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Southern Ontario workers who benefit from Enbridge's Line 5 are anxiously watching what's playing out this week in Michigan, which has given the Calgary-based firm until Wednesday to shut down the pipeline — a move backed by Indigenous groups, but would cut off a major source of fuel for Ontario and Quebec.

There was some positive movement in British Columbia over the weekend, as numbers trended down in new cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions, though the province did register 20 more deaths from COVID-19.

With rubble from an asteroid tucked inside, a NASA spacecraft fired its engines and began the long journey back to Earth on Monday.

MPs on the House of Commons heritage committee today agreed to pause a detailed review of the federal government’s broadcasting bill while the Department of Justice determines whether recent amendments violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

U.S. television network NBC said on Monday it will not air Hollywood's Golden Globes ceremony in 2022 following complaints about ethical lapses and lack of diversity among the group that hands out the annual awards for film and television. 

U.S. television network NBC said on Monday it will not air Hollywood's Golden Globes ceremony in 2022 following complaints about ethical lapses and lack of diversity among the group that hands out the annual awards for film and television. 

Federal New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh is the latest to say he believes there's a connection between anti-mask and anti-lockdown protests and far-right extremism.

Cryptocurrency dogecoin went on a rocket ride to the moon and back over the weekend after Elon Musk poked fun at it on Saturday Night Live before announcing on Monday that his company would accept it as legitimate payment for a mission to the moon.

Kamron Habibullah, 17, is one of many Muslim athletes around the world who cannot eat or drink during daylight hours between April 13 and May 12. That makes training for the Vancouver Whitecaps a challenge, he says.

RCMP have identified the victim of a fatal shooting at Vancouver International Airport on Sunday as a longtime gang associate who was the subject of a rare public warning more than three years ago.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday gave the green light to cautious hugging and the serving of pints inside pubs after months of strict restrictions as he set out the next phase of coronavirus lockdown easing in England.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday gave the green light to cautious hugging and the serving of pints inside pubs after months of strict restrictions as he set out the next phase of coronavirus lockdown easing in England.

Ottawa police have laid 10 charges including abduction and assault against a 32-year-old woman accused of abducting an eight-day-old infant on Mother's Day.

Case counts in the city's jails and shelters are rising, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Michael Patterson said Monday. However, most of the COVID-19 transmission in Nunavut's capital is still a result of parties and people visiting each other indoors.

"There's basically people all over the place," Fort Simpson, N.W.T., Mayor Sean Whelly said on Monday morning. A general evacuation order was issued for the community of about 1,200 at about 3 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.

The cyberextortion attempt that has forced the shutdown of a vital U.S. pipeline was carried out by a criminal gang known as DarkSide, which cultivates a Robin Hood image of stealing from corporations and giving a cut to charity, two people close to the investigation said Sunday.

Manitoba will shutter schools in two regions hit hard by COVID-19 and move students to online learning, as the province's top doctor says more needs to be done to slow community spread and "break these transmission chains."

In the not-so-distant future, a man who has a history of racist, hateful, allegedly violent behaviour and who is also attempting to publish the private information of Alberta Health Services employees is set to receive a list that includes the names, addresses and phone numbers of every Calgarian eligible to vote.

In the not-so-distant future, a man who has a history of racist, hateful, allegedly violent behaviour and who is also attempting to publish the private information of Alberta Health Services employees is set to receive a list that includes the names, addresses and phone numbers of every Calgarian eligible to vote.

Since moving to New Brunswick in 2018, Rodney Pavlica has struggled to find a family doctor to handle his care. While he loves his new home and neighbours, he said the lack of health care has forced him to pay out of pocket to see a doctor in Quebec.

Dianne Taylor is urging others to check their listed beneficiaries routinely for things like RRSPs and life insurance policies, after her husband's sudden death left her and her teenage daughter faced with losing the bulk of their family's savings.

Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Monday, the latest in a series of confrontations that is pushing the contested city to the brink of eruption.

Hamas militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel on Monday, including a barrage that set off air raid sirens as far away as Jerusalem, after hundreds of Palestinians were hurt in clashes with Israeli police at a flashpoint religious site in the contested holy city.

Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets toward Jerusalem on Monday, setting off air raid sirens throughout the city, after hundreds of Palestinians were hurt in clashes with Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a flashpoint religious site in the contested holy city.

Hamas militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel on Monday, including a barrage that set off air raid sirens as far away as Jerusalem, after hundreds of Palestinians were hurt in clashes with Israeli police at a flashpoint religious site in the contested holy city.

Explosions have been heard in Jerusalem after air raid sirens sounded, shortly after the Hamas militant group in Gaza had set a deadline for Israel to remove its security forces from the Al-Aqsa mosque compound.

Some experts say even though Ontario is still in the midst of a brutal third wave, it’s time for a road map — one that can adapt and change as the COVID-19 situation evolves— to give the public a sense of control and certainty amid the chaos.

Legal advocates are welcoming new proposals from the federal government to address the overrepresentation of Black, Indigenous and other racialized groups in the criminal justice system.

A Thunder Bay, Ont., woman took a "shot in the dark" to reconnect with a nurse she met the day her husband died nearly in 1993. What ended up happening was "truly amazing."

The federal budget shows Canada is backing a European push for a price on carbon across borders. It's prompted, in part, by fear of a Rust Belt repeat. Then, industries hollowed out in rich countries as manufacturing chased cheaper labour; this time, the draw would be from countries with climate regulations to those without.

Ross Miller, 85, went to The Source — owned by Bell — for a new TV. He left with two-year contracts for Bell Fibe TV and a new cell phone, a cordless phone, landline, tablet and a two-year contract for high-speed home internet. An insider says Source employees are pressured to make unethical sales.

Canada's vaccine rollout is speeding up, raising the possibility of COVID-19 restrictions loosening in the next few months. Today on Front Burner, infectious disease epidemiologist Dr. Lynora Saxinger talks about the kind of summer we could expect to have.

One man killed in daylight shooting at Vancouver International Airport. Plus, three provinces crack down to battle rising COVID-19 cases.

A unique sort of scavenger hunt cropped up across the Greater Toronto Area this weekend: the search for COVID-19 vaccines. 

A man was shot and killed Sunday afternoon near the departure terminal at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., police confirmed. RCMP said a police cruiser was hit with bullets during a pursuit of at least two suspects.

Police say they are looking for one or more suspects after a reported shooting in or around Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C.

Police say they are looking for one or more suspects after a reported shooting at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C.

Police have confirmed that a man was shot and killed Sunday afternoon at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C.

A man was shot and killed Sunday afternoon at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., police confirmed. RCMP said officers are looking for one or more suspects.

A 28-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday at Vancouver International Airport in what police believe was a gang-related killing.

A 28-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday at Vancouver International Airport in what police believe was a gang-related killing.