continues to pitch the idea.

Michelle Rempel Garner isn’t entering the United Conservative Party leadership race just yet. But she is kicking the tires.

An expansive Toronto police report released Wednesday confirms what many racialized people in the city have long said: Black, Indigenous and other diverse groups are disproportionately affected by use of force and strip searches by officers.

Police are investigating an assault against a homeless man in the Park Royal mall area.

Here’s your update with everything you need to know on the COVID-19 situation in B.C. and around the world for the week of June 9-15, 2022.

Alarge fire overnight in Mission, B.C., has left one resident in hospital and a number of residents out of their homes Wednesday morning.

The phasing-in of Inuktut as the language of instruction in Nunavut encountered some pushback Monday, the final day of the territory's spring legislative sitting.

“O Canada” echoed through the convocation hall at Carleton University in Ottawa, as Maryam Sahar stood waiting for her moment to cross the stage and officially graduate with a bachelor of arts degree in political science.

Tyson “Freedom George” Billings was mobbed like a rock star by his supporters as he walked free from the Ottawa courthouse Wednesday morning following his guilty plea to a single count of counselling others to commit mischief.

A final vote is still three months away but — barring any seismic unexpected upset — almost every single metric is pointing towards Pierre Poilievre winning a sweeping victory in the Conservative leadership race come September.

Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson is at the bottom of the heap when it comes to provincial leader approval ratings according to quarterly poll results released by the Angus Reid Institute on Tuesday.

The federal government on Tuesday announced it will be spending just over $77 million to help rebuild Lytton, B.C., in a way that could better withstand future fires, almost a year to the day after the village was destroyed by flames.

Rebecca Schulz has stepped down as Alberta’s Children’s Services Minister and is adding her name to the list of people looking to replace Jason Kenney as UCP leader and premier.

Here’s your update with everything you need to know on the COVID-19 situation in B.C. and around the world for the week of June 9-15, 2022.

The Liberal government is introducing cybersecurity legislation that will allow it to implement its Huawei and ZTE ban and introduce a new cybersecurity regime for critical infrastructure in the telecom, finance, transport and energy sectors.

New Brunswick’s education minister took to Twitter over the weekend, commenting on something unrelated to his portfolio, but it's a topic Dominic Cardy says he has experience with.

AJack Hulland Elementary School parent whose children have faced violence at the hands of other students says the territorial education department isn't providing the resources or plans needed for a safe, truly inclusive learning environment.

Winnipeg police say a man found seriously injured in a Broadway apartment over the weekend is the city's latest homicide.

The coroner’s inquest into the death of 17-year-old Riley Fairholm, who was fatally shot by a Sûreté du Québec officer in the Eastern Townships municipality of Lac-Brome in 2018, started Monday, with Fairholm’s mother recounting the night of his death.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has not even named a new cabinet, fresh off his majority election victory, and one of the biggest challenges his new government will face is already staring him down.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he tested positive for coronavirus Monday, just four days after meeting with President Joe Biden at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California.

Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time and just days after he met with leaders from the Western Hemisphere including Prime Minister Andrew Holness and US President Joe Biden.

Canada's COVID Alert app will be discontinued in the coming days, a federal government source tells The Canadian Press.

Health Canada has approved an experimental drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, as uncertainty persists about the drug's clinical benefit

Peterborough police dealt with a pair of hate crimes on the weekend, leading to the arrest of one person and the search for three other suspects.

Geoff Johnson: Special education not a luxury for those with dyslexia

Animal lovers descended on the Manitoba Legislature grounds on Saturday to call on the federal government to end the exportation of horses and denounce Canada’s horse exportation industry, while celebrating their love for horses.

The three-month-old German shepherd will not be removed from his new home in Kamloops, B.C. after his teenage owner, Hailey Fiddes, 16, made a heartfelt appeal to city council to let her keep the dog despite a city bylaw that caps the number of canine pets per home to two.

Daniel Shimout 'never wanted to be famous,' but with work now across Canada and as far as Switzerland, the Coral Harbour, Nunavut, born carver says 'it's pretty cool.'

Windsor Regional Hospital has plenty of time to get it right.

The next elections in Saskatchewan may be a long ways away — but Elections Saskatchewan is busy preparing now, so all eligible voters will have the chance to cast their ballot when the time comes.

HALIFAX — When Meaghan Belanger's mother informed her about a Nova Scotia camp for children in grief, the teenager's initial reaction was unenthusiastic as she feared it would be too teary and dull.

Nova Scotia has a shortage of tradespeople and some in the sector say upcoming projects could suffer due to the lack of labour.

An expert on mothers who kill their newborns says she was dismayed to see a Winnipeg woman charged with manslaughter this week in the death of her infant daughter.

