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Authorities confirmed 773 bodies and 2,880 injured persons in Goma's morgues and hospitals, Congolese government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya told a briefing in the capital, Kinshasa, adding that the death toll could be higher.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he ordered military airstrikes on a senior Islamic State attack planner and others from the organization in Somalia.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered WestJet to stop telling passengers there's a limit to how much they can claim for expenses incurred by flight delays and cancellations. The injunction was issued Friday ahead of a trial next year over allegations of deceptive business practices.

As women have gradually begun to take on more official roles in farming over the last decades, experts say their presence is not only being reflected in the numbers of agricultural operators, but that they're changing the nature of the industry itself. 

Hamas militants released three male hostages being held in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel released 183 Palestinians from Israeli jails, part of a ceasefire deal that has halted 15 months of intense fighting.

Hamas militants released three male hostages being held in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel began releasing 183 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, part of a ceasefire deal that has halted 15 months of intense fighting.

Even given the opportunity to compare with modern day the process of democratic freedoms slowly stripped away in plain view, I’m Still Here forever pulls itself back into a paint-by-numbers character study. 

The U.S. Senate is conducting confirmation hearings for Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence. Gabbard has no background in intelligence, and a history of promoting conspiracies and supporting dictators at odds with the West. Canadian intelligence experts say that could be a problem for Canada.

Standing in his living room, Richard Kabzems brandishes a thick binder stuffed with letters and notes of his two-year fight to stop fracking wells near his home in Farmington, B.C.

Donna Grantis, guitarist for Prince and 3rdeyegirl, recalls working with the iconic musician. 'The expectation was to go beyond our potential.'

Lucas Orfanides has dysgraphia — a medical condition that affects his fine motor skills. Writing, drawing and even tying his shoelaces are challenges for him. He used to be frustrated that he couldn’t express himself artistically until artificial intelligence changed that.

A murderous fugitive who hid from American and Mexican authorities in small-town Alberta for decades was a bridge-playing, banana bread-baking former realtor, according to her former friends and neighbours.

Too many donations and not enough space has Canada's art galleries and museums overflowing with stuff — and finding a place to put it all ain't cheap.

Over 100 years after his death, Anderson Ruffin Abbott's visit to the White House and his relationship with U.S. President Abraham Lincoln continue to fascinate people. Toronto-born Abbott practised in Hamilton and was the first Black Canadian licensed as a physician, notes the author of a book on "courageous" Civil War surgeons.

The sales manager at a Windsor-based tool and manufacturing company says he’s in “shock and disbelief” over news that U.S. President Donald Trump intends to proceed with a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian products starting Saturday.

A medical transport jet with a child patient, her mother and four other adults aboard crashed into a Philadelphia neighbourhood shortly after takeoff Friday evening. Mexico's president says all those on board were killed.

A medical transport jet with a child patient, her mother and four other adults aboard crashed into a Philadelphia neighbourhood shortly after takeoff Friday evening, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes.

A medical transport jet carrying a pediatric patient and five others slammed into a Philadelphia neighbourhood about 30 seconds after taking off on Friday, erupting in a fireball and engulfing several homes in fire.

A small plane crashed in Northeast Philadelphia 30 seconds after it took off as crews respond to a fiery scene, Pennsylvania's governor said Friday.

At least seven people were killed and 19 were injured when an air ambulance crashed into a busy Philadelphia intersection, officials said Saturday. The dead from Friday's accident include a child who had been receiving hospital treatment, and her mother.

Trump said Friday the levy on oil would "probably" be set at 10 per cent as opposed to the 25 per cent tariffs on other goods, but it was unclear whether the lower rate would apply from the start.

Canada isn't just at risk of a recession. It faces a reordering of economic ties between the two countries that were built by generations since the Great Depression — and a scrambling of the world we've known.

We still need to see the fine print. But if it matches U.S. President Donald Trump's rhetoric of an immediate 25 per cent tariff, Canada isn't just at risk of a recession. It faces a reordering of economic ties between the two countries built by generations since the Great Depression.

Food journalist He McAtlas's photography McAtlas showcases McDonald's locations around the world, from a serene Japanese tea garden, to a "ski-thru" high in the Swedish mountains. And he's far from the only traveller who seeks out fast food chains to have an "authentic" local dining experience.

Kerry Sim, formerly Kelly Ellard, who killed teen Reena Virk in 1997, has been arrested following a breach of her parole conditions, according to the Surrey Police Service.