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The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday that it would not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, saying video of the shooting was too poor in quality for prosecutors to conclusively establish what had happened.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is "extremely disappointed" that his finance minister has travelled outside of the country for a personal vacation.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is "extremely disappointed" that his finance minister has travelled outside of the country for a personal vacation.

Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips travelled outside of Canada for a personal vacation on Dec. 13, his office said Tuesday.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked Democrats' push to immediately bring President Donald Trump's demand for bigger $2,000 US COVID-19 relief cheques up for a vote, saying the chamber would "begin a process" to address the issue.

American Airlines flew a Boeing 737 Max with paying passengers from Miami to New York on Tuesday, the plane's first commercial flight in U.S. skies since 2019 when it was grounded after two deadly crashes.

As of Tuesday, there are 7,580 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C. A record high of 373 people are in hospital, including 80 in intensive care.

Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says reducing the fees parents pay is a key factor in the Liberals' plan for a national child-care system.

Contaminated water that leaked from an oilfield pipeline on Christmas Day has entered the North Saskatchewan River but has had no detectable impact on it, says a spokesman for Calgary-based oil and gas producer ARC Resources Ltd.

Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips travelled outside of the country for a personal vacation recently but continues to observe public health directives, his office said Tuesday.

Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips travelled outside of the country for a personal vacation recently, his office said Tuesday.

NFL wide receiver Chase Claypool wore a shirt with the photo of former Regina resident Samwel Uko, who was found dead in Wascana Lake in May 2020.

A confrontation in which a man said a woman tackled his 14-year-old Black son in a New York City hotel lobby as she falsely accused the teen of stealing her phone is under investigation, city prosecutors said Monday.

A strong earthquake hit central Croatia on Tuesday, destroying buildings and sending panicked people fleeing into rubble-covered streets in a town southeast of the capital. Authorities said at least seven people were killed and dozens were injured.

Pierre Cardin, the French designer whose famous name embossed myriad consumer products after his iconic Space Age styles shot him into the fashion stratosphere in the 1960s, has died. He was 98.

The head of Ontario's COVID-19 vaccine task force is calling on Health Canada to "look into" the possibility of providing Moderna's vaccine as a single dose, rather than two, in a bid to quickly expand capacity as cases of the illness surge in the province.

Ontario reported a two-day total of 4,492 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday as public health officials faced criticism for scaling down the province's vaccination program over the holidays.

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A man whose remains were found buried in the North Fork area, about 40 kilometres east of Dawson City, just off the Dempster Highway, in 1983 remains unidentified — and officials say they believe foul play was involved in his death. 

Some Nova Scotians are still struggling with complications brought on by COVID-19 months after they officially recovered from the virus.

If you want to learn how climate change has already begun to affect daily life on P.E.I., talk to someone who works outside.

What if the U.S. election had been about the economy and not the pandemic? Would Justin Trudeau's minority government have survived if 2020 had been politics as usual?

Ted Jaleta is trying to call attention to a growing humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ethiopia, as he fears for his family members displaced by violence.

People in Saskatchewan's capital city spoke publicly about personal experiences of sexual harassment and violence this summer as a #MeToo wave swept the city in an unprecedented way. But did anything change? People at the heart of the matter say yes.

As COVID-19 wreaks havoc on most of the economy, home renovations are on the rise as people try to carve out space for work and working out.

Relatives of the 10 Hong Kongers accused of fleeing the city by speedboat during a government crackdown on dissent say they've been informed that the group pleaded guilty and that the verdicts will be delivered by a court in mainland China on Wednesday.

Bangladesh started moving a second group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, despite opposition from rights groups worried about the new site's vulnerability to floods.

The National for December 28: The growing outcry over Ontario pausing COVID-19 vaccinations during the holidays. Plus, why more enforcement may not reduce case numbers.

The U.S. House of representatives voted Monday to increase COVID-19 relief cheques to $2,000 US, meeting President Donald Trump's demand for bigger payments and sending the bill to the Republican-controlled Senate, where the outcome is uncertain.

Police investigating a Christmas day bombing in Nashville say they may never know the motive behind the attack, though the FBI named Anthony Quinn Warner, who died in the bombing, as the suspect in the case.