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Canada's Nate Riech shaved nearly two seconds off his Paralympic world record in the men's 1,500 metres at the Azusa Pacific Last Chance track and field meet in Azusa, Calif.

Fresh off tabling a 100-page bill that seeks to strengthen existing language laws, Premier François Legault took to Facebook to share a letter he wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Vancouver police have apologized after officers wrongly detained and handcuffed an 81-year-old retired Black judge during his morning walk on the seawall while searching for a suspect described as dark-skinned and decades younger.

Canada’s chief public health officer said Saturday that the recently announced “better summer” target for the loosening of pandemic restrictions is within reach as the percentage of Canadians receiving their first vaccine shot is on the increase.

Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the military commander leading vaccine logistics at the Public Health Agency of Canada, has left his post and is now the subject of a military investigation, according to a statement from the Department of National Defence.

Watch live on television and online as the Montreal Canadiens take on the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs on Hockey Night in Canada.

A healthy 43-year-old father from the Langley area is fighting after emergency surgery to deal with a rare complicated blood clot in his abdomen that's left him life-long complications after a two metre section of his bowel was removed.

As another day of violence unfolds in Gaza and Israel, many with loved ones in the region watch with anxiety and heartbreak, unable to look away as the threat of a ground war looms.

Carter Noseworthy, 12, is using his time in lockdown to teach himself a new skill — watercolour painting. The Halifax boy is creating watercolour sketches of sites in Halifax and other cities in Atlantic Canada.

Vaccines are now rolling out across Canada at a rapid pace as supply has finally begun to catch up with demand. While we're still far from returning to normal life, Canadians are more and more protected from the worst of COVID-19 with each passing day.

Bill C-10 was supposed to be the Trudeau government's opening salvo in a campaign to rein in Big Tech. Rookie minister Steven Guilbeault's clumsy handling of the file threatens to knock that campaign sideways.

A leader whose popularity has seemed virtually unassailable is now dealing with deep anger over his COVID-19 response, with scenes of the country's health system failing, crematoriums overwhelmed, and Indians pleading for basic medical supplies.

Nova Scotia’s Premier Iain Rankin says he’ll continue to use every legal means available to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the province — even if the effort ends up limiting individual rights.

Drought conditions on the Prairies are threatening crops and water supplies, and raising the risk of wildfires, farmers and scientists said.

Nature and capitalism both abhor a vacuum. There's a coalition of companies ready to fill Central Canada's Greyhound-shaped hole — and talk of a new coast-to-coast bus network. But some of that transformation might need government help.

Vaccines are now rolling out across Canada at a rapid pace as supply has finally begun to catch up with demand. While we're still far from returning to normal life, Canadians are more and more protected from the worst of COVID-19 with each passing day.

Nupur and Ajay Soin have been waiting more than two years for Nupur's teenage son, Shaurrya, to join them in Maple Ridge. They say his permanent residency visa has yet to be approved, and they don't know what the holdup is.

Until the COVID-19 pandemic has been brought under control and Jason Kenney improves his polling and mitigates the internal fissures within the United Conservative Party, the Alberta premier will remain susceptible to further caucus revolts, says political scientist Duane Bratt.

Vancouver police have apologized after officers wrongly detained and handcuffed an 81-year-old retired Black judge during his morning walk on the seawall while searching for a suspect described as dark-skinned and decades younger.

China has landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time in the latest advance for its space program.

China has landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time in the latest advance for its space program.

Two tornadoes have killed at least seven people in central and eastern China and left more than 200 others injured, officials and state media reported Saturday.

Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the military commander leading vaccine logistics at the Public Health Agency of Canada, has left his post and is now the subject of a military investigation, according to a statement from the Department of National Defence.

Amid the worst violence since the 2014 war, here is a look at the ongoing conflict and the history of confrontations between Israel and Palestinian militants.