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This spring, Canadian North will retire the last jet in their fleet that can land safely on the gravel runway in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. "The world has moved on from gravel runways," says the company's CEO.

"The Sovereignty Act wasn't perfect in its wording. That's why it's being amended," Alberta's premier told reporters Tuesday.

"The Sovereignty Act wasn't perfect in its wording. That's why it's being amended," Alberta's premier told reporters Tuesday.

At the ripe old age of 190, Jonathan the Seychelles tortoise enjoys hanging out with his caretakers, eating locally grown fruit, posing for the camera, and having sexual dalliances with his male and female tortoise companions.

At the ripe old age of 190, Jonathan the Seychelles tortoise enjoys hanging out with his caretakers, eating locally grown fruit, posing for the camera, and having sexual dalliances with his male and female tortoise companions.

Argentine Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was convicted and sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office for a fraud scheme that embezzled $1 billion US through public works projects during her presidency.

A dog owner being sued by an animal hospital in Surrey, B.C., over a series of critical TikTok videos has filed a defence in court, arguing her posts aren't defamatory because her story about her dog's treatment is true.

Donald Trump's company, the Trump Organization, has been found guilty of a scheme to defraud tax authorities.

The suspect accused of entering a Colorado gay nightclub clad in body armour and opening fire with an AR-15-style rifle, killing five people and wounding 17 others, was charged by prosecutors Tuesday with 305 criminal counts, including hate crimes and murder.

Jim Stewart, the white Tennessee farm boy and fiddle player who co-founded the influential Stax Records with his sister in a Black, inner-city Memphis neighborhood and helped build the soulful "Memphis sound," has died at age 92.

The daughters of Morgan Harris — one of four women police allege were killed by a Winnipeg man — say police told them their mother's remains are believed to be at a landfill north of the city, not the Brady Road landfill.

The daughters of Morgan Harris — one of four women police allege were killed by a Winnipeg man — say police told them their mother's remains are believed to be at a landfill north of the city, not the Brady Road landfill.

The daughters of Morgan Harris — one of four women police allege were killed by a Winnipeg man — say police told them their mother's remains are believed to be at a landfill north of the city, not the Brady Road landfill.

The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will make criminal referrals to the Justice Department as it wraps up its probe and looks to publish a final report by the end of the year, the panel's chair said Tuesday.

Parks Canada has issued a stark rebuke to the province’s plan to open up sections of protected Greenbelt land for housing development, saying the move risks “irreversible harm” and that proper consultation on the proposal has not taken place.

Parks Canada has issued a stark rebuke to the province’s plan to open up sections of protected Greenbelt land for housing development, saying the move risks “irreversible harm” and that proper consultation on the proposal has not taken place.

Canada's first trans woman named a Rhodes scholar — Julia Levy — says she knows that 19th-century diamond magnate Cecil Rhodes would probably disapprove. But she's off to pursue a master's degree in computational chemistry at the University of Oxford next fall and sees it as a huge "opportunity."

Morocco advanced to the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time, beating Spain 3-0 in a penalty shootout on Tuesday.

Morocco advanced to the men's World Cup quarter-finals for the first time, beating Spain 3-0 in a penalty shootout on Tuesday.

For the first time in the Hamilton area, Muslim women in need of shelter services now have an option specifically for them. An official launch of the shelter takes place Tuesday afternoon at City Hall, on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. 

Diana Ayoub, the Ottawa woman who inspired Paul Anka's 1957 hit Diana when the two were still teenagers, has died. She was 83.

Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Jordan Romano was named winner of the Tip O'Neill Award on Tuesday as Canadian baseball player of the year after saving 36 games and being selected to his first MLB all-star game.

A third Russian airfield was ablaze on Tuesday from a drone strike, a day after Ukraine demonstrated an apparent new ability to penetrate hundreds of kilometres deep into Russian air space with attacks on two Russian air bases.

In just eight years, Canada has to double the amount of land protected in all of the national parks, provincial parks, conservation areas and other protected spaces that were established over the past century. Indigenous-led conservation projects could be the answer.

