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The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) won't allow a repeat of the Freedom Convoy protest that jammed the city's downtown with thousands of noisy trucks for three weeks last winter, according to its new chief.

The federal government plans to target a Russian oligarch using a law that allows it to confiscate and divert assets held by people who have been sanctioned, said Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly.

The largest urban reserve in Canada was officially established on Friday, after lands of the former Kapyong Barracks in Winnipeg were repatriated to a joint reserve land base owned by a group of seven First Nations in Treaty One territory.

Michael Melling, the head of CTV News who went on leave following the ouster of news anchor Lisa LaFlamme, has been removed from his role, CBC News has learned.

Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have settled their defamation lawsuits following a high-profile trial earlier this year in which the former couple accused each other of physical and verbal abuse.

Empowerment Squared, a Hamilton non-profit, held a screening of Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever at the Landmark Cinema in Jackson Square. The screening brought together almost 120 parents and children to watch the film.

A flight from Phoenix to Honolulu carrying many people travelling for the holidays encountered severe turbulence shortly before landing, sending some unrestrained people and objects flying about the cabin and seriously injuring 11, officials and passengers said.

Greyson Parisien's journey to correct a heart defect led the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians to add an organ donation box to tribal IDs.

Eleven metres below the surface of the Northwest Passage, deep within the wreck of one of Capt. John Franklin's doomed ships, something caught the eye of diver Ryan Harris.

Environment Canada has issued weather warnings for most of British Columbia as winter weather conditions tighten their grip across the province Monday, creating dangerous cold and complicating travel ahead of the holiday season.

Environment Canada has issued weather warnings for most of British Columbia as winter weather conditions tightened their grip across the province Monday, creating dangerous cold and complicating travel ahead of the holiday season.

Fully healed from a broken left foot, middle-distance runner Brandon McBride will work to improve his mental strength on the track in 2023. And this week, the two-time Olympian’s not-for-profit group will deliver care packages to 50 families in need in his native Windsor, Ont.

Epic Games, the maker of the wildly popular video game Fortnite, has agreed to pay $520 million US in fines and rebates for tricking millions of players into making unintentional purchases in the game.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Belarus on Monday, along with his defence and foreign ministers, fanning fears in Kyiv that he intends to pressure his ex-Soviet ally to join a fresh ground offensive that would open a new front against Ukraine.

Before becoming premier, Danielle Smith said she wasn't sure why her party thought the controversial Kananaskis Pass was a winning policy.

Before becoming premier, Danielle Smith said she wasn't sure why her party thought the controversial Kananaskis Pass was a winning policy.

More than half of 17.5 million users who responded to a Twitter poll that asked whether billionaire Elon Musk should step down as head of the social media platform voted Yes when the poll closed on Monday. It was not immediately clear if he would follow through on the results.

More than half of 17.5 million users who responded to a Twitter poll that asked whether billionaire Elon Musk should step down as head of the social media platform voted Yes when the poll closed on Monday. It was not immediately clear if he would follow through on the results.

The U.S. House Jan. 6 committee has unveiled a criminal referral for former president Donald Trump, citing evidence that it says merits prosecution by the Justice Department.

The U.S. House Jan. 6 committee has wrapped up its investigation of the violent 2021 U.S. Capitol insurrection, with lawmakers on Monday declaring that they have assembled a "roadmap to justice" to bring criminal charges against former president Donald Trump and his allies.

The U.S. House committee investigating the Capitol riot will make its final public presentation Monday about the unprecedented effort by Donald Trump to overturn the results of the presidential election he lost in 2020. The committee has called it an "attempted coup" that warrants criminal prosecution from the Justice Department.

Negotiators in Montreal have finalized an agreement to halt and reverse the destruction of nature by 2030, as the COP15 talks enter their final official day.

Two faith-based schools that asked the Canadian Museum for Human Rights not to show their students LGBT material during tours have lost a fight in federal court to keep their identities a secret.

A London, Ont., man says that after months of searching for answers from Kia, he was refused a replacement engine on his recalled vehicle, despite being covered under the car company's extended warranty. 

Canadians with family living in parts of the world where poverty is a daily struggle are working extra jobs and pinching pennies to continue financially supporting their loved ones.

The federal government will start phasing out single-use plastic shopping bags in Canada on Tuesday. Walmart has already banned them, and some customers say they're encountering a new environmental problem: too many reusable bags.

A group of Ontario residents who purchased pre-construction homes in Brampton at the peak of the recent real estate frenzy say they're now struggling to close on their deals because of a perfect storm of rising interest rates, falling home prices and stricter federal mortgage rules.

The family of Danny Beale, one of the six workers who died in last January's Eastway Tank explosion, is reflecting on their first Christmas without him and the belongings he left behind.

Ullivik, located near Montreal’s airport, was intended to serve as a place of healing for the hundreds of Inuit who come to the city every month for treatment. But in recent years, providing a welcoming environment has been a challenge.

Firefighters in cities across the country say the problem of fires in homeless encampments has grown 'exponentially' since the pandemic collided with the housing crisis.

The family of Danny Beale, one of the six workers who died in last January's Eastway Tank explosion, is reflecting on their first Christmas without him, and the belongings he left behind.

The family of Danny Beale, one of the six workers who died in last January's Eastway Tank explosion, is reflecting on their first Christmas without him, and the belongings he left behind.

The family and military friends of a Saskatchewan army veteran worked for weeks to get an escort for his remains from Ukraine to Canada. They hope Ottawa will step in for other families if more Canadians die in the war.

A 73-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting five people at a condo tower in Vaughan, Ont., used a semi-automatic handgun and victims were found on several different floors of the building, the province's police watchdog said Monday.

A 73-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting five people at a condo tower in Vaughan, Ont., used a semi-automatic handgun and victims were found on several different floors of the building, the province's police watchdog said Monday.

A 73-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting five people at a condo tower in Vaughan, Ont., used a semi-automatic handgun and victims were found on several different floors of the building, the province's police watchdog said Monday.

Multiple people have been shot in a condo in Vaughan, York Regional Police say.

York police said between five and seven people are dead following a shooting at a condo tower in Vaughan on Sunday night.

York police said between five and seven people are dead following a shooting at a condo tower in Vaughan on Sunday night.

Six people, including an alleged gunman, are dead after a shooting at a condo tower in Vaughan, Ont., on Sunday night, York police say.

York police said six people are dead following a shooting at a condo tower in Vaughan on Sunday night.

Six people, including an alleged gunman, are dead after a shooting at a condo tower in Vaughan, Ont., on Sunday night, York police say.

After several months on the run, four cows from a herd of runaway cattle were captured on Saturday night in Saint-Sévère, Que.