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Daniel Penny, a former U.S. Marine who killed Jordan Neely, a homeless man, by putting him in a chokehold on the New York City subway earlier this month, was charged with manslaughter on Friday in a Manhattan criminal court, hours after he surrendered to police.

When Bridget Carleton steps onto the Scotiabank Arena court on Saturday, she’ll make history. The Chatham, Ont., native is set to become the first Canadian to play a WNBA game in Canada when her Minnesota Lynx face the Chicago Sky in an exhibition in Toronto.

A University of Utah diver has been arrested and charged with raping a young woman in her dorm room during the first week of the school year last fall.

A University of Utah diver has been arrested and charged with raping a young woman in her dorm room during the first week of the school year last fall.

The jury overseeing the inquest into the death of Moses Beaver delivered its verdict Friday morning along with 63 recommendations on how to prevent similar deaths. Here's some of the verdict's key themes, with an explanation of why Beaver's family wanted the means of his death to be labeled as undetermined.

Toronto city council has declared homelessness an emergency in the city and has agreed to change when warming centres are activated in winter months.

For Toronto Maple Leaf fans in Six Nations of the Grand River, Ont., who came together to watch a recent playoff game at a community centre, loyalties are torn. One of their own is on the ice — a star for the other team. 

For Toronto Maple Leaf fans in Six Nations of the Grand River, Ont., who came together to watch a recent playoff game at a community centre, loyalties are torn. One of their own is on the ice — a star for the other team. 

The United States lifted a pandemic border control policy Friday in a move that could have implications for Canada's approach to migrants and asylum seekers.

Turkish citizens will vote in elections on Sunday, and polls suggest Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been in power for two decades, may be defeated.

Staff at a Lebanese restaurant in Laval, Que., cleared out furniture and decorations on Friday, the final step in a closure that its owners say is the result of repeated vandalsim and an extortion attempt. 

Staff at a Lebanese restaurant in Laval, Que., cleared out furniture and decorations on Friday, the final step in a closure that its owners say is the result of repeated vandalsim and an extortion attempt. 

There will be catchy choruses, a kaleidoscope of costumes and tributes to the spirit of Ukraine in a competition that for seven decades has captured the changing zeitgeist of a continent.

The setback for Russia, which follows similar reports of Ukrainian advances south of the city, suggests a co-ordinated push by Kyiv to encircle Russian forces in Bakhmut, Moscow's main objective for months during the war's bloodiest fighting.

Elon Musk has confirmed that the new CEO for Twitter, or X Corp. as it's now called, will be NBCUniversal's Linda Yaccarino, an executive with deep ties to the advertising industry.

Alberta officials and fire crews are preparing for a shift to hot, dry conditions that will challenge the province's firefighting efforts this weekend.

Thousands of people in west-central Alberta evacuated more than one week ago won’t be allowed to return for at least another week. 

Alberta officials and fire crews are preparing for a shift to hot, dry conditions that will challenge the province's firefighting efforts this weekend.

Air Canada reported first-quarter revenue nearly doubled compared with a year earlier as travellers hopped back on airplanes en masse — even as higher costs tamped down net earnings.

The Department of Finance says the grocery rebate the Liberals promised in this year's federal budget will be extended to eligible Canadians on July 5.

Starting a family in Italy is becoming a "titanic effort" that only the rich can afford, Pope Francis said on Friday, warning that "savage" free-market conditions were preventing the young from having children.

A high court in Islamabad on Friday granted former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan protection from arrest in a graft case and ordered him freed on bail.

Dunstan Campbell says he has been provided options for a potential new home, but no timeline for when he can move — an experience reflects the poor housing conditions on reserves and what Campbell sees as a lack of action to address them.

A search for the remains of two First Nations women at a Winnipeg-area landfill could take up to three years and cost $184 million, says a study examining whether a successful search is possible.

Serial imposter Brigitte Cleroux is facing new criminal charges in B.C. for offences that allegedly began when she was out on day parole from a federal prison in 2019.

A search for the remains of two First Nations women at a Winnipeg-area landfill could take up to three years and cost $184 million, says a study examining whether a successful search is possible.

