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Trains carrying hazardous goods across the country will be slowing down over the next 30 days, following the second fiery crash in a two month span near Guernsey, Sask., and that could impact more than just those shipments.

For one Ottawa resident, it’s good to be back on Canadian soil. Kai Huang and his 78-year-old mother Yi Huang have been stuck in Wuhan, China, ever since the city was placed in lockdown in late January.

Canada will compete at its third consecutive Olympic women's basketball tournament this summer after qualifying Saturday with a 80-50 win over Sweden in Ostend, Belgium.

A rejection of the $20.6-billion Teck Frontier mine in northern Alberta would land the federal cabinet and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in "great peril," according to UCP MLA Drew Barnes.

The prime ministers of Canada and Norway are both in Africa to win support from world leaders for a UN Security Council seat. Norway's prime minister is suggesting her country has built more goodwill with African countries, while Canada touts its "deep connections."

The new strain of coronavirus that has spread across China has yet to be confirmed in Africa, but some health workers on the ground warn they are not ready to handle an outbreak.

Train service will again be delayed as protestors near Belleville, Ont., block the tracks. 

Train service will again be delayed as protestors near Belleville, Ont., block the tracks. 

CN Rail has obtained a court injunction to end a demonstration by members of the Tyendindaga Mohawk territory that's halted rail traffic between Toronto and both Ottawa and Montreal for three days.

Alberta's Jason Kenney is the latest Canadian premier to take aim at U.S. Democrats, calling out presidential hopefuls who want to block the Keystone XL pipeline expansion.

Alberta's Jason Kenney is the latest Canadian premier to take aim at U.S. Democrats, calling out presidential hopefuls who want to block the Keystone XL pipeline expansion.

Candidates vying for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada began making their case today at a meeting of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia in Halifax.

Candidates vying for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada began making their case today at a meeting of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia in Halifax.

Candidates vying for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada will make their case today at a meeting of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia in Halifax.

The premiers of Alberta, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick are in Washington to meet with U.S. governors and other officials.

Thai security forces on Sunday shot and killed a rogue soldier at a shopping mall in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima, ending an overnight siege after a series of attacks that left at least 20 people dead.

A soldier in Thailand shot multiple people on Saturday, killing more than 10, and was holed up at a popular shopping mall, police said.

A soldier who holed up in a popular shopping mall in northeastern Thailand shot multiple people on Saturday, killing at least 20 and injuring 31 others, officials said.

Police in northeastern Thailand say a soldier has shot multiple people, killing at least two. Authorities are now trying to arrest the man at a shopping centre.

One member of Thailand's security forces was killed and two were wounded early on Sunday in a raid into a shopping mall to try to stop a soldier on a rampage that has now killed at least 21 people, the Thai health minister said.

The RCMP continued to arrest people on the third straight day of enforcement actions against the Wet'suwe'ten and their supporters opposed to the Coastal GasLink pipeline.

The RCMP continued to arrest people on the third straight day of enforcement actions against the Wet'suwet'en and their supporters opposed to the Coastal GasLink pipeline.

RCMP say a criminal investigation will be conducted after support beams on a bridge in northern B.C. appeared to have been cut near an area where police began arresting people for breaching an injunction that demanded they move aside to allow construction of a natural gas pipeline.

Saturday marks day three of the RCMP enforcement actions against the Wet’suwe’ten and their supporters where 10 people have been arrested this week in relation to a B.C. Supreme Court injunction. 

China’s efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak by quarantining millions are unprecedented. But experts say if they fail, the global ramifications could be catastrophic.

It’s been one month since Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was shot out of the sky over Iran along with 176 passengers and crew. But the passing of time brings no relief to Shahin Moghaddam who lost his wife of 14 years, Shakiba Feghahati, and their 10-year-old son Rosstin Moghaddam.

Retired MP Jean Augustine’s efforts in the House of Commons 25 years ago to build support for a motion calling on the federal government to designate February as Black History Month in Canada succeeded in the end, but there were some hurdles along the way.

Google says it will dramatically expand its Canadian work force. The announcement is a shot in the arm to a tech industry that's quietly made Toronto-Waterloo the fastest growing tech region in North America.

Watching the developments surrounding the novel coronavirus, I can't shake the memories of the SARS outbreak, and the psychological and emotional effects it had on my family, Mandy Luk writes.

A curiosity about the world, an empathetic lens and an outsider's take: Oscar-nominated Canadians are being recognized for the insight they bring to the film industry.

Post-Iowa gains in the polls for Pete Buttigieg limit Joe Biden's chances of winning the Democratic nomination.

A 60-year old U.S. citizen diagnosed with coronavirus died at Jinyintan Hospital in China's Wuhan on Thursday, a U.S. embassy spokesperson in Beijing said on Saturday, in what appeared to be the first death of an American from the outbreak.

An American was confirmed dead from the new coronavirus on Saturday while a Japanese man also died with symptoms consistent with the disease, as the epidemic looked set to pass the death toll from the SARS outbreak in rapid time.

The death toll from the novel coronavirus in mainland China rose to 723 on Saturday, the World Health Organization said on Saturday, as the virus-related deaths of an American and a Japanese citizen were recorded in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak.

Jordan Peterson, the polarizing pundit and author, is recovering in a Moscow hospital after seeking "emergency" treatment for dependence on an anti-anxiety medication, his daughter says.

Canada qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Costa Rica on Friday, thanks to a 72nd-minute goal by teenager Jordyn Huitema in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

Aurora hunting with tourists at –39 C on the first day he arrived in town, Shao Yu said he got lost three times. ‘I don’t think that’s safe enough for me and also for the guests.’

The images of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls are being enshrined on a new electronic billboard in western Quebec — one of the first results of more than 100 commemorative projects funded through the national inquiry.

Johnny Issaluk says he is “truly sorry” for the pain he has caused after allegations of inappropriate advances were made on social media Wednesday.

The soaring cost of the Trans Mountain pipeline has not cooled interest in British Columbia from a group of First Nations that want to ultimately own the project.