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Warren Buffett is resigning as a trustee from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The announcement comes weeks after the couple announced they were divorcing after 27 years of marriage but would continue to jointly run the foundation, one of the largest charitable foundations in the world.

In the most anticipated hearing in the case in years, Britney Spears addressed a judge overseeing a hearing into the conservatorship that has controlled the pop star's money and affairs since 2008.

In the most anticipated hearing in the case in years, Britney Spears is addressing a judge overseeing a hearing into the conservatorship that has controlled the pop star's money and affairs since 2008.

In the most anticipated hearing in the case in years, Britney Spears addressed a judge overseeing a hearing into the conservatorship that has controlled the pop star's money and affairs since 2008.

What happens when sex education can't be delivered in person, as it was pre-pandemic? For a northern Ontario high school in Sandy Lake First Nation, it's meant charting new territory: the airwaves.

John McAfee, the creator of the McAfee antivirus software, has been found dead in his cell in a jail near Barcelona, a government official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The House of Commons will rise today for what could be the last time before an anticipated fall election — and party leaders are already testing out their pitches to voters.

Winners of back-to-back bronze medals, the Canadian players have aspirations of reaching the medal podium for an unprecedented third consecutive time at the Tokyo Olympics — but with a loftier goal.

Amazon announced Wednesday it will purchase power from a massive new solar farm in Alberta, marking the e-commerce giant's second renewable energy investment in Canada.

Amazon announced Wednesday it will purchase power from a massive new solar farm in Alberta, marking the e-commerce giant's second renewable energy investment in Canada.

Residents who fled their homes due to an out-of-control wildfire west of Edmonton will be able to return Wednesday evening.

A wildfire west of Edmonton that triggered evacuation orders in parts of Yellowhead County on Tuesday continues to burn out of control and is expected to keep growing.

Danish toymaker Lego has presented its first building bricks made out of recycled drinks bottles — an experimental project that if successful could eventually go into production.

An Ontario man who pleaded guilty to leaving Canada to cross into Syria and join ISIS has been sentenced to 49 months in prison and 12 months probation, but will serve no additional time in custody.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now says reports of people suffering heart inflammation after being vaccinated with an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine are greater than expected and likely linked to the vaccine, but that the benefits of vaccination still outweigh any risks.

A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory group now says reports of heart inflammation in people given an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine are likely linked to the vaccine, but that the benefits of vaccination still outweigh any risks.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of a Pennsylvania teenager who sued after a profane social media post got her banished from her high school's cheerleading squad in a narrow decision in a closely watched free speech case.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of a Pennsylvania teenager who sued after a profane social media post got her banished from her high school's cheerleading squad in a narrow decision in a closely watched free speech case.

Alberta will provide $8 million to support community-led research to research undocumented deaths and burials in residential schools, Premier Jason Kenney announced Wednesday.

Premier Jason Kenney and Minister of Indigenous Relations Rick Wilson are holding a news conference this morning. It begins at 11 a.m. MT and you can watch it live here.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole said today he's troubled by the cancellation of Canada Day celebrations in some municipalities and accused "a small group of activist voices" of continually talking down the country rather than acknowledging its many successes.

Coach Bev Priestman named her 18-player Tokyo Olympic soccer roster Wednesday with captain Christine Sinclair set to lead the eighth-ranked Canadians at her fourth Olympics.

Nine-year-old Aaliyah Faulknor's bright pink, custom wheelchair was stolen from the porch of her family's home in London, Ont., and surveillance video shows a man taking it away. While police have made an arrest and recovered the wheelchair, it's been stripped of its parts.

Retail sales fell by almost six per cent in April, the biggest slump in a year, as the third wave of COVID-19 across Canada closed stores and kept shoppers' wallets tightly shut.

Retail sales fell by almost six per cent in April, the biggest slump in a year, as the third wave of COVID-19 across Canada closed stores and kept shoppers' wallets tightly shut.

