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OTTAWA — The head of the Transportation Safety Board says Canada needs to move fast on better national "crashworthiness" standards for buses and other commercial passenger vehicles in light of two deadly bus collisions over the last year.Last week's double-decker transit bus crash in Ottawa that killed three people and injured 23 others, as well as the Humboldt hockey-team bus collision that killed 16 and injured 13 last April, highlight the need for passenger buses to meet stricter safety

TORONTO — Celine Dion is pulling a song she recorded with R. Kelly from streaming services in the wake of a Lifetime docuseries that details allegations of sexual misconduct against the R&B singer.Sony Music says it has been instructed by the Quebec superstar's management to withdraw the Kelly-penned song "I'm Your Angel," which was recorded in 1998.The chart hit appeared on Dion's holiday album, "These are Special Times," and was nominated for a Grammy for best pop collaboration.The m

It was the most wonderful time of the year, but now it's the most depressing. Welcome to January in Canada.When the Christmas cheer has dissipated and there are no holidays to look forward to, it's just sort of an abyss of cold weather. In fact, the third Monday of January — which is Jan. 21 in 2019 — has been unofficially dubbed Blue Monday, a day that brings acute awareness to the fact that we have nothing to look forward to but paying off holiday credit card debt.WATCH: 5 ways to

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada has asked China to spare the life of a British Columbia man facing a death sentence, calling capital punishment "inhumane."Freeland also trumpeted a long list of allies that the country has courted in its efforts to free two other Canadians imprisoned last month after Canada arrested a Chinese executive at the request of the United States.Freeland's remarks in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., on Tuesday came after China shot back at Pri

More floods, more extreme storms, more heatwaves, more droughts — this is what our world will experience due to global warming and it's only going to get worse if we do not drastically transform our energy systems within the next 12 years. That's according to a recent special report from the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).The report highlights the need for people to change their eating to more sustainable options in order to limit warming to 1.5°C. Bas

Growing up with red hair in a post-"South Park" world can't be easy. But it's clear that gingers also have a strong sense of community, and that they can develop solidarity with their heroes: Amy Adams, Emma Stone, Damian Lewis.And, of course, Prince Harry.A four-year-old British girl had a moment of pure ginger communion on Monday, when she met Prince Harry by holding up a a sign that read "#Gingers Unite," with "I ❤️ you Harry" written underneath for good measure.Naturally, Harry

TORONTO — Ontario is reviewing 82 municipalities, a move that raises the possibility of amalgamations and comes not long after the Progressive Conservative government slashed the size of Toronto's city council nearly in half.The province has tapped two experts to conduct the review of Halton, York, Durham, Waterloo, Niagara, Peel, Muskoka District, Oxford County, the County of Simcoe and their lower-tier municipalities.One of the questions the experts will consider is whether two-tier stru

BURNABY, B.C. — Former New Democrat MP Svend Robinson is attempting a political comeback, nearly 15 years after his theft of an expensive diamond ring brought an end to his decades-long career.Robinson is expected to be acclaimed as the NDP candidate in the riding of Burnaby North-Seymour at a nomination meeting later this week after serving seven terms in various ridings in the Metro Vancouver city from 1979 to 2004.Robinson made the announcement today outside his childhood home in the ri

Some nights, you work hard to make sure your family eats a nutritious, well-balanced dinner.And some nights you just need some mac and cheese. We're in deep winter now, it's dark all the freaking time, and you're likely getting so sick of slow cooker recipes (how much cream of mushroom soup can one eat, really?).That's where this buffalo mac and cheese with bacon comes in to get you excited about food again.Even just watching that gooey liquid cheese cascade over the noodles in the video above s

Canadians enjoy the highest level of wealth of any people among the G7 countries, but our "unsustainable" way of growing the economy means we're burning through that wealth, and setting ourselves up for harder times ahead.That's the conclusion of a research paper from the International Institute for Sustainable Development, which pointed to "the depletion of many of Canada's natural resources" as a major source of the problem, along with the increasing flow of money into the housing market inste

