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Personal information belonging to more than 17,000 users of private proof-of-vaccination app Portpass is still unsecured and visible online — including, in some cases, photos of drivers' licences and passports — despite assurances from the company that its data-security problems have been fixed.

Senators returning to Canada’s upper house for in-person sittings will have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Speaker George Furey announced today.

People in Faro, Yukon, are still coming to grips with Tuesday's violence that left two people dead, another critically injured, and another local resident in jail and facing murder charges.

The forestry sector is a significant source of Canada's carbon emissions, but that's not always apparent because of the way the industry counts those emissions, four environmental organizations argue in a new report.

Facebook officially launched its rebrand under the name Meta Thursday, unveiling a reorganized corporate structure it hopes will focus attention on where it sees its future while drawing attention away from its contentious present and past.

Former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy says he thinks the Chicago NHL team's response to allegations of sexual assault is an example of how an organization's "systemic response" needs to change.

Afghanistan's ambassador is urging the Canadian government to send officials to bordering countries such as Pakistan to help refugees fleeing the Taliban get to Canada.

B.C. Premier John Horgan has announced he will receive surgery on Friday after discovering a "lump" in his throat.

B.C. Premier John Horgan has announced he will undergo biopsy surgery on Friday after discovering a lump on his throat several months ago.

B.C. Premier John Horgan has announced he will receive surgery on Friday after discovering a "lump" in his throat.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at what the failure of wealthy countries to meet a climate funding goal means for smaller nations and the move by some Ontarians to get off the grid.

Canadian fossil fuel producers receive more public financial support than any others in the developed world, according to a new analysis.

Green Party of Canada members have started voting on whether to remove Annamie Paul as party leader — roughly a month after Paul herself announced her resignation.

The Tk'emlúps te Secwe̓pemc Nation on Thursday invited Pope Francis to visit their community to meet with survivors of the Kamloops Indian Residential School during his upcoming trip to Canada.

A surge in COVID-19 cases and supply-chain woes hurt the U.S. economy in Q3, but economists forecast growth ahead.

Police believe a man in his 30s is linked with a homicide in southern Manitoba, another killing in Winnipeg and a stabbing at Winnipeg's Seven Oaks hospital on Wednesday.

A man arrested in connection with a stabbing at Winnipeg’s Seven Oaks General Hospital on Wednesday is also believed to be linked to two homicides discovered on Wednesday, Winnipeg police said in a news release.

Winnipeg police looking for a suspect in a southern Manitoba homicide Wednesday were called to Seven Oaks hospital, where they found a woman seriously injured. The same man is now believed to be linked with her stabbing, the southern Manitoba homicide and another killing in Winnipeg, police say.

Radio-Canada spoke to several Liberal MPs, on the record and on background, who said they are eager to make their voices heard on issues at an official gathering, the first since the September election.

Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigators say Saskatchewan airline West Wind Aviation's decision to take off from a remote northern community in December 2017 with ice on the plane cause the aircraft to crash just seconds later.

Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigators say Saskatchewan airline West Wind Aviation's decision to take off from a remote northern community in December 2017 with ice on the plane cause the aircraft to crash just seconds later.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada will release its findings Thursday into the crash of a passenger plane in northern Saskatchewan that occurred almost four years ago.

Taiwan's defence minister said Thursday that the island must defend itself and not depend entirely on others for help if China were to launch an attack, even as Taiwan's president said she had faith the U.S. would come to its aid.

Goodfood brand onions have been recalled due to concerns they could be contaminated with salmonella.

The Russian capital brought in its strictest COVID-19-related lockdown measures in more than a year on Thursday as nationwide one-day pandemic deaths and infections hit new highs amid slow vaccination uptake.

Residential school survivors like Peter Gardippi say they have mixed feelings about Pope Francis's impending visit to Canada.

