Local interpreters who worked with the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan are pleading for Canada's help in immigrating, after the U.S. military's withdrawal has led to resurgence of the Taliban.
More than 1,400 properties in British Columbia's Cariboo region have been placed on evacuation order as wildfires rage across the province.
The body of a fifth man who died as a result of a crane collapse in Kelowna, B.C., has been recovered.
Toronto City Council voted on Wednesday in favour of renaming Dundas Street due to its connotation with Scottish minister Henry Dundas, a politician known for delaying the abolition of slavery within the British empire.
Linda O’Leary told the host of a dinner party she attended hours before a fatal Ontario boat crash to make her drink “super light” because she would be designated driver that night, a court heard Wednesday.
A union that advocated successfully in 2007 for crane-operators to be certified is calling on local governments and the province to require better safety precautions when the fixtures are put up or taken down.
Mamadi Camara, the Montrealer who was wrongfully arrested and detained for six days in January, is suing the police for $1.2 million.
Bracebridge OPP say, six people are believed to have been involved in a two vessel boating crash on Lake Rosseau near Windermere Marina on Wednesday July 14th, 2021..
A teen charged with first-degree murder in the hit-and-run death of a Calgary police officer is to remain in custody until his trial early next year.
More information is coming to light regarding the family that was seriously injured in a fire pit accident Monday night near Port Burwell, Ont.
Much of central and eastern British Columbia is under a special weather bulletin warning of smoky skies, as hundreds of wildfires rage out of control in the province.
Hamilton’s chief of police is thanking those who intervened in an attack on a Muslim mother and daughter Monday night in what investigators are labelling a hate crime.
Ontario has removed language about racism and colonialism from text accompanying its math curriculum.
An internal investigation into the Lethbridge Police Service's response to a firearms incident on May 4, 2020 is now complete and the officers involved will not be disciplined.
Cracks could be forming around the Pallister Government as a member of the premier‘s inner circle has resigned following controversial comments Pallister made about colonial settlers – comments he says he stands by.
The grieving family of a man who died in the tragic Kelowna crane collapse went to the scene Tuesday night, bringing flowers and photos of with them.
Ubisoft recently released a character into its video game Rainbow Six Siege with both Nakoda and Saskatchewan roots - codenamed Thunderbird.
An internal investigation into the Lethbridge Police Service's response to a firearms incident on May 4, 2020 is now complete and the officers involved will not be disciplined.
Mamadi Camara, the Montrealer who was wrongfully arrested and detained for six days in January, is suing the police for $1.2 million.
The market for Metro Vancouver's priciest homes saw a bit of a lull at the beginning of the pandemic, but a recent report shows any hesitation is a thing of the past.
Raymond, Alta. farmer John McKee says his dryland crops look pretty good from the road but up close, you get a much different picture.
Canadian 2D effects artist Genevieve Letourneau says working on 'Space Jam: A New Legacy' was 'like a dream come true.'
A jet-black head with eyes to match, a tuxedo of black and white plumage — at first glance, the thick-billed murre might be mistaken for a penguin. But this chicken-sized seabird is a creature of its own, inhabiting the seas, skies, and shores of the arctic. Like so many northern creatures, however, the murre is threatened by rising temperatures and shortened winters — and a new McGill study is helping uncover why.
Shark sightings are nothing new for the fishing village of Alma, which is located near Fundy National Park, but teeth being left in the buoys is something that has only started happening in the last three or four years.
Bracebridge OPP say, six people are believed to have been involved in a two vessel boating crash on Lake Rosseau near Windermere Marina on Wednesday July 14th, 2021..
The cleanup is underway across Simcoe County and parts of Muskoka after severe storms rolled through the region and surrounding areas Tuesday afternoon, causing trees to topple, localized flooding and damaged property.
After months of closures and lockdown, fitness facilities are preparing to open as the province moves to the next phase of its reopening plan.
A pilot project in Edmonton is converting fire hydrants into water stations to provide access to free potable water.
After 17 years the Starlite Room no longer requires people to have a membership for entry to shows.
There are currently 113 COVID-19 patients in hospital including 33 in intensive care units.
