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A statue of a saint that was blessed by a Pope at a Winnipeg cathedral has been decapitated, and its staff stolen.

A statue of a saint that was blessed by a Pope at a Winnipeg cathedral has been decapitated, and its cross stolen.

Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising funding for police, survivor services and public awareness to combat human trafficking.

Premier Jason Kenney said Albertans can expect fiscal restraint as his government vowed in the throne speech to hold public consultations on how to return to balance while still maintaining frontline services.

The goal of the bylaw is to curb "bad behaviour" by, in many cases, homeless people, the city's mayor says.

High-ranking human rights monitors with the United Nations are concerned the Quebec government will violate fundamental freedoms if it moves ahead with legislation to limit where religious symbols can be worn.

New York lawmakers give final passage to legislation that would allow U.S. President Donald Trump's state tax returns to be released to congressional committees that have, so far, been barred from getting the president's federal filings.

In the second blow in a day against the U.S. President's stonewalling efforts, Donald Trump, three of his children and the Trump Organization on Wednesday lost their bid to block Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp. from providing financial records to Democratic lawmakers investigating Trump's businesses.

The father of a 13-year-old North Vancouver skier who suffered a serious brain injury on Grouse Mountain makes an emotional appeal for the person responsible to come forward.

Sea levels could rise by as much as two metres by 2100 in a worst-case scenario involving melting ice caps and high CO2 emissions, new research suggests.

"I had a guardian angel," says a woman who'd been sitting at a cafeteria window moments before a car crashed through it, when a stranger suggested she join her on the rooftop patio on the first warm, sunny day of spring.

Workers who share office space in the building on a busy corner of the city's Saint-Roch district said if not for Wednesday's fine weather, more people might have been injured when a car came to a halt in the cafeteria, pinning at least two people.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: Syria's civil war threatens to boil over again with allegations of a chemical weapons attack; Nigel Farage and his Brexit Party are under scrutiny by election officials.

It has been about a month since 200 of the best female hockey players in the world decided they no longer wanted to play. Liz Knox knew there was risk of walking away after the Canadian Women’s Hockey League folded, but says the fight to create an economically viable professional league is a worthy one.

Provincial police say Const. Nathan Parker is charged with assaulting a police officer, assault with intent to resist arrest and assault with a weapon.

South African president-elect Cyril Ramaphosa has taken steps to crack down on corruption as the new parliament votes him to lead the country for a five-year term.

Marianne Ihlen’s influence on Leonard Cohen lingered long after their time together, and now the public is poised to get a deeper glimpse into the relationship between Ihlen and the Canadian poet-turned-musician.

Canada plans to build up to 18 new coast guard ships at a cost of $15.7 billion, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday.

The number of mortgage loans in Canada grew at a slower pace in the fourth quarter as housing activity cooled, according to a new report from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, but the value of all mortgages is still rising.

The plane was about 40 kilometres from the Orlando International Airport when the incident happened, says the FAA.

Canadian Olympic show jumping champion Eric Lamaze has revealed he is battling a brain tumour. The 51-year-old won individual gold and a silver medal in team jumping at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing and bronze at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

Over the last five years, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been seen both as an incorruptible champion of the masses and the “divider in chief.”

A new condiment on the market is causing quite a stir for those who speak Cree.

U.S. President Donald Trump blasts Democratic leaders after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accuses him of engaging in a coverup, making a surprise appearance and cutting short an infrastructure meeting with Democratic leaders.

The number of military personnel reporting sexual misconduct has remained virtually unchanged despite efforts to crack down on assaults, a Statistics Canada survey released today indicates.

Crews battling wildfires in northwestern Alberta are getting help today from hundreds of new firefighters making their way there from other provinces.

Crews battling wildfires in northwestern Alberta are getting help today from hundreds of new firefighters making their way from other provinces — and from the weather.

Crews battling wildfires in northwestern Alberta are getting help today from hundreds of new firefighters making their way from other provinces — and from the weather.

An investigation ordered up by a Virginia medical school failed to determine whether Gov. Ralph Northam is in a 1984 yearbook photo of a man in blackface next to someone in a Ku Klux Klan hood.

Ken Stead didn't realize he had been stabbed until he went to help the woman on the floor and noticed blood.

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Philippines government to hire a private shipping company to send 69 containers of garbage back to Canada and leave them within its territorial waters if it refuses to accept the trash, his spokesperson says.

Ottawa has hired a company to bring dozens of containers of rotting garbage back to Canada from the Philippines. Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna announced today that her government has awarded a contract to Bolloré Logistics Canada.  

Canada is spending more than a million dollars to bring home dozens of containers of rotting garbage back to Canada from the Philippines in the coming days. Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna announced today that her government has awarded a contract to Bolloré Logistics Canada.  

"This is for you dad. Love, Mark," read a text Derek (Doc) Ballard got from his son early Wednesday morning.

B.C.'s director of civil forfeiture wants to keep more than $3 million in cash allegedly found stashed in the subsidized home of a retiree who police claim has links to Australia's biggest drug bust.

The federal government has named the eight Canadian organizations that will sit on a special advisory panel tasked with choosing the news operations that will benefit from a $600 million media support fund.

Both provincial and federal governments are getting pressed to enact "right to repair" legislation for electronic devices such as smartphones and computers.

Long hours and emotionally challenging work led Parise Léger to leave her job with the New Brunswick organ and tissue program.

As measles cases continue to rise in Canada and the U.S., experts are calling on social media platforms to ban anti-vaccination posts, saying the risks to public health created by misinformation outweigh the right to free speech.

The anti-abortion movement is hitting an aggressive new stride in the United States. Whether it breaks into a sprint toward the Supreme Court is worrying reproductive rights activists amid a renewed push to reverse the long-standing precedent that legalized abortions.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is coming to Canada next week to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss what the U.S. embassy calls the "swift adoption" of the new NAFTA — but there's no sign of U.S. President Donald Trump planning a similar visit north of the border.

As measles cases continue to rise in Canada and the U.S., experts are calling on social media platforms to ban anti-vaccination posts, saying the risks to public health created by misinformation outweigh the right to free speech.

For the first time, Canadians can legally grow cannabis in their gardens or outdoor planters this spring in every province except Quebec and Manitoba. Homegrown weed is a money-saver, and not difficult. But there are challenges, including that not every province has a good supply of seeds.

The tax provides an excellent diversion to keep the public's attention away from something our politicians are not saying a word about: the monumental cost of preventing, or paying for, the damage climate change will deliver from now on.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is coming to Canada next week to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss what the U.S. embassy calls the "swift adoption" of the new NAFTA — but there's no sign of U.S. President Donald Trump planning a similar visit north of the border.

A number of families who lost loved ones in Afghanistan say they feel betrayed by a decision made by bureaucrats at the Department of National Defence to privately dedicate a memorial last week containing the Kandahar battlefield cenotaph.

Nigel Farage's upstart is poised to make a splash in Thursday’s European elections, his upstart Brexit Party, polling ahead of all others in voter intentions, including the U.K.’s governing Conservatives and opposition Labour.

A number of families who lost loved ones in Afghanistan say they feel betrayed by a decision made by bureaucrats at the Department of National Defence to privately dedicate a memorial last week containing the Kandahar battlefield cenotaph.

Two authors who dispelled myths about First Nations involvement in the Northwest Rebellion are applauding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's plans to exonerate Chief Poundmaker.

The Celiks watched as their son died after being beaten by police officers. They hoped for criminal charges. Instead they got a familiar refrain: no charges will be laid.