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The U.S. special representative for Venezuela says the U.S. and Canada have strategized on how to move the European Union toward imposing sanctions on Venezuela's Maduro regime.

Andrew Scheer promises to increase health and social transfer payments by at least three per cent every year should he become prime minister, he says, to extinguish fears the Conservative leader has a hidden agenda to cut critical services.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising to increase health and social transfer payments by at least three per cent every year should he become prime minister.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising to increase health and social transfer payments by at least three per cent every year should he become prime minister.

The heat wave that smashed high temperature records in five European countries a week ago is now over Greenland, accelerating the melting of the island's ice sheet and causing massive ice loss in the Arctic.

A journey into the great outdoors quickly turned into a serious medical emergency for a group of four who are no strangers to long paddling trips.

North Korea fired unidentified projectiles twice Friday into the sea off its eastern coast in its third weapons tests in just over a week, South Korea's military said.

North Korea appears to have carried out a new projectile launch, two U.S. official said Thursday, adding that initial information indicated it was similar to previous tests carried out by Pyongyang.

Canadians will continue to have access to the medications they need, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised Thursday in the face of escalating worry about a Trump administration decision to allow prescription drug imports from Canada.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how to make your trip to the cottage (or cabin, or chalet) more environmentally friendly and how Swedish eco-warrior Greta Thunberg is getting to North America (hint: it's not by plane).

The latest data from the World Meteorological Organization shows that the month of July "at least equalled if not surpassed the hottest month in recorded history."

A Regina provincial court judge has ruled that all First Nations people in Canada are allowed to hunt in Saskatchewan without a licence.

U.S. President Donald Trump has intensified pressure on China to reach a trade deal by saying that beginning Sept. 1 he will impose 10 per cent tariffs on the remaining $300 billion in Chinese imports he hasn't already taxed.

After waving a red flag of warning about Canada's housing market for more than two years, Canada's national housing agency says the overall level of vulnerability has inched down from high to moderate over the past six months.

The federal government has unveiled a free and quicker way for Canadians to apply for pardons for simple cannabis possession.

The federal government has unveiled a free and quicker way for Canadians to apply for pardons for simple cannabis possession.

Capital One says its customers who were impacted by a massive data breach will be contacted by either letter or email.

Capital One says its customers who were impacted by a massive data breach will be contacted by either letter or email.

Chief of Forensic Psychiatry at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Dr. Sandy Simpson is defending their system or community access for patients after a third person went missing in the space of a month.

A Hamilton firefighter suffered serious injuries after falling off a ledge at Albion Falls. The Hamilton Fire Department says he is stable condition after his coworkers used a rope rescue to save him.

A gas pipeline owned by Calgary-based Enbridge ruptured early Thursday in Kentucky, causing a massive explosion that killed one person, hospitalized five others, destroyed railroad tracks and forced the evacuation of a nearby mobile home park, authorities said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to create a new protected area off the Nunavut coast, which the government says will help it exceed its target of protecting 10 per cent of marine areas by 2020.

The Liberal government will exceed its target of protecting 10 per cent of marine areas by 2020, according to a government source. 

The Liberal government will exceed its target of protecting 10 per cent of marine areas by 2020, according to a government source. 

Three of Canada's biggest oilsands producers are going directly to voters to ask them to "influence the outcome" of big decisions concerning the oil and gas sector as a fall federal election looms.

'One, two, three, four, five, six, seven there!' exclaims a fisherman as a pod of orcas emerges in front of the boat he was on this weekend.

With the second Democratic presidential primary debate out of the way and Congress about to head into a six-week summer recess, American politics is officially entering the doldrums, which means the peripheral candidates who caught our eye this week will have to work extra hard to drum up the attention they need to stay in the race.

A four-month-old baby has died after being run over by a vehicle while cars were pulling out from a drive-in theatre on Montreal's South Shore on Wednesday night.

A witness said that as cars began pulling out from the theatre, a vehicle backed over a tent with a four-month-old girl inside.

The annual Toronto Caribbean Carnival, long known for the revealing costumes worn by its revellers, will be taking that tradition a step further during this Saturday's parade. For the first time in the event's 52-year history, some of the dancers will be topless.

The annual Toronto Caribbean Carnival, long known for the risqué costumes worn by its revellers, will be taking that tradition a step further during this Saturday's parade. For the first time in the event's 52 year history, some of the dancers will be topless.

Though the massive hunt for two B.C. fugitives is scaling down in northern Manitoba, experts say participation by the public will remain key to bringing Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky to justice.

One million Canadians saw their social insurance numbers stolen in the Capital One hack. But changing them will be an uphill battle; Ottawa handed out replacement numbers in just 60 cases of fraud and abuse last year.

A "runaway" Jordanian princess and a powerful Emirati sheik are at the centre of a salacious custody case unfolding in London's family court, Susan Ormiston writes. 

In countries where mixed models of private and public health care exist, higher wages and greater resources can incentivize specialists into private practice.

Amputations, bullet wounds and disfigurement were just part of Lt. Maxine Llewellyn Bredt’s daily reality as a Nursing Sister during the Second World War. That contribution will be honoured in Veterans’ Week from Nov. 5 to 11.

Amputations, bullet wounds and disfigurement were just part of Lt. Maxine Llewellyn Bredt’s daily reality as a Nursing Sister during the Second World War. That contribution will be honoured in Veterans’ Week from Nov. 5 to 11.

Family and friends of the victims of Elizabeth Wettlaufer hope changes will be made following the release of the inquiry report looking into the crimes of the serial killer nurse.

Sexually transmitted infections, such as gonorrhea, are climbing at a troubling rate.

Air Transat passengers said they endured a painful six hours with little or no food, scant information and often no air conditioning while their plane sat on a hot tarmac at an airport in Rome on Monday.

The brother of one of three people whose killing led to a nationwide search said losing his sister has left his family paralyzed with grief.

The brother of one of three people whose killing led to a nationwide search said losing his sister has left his family paralyzed with grief.

British Deese says losing his sister has left his family paralyzed with grief.

The ideological divisions gripping the U.S. Democratic Party intensified on Wednesday as presidential candidates waged an acrimonious battle over health care, immigration and race.

Family of missing Spences Bridge resident Luke Neville says there are similarities that should be investigated.

The United States believes that Hamza bin Laden, a son of slain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and himself a notable figure in the militant group, is dead, a U.S. official said Wednesday.

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, targeting the country's top spokesperson and potentially hurting chances of diplomatic talks amid rising tensions between the two countries.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to make an announcement about marine conservation in Iqaluit on Thursday morning.