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Ten years ago, Golden, B.C.'s Christina "Lusti" Lustenberger began imaging the impossible: Could she ski down the south face of the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies?

Lisa Bond was on her way home to Gaspé, Que., when she witnessed an avalanche that swept across Highway 132.

The Trump administration said on Wednesday it was rescinding federal approval of New York City's congestion pricing program that is designed to reduce traffic and raise money to upgrade aging subway and bus systems.

Smelling salts were originally developed to revive people who had lost consciousness, but today they are also being marketed toward athletes as an energy boost. They’re a common sight on the benches of NHL teams. 

Smelling salts were originally developed to revive people who had lost consciousness, but today they are also being marketed toward athletes as an energy boost. They’re a common sight on the benches of NHL teams. 

By car and on foot, through muddy olive groves and sniper sight lines, tens of thousands of Palestinians in recent weeks have fled Israeli military operations across the northern West Bank — the largest displacement in the occupied territory since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

The federal government confirmed that small businesses will have to pay tax on their carbon rebate, despite government promises otherwise, because Parliament can't currently pass legislation to make the payment exempt from income taxes.

Saskatchewan RCMP say they will provide an update Wednesday afternoon on the quadruple homicide on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation earlier this month.

Saskatchewan RCMP say they've arrested an 18-year-old man and an unnamed male youth in connection with the killings of four people.

Saskatchewan RCMP say they've now charged the 15-year-old and an 18-year-old man in connection with the killings of four people in early February.

The health minister says the "significant" change to end the take-home model will be difficult for some but is designed to reduce the criminal diversion of prescribed alternatives.

Donald Trump now seems to loom over everything — almost as overwhelmingly as the giant Canadian flag that loomed behind Pierre Poilievre at his “Canada First” rally last weekend.

The 97th Academy Awards are going forward as a celebration of movies and resilience, with Canadians up for numerous Oscars. This year's Oscar nominations were postponed twice after devastating wildfires tore through Los Angeles, leading some to call for the cancellation of the Academy Awards.

When Chelsea Coles opened her door on Monday morning, it took her brain a while to figure out what was going on.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Health Minister Adriana LaGrange say they had no involvement in determining the details of contracts with private surgical facilities and stressed that all such decisions were made by Alberta Health Services (AHS) staff.

Gen. Jennie Carignan says the military-to-military relationship between Canada and the United States has not shown the signs of political strain that has racked the two nations.

The Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada said in 2023 that $1 trillion of wealth was expected to move between Canadian baby boomers and their millennial and Generation X children from 2023 to 2026.

Brenda T'Seleie-Pierrot, who helps run a three-bedroom safe home that serves women and children fleeing family violence in the Sahtu region, said the changes are unfair and will be detrimental to many children in her community.

The Public Health Agency of Canada said Wednesday it's purchased 500,000 doses of a human vaccine to protect against avian influenza to protect people most at risk from being exposed to the virus by infected animals.

Telecommunications giant Bell is exploring surveillance options in the Gulf of St. Lawrence after one of its subsea fibre optic cables between Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland's west coast was recently severed for the second time.

The Israeli military says its prosecutor has filed indictments against five reservists who are accused of severely abusing a Palestinian prisoner at a notorious desert military prison.

Pat King, a key organizer of the 2022 convoy protest in downtown Ottawa, got a three-month conditional sentence on Wednesday.

The company behind the "Canada Is Not For Sale" hats worn by Ontario Premier Doug Ford sent a cease-and-desist letter to a B.C. business selling merchandise with similar phrasing. 

The company behind the "Canada Is Not For Sale" hats worn by Ontario Premier Doug Ford sent a cease-and-desist letter to a B.C. business selling merchandise with similar phrasing. 

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump is living in a Russian-made "disinformation space" as a result of his administration's discussions with Kremlin officials.

GameStop Corp. is looking to sell its Canadian and French operations as it evaluates its international assets, the video game retailer said in a Tuesday news release.

The Liberal government launched a six-year, $3.9-billion design and development plan Wednesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says will eventually connect Quebec City and Toronto with a high-speed rail line.

Paul Simon fans in Toronto and Vancouver will get a chance to catch the legendary singer-songwriter in a theatre setting after he announced Tuesday a return to touring.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he intends to impose auto tariffs "in the neighborhood of 25 per cent" and similar duties on semiconductors and pharmaceutical imports, the latest in a series of measures threatening to upend international trade.

Walmart Canada was recently selling one-litre cartons of milk in Manitoba stores for higher prices than provincial law allows.

Ossie Gildart was told his licence was suspended until he pays $4,661.91 because he'd had an uninsured accident — an accident that happened in Toronto in 1960. 

A New Brunswick podcast is using its platform and the technologies of the modern age to reach a new audience with a dramatic story about Canada's aviation history — from an era when airport security was as lax as getting on a bus.

With U.S. President Donald Trump sucking up most of the political oxygen on both sides of the border, political parties at all levels of government are scrambling to adapt. The challenge is particularly acute for the Parti Québécois.

Transit agencies looking to go green are facing delays so long they're forced to return to diesel buses. It started during the pandemic, but kinks in the supply chain aren't the only problem.

Mayada Ageeb is one of a few hundred Sudanese Quebecers who have so far been excluded from a humanitarian pathway program to help direct family members escape to Canada.

Mayada Ageeb is one of a few hundred Sudanese Quebecers who have so far been excluded from a humanitarian pathway program to help direct family members escape to Canada.

Access to health care has been a headline-making issue in the rural ridings of Huron-Bruce and Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, leaving some to wonder why PC candidates in those ridings have skipped recent all-candidates debates on the issue.

Coca Cola is introducing a line of prebiotic sodas, marking the legacy company's first foray into the "functional" soft drink market led by upstarts Olipop and Poppi — and further tightening competition as more Canadian brands launch their versions of the fizzy drinks.

Coca Cola is introducing a line of prebiotic sodas, marking the legacy company's first foray into the "functional" soft drink market led by upstarts Olipop and Poppi — and further tightening competition as more Canadian brands launch their versions of the fizzy drinks.

A British Columbia woman is one of two extreme athletes who became the first to ski the south face of Mount Robson, the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies.

An avalanche has claimed the life of a skier near Golden, B.C., RCMP said Tuesday. 

Brazil's prosecutor-general said Tuesday the country's former leader Jair Bolsonaro knew of a plan to poison his successor and current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and agreed to it as part of an attempted coup to remain in power following his electoral defeat in 2022.

Brazil's prosecutor-general on Tuesday formally charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, in a plot that included a plan to poison his successor and current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and kill a Supreme Court judge.

American rapper A$AP Rocky has been found not guilty of firing a handgun at a former friend, avoiding a potential prison term.