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The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a public apology to Indigenous people in Canada for the suffering endured at residential schools, but Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald says she wants to see further action.

BP had to close some of its gas stations due to the driver shortages while queues formed at some Shell stations as pumps ran dry in some places. 

Intensifying volcanic explosions on the Spanish island of La Palma forced firefighters to retreat and authorities to evacuate three more towns on Friday, while airlines cancelled flights due to a cloud of gas and ash, the biggest since the volcano first erupted.

A Radio-Canada investigation has revealed that some women in Quebec were pressured or forced into getting their tubes tied during or shortly after childbirth.

Tyrone Raddi and his 17-year-old son travelled from Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., to Edmonton to get surgery only for it to be cancelled on the day it was scheduled to take place. They're not the only northerners facing delays in health care due to the high number of COVID-19 cases in Alberta.

An investigation has been launched into an incident involving Liberal MP-elect George Chahal, Calgary police confirm. The former city councillor was captured on camera removing his opponent's campaign material from a porch and replacing it with a flyer of his own. 

An investigation has been launched into an incident involving newly elected Liberal MP George Chahal, Calgary police confirm. The former city councillor was captured on camera removing his opponent's campaign material from a porch and replacing it with a flyer of his own. 

Members of the Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation in Ontario were given expired COVID-19 doses for a month before they became aware of the error earlier this week. In telling the Ojibway First Nation in a letter, Indigenous Services Canada apologized for the error. 

Members of the Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation in Ontario were given expired COVID-19 doses for a month before they became aware of the error earlier this week. In telling the Ojibway First Nation in a letter, Indigenous Services Canada apologized for the error. 

In a New York Times opinion piece, veteran TV news executive Shelley Ross said CNN anchor Chris Cuomo sexually harassed her by squeezing her buttocks at a party in 2005. Cuomo wrote in an email at the time that he was "ashamed" and apologized for his behaviour.

In a New York Times opinion piece, veteran TV news executive Shelley Ross said CNN anchor Chris Cuomo sexually harassed her by squeezing her buttocks at a party in 2005. Cuomo wrote in an email at the time that he was "ashamed" and apologized for his behaviour.

Chinese tech executive Meng Wanzhou is expected to appear virtually in an American federal courtroom today to resolve U.S. fraud charges against her, clearing the way for Canada to drop its extradition proceedings.

A plane believed to be carrying Chinese tech executive Meng Wanzhou took off from the Vancouver airport on Friday, marking a new stage in a legal saga that ensnared Canada — and two of its citizens — in a dispute between the U.S. and Chinese governments.

A plane believed to be carrying Chinese tech executive Meng Wangzhou took off from the Vancouver airport on Friday, marking a new stage in a legal saga that ensnared Canada — and two of its citizens — in a dispute between the U.S. and Chinese governments.

Chinese tech executive Meng Wanzhou is expected to appear virtually in an American federal courtroom today to resolve U.S. fraud charges against her, clearing the way for Canada to drop its extradition proceedings.

Chinese tech executive Meng Wanzhou is expected to appear virtually in an American federal courtroom today to plead guilty in the U.S. proceedings against her, say sources.

Chinese tech executive Meng Wanzhou will not be extradited to the United States, a B.C. court ruled today after Meng reached a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S government.

China's central bank on Friday declared all transactions involving cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin illegal and stepped up a crackdown on illegal mining of them in the country.

When you think of workplace injuries, the physical ones caused by operating heavy and dangerous machinery might come to mind. But worker’s compensation boards across Canada are seeing increases in invisible injury claims.

Rookie MP-elect Blake Desjarlais reflects on the campaign, his upbringing on the Fishing Lake Métis Settlement and how the prejudice he faced as a teenager is driving his desire for a more just society.

Fossilized footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate that early humans were walking across North America around 23,000 years ago, researchers reported Thursday.

New Brunswick has reinstated its COVID-19 state of emergency as the province's chief medical officer of health warned the province is at a "tipping point." Meanwhile, Ontario is easing capacity limits for some sports and event venues.

New Brunswick has reinstated its COVID-19 state of emergency as the province's chief medical officer of health warned the province is at a "tipping point." Meanwhile, Ontario is easing capacity limits for some sports and event venues.

Health officials say the remoteness of communities like those in Forty Mile County doesn't insulate them from the spread of COVID-19 and its potentially deadly effects.

Canada’s rural-urban divide wasn’t nearly so pronounced in decades past. But our electoral system has progressively siloed rural and urban areas in their respective echo chambers, writes Colin Walmsley of Fair Vote Alberta.

Our students deserve a livable future, and they deserve our apology, immediate action and emotional support to navigate a very uncertain future, writes Heather Short.

After Dear Evan Hansen premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, it was met with widespread scorn and derision. But how did a beloved Broadway musical provoke one of the most united critical hate-ons since Cats? And, most importantly, is all the hate warranted?

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how climate change is being taught in Canadian classrooms and a study that says more birds flocked to cities during the pandemic.

Scientists in England have come up with a new way of figuring out the age of lobsters. They say their findings could help maintain healthy lobster stocks and manage fisheries more sustainably.

Tired of waiting for Quebec to acknowledge reports of forced sterilizations, a group of Indigenous researchers and others are collecting testimonies from First Nations and Inuit women to document the practice in the province.

Service industry workers in Canada say they're bearing the brunt of anger, frustration and general confusion from clients over new vaccine mandates that they had nothing to do with creating, but are now responsible for enforcing. 

Scientists in England have come up with a new way of figuring out the age of lobsters. They say their findings could help maintain healthy lobster stocks and manage fisheries more sustainably.

Service industry workers in Canada say they're bearing the brunt of anger, frustration and general confusion from clients over new vaccine mandates that they had nothing to do with creating, but are now responsible for enforcing. 

Britain is signalling its interest in working with the Canadian military in the Arctic by offering to take part in cold-weather exercises and bring in some of its more advanced capabilities — such as nuclear-powered submarines — to help with surveillance and defence in the Far North.

Britain is signalling its interest in working with the Canadian military in the Arctic by offering to take part in cold-weather exercises and bring in some of its more advanced capabilities — such as nuclear-powered submarines — to help with surveillance and defence in the Far North.

Britain is signalling its interest in working with the Canadian military in the Arctic by offering to take part in cold-weather exercises and bring in some of its more advanced capabilities — such as nuclear-powered submarines — to help with surveillance and defence in the Far North.

Residents, staff and former employees at two Port Alberni long-term care homes say they’re at a breaking point after years of complaints alleging serious mismanagement in the workplace.

Residents, staff and former employees at two Port Alberni long-term care homes say they’re at a breaking point after years of complaints alleging serious mismanagement in the workplace.

Residents, staff and former employees at two Port Alberni long-term care homes say they’re at a breaking point after years of complaints alleging serious mismanagement in the workplace.

Residents, staff and former employees at two Port Alberni long-term care homes say they’re at a breaking point after years of complaints alleging serious mismanagement in the workplace.

Residents, staff and former employees at two Port Alberni long-term care homes say they’re at a breaking point after years of complaints alleging serious mismanagement in the workplace.

Hotelier Paul Rusesabagina once won the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, for protecting Tutsis from Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. This week, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for terrorism charges. What happened?

Alberta Health Services says a Red Deer doctor's claims that the province waited for a drop in hospital admittance numbers to justify COVID-19 restrictions are “completely false.”