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Goaltender Taya Currie made history on Saturday by becoming the first female athlete ever chosen in the Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection draft.

The Newfoundland and Labrador government has decided to change the official description of its 400-year-old coat of arms.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is trying to "deflect" criticism of his response to the COVID-19 pandemic by pointing fingers at the federal government's handling of the country's borders, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday during a virtual appearance at a seminar held by Ryerson University.

Pope Francis met with both Vatican-based Canadian cardinals on Saturday as the country reels from the discovery of the remains of about 215 children near a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., run by the Catholic Church.

The swift passage of Bill C-5 means Sept. 30 will become the first of what is to be an annual national day for truth and reconciliation.

Researchers who examine gender inequities in the workplace say an increase in remote work could benefit female employees, but many warn that it could also hinder their potential advancements in the workplace and exacerbate existing gender gaps.

Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, said Saturday that 75 per cent of Canadians should be fully vaccinated in order for the country to have a "safer fall."

Canada's finance minister says a deal reached by G7 countries on establishing a minimum corporate tax and taxing the profits of major multinationals will help end "jurisdiction shopping." Canada is still planning to implement its own digital services tax, as conversation shifts to broader forums, she says.

The Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to commit to a minimum corporate tax of at least 15 per cent on a country by country basis.

The FBI director calls this a 9/11 moment. Cyberattacks on meat processing, oil pipelines, hospitals, and power plants have the U.S. government likening computer crimes to terrorism. A new book asks: How did we get here? And how might we escape this growing threat to our digitally vulnerable world?

The past is catching up to the present. It is offering non-Indigenous Canadians a glimpse of what their country has done to Indigenous Canadians in the past and still does today.

Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc isn’t saying how many names of possible candidates for governor general will be sent to the prime minister — or whether the search committee has been instructed to include a nominee with an Indigenous background.

A new variant is taking hold in Canada, but our vaccine supply is ramping and second doses are accelerating across the country. So how at risk are we from B.1.617, and how concerned should Canadians be as we inch closer to reopening much of the country?

Ground-penetrating radar is one of the tools that led to the shocking revelation that there appear to be the remains of 215 children buried at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.

The rap genre in Canada has evolved over the last 30 years, but not without hurdles along the way. With some of the biggest names in hip hop coming out of the north, can new artists find the same success?

Carey Price stopped 30 shots for his eighth career playoff shutout, and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Winnipeg Jets 1-0 on Friday for a 2-0 lead in their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series.

Some researchers believe adolescent males and young men can, in rare cases, develop myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, after their second shot of an mRNA vaccine.

The 2021 Juno Awards kicked off on Friday night in a virtual ceremony. In a largely pretaped show, host Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe will give out awards for categories including single of the year, songwriter of the year, group of the year and more. 

The 2021 Juno Awards kicked off on Friday night in a virtual ceremony. In a largely pretaped show, host Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe will give out awards for categories including single of the year, songwriter of the year, group of the year and more. 

The 2021 Juno Awards kicked off on Friday night in a virtual ceremony. In a largely pretaped show, host Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe will give out awards for categories including single of the year, songwriter of the year, group of the year and more. 

The 2021 Juno Awards kicked off on Friday night in a virtual ceremony. In a largely pretaped show, host Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe will give out awards for categories including single of the year, songwriter of the year, group of the year and more. 

The 2021 Juno Awards kicked off on Friday night in a virtual ceremony. In a largely pretaped show, host Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe will give out awards for categories including single of the year, songwriter of the year, group of the year and more. 

Manitoba has sent two cardiac patients out of the province so they can get surgery next week, a Shared Health spokesperson says.

Manitoba has sent two cardiac patients out of the province so they can get surgery next week, a Shared Health spokesperson says.

In the wake of the tragic reported discovery of an unmarked burial site in Kamloops, B.C., the Liberals are facing tough questions about ongoing harms being suffered by Indigenous children in the child welfare system — a system an Inuk MP says is no different than residential schools.

In the wake of the tragic reported discovery of an unmarked burial site in Kamloops, B.C., the Liberals are facing tough questions about ongoing harms being suffered by Indigenous children in the child welfare system — a system an Inuit MP says is no different than residential schools.