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A total of 24 arsons have occurred in six south-side Edmonton neighbourhoods since May of this year, the Edmonton Police Service said Monday. The police investigation began in May with a fire in Strathearn. Other arsons have been in Allendale, Belgravia, Holyrood, King Edward Park and Ritchie.

Mechanics and clerks at Canadian National Railway Co. have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike mandate that could see workers walk off the job as early as New Year's Day.

U.S. federal prosecutors moved Monday to dismiss the criminal charges against Donald Trump that accused him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election and to abandon the classified documents case against him, citing longstanding U.S. Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution.

Special counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon two criminal cases against U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on Monday, acknowledging that his return to the White House will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him for retaining classified documents or trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

Special counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon two criminal cases against U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on Monday, acknowledging that his return to the White House will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him for retaining classified documents or trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

A tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea on Monday after warnings of rough waters and 16 people were missing, Egyptian officials said. The governor of the Red Sea region, Amr Hanafy, said rescuers saved 28 people from the vessel south of the coastal town of Marsa Alam.

The Saskatchewan government has promised to "do better" for the people of the province in its fall speech from the throne with a pointed focus on health care and education.

About 600,000 small businesses will start receiving their long-awaited federal carbon rebates today.

Canada’s premiers say they want to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “as soon as possible” to discuss the Canada-U.S. relationship.

Two federal politicians have asked Canada's competition commissioner to investigate whether companies have been conspiring to raise the price of frozen potato products, such as fries and hash browns, after similar allegations were made in the United States.

Israel's cabinet will meet on Tuesday to vote on a proposed ceasefire deal with Hezbollah, a senior Israeli official said on Monday, while a Lebanese official said Beirut had been told by Washington that an accord could be announced "within hours."

U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to announce a ceasefire in Lebanon between armed group Hezbollah and Israel within 36 hours, four senior Lebanese sources said on Monday.

The 2024 Billboard Music Awards have been announced and Zach Bryan and Taylor Swift lead the way with 21 and 17 entries, respectively, while Canadian artist Drake is up for eight.

Andrea Arnold knows a lot about what goes on in the Village of McBride, a community of about 600 people in B.C.'s Robson Valley. But nothing quite prepared her for what she saw while driving through town Sunday afternoon.

Three of the five former NHL players accused of sexual assault stemming back to when they were members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team were in a London, Ont., courtroom on Monday for the start of pretrial hearings expected to last three weeks.

A simmering monthslong feud between the president and vice-president of Philippines, each part of separate political dynasties, erupted over the weekend with an apparent public death threat.

Canada's chief electoral officer is proposing changes to nomination rules to curtail the so-called "longest ballot" protests that have hampered vote counting in two recent byelections.

Heavy winds and rising sea levels flooded and swept away displaced Palestinians along with their belongings overnight, in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Winter conditions are destroying the few remaining items they have after more than a year of ongoing bombardment.

Heavy winds and rising sea levels flooded and swept away displaced Palestinians along with their belongings overnight, in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Winter conditions are destroying the few remaining items they have after more than a year of ongoing bombardment.

Heavy winds and rising sea levels flooded and swept away displaced Palestinians along with their belongings overnight, in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Winter conditions are destroying the few remaining items they have after more than a year of ongoing bombardment.

More than a year after a man was trapped and fatally burned inside a south Edmonton smokehouse facility, 26 workplace safety charges have been laid in his death against Sofina Foods Inc., based in Markham, Ont.

French prosecutors have asked for the maximum 20-year prison sentence for Dominique Pelicot, who organized the repeated mass rape of his then-wife by knocking her unconscious with drugs and inviting dozens of strangers to abuse her in the family home.

Globally, an intimate partner or family member was responsible for the deaths of approximately 51,100 women and girls during 2023, up from about 48,800 victims in 2022, according to two UN agencies on Monday to coincide with International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Residents of Crowsnest Pass in southwestern Alberta have voted to support the development of a nearby coal project, in a non-binding vote that wrapped up on Monday evening. 

Residents of Crowsnest Pass in southwestern Alberta will participate in a non-binding vote today on whether or not they support the development of a nearby coal project.

Victor Santos Cardoza is the youngest person to ever be elected to town council in Moosomin, Sask. Santos Cardoza said he wants to bridge the gap between generations and hopes to have a long career in local politics.

An Alberta company has lost the right to manage its own well sites after the provincial regulator ruled the operations pose a safety risk and must be abandoned by the operator. 

Despite facing significant backlogs from the pandemic and a rising number of stayed and withdrawn charges, Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General has refused to track the reasons behind those outcomes as the province's auditor general recommended five years ago.

When a B.C. couple took their fight for compensation over a cancelled WestJet flight to social media, they received a letter from the airline's lawyers warning them that their post had breached confidentiality. Efforts to silence travellers from speaking publicly about disputes with airlines are a worrying trend, say industry and legal experts.

When they began their search for a surrogate, experts told Jonathan Hobin and Lucas de Faria to cast a wide net. Now, after a years-long journey, they've welcomed baby Eden.

Ottawa's Interval House is about to start building transitional housing for women fleeing violence. For the shelter's clients, it can't come soon enough.

A growing number of businesses are appealing to waste-conscious customers with repair services, trade-in programs and recycled textiles. But some jurisdictions have decided to take a stronger tack, and are charging clothing makers to deal with items that have reached the end of their life.

In the wake of the U.S. election, many social media users have started to migrate from X to Bluesky, including some Canadian MPs. The move also comes as some experts warn that X and its owner Elon Musk could influence the next Canadian election.

The grandparents of a teen who was killed by RCMP in a northern Manitoba First Nation say they can't fathom why police would use lethal force on the boy they helped raise since he was a toddler.

The grandparents of a teen who was killed by RCMP in a northern Manitoba First Nation say they can't fathom why police would use lethal force on the boy they helped raise since he was a toddler.

Torrential rain on Saturday caused a river to spill its banks, dislodging mud from a southwestern La Paz neighbourhood where low-slung, shoddily built dwellings dot the hillside.

Police shot and killed a man outside a bus shelter in a shopping area on the west side of Winnipeg on Sunday after they say he stabbed an officer in the throat. 

A man is dead after he was shot by Winnipeg police in a Unicity parking lot, sources say, adding that a police officer was stabbed on Sunday but is in stable condition.