A Drayton-area server says she was shortchanged on a tip from a customer after telling them she hadn't yet received a COVID-19 vaccine.
A flood of sewage in the Bridgeport area of Kitchener has caused a major traffic headache that's expected to last for weeks.
A 40-year-old Cambridge man has been charged in relation to what Hamilton police are calling a hate crime attack.
More information is coming to light regarding the family that was seriously injured in a fire pit accident Monday night near Port Burwell, Ont.
An investigation is underway after fire destroyed a home on Appel Street.
Huron County OPP are asking the public to be on the look out for 45-year-old Shawn Douglas Elliott.
A new report from the Ontario Nonprofit Network has found non-profits in the province were hit hard by the pandemic. According to its figures, 61 per cent of respondents lost volunteers while 7 out of 10 did not receive any provincial support.
Sault Ste. Marie is moving its downtown bus terminal to its Huron street office, amalgamating all transit services under one roof.
Restaurants in the province can seat guests indoors starting Friday, but some owners are scrambling as they struggle to hire staff.
The latest on COVID-19 in Ottawa for Thursday, July 15, 2021.
MRC des Collines police say they’ve evacuated the water park at Mont Cascades because of a reported gun threat.
Ottawa Public Health is adding zero COVID-19 cases to its total for Ottawa for the second time in three days.
Regina city council has sent a bylaw to ban conversion therapy to a third reading next month.
There are renewed calls for education and reconciliation after a racist sign was posted on a Saskatchewan First Nation east of Prince Albert Wednesday morning.
A local developer has designed an app that helps keep drivers attention on the road.
A Toronto townhouse on a busy street that drew multiple offers and sold for $420,000 above asking is a sign there is still plenty of heat left in the city’s red-hot market.
Toronto City Council voted on Wednesday in favour of renaming Dundas Street due to its connotation with Scottish minister Henry Dundas, a politician known for delaying the abolition of slavery within the British empire.
The owners of an Ontario home that is displaying a coffin repurposed as a flowerbed on their front lawn have won their fight to keep the unique decoration after a neighbour filed a complaint with the city.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is promising to pay and protect the essential workers with a plan that will create more than a million jobs.
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit says walk-in COVID-19 vaccine appointments for first doses are now available for all age groups at mass vaccination sites.
Commodore Josee Kurtz may be bringing an outsider's perspective as the first woman to command the Royal Military College of Canada, but she says she has no immediate plans for radical changes to the institution.
The second round of Manitoba's reopening plan will begin this weekend.
Starting Saturday, retail businesses in Manitoba can increase capacity to 50 per cent as the province announced the newest round of reopening health orders Wednesday.
Chiefs in Manitoba have re-elected Arlen Dumas as the head of the organization representing First Nations in the province.
Green party executives have taken a first step toward suspending Annamie Paul's membership in the party she leads, the latest development in a feud that has threatened her future in the top job.
A well-known American advocate of stronger Canada-U.S. ties helped state lawmakers from across the Midwest formally vent their bilateral frustrations Wednesday with an official request that the two countries "immediately" open their shared border to fully vaccinated travellers.
Commodore Josee Kurtz may be bringing an outsider's perspective as the first woman to command the Royal Military College of Canada, but she says she has no immediate plans for radical changes to the institution.
An international task force that includes three Canadian members of Parliament says social media sites must be held accountable for driving users to extremist content and legislators should consider regulations to combat the rise of antisemitism online.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelled to Quebec's Gaspe region on Wednesday and made a campaign-style announcement of $25 million to expand a wind turbine plant to produce blades destined for markets in the United States and Europe.
The federal ethics watchdog is reviewing a request to investigate Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over payments his MPs offices made to a company owned by his friend.
After 24 years of heartache and searching, a Chinese couple were reunited with their son who was abducted as a toddler outside their front gate.
COVID-19 has absorbed the world's energies and isolated countries from one another, which may have accelerated the creep of authoritarianism and extremism across the globe, some researchers and activists believe.
