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Protesters at the provincial legislature are being warned they must leave, according to a release from the Winnipeg Police Service.

Protesters at the provincial legislature were starting to pack up Tuesday evening after receiving a letter from Winnipeg police earlier in the day telling them they must leave by 5 p.m. on Wednesday or risk arrest and criminal charges.

The latest on the coronavirus outbreak for February 22th.

Five weeks after a volcanic eruption and tsunami cut communications, people in Tonga have now reconnected with the digital world for the first time following repairs to a submarine cable.

Saskatchewan is considering a legal challenge of the federal government's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act to try to end blockades in Ottawa protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions.

Organizers made the decision to postpone the expedition against a backdrop of ongoing challenges caused by the Omicron wave of COVID-19, which has hit some of the Indigenous communities the riders planned to visit particularly hard.

A lawyer for People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier says Bernier will plead not guilty to charges of violating COVID-19 restrictions.

A First Nations Health Ombudsperson’s office is being created in Saskatchewan.

A First Nations Health Ombudsperson’s office is being created in Saskatchewan.

One of Canada's biggest food manufacturers has halted shipments to the country's largest grocer in an extreme example of how inflation is impacting the food industry and driving a wedge between some retailers and suppliers.

One of Canada's biggest food manufacturers has halted shipments to the country's largest grocer in an extreme example of how inflation is impacting the food industry and driving a wedge between some retailers and suppliers.

Jean Charest, the former Quebec premier and ex-leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party, is preparing to run for the leadership of the Conservative Party, according to party sources who spoke with Radio-Canada.

Conservative MP Mark Strahl tweeted that a single mom from Chilliwack, B.C., had her bank accounts frozen after donating to the convoy protest, but the RCMP says it did not give a list of donors to financial institutions.

The mother of 16-year-old Jannai Dopwell-Bailey, who was stabbed outside his high school in October, says she and her family are still struggling to get therapy to process their grief. 

A fossil jawbone peeking out from a limestone seashore on Scotland's Isle of Skye led scientists to discover the skeleton of a pterosaur that showed that these remarkable flying reptiles got big tens of millions of years earlier than previously known.

Quebec elementary and high schools students will no longer be required to wear masks in class when they return from March break, Quebec Public Health announced Tuesday. 

The number of new coronavirus cases around the world fell 21 per cent in the last week, marking the third consecutive week that COVID-19 cases have dropped, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

The number of new coronavirus cases around the world fell 21 per cent in the last week, marking the third consecutive week that COVID-19 cases have dropped, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

The Gushue rink has landed in St. John's, carrying with them items that customs officials don't see every day — Olympic medals. 

Ontario Provincial Police's criminal investigations branch is conducting "a thorough and independent investigation" into allegations of criminal misconduct against some members of the Thunder Bay Police Service.

The three men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery's fatal shooting were found guilty of federal hate crimes Tuesday for violating Arbery's civil rights and targeting him because he was Black.

Seniors must continue to be protected from COVID-19, but advocates say that protection must not come through isolation. They're calling on the province to rethink its long-term care system and want it to establish an official advocate for seniors.

Seventeen current and former Lethbridge Police Service civilian staff, all of whom are women, say their work culture involves bullying, harassment and retaliation against anyone who speaks up.

Tamara Lich, a major organizer of the so-called Freedom Convoy, was denied bail Tuesday morning.

As public hearings for the mass shooting inquiry get underway in Nova Scotia, provincial and federal politicians are blasting the commission for not being transparent with the families of victims who died.

Conspiracy theories about why the book was so hard to find fuelled the demand for the 22-year-old book.

A county in northwestern Alberta has approved a policy that disqualifies businesses with mandatory COVID-19 vaccine mandates from being awarded future county contracts.

U.S. women soccer players reached a landmark agreement with the sport's American governing body to end a six-year legal battle over equal pay, a deal in which they are promised $24 million US plus bonuses that match those of the men.

There are plans to carve new communities out of the northern Ontario wilderness.  Groups have bought bushland in the Temiskaming District to build villages that hundreds of people could call home. But existing cities and towns are not rolling out the welcome mat.

