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U.S. special operations forces have killed a senior ISIS official and 10 other extremist operatives in remote northern Somalia, the Biden administration announced Thursday.

First Nations groups are criticizing their exclusion from an upcoming meeting between federal, provincial and territorial governments aiming to reach a funding deal to improve the country's ailing health-care system.

The agency that oversees cybersecurity for the federal government is urging a "heightened state of vigilance" against potential cyber attacks from Russia-aligned hackers, following news Canada will supply Ukraine with four Leopard 2 A4 main battle tanks.

The House of Hope is now a place where youth can go to hang out, laugh, heal and learn — something the community didn't have.

A former teacher found a mammoth bone west of Edmonton last year. A local museum has accepted the specimen as a donation.

Hamiltonian Ainara Alleyne, 13, is bringing her Instagram project, Ainara's Bookshelf, to the small screen with a new series. In it, she interviews her favourite authors and some celebrities, from local author Lawrence Hill to film director Peter Ramsey.

Noah Cowan, former co-director of the Toronto International Film Festival, has died at the age of 55. Cowan's publicist confirmed he died Wednesday in Los Angeles after being diagnosed with glioblastoma in December 2021.

Instead of designing buildings, Esha Munshi puts her aesthetic skills to use by collecting, photographing, measuring and cataloguing the wings and feathers of India's more than 1,300 bird species. 

A free meal that started as a way of providing comfort in the aftermath of post-tropical storm Fiona has now become a monthly habit in Montague, P.E.I.

The Peel District School Board is the first in Canada to adopt a strategy aimed at dismantling Islamophobia and affirming the identity of Muslims students, who comprise the largest reported faith-based identity at the board — about a quarter of its student population.

Five former Memphis, Tenn., police officers have been charged with second-degree murder and other crimes in the arrest and death of Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist who died three days after a confrontation with the officers during a traffic stop.

A south-central Manitoba First Nation says it had no idea the former head of its child welfare agency had claimed an area of the reserve's land was under his exclusive control when he ordered construction of a building.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how grocery story refrigerants are contributing to global warming and how air pollution is changing our brains.

Nearly 40 people may have received used syringes from a needle exchange program in Sudbury, Ont., between July 1, 2022, and mid-January this year, according to Public Health Sudbury and Districts.

Canada will supply Ukraine with four Leopard 2 main battle tanks and Canadian Armed Forces trainers to teach Ukrainian soldiers how to operate the vehicles, Defence Minister Anita Anand announced Thursday.

Canada will supply Ukraine with four Leopard 2 main battle tanks and Canadian Armed Forces trainers to teach Ukrainian soldiers how to operate the vehicles, Defence Minister Anita Anand announced Thursday.

Canada will supply Ukraine with four Leopard 2 main battle tanks and Canadian Armed Forces trainers to teach Ukrainian soldiers how to operate the vehicles, Defence Minister Anita Anand announced Thursday.

A combination of broken communication and staffing changes contributed to a deadly ammonia leak at an ice-making facility in Kamloops, B.C., last spring, an investigation has found.

In a fortunate turn of events, seven passengers aboard a bus in Turkey that plunged into a lake after the driver lost control of the vehicle were able to escape. The local governor says there were no fatalities, with three passengers being hospitalized for non-life threatening injuries.

Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra was not personally in contact with officials at Via Rail during the Christmas winter storm that left hundreds of passengers stranded for hours on a disabled train, the railway's executives said Thursday.

A surge in demand pushed Canada's rental market to its tightest level in two decades last year, with the vacancy rate in purpose-built apartments dipping below two per cent and rent for new tenants going up by 18 per cent.

A surge in demand pushed Canada's rental market to its tightest level in two decades last year, with the vacancy rate in purpose-built apartments dipping below two per cent and rent for new tenants going up by 18 per cent.

After a recent surge of violent incidents on Toronto’s transit system, the mayor, police representatives and the head of the TTC are all speaking at a press conference Thursday.

