Wood Buffalo records first death as flooding overwhelms Fort McMurray

The Wood Buffalo region has recorded its first death related to spring flooding that has forced thousands of people from their homes. 

NHL prospect Matthew Mayich, who was born in Hamilton and played junior hockey with the Ottawa 67's, is in hospital in Arizona following "an off-ice training incident," says the Ontario Hockey League. Now 21, he played minor hockey with the Hamilton Huskiesand was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in 2023.

A sharpshooting air force officer and avid gun collector who was repeatedly decorated for his marksmanship, has been sentenced to two years less a day of house arrest after illegally importing eight firearms.

Former member of Parliament Inky Mark has been hit with 26 more weapons-related charges, after police say they found 445 firearms and 26.5 kilograms of explosives in his Manitoba home.

Testimony concluded Wednesday in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a mother accused of strangling her three young children in a case that has drawn attention to postpartum mental health.

U.S. CIA Director John Ratcliffe spoke with Russian intelligence officials during a visit to Moscow but did not meet President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Wednesday ‌of a trip that U.S. President Donald Trump described as "semi-routine."

As the Canada-U.S. trade war heats up, the Alberta government says Premier Danielle Smith will provide an update regarding tariffs after previously urging a more conciliatory approach in trade negotiations between Ottawa and Washington. Smith has been calling on the federal government to return to the negotiating table with the United States before Canadian tariffs on $27.6-billion worth of U.S. goods take effect in two weeks.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith delivers a live news conference from Grande Prairie to address the ongoing tariff dispute between Canada and the United States.

Elections Alberta said it has received more than 175,000 requests for special ballots as of Tuesday, with more than 50 days remaining before the fall referendum. The total is already nearly triple the amount requested in the 2023 provincial election.

Saskatchewan’s premier is scheduled to speak with reporters in Prince Albert, Sask., at 1 p.m.​ CST. Premier Scott Moe has endorsed Canada's counter-tariffs, but Saskatchewan remains one of only two provinces where American-produced liquor is still being sold.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announced counter-tariffs on U.S. alcohol products, matching the U.S. tariffs of 50 per cent, Wednesday afternoon.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announced counter-tariffs on U.S. alcohol products, matching the U.S. tariffs of 50 per cent, Wednesday afternoon.

Blake Lively will get just over $400,000 of the $8 million US she sought in legal costs from actor and director Justin Baldoni after they settled their fight over the production of their 2024 film It Ends With Us, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

The polar mission is being carried out in order to better define Canada's claim on a portion of the Arctic seafloor, which is also claimed by Russia and Denmark via its autonomous territory Greenland.

A mid-afternoon storm Wednesday on Prince Edward Island brought high winds, hail, rain, thunder and lightning.

A mid-afternoon storm Wednesday on Prince Edward Island brought high winds, hail, rain, thunder and lightning.

A company's proposal for an underwater AI data centre off Eastport, Maine, is facing opposition from Peskotomuhkati leaders in Canada and the United States who say the project could threaten waterways that are central to their culture.

Premier Christine Fréchette is set to meet with Quebec's lieutenant-governor to trigger the start of the provincial election campaign Thursday morning.

A climber in British Columbia was rescued by helicopter after being stung more than 100 times by wasps in backcountry north of Vancouver.

As Donald Trump's trade war against Canada heats up, an Ottawa city councillor says it's finally time to rename a street that bears the U.S. president's name.

Alberta's Opposition leader says now is not the time to hold a referendum on quitting Canada as the country wages a consequential trade war with its southern neighbour.

Tim Curry, the quirky British actor known for playing eccentric roles like the flamboyant alien mad scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, died on Wednesday at his Los Angeles home.

Tributes continue to pour in for the country music icon, who died on Tuesday at the age of 80.

The United States says it has disrupted a Chinese hacking operation responsible for ‌break-ins at the U.S. Justice Department, NASA, the Federal Reserve, the Senate and other sensitive areas of government.

Trainers worked over several hours Wednesday morning at Marineland to load four dolphins and two belugas into tanks on transport trucks headed to Toronto's Pearson airport for the journey to Oceanografic Valencia in Spain, as the relocation of mammals at the shuttered Niagara Falls, Ont., park continued.

Peekachu, a beluga recently moved out of Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., has died at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, the facility said Wednesday, the same day two other belugas and four dolphins were in the process of being relocated to Spain.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will give a speech to the European Parliament next month in Strasbourg, France, his office has confirmed.

Serena and Venus Williams are teaming up again at the U.S. Open. The sisters will play doubles at the tournament after receiving a wild card Wednesday into the event they won twice.

The RCMP say they arrested two Air Canada employees suspected of having facilitated the importation of cocaine and the exportation of cannabis through Montreal's Trudeau International Airport.

Meta reached a settlement during a California federal trial in a case regarding claims brought by 29 states, averting one of the highest-profile tests yet of allegations that social media companies harmed young users.