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U.S. President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared.

A Chicago prosecutor said Monday that she's dropping sex-abuse charges against singer R. Kelly, following federal convictions in two courts on charges including child pornography, racketeering and sex trafficking that ensure the disgraced R&B star will be locked up for decades.

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a six-month U.S. tourist visa, as investigators in Brasilia probe whether he incited his supporters to overrun government buildings.

Netflix and imagineNATIVE have partnered to provide grants to five Indigenous filmmakers working in the horror, thriller or futurism genres, in honour of Jeff Barnaby, writer and director of Blood Quantum and Rhymes for Young Ghouls.

A senior RCMP official says the force is in the midst of examining equipment it obtained from a company linked to China's government to search for any points of vulnerability.

Parliament is back after a six-week break and the Liberal government is facing aggressive questions from the opposition bench about a number of ethical missteps and the sorry state of Canada's health-care system — two issues that are poised to dominate this spring sitting.

A man seeking asylum in the United States was rescued near the border in Quebec’s Eastern Townships early Saturday morning after his family alerted authorities.

It's the story of an underdog team that suddenly gets a much needed boost: Campobasso 19 was beset by problems but is now on the upswing with some high-profile investors.

It's the story of an underdog team that suddenly gets a much needed boost: Campobasso 19 was beset by problems but is now on the upswing with some high-profile investors.

The U.S. government on Monday proposed a new rule allowing women enrolled in Obamacare plans to get access to birth control even if their employer, school or health plan objects on religious grounds.

Westjet has cancelled its flights between Halifax and Europe for this summer. Previously, Westjet offered direct flights from Halifax to London Gatwick, Dublin, Glasgow and Paris during the summer months.

The University of Lethbridge says a speech by a controversial former Mount Royal University professor who was fired in late 2021 won't be allowed space on campus.

CAQ minister said Amira Eghawaby has not properly apologized for her comments about Quebec that she made in 2019.

Chris Delargy of Mount Brydges, Ont., wasn't planning to start a furniture drive when he sold his 2011 Mazda to four students from Nepal last week, but after seeing their empty apartment, he couldn't just walk away.

Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull has died at age 84. In 1961, he was part of Chicago's first Stanley Cup team in 23 years and with teammate Stan Mikita helped popularize the curved hockey stick blade in the NHL.

Residents of Hay River, N.W.T., are answering fear with action in learning to manage the town's drug crisis. Last week, residents learned that six people in the town of 3,200 had died last year from opioid use.

One of two foreign men swept up in an avalanche in Japan while back-country skiing in the central prefecture of Nagano and found without vital signs on Monday was U.S. professional skier Kyle Smaine, according to an outdoor magazine.

Barrett Strong, one of Motown's founding artists who sang lead on the company's breakthrough single Money (That's What I Want), later collaborating with producer Norman Whitfield on such classics as I Heard It Through the Grapevine, has died. He was 81.

The companies involved in the Rogers Communications Inc. deal to buy Shaw Communications have extended the deadline to complete the transaction until the middle of February

Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet, who has been embroiled in allegations of misconduct stemming from his time as archbishop of Quebec, is retiring, the Vatican announced Monday.

Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet is retiring, the Vatican announced Monday.

The coronavirus remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Monday, after a key advisory panel found the pandemic may be nearing an "inflection point" where higher levels of immunity can lower virus-related deaths.

As the cost of living continues to soar, home-share providers are being financially stretched to their limit. And they're calling on the provincial government to raise room and board rates that have long remained stagnant.

A report released Monday estimates doctors across Canada spend 18.5 million hours dealing with unnecessary paperwork. It highlights Nova Scotia's efforts to combat this and encourages other provinces to follow.

A suicide bomber struck Monday inside a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 27 people and wounding as many as 147 worshippers, officials said.

A suicide bomber struck Monday inside a mosque within a police compound in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 34 people and wounding as many as 150 worshippers, most of them police, officials said.

A group that aims to promote lacrosse among Anishinaabe communities is developing a parallel program for women and girls.

Survivors of the 2014 Yazidi genocide by ISIS who found safe haven in Winnipeg report panic attacks and fear for the future after learning that a Canadian court has ordered the repatriation of alleged members of the group that murdered their families, enslaved, tortured and raped them.

The vast majority of workers in Ontario haven’t experienced anything quite like it during their entire working lives: a labour market tilted in their favour. 

Starting Tuesday, it is no longer a criminal offence to possess small amounts of certain illicit drugs in B.C., for people age 18 or above. Here’s what you need to know about the province's drug decriminalization pilot.

The next hot spot in the U.S. abortion fight is outside pharmacies. Reminiscent of scenes at abortion clinics, upcoming protests outside drugstores will illustrate a new battle in the post-Roe v. Wade era. At issue is access to abortion pills.

An Ottawa man travelling in the U.S. in 2021 tried to obtain the French version of the ArriveCan application without success, despite indicating on his user profile that French was his preferred language for communications with the federal government.

The vast majority of workers in Ontario haven’t experienced anything quite like it during their entire working lives: a labour market tilted in their favour. 

An Ontario man's car burst into flames right after routine servicing, and there was seemingly no investigation by the dealership or insurance company. One safety expert says this highlights a gap in road safety regulations, but Transport Canada says new rules are on the way.

What matters is the newspaper's purpose — providing accurate information to help an informed citizenry make decisions, hold power to account, know each other and ensure the wellbeing of their city. Frustratingly, this purpose is being steadily dismantled by the paper's own masters.

An Ottawa couple has had to live in separate care facilities for 19 months, despite their children's efforts to reunite them, which one doctor calls a "human tragedy".

Memorable moments from Day 2 of the Arctic Winter Games — the circumpolar world's premier sporting and cultural event featuring young athletes from the Canadian territories, Nunavik-Quebec and Alberta North, as well as others from Alaska, Greenland, and Indigenous Sapmi people of Norway, Sweden and Finland.

For years, Winnipeg’s Gabriel Langlois — better known as ‘Dancing Gabe’ — has been pumping up sports fans with his dance moves and cheerful energy. For his birthday, he got a party fit for an icon.

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