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About 5,000 years ago in Spain, there was a woman who was so important to her people that when she died, they filled her tomb with incredible riches and honoured her memory for generations to come. She's now known as "The Ivory Lady" due to the lavish ivory contents of her tomb.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to send Sweden's NATO accession protocol to Turkey's parliament "as soon as possible."

A 15-year member of the RCMP in Manitoba was ordered to resign or face dismissal after a conduct board found he discredited the force by verbally and physically abusing his common-law partner and driving drunk.

The Beachcombers ran on CBC for 19 seasons. Now Blair Peters and Josh Mepham are working to bring it back as an animated series.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May was hospitalized last week for fatigue owing to the "idiotic" schedule MPs kept in the dying days of Parliament, her husband said in a note to constituents.

An aid group says the three missing boats had departed from Senegal in late June.

Smith is fresh off a private meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who was also in Calgary on Friday to flip pancakes and engage in some Stampede politicking.

The B.C. Wildfire Service is reporting more than 300 fires, with 87 spotted in the past 24 hours and almost 200 of the total number ranked as out of control. B.C.'s minister of emergency management and climate readiness is due to speak on the wildfire situation at 12:30 p.m.

The B.C. Wildfire Service is reporting more than 300 fires, with 87 spotted in the past 24 hours and almost 200 of the total number ranked as out of control.

British Columbia is imposing a campfire ban across the province, excepting only Haida Gwaii, as well as a state of emergency for the Stikine Region in the province's northwest corner. 

The federal government has suspended the deportation of a mother and her three children living in Trois-Rivières, Que., shortly after the United Nations Human Rights Committee asked it to.

Madonna made her first public comments after a stay in an intensive care unit that paused her tour, promising fans that dates at North American venues would be rescheduled.

Talks to combine two of the biggest newspaper publishers in Canada have fallen apart.

Dozens of people outside Winnipeg's Brady Road landfill have built barricades and are signalling their unwillingness to leave, despite a noon deadline from the city to vacate the area and the possibility of legal action.

Dozens of people outside Winnipeg's Brady Road landfill have built barricades and are signalling their unwillingness to leave, despite a noon deadline from the city to vacate the area and the possibility of legal action.

Bob Mansell rode his first Harley-Davidson in 1953. Seventy years later, the 81-year-old took his Harley Tri Glide from Edmonton to London, Ont.

Bob Mansell rode his first Harley-Davidson in 1953. Seventy years later, the 81-year-old took his Harley Tri Glide from Edmonton to London, Ont.

"I didn't expect Waterloo to have that kind of violence. It's a pretty safe campus," says Shub Mano, among University of Waterloo students who say they're still feeling shaken after the June 28 stabbing incident in a gender studies classroom.

"I didn't expect Waterloo to have that kind of violence. It's a pretty safe campus," says Shub Mano, among University of Waterloo students who say they're still feeling shaken after the June 28 stabbing incident in a gender studies classroom.

Meta's Twitter rival Threads crossed 100 million sign-ups within five days of launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday, dethroning ChatGPT as the fastest-growing online platform to hit the milestone.

The World Meteorological Organization says Antarctic sea ice levels last month — the hottest June ever recorded — were at their lowest since satellite observations began.

Hundreds of people gathered in Vancouver for a rally to support striking British Columbia port workers as their job action stretches into its second week.

Hundreds of people gathered in Vancouver for a rally to support striking British Columbia port workers as their job action stretches into its second week.

The BBC suspended a male member of staff on Sunday following an allegation that one of its star presenters paid a teenager thousands of pounds to pose for sexually explicit photos, beginning when they were 17 years old.

University of Alberta researchers are growing spinach under solar panels to determine how efficient they can make green energy production. And in southern Alberta, sheep are grazing on a solar farm owned by Edmonton's Capital Power.

SkillsPEI, a provincial government agency that designs and delivers employment training programs on P.E.I., announced a major privacy breach on Monday morning.

Heavy rain sparked major floods in Orange County, N.Y., and surrounding areas over the weekend.

The value of Saskatchewan’s farm real estate continues to skyrocket, data shows. Experts suggest the trend is a promising sign for the long-term prosperity of the province’s agriculture industry, but higher property values are proving to be a barrier for some farmers.

Canada’s addictions minister says she is disturbed by “damaging” backlash and “misinformation” about British Columbia’s safer supply program and drug decriminalization pilot, efforts she says are already showing encouraging evidence of saving lives.

Alberta's top-paid registered nurse earned more than $510,000 in 2022, according to public compensation lists recently posted online.

Alberta's top-paid registered nurse earned more than $510,000 in 2022, according to public compensation lists recently posted online.

Police were called to an area just south of the intersection shortly before 6:10 a.m. for reports of gunfire.

Two people are in hospital after a drive-by shooting downtown that investigators believe may be linked to a case of stunt driving-related road rage, Toronto police say.

Well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who supported the protest movement that sprang up in Iran last year, has avoided a death sentence and has been jailed for six years and three months, his lawyer told Monday's edition of the daily newspaper Shargh.

Some people think smashing things help them relieve stress. The research is less clear.

An engineer from Kitchener, Ont., hopes to change the national plumbing code so that all washrooms have a trash can in each stall. Barbara Robinson says doing so would prevent unwanted items, including wipes and menstrual products, from being flushed.

A police agency west of Toronto is fighting to secure a publication ban on the names of the officers involved in the death of Ejaz Choudry, a father of four with schizophrenia shot and killed by police who claimed they had to act out of fear for his safety. 

The proposed wildlife areas are St. Paul Island, Country Island in Guysborough County and Isle Haute in the upper Bay of Fundy.

As more Quebecers come to libraries for services not found on the shelf, some librarians are calling for Montreal to follow the lead of other Canadian cities and hire social workers.

A Toronto landlord is suing her former tenant, the tenant’s boyfriend, the City of Toronto and Airbnb after her downtown condo was rented out on the short-term rental platform for months without her knowledge or consent.

Some shoppers feel they're being unfairly targeted for receipt checks due to theft at self-checkouts. A criminologist who studies the topic says this type of theft is growing as retailers add more self-checkouts and shoppers feel emboldened to steal.

Restoration is the key to Canada’s efforts to reverse biodiversity loss — now a part of the country’s international obligations, after the COP15 UN biodiversity conference which was hosted in Montreal last December. 

When Kevin Ross started farming 40 years ago, he knew the weather was going to be unpredictable. What he couldn't have predicted is the rate at which farmland in southern Ontario would disappear.

Officials from several provinces say affordability is their top priority heading into Monday's premiers' meeting as the cost of living soars across the country.

CBC found several long-term care homes planning to expand with taxpayer support are run by operators with long histories of non-compliance with the law, or poor outcomes through the pandemic.

Renters in a large multi-building apartment complex in Trenton, Ont., say their new landlord is attempting to push low-income tenants out.

The sluggish pace of justice in Canadian civil and family courts has reached a "crisis" point, according to a lawyers group that says the worst delays are in Ontario, where litigants must wait up to five years to have their day in court.

Protesters blocking the entrance to Brady Road landfill are outraged after a man shovelled soil from the back of his truck onto a mural honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

The United States edged Canada 3-2 on penalties on Sunday night in Cincinnati in CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal action after a 2-2 tie persisted following extra time.