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For the better part of two years, I convinced myself that I could dodge COVID, writes Meaghan Blanchard. I'm not sharing my story to scare you. I'm sharing my story because I honestly thought that if I did everything right, it wouldn't hit my family.

Excavation work in Wheatley, Ont., has been been halted following the discovery of a second gas well near the site of an August explosion that injured 20 and has displaced homeowners and businesses.

Jurors on Thursday convicted former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter of two manslaughter charges in the killing of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist she shot during an April traffic stop after she said she confused her gun for her Taser.

Jurors on Thursday convicted former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter of two manslaughter charges in the killing of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist she shot during an April traffic stop after she said she confused her gun for her Taser.

A Regina mother says she's used to "chaos" after delivering three sets of twins in four years, in addition to two older children.

Author and essayist Joan Didion, whose precise social and personal commentary in such classics as The White Album and The Year of Magical Thinking made her a uniquely clear-eyed critic of turbulent times, has died. She was 87.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, will update Albertans on the spread of COVID-19 and efforts to clamp down on the spread of the Omicron variant.

Kawenni:io/Gaweni:yo Private School, a language immersion school on Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario, has been operating from the second floor of the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena. It is the only school of its kind, but is low on the federal list of Indigenous schools on reserves to be built or repaired. 

The Oscar-nominated actor has acknowledged sleeping with students of an acting school he previously ran, saying he struggled with sex addiction and has been working to improve his behaviour in recent years.

Of Justin Trudeau's six years as prime minister, only one — his first — has been what might be considered a normal year of governing, with the usual ups and downs.

Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product increased by 0.8 per cent in October, as gains for the month were seen across most sectors, including manufacturing whose rebound of 1.8 per cent in October more than offset a September contraction.

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the West on Thursday to move quickly to meet Russia's demand for security guarantees precluding NATO's expansion to Ukraine and the deployment of the military alliance's weapons there.

Two new British studies provide some early hints that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus may be milder than the Delta version.

Canada reported more than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases for the first time on Thursday, a culmination of a record-shattering day that saw several provinces confirm new highs in infections.

Once written off as tacky and outdated, Christmas blow moulds — hollow, hard plastic lawn decorations that light up from the inside — are now enjoying a resurgence in holiday displays across Canada and the United States.

Cold-loving balsam firs could struggle if climate change continues unabated. So some Nova Scotia Christmas tree growers are getting ready now.

Toronto police used Clearview AI facial recognition software to try to identify suspects, victims and witnesses in 84 criminal investigations in the three and a half months officers utilized the controversial technology before their police chief found out and ordered them to stop.

Shouldn't patients have already started showing up at eastern Ontario's hospitals and emergency rooms with COVID-19 infections? Not necessarily, say some infectious disease experts — and the reason likely has to do with demographics.

Shouldn't patients have already started showing up at eastern Ontario's hospitals and emergency rooms with COVID-19 infections? Not necessarily, say some infectious disease experts — and the reason likely has to do with demographics.

Decades in the making, the James Webb Space Telescope is set to launch within the coming days. Astronomers have been eagerly anticipating this telescope — and with good reason.

2021 brought remarkable stories and an extraordinary news cycle that will shape our future for years to come.

Pharmacy workers across Canada are struggling with an unbearable workload, as provinces change COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to fight the Omicron variant.

It’s a scene we’ve seen on screen before: Giant object hurtles toward us, scientists ring alarms, everyone panics. But while it’s a common trope in movies, just how likely is it that we’ll experience an Earth-ending hit from a comet or asteroid in our lifetime?

Cree-Métis singer Falynn Baptiste has become a champion of the Cree language, both in the classroom and on stage, after years of turning her back on her culture.

Canada's military relieved an air force commander of his post in Kuwait on Dec. 7 amid an investigation into claims he made inappropriate comments.

Canada's military relieved an air force commander of his post in Kuwait on Dec. 7 amid an investigation into claims he made inappropriate comments.

China is redoubling efforts to control new virus outbreaks with a lockdown of the 13 million residents of the northern city of Xi'an following a spike in coronavirus cases.

Firefighters in Thunder Bay, Ont., battle a massive fire at the century-old Finnish Labour Temple building on Bay Street that started on Wednesday evening. The Hoito, one of the city’s most famous eateries, was housed in the building’s basement.

A monument at a Hong Kong university that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre was removed by workers early Thursday over the objections of its creator from Denmark.

The lawyer for a man accused of masterminding organized thefts of fuel from Mexico's state-owned oil and gas monopoly while he was in charge of its security has told a Vancouver courtroom this week that the charges against him are completely baseless.