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Sibert and Red Cloud, black-footed ferret siblings at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, are the first members of an endangered species born to a cloned animal.

Citing national security concerns, the federal government has ordered TikTok to close its Canadian operations — but users will still be able to access the popular app.

A fatal police shooting in Salluit, Que., this week has many people across the North calling for answers.

Hurricane Rafael made landfall in Cuba on Wednesday as a powerful Category 3 hurricane two weeks after powerful winds knocked out the country's power grid.

Hurricane Rafael pushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday night after plowing across western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane with winds so powerful it knocked out the entire country's power grid.

Cineplex Inc. says it will continue adding a fee to some online ticket purchases after being penalized earlier this fall for alleged deceptive marketing, but it will adjust how the charge is communicated to moviegoers.

One hundred kilometres south of Vancouver, B.C., voters in Whatcom County awoke on Nov. 6 to Trump's stunning sweep to power — a dog-eared deep-blue splash of Democrat support in a nation showing predominantly Republican red.

On Saturday, Jonathan Sénécal and the Montreal Carabins will face rival Laval Rouge et Or in the RSEQ championship, with the winner headed to the national semifinal Mitchell Bowl.

The last of four people sentenced for concealing an Edmonton man’s body in a ditch following his death in 2021 will serve 17 months in jail.

A Quebec man who has always insisted he was innocent of two murders he was convicted of in 1983 says he has finally escaped hell after being acquitted on Wednesday.

Billionaire Elon Musk could stand to gain after he went all in to help U.S. president-elect Donald Trump make one of the biggest political comebacks in history.

Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok will remain in his role after MLAs voted on whether to remove him from office on Wednesday afternoon.

A video circulating on social media captured an unsettling coincidence for a young Lebanese woman who came upon footage on Instagram of IDF soldiers playing her old piano and walking around in the bombed-out wreckage of her family home.

A video circulating on social media captured an unsettling coincidence for a young Lebanese woman who came upon footage on Instagram of IDF soldiers playing her old piano and walking around in the bombed-out wreckage of her family home.

Connor McDavid is ready to return from an ankle injury — well ahead of schedule. The Oilers captain will be back in the lineup when Edmonton hosts the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday.

Connor McDavid retured from injury — well ahead of schedule. The Oilers captain re-entered the lineup when Edmonton hosted the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday.

Abortion rights amendments passed in seven states, but were defeated in three others, as Democratic candidate Kamala Harris — who had campaigned on the pitch that women should be free to make their own decisions about their bodies — lost the U.S. election to Republican Donald Trump.

Among the first world leaders to publicly react to Donald Trump's latest electoral victory was Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who praised his win and applauded what he described as Trump's commitment to achieving "peace through strength." But Ukrainian officials are almost certainly concerned about what a Trump presidency could mean for the country's fight against Russia.

The price of bitcoin hit a new high Wednesday as investors bet that former president Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election will be a boon for cryptocurrencies.

A Hindu temple in Brampton has suspended one of its priests in the wake of violent clashes between protesters at Hindu and Sikh places of worship earlier this week. 

Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride has been elected to the U.S. House and will become the first openly transgender person to serve in Congress.

Imagine finding out the elementary school project you completed — and purposely launched into a lake — was found by a student at the same school your daughter now attends, 26 years later. 

Imagine finding out the elementary school project you completed — and purposely launched into a lake — was found by a student at the same school your daughter now attends, 26 years later. 

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for several brands of bread and buns due to pieces of metal in the products.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for several brands of bread and buns due to pieces of metal in the products.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released a statement early Wednesday morning congratulating Donald Trump on winning back the U.S. presidency.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released a statement early Wednesday morning congratulating Donald Trump on winning back the U.S. presidency.

The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) has taken the makers of an AI chatbot to court over what it says are a violation of its terms of service, due to the chatbot scraping CanLII's database in bulk.

Rachelle and Kelly Swan bought their house in Spiritwood two years ago. They gave up their keys to the bank voluntarily in May, closing the door on the bat-infested house.  

Half the complaints about the RCMP in New Brunswick collected over eight years allege neglect of duty. The finding comes as several municipal leaders question whether they're getting their money's worth from the Mounties.

The Wabanaki-Labrador Indigenous Health Research Network has had its funding renewed by the federal government for another five years. The network aims to improve the health of Indigenous peoples and build capacity for Indigenous health research in the Atlantic region.

Most of the opposition parties on Parliament Hill are ditching the high-profile annual United Nations conference on climate change this year, citing human rights concerns in the host country Azerbaijan little more than a year after the mass exodus of nearly 120,000 ethnic Armenians from their homes in the once-disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. 

A new coalition of Canadian health-care workers is hoping to "revolutionize" frostbite care in Canada, in part by promoting a groundbreaking treatment protocol developed years ago by some Yukoners. 

More than a dozen Conservatives wrote to the federal government on behalf of communities in their ridings calling for them to receive funding through the Housing Accelerator Fund — a program Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has promised to cut. 

Republicans have taken back control of the U.S. Senate, flipping three seats held by Democrats by early Wednesday. Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell called it "a hell of a good day."

Voters in Missouri cleared the way to undo one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans in one of four victories Tuesday for abortion rights advocates, while Florida defeated a similar constitutional amendment, leaving in place a law barring most abortions after the first six weeks of pregnancy.

St. Louis Blues forward Dylan Holloway left Tuesday night's contest against the Tampa Bay Lightning and departed the rink on a stretcher after being struck by a puck late in the first period.

American voters go to the polls today to cast their ballots for either Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump or Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, in one of the most divisive and potentially historic presidential races the United States has ever seen.

Quebec's police watchdog says Tasers and pepper spray were allegedly used before police shot two men in Salluit, Que.