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A new study shows Canada's current policies on Indigenous communities are hurting their democracy and having the power to implement things like online voting could make a big impact.

Nova Scotia's microbiology labs are once again trying to ramp up capacity to deal with a backlog of 45,000 COVID-19 swabs.

The acting chief of the defence staff has placed the military's Special Forces commander, Maj.-Gen. Peter Dawe, on leave with pay after revelations that he wrote a letter supporting a soldier convicted of sexual assault in 2017.

The acting chief of the defence staff has placed the military's Special Forces commander on leave after revelations of his handling of a sexual assault case in 2017.

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Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the federal government is looking at major changes in organization and authority when it comes to the military's handling of sexual misconduct.

The women's world curling championship has been put on pause after several positive COVID-19 cases were detected Sunday morning amongst the broadcast crew in Calgary.

The women's world curling championship was put on pause after several positive COVID-19 cases were detected Sunday morning amongst the broadcast crew in Calgary, but play is set to continue.

The women's world curling championship was put on pause after several positive COVID-19 cases were detected Sunday morning amongst the broadcast crew in Calgary, but play is set to continue.

Enoch Animated is a YouTube channel with 24 animated stories from three Enoch elders.

Canada’s Caeli McKay and Meaghan Benfeito won gold in women’s 10-metre synchro at a diving World Cup event in Tokyo on Sunday.

Coronavirus variants now make up the majority of Canada's new COVID-19 cases, the country's chief public health officer said on Sunday, adding that the variant first identified in the U.K. is especially prevalent.

The real estate listing suggests the view of the Strait may have inspired one of Colville's best-known works, To Prince Edward Island, painted in 1965.

As chefs and home cooks around the world start to increasingly consider environmental sustainability in their food choices, a debate has been growing over one particular item: beef. And now foodie website Epicurious has dropped it altogether.

For many in France, Napoleon Bonaparte is the epitome of French achievement, having conquered much of Europe and remade the structures of his country. But it's a complicated legacy for the sharp-tongued emperor against whom most modern French presidents are still measured 200 years after his death.

"I don't have to go beg," said senior who uses local community refrigerators because she has difficulty affording food.

Advocates for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) say the federal government sidestepped the national inquiry's finding of genocide in its budget — and they wonder how Ottawa can commit money to ending the violence without a plan.

Denman Island, population 1,200, is the latest to have its entire adult community offered doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. It's one of 28 places on or near Vancouver Island taking the widespread approach.

At the time, the 2011 federal election seemed like it was ushering in a new era in Canadian politics. Ten years later, it looks more like the exception than a new rule.

An undetermined number of people were shot at a Wisconsin casino Saturday evening, according to authorities. The Oneida Casino in Green Bay tweeted there was an active shooter at the casino, but Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul tweeted shortly before 10 p.m. that the scene "is contained."

Authorities in Wisconsin say a gunman killed two people at a Green Bay casino Saturday night and seriously wounded a third before he was shot and killed by police.

Workers and union leaders dusted off bullhorns and flags that had stayed furled during coronavirus lockdowns for slimmed down but still boisterous — and at times violent — May Day marches on Saturday, demanding more labour protections amid a pandemic that has turned economies and workplaces upside down.

At least 10 children and teens younger than 18 were among 45 ultra-Orthodox Jews killed in a stampede at a religious festival in northern Israel, according to a partial list of names published Saturday as the identification of victims in Israel's deadliest civilian disaster continued.

Medina Spirit stormed to victory at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday to deliver trainer Bob Baffert a record seventh win in the Run for the Roses.