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The worker, who fell from the Ambassador Bridge Wednesday, is Canadian and works for a Windsor area company, officials have confirmed. 

Some of the doctors who resigned or retired from the Health P.E.I. system over the past year and a half said the workloads they faced were unreasonable, documents reveal.

For 35 years, Deer Island resident Diane Bustin never locked her doors. But for "well over a year" now, the 65-year-old widow says she never goes to bed without locking them because of an increase in thefts.

Three boats, carrying more than 300 migrants combined, are reported to have disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean while making a long and risky 1,700-kilometre journey from the coast of Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands.

Three shootings made headlines this spring, including the attempted assassination of a man some believe is the current leader of the city's famed Italian mafia. We look at what could have led to the incidents, and what they might mean.

A Russian general in charge of forces fighting in southern Ukraine has been relieved of his duties after speaking out about problems faced by his troops, a move that reflected new fissures in the military command following a brief rebellion by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at emerging research on the economic cost of wildfire smoke and the challenges confronting deep sea miners.

British Columbians have already been asked to take water-saving measures as half of the province's water basins are currently at Level 4 drought on the 0-5 scale.

Two-thirds of B.C.'s basins are now at Level 4 or 5 drought after a combination of record heat in May, early snow melt and low levels of precipitation.

The man who dumped mulch and mud onto a red dress mural painted at a blockade outside the Brady Road landfill says he regrets what he did.

A Hamilton man who had been missing for nearly four years has been found alive by a volunteer search group.

A tornado touched down in the south Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven early Thursday afternoon, damaging at least 125 homes, according to Ottawa Fire Services.

Environment Canada has confirmed at least one tornado touched down in the south Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven on Thursday afternoon.

U.S. officials have approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, which will let American women and girls buy contraceptive medication from the same aisle as aspirin and eye drops.

Judges in Amsterdam want more information from Canadian authorities as they consider the sentence of a Dutch man convicted last year in British Columbia of the extortion and harassment of teenager Amanda Todd.

A 32-year-old Toronto man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder for his alleged role in an east end shooting that killed an innocent bystander, police say.

Direction from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to her new energy minister suggests the United Conservative government hasn't given up on a controversial program that would see taxpayers backstop the cleanup of old oil and gas wells that companies are already legally required to do.

A brawl erupted in the Kosovo parliament on Thursday after an opposition lawmaker threw water on Prime Minister Albin Kurti while he was speaking about government measures to defuse tensions with ethnic Serbs in the country's north.

Eight days in to a solo canoe journey through the Yukon backcountry, Dermot Higgins met a bear. It went badly for both of them.

In an exclusive interview at Canada's staging camp in Toyota, Japan, Summer McIntosh's coach Brent Arckey confirmed the Canadian phenom will swim in four individual events. at the World Aquatics Championships.

Dozens of the juvenile birds, unable to fly, are wandering outside Parkwood Place in downtown Prince George, B.C., as adults squawk and swoop overhead.

Actor Kevin Spacey began testifying in his own defence on Thursday as he faces a dozen charges of sex offences against four men dating to between 2001 and 2013.

A former Donald Trump supporter who became the centre of a conspiracy theory about Jan. 6, 2021, filed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News and former host Tucker Carlson on Wednesday, saying the network made him a scapegoat for the U.S. Capitol insurrection.

The Bank of Canada has increased its key interest rate for the 10th time since March, 2022. It’s all an effort to rein in inflation, but critics are worried high interest rates may be part of the problem, as certain things like housing costs drive up the inflation rate.

A man accused of stealing thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency from an ex-girlfriend "likely" did it, according to a B.C. judge, but the challenges of tracking those virtual coins mean he has avoided a conviction.

After years of trying to unload her antique piano, Manitoba's Jenna Warriner carefully took it apart, turning some of the wood into shelves and keeping other parts for art projects. Finding a home for the used instruments is increasingly challenging, according to a Winnipeg piano mover who says he's had to destroy dozens.

Andrew Moran of St. Thomas, Ont., is usually just a regular UPS driver. There's not much fanfare. The 43-year-old wears the brown uniform, drives the brown truck and delivers brown boxes. But on one day late last month, he was a preschooler's hero.

The SAG-AFTRA actors union said its negotiators unanimously recommended a strike after labour talks with Hollywood studios failed to yield an agreement.

Leaders of a Hollywood's actors union voted Thursday to join screenwriters in the first joint strike in more than six decades, shutting down production across the entertainment industry after talks for a new contract with the studios and streaming services broke down.

The majority of drug overdose deaths in Canada are now caused by smoking. But the national system of safe sites remains geared towards injection. Advocates say government red tape is slowing inhalation site approvals and contributing to thousands of deaths.

Several Canadian cities have recently dipped their toes into allowing drinking in public parks, under certain conditions, but not without pushback. While some see it as a 'bit of responsible fun,' others worry about the public health impacts of normalizing alcohol consumption.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says businesses and financial institutions around the world need to do more to fight climate change — and climate finance needs to be on the agenda for the next United Nations climate summit.

Montreal police have confirmed the man recently charged for the murder of Jewell Parchman Langford was considered a person of interest when she was reported missing by her family in the summer of 1975.

Immigrating to Canada and becoming a Canadian citizen has brought me euphoria, but has also led to some cultural clashes with my children that I never anticipated. While it has led to some discomfort, it has also changed my perspective in positive ways.

First Nations say they were pushed to the sidelines during previous waves of resource development, but that the current critical minerals "gold rush" won't happen without them. A Saskatchewan chief is set to deliver that message to a powerful international audience on Friday.

The triennial event returns, to the delight of athletes, coaches, and teams from every part of Turtle Island.

From loan defaults to deflation in China, there are early clues the inflationary trend could be reaching a turning point. The Bank of Canada is wary of increasing rates too much, but immigration, a housing shortage and Canadians with deep pockets may be blunting the effects of 10 rate hikes.

A refinery near Slave Lake, Alta., that started processing oil 22 years ago is facing an enforcement order for operating without regulatory approval. Critics say the infraction is troubling evidence of cracks in Alberta's complex regulatory system.

A second prominent Toronto-area developer who owns land that was removed from southern Ontario's protected Greenbelt last year is going to court to avoid answering questions from the province's auditor general.

Coco Lee, who died at the age of 48, had sung and acted in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese, making a name for herself not only in North America but also in Chinese-speaking regions such as China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

In a Tuesday mandate letter to Transportation and Economic Corridors Minister Devin Dreeshen, Premier Danielle Smith asked him to study a "Metrolinx-like model for commuter rail service" using heavy rail, referring to the commuter train service in the Greater Toronto Area.

The recall of a highly caffeinated energy drink is raising questions about how the cans of Prime Energy that violated Canada's health regulations got onto store shelves in the first place.

A worker who fell 43 metres from the Ambassador Bridge Wednesday afternoon has been rescued and is expected to survive. "The force did rip his clothes off of him. He had his shirt on but his pants had been pulled all the way around his ankles," said the boat captain who rescued the worker.

In its first year of collecting mind-blowing images of deep space, the James Webb Space Telescope has shown us a universe never seen before. See some of the highlights.

With their landlord turning rental units into condos to be sold to individual buyers, residents of the Waterview Heights complex in Charlottetown are worried about their housing futures.