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A Bloc Québécois member of Parliament has apologized for taking a screenshot of his colleague while he was naked during online House of Commons proceedings.

Warren Montgomery died Tuesday morning after contracting coronavirus variant.

U.S. low-cost airline JetBlue is coming to Canada for the first time, with flights into Vancouver scheduled for the summer of next year.

The B.C. Supreme Court judge overseeing Meng Wanzhou’s extradition proceedings has agreed to delay final arguments in the case for three months while the Huawei executive’s lawyers review documents they hope will help them toss the case.

The fatal police shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant, a Black teenager in Columbus, Ohio, came within minutes of the verdict in George Floyd's killing — prompting outrage over the continued police use of lethal force.

Former minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale has been appointed Canada's new high commissioner in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) announced Wednesday.

After a nearby Easter weekend event turned into a COVID-19 superspreader, the mayor of Maple Creek, Sask., says the town has alerted the RCMP of a noted Canadian anti-masker's planned rally in the community this weekend. Premier Moe has asked the man to reconsider.

The Trudeau government is expected to announce a new target for greenhouse gas emissions — at least a 40 per cent reduction from 2005 levels by 2030.

Wildlife officials in Ontario are looking to create a wild pig strategy to deal with a potential porcine invasion before it's too late.

The championship was called off a day before participating countries were to set to arrive and begin quarantine. Players were set to come from across Canada, the U.S., Japan and Europe.

Love comes around when you least expect it — at least that's what happened to George Pattison.

Love comes around when you least expect it — at least that's what George Pattison learned when a lonely Canada Goose wandered onto his Hampton, N.B., property.

The Canadian Football League is pushing back the start of its season to August and is also cutting down the 18-game schedule to 14 games. That means the Grey Cup is also being pushed back, now scheduled to be played on Dec. 12 in Hamilton.

The Canadian Football League is pushing back the start of its season to August and is also cutting down the 18-game schedule to 14 games. That means the Grey Cup is also being pushed back, now scheduled to be played on Dec. 12 in Hamilton.

The Bank of Canada opted to keep its benchmark interest rate steady at its record-low level Wednesday even as it revised its growth estimates up significantly.

The Bank of Canada opted to keep its benchmark interest rate steady at a record-low 0.25 per cent Wednesday, saying the pandemic recovery "continues to require extraordinary monetary policy support."

In dense tropical forests in Sierra Leone, scientists have rediscovered a coffee species not seen in the wild in decades — a plant they say may help secure the future of this valuable commodity that has been imperiled by climate change.

Ontario reported another 4,212 cases of COVID-19 and 32 more deaths linked to the illness on Wednesday, as the government confirmed "enhancements" to the federal paid sick leave program are coming.

Ontario reported another 4,212 cases of COVID-19 and 32 more deaths linked to the illness on Wednesday, as public health units administered a new high of 136,695 doses of vaccines.

A new report into the barriers that Indigenous women deal with while trying to access health care during the pandemic describes serious shortcomings, including racism.

Statistics Canada says the annual pace of inflation jumped higher in March due in large part to a plunge in prices a year ago, at the start of the pandemic.

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday sternly warned the West against further encroachment on Russia's security interests, saying Moscow's response will be "quick and tough."

As much as Queen Elizabeth, who marks her 95th birthday today, will be feeling the loss of her husband Prince Philip, there is also a sense that her deep devotion to her role remains unwavering.

A B.C. Provincial Court judge has acquitted a teenager of sexual assault after a trail of Instagram evidence suggested the boy was “set up” by a “callous” classmate who stoked his erotic fantasies before seeing him expelled and arrested.

Delio Delgado has spent more than a month in hospital battling COVID-19, but when he leaves, he'll have to try and catch up on missed rent and car payments.

An influential Canadian doctor and top adviser to the World Health Organization has come under fire for controversial comments downplaying the risk of airborne spread of the coronavirus and claiming N95 masks can cause “harms” — including acne.

With the Quebec government announcing it plans to appeal Tuesday's court ruling on a law that bans public servants from wearing religious symbols at work, the prime minister faces re-election concerns as he considers whether to support a legal challenge.

Quebec's secularism law, cherished by nationalists in the province, is mostly still intact today, largely because of the Constitution's notwithstanding clause.

A legal battle that has pitted Canada's largest private ranch against a small recreation club in British Columbia has exposed the gaps in provincial legislation when it comes to access to public lands, say experts.

Police shot and killed a teenage girl Tuesday afternoon in Columbus just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd.

Police shot and killed a teenage girl Tuesday afternoon in Columbus just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd.

Police shot and killed a teenage girl Tuesday afternoon in Columbus just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd.

A B.C. nurse is pleading with people to do a few "simple things" to get the pandemic under control after an emotionally crushing shift in the COVID-19 ward.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is isolating in Toronto after he was in close contact with a staff member who has since tested positive for COVID-19, his office said late Tuesday night.

It's a complex question. And while the real answer can be influenced by many variables, it is a question scientists are asking themselves.

Ontario hospitals are transferring an unprecedented number of patients within the province as the COVID-19 pandemic puts intense pressure on the health-care system.

Reaction from inside and outside the courtroom — including in Canada — to the guilty verdict in George Floyd’s murder. Plus, experts warn Alberta could follow in Ontario’s COVID-19 footsteps.

The union that represents 15,000 Canadian marine workers is demanding the government come up with a plan to vaccinate seafarers after the most recent COVID-19 outbreak on the Atlantic Huron, a Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier.

A House of Commons committee heard startling testimony of rape and retribution from different witnesses on Tuesday as it continued its examination of sexual misconduct in the military.

A House of Commons committee heard startling testimony of rape and retribution from different witnesses on Tuesday as it continued its examination of sexual misconduct in the military.