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Iranian-backed Shia militias embedded alongside Iraqi security forces are now a bigger threat than the fragmented fighting power of former Islamic State extremists, a senior Canadian military commander told a House of Commons committee today.

The hamlet of Swalwell in southern Alberta has been ordered to evacuate after a train derailment.

The hamlet of Swalwell in southern Alberta has been ordered to evacuate after a train derailment.

The hamlet of Swalwell in southern Alberta has been ordered to evacuate after a train derailment.

Justice Minister David Lametti has introduced a bill that would crack down on the practice of conversion therapy by outlawing its use on minors and making it illegal to engage in it for profit.

Quebec's finance minister will table his government's annual budget one day after global markets cratered. Eric Girard is hoping the spending plan he finished three weeks ago will stand up to the growing economic insecurity. 

On the one-year anniversary of an Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people — including 18 Canadians — MPs are looking to dig deeper into the federal government's decision to approve the Boeing 737 Max as safe to fly.

The price of gasoline across the country is set to fall by roughly seven cents a litre on Wednesday, as the impact of the unprecedented plunge in oil prices filters down to the gas pump.

The first COVID-19-related death in Canada has been recorded in B.C.

The RCMP says it will now only use Clearview AI “in very limited and specific circumstances" as concerns mount about the police force’s use of the controversial facial recognition technology.

The RCMP says it will now only use Clearview AI “in very limited and specific circumstances" as concerns mount about the police force’s use of the controversial facial recognition technology.

A faulty sensor reading and the activation of an anti-stall system on a Boeing 737 Max preceded the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight in 2019 that killed 157 people, an interim report by the government in Addis Ababa found.

The TSX had its worst day in decades on Monday as plunging oil prices caused investors already spooked by coronavirus to sell off just about everything.

Athletes and sports organizers in northern Alberta said they’re feeling devastated after this year’s Arctic Winter Games were cancelled due to coronavirus.

The European Union and Turkey agreed to review a four-year-old deal on managing migrants and refugees in an effort to settle a dispute that sent thousands of people to the Turkey-Greece border in hopes of reaching Europe, top EU officials said Monday.

Max von Sydow, the self-described "shy boy"-turned-actor known to art house audiences through his work with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman and later to moviegoers everywhere when he played the priest in the horror classic The Exorcist, has died at the age of 90.

Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the power sector fell by two per cent last year, the biggest fall since at least 1990, owing to reduced coal usage in Europe and the United States, a study showed on Monday.

Afghanistan's rival leaders were each sworn in as president in separate ceremonies on Monday, throwing plans for negotiations with the Taliban into chaos and creating a dilemma for the United States as it figures out how to move its peace deal with the Taliban forward.

Italy's prime minister says, effective Tuesday, restrictions on movement will apply across the country, not just in the hard-hit north.

Doug and Darseen Pryor are trying to piece together why their daughter Taylor was discharged from hospital last October, after she was admitted to hospital 14 times for trying to kill herself.

The shipping industry needs hundreds of new seafarers to deal with a growing shortage of skilled labour, which will worsen over time and could delay shipments of scores of consumer goods, marine experts say.

Through role play, games and discussions they’re tackling subjects like domestic violence, consent, sexual health, and stereotypes of masculinity.

Prince Harry and Meghan's decision to step back from official duties as senior members of the Royal Family creates uncertainty in the relationship of the monarchy with the Commonwealth, an organization facing questions of its own relevance.

As the criminal trial of four men charged with the destruction of Flight MH17 begins in the Netherlands, victims' families demand the Kremlin’s highest representatives be held responsible.

Requiring all departments to do a detailed cybersecurity analysis would help address the reality that while digital government has big potential benefits, it also paints a bigger target on Canada's aging federal IT systems, writes Alexander Rudolph.

Quebec's La Presse and Britain's Independent have proved that the most important thing about a paper is not paper. Could printless broadsheets may be the next media trend?

Intimate partner violence makes up nearly one-third of all police-reported violent crime in this country, and many victims say that the legal system is complicating efforts to change this.

Accused killer Kalen Schlatter started testifying in his own defence Monday at his first-degree murder trial in the death of Toronto woman Tess Richey, and told the jury that she was alive the last time he saw her.

British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who was pepper sprayed and shocked with a stun gun by Mounties on Sunday morning.

British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who was pepper sprayed and shocked with a stun gun by Mounties on Sunday morning.

Dr. Bonnie Henry's briefing Saturday was described as a 'masterclass in communicating compassion,' and highlights the physical and emotional tolls of public health work in times of crisis.

Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement it has detected three launches made from a town in the North's South Hamgyong province.