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Newfoundland and Labrador's House of Assembly will sit Monday for an emergency debate to enact legislation to make private ambulance services essential in the province.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dismissing protests against his government's judicial reform plans, as huge crowds of demonstrators rallied in cities across the country for a third weekend.

Nearly two weeks after a backcountry avalanche killed Wade Tittemore, a member of the Nelson Police Department, his colleague Mathieu Nolet succumbed to his injuries.

A 14-year-old boy has been sentenced to six years and eight months in custody for killing his pregnant mother in their Saskatchewan home.

The first Native American woman in space ventured out on a spacewalk Friday to prep the International Space Station for more solar panels.

Quebec Premier François Legault is criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for "attacking Quebec's democracy and people" by proposing to limit the use of the notwithstanding clause.

A 38-year-old man from Toronto has been charged with aggravated assault in connection with what police believe to be an unprovoked daytime assault in Toronto on Friday.

Officials announced Saturday that the federal government has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit, seeking reparations for the loss of language and culture brought on by Indian residential schools, for $2.8 billion.

Officials announced Saturday that the federal government has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit, seeking reparations for the loss of language and culture brought on by Indian residential schools, for $2.8 billion.

As residents seek to renew or apply for home insurance, experts are urging people to do their research to ensure they are covered for extreme weather events.

The health-care service in Chetwynd, about 1,100 km northeast of Vancouver, has been so intermittent that Ashley MacWilliam is afraid it will put people like her asthmatic daughter at risk. 

A new translation of the original text, published 100 years ago, hopes to reveal the complex — and, at times, much darker — story at its core.

Residents of St. Mary's attended a town meeting on Friday about the abandoned fish sauce plant in the community.

As Lunar New Year approaches, some Vietnamese Canadians — who will celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Cat — feel their calendar should be more widely recognized.

For the third year in a row, a northern Ontario hotel has found a unique way to promote itself, and the town of New Liskeard.

For as long as he can remember, Saga Anderson has loved Star Wars. When he decided to pursue a career in tattooing, he decided he'd make the franchise his speciality. It worked.

Winds will also play a factor in the weekend weather, with northeasterly winds expected to reach 80 km/h across the Avalon.

Winds will also play a factor in the weekend weather, with northeasterly winds expected to reach 80 km/h across the Avalon.

Winds will also play a factor in the weekend weather, with northeasterly winds expected to reach 80 km/h across the Avalon.

Winds will also play a factor in the weekend weather, with northeasterly winds expected to reach 80 km/h across the Avalon.

Winds will also play a factor in the weekend weather, with northeasterly winds expected to reach 80 km/h across the Avalon.

Morgan Watsyk couldn't quite believe what he was seeing: a pack of wolves on the highway near Wrigley, N.W.T. He managed to capture some of the encounter on video.

The tech industry added jobs in droves during the pandemic, when it expected consumers to remain online even after COVID waned. Now those firms are laying off thousands of employees, even as smaller companies struggle to find skilled workers.

Publishing experts say the highly discounted product launches for mega-marketed books like Spare are an entrenched method big booksellers use to get people into stores, especially in an era where online competition is only a click away.

In less than two years, Gulalai Mohammadi has gone from being Afghanistan’s youngest MP to a life in hiding under the Taliban — and a constant fear of becoming the next prominent Afghan woman to be assassinated.

One of Canada's oldest institutions is grappling with how best to manage some of its youngest workers — and the negative perceptions some staff members have about them.

When Diana de Jurei moved to Canada from Latvia on a work permit, she was barely able to afford a roof over her head and food. Immigrating turned out to be a much bigger financial challenge than she had anticipated.

A retired school principal in Schreiber, Ont., has been making the most of winter by creating giant art out of ice and snow.

New Canadian health guidance drastically reduces the amount of alcohol consumption that's considered safe. Oncologist Dr. Fawaad Iqbal and substance abuse researcher Tim Naimi help explain the research and why they believe it can save lives.

Residents of St. John's Outer Battery area are feuding with a neighbour over bright flood lights that are allegedly always on. Police have already charged the lights' owner with mischief, but he has refused to take them down — or turn them off.

The federal government says Canada will guide a peace process aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis in Cameroon where years of fighting and strife have displaced nearly 800,000 people.

With COVID-19 raging in China, and millions on the move for the Lunar New Year, the country's rural areas could be facing a health catastrophe. These areas often have aging populations and poor access to medical care.

A group of Halifax emergency room doctors have written an open letter to Premier Tim Houston, saying new measures intended to help hospitals won't address the root of the problem unless more beds are made available to speed up access to care.

A new hockey series, where all the players are legally blind, began on Friday in Toronto.

Elon Musk, Tesla's chief executive, told a jury on Friday that investors do not always react to his Twitter messages as he expects, during a trial over his 2018 interest in taking the electric carmaker private, which shareholders allege cost them millions in trading losses.

Four more Treaty 8 First Nations in northeastern B.C. have followed the lead of the Blueberry River First Nations in agreeing to a framework on collaborative land stewardship.

Balu Thakor, one of the first immigrants to open a business in Vancouver's Punjabi Market, is remembered as a hardworking, kind and loving person.

Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc and shíshálh Nation in British Columbia filed a claim for collective compensation in 2012 as part of a broader class action known as the Gottfriedson case. That case was settled last fall and more details are expected to be released on Saturday.