After a recent surge of violent incidents on Toronto’s transit system, the mayor, police representatives and the head of the TTC are all scheduled to speak at a press conference Thursday.

Alberta is preparing to change how it ensures oilsands companies are able to pay for the mammoth job of cleaning up their operations, but critics fear a year of consultations hasn't been enough to avoid repeating past mistakes.

The Manitoba government is cutting $225 and $375 cheques as part of a new affordability package billed as a carbon tax relief fund, intended to help people make ends meet in a time of high food and fuel costs, the premier says.

Boeing representatives and relatives of some of the passengers killed in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets will meet face-to-face in a Texas courtroom this week where the aerospace giant will be arraigned on a criminal charge that it thought it had settled two years ago.

Ontario Provincial Police say they have found and arrested an 18-year-old they suspect killed someone in Renfrew County west of Ottawa Wednesday night.

Ontario Provincial Police say the man they suspect killed someone in Renfrew County west of Ottawa is a safety risk to the public and they're trying to find him.

Home improvement retailer Home Depot didn't get customer consent before sharing personal data with Meta, which operates social media sites Facebook and Instagram, according to a new report by Canada's privacy watchdog.

Home improvement retailer Home Depot didn't get customer consent before sharing personal data with Meta, which operates social media sites Facebook and Instagram, according to a new report by Canada's privacy watchdog.

Athletes from the circumpolar world, including those from Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik in northern Quebec and Alberta North, gather in Wood Buffalo, Alta., for the Arctic Winter Games, which kicked off Sunday with the opening ceremony.

Athletes from the circumpolar world, including those from Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik in northern Quebec and Alberta North, gather in Wood Buffalo, Alta., for the Arctic Winter Games, which kicked off Sunday with the opening ceremony.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the appointment of a special representative on combating Islamophobia that will advise the federal government on how to better fight discrimination against the Muslim community. 

More than 160 people have died from the cold in Afghanistan this month in the worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday, as residents described being unable to afford fuel to heat homes in temperatures well below freezing.

A renowned ex-coach in Canadian pairs skating was found guilty Wednesday of sexual assault and gross indecency dating back nearly 40 years.

Corrie and Jason Adamson found a massive egg on their farm almost two weeks ago. Today they decided to crack the egg, and inside they found a surprise. A second egg.

Russia launched a rush-hour barrage of missiles toward Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least one person, the day after Kyiv secured Western pledges of dozens of modern battlefield tanks to try to push back the Russian invasion.

Russia launched a rush-hour barrage of missiles toward Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 11 people, the day after Kyiv secured Western pledges of dozens of modern battlefield tanks to try to push back the Russian invasion.

Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the racism experienced by Metro Vancouver's Asian community have continued — and many have stopped reporting the incidents, advocates say.

A fast-moving system is bringing snow, ice pellets, rain or a mix of all three to all parts of New Brunswick. Snow began around midnight and changed to rain in the south by morning. All schools are closed.

A fast-moving system is bringing snow, ice pellets, rain or a mix of all three to all parts of New Brunswick. Snow began around midnight and changed to rain in the south by morning. All schools are closed.

Road flooding continues to affect New Brunswick's three major cities, and it has some crews rushing to clear drains before the temperature drops below zero.

All New Brunswick schools are closed Thursday, with some students having their third snow day this week.

The spread of COVID-19 misinformation in Canada cost at least 2,800 lives and $300 million in hospital expenses over nine months of the pandemic, according to estimates in a new report out Thursday.

A Levack, Ont., resident says a city sidewalk plow driver deliberately damaged her property earlier this week. 

Historically, fermentation was used to extend the shelf life of food. Now, it’s being harnessed to produce more nutritious food, in a more environmentally friendly way.

Judge Alan Tufts has lashed out at the failure to appoint new judges to replace those who have retired or been promoted.

A large tract of land in Cape Breton will soon be co-governed by familiar hands. 

One of the founders of the movement that led to the creation of Qalipu First Nation says he was booted from the band after enrolment criteria changed — and the controversy over membership is antithetical to his original vision.