Queen Elizabeth cancelled scheduled online engagements on Tuesday because she is still experiencing mild cold-like symptoms after testing positive for COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said.

When a disaster hits, we often see communities declaring states of local emergency. What do these declarations mean and why are they important?

Pay the bills or care for her sick child. As a single mom, Tracy Oliver says that choice felt impossible.

A one-time veterinary anesthetic that gained a reputation as an effective battlefield drug during the Vietnam War and then became an illicit rave drug known as Special K is now being touted as an effective treatment for PTSD.  

A one-time veterinary anesthetic that gained a reputation as an effective battlefield drug during the Vietnam War and then became an illicit rave drug known as Special K is now being touted as an effective treatment for PTSD.  

Government officials from Spain and Newfoundland and Labrador will meet Tuesday to discuss ways to honour the 21 men lost in the sinking of the Spanish fishing vessel Villa de Pitanxo off the coast of the island last week.

Canadians don't need to go any farther than their local green grocer for a reminder that food prices are going up. But a look at the long journey from farm to fork gives a better picture of why it's happening.

When the Ambassador Bridge — a key trade corridor between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Mich., — was gridlocked by protests earlier this month, it exposed a weak U.S.-owned link in Canada's supply chain. Experts of all stripes agree it's risky for Canada to rely so much on the 92-year-old bridge.

When the Ambassador Bridge — a key trade corridor between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Mich., — was gridlocked by protests earlier this month, it exposed a weak link in Canada's supply chain. Experts of all stripes agree it's risky for Canada to rely so much on a 92-year-old privately owned bridge.

When the Ambassador Bridge — a key trade corridor between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Mich., — was gridlocked by protests earlier this month, it exposed a weak U.S.-owned link in Canada's supply chain. Experts of all stripes agree it's risky for Canada to rely so much on the 92-year-old bridge.

Stephen Hennessy grew up with his mother telling him that wherever you are, you should be making a positive impact on those around you. And if that space is too negative, consider leaving it. He now spends much of his time working with young people, passing on that same message and helping them get through difficult times.

When the Ambassador Bridge — a key trade corridor between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Mich., — was gridlocked by protests earlier this month, it exposed a weak U.S.-owned link in Canada's supply chain. Experts of all stripes agree it's risky for Canada to rely so much on the 92-year-old bridge.

Canadians don't need to go any farther than their local green grocer for a reminder that food prices are going up. But a look at the long journey from farm to fork gives a better picture of why it's happening.

Raising awareness about how human and sex trafficking teenage girls in Ontario is something advocates say is necessary. Today is the second annual National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.

Watching the tears, the accusations, the ousting of the police oversight board’s chair and calls for the mayor to resign, you might well believe this city council imploded under the weight of the historical civil unrest the capital has experienced this month. But for close observers, council’s conduct wasn’t a surprise.

When the Ambassador Bridge — a key trade corridor between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Mich., — was gridlocked by protests earlier this month, it exposed a weak link in Canada's supply chain. Experts of all stripes agree it's risky for Canada to rely so much on a 92-year-old privately owned bridge.

Raising awareness about how human and sex trafficking teenage girls in Ontario is something advocates say is necessary. Today is the second annual National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.

The long-awaited public phase of the inquiry into the mass shootings of April 2020 that left 22 dead in Nova Scotia is beginning in Halifax Tuesday morning but many have concerns about whether their questions will get answered.

Downtown Ottawa business owners are celebrating being able to reopen once again after being forced to shutter their doors during the more than three week protest that was rife with traffic disruptions, inaccessible streets and ongoing police activity.

Downtown Ottawa business owners are celebrating being able to reopen once again after being forced to shutter their doors during the more than three week protest that was rife with traffic disruptions, inaccessible streets and ongoing police activity.

Britain and Germany announced measures against Russia on Tuesday, a day after President Vladimir Putin formally recognized two breakaway regions in Eastern Ukraine, escalating a security crisis on the European continent.