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Chris Rutkowski with Ufology Research in Winnipeg says sightings of unidentified flying objects across the country increased by 46 per cent in 2020.

A former escort agency owner, several workers in the sex trade as well as a group that advocates for law reform have launched a legal challenge of Canada's prostitution laws. Members of the sex trade are still living and working in a "criminal regime," a spokesperson for the alliance says.

When the Chinese firm Feihe International invested $332 million to build a milk formula factory in Kingston, Ont., it promised to create hundreds of jobs in Eastern Ontario. Some of the people who took those jobs are now warning the workplace isn't safe — and they're afraid someone could get killed.

The teenager who shot the viral video of a Minneapolis police officer forcing his knee onto the neck and back of George Floyd said she has stayed up at night apologizing to him for not doing more to help him.

The teenager who shot the viral video of a Minneapolis police officer forcing his knee onto the neck and back of George Floyd said she has stayed up at night apologizing to him for not doing more to help him.

A Minneapolis firefighter who saw George Floyd being pinned to the ground by police officers when she was off duty testified at the Derek Chauvin murder trial Tuesday that she felt "totally distressed" that she was prevented from providing him medical aid. Chauvin is the former Minneapolis officer charged with killing Floyd.

In the days after the Atlanta shootings, we asked Asian Canadians to tell us about their experiences with increasing anti-Asian racism. This is what they had to say:

HBO's adaptation of the hit video game series The Last of Us will begin production in Calgary this July, according to the Director's Guild of Canada. It will star Pedro Pascal of The Mandalorian and Bella Ramsey of Game of Thrones.

HBO's adaptation of the hit video game series The Last of Us will begin production in Calgary this July, according to the Director's Guild of Canada. It will star Pedro Pascal of The Mandalorian and Bella Ramsey of Game of Thrones.

The Canadian military will remain involved in the hunt for the remnants of the ISIS terror group for another year. The Liberal government has announced it will extend the capacity-building and assistance mission known as Operation Impact. The move to stay in the region comes three and a half years after the battlefield defeat of ISIS.

The University of Waterloo says there are now 21 COVID-19 cases on campus and the public health unit has declared an outbreak at all residences. The school says the cases are linked to off-campus gatherings of students from both universities in the Ontario city.

Canada, the United States and 12 other countries expressed concerns Tuesday that the released World Health Organization report on the origins of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was delayed and lacked access to complete data, according to a joint statement.

It appears that SpaceX just can't stick the landing. The launch of the latest Starship, which CEO Elon Musk hopes will take humans to the moon or Mars in the near future, once again ended in another explosion, though it's unclear what happened.

Fire crews have extinguished two blazes at Masonic lodges in North Vancouver — one in the Lonsdale area and another in Lynn Valley. Vancouver police said they're investigating an arson at a third Masonic hall and working with RCMP to identify links between the fires.

Vancouver police say they have arrested a 42-year-old man suspected of arson in three fires at Masonic lodges in Metro Vancouver on Tuesday morning. Fire crews said they have extinguished two blazes at Masonic lodges in North Vancouver and a third at a Masonic hall in Vancouver.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today that while the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight and vaccine deliveries are speeding up, Canadians need to hold on a little longer and follow public health guidance.

Pfizer-BioNTech has agreed to move up delivery of five million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to Canada from late in the late summer to June, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today.

A shipment of 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine is expected to arrive in Canada from the United States today — one day after provinces suspended its use in people under the age of 55. 

Historian Robin McKee found an unmarked grave in Hamilton Cemetery while doing research for his Civil War-themed tour, a discovery that took him to Washington, D.C., where he found the records of Nelson Stevens — a freed slave and veteran McKee believes is the first Black man in Canada to be honoured with a U.S. Civil War headstone.

More than 20 heads of government and global agencies are calling for an international treaty for pandemic preparedness that they say will protect future generations  — but there are few details to explain how such an agreement might actually force countries to act more co-operatively.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said his government is considering additional restrictions to combat a surge in COVID-19 cases and urged people not to gather over the upcoming long weekend.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said his government is considering additional restrictions to combat a surge in COVID-19 cases, and urged people not to gather over the upcoming long weekend.

The world’s social media giants promised to crack down on harmful COVID-19 misinformation that has proliferated since the pandemic began, but a CBC Marketplace investigation found that when problematic posts were flagged, most weren’t labelled or removed. 

When Dixie Marie Judilla became pregnant while a temporary foreign worker at an Alberta Dairy Queen, she thought she'd have to leave her child half a world away — until an extraordinary act of kindness. She's not the only Filipino immigrant to find joy, friendship and kindness in Alberta's small towns.

