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Nineteen-year-old Neil Linklater was on his way to visit his family for the weekend. But an hour away from his childhood home in Esgenoôpetitj First Nation, Neil collided head-on with another vehicle, and never made it there.

Britain's Prince Harry has written the forward for a new book aimed at the children of front-line workers who died in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing the pain he suffered as a boy after the death of his mother, Princess Diana.

The RCMP's watchdog says Canada's national police force racially discriminated against the mother of Colten Boushie during their investigation of the Indigenous man's shooting death in 2016 — a finding accepted by RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki.   

An interim review of the failure by the federal government's pandemic early warning system to issue a formal alert on COVID-19 describes a lack of detailed knowledge of the system among senior managers.

Turkey withdrew early Saturday from a landmark European treaty protecting women from violence that it was the first to sign 10 years ago and that bears the name of its largest city.

The eruption of a long-dormant volcano that sent streams of lava flowing across a small valley in southwestern Iceland is easing and shouldn't interfere with air travel, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said Saturday.

Simran Singh was counting the days until he would reunited with his wife — a process hampered by pandemic delays. Her flight from India was booked, when the news broke all flights from the country coming into Canada were banned for 30 days to control the virus. 

Ontario reported 1,829 new cases and and 11 new deaths on Saturday as looser restrictions came into effect for restaurants, including the resumption of outdoor dining in grey-lockdown zones.

Conservative delegates at the party's policy convention have voted to reject adding green-friendly statements to the policy book — including a line that would have stated the party believes "climate change is real" and is "willing to act."

Lumber prices in B.C. and the rest of Canada are surging and industry experts warn that it could be years before the numbers go down to pre-pandemic levels.

Officials said the risk was too great to admit ticket holders from overseas during a pandemic, an idea strongly opposed by the Japanese public.

It turns out you can judge a book by its cover. Defying the age-old idiom, librarians in London Ont. are exploring their collection of easy-to-match covers to perfect their #BookFace, lightening the mood among staff after a heavy year. 

News this week that a cluster of more than 40 cases of an unknown neurological disease has been identified, and found only in New Brunswick, has residents of several communities on edge.

Even passing racism can cause long-lasting damage when left unchecked and unchallenged, writes Tamara Miller.

The NDP is promising to wipe out a large portion of existing student debt, pause student loan payments and slap a moratorium on student debt interest payments.

The authoritarians struck back this week at U.S. President Joe Biden, who has promised to renew traditional democratic alliances that have frayed in recent years. China and Russia set out to prove the world has changed — and to diminish Biden, his country and its democracy.

Anonymized mobility data from cellphones suggests people left home a lot less when provinces enacted tougher containment measures to try to control the COVID-19 pandemic.

Spouses waiting for their loved ones' immigration paperwork to be processed for over a year are speaking out after they say applications sent to a Mississauga, Ont., processing office have stalled completely.

The authoritarians struck back this week at U.S. President Joe Biden, who has promised to renew traditional democratic alliances that have frayed in recent years. China and Russia set out to prove the world has changed — and to diminish Biden, his country and its democracy.

Scientists in Europe have reportedly found a link between the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine and extremely rare but potentially fatal blood clots, but Canadian public health officials have so far provided no update on guidance for the shot.

In the early days of the pandemic, scam centres were shut down. But now they're back in full swing, with scammers posing as tax officials and bank employees, convincing unsuspecting Canadians to pay up or risk serious consequences.

A volcano in southwestern Iceland on the Reykjanes Peninsula erupted on Friday, following thousands of small earthquakes in the area in recent weeks, the country's meteorological office said.

A volcano in southwestern Iceland on the Reykjanes Peninsula erupted on Friday, following thousands of small earthquakes in the area in recent weeks, the country's meteorological office said.