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The woman who captured a widely-circulated video showing an OPP officer forcefully throwing a 16-year-old Indigenous girl to the ground in Sioux Lookout on Tuesday says she was shocked as she watched the incident unfold.

A Canadian air force captain who served two tours in Afghanistan has lost another legal bid for disability benefits, 13 years after losing both her baby son and one of her legs in a motor vehicle accident.

"I want the world to know what has just been lost," says the father of Kieran Shafritz de Zoysa, a straight-A student who loved camping, board games and making home movies.

A woman who backed out of a $6.1-million deal to buy a Vancouver mansion when she learned an alleged gangster was gunned down at the front gate will not be getting her deposit back.

American popstar Britney Spears says she will need time to recover due to family "stress and anxiety," telling "concerned" followers on social media that she "needed time to deal" with things and will be "back very soon."

You dangle staring straight down, then plunge to the ground at 130 km/h. And yes, you'll probably scream.

Mayor Valérie Plante says a bylaw banning styrofoam and plastics will be passed by 2020, but the ban will be phased in gradually to give businesses time to adapt.

Former Liberal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould told a First Nations justice conference Wednesday she is concerned the federal government is falling back into old patterns in its dealings with Indigenous Peoples.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says she's hoping to figure out a way "in the coming weeks" to deal with the heaps of unwanted, rotting garbage shipped to the Philippines by a Canadian company years ago.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says she's hoping to figure out a way "in the coming weeks" to deal with the heaps of unwanted, rotting garbage shipped to the Philippines by a Canadian company years ago.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: Air pollution, already one of the world's biggest killers, is getting worse; Boeing faces a major image problem with its 737 Max; changing work culture to prevent burnout.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: Air pollution, already one of the world's biggest killers, is getting worse; Boeing faces a major image problem with its 737 Max; changing work culture to prevent burnout.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: Air pollution, already one of the world's biggest killers, is getting worse; Boeing faces a major image problem with its 737 Max; changing work culture to prevent burnout.

The Winnipeg Police Service has charged three people with public mischief, accusing them of staging a phony hate-crime attack on their River Heights restaurant.

The Winnipeg Police Service has charged three people with public mischief, accusing them of staging a phony hate-crime attack on their River Heights restaurant.

The trial of former hostage Joshua Boyle has been adjourned until Friday morning, by which time his estranged wife's lawyer is expected to have filed an application that could suspend the Ontario case for years and open up the possibility of a Jordan application.

Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry is recommending that B.C. immediately decriminalize possession of controlled substances for personal use.

As a result of last night's election in P.E.I. - and for the first time anywhere in Canada - a Green Party is forming an Official Opposition. But the polls suggested more was possible.

Prohibiting the advertising of sexual services puts sex-trade workers at risk of harm, lawyers arguing against Canada’s prostitution laws said this morning in a Kitchener, Ont., courtroom.

As firefighters make headway on a large grass fire burning near Biggar, Sask., Saskatchewan's fire commissioner is warning of extremely dry conditions for the southern half of the province.

Volunteer fire crews continue to put out hot spots in a large grass fire near Biggar, Sask.

Flood levels in Saint John reached 5.2 metres on Wednesday and are expected to rise to 5.8 metres by Friday, exceeding last year's historic peak of 5.76 metres, says the local Emergency Measures Organization.

The small Muskoka community of Bracebridge, Ont., has declared a state of emergency following days of heavy rain and swelling rivers and lakes. 

Relatives of the woman who died during flooding in the Village of Quyon, Que., over the weekend are waiting to find out more about the sequence of events that led to her death.

The Bank of Canada keeps its benchmark interest rate at 1.75 per cent, and downgrades its forecast for economic growth from 1.7 per cent this year to 1.2 per cent. The Canadian dollar loses half a cent to trade below 74 cents US as a result of the bleak outlook.

A whooping cough outbreak has been declared in Fredericton, where 10 children from "several" schools and two adults have been diagnosed since January, the regional medical officer of health announced Wednesday.