From Claresholm to Stettler, Filipino immigrants have found joy, friendship and kindness in Alberta's small towns.

A homeowner in Fort Frances, Ont., says she's tired of hearing — and smelling — locomotives that have been idling behind her home for days on end. But CN says these locomotives are made to run.

When Dixie Marie Judilla became pregnant while a temporary foreign worker at an Alberta Dairy Queen, she thought she'd have to leave her child half a world away — until an extraordinary act of kindness.

When Dixie Marie Judilla became pregnant while a temporary foreign worker at an Alberta Dairy Queen, she thought she'd have to leave her child half a world away — until an extraordinary act of kindness.

When Dixie Marie Judilla became pregnant while a temporary foreign worker at an Alberta Dairy Queen, she thought she'd have to leave her child half a world away — until some unexpected help arrived.

For much of her young life, Jessica Achilles's inner critic was the loudest voice in her head. But that message started to change when she discovered one of Saint John's most venerable choirs. 

Well into its third year of topping awards shows, Schitt's Creek garnered 21 nods to lead the pack in nominations announced for this year's Canadian Screen Awards.

China's top legislature approved amendments to Hong Kong's constitution on Tuesday that will give Beijing more control over the makeup of the city's legislature.

Gig-economy workers have been risking their health to deliver things like meals and groceries during the pandemic, and provinces should recognize their essential work by taking steps to protect them with employee status, writes Paris Marx.

Premier Doug Ford is dangling the possibility that Ontario's already-delayed March Break for schools could be postponed yet again, as the province confronts its third wave of COVID-19.

This month's mass shooting in Atlanta comes amid an alarming spike in attacks against people of Asian heritage during the COVID-19 pandemic — prompting Canadian teachers to explore this disturbing thread as they tackle anti-racist education in their classrooms. 

This month's mass shooting in Atlanta comes amid an alarming spike in attacks against people of Asian heritage during the COVID-19 pandemic — prompting Canadian teachers to explore this disturbing thread as they tackle anti-racist education in their classrooms. 

The suicide crisis among Indian farmers is deeply felt in the poorest districts in Punjab, which is often referred to as the country’s breadbasket, because of its rich soil and rice fields. Nearly every village here has had a string of suicides over the past few decades, but the problem is a national one, Salimah Shivji reports.

When it comes to climate change, experts say few things have been as tricky to predict as its impact on hurricanes. However, a new report suggests that many regions affected by hurricanes will likely experience storms of greater intensity as a result of Earth’s changing climate.

When it comes to climate change, experts say few things have been as tricky to predict as its impact on hurricanes. However, a new report suggests that many regions affected by hurricanes will likely experience storms of greater intensity as a result of Earth’s changing climate.

When it comes to climate change, experts say few things have been as tricky to predict as its impact on hurricanes. However, a new report suggests that many regions affected by hurricanes will likely experience storms of greater intensity as a result of Earth’s changing climate.

Canada has the worst record for COVID-19 deaths in long-term care homes compared with other wealthy countries, according to a new report released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

The suicide crisis among Indian farmers is deeply felt in the poorest districts in Punjab, which is often referred to as the country’s breadbasket, because of its rich soil and rice fields. Nearly every village here has had a string of suicides over the past few decades, but the problem is a national one, Salimah Shivji reports.

The suicide crisis among Indian farmers is deeply felt in the poorest districts in Punjab, which is often referred to as the country’s breadbasket, because of its rich soil and rice fields. Nearly every village here has had a string of suicides over the past few decades, but the problem is a national one, Salimah Shivji reports.

Experts on Tuesday boarded a colossal container ship that had been stuck for nearly a week in the Suez Canal before it was freed as questions swirled about the grounding that had shaken the global shipping industry and clogged one of the world's most vital waterways.

Conservative MP and foreign affairs critic Michael Chong talks to guest host Vassy Kapelos about being sanctioned by China, and the growing international chorus that says China is committing genocide.

Untangling the latest recommendations for AstraZeneca vaccines. Plus, inside the courtroom for the murder trial in George Floyd’s death.

Last Monday, the Vernon city council voted to give its ownership of the Ogopogo name to the Syilx First Nation, after members of Indigenous communities questioned why the city recently gave permission to a local book author to use the name, which carries religious meaning.

Last Monday, the Vernon city council voted to give its ownership of the Ogopogo name to the Syilx First Nation, after members of Indigenous communities questioned why the city recently gave permission to a local book author to use the name, which carries religious meaning.