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An expedition has shown that an octopus nursery off Costa Rica is healthy and functional. It’s one of just four such nurseries in the world that are known to scientists, and it may be home to a previously undiscovered species.

Police have confirmed that two suspicious devices discovered within 24 hours in the same Kamloops, B.C., neighbourhood this week were pipe bombs.

Stellantis and LG Energy Solution have reached a deal to continue construction of the NextStar Energy EV battery plant in Windsor, Ont., the company confirmed Wednesday. Ontario Minister of Economic Development Victor Fedeli said the new deal would help the province remain "competitive on the global stage."

Stellantis and LG Energy Solutions have reached a deal to continue the construction of the NextStar Battery plant in Windsor, the company confirmed Wednesday. 

An Edmonton man pleaded guilty Wednesday to shooting and injuring a black bear in Jasper National Park last summer.

Using the opportunity provided by Independence Day celebrations, Sphere Entertainment ran a trial for its upcoming new venue in Las Vegas: a giant, 54,000-square-metre sphere. Set to officially open in September, the sphere can put on surreal, otherworldly visuals from fireworks to an enormous blood moon, while housing tens of thousands of people.

U.S. Secret Service agents found powder during a routine sweep on Sunday, but investigators have not yet identified who brought the drugs into the White House. The Secret Service was combing through visitor logs and security footage.

North Shore Bike Park, an indoor facility, has opened in North Vancouver. Co-owner Mike Upton says it's "a community centre for all things cycling."

Some electric vehicle (EV) drivers in northern Ontario say the charging network between Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie is failing people who don't drive Teslas. A White River towing company operator says he attended to six EVs with dead batteries in June. The Ivy chargers in White River have been down since spring.

In the wake of the PWHPA's deal to amalgamate women's hockey, PHF players are left with a new reality — that their hockey careers, successfully entrenched in a solid foundation just last week, are now in complete limbo.

Hong Kong-born American singer Coco Lee died at 48 on Wednesday, Lee's two sisters, Carol and Nancy Lee, said in a statement posted on Instagram and Facebook.

Global vaccine alliance GAVI said on Wednesday 12 countries in Africa would receive 18 million doses of malaria vaccine over the next two years, expanding access to the shots to nine new countries in the region.

On Wednesday morning Markus Pukonen embarked on the final leg of his eight-year journey around the world without the use of a motorized vehicle. He's kayaking from St. Catharines to Toronto.

Jewell Parchman Langford disappeared in 1975 after moving to Montreal from Tennessee. It took investigators 45 years to identify her remains.

Driven by clean energy goals and surging electricity demand, Ontario has announced it wants to add a third generating station to Bruce Nuclear, which, if built, would be the first large-scale new nuclear plant construction in Canada in three decades.

In 1973, a conservation project brought Newfoundland puffins to Maine, where the species had been nearly wiped out by hunting. 50 years later, Project Puffin is an ecological success.

Amid the voracious demand for housing, it seems Ontario's construction labour shortage is about to get worse. It's anticipated 300,000 workers will retire in the coming decade, which could have wider consequences for an already acute affordability crisis.

Cathy Ryan, 58, of Tillsonburg, Ont., says it was plain old foolishness that prompted her to drop out of high school in 1981. But it was persistence that kept Ryan going after she sign up for classes last year. And this June, Ryan graduated high school with an impressive report card.

RCMP officers have arrested two people and charged one with three terrorism offences in a first-of-its-kind case. Patrick Gordon Macdonald of Ottawa, 26, is facing three terrorism charges for allegedly participating in making and distributing propaganda for the far-right Atomwaffen Division.

Talks between maritime employers and the union representing British Columbia port workers remain deadlocked over maintenance issues as a strike by the workers enters its fifth day.

Talks between maritime employers and the union representing British Columbia port workers remain deadlocked over maintenance issues as a strike by the workers enters its fifth day.

Talks between maritime employers and the union representing British Columbia port workers remain deadlocked over maintenance issues as a strike by the workers enters its fifth day.

Arctic security is under renewed focus as Russia and China eye the region, but leaders in the North say Canada won't be able to exert sovereignty if their communities aren't built up properly.

LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations are calling for governments to include more diverse gender and sexual identities in their electronic health record systems.

Alberta attracted more interprovincial migrants than anywhere else in Canada in the first three months of 2023.

The United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden and Ukraine launched a case against Iran at the United Nations' highest court on Wednesday over the downing in 2020 of a Ukrainian passenger jet and the deaths of all 176 passengers and crew.

Two bodies were found by Sûreté du Québec (SQ) divers at around 6 p.m. on Tuesday in Rivière-Éternité, Que., near the landslide that hit Saturday. Police believe they are the two people who have been missing since Saturday.

The medicines were prepared by members of a women's circle from in and around Waterloo region for the members of James Smith Cree Nation, who are still rebuilding their lives after a mass stabbing in September 2022.

At one time, it was bustling with hundreds of workers who would help spark the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. But as the storied Vulcan Iron Works building burned on Tuesday, historians said the industrial complex’s story is more complicated than that.

Marine Institute students are helping in the search for "ghost gear" off the southwest coast of Newfoundland.

A year and half into the war, Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia might not look particularly impressive on the map, but at the front, it's clear that progress is being made — albeit slowly.

As anti-trans sentiment rises in the U.S., a Texas doctor no longer feels safe offering gender-affirming care — which will soon be banned in the state. Now her patients and other teens like them are worried what will happen when the health care they call lifesaving is made illegal.

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Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment - owner of the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs and the NBA's Raptors, among other pro sports franchises - has been named one of Toronto's largest property tax debtors, with an unpaid bill of roughly $1.18 million, dating back to the 2019 tax year.

Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment - owner of the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs and the NBA's Raptors, among other pro sports franchises - has been named one of Toronto's largest property tax debtors, with an unpaid bill of roughly $1.18 million, dating back to the 2019 tax year.

The federal government's grocery rebate is expected to start landing in eligible Canadians’ bank accounts today.

The federal government's grocery rebate is expected to start landing in eligible Canadians’ bank accounts today.

The global weather pattern El Niño has returned for the first time in seven years, according to the World Meteorological Organization, setting the stage for further extreme weather and soaring temperatures.

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Forty-seven people died after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in the Quebec town on July 6, 2013. Some businesses have been rebuilt and plans for a rail bypass are proceeding, but many residents are still struggling to move forward.

A child is dead and a woman is in hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries after they and three other pedestrians were struck by a pickup truck in downtown St. Thomas, Ont., on Tuesday.

July 4, 2023 | Ontario police have cracked a 48-year-old cold case. This year's El Niño, coupled with climate change, could make 2023 the hottest year on record. Plus, a white peacock has been living on the lam in a Montreal suburb for eight days.

A 40-year-old man has been charged with arson after a fire destroyed the Charleston Residence in Lake Louise on Monday.

A 40-year-old man has been charged with arson after a fire destroyed the Charleston Residence in Lake Louise on Monday.

The Alberta government has set aside $175 million dollars for wildfire disaster recovery after blazes tore through some communities and forced 38,000 people from their homes.

Supporters of a drag camp for kids gathered outside a theatre in Vancouver's Granville Island after event organizers said they were targeted by threats. 

Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday accused each other of plotting to stage an attack on the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, long the subject of mutual recriminations and suspicions.