Reader letter: Encourage competition when building new local hospital

A“major” national security investigation is underway in light of a warning from Canadian border security agents about potential explosives in vehicles parked near Parliament Hill, sources tell Global News.

Animal lovers descended on the Manitoba Legislature grounds on Saturday to call on the federal government to end the exportation of horses and denounce Canada’s horse exportation industry, while celebrating their love for horses.

In Canada, 15% to 20% of the population has dyslexia — an estimated five million people.

In recent weeks, the inquiry into Canada’s worst-ever mass shooting has unearthed shocking details into how the RCMP failed to tell Nova Scotians that an active shooter was in their midst. After the killer – a 51-year-old denturist – murdered 13 of his neighbours in a rural area of Portapique on the night of April 18, 2020, RCMP assumed that the shooter had taken his own life and that the massacre was over.

There hasn’t been a resolution in the labour dispute between the Canadian men’s team and Canada Soccer, but there has been a reset. The fiery Canada Soccer press conferences and fans bitter over Sunday’s cancelled friendly have been put in the past — for now.

Cornell Wright, Chair of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced that a transformational $10 million gift to the company has been received from Canadian business leader Donald K. Johnson to honour his late wife Anna McCowan-Johnson's life-long love of ballet and commitment to sharing that love with the broader community.

A new operations centre in Chinatown, and a plea for Alberta to immediately fund permanent shelter spaces, are part of Edmonton’s new public safety plan ordered by the provincial government.

A message from Ottawa’s top doctor encouraging continued mask use has left some confused following Ontario’s announcement that the province’s mandatory masking requirements for transit and certain health settings would end this Saturday.

For Dan Leblanc, the outcome of Regina city council’s debate on conversion therapy sent a message. But so did the voices raised in opposition.

Local officials told MPs considering whether the federal government should control the street in front of Parliament Hill that it would be a complicated handover and there are a lot of details beyond just security to be worked out.

Ontario will lift most mask requirements this weekend as they were set to expire and the city will follow suit, with masking requirements lifted at midnight Saturday on Ottawa’s public transit and for municipal employees.

The Edmonton Police Commission released police Chief Dale McFee’s 2022 salary on Wednesday after a request for it to be made public was made earlier this year.

Surrey RCMP is investigating a security breach at WorkSafeBC after the discovery of alleged fraudulent activity related to the government’s COVID-19 paid sick leave program for businesses.

The Directors Guild of Canada’s British Columbia branch has reached a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, representing Hollywood producers, and its local counterpart, the Canadian Media Producers Association.

Drivers heading to Alberta from the southern Interior will face delays this summer if they plan on taking the most direct route via the Trans-Canada Highway.

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Canada on Wednesday, 8 June, announced sanctions against the export of 28 services 'vital' for the operation of the oil, gas, and chemical industries, including accounting and advertising.

Recently, Australia and Canada have repeatedly sent their military jets for inflammatory close-in reconnaissance near China's airspace, and complained China's countermeasures to protect its own sovereignty and security.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has nominated accomplished lawyer Philippe Dufresne to be the next federal privacy commissioner.

The prime minister of Barbados evoked a Jamaican reggae legend Wednesday as she described in stark terms the “triple crisis” in her region that’s threatening the health and welfare of the entire Western Hemisphere.

AWinnipeg woman is accused of putting her newborn daughter in a garbage bin in a back lane, where the infant was found dead in May, police say.

Canada’s immigration department should make the study permit process more transparent to reduce discrimination against African students, a parliamentary committee has recommended.

The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation has twice sought a change of venue for a trial into allegations by a former foundation scholar who says she was sexually harassed by her assigned mentor, pressured to keep it quiet and left unsupported and unbelieved.

Being able to walk, albeit with orthopedic braces, is not something Ross Wightman takes for granted.

Manitoba is now accepting applications for the province’s Student Advisory Council, Wayne Ewasko, Manitoba's education and early childhood learning minister, announced Wednesday.

With more students taking online courses than ever before, the provincial auditor says some people are falling between the cracks.

Justice Minister David Lametti announced Wednesday the appointment of a special interlocutor to co-ordinate the government's response to the unmarked graves that have been identified at a number of former residential school sites.

Sakari Manninen scored on a power play at 6:42 of 3-on-3 overtime and Finland beat Canada 4-3 on Sunday for its fourth world hockey championship title.

Ronnie Hawkins, a brash rockabilly star from Arkansas who became a patron of the Canadian music scene after moving north and recruiting a handful of local musicians later known as the Band, died May 29. He was 87.

For the third year in a row, a record number of students entered Habitat for Humanity Canada's Meaning of Home contest.