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Queen's University says it is renaming its law school building, Sir John A. Macdonald Hall, after significant consideration and months of public consultation.

Queen's University says it is renaming its law school, Sir John A. Macdonald Hall, after significant consideration and months of public consultation.

The danger of a tsunami has now passed for parts of Alaska after a magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off the coast Monday afternoon, and officials say there's no risk in B.C.

The danger of a tsunami has now passed for parts of Alaska after a magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off the coast Monday afternoon. Officials in B.C. say they're still evaluating the threat to local coastlines.

A tsunami warning has been issued for parts of Alaska after a magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off the coast Monday afternoon. Officials in B.C. say they're still evaluating the threat to local coastlines.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he believes he's going to win the U.S. election and blasted his government's own scientists for their criticism of his performance. "People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots," Trump said of the government's top infectious disease expert.

President Donald Trump said Monday he believes he's going to win the U.S. election and blasted his government's own scientists for their criticism of his performance. "People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots," Trump said of the government's top infectious disease expert.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees says 128 Air Transat flight attendants — more than half the current workforce of attendants — were notified last week that they will be temporarily laid off and that the airline's Vancouver base will be closed as a stop-gap measure.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees says 128 Air Transat flight attendants — more than half the current workforce of attendants — were notified last week that they will be temporarily laid off and that the airline's Vancouver base will be closed as a stop-gap measure.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees says 128 Air Transat flight attendants — more than half of the current workforce of attendants — were notified last week that they will be temporarily laid off and that the airline's Vancouver base will be closed as a stop-gap measure.

As a second round of talks gets underway between Ukraine and Iran on the destruction of Flight PS752, an Iranian official said today Canada has no part in the negotiations and called Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne "impolite."

More than 18 years after a man was found dead under a bed in an Edmonton home, police have charged a man with second-degree murder.

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it is appealing a Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court decision this summer to uphold the province's COVID-19 related travel ban because it says Canadians have a constitutional right to move freely within their country.

Hamilton Public Health Services (HPHS) has revealed a glimpse of how COVID-19 spread from Spinco into the community.

Backxwash has won the Polaris Music Prize tonight taking home $50,000 along with the prestigious prize.

Health Minister Christine Elliott said in a tweet that 244 cases were found in Toronto, as well as 168 in Peel, 103 in York Region and 51 in Ottawa. Those are the places where Halloween should be celebrated differently, the government says.

Health Minister Christine Elliott said in a tweet that 244 cases were found in Toronto, as well as 168 in Peel, 103 in York Region and 51 in Ottawa. Those are the places where Halloween should be celebrated differently, the government says.

Health Minister Christine Elliott said in a tweet that 244 cases were found in Toronto, as well as 168 in Peel, 103 in York Region and 51 in Ottawa. Those are the places where Halloween should be celebrated differently, the government says.

Health Minister Christine Elliott said in a tweet that 244 cases were found in Toronto, as well as 168 in Peel, 103 in York Region and 51 in Ottawa. Those are the places where Halloween should be celebrated differently, the government says.

Members of Alberta's governing United Conservative Party have narrowly endorsed a resolution at their party's annual general meeting that supports the option of a privately funded and privately managed health-care system that would operate parallel to the public one.

Nokia has been selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on the moon as part of the U.S. space agency's efforts to return humans to the there by 2024 and build long-term settlements.

China's shaky economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is gaining strength as consumers return to shopping malls and auto dealerships while the United States and Europe endure painful contractions.

When the pandemic hit the province back in the spring, the Unit 9 psychiatric ward at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown was emptied of patients to clear the way for potential COVID-19 cases. But those COVID patients never came.

A sabre that saw action in the American Revolution and may have been used as a murder weapon in Nova Scotia has found its way back to the family of its original owner, thanks in part to the curiosity of a 12-year-old in Chile.

A widow is locked in a four-year battle with Apple over online material she already legally owns — unless she jumps through complicated and expensive hoops. Experts say tech companies refusing to hand over online assets is a big problem that will only get bigger.

A widow is locked in a four-year battle with Apple over online material she already legally owns — unless she jumps through complicated and expensive hoops. Experts say tech companies refusing to hand over online assets is a big problem that will only get bigger.

The sister of a Mi'kmaw fisherman trapped in a building and attacked by a violent mob on Oct. 14, says social media and live streaming are crucial tools to combat racism and protect supporters of Mi'kmaw fishers and their new rights-based fishery in Nova Scotia.

If the NHL hopes to start a new season in January, there probably won't be any fans in the buildings and games could be played in some sort of modified bubble format, say some experts. There's also talk of an all-Canadian division but whatever plans are in place when the season opens could change over time.

Including goods that no one wants to buy in the inflation data being released this week may mislead Canadian investors and consumers. New research tries to provide an alternative view.

Those who have been studying how the public has responded to messages from authorities during the pandemic say public health officials should be telling compelling stories instead of using the "pretty please" approach.

Toronto Fire Services said they found a senior's body at about 8 a.m. after a fire in her unit. What they didn't say is that crews had responded to an alarm in the building hours before but didn't find the fire.

Recent research from Statistics Canada found a "significant" portion of laid-off oil and gas workers were making more money three to five years after losing their jobs in previous downturns, but emerging data suggests the latest downturn is different.

A widow is locked in a four-year battle with Apple over online material she already legally owns — unless she jumps through complicated and expensive hoops. Experts say tech companies refusing to hand over online assets is a big problem that will only get bigger.

There are at least eight teams across Canada racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, including one in clinical trials and others scheduled to start soon. Here’s a closer look at the scientific teams, their technologies and where they’re at.

Wales will impose a two-week "firebreak" lockdown from Friday in which everybody apart from essential workers must stay at home to combat an accelerating second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Around 6 million people in the United Kingdom face tougher COVID-19 lockdowns in coming days as Wales and Manchester, the country's third largest city, mull additional restrictions as the novel coronavirus outbreak accelerates.

Thailand's embattled prime minister said Monday that there were no plans to extend a state of emergency outside the capital, even as student-led protests calling for him to leave office spread around the country. Police, however, indicated they were working to censor coverage of the demonstrations.

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Atlanta 4-3 in Game 7 of NLCS and will face the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series.

RCMP call in reinforcements after dangerous escalations in standoff over a N.S. lobster fishery. Plus, the mental toll of visiting restrictions at care homes.

Thousands of mainly young Thais were back on the streets of Bangkok on Sunday for a fifth straight day of protests demanding sweeping political change, with demonstrations also taking place at several other locations around the country.

Four Liberal cabinet ministers called for an emergency debate in the House of Commons after a dispute between commercial fishermen and Mi'kmaw fishers in southwest Nova Scotia turned increasingly violent last week.

Four Liberal cabinet ministers called for an emergency debate in the House of Commons after a dispute between commercial fishermen and Mi'kmaw fishers in southwest Nova Scotia turned increasingly violent last week.

The federal NDP is calling for an emergency debate in the House of Commons on Monday after a dispute between commercial fishermen and Mi'kmaw fishers in southwest Nova Scotia turned increasingly violent last week. 

The family that controls the Cogeco companies has rejected a second takeover offer from Altice USA Inc. and its Canadian partner, Rogers Communications Inc.

Altice USA Inc. and its Canadian partner, Rogers Communications Inc., say they've revised a takeover offer for the Cogeco companies, which firmly rejected their previous offer because the controlling Audet family didn't want to sell.