Powerful typhoon drenches Japan, causing flooding

A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast as the worst in six decades made landfall southwest of the city.

The issuance of a duty to warn letter by Vancouver police and continued activity by the RCMP suggest that law enforcement are not convinced threats to Sikh activists have really subsided, even as the Carney government says Indian interference is a thing of the past.

Canada and South Korea have signed a new defence agreement, roughly a month after Prime Minister Mark Carney urged middle powers to band together in the face of "great power" economic coercion.

In Donald Trump's 2026 state of the union address — which broke the record for the longest such speech — he spoke about everything from lauding the men's Olympic hockey team to repeatedly chastizing Democrats for not standing up to applaud his comments. Andrew Chang breaks down the choreography of the address to explain the strategy behind the words.Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images

Stanley Oskineegish says all of the infrastructure in his community has completely frozen. The chief of Nibinamik First Nation in northwestern Ontario has been busy co-ordinating Canadian Rangers and emergency supplies to support his people, since power outages have left homes and community buildings without heat. Here's the latest on the situation in the remote Oji-Cree community in northwestern Ontario.

Humpback whales are more likely to get entangled in fishing gear in years when rising ocean temperatures make cold-water habitat harder to find, according to new research published Wednesday.

Harvey Weinstein has hired Luigi Mangione and Sean "Diddy" Combs's lawyers to represent him at his third New
York rape trial, reshaping his legal team after declining to end the matter with a guilty plea. The lawyers, Jacob Kaplan, Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, take over for Weinstein's longtime lawyer, Arthur Aidala, who ceded his courtroom role to focus on the ex-studio boss' appeals and pending civil matters.

Former Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter has signed with the Seattle SuperHawks for the 2026 season of the United States Basketball League, a minor pro league relaunching this spring with eight teams.

Premier David Eby says a Senate committee intends to gut key reforms to Canada's immigration laws.Eby had hoped reforms under Bill C-12 would stop extortion suspects from claiming refugee status to delay deportation.

There were hugs, tears and frustration outside the Diageo Crown Royal facility in Amherstburg, Ont., as workers left the bottling plant for the final time Wednesday. Their final goodbye comes a few months after the England-based spirits giant announced it would close the plant, which opened in 1971 and is said to be the town's biggest employer.

There were hugs, tears and frustration outside the Diageo Crown Royal bottling facility in Amherstburg, Ont., as workers left the plant for the final time Wednesday afternoon.

There were hugs, tears and frustration outside the Diageo Crown Royal facility in Amherstburg, Ont., as workers left the bottling plant for the last time Wednesday. Their final goodbye comes a few months after the England-based spirits giant announced it would close the plant, which opened in 1971 and is said to be the town's biggest employer.

Veteran Paralympians Greg Westlake, Adam Dixon, Mark Arendz and Ina Forrest will lead Canada's team at the Milano-Cortina Games.

Winnipeg police are expected to share details today about investigations into a series of threats to schools in the city.

Winnipeg police arrested two teens and a 30-year-old woman in connection with three of the nearly a dozen threats made to city schools over a two-week span this month.

Winnipeg police arrested two teens and a 30-year-old woman in connection with three of the nearly a dozen threats made to city schools over a two-week span this month.

An officer who has worked 19 years with the Hamilton Police Service has been charged with allegedly possessing and transmitting material that shows child sexual abuse and exploitation. He was arrested Wednesday, police said.

Astronaut Mike Fincke has identified himself as the one who suffered a medical issue aboard the International Space Station last month, prompting NASA's first-ever medical evacuation.

An Innu community on Quebec’s Lower North Shore is shaken by an intervention by wildlife officers who circled and attempted to enter a cabin in Ekuanitshit Monday evening, injuring an elderly woman in the process.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says a baby formula sold online and at Costco is being recalled due to concerns of a toxin that can cause food poisoning.

After being closed for three days due to significant snowfall, schools in the St. John's area are re-opening on Thursday.

All three provincial parties are standing together to support a federal intimate partner violence bill put forward by a senator and a survivor from Newfoundland and Labrador.

Phil Collins, Mariah Carey, Lauryn Hill, INXS, Iron Maiden, Luther Vandross and Shakira are among the 2026 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a wide net that includes rap, metal, R&B, hip-hop, Britpop, blues rock and pop.

A video purporting to show Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, out for a stroll in Quebec City has gained millions of views since it was posted last week. It’s fake.

The Pittsburgh Penguins placed Sidney Crosby on injured reserve Wednesday after the Canadian captain missed Sunday's Olympic gold-medal game with a lower-body injury. The veteran centre reportedly will be sidelined at least four weeks.

Global Affairs Canada has announced $8 million in funding for Cuba as the country grapples with U.S. President Donald Trump's oil blockade.

A woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by Frank Stronach in 1986 told a Toronto court on Wednesday that she threatened to break the windows of his Toronto Harbourfront condo and jump into Lake Ontario before the alleged attack.

A woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by Frank Stronach back in 1986 said she became a social recluse after the alleged attack made her mistrust men for the rest of her life.

The sixth complainant is testifying in the sexual assault trial of Canadian businessmen Frank Stronach at a Toronto courtroom.

Physician David Edward-Ooi Poon, who made international headlines during the COVID-19 pandemic with his campaign to reunite cross-border families and couples, has been accused of a slew of crimes spanning the last 12 years and is suspended from his medical practices in Ontario and Saskatchewan