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Alabama lawmakers approved sweeping legislation Thursday to outlaw gender-affirming medications for transgender kids and advanced a separate measure prohibiting early classroom instruction on sexual and gender identity — a bill critics have dubbed "Don't Say Gay," a reference to a similar law recently passed in Florida.

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an application to hear a bid seeking a temporary injunction on requesting health-care numbers from clients of Alberta supervised consumption sites.

Observers in the national security sector — accustomed to hearing cabinet ministers talk in circumspect terms about Canada's war-fighting abilities — say they were surprised by the unambiguous language about Russia's war on Ukraine in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's budget speech.

The RCMP has launched a national investigation into allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Ukraine.

Royal Bank of Canada's chief executive defended the bank's funding of the Coastal GasLink pipeline Thursday and called for incentives to help the shift to a net-zero economy, as investors and Indigenous groups denounced its support of fossil fuels.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has tabled her second federal budget. Here are the highlights.

Canada's electronic espionage agency is getting a huge chunk of change — nearly a billion dollars over the next few years — to confront the growing threat of cyber attacks by private actors and foreign states.

A sixth family member has died in the wake of a tragic fatal fire in Brampton, Ont. last week.

A sixth family member has died in the wake of a tragic fatal fire in Brampton, Ont. last week.

Five communities within the Anishinabek Nation — Moose Deer Point, Wahnapitae, Nipissing, Magnetawan and Zhiibaahaasing First Nations in Ontario — signed a historic self-governance agreement this week with the federal government.

The grain elevator in Elva, Man., — Canada's oldest — burned to the ground this week, with 125 years' worth of aged wood ignited in a flash by a single ember.

Israeli police say at least 3 people are injured after a shooting on a busy downtown street.

At least two people are dead and several others are wounded in a shooting in downtown Tel Aviv on Thursday night in an area with several bars and restaurants packed with people.

Federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed as a Supreme Court justice on Thursday, making history as the first Black woman to reach the top court. Here's a closer look at what her confirmation means.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we talk to chefs who love the sustainable efficiency of induction stoves and collect some of your responses to our recent story on long-distance driving in an electric vehicle.

Ontario stopped allowing the practice of birth alerts — child welfare agencies notifying a hospital of possible safety concerns involving a parent before a birth — in late 2020, but First Nations leaders say it’s still happening at Thunder Bay's hospital.

New York's attorney general on Thursday asked a state judge to hold Donald Trump in contempt of court for not turning over documents she subpoenaed for her civil probe into the former U.S. president's business practices.

Jackie Dives is proud of her decision to not have children. So she decided to celebrate her life choice by creating a gift registry for herself.

Against all odds, Tiger Woods teed off in the Masters on Thursday for his first truly competitive tournament since a car wreck that damaged his right leg so badly he was faced with the prospect of amputation.

A haunting image of red dresses hung on crosses along a roadside with a rainbow in the background, commemorating children who died at a residential school in British Columbia, won the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year award Thursday.

A century-old shipwreck in the Niagara River suffered further damage and shifted its position over the weekend following changes in ice conditions along the powerful upper rapids.

The highly contagious and deadly avian influenza is spreading among poultry birds in Canada, with government authorities tracking cases in 12 farms so far in Ontario, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as additional possible cases in Alberta and Quebec.

Residents of Shanghai are struggling to get meat, rice and other food supplies under anti-coronavirus controls that confine most of its 25 million people in their homes.

A B.C. labour arbitrator has upheld the firing of a substance use counsellor who refused to comply with an order requiring all health authority employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting a brightening financial picture in a stay-the-course budget that doesn't follow through on previously planned spending reductions.

The Newfoundland and Labrador government is set to deliver a budget today, after projecting a $595-million deficit and a $16.7-billion net debt for the 2021-22 fiscal year.

A Turkish court ruled Thursday to suspend the trial in absentia of 26 Saudis accused in the gruesome killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and for the case to be transferred to Saudi Arabia.