A skunky smell greeting travellers at Edmonton's airport doesn't mean stinky critters are running loose in the area.

Google affiliate Wing Aviation can start delivering goods by drone in Virginia later this year after being the first company to get U.S. air carrier certification

The widow of an Alberta RCMP officer shot and killed on duty hopes politicians take seriously any recommendations from a fatality inquiry into his death.

Erin Goodpipe and Ben Ironstand are a young Indigenous couple who are both educators in the Regina Public School system. They both come from difficult backgrounds and have strong cultural knowledge - but transferring that knowledge to their classrooms is not always easy.

The New Brunswick government will close the Trans-Canada Highway between Oromocto and Moncton on Wednesday night to deal with flooding, forcing drivers to take a detour that will add 90 kilometres to their travels.

African swine fever is spreading quickly in China and has caused producers to cull massive numbers of pigs to stop the spread.

P.E.I. is waking up to a new government Wednesday morning, but it is not entirely clear how that government will come together.

The work is part of a $3-billion Parks Canada plan to upgrade outdated facilities at national parks, historic sites and marine conservation areas across the country.

The New Brunswick government may have to take an even firmer approach to encouraging people to relocate their homes outside flood zones, Premier Blaine Higgs says as water levels from the St. John River in the Fredericton area surpassed last year's.

More Canadians are working at home than ever before, but for those who do it full-time, there's a risk of isolation and depression.

Justin Trudeau said this year's budget bill does what the Harper government could never do: free the beer. There's just one problem: only the provinces can free the beer, and most of them haven't — including Doug Ford's Ontario, despite its first budget being otherwise loaded with booze measures.

There isn’t really much history of revenue-neutral taxes in Canada, but what there is suggests all that new revenue will indeed prove hard for Ottawa to resist.

Former hostage Joshua Boyle's trial could be on hiatus for months while the lawyer representing his estranged wife appeals a provincial court's decision to allow evidence about the couple's sexual history.

To some, Joe Biden is a steady political hand and seasoned U.S. statesman; to others, he is an occasional punchline and invader of personal space, with a spotty political record. Come Thursday, he likely will be seen by many as the early front-runner to become the Democratic presidential nominee.

The Canada Border Services Agency is conducting a series of tests to learn if its human agents, and its passport-reading machines, are prone to discriminating against certain kinds of travellers.

With the help of the army and thousands of sandbags, Quebec has been better prepared for rising waters this spring than it was for the historic floods of 2017. But bigger changes are needed, experts say.

As geopolitical tensions rise on the high seas in the Asia-Pacific region, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in Ottawa to ask Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a deeper degree of engagement by Canada.

Boeing has technical fixes for the 737 Max airliner and new training for pilots in the wake of two disastrous crashes. Now comes the hard part: getting passengers and airlines back on board.

Boeing has technical fixes for the 737 Max airliner and new training for pilots in the wake of two disastrous crashes. Now comes the hard part: getting passengers and airlines back on board.

A court in Hong Kong handed down prison sentences of up to 16 months Wednesday to eight leaders of massive 2014 pro-democracy protests after they were convicted last month of public nuisance offences.

Sri Lanka's president has asked for the resignations of the defence secretary and national police chief, a dramatic internal shakeup after security forces shrugged off intelligence reports warning of possible attacks before Easter bombings that killed over 350 people, the president's office said Wednesday.

Sri Lanka's president has asked for the resignations of the defence secretary and national police chief, a dramatic internal shakeup after security forces shrugged off intelligence reports warning of possible attacks before Easter bombings that killed over 350 people, the president's office said Wednesday.

The death toll from the Easter suicide bombings in Sri Lanka rose to 359 and more suspects have been arrested, police said Wednesday.

The Stanley Cup drought will hit 52 years on May 2, the anniversary of the franchise's last championship in 1967. Toronto hasn’t won a single playoff series since 2004.