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The Toronto District School Board has placed a teacher on home assignment after he wore blackface at Parkdale Collegiate Institute during Halloween celebrations on Friday.

The Toronto District School Board has placed a teacher on home assignment after he wore blackface at Parkdale Collegiate Institute during Halloween celebrations on Friday.

The Toronto District School Board has placed a teacher on home assignment after he wore blackface at Parkdale Collegiate Institute during Halloween celebrations on Friday.

The University of Saskatchewan and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research continue to stand by Carrie Bourassa, despite a CBC investigation that shows her claims to Indigenous ancestry are spurious.

The New Brunswick government on Sunday locked out all non-designated employees in CUPE locals 1253 and 2745, including custodians, bus drivers, school library assistants and administrative support, and a number of educational assistants.

My acquisition of these takeout containers is currently outpacing my need for them, writes Chris Middleton.

Talks set to start Monday between Indigenous leaders and the federal government about a possible settlement over court-ordered compensation to First Nations children could signal the clearing of the road to reconciliation, the Assembly of First Nations National chief said Saturday.

A 93-year-old runner broke his own record Sunday morning, completing five kilometres in 36 minutes and 29 seconds.

G20 nations struggled on Sunday to come to an agreement that would represent an ambitious commitment to curb greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

Canada wanted a stronger and more ambitious agreement on climate change to emerge from the G20 summit — but leaders still managed to make progress by committing to address some key issues, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday.

G20 nations struggled on Sunday to come to an agreement that would represent an ambitious commitment to curb greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

G20 nations struggled on Sunday to come to an agreement that would represent an ambitious commitment to curb greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann says a global deal reached on taxing rights and a minimum corporate tax is a broad consensus that represents an ambitious but pragmatic approach to the issue.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has sent investigators to the Halifax Stanfield International Airport after the main landing gear of a small LifeFlight plane collapsed Saturday.

Russia recorded a new daily high number of COVID-19 cases as much of the country's businesses remain closed in an effort to counter a weeks-long surge in infections.

Australia eased its international border restrictions on Monday for the first time in the pandemic, allowing some of its vaccinated public to travel freely and many families to reunite, sparking emotional embraces at Sydney's airport.

Australia eased its international border restrictions on Monday for the first time in the pandemic, allowing some of its vaccinated public to travel freely and many families to reunite, sparking emotional embraces at Sydney's airport.

Canada will donate 10 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to the COVAX vaccine-sharing alliance and another $15 million to help make mRNA vaccines in Africa.

A man dressed in Batman's Joker costume and brandishing a knife on a Tokyo commuter train on Sunday stabbed several passengers before starting a fire, which sent people scrambling to escape and jumping from windows, police and witnesses said.

A man brandishing a knife on a Tokyo commuter train on Sunday stabbed multiple passengers before setting a fire, police said.

A man brandishing a knife on a Tokyo commuter train on Sunday stabbed several passengers before starting a fire, which sent people scrambling to escape and jumping from windows, police and witnesses said.

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The United Nations climate summit in Glasgow formally opened on Sunday, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by almost 200 countries on how to tackle the common challenge of global warming.

The Canadian men's short track relay team of Pascal Dion, Charles Hamelin, Steven Dubois, and Jordan Pierre-Gilles will bring home gold after winning the 5,000-metre final at the World Cup event in Nagoya, Japan, on Sunday. Dion also added a bronze in the men's 1,000-metre final.

Heather Stefanson was expected to easily win Manitoba's Progressive Conservative leadership race. But the party membership handed her a razor-thin victory that may yet be contested further by her rival, Shelly Glover.

Heather Stefanson was expected to easily win Manitoba's Progressive Conservative leadership race. But the party membership handed her a razor-thin victory that may yet be contested further by her rival, Shelly Glover.

Wages are a central issue in the contract dispute between the Higgs government and 10 locals of the Canadian Union of Public Employees whose members went on strike Friday. Here's what some of the employees involved are paid.

A subsea network that would stretch from northern Canada to Norway could open a path for significantly better internet connectivity in Inuit communities.

Ryerson University announced last week that it would offer a Black studies minor to students as of Fall 2022, and similar programs are in the works at other universities. Scholars say that decades of work have led to this wave of curriculums focused on the Black experience.

A researcher at Ontario's University of Waterloo was part of an international team that discovered carbon residue that was once ancient life encased in a 2.5 billion-year-old ruby — the first time evidence of life was found in a gemstone.

Steven MacKinnon, appointed government whip Thursday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, says he sees himself as a “facilitator” of the governing caucus and the smooth functioning of Parliament.

It's been more than two years since the federal government launched a program to offer Canadians with criminal records for simple marijuana possession a fast, free pardon — but only 484 people have been granted one so far.

The Canadian Snowbird Association predicts most of Canada's one million snowbirds will head south this year now that they’re fully vaccinated and can drive across the border to the United States.

People can safely receive a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in one arm and a flu shot in the other during the same clinic visit, health experts say. Meanwhile, scientists are working on a way to combine them in a single jab.

What's fair — a concept so fundamental that toddlers and chimpanzees have opinions about it — has been far from simple when it comes to global climate change negotiations. As COP26 begins in Glasgow on Sunday, the pressure is on to move past old stalling tactics.

A massive map that covers half a school gymnasium floor invites students to learn about geography and history through an Indigenous lens.

The effort to bring Pope Francis to Canada for a long-awaited apology over the Catholic Church's role in running residential schools can be traced back to a 2016 conversation between two seemingly homeless men on a downtown Saskatoon sidewalk.

After a decade of frustration and fear, the Afghan translator who worked alongside military veteran Robin Rickards of Thunder Bay, Ont., made it safely to Canada.

Alec Baldwin has spoken publicly for the first time on camera about the cinematographer he fatally shot on the movie set of Rust, calling her a friend and saying he is in "constant contact" with her grieving family.