Mi'kmaw and Wolastoqey communities in New Brunswick are slamming comments reportably made by Premier Blaine Higgs that he's prepared to go ahead with fracking without their approval.

A 15-storey health-care tower with a primary-care clinic, an after-hours walk-in clinic and a satellite facility for the Pan Am Clinic are part of a roughly $550-million plan to redevelop downtown Winnipeg's Portage Place mall.

With whispers of a mysterious death and headstones in the basement, it's not your run-of-the-mill estate auction. But as often happens in small towns, legend overtakes reality. 

After a lull in the warm weather, hot conditions are building back into Alberta. We take a look at what that will mean for the fire season, and what we can expect this year.

What does "woke" mean when politicians use the word? What does it mean to the average voter? A new poll offers some intriguing observations about the haziest word in the modern political lexicon.

Burned-out nurses who've left Canada's healthcare industry in droves are now returning to the job through private agencies, and that transition is costing the public system millions of dollars every year.

Nearly one year after the loss of her twins, Kaitlin Geiger-Bardswich writes she felt abandoned and alone in the aftermath of the miscarriage.

Canadian monarchists have sent a strongly worded letter to Gov. Gen. Mary Simon chastising the vice-regal for suggesting recently that there may need to be "conversations" about a future without the royals — and taking note of King Charles's unpopularity.

A chain of illegal magic mushroom dispensaries in Ontario is expanding to London, after other locations in the province were raided, in a move that is also expected to test the limits of what law enforcement in the city will tolerate.

For Mother's Day, Saskatoon musician Farideh Olsen wants to remind moms to be kind to themselves and realize that they're probably doing a better job parenting than they think.

Sonita Mominzada and her husband arrived as refugees from Afghanistan in the fall of 2021. Mominzada is desperate to bring her family to Canada, including six sisters, but Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada rejected their application. Advocates say the IRCC needs to relax some rules based on the case and country.

Ejection of a Chinese diplomat who interfered in Canada's internal affairs has led to a tit for tat expulsion. It's only the latest skid toward "global fragmentation" that economists fear will damage trade and impede cooperation on important issues including climate and artificial intelligence.

Nine months after death of beloved veterinarian, two Ontario vets hope to serve region in need.

Rich Kruger's appointment as Suncor's leader comes at a time when the major oilsands producers are collectively progressing toward making a sizeable financial commitment to reduce emissions from their operations in northern Alberta.

What's behind the buzz over BlackBerry? Eli Glasner digs into the new movie that tracks the rise and fall of the phone company featuring a surprising turn by Canadian Jay Baruchel.

The phrase “battling for Olympic gold” will take on new meaning at the Paris Games in 2024, with breaking set to make its debut on the Olympic stage.

Nine months after death of beloved veterinarian, two Ontario vets hope to serve region in need.

Ottawa's decision not to include an image of Terry Fox in Canada's redesigned passport has been met with disappointment by some in his hometown of Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Mireille Vienneau looked out her kitchen window, in Le Goulet, N.B., and was surprised to see a young moose taking a bath in her backyard swimming pool. She and her husband were aided by a group of neighbours trying to persuade the moose to leave, but in the end, the animal waddled off on its own.

Elon Musk said on Thursday he has found a new chief executive for Twitter, but did not name the person, while the Wall Street Journal reported that Comcast NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino was in talks for the job.

Residents of a 40-year-old housing cooperative in Surrey, B.C. are facing the difficult decision of finding a new home. Fifty-eight families of the Totem Housing Co-operative are in limbo after the property lease ended in Dec. 2022.

A forensic officer testifying in the Ibrahim Ali trial said he didn't notice any drag marks or notable footprints in the woods leading up to where the body of a 13-year-old Burnaby teen was found.

A forensic officer testifying in the Ibrahim Ali trial said he didn't notice any drag marks or notable footprints in the woods leading up to where the body of a 13-year-old Burnaby teen was found.

The regulator has issued a notice of non-compliance to the company after chemicals associated with oilsands tailings were found at an off-site well at levels that exceed provincial guidelines.