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A fly-in First Nation on Ontario's James Bay Coast was forced to quickly evacuate Wednesday afternoon with a fast-spreading forest fire less than two kilometres away.

Juteah Downey manipulated vulnerable women into handing over all their earnings from sex work, a judge found. He'll be sentenced later today.

Two Vancouver photographers won Audubon Photography Awards this year — Liron Gertsman for his picture of preening pigeons, and Shane Kalyn for his shot of a lone puffin perched on a colourful cliff.

Conservative campaign operatives are accusing the Liberal Party of running a "racist" campaign in the recent Oxford federal byelection, claiming slogans that highlighted winning Tory candidate Arpan Khanna's past ties to Brampton, Ont. are an example of dog-whistle politics.

The chair of the University of Prince Edward Island Board of Governors has resigned — one week after an independent report outlined major problems at the campus over the past decade. 

The Guyitt house in Chatham-Kent, Ont., has been demolished. The once crumbling and empty house was built over 170 years ago.

The federal government has released its action plan on implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the Correctional Service of Canada's chief Anne Kelly never mentioned in advance that serial killer Paul Bernardo could be transferred from a maximum to medium-security prison, despite frequently speaking in the months leading up to the move.

Henrik Lundqvist, Caroline Ouellette, Pierre Turgeon, Mike Vernon and Tom Barrasso have been announced as the Hockey Hall of Fame's class of 2023. Ken Hitchcock and Pierre Lacroix have been added as builders.

Henrik Lundqvist, Caroline Ouellette, Pierre Turgeon, Mike Vernon and Tom Barrasso have been announced as the Hockey Hall of Fame's class of 2023. Ken Hitchcock and Pierre Lacroix have been added as builders.

It’s been more than 72 hours since contact was lost with OceanGate’s Titan submersible during its dive to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean and the wreck site of the Titanic. 

Call it whatever you like — Just Transition or Sustainable Jobs or a plan to come up with a plan — the pretzeled rhetoric is leaving a big question mark hanging over the workers worried about their futures.

The NDP and Canadian fire chiefs are urging the federal government to boost the volunteer firefighter tax credit as Canada endures a severe wildfire season and a shortage of volunteer firefighters.

A Calgary youth has been arrested and charged with terrorism-related offences. 

The shame and stigma attached to body size and obesity has crept into the use of weight-loss medications like Ozempic, says a woman who has struggled with her weight for years.

The 2022 use of force report, which will be discussed during an HPS board meeting on Thursday, says Black people were on the receiving end of 17.2 per cent of all use of force incidents in 2022 despite representing only five per cent of Hamilton's population.

One of Canada's intelligence agencies is warning that Russia-aligned threat actors have attempted to comprise the country's oil and gas sector — and will continue trying.

China-U.S. relations are atrocious and trending in a terrifying direction. Both countries are increasingly warning about the possibility of war. The countries have resumed high-level diplomacy in an effort to stop the slide. Establishing a sustainable détente will take more than just meetings.

The Saskatchewan government believes an employee of the Ministry of Immigration and Career Training inappropriately accessed the files of 40 applicants, in connection with a suspected "illegal immigration scheme," according to a report late last month from Saskatchewan's information and privacy commissioner. 

A small plane has crashed on Vancouver Island's west coast, according to RCMP and B.C. Emergency Health Services. 

A small plane has crashed on Vancouver Island's west coast, according to RCMP and the Transportation Safety Board. 

Two people are dead and two injured after a plane crashed on Vancouver Island's west coast, according to first responders.

Another person has died as a result of the collision between a semi-trailer truck and a bus that killed 15 people in Manitoba last week.

Another person has died as a result of last week's collision between a semi-trailer truck and a minibus in Manitoba, which has now killed 16 people.

Up to date retail sales numbers from Statistics Canada on Wednesday show that despite high prices and dire warnings about debt loads, Canadians remain in the mood to shop.

