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Matthew Livelsberger wrote in the note that he needed to 'cleanse my mind' of the lives lost of people he knew and 'the burden of the lives I took.'

Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won re-election Friday to the U.S. House speakership on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts after a tense standoff and buoyed by a nod of support from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.

The Duchess of Sussex will star in a new Netflix series, but so far, With Love, Meghan, isn't getting much love.

Mayor Olivia Chow has a model starship in her office: the USS Toronto with an accompanying plaque features a quote from her husband, Jack Layton, who died in 2011. "Always have a dream that will outlast your lifetime," it reads. Today, Chow leads a city that has become a second home to the Star Trek franchise.

A judge Friday set U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — a little over a week before he's due to return to the White House — but promised not to jail him.

Climate scientists and meteorologists say climate change, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, is helping create conditions that can strengthen the storms — like the one that that hit parts of central Ontario in late November and early December.

They're just as bold and big, but you won't hear the engines rev and roar by. That's because these trucks are the battery-powered versions of the pickup Albertans know and love. 

Google has sent the $100 million it agreed to pay Canadian news outlets in exchange for an exemption from the Online News Act to the Canadian Journalism Collective, an organization designed to disperse the funds.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says Canada should not go into a federal election with a second Donald Trump administration about to take office in Washington — an administration that could follow through on Trump's threat to impose punishing tariffs on Canadian goods entering the United States.

The man believed to have fatally shot his girlfriend and her father on New Year's Eve in Halifax before killing himself was wanted by Toronto police in relation to a nightclub shooting in 2019.

Alcoholic drinks should carry a label warning consumers about their cancer risks, the U.S. surgeon general said in an advisory on Friday, noting that their consumption increases the risk of developing breast, colon, liver and other cancers.

Agnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died. She was 103.

Neil Young has confirmed that he and his band the Chrome Hearts will in fact headline this year’s Glastonbury festival, clarifying in an online statement he had received “an error in the information” that had prompted him to pull out of the festival earlier this week. 

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is "strong and unpredictable," and those qualities can be a decisive factor in his policy approach to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million US to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices.

The Whale Interpretive Centre, where visitors could walk underneath huge whale skeletons suspended from the ceiling, was a huge tourist attraction that helped fuel the economy of northern Vancouver Island.

A 37-year-old man faces several charges related to a road rage incident in Temiskaming Shores on Monday.

A 37-year-old man faces several charges related to a road rage incident in Temiskaming Shores on Monday.

James Turner of New Liskeard, Ont., says he hopes the man who nearly killed him in a road rage incident on Monday gets the help he needs. Turner, an ER nurse, says he pulled over to try to help the SUV driver because he thought he needed help, and that's when things got worse.

James Turner of New Liskeard, Ont., says he hopes the man who nearly killed him in a road rage incident on Monday gets the help he needs. Turner, an ER nurse, says he pulled over to try to help the SUV driver because he thought he needed help, and that's when things got worse.

James Turner, of New Liskeard, Ont., says he hopes the man who nearly killed him in a road rage incident on Monday, Dec. 30, gets the help he needs.

Mayor Kevin Ashe announced the change in a nearly 13-minute video on the city's YouTube page on Dec. 30, 2024. The video highlights a number of incidents involving Coun. Lisa Robinson, before showing screenshots and airing audio of some graphic threats that Ashe says councillors have received as a result.

Mayor Kevin Ashe announced the change in a nearly 13-minute video on the city's YouTube page on Dec. 30, 2024. The video highlights a number of incidents involving Coun. Lisa Robinson, before showing screenshots and airing audio of some graphic threats that Ashe says councillors have received as a result.

Mayor Kevin Ashe announced the change in a nearly 13-minute video on the city's YouTube page on Dec. 30, 2024. The video highlights a number of incidents involving Coun. Lisa Robinson, before showing screenshots and airing audio of some graphic threats that Ashe says councillors have received as a result.

If you celebrate Christmas, you may already have taken down your decorations — or perhaps you're a traditionalist who leaves them up until Jan. 6, the Feast of Epiphany and the end of the twelve days of Christmas.

It's the time of year when scientific organizations take a look back at some of the most amazing new animals, plants, fungi and other species they discovered in the past 12 months. Here are a few of their coolest finds, from the world's biggest hummingbird to a gecko that looks like a van Gogh painting.

A new housing complex is being built for people in the deafblind community. The Canadian Helen Keller Centre says it's the second build of its kind in the province, and much needed.

It's the time of year when scientific organizations take a look back at some of the most amazing new animals, plants, fungi and other species they discovered in the past 12 months. Here are a few of their coolest finds, from the world's biggest hummingbird to a gecko that looks like a van Gogh painting.

Entrepreneurs who are adapting robotic arms used for manufacturing automobiles to help with homebuilding say the construction industry in Canada needs to innovate. Using robots to do more on construction sites could speed things up and help with the shortage of skilled labour.

A mother killer whale who famously pushed the body of her dead newborn for 17 days in 2018 has lost another calf, and researchers say she is again carrying the body in an apparent act of grief.

Wayne Osmond, a singer, guitarist and founding member of the million-selling family act the Osmonds, who were known for such 1970s teen hits as One Bad Apple, Yo-Yo and Down By the Lazy River, has died. He was 73.

Hardeep Ratte allegedly led drug transportation in Canada for a criminal organization allegedly led by former Olympian Ryan Wedding. He is asking to be released on bail ahead of a possible extradition to the U.S., where he could face life in prison.