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Liberal MP Marco Mendicino will not seek re-election, saying it’s “the right time, for me and my family” to step aside. The former cabinet minister made the announcement in a letter posted to social media on Thursday.

South Korean investigators head to Seoul in attempt to detain impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol.

South Korean investigators spent hours waiting outside the official residence of impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol as the presidential security service blocked them from executing a warrant to detain him.

South Korean investigators head to Seoul in attempt to detain impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol.

South Korean investigators left the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after a near-six-hour standoff on Friday during which he defied their attempt to detain him. It's the latest confrontation in a political crisis that has paralyzed South Korean politics and seen two heads of state impeached in under a month.

Toys "R" Us Canada says it is closing five Ontario stores and revamping several others as it works to "optimize" its business.

Canada has been eliminated from the world junior hockey championship with a 4-3 loss to the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals.

Canada has been eliminated from the world junior hockey championship with a 4-3 loss to Czech Republic in the quarterfinals.

The Nēwo-Yōtina Friendship Centre, located on 11th Avenue, announced the approval in a post on social media earlier this week. 

Mexican airline Aeromexico had the world's best record for on-time arrivals in 2024, according to an annual ranking released Thursday. Delta Air Lines scored the highest among U.S. carriers despite a computer outage that caused thousands of flight cancellations in July.

Ontario Provincial Police want help identifying the suspects who picked up $80,000 in cash and 100-g gold bars worth over $240,000 from a victim's home as a part of an online scam.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is said to be reflecting on his future over the holidays after the resignation of his top cabinet minister, Chrystia Freeland, in mid-December. Here is a look at some of the scenarios that could play out in coming weeks.

RCMP recently applied for a terrorism peace bond to restrict the movements of the 18-year-old from Newmarket. Investigators have declined to provide details about the allegations and the accused.

They will only know a post-COVID world. They'll roll their eyes at old-fashioned slang like "rizz." They'll ask us to switch off the oldies when we try to play Taylor Swift in the car. Generation Beta is officially here.

A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of a 'dinosaur highway' and nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 million years, researchers said Thursday.

The person who died in the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck packed with explosives outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel was an active-duty U.S. army soldier, officials said Thursday.

The person who died when a Tesla Cybertruck packed with explosives burst into flames outside president-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel was a highly decorated U.S. army Green Beret who deployed twice to Afghanistan, officials said Thursday.

Tesla's global sales rose 2.3 per cent in the fourth quarter after a sluggish start to the year contributed to the electric car company's first year-over-year sales decline since 2011.

Tesla's global sales rose 2.3 per cent in the fourth quarter after a sluggish start to the year contributed to the electric car company's first year-over-year sales decline since at least 2015.

Halifax Regional Police say a father and daughter were fatally shot on New Year's Eve in what is believed to be an incident of intimate partner violence, hours before the suspect was also found dead.

Halifax Regional Police say a father and daughter were fatally shot on New Year's Eve in what is believed to be an incident of intimate partner violence, hours before the suspect was also found dead.

YouTuber MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has announced his engagement to girlfriend and fellow YouTuber, Thea Booysen.

North Atlantic right whales should live well past 100 years, but threats to the endangered species, including from commercial crab and lobster fishing, have cut their lifespan to a fraction of that, a recent study suggests.

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 54 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including 11 people in a tent encampment sheltering displaced families, medics said. The director general of Gaza's police department and his aide were killed in the strike, according to the Gaza interior ministry.

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 43 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including 11 people in a tent encampment sheltering displaced families, medics said. The director general of Gaza's police department and his aide were killed in the strike, according to the Gaza interior ministry.

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 37 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including 11 people in a tent encampment sheltering displaced families, medics said. The director general of Gaza's police department and his aide were killed in the strike, according to the Gaza interior ministry.

Neil Young has pulled out of this year’s Glastonbury Festival, blaming the BBC’s “corporate control” for his decision.