A spokesperson for Global Affairs said the ministry is aware of the death of a Canadian in Germany, following a query from The Canadian Press about the reported killing of 21-year-old Eva Liu.

More than a day after a military helicopter crashed into a river west of Ottawa, a search and recovery effort to find two missing crew members continues and many questions about what happened Tuesday night remain unanswered.

More than 24 hours after a military helicopter crashed into a river northwest of Ottawa, a search and recovery effort to find two missing crew members continues and many questions about what happened that night remain unanswered.

Canada's Department of National Defence has confirmed the deaths of two missing air personnel after a military helicopter crash early Tuesday.

Canada's Department of National Defence has confirmed the deaths of two missing air personnel after a military helicopter crash early Tuesday.

Canada's Department of National Defence has confirmed the deaths of two missing air personnel after a military helicopter crash early Tuesday.

A movement to push Premier Blaine Higgs out as leader of the New Brunswick Progressive Conservative party is gathering momentum.

Choul William, a Sudanese-Canadian who has been friends with Omar Mohammed for years, says he called 911 shortly after hearing the news of an officer-involved shooting, but still hasn't been told if his friend was the person killed.

WestJet's takeover and consolidation of discount airlines Swoop and Sunwing into its main carrier has some vacationers and travel experts worried about higher prices to come. But the CEO of the Calgary-based airline says the move is good for consumers, too.

Two bylaws expected to be voted on at Barrie council Wednesday evening would make it illegal to give food or supplies in a park or on other city property to those experiencing homelessness. Advocates have been camping out outside Barrie city hall in protest.

Access to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is severely limited. But explorers, researchers and tourists have made numerous trips to the resting site of the Titanic. That has raised some controversy over whether such visits to an area deemed a gravesite are proper.

As the Liberal team recovers from a bruising few weeks in Parliament, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is preparing to reshuffle his cabinet over the summer, sources tell Radio-Canada.

After Kevin McGowan’s mom passed, all he could think about was her four hard years of illness and suffering. Then he discovered a photo of his mom — young, full of life and wearing a tiara.

Two bylaws expected to be voted on at Barrie council Wednesday evening would make it illegal to give food or supplies in a park or on other city property to those experiencing homelessness. Advocates have been camping out outside Barrie city hall in protest.

Canada is sending an additional $40 million in aid to Sudan, as the country sinks deeper into crisis. But Doctors without Borders says getting that aid out on the ground is proving to be challenging.

At least two people are dead after a three-vehicle crash caused a massive fire and explosions on Highway 401 in Pickering, east of Toronto, on Tuesday night, Ontario Provincial Police say.

At least two people are dead after a three-vehicle crash sparked a massive fireball on Highway 401 in Pickering, east of Toronto, on Tuesday night, Ontario Provincial Police say.

At least two people are dead after a massive fire that followed a collision on Highway 401 in Pickering, east of Toronto, on Tuesday night, Ontario Provincial Police say.

At least two people are dead after a three-vehicle crash sparked a massive fireball on Highway 401 in Pickering, east of Toronto, on Tuesday night, Ontario Provincial Police say.

At least one person is dead after a massive fire that followed a collision of several vehicles on Highway 401 in Pickering on Tuesday night, Ontario Provincial Police say.

At least one person is dead after a massive fire that followed a collision of several vehicles on Highway 401 in Pickering on Tuesday night, Ontario Provincial Police say.

For the first time, Canada’s national energy regulator has looked at how oil and gas production will change in a world where countries hit their climate goals — and it shows a future without much demand for Canadian fossil fuels.

Premier Danielle Smith apologized in the legislative assembly Tuesday for contacting former Justice Minister Tyler Shandro in January about the criminal charges faced by Calgary street preacher Artur Pawlowski. 

As new details emerge from survivor accounts, a bleak portrait of the conditions on board the migrant ship have emerged. Meanwhile, Greece's coast guard is under increasing scrutiny for its possible role in the sinking.

Archaeologist Sam Leggett says it’s an incredible experience to peer into the eyes of someone who died more than 1,300 years ago.