Thunder Bay police are concerned over the safety of the public and its own officers amid a rise in incidents involving gangs and guns. One crime expert links more violent street incidents to the fact the northwestern Ontario city borders the U.S., and attracts organized crime groups. 

Mount Hope Centre for Long Term Care in London, Ont., is using two passenger bikes to give residents regular rides as a way to keep them active long after solo riding is no longer possible, part of a global movement started in Denmark.

The 2 bells will replace a speaker system that has been in place since the 1990s.

With the UN climate conference just days away, profits and production are on the rise in Canada's oilpatch — prompting calls for the sector to earmark funds to speed up efforts to reduce emissions. Three experts address issues facing the industry, including the impact of COP26, Canada's climate goals and technology that can reduce emissions.

Former Manitoba army reservist Patrik Mathews has been sentenced to nine years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for charges related to what the FBI has described as a neo-Nazi plot to instigate a race war in the United States. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves today for a week-long swing through Europe. His first stop is the Netherlands, a country with close historic and diplomatic ties to Canada.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government will reveal new legislation Thursday for the province's long-term care homes, where COVID-19 outbreaks have to date killed more than 3,800 people during the pandemic. Advocates say it's an opportunity to really transform a failing system.

That increase in mortgage rates that everyone has been warning you about may be coming faster than you thought. Depending on who you listen to, it may be a lot faster.

The Assembly of First Nations of Quebec-Labrador says the new compulsory course for Quebec students is driven by "nationalist ideology." The First Nations Education Council says even the name of the new course is problematic.

A 99-year-old woman in Guelph, Ont., plans to do 100 walks by the time she turns 100, raising money in the process for the poverty relief charity Hope House. 

The Assembly of First Nations of Quebec-Labrador says the new compulsory course for Quebec students is driven by "nationalist ideology." The First Nations Education Council says even the name of the new course is problematic.

A Treaty 9 First Nation calls on Ontario's auditor general to investigate provincial spending on roads and development projects in the Ring of Fire area northeast of Thunder Bay to disclose who's paying and how much for the roads that must be built through several remote, fly-in First Nations.

When the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan this summer, the Afghan interpreters and mission staff who had worked alongside the Canadian Armed Forces were left at the mercy of the Taliban. The Fifth Estate obtained leaked emails that show Canadian cabinet ministers and their staff were warned well before the American pullout that those Afghan nationals needed to be rescued.

That increase in mortgage rates that everyone has been warning you about may be coming faster than you thought. Depending on who you listen to, it may be a lot faster.

Joe Biden has a bad case of the first-year presidential blahs. His polling numbers have suffered a historic slide. In particular, he's lost working-class voters. Can his big budget bill reverse the trend?

Joe Biden has a bad case of the first-year presidential blahs. His polling numbers have suffered a historic slide. In particular, he's lost working-class voters. Can his big budget bill reverse the trend?

Patrik Mathews — a former Manitoba army reservist and an alleged recruiter for a neo-Nazi group — is expected to learn whether he will spend decades in prison at his sentencing Thursday morning in Maryland.  

For three weeks in 2010, they did nothing. That's how long it took for the leadership of the Chicago Blackhawks to act on allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted a player.

Food banks in Canada have seen a major surge in visits throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report, with the high cost of living and ongoing economic disruption threatening to create countless new clients in the months ahead. 

The National for Oct. 27 — The Pope’s trip to Canada could set the stage for a formal apology for residential schools. Plus, what Rick Mercer’s ranting about these days.

Hundreds of migrants from Central America and the Caribbean trekked across Mexico on Wednesday, the latest in a series of caravans that have sought to reach the U.S. border in recent months.

Kyle Beach has stepped forward as John Doe 1 in the Chicago NHL team's sexual assault investigation. Beach appeared on TSN's SportsCentre on Wednesday night to identify himself as the first accuser of former Chicago video coach Brad Aldrich.

It isn't often that someone turning 90 still has the chance to do what they love, but Ron Holden is still flying sky high, literally and figuratively.