Published in 1969, The Peter Principle skewered corporate culture decades before Dilbert and The Office became pop culture hits. While it was written as satire, researchers have looked into the treatise to see what can be done to prevent workers from rising to their level of incompetence.

Details are emerging about some of the 14 victims of a truck attack on pedestrians as they were partying in New Orleans early on New Year's Day — and families and friends have started sharing their stories.

Details are emerging about some of the victims of a truck attack on pedestrians as they were partying in New Orleans early on New Year's Day. Officials have not yet released the names of the 14 people killed in the attack, but their families and friends have started sharing their stories.

South Korean police said on Thursday they had raided Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport as part of their investigation into Sunday's crash that killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on the country's soil.

Psychological injuries forced paramedics and firefighters in Winnipeg off their jobs for thousands of hours last year, straining already understaffed essential services. And the fallout is also leading to burnout in on-the-job members, their respective unions and a Canadian expert say. 

As users turn toward smoking instead of injecting hard drugs, the number of glass pipes recovered on Ottawa’s streets has begun surpassing the number of needles.

Canada's top-paid CEOs made over 200 times more than the average worker in 2023, says a new report — yet the gap between executives and employees narrowed slightly that year, as workers' wages rose and corporate profits declined during the comedown from high inflation.

Patients travelling to Quebec City for medical appointments call Steve Guimond a "godsend." Nearly seven years into his position as a patient navigator, he says helping hundreds of patients has made him aware of the system's failures and highlighted the need for change

Pickleball used to be the realm of the retired. But the addictive sport is now attracting younger people, and demand for facilities is increasing.

The federal government promised to "pilot a new automatic [tax] filing service" in 2024 to help get benefits to low- and fixed-income Canadians — but ended up recycling a program from the year before that saw little uptake.

Canada's national child care advocacy association, Child Care Now, has welcomed a reduction in child-care fees in Ontario, while expressing concern that far too few families stand to benefit.

Canada's national child care advocacy association, Child Care Now, has welcomed a reduction in child-care fees in Ontario, while expressing concern that far too few families stand to benefit.

Since 2019, the word "detox" has trended, like clockwork, in internet searches in the first week of January. But what do these treatments and programs actually do — and do you really need one?

Housing secretariat director Justin Lewis spoke to CBC Hamilton recently about the city's progress in getting more affordable homes built faster and what's in store for 2025.

A man convicted and sentenced to nine months in jail for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is snowboarding in Whistler, B.C. Though Antony Vo says he expects a full pardon from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump once he takes office, he is also seeking asylum in Canada.

A letter sent to The New England Journal of Medicine and signed by Canadian health officials says the 13-year-old girl from British Columbia who tested positive for avian flu has been taken off supplemental oxygen and is no longer infectious.

A letter sent to The New England Journal of Medicine and signed by Canadian health officials says the 13-year-old girl from British Columbia who tested positive for avian flu has been taken off supplemental oxygen and is no longer infectious.

One of Vancouver's favourite New Year's Day traditions — the annual Polar Bear Swim — was celebrated by thousands again on Wednesday, in an event that has now spread across the world.

One of Vancouver's favourite New Year's Day traditions — the annual Polar Bear Swim — was celebrated by thousands again on Wednesday, in an event that has now spread across the world.

It’s believed Ania Kaminski and her father, Stanislaw Wardzala, were killed by Ania's spouse, 38-year-old Benedict Kaminski, last weekend in an attack that police called targeted and domestic in nature.

It’s believed Ania Kaminski and her father, Stanislaw Wardzala, were killed by Ania's spouse, 38-year-old Benedict Kaminski, last weekend in an attack that police called targeted and domestic in nature.

The New Year's Day earthquake was felt throughout central Newfoundland but Earthquakes Canada says it was likely too small to cause any damage.

One person died and seven others were injured Wednesday when a Tesla Cybertruck that appeared to be carrying fireworks caught fire and exploded outside U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel, authorities said.