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News that the Canadian Women's Hockey League will cease operations has been met with nearly universal shock and disappointment.

Several artists are pulling support for the Indigenous Music Awards over concerns about cultural appropriation of Inuit throat singing.

Police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for one of four suspects wanted in connection with the abduction of Chinese international student Wanzhen Lu.

A career official in the White House security office says dozens of people in U.S. President Donald Trump's administration were granted security clearances despite 'disqualifying issues' in their backgrounds, such as concerns about foreign influence, drug use and criminal conduct.

An obstetrics nurse who was fired from the Moncton Hospital and is being investigated by the RCMP over allegations she administered a labour-inducing drug to two women without consent has also had her licence suspended indefinitely.

Having children comes at a "significant" cost for a woman's career, according to a recent report from the Royal Bank of Canada, which says women lose earnings for up to five years after giving birth.

Having children comes at a "significant" cost for a woman's career, according to a recent report from the Royal Bank of Canada, which says women lose earnings for up to five years after giving birth.

The leaked copy of a government report on climate change says that since 1948, Canada's annual average temperature over land has warmed 1.7 C, with higher rates seen in the North, the Prairies and northern British Columbia.

Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says the economy needs a longer lift from stimulative interest rates to overcome domestic and global economic hurdles, though he predicts the country's recent economic weakness to only be temporary.

The main takeaway from a new government report on climate change is that not only is it much more frightening and immediate than we all thought, as the UN reported six months ago, it's at least twice as bad in Canada. Twice. As. Bad.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: all fentanyl analogs will soon be controlled substances in China as part of drug crackdown; challenging Apple on phone repairs; California's 'green rush' into cannabis has lessons for Canada.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: all fentanyl analogs will soon be controlled substances in China as part of drug crackdown; challenging Apple on phone repairs; California's 'green rush' into cannabis has lessons for Canada.

When wildfire smoke descends, Payton Knight is trapped inside. The outside world can be suffocating. 

Caitlan Coleman continued her testimony Monday describing how she planned to escape from her estranged husband, Joshua Boyle.

Some Liberal MPs are pushing for an emergency meeting to decide whether Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott should be kicked out of caucus to contain the SNC-Lavalin scandal.

Some Liberal MPs are pushing for an emergency meeting to decide whether Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott should be kicked out of caucus to contain the SNC-Lavalin scandal.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the country's Constitution does not guarantee a prisoner sentenced to capital punishment "a painless death."

The U.S. Supreme Court has made it clear America's constitution does not guarantee a prisoner sentenced to capital punishment "a painless death," paving the way for the execution of a convicted murderer who sought to die by lethal gas rather than lethal injection because of a rare medical condition.

In an opinion piece in the Washington Post, Mark Zuckerberg said governments and regulators, rather than private companies like Facebook, should be more active in policing the Internet.

Parliament will again try to take control of Britain's departure from the European Union on Monday, with some lawmakers hoping to force Prime Minister Theresa May to drop her Brexit strategy and pursue close economic ties with the bloc.

Parliament will again try to take control of Britain's departure from the European Union on Monday, with some lawmakers hoping to force Prime Minister Theresa May to drop her Brexit strategy and pursue close economic ties with the bloc.

Britain's exit from the European Union remained deadlocked on Monday after Parliament failed to agree on any alternative to Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce deal.

The U.S. House of Representatives judiciary committee will prepare subpoenas this week seeking special counsel Robert Mueller's full Russia report as the Justice Department appears likely to miss an April 2 deadline set by Democrats for the report's release.

The happy couple — with the bride sporting an all-white snowsuit — exchanged their vows at a pretty spectacular wedding venue: Gros Morne National Park.

Scientists have found that ice cliffs on Greenland's Helheim Glacier are slumping — a sensation that typically happens on land. This may trigger rapid sea-level rise, the study says.

A plane that spent nearly six decades on the bottom of a Saskatchewan lake has finally landed in its new home.

Jiatoo Immigration Consulting Inc., run by 24-year-old Zhihao Jia, quietly shut the doors at its Pembina Highway office in early March, clearing out furniture in a seemingly overnight move with no notice given to its landlord or clients.

Mozambican authorities announced the first cholera death among cyclone survivors in the hard-hit city of Beira as the number of cases rises to 517.

Mozambican and international health workers raced on Monday to contain the outbreak of cholera in the cyclone-hit city of Beira, where the number of cases of the disease has jumped to 517 and the first death has been recorded.

Since taking power almost a year ago, Doug Ford's government has made many changes to provincial programs. Here's a rundown of what's coming into effect on April 1.

Unlike five other provinces, Nova Scotia does not regulate massage therapists. That means anybody can claim to be one, and there is no provincial oversight or disciplinary body to formally deal with complaints.

Perhaps Wilson-Raybould had the worst of intentions: take down the leadership, destroy the party, ennoble her reputation, profit somehow. Great. If true, that's an interesting peripheral element. But the principal question here is whether the PMO tried to meddle in the justice system.

The federal Liberal government will begin levying its carbon tax on greenhouse gas-emitting fuels today in the four provinces that have refused to take part in the pan-Canadian climate framework designed to lower carbon emissions to help Canada meet its reduction targets.

While British politicians struggle to find a way forward with the U.K.’s plan to leave the European Union, determined demonstrators for and against Brexit make their case outside Parliament.

Customers are being warned expect long lines, delayed openings and supply shortages as Ontario’s first licensed cannabis stores open this week.

An outdoor holding facility under the bridge connecting El Paso and Mexico became a focal point for the debate over whether the United States has a migrant crisis on its hands — until it abruptly disappeared on Sunday.

Water is something most Canadians take for granted and it's no wonder. Per capita, our country has the world's third-largest freshwater reserves, but yet in many Indigenous communities, water can be difficult to access, at-risk because of unreliable treatment systems, or contaminated. 

A new wave of Canuck talent shared the stage with industry luminaries at Sunday's Canadian Screen Awards gala in Toronto.

A statewide ramp-up of cannabis farming in California has led to a whole new problem: overproduction of marijuana as wholesale prices for pot have fallen in the past year.

With experts so divided, no wonder Canadians are struggling to read the economic tea leaves, including upcoming jobs numbers, for themselves.

Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan suffered a severe setback as his ruling AK Party lost control of the capital Ankara for the first time in a local election and he appeared to concede defeat in the country's largest city, Istanbul.

Nipsey Hussle, the skilled and respected rapper who earned a Grammy nomination this year for his major-label debut and was heavily respected in South Los Angeles where he grew up, has died, authorities said. He was 33.

Schitt's Creek and Anne with an E took the top TV trophies at the Canadian Screen Awards in Toronto, while the French-language drama Une colonie scored best film.

Cardinal and Letterkenny are among the TV winners so far at the Canadian Screen Awards, while the French-language drama Une colonie scored best film.