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Israel will hold a snap election in March after its parliament failed on Tuesday to meet a deadline to pass a budget, triggering a ballot presenting new challenges for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The National Film Board is withdrawing the Michelle Latimer-directed documentary Inconvenient Indian from all film festivals and distribution after her Indigenous identity claims were called into question last week.

Three Hamilton police officers are injured after an incident with a "person in crisis" in downtown Hamilton.

RCMP are investigating after a toddler died suddenly on Vancouver Island, according to a statement released Tuesday.

The pandemic has now reached every continent on Earth. Chilean authorities announced that at least 58 people who were at two military bases in Antarctica or on a navy ship that went to the continent tested positive for COVID-19.

Single people in Alberta will be allowed to attend one event at another household over coming holiday weekend, says Premier Jason Kenney.

Single people in Alberta will be allowed to attend one event at another household over the coming holiday weekend, Premier Jason Kenney announced Tuesday.

Ten correctional officers are facing criminal charges in the death of Indigenous man Jonathan Henoche at Her Majesty's Penitentiary in St. John's. Three of the correctional officers were charged with manslaughter and seven were charged with criminal negligence causing death.

Ten correctional officers are facing criminal charges in the death of Indigenous man Jonathan Henoche at Her Majesty's Penitentiary in St. John's. Three of the correctional officers were charged with manslaughter and seven were charged with criminal negligence causing death.

Ten correctional officers are facing criminal charges in the death of Indigenous man Jonathan Henoche at Her Majesty's Penitentiary in St. John's. Three of the correctional officers were charged with manslaughter and seven were charged with criminal negligence causing death.

The body of a Pakistani activist who fought for the rights of the Baloch people has been found in Toronto, in what police are calling a "non-criminal death."

The body of a Pakistani activist who fought for the rights of the Baloch people has been found in Toronto, in what police are calling a "non-criminal death."

The body of a Pakistani activist who fought for the rights of the Baloch people has been found in Toronto, in what police are calling a "non-criminal death."

The body of a Pakistani activist who fought for the rights of the Baloch people has been found in Toronto, in what police are calling a "non-criminal death."

The body of a Pakistani activist who fought for the rights of the Baloch people has been found in Toronto, in what police are calling a "non-criminal death."

An underwater recovery team with Nova Scotia RCMP is planning to explore parts of the Bay of Fundy using sonar. Five fishermen and their fishing vessel went missing last week.

Apple Inc. is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

TMAC Resources Inc. says that the Government of Canada has rejected a proposal for it to sell its Hope Bay gold project in Nunavut to Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd., a Chinese company.

A massive winter storm dumped up to 40 centimetres of snow on Calgary and at least 70 centimetres in other parts of southern Alberta, causing cancelled flights and chaos on the roads with dozens of collisions and stuck cars and buses.

Stranded Europe-bound truckers hoped Tuesday to receive the green light to get out of Britain soon, after some of the most dramatic travel restrictions of the pandemic were imposed on the country following the discovery of a potentially more contagious variant of the coronavirus.

The European Union recommended Tuesday that all 27 member countries should discourage all non-essential travel to and from the United Kingdom until further notice.

Health officials have ordered an Edmonton-area church to immediately comply with COVID-19 restrictions, while the pastor at its sister church in northern Alberta has counselled his congregation against following physical distancing and masking rules.

Health officials have ordered an Edmonton-area church to immediately comply with COVID-19 restrictions, while the pastor at its sister church in northern Alberta has counselled his congregation against following physical distancing and masking rules.

Two first responders in the Maritimes say they received service dogs who weren't properly trained, including a Halifax Regional Police officer who says her Labrador retriever Archie was taken back by the service-dog organization after a year and a half of bonding.

Working in public health, medical student Helen Tang has seen how the financial, emotional and mental burden on COVID-19 patients and their families often surpasses the physical manifestations of the virus.

The federal government is exploring the possibility of replacing its aging fleet of transportation planes as part of a planned bailout of the country’s battered airline industry, federal sources said.

The NDP MPP for the region with the longest-running boil water advisories of any First Nations in Canada is demanding the Ontario government become part of the solution.

Jim Hemlin, chief operating officer for the Calabogie Peaks Resort in Calabogie, Ont., said people will still take to the slopes given there are hills right across the border in Quebec that will remain open.

More than 70 passengers on Canadian airlines have been slapped with fines or warning letters by Transport Canada in recent months for refusing to wear a mask on board a flight, with more incidents involving Alberta airports than any other province.

Less than 48 hours after a judge sided with an abused wife in court — allowing her to live in the home she once shared with her husband, who is serving a prison sentence for brutally beating her — Molotov cocktails were thrown through the windows of the house, causing it to burn to the ground.  

Less than 48 hours after a judge sided with an abused wife in court — allowing her to live in the home she once shared with her husband, who is serving a prison sentence for brutally beating her — Molotov cocktails were thrown through the windows of the house, causing it to burn to the ground.  

The U.S. Congress on Monday approved an $892 billion US coronavirus aid package, throwing a lifeline to the nation's pandemic-battered economy after months of inaction, while also keeping the federal government funded for another year.

A new strain of coronavirus in the United Kingdom has triggered border restrictions internationally and in Canada. It’s also sparked many questions. Dr. Isaac Bogoch is an infectious diseases physician and a member of the Ontario government’s vaccine task force. Today, he shares his thoughts on the mutation and explains its potential impact on treatment and transmission of the virus — and even vaccine efficacy.

A Vancouver organization is ready to welcome 97 refugees who've been detained on islands north of Australia, but COVID-19 has put a wrench in the plan.

Dozens of email accounts at the U.S. Treasury Department were comprised by the powerful hackers responsible for a wide-ranging espionage campaign against U.S. government agencies, the office of U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said on Monday.

The Tsartlip First Nation took possession of the 78-hectare former Woodwynn Farm property on the Saanich Peninsula on Dec. 16.