On Wednesday, organizers announced that this year's festival, which is scheduled to take place Sept. 9-18, will be an in-person affair again.

On Wednesday, organizers announced that this year's festival, which is scheduled to take place Sept. 9-18, will be an in-person affair again.

A school in Edmonton that will open next year has been named after Joey Moss, a legendary locker-room attendant for the city's national hockey and football teams.

After going unclaimed for weeks, the $70 million Lotto Max jackpot has finally been won.

After going unclaimed for weeks, the $70 million Lotto Max jackpot has finally been won.

Part of Nova Scotia's Trans-Canada Highway has been shut down since Tuesday afternoon because of a protest over border restrictions that mean some travellers from New Brunswick must self-isolate upon arrival in Nova Scotia.

"What if, instead of security guards at city hall, there was a team of compassionate and caring anti-racist grandmas present to care for those in need?" Activist group Not One More Death is posing this question and others to people in Thunder Bay, Ont., to seek alternatives to police and security responding to incidents in public spaces.

In the span of 17 years, Jason Thornhill has transformed a flat section of prairie southeast of Calgary into a destination for gardeners, campers and train lovers. The land had the good fortune of having an old CP rail line cut through it, so after Thornhill established a modest garden centre, he started to focus on trains.

It was a simple enough video. Just two guys on a beach in Salisbury, N.B., wondering if anyone wanted to hang out. They weren't prepared for what happened next.

The number of people applying to enter Nova Scotia, some lured by a campaign encouraging them to move to the province, increased sharply before the third wave. It alarmed public health officials, and as COVID-19 case counts rose the province put in border restrictions to curb the flow.

I never fully understood my culture or the history of our people as a child but simply knew I was Mi'kmaw and that the adults and elders in the community would tell us it was something to be proud of.

Canadians who are offered a different COVID-19 vaccine for their second shot than their first shouldn't hesitate to mix and match, experts say, as supply temporarily shifts from Pfizer-BioNTech to Moderna.

Black women in the U.S. and U.K. have worse maternal and pregnancy health outcomes than white women in those countries. But in Canada those indicators are not measured. That's a problem, according to physicians and patients.

After quietly and seriously investigating reports of unidentified flying objects for years, the United States military has until Friday to present an unclassified report to Congress on what it has uncovered about these mysterious sightings.

New Brunswick and its Atlantic neighbours are emerging from the worst of the pandemic, having avoided the more severe waves of infection seen elsewhere.

Eager Canadians who are chomping at the bit to start travelling again outside of the country got a bit of news this week about easing border restrictions. But it also left people with a lot of questions.

Fully vaccinated Canadians are no longer subject to quarantine when they arrive from international travel. But the new policy has left many people with questions.

With one month to go until the delayed Tokyo Olympics begin, the reality that the event is going to happen is starting to take hold in the capital city.

Few recent events have rattled this country more profoundly than the reported discovery of the remains of more than 200 children on the grounds of a former residential school in B.C.

Scientists and members of the Homalco First Nation are trying to figure out what triggered a massive landslide in rural B.C., and how badly it affected salmon habitat.

As First Nations in Quebec plan possible searches of former residential school sites, documents that could help that process have still not been turned over by the Quebec government and the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

As Britney Spears is set to address a Los Angeles court on Wednesday regarding her 13-year conservatorship, here is everything you need to know about the singer's case and the fan-led movement that is advocating for her independence.

As Britney Spears is set to address a Los Angeles court on Wednesday regarding her 13-year conservatorship, here is everything you need to know about the singer's case and the fan-led movement that is advocating for her independence.

After quietly and seriously investigating reports of unidentified flying objects for years, the United States military has until Friday to present an unclassified report to Congress on what it has uncovered about these mysterious sightings.

Over 43% of adults in First Nations communities are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. As of June 18, a total of 588,916 vaccine doses were administered to individuals aged 12 and older in 687 First Nations and Inuit communities.