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Ukraine announced the recapture of the village of Urozhaine from Russian troops in the southeast on Wednesday, but warned the situation on the northeastern front was deteriorating amid Russian counter-attacks.

It's yet to be determined what ignited the wildfires that ravaged Maui, but online conspiracy theorists have plenty of thoughts. Experts say such theories, which have no proof and can often be easily debunked, can thrive after a disaster strikes as people try to make sense of a tense situation and look for a cause to pinpoint.

A trailer for Maestro, an upcoming biopic about the late Jewish-American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, was released on Tuesday — but director and star Bradley Cooper was criticized for wearing a prosthetic nose to portray Bernstein, with some calling it antisemitic.

The RCMP's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says it has information to share about the suspects involved in the shooting death of Surrey, B.C., Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

B.C.'s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says it now has three suspects in the homicide of Surrey Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, and it's asking for the public's help to track them all down.

For those looking to gorge themselves at the trough of bizarre food creations, the CNE is back, and it has you covered — with a watermelon burger, pickle cotton candy and a peanut butter chocolate corn dog among this year's gut-busting options.

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is heading to China at the end of the month for diplomatic talks on protecting nature and fighting climate change.

Academics, commercial banks and policy thinkers have all been warning the federal government that the pace of population growth, facilitated by immigration, is making the housing crisis worse.

For the second time in barely a week, Canadian Taylor Swift fans have bad blood about being shut out of buying tickets to thus far the only Canadian stops on her world tour next year.

Aspiring drivers can translate the text of the Saskatchewan Drivers Textbook on SGI's website into more than 130 languages  — but American Sign Language is not one of them.

Facing months of pressure from refugee advocacy groups and opposition parties, the federal government said it is mulling an expansion of the number of Afghans it could bring to Canada.

It was a celebration of meat and beer, but none of the entrance fees paid by debit or credit card entered the festival's account.

As opponents on a rugby pitch, both Canada and Australia's women's sevens teams want badly to win. But off the field, the organizations are working together and with other nations to grow the women's game.

While scorching temperatures were expected to reach their climax Tuesday in a prolonged heat wave in southern British Columbia, the B.C. Wildfire Service says the greatest wildfire risk won't come until later this week.

Federal officials worried long-promised legislation declaring First Nations policing an essential service was being delayed by Assembly of First Nations hesitations about the bill, newly released internal documents show.

The University of Waterloo in southern Ontario is removing some details of courses it offers from its website, several weeks after a triple stabbing inside a gender studies class that left an instructor and two students injured.

The University of Waterloo is removing some details of courses it offers from its website. It follows a triple stabbing inside a gender studies class that left a professor and two students injured.

A marine heat wave off the Pacific coast has scientists worried about mass deaths.

A marine heat wave off the Pacific Coast has scientists worried about mass deaths.

Thousands of N.W.T. residents have fled the 236 wildfires tearing through the northern boreal forest. And due to the wildfires, the territory has issued a state of emergency.

Canadian star Jamal Murray will not take part in the upcoming FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup, Canada Basketball announced on Wednesday.

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights says it fully supports calls to search for the remains of Indigenous women believed to be the victims of an alleged Winnipeg serial killer.

The catastrophic Okanagan Mountain Park fire burned more than 250 square kilometres of land from August to September 2003, destroying nearly 240 homes on the southern edges of Kelowna and causing damages estimated at $200 million.

England moved on to its first Women's World Cup championship game with a 3-1 victory Wednesday over co-host Australia, ending the Matildas captivating run through the tournament.

Insurance policies don't typically cover storm surge or overland flooding because it's considered too high risk.

A low-cost carrier that recently began flying out of St. John's has left some travellers frustrated and looking for explanations — and compensation.

Here's what you need to know about that site, from its environmental importance, to what developers are planning to build there, where those plans stand, to the potential pushback from the City of Pickering and federal government. 

There are calls for Canada's largest school board to create a policy that vets the identity of applicants who claim to be Indigenous when they’re applying for teaching roles at Indigenous-focused schools. As it stands now, the board relies on applicants and staff to self-identify.

There are calls for Canada's largest school board to create a policy that vets the identity of applicants who claim to be Indigenous when they’re applying for teaching roles at Indigenous-focused schools. As it stands now, the board relies on applicants and staff to self-identify.

The federal government has earmarked hundreds of millions of dollars to improve customer service at the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) — but people who regularly deal with the country's tax collector say it hasn't had much of an effect, with telephone wait times sometimes clocking in at more than two hours.

The Ottawa Mission has nowhere to send refugee claimants showing up at its doors, in what some fear could be an early sign that Toronto's crisis is spreading.

Another round of criminal charges has been filed in B.C. against a serial impostor with a long history of posing as a nurse, this time related to her brief employment at a private surgery clinic in the Victoria area.

The growing prevalence of extreme heat means workers and employers need to take more precautions, and governments should update workplace guidelines and regulations, experts say.

In an apparent snub, the Chinese government has left Canada off a list of countries approved as international travel destinations for tour groups — a decision that threatens to leave Canada's travel industry at a competitive disadvantage as it continues its post-pandemic recovery.

Here's what you need to know about that site, from its environmental importance, to what developers are planning to build there, where those plans stand, to the potential pushback from the City of Pickering and federal government. 

Former U.S. president Donald Trump is facing criminal charges for the fourth time, after a Georgia grand jury issued a sweeping indictment accusing him of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden and accusing him of running a ‘criminal enterprise.’ Andrew Chang explains all the charges, and why the latest are so significant.

New billboards along a northern B.C. highway are aimed at honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and emphasizing hope and resilience.

The blocking of Canadian news by social media giant Meta has affected some unlikely media outlets whose primary purpose is not the production of news.

Alice Kahn Ladas — a psychologist and psychotherapist whose career centred around women’s pleasure and reproductive health — died on July 29 at her home in Santa Fe, N.M. She was 102.

TransLink is celebrating 75 years of trolley bus service in Vancouver by bringing a vintage bus back into service.

The Saskatchewan government has approved the mandate of how its new police agency will operate. The NDP is concerned about the reporting structure and independence of the force.