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A dispute over an LGBTQ Pride flag at a California clothing store spiralled into deadly violence this weekend when a man shot and killed the 66-year-old business owner right in front of her shop, authorities said.

Canary Islands regional President Fernando Clavijo said Sunday that police have confirmed that a wildfire raging on the Spanish tourist island of Tenerife was started deliberately. 

The Netherlands and Denmark announced Sunday that they will give F-16 warplanes to Ukraine, in a long-awaited announcement that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called an important motivation for its forces, which are embroiled in a difficult counteroffensive.

While Canada continues to face a housing crunch, the federal housing agency says the pace of new starts slowed in July after a strong June.

Just four years after learning the combat sport, Dalis Gures, 20, has become B.C.'s top featherweight boxer. Now he's set his sights on qualifying for Canada's Olympic team.

Spain won the Women's World Cup for the first time with Olga Carmona's first-half strike giving La Roja a 1-0 victory over England in Sunday's final in Sydney.

Hammer thrower Ethan Katzberg of Nanaimo, B.C., has followed his first Canadian title with a world title. Katzberg won a gold medal in his World Athletics Championships debut with a throw of 81.25 metres on Sunday to beat 2021 Olympic champion Wojciech Nowicki of Poland (81.02) in Budapest, Hungary.

Russia's first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space program.

Nova Scotia saw the most lightning ever recorded in the province in July, and almost all of it came from one single weather event: the historic and deadly storm on July 21.

Nova Scotia saw the most lightning ever recorded in the province in July, and almost all of it came from one single weather event: the historic and deadly storm on July 21.

Author David Grann became familiar with naval terms and phrases while writing his latest book. And some of that language, from scuttlebutt to turning a blind eye, found its way into modern lingo.

An Ontario Provincial Police officer has filed a $6.3-million lawsuit against the Brantford Police Service and its board after facing charges — which were eventually dropped — related to an investigation into the theft of Wayne Gretzky memorabilia from the home of the hockey legend's father.

North America’s longest continually run horse stakes race is back today in Toronto, with a name it hasn’t used in more than 70 years.

Historical human remains detection dogs and their handlers from Ottawa have searched the grounds of former residential schools in Quebec, as communities look for answers.

Long before helming the upcoming Netflix comedy You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah, director Sammi Cohen was a regular attendee of bar and bat mitzvahs  — a type of coming-of-age ceremony for Jewish boys and girls — during her pre-teen years.

Animate, a play by Chris Salter, uses the latest VR technology to bring to life a Canadian short story that explores the connections between people and the climate transformation now underway.

Animate, a play by Chris Salter, uses the latest VR technology to bring to life a Canadian short story that explores the connections between people and the climate transformation now underway.

Canadian news publishers haven't given up hope that Meta will lift a ban on Canadian news, but in the meantime, they're scrambling to draw to bring audiences directly to them.

Just over two weeks ago, Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, began ending the availability of news on those sites in Canada in response to the Online News Act. The social media giant's move is already taking its toll on web traffic to news sites, and local media outlets aren't united on a path forward.

Eviah Shimshon Obadia-Wong got into sex work because it’s helped them make ends meet during times of financial hardship. However, her newfound confidence in her transgender body and queer sexuality has made her realize she might finally be ready to leave the profession.

Officials acknowledge they don't have a firm number on the missing from the recent Maui wildfires that flattened the Hawaiian town of Lahaina. Many initially listed as unaccounted for have since been located.

Officials acknowledge they don't have a firm number on the missing from the recent Maui wildfires that flattened the Hawaiian town of Lahaina. Many initially listed as unaccounted for have since been located.