The federal government succeeded in quickly securing COVID-19 vaccines and rolling out pandemic benefits to help people and backstop the economy, but wasted millions of doses and gave billions in benefits to ineligible recipients, the Auditor General of Canada says. 

Three of the biggest names in the business were up for the award. But the nod for acoustic guitar of the year for 2022 didn’t go to Yamaha. And it didn’t go to Taylor Guitars or Martin Guitars. It went to Riversong Guitars of Kamloops, B.C.

Red Deer RCMP is seeking help from the public as they attempt to locate a family of five.

Red Deer RCMP is seeking help from the public as they attempt to locate a family of five.

Red Deer RCMP say they've located a missing family of five.

The Georgia run-off determines the final U.S. Senate contest in the country, with incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock battling Republican Herschel Walker, the former NFL star. There are multiple reasons the Democrats would like to emerge with a 51-49 advantage in the Senate.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has upheld a ban meant to prevent a Fraser Valley naturopath from manufacturing, advertising and selling pills and enemas made from human feces for use on autistic children

Indonesia's parliament passed a long-awaited and controversial revision of its penal code on Tuesday that criminalizes extramarital sex for citizens and visiting foreigners alike.

The two occupants of a Cessna 150 plane were rushed to hospital Monday evening when their plane crashed into the median of Highway 401 near the Ontario-Quebec border.

The two occupants of a Cessna 150 plane were rushed to hospital Monday evening when their plane crashed into the median of Highway 401 near the Ontario-Quebec border.

The two occupants of a Cessna 150 plane were rushed to hospital Monday evening when their plane crashed into the median of Highway 401 in front of the Bainsville rest stop near the southeastern Ontario-Quebec border.

Ontario Provincial Police say people in a Cessna 150 plane that crashed near the southeastern Ontario-Quebec border were critically injured overnight.

Ontario Provincial Police say people in a Cessna 150 plane that crashed near the southeastern Ontario-Quebec border were critically injured overnight.

A 4.5-billion-year-old space rock that landed in Somalia contains two new minerals, a University of Alberta analysis has revealed. 

A 4.5-billion-year-old space rock that landed in Somalia contains two new minerals, a University of Alberta analysis has revealed. 

88-year-old Philip Ali was scammed out of $28,500 by a group of fraudsters pretending to be Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and a judge. The scammers told Ali he had to pay them large sums of money to ensure his grandson wouldn't be put in jail for drug and weapon charges.

Crystal Quartz’s drag brunch event was cancelled at Kelseys Original Roadhouse in Burlington last month following threats to the restaurant. The Guelph-based drag queen is now sounding the alarm as new threats have been made in connection to an upcoming show.

Crystal Quartz’s drag brunch event was cancelled at Kelseys Original Roadhouse in Burlington last month following threats to the restaurant. The Guelph-based drag queen is now sounding the alarm as new threats have been made in connection to an upcoming show.

The training provided to 911 operators prompted the operators to question how they can prevent biases or racist stereotypes from filtering into police responses. 

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations and its executive committee plan to present a united front during the special chiefs assembly, starting today in Ottawa, but tensions continue behind the scenes and workplace complaints from both sides remain unresolved, according to sources.

Just as in the past, when Tiff Macklem and Carolyn Rogers make their rate decisions there is one thing for sure. It will be too much, too little or just right. And as in the past it may be very, very wrong.

An Ojibway First Nation in northern Ontario has filed a lawsuit against the federal government alleging that chronic inequitable funding of their policing services has created a public safety crisis in their community.

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations and its executive committee plan to present a united front during the special chiefs assembly, starting today in Ottawa, but tensions continue behind the scenes and workplace complaints from both sides remain unresolved, according to sources.

The training provided to 911 operators prompted the operators to question how they can prevent biases or racist stereotypes from filtering into police responses. 

A Toronto woman is warning other residents to "look out for each other" after someone stabbed her in the back with a needle downtown.

Christine Sinclair and former national teammate Diana Matheson announced on Monday plans to kick off a domestic professional women’s league in 2025, featuring eight teams throughout Canada. The two players sat down with The National's Adrienne Arsenault to reveal the news.