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Canada was embarrassed 6-0 by Russia and also lost star winger Alexis Lafrenière to an apparent knee injury on a disastrous night at the world junior hockey championship.

People living on a quiet street in Inkster Gardens are unsettled by a heavy police presence at their neighbour's house since Friday in connection with an ongoing homicide investigation.

A 10-year-old girl from British Columbia has died after suffering a medical emergency aboard a flight in the United States.

Five people are dead after a small plane crashed near a post office in southern Louisiana on Saturday, authorities said.

A U.S. astronaut set a record Saturday for the longest single space flight by a woman, breaking the old mark of 288 days with about two months left in her mission.

Lee Mendelson, the producer who changed the face of the holidays when he brought A Charlie Brown Christmas to television in 1965 and wrote the lyrics to its signature song, Christmas Time Is Here, died on Christmas Day at age 86.

Bob Henderson's love affair with wild horses began almost 50 years ago and he's become a passionate advocate for the ponies that roam in the Rocky Mountain foothills of west-central Alberta.

The last decade in Canada has been one of seismic social changes. We've changed how we talk about gender, global politics, drugs and what it means to be a Canadian.

A passenger plane was forced to make an emergency landing at the Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport early Saturday.

The Toronto Raptors' run to their historic NBA title has led to another honour. Canada's lone NBA team has won the Canadian Press team of the year award for 2019.

Thousands of koalas are feared to have died in a wildfire-ravaged area north of Sydney, Australia, while soaring temperatures have increased the fire danger in the country's east.

A documentary that celebrates salvaging at the Yellowknife dump is being shown across the continent, and spreading a message about the value of thrift and perils of material consumption.

The parent company of Tim Hortons has announced that the chain's global brand president is leaving in March 2020.

The scent of smoke and burning materials could be smelled across Mount Pearl and St. John's on Saturday morning.

Ice-glazed eyelashes and the cold cut of air through nostrils are winter rites of passage after strapping on skates to scratch out patterns on Winnipeg's frozen rivers.

A Thai navy SEAL who was part of the dramatic rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave has died of a blood infection contracted during the risky operation, the Royal Thai Navy said.

Police fought with protesters who marched through a Hong Kong shopping mall Saturday demanding mainland Chinese traders leave the territory in a fresh weekend of anti-government tension.

A truck bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia's capital on Saturday morning, killing at least 79 people, including many students, authorities said.

A truck bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia's capital on Saturday morning, killing at least 78 people, including many students, authorities said.

A truck bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia's capital on Saturday morning, killing at least 73 people, authorities said. 

A mysterious structure on a Cape Sable Island beach in southwest Nova Scotia is revealing its secrets, thanks to the actions of dedicated locals and a young archeologist.

Fires, floods and dwindling ice caps - the decade just past saw no shortage of dire signs and portents about the growing damage being done by climate change. But was 2019 also the year most Canadians started taking the problem seriously?

A rundown of what doctors and scientists recommend to prevent and treat the common cold during cold and flu season.

He's a bona fide boxing legend with 12 major world titles under his belt. But Manny Pacquiao has arrived in Alberta to promote a sport of a different sort: Basketball.

Sometimes Justin Bieber will rent the ice at the historic, century-old Allman Arena in his hometown of Stratford, Ont., and play pick-up hockey with his pals. On Boxing Day his pals happened to include Auston Matthews, Mitchell Marner and Tyson Barrie.

The owner of one of the most valuable properties in all of B.C. won't have to pay a $249,314 empty homes tax — at least not yet.