Residential school survivors have different opinions on locations for a papal visit, but all agree that they should be the ones to decide.

Women in the mountain bike community are calling on Adidas to apologize after its global marketing manager published a blog post in B.C. saying aspiring professionals who want to see more diversity at competitions need to make themselves more marketable, “stop complaining and start riding.”

For the last five years, Marlene Menacho has gone from couch to couch, sleeping in the homes of her relatives and friends across the territory. She’s one of dozens in the territory languishing on wait lists for public housing.

The leader of the Nova Scotia RCMP’s tactical team left the force in frustration six months after responding to the mass shooting that started in Portapique, N.S. Tim Mills told lawyers for a public inquiry the “abuse” inflicted by his employer was worse than the “war zone” his team faced during the April 2020 massacre.

From original Kodak prints to the floor-to-ceiling enlargement that's the knockout centrepiece of a new exhibit at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, a series of portraits of Leonard Olive Keith and Joseph Austin (Cub) Coates conveys a tender connection. 

From original Kodak prints to the floor-to-ceiling enlargement that's the knockout centrepiece of a new exhibit at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, a series of portraits of Leonard Olive Keith and Joseph Austin (Cub) Coates conveys a tender connection. 

The family of renowned conductor Boris Brott are mourning his loss while remembering the way he brought out the music in so many.

Transgender students and their families say Hamilton's public and Catholic school boards need to do more to protect and support them as they face daily issues from students and staff.

A tikinagan baby carrier that belonged to Anishinaabe family in Manitoba was returned more than 50 years after it was purchased by a museum curator for $30.

A tikinagan baby carrier that belonged to an Anishinaabe family in Manitoba was returned more than 50 years after it was purchased by a museum curator for $30.

There is so much that can go wrong over a 162-game MLB season — especially in the loaded AL East. It’s a good thing, then, that the Toronto Blue Jays aren’t just all-in for 2022. The team is primed to contend for years to come.

Premier Doug Ford describes Ontario's current COVID-19 situation as "a little spike," but there are plenty of signs that the pandemic's sixth wave is on a trajectory to become far bigger.

Researchers at Ontario's Wilfrid Laurier University who surveyed over 2,600 parents and caregivers of children with autism found long wait times for funding and therapy, and significant education loss in the switch to remote learning. "It felt like the hardest challenge of my life,' says one of the researchers who also supports a son with autism.

With very limited access to PCR tests across Canada, some people who are getting sick are wondering if they have COVID, or a cold or the flu — and what they should do if they have COVID symptoms but don't actually feel so bad. 

A break on pump prices sounds great, but you're paying for it. In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the long-standing dispute over how governments should be spending our tax dollars in the oil and gas sector has become more complicated and, if possible, more heated.

Several Canadian academics whose work relates to India say they are being harassed and threatened by diaspora groups for criticizing the country’s politics under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party and the right-wing political ideology it espouses.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will table the federal budget later today — a plan to respond to a global climate of economic uncertainty that could prove punishing for Canadians in the months and years to come.

April marks the official beginning of the forest fire season in Ontario, and while experts in the field are hoping for a quieter season than last, they're already preparing for the worst.

Investigators are in a race against time and technology to gather massive amounts of online content that could one day be used as evidence of alleged war crimes by Russian soldiers in Bucha — but that's not their only challenge.

Officially, solitary confinement has been abolished in Canadian prisons, but two researchers say some prisoners still experience what amounts to torture while in isolation, and an investigation by Radio-Canada’s Enquete has found the system is being used more often and for longer periods than intended.

McLachlin’s continuing presence on the court lends her credibility (and Canada’s) to China’s program to dismantle democracy and the rule of law in Hong Kong, writes Matt Malone.

The convoy protest in Ottawa raised more than $20 million over its three-week occupation of the city’s downtown, and court filings show how protest organizers spent their money, and how much of it remains unspent or unaccounted for.

Gas stoves produce more indoor air pollutants than even some scientists expected. After taking measurements, many of those researchers are installing electric stoves — and warning the public about the health risks of cooking with gas.