NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 11-2022

The largest earthquake ever recorded in Alberta, which rattled homes and nerves Tuesday, was probably due to natural causes, says a geologist.

A massive Ontario-wide investigation into child exploitation has led to more than 100 people being charged, police announced on Wednesday.

The Bank of Canada lost $522 million in the third quarter of this year, marking the first loss in its 87-year history.

Bill C-21 bans dozens of low-powered, slow-to-fire guns only ever designed to shoot birds or skeet, despite what the Liberals say.

NDP, Green Party demand probes of whether large landowners got advance notice of windfall

The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex marriages, an extraordinary sign of shifting national politics on the issue and a measure of relief for the hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples who have married since the Supreme C

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step in to see Canada Post scrap its fuel surcharge on deliveries over the upcoming holiday rush period.

A 23-year-old Ontario woman has been charged under the provincial welfare services act after a graphic video of a horse being dragged surfaced online. One video shows the horse being pulled with ropes as its back hooves drag along a road.

Canadians appear to be slowly cutting back on their use of plastic straws and grocery bags ahead of a national ban on such items that will take effect next month, new statistics show.

While the risk for humans