Canada news

After a wonderful Day 14 for Canada, here's what to watch on Friday night and Saturday morning with a 23rd podium in sight.

Officials in B.C. reinstated a number of public health orders for the Central Okanagan area on Friday, shutting nightclubs, limiting restaurant dining and restricting the size of social gatherings until further notice as the delta variant drives the rapid spread of COVID-19.

Erin O’Toole and the Conservatives say that if they form the next government, they'll make it easier for newcomers to Canada to find work in their fields while transforming Canada’s role in promoting international human rights.

Christine Sinclair's greatness shouldn't be defined by scoring all those goals, playing all those games or, now, winning Olympic gold. Sinclair's legacy should be defined by inspiring a nation and women across Canada and the world to play soccer — and showing up when no one was watching.

No charges will be laid against an Alberta man who shot and killed an intruder who broke into his home and beat him with a baseball bat, RCMP said Friday. 

A woman who accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of groping her breast at the governor's state residence filed a criminal complaint against him, the Albany County Sheriff's office said Friday.

British Columbia's privacy watchdog is launching an investigation into the federal Liberal Party's use of facial recognition technology to pick candidates for the next election.

A London firefighter-in-training says he was at the right place, at the right time when he came across a Mississauga family of four struggling to stay above water at Ontario's Grand Bend South Beach.

Another British Columbia community has been devastated by a raging wildfire and more could be at risk from a blaze between Kamloops and Vernon in the province's southern Interior.

Another British Columbia community has been devastated by a raging wildfire, and more could be at risk from a blaze between Kamloops and Vernon in the province's southern Interior.

Another British Columbia community has been devastated by a raging wildfire, and more could be at risk from a blaze between Kamloops and Vernon in the province's southern Interior.

The Saskatchewan government says it will rethink its relationship with private nursing home operator Extendicare after an independent investigation found the company was clearly unprepared to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak that killed 39 residents at its Parkside home in Regina.

A new Niagara Historical Society book chronicles the forgotten or never-recognized stories of Black women from the region, including how one woman helped keep a Black man free after he escaped slavery in Kentucky by stealing his "owner's" horse and came to Canada.

A new Niagara Historical Society book chronicles the forgotten or never-recognized stories of Black women from the region, including how one woman helped keep a Black man free after he escaped slavery in Kentucky by stealing his "owner's" horse and came to Canada.

Dehumidifiers under the brand names Danby, De’Longhi, Edgestar, Friedrich, Honeywell and others are being recalled in Canada because of a risk of overheating and catching fire.

Dehumidifiers under the brand names Danby, De’Longhi, Edgestar, Friedrich, Honeywell and others are being recalled in Canada because of a risk of overheating and catching fire.

Scientists have unveiled an extraordinary find — a lion cub found in the Arctic that may be the best preserved Ice Age animal ever found.

A late surge from Andre De Grasse catapulted his team into the bronze-medal position in men’s 4x100-metre relay, capping off a Friday to remember for Canada.

Looting of Mi'kmaw archeology sites has been a problem in the Tusket area for years, said a councillor with Acadia First Nation.

Canada's economy added 94,000 jobs in July, far fewer than what economists were expecting, but enough to push the jobless rate down to 7.5 per cent.

Border agents have begun work-to-rule action while unions and the government continue to negotiate a deal to enhance protections for employees against harassment and discrimination.

Border service officers have begun work-to-rule action while unions and the government continue to negotiate a new contract.

Two Belarus team coaches have been removed from the Olympics, four days after they were involved in trying to send sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya back to their country.

Moh Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ont., charged to the finish line to earn an Olympic silver medal in the men's 5,000 metres, posting a time of 12 minutes 58.61 seconds on a hot and humid Friday night in Tokyo. Toronto's Gabriela DeBues-Stafford was fifth in the women's 1,500 final.

Thousands of people fled wildfires burning out of control in Greece and Turkey on Friday, as a protracted heat wave turned forests into tinderboxes and flames threatened populated areas, electricity installations and historic sites.

An Ontario man is speaking out about what he calls an "illogical" situation after being forced to quarantine for 14 days even though he was denied entry into the U.S. — and never made it past the border. 

A new University of Waterloo study that examines controlled fire practices — or cultural burning by Indigenous people — indicates they can help improve an area's biodiversity while getting rid bits of wood and leaves that could lead to massive forest fires.

Japan reached one million coronavirus cases on Friday, domestic media reported, as infections soared in Olympic host Tokyo and other urban areas as the country struggled to contain the delta variant.

The Canadian women’s soccer team's relentless Olympic run has finished with a thrilling gold-medal victory. After back-to-back bronze medals at the last two Games, Canada defeated Sweden 3-2 on penalty kicks in a thrilling finish to win the gold medal in Tokyo.

Now that a majority of Canadians have been fully vaccinated, pharmacists and health-care providers face a new challenge: finding enough people to sign up for a dose before their supply expires.

Now that a majority of Canadians have been fully vaccinated, pharmacists and health-care providers face a new challenge: finding enough people to sign up for a dose before their supply expires.

If you have clear skies — and hopefully smoke-free — step outside and look up over the coming days and you will likely see a few meteors streaking across the sky.

With the country marching toward an anticipated fall federal election, a number of interesting contests are shaping up in some of the almost two dozen ridings where sitting MPs have announced their retirement from politics.

It is a well-known principle of economics that subsidies are easy to give and hard to take away. But experts say current federal supports may have outlived their usefulness.

Repentigny police have been involved in several human rights complaints, but the force's discriminatory practices point to a larger issue of policing in the province.

The Tokyo Olympics were supposed to showcase Fukushima's recovery, 10 years after it was devastated by an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident. But one resident says there's been no recovery.

There is growing anger around Alberta’s rollback of COVID-19 restrictions. Today on Front Burner, Macleans’ Alberta correspondent Jason Markusoff digs into what might be behind the controversial move.

A sightseeing plane crashed Thursday in the area of Misty Fjords National Monument in southeast Alaska, killing all six people on board, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

An increasingly aggressive wildfire burning northwest of Vernon, B.C., has breached a major highway, and residents from the area say they've seen their homes burning.

An increasingly aggressive wildfire burning northwest of Vernon, B.C., has breached a major highway, and residents from the area say they've seen their homes burning.

An increasingly aggressive wildfire burning northwest of Vernon, B.C., has breached a major highway, and residents from the area say they've seen their homes burning.

Kelly Gaba waited for 17 hours while the body of her grandmother, Annie Brown, lay on the floor of her North Vancouver apartment.

Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw joins Power & Politics to discuss the province's plan to roll back COVID-19 restrictions.

Some Afghan interpreters who risked their lives to flee the country are considering a dangerous new journey back into Afghanistan in the hopes of qualifying for resettlement in Canada.

Some Afghan interpreters who risked their lives to flee the country are considering a dangerous new journey back into Afghanistan in the hopes of qualifying for resettlement in Canada.