Theresa May’s government was hanging by a thread on Tuesday night after MPs rejected her Brexit plan by a massive majority.In a shattering personal defeat for the prime minister, the House of Commons voted by 432 to 202 to throw out her proposals for the UK to quit the EU. It represents a majority of 230.Tory Brexiteers and May’s DUP allies sent shockwaves across Europe as they joined forces with Labour and other parties to reject May’s plans.In a surprise move, May told M

CALGARY — Police in Calgary have arrested a Catholic priest who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a church more than six years ago.Investigators say the woman told them last October about assaults at St. Mark Roman Catholic Church in the city's northeast between September and October 2012.The alleged victim, an adult woman, reported being sexually touched without consent on several occasions by a priest at the church.In October 2018, Bishop (William) McGrattan placed Fr. D'Souza

If this was the year you vowed to press pause on "Stranger Things," pry yourself off your well-worn couch, and trade in your jammies for workout gear, only to find yourself watching "Stranger Things" for the past two weeks — in your jammies — we feel you.The struggle is real to find the motivation to put on 42 layers of clothes to brave the frigid temps to hit the gym. Your couch is comfy. It's safe. It's warm.But we have faith in you. And so does personal trainer and fitness instruc

Two boys roughhouse as a group of dads and other boys watch on, muttering "boys will be boys." A man walking with a small boy witnesses a group of bullies chasing another boy down the street. A mom comforts her crying son as he's cyberbullied for being a "sissy."These powerful scenes of everyday toxic masculinity are just a few from the wave-making new advertisement from shaving brand Gillette that might resonate with parents. The one minute and 48 second spot posted to Gillette's social media a

Last year the media reported an uptick in loneliness — with all of its negative implications — among young people. Learning to be comfortable alone is an important life skill. It is often overlooked in parenting because there is such intense focus on interpersonal social skills development.The skill of being comfortable alone connects to every person in the world. Many times in life, we will find ourselves alone. Being comfortable alone is not the same as feeling lonely.This skill be

SURREY, B.C. — The RCMP will review the actions of officers who arrested 14 people at an Indigenous pipeline blockade in northwestern British Columbia, and will also erect a temporary detachment to maintain safety in the area.The Mounties enforced a court injunction Jan. 7 allowing Coastal GasLink workers and contractors access to a work site where a natural gas pipeline is planned near Houston, B.C.Earlier: Protests rally behind First Nations. Story continues below.Assistant commissioner

Canada's housing markets ended 2018 with a thud, with sales falling for the fourth straight month in December, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) said Tuesday.The nationwide average house price fell to $472,000, down 4.9 per cent from a year earlier. This doesn't mean prices are falling nationwide; rather, the slowdown in Toronto and Vancouver means fewer of the expensive homes there figure into the calculations, dragging down the average.Nationwide home sales in December were 19 per ce

BEIJING — China shot back at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday in expressing "strong dissatisfaction" with his criticism of a death sentence handed down to an alleged Canadian drug smuggler, while also cautioning its citizens about travelling to Canada.Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Tuesday that Trudeau should "respect the rule of law, respect China's judicial sovereignty, correct mistakes and stop making irresponsible remarks."Hua told reporters at a daily briefing

WASHINGTON — The bitter debate about American security prompted Canada's emissaries in Washington to prepare for another round of defending the world's longest undefended border on Monday, as the longest government shutdown in U.S. history lurched into its fourth week.Ambassador David MacNaughton said he's relishing the chance to talk to U.S. lawmakers about the area where the relationship between the two countries is at its best: managing shared security concerns."I'd say it's more of an

SYDNEY, N.S. — A 28-year-old Saudi man charged with sexually assaulting a Cape Breton woman has gone missing, with a leading immigration lawyer saying it may be a case of the Middle Eastern kingdom helping a citizen flee while awaiting trial.Nova Scotia's prosecution service says Mohammed Zuraibi Alzoabi had $37,500 of his bail posted by the Saudi Arabian embassy last year in relation to the alleged sexual assault, assault and forcible confinement of the woman between Aug. 1, 2015, and Mar