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Sailings on numerous coastal routes have been cancelled as Environment Canada warns of incoming high winds and heavy rain.

Aimee Proskie and her partner Ryan Demyen gave back to the community by bringing fresh produce to the local grocery store. She decided no one should go hungry in the town this holiday season and partnered with businesses to donate to the local food bank.

Court decision won't immediately change how city deals with encampments but officials are looking to change rules next year.

The world junior hockey championship has produced memorable moments and breathtaking performances. This year's tournament in Ottawa should offer the same level of entertainment as the next generation of stars skate into the showcase event's spotlight.

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton will be home for Christmas after being discharged from a Washington, D.C., hospital, where he was treated for the flu.

Scores of Syrian Christians protested in the capital Damascus on Tuesday, demanding greater protections for their religious minority after a Christmas tree was set on fire in the city of Hama a day earlier.

Caitlin Clark raised the profile of women's basketball to unprecedented levels in both the college ranks and the WNBA, and Tuesday was named the Associated Press female athlete of the year for her impact on and off the court.

Work and study permits will no longer be available for flagpolers at ports of entry in Canada.

Christopher Nolan is following his Oscar-winning Oppenheimer with a true epic: Homer's The Odyssey. It will open in theaters on July 17, 2026, Universal Pictures said Monday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in a pre-recorded message, offered Christmas wishes and thanked all essential workers who were on the job so others could celebrate. 'I wish joy to everyone who is celebrating today and comfort to those who are suffering,' he said.

Ontario's little-known team of taxpayer-funded animal cruelty investigators recently issued its first-ever news release, years after launching in 2020.

A NASA spacecraft may have made history on Tuesday, flying closer to the sun than any object sent before.

Israeli troops forced the evacuation of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza and many patients, some of them on foot, arrived at another hospital miles away in Gaza City, the territory's health ministry said on Tuesday.

The Wood Buffalo Military Museum in Fort McMurray, Alta., has thousands of artifacts. Cataloguing them is a priority. The museum is working on digitizing its collection of documents and books, which can be fragile. Yet it still wants its artifacts to be seen by the public.

Hong Kong police on Tuesday announced a fresh round of arrest warrants for six activists based overseas — including two Canadian citizens — with bounties set at $185,000 for information leading to their arrests.

If headlights seem a lot more blinding these days, it's not just your bleary eyes. LED headlights create a more intense, concentrated light that can force people to squint. And while some parts of the world have taken steps to counteract the glare, Canada hasn't caught up yet.

A national park in eastern Newfoundland has reopened in the winter so people can spot a rare site: a Steller's sea eagle that has taken up residence on the park's grounds.

Saskatoon's walking soccer drop-in program is one of many fielded across the province as the sport's popularity rises.

For the third time this year, Retail Therapy KW Thrift and Consign has been broken into and items were stolen. Previous thefts happened in April and August. Staff say they are dealing with lingering feelings of anger, frustration and hopelessness as they navigate how to financially and emotionally recover from the incidents.

Friendship is at the heart of everything the small staff and volunteers do at Helping Hands Street Mission in Hamilton, and the organization's executive director says it's especially important over the holidays.

Hearts, diamonds and rings cut from the steel of the century-old LaSalle Causeway crossing are sought-after mementos for Kingstonians who miss the "Singing Bridge."

After experiencing a violent attack in Panama, Geneviève Plouffe and Martin Audette are back in Canada. They are now trying to recover from their physical and psychological injuries.

Friendship is at the heart of everything the small staff and volunteers do at Helping Hands Street Mission in Hamilton, and the organization's executive director says it's especially important over the holidays.

The board of a Toronto-area condo is reversing course on an order that forced a disabled woman with a service dog to register with the property manager every time she wanted to visit the building, where her mother and sister live. 

New Mexico prosecutors won't pursue an appeal of a court's decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a western movie, the Santa Fe district attorney's office announced Monday.

Four heli-skiers and their guide had to be rescued after an avalanche buried them near Whistler, B.C., on Monday.

Four heli-skiers and their guide had to be rescued after an avalanche buried them near Whistler, B.C., on Monday.

Venne, born in Lamont, Alta., was one of the first appointees to Alberta's Human Rights Commission in 1973 and later served as chair.

The provincial government had adopted the law at the request of the City of Vancouver in 2023 to push through a 12-storey housing development at Arbutus Street, featuring units open to low‑income residents and users of support services.

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton was admitted Monday to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., "for testing and observation" after developing a fever, the 78-year-old's deputy chief of staff says.

A little more than two weeks after 20-year-old Harshandeep Singh was killed in a shooting while working as a security guard in a central Edmonton apartment building, the city is shutting the property down under an emergency order.

The Canadian Transportation Agency, the quasi-judicial tribunal and regulator tasked with enforcing air passenger rights and compensation rules, has unveiled proposed amendments to the Air Passenger Protection Regulations.

The Canadian Transportation Agency, the quasi-judicial tribunal and regulator tasked with enforcing air passenger rights and compensation rules, has unveiled proposed amendments to the Air Passenger Protection Regulations.

The women's under-18 world championship is set for January. But unlike men, women do not have an under-20 world championship.