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Marine biologist cautions that the mortality rate of babies born into the southern resident killer whale population is around 50 per cent in the first year.

Toronto's Cameroonian community is heaping praise on Raptors forward Pascal Siakam, who led his team to a series-opening win against the Golden State Warriors Thursday.

Forest fire season in Canada is already in full swing, with more than 10,000 people forced from their homes and thick smoke covering parts of Alberta, B.C. and northern Ontario.

The NDP says it would ban single-use plastics across Canada within three years if it wins this fall's election.

A divorced woman cannot have a purchased frozen embryo implanted over the objections of her ex-husband, Ontario's top court ruled on Friday in a ground-breaking case. 

Peter Kiewit Sons Co. and two managers have been charged with criminal negligence in the 2009 death of Sam Fitzpatrick.

About 70 whales have been stranded so far this year on the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska, the most since 2000. About five more have been found on British Columbia beaches.

A Missouri judge has issued an order ensuring the state's only abortion clinic can continue providing the service in St. Louis, acting just hours before the facility's licence was set to expire.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: President Donald Trump expected to face demonstrations in London during next week's state visit to the U.K.; basketball vs. hockey in Canadian culture; Project 44 sheds light on Canada's involvement in D-Day.

Four Winnipeg police officers committed "egregious conduct" when they unlawfully entered a hotel room and assaulted three people inside, then laid charges against one of the family members to “provide a cover" for their actions, a Manitoba judge has ruled in a civil suit.

The thousands of Indigenous women and girls who were murdered or disappeared across the country in recent decades are victims of a “Canadian genocide,” says the final report of the national inquiry created to probe the ongoing tragedy.

Watch live coverage of the Raptors and Golden State Warriors speaking to the media a day after Toronto's Game 1 win in the NBA Finals.

The National's At Issue panel weighs in on how effective Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott could be as Independent MPs and whether the move by the former Liberal cabinet ministers will spark a larger political movement.

Stocks fell sharply and hopes for swift passage of a new NAFTA deal dimmed after U.S. President Donald Trump announced new tariffs that will apply to all imports from Mexico, starting June 10.

The federal government will send military personnel and aircraft to Alberta to help with evacuation efforts as the province deals with raging wildfires.

The community of Trout Lake, 300 kilometres northeast of Grande Prairie, Alta., is under an evacuation order as a wildfire burning south of the community moves "rapidly" north.

The Liberal government is taking a series of steps to help migrant workers trapped in an abusive workplace and newcomers to Canada who are victims of family violence.

"Not that many [left]," says Rod Deon, of his fellow soldiers who landed on the beaches in Normandy.

A woman who worked as a nurse at the Jonquière hospital for 20 years has turned out not to be a nurse at all, according to Quebec's Order of Nurses. 

Fire crews in northern Ontario are focusing on the western flank of a 3,000-hectare blaze that has caused a state of emergency on Pikangikum First Nation, wildfire officials say as evacuations of hundreds from the community continued Friday.

The Royal Canadian Airforce brought in an additional Hercules aircraft and two CH-147 Chinook helicopters Friday to assist in the evacuation of Pikangikum in northwestern Ontario. Fire crews are focusing on the western flank of a 3,000-hectare blaze that has caused a state of emergency in the First Nation, fire officials say.

At this year's Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards in Toronto last night, wins from Tasha Tilberg, Krow Kian and Aurora James showcase how the design landscape is changing.

China says Canada needs to be aware of the consequences of aiding the United States in a case involving the Chinese tech giant Huawei that is believed to have sparked the detentions of two Canadians in China.

Boosted by fossil fuels and a housing market on fire, Canada rode out the depths of the U.S. recesssion. So as those two decline, why is the economy still strong?

Boosted by fossil fuels and a housing market on fire, Canada rode out the depths of the U.S. recesssion. So as those two decline, why is the economy still strong?

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is dying. Over the past week, amateur astronomers around the world have seen some unusual activity around the solar system's largest and longest-lasting storm.

Beer is big business in Ontario, and the battle over who gets to sell it is shaping up to be fierce.

While Canada and China are in the midst of tense diplomacy over the apprehension of a Huawei executive, Canadian brands like Tim Hortons and Canada Goose have captured the imagination of Chinese consumers, Saša Petricic writes.

Discrimination to protect the health of blood recipients is fair only if it is based in legitimate protections, rather than biased assumptions.

Residents across Canada have been receiving some unusual postcards stamped with a bit of personal history of the veterans who once shared an address with the recipients. Its part of an initiative commemorating the hundreds of Canadians killed in the Battle of Normandy on June 6, 1944.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we examine the climate strikes happening around the world, trees as a carbon capture "technology" and reader suggestions on sustainable living.

The federal government should boost the penalties for anti-competitive behaviour to more effectively regulate tech giants and the digital economy, says Canada's competition watchdog.

While Canada and China are in the midst of tense diplomacy over the apprehension of a Huawei executive, Canadian brands like Tim Hortons and Canada Goose have captured the imagination of Chinese consumers, Saša Petricic writes.

The federal government says it’s pursuing all legal options against the now-defunct company that shipped tons of garbage to the Philippines, but experts say Canada bears part of the blame.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee was broken Thursday night, brought to its knees by eight spellers who were too poised, too prepared and too savvy for any word thrown their way.

The Toronto Raptors didn’t look like a team appearing in its first-ever NBA Finals game on Thursday night. Toronto picked apart the back-to-back defending champion Golden State Warriors to take Game 1 by a final score of 118-109.

The Toronto Raptors stunned the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors 118-109 in the opening game of the NBA Finals on Thursday.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will slap a five per cent tariff on all Mexican imports to pressure the country to do more to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants trying to cross the border.

Another 4,500 people were forced from their homes over the previous 24-hour period due to smoke from fires in northern Alberta, government officials said Thursday.

Another 4,500 people were forced from their homes over the last 24 hours due to smoke from fires in northern Alberta, government officials said Thursday.

Another 4,500 people were forced from their homes over the previous 24-hour period due to smoke from fires in northern Alberta, government officials said Thursday.

Danish-born socialite Claus von Bulow, who was convicted but later acquitted of trying to kill his wealthy wife in two trials that drew intense international attention in the 1980s, has died. He was 92.

Indigenous women who spent years fighting for a national inquiry into the disproportionate number of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls are travelling from across Canada to Ottawa to witness the inquiry commissioners hand over their final report and recommendations in Gatineau, Que.

A parliamentary committee exploring online hate descended into chaos this week after a Conservative MP told a Muslim witness he should be ashamed of himself.