Thousands of anti-vaccine demonstrators protested in Greece's two largest cities Wednesday against plans to make coronavirus vaccines available to children 15 and older.
Wildfires encroach on the parched lands of other Native American tribes in the U.S. Pacific Northwest that already are struggling to preserve traditional hunting and fishing practices amid historic drought. At least two tribes have declared states of emergency amid the devastation.
More than 20 people have died and dozens of people are missing in Germany and neighbouring Belgium after heavy flooding turned streams and streets into raging torrents, sweeping away cars and causing buildings to collapse.
The U.S. Interior Department has started combing through records in hopes of identifying past boarding schools and the names and tribes of students. The project also will try to determine how many children perished while attending those schools and were buried in unmarked graves.
Local interpreters who worked with the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan are pleading for Canada's help in immigrating, after the U.S. military's withdrawal has led to resurgence of the Taliban.
More than 1,400 properties in British Columbia's Cariboo region have been placed on evacuation order as wildfires rage across the province.
The body of a fifth man who died as a result of a crane collapse in Kelowna, B.C., has been recovered.
COVID-19 deaths and cases are on the rise again globally in a dispiriting setback that is triggering another round of restrictions and dampening hopes for a return to normal life.
Health Canada says the sale of certain face masks that were recalled for containing graphene can resume after the agency assessed the masks and found 'no health risks of concern.'
The B.C. government is reconstituting the BC Emergency Health Services board of directors and increasing funding for ambulance service in the province after it faced intense criticism in the wake of the recent heat dome.
Canadian fans of Harry Styles saw their "Watermelon Sugar" high crushed after the British singer quietly cancelled concerts set for Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal later this year.
Meghan and Prince Harry's second Netflix project will focus on a 12-year-old girl's adventures in an animated series.
Nicolas Cage is now saying he's out of a planned 'Tiger King' series.
At the heart of the standoff between India and social media platforms is a sweeping internet law that puts companies like Twitter and Facebook under direct government oversight. Officials say the rules are needed to quell misinformation and hate speech and to give users more power to flag objectionable content.
REvil, the ransomware gang that attacked meat supplier JBS Foods this spring and a major IT software vendor this month, has mysteriously vanished from the internet, according to cybersecurity experts tracking the group.
A new study has found evidence of menopause occurring in killer whales, puzzling scientists about how and why it evolved.
The Bank of Canada says the domestic economy will grow at a slightly slower pace this year than it previously thought and expects the risks from COVID-19 to wane - but not enough to change its trendsetting policy rate.
Danish toymaker Lego says it has asked a Utah-based gun company to stop producing a product that makes a pistol look like it is covered with the famous multi-coloured building brick.
Asian shares were mixed Thursday, taking their cues from a wobbly day of trading on Wall Street.
General Motors is telling owners of some older Chevrolet Bolts to park them outdoors and not to charge them overnight because two of the electric cars caught fire after recall repairs were made.
City-owned vehicles, including buses, ambulances, fire trucks and police cars, have been ticketed for speeding and running red lights twice a day for the past year by Toronto’s automated enforcement system.
General Motors is recalling more than 400,000 pickup trucks in the U.S. because the side air bags can explode without warning and spew parts into the cabin.
Gerry Mullins and his beagle Willy are a dynamic duo like no other - the pair can often be spotted cycling through the streets of Halifax.
Now that pandemic restrictions are easing, there is a gentle art to opening your home again to guests who are out of practice and grappling with a somewhat changed social terrain.
England's first trip to the European Championship finals didn’t exactly go as planned after losing to Italy during the penalty shootout. But for many on the internet, it was the animated reactions of Prince George that stole the show.
Four people have been arrested over online racist abuse aimed at members of the England soccer team after Sunday's European Championship final, British police said on Thursday.
FBI officials investigating allegations of sexual abuse by disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar violated the agency's policies by making false statements and failing to properly document complaints by the accusers, resulting in a delay in the probe into the claims, the Justice Department's inspector general said in a scathing report Wednesday.
With the postponed Summer Olympics set to open in Tokyo next week, Beijing has made moves to show its preparations for the Winter Games are well on track for February despite the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic.
