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An explosion ripped through a wedding hall on a busy Saturday night in Afghanistan's capital and dozens of people were killed or wounded, a government official said. Hundreds of people were believed to be inside.

The death toll from a suicide bombing at a wedding in Afghanistan's capital is at least 63, officials said Sunday, as Kabul reeled from its deadliest attack this year.

Interior Ministry spokesperson Nusrat Rahimi says the attacker set off explosives among the guests.

An eight-month-old dugong nurtured by marine experts after it was found lost near a beach in southern Thailand has died of what biologists believe was a combination of shock and ingesting plastic waste, officials said Saturday.

Just a day before Pride celebrations in Ottawa officially kick off, Ottawa's Mayor Jim Watson says it was time to come out after 40 years of worrying about how his constituents, friends and family would react.

Last Friday in Montreal, Mother Nature’s wicked wrath wreaked havoc on a game between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Alouettes.

Capt. Kathryn Brett and Master Cpl. Vincent Moreau dealt with desert heat and injuries from improvised explosive devices as they worked in the United Nations mission in Mali.

Sudan's pro-democracy movement signed a final power-sharing agreement with the ruling military council on Saturday at a ceremony in the capital, Khartoum, after weeks of tortuous negotiations.

Sudan's pro-democracy movement signed a final power-sharing agreement with the ruling military council on Saturday at a ceremony in the capital, Khartoum.

Residents who live near a flower farm in St. Catharines, Ont. are being asked to shelter in place due to smoke from a "substantial" fire at the rural property, police say.

A "significant" fire at a flower farm in St. Catharines, Ont., has been contained, but residents in a large area northwest of the massive greenhouse operation are still being asked to shelter in place, an official says.

A "significant" fire at a flower farm in St. Catharines, Ont. has been contained, but residents in a large area northwest of the massive greenhouse operation are still being asked to shelter in place, an official says.

A "significant" fire at a flower farm in St. Catharines, Ont., has been contained, but residents in a large area northwest of the massive greenhouse operation are still being asked to stay inside, an official says.

When Skyler Stoba was recovering from Hodgkin's lymphoma, she had her pick of meeting anyone or doing anything in the world. Stoba, a plane enthusiast, chose to head north and check out Buffalo Airways' DC-3 planes.

The federal food safety watchdog says it is recalling a certain brand of baby food due to the possibility of insects being in the product.

Thousands of schoolteachers marched to the official residence of Hong Kong's leader on Saturday to show support for the protesters, who have taken to the streets since early June and include many students.

Pro-democracy protesters marched on one side of Hong Kong's famous harbour on Saturday to demand the government heed their demands. Across the water, a pro-government rally called for an end to the sometimes violent protests.

A new study released by a Canadian musicologist found what female country singers have been saying for a while: Country radio plays them way less than their male counterparts. But there is an argument about why this is happening.

Up to 1,100 people, including hundreds of families of fallen Canadian soldiers, are in Ottawa Saturday attending a re-dedication ceremony for a battlefield cenotaph marking the Afghan war.

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is both humble and keenly aware of the powerful pulpit she occupies, but the 16-year-old from Sweden could run into fresh opposition from climate doubters when she arrives in the United States.

The impacts of a simmering global trade war have been easy for most people to ignore so far. But a number of strange developments this week suggest the outlook for the world's economy is looking decidedly bleaker.

The impacts of a simmering global trade war have been easy for most people to ignore so far. But a number of strange developments this week suggest the outlook for the world's economy is looking decidedly bleaker.

Up to 1,100 people, including hundreds of families of fallen Canadian soldiers, are expected in Ottawa Saturday to attend a re-dedication ceremony for a battlefield cenotaph marking the Afghan war.

They're called fast radio bursts, or FRBs, and these odd, fleeting signals from space are shrouded in mystery. But thanks to Canada's largest radio telescope, astrophysicists are discovering more of them in their search to learn what makes these objects tick.

The introduction of the reverse onus at bail is not going to address intimate partner violence and empower women, at least not meaningfully. 

Halifax-based scuba diver Lloyd Bond says in the last three years he's seen increasing numbers of butterfly fish, seahorses, cornet fish, trigger fish, puffer fish, and many other species not native to Canadian waters.

The captain of an Iranian supertanker at the centre of a diplomatic standoff no longer wants to keep command of the ship, a move that could provide a window for the U.S. to mount legal action to seize the vessel.

Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right, both writing and starring in counterculture classics like Easy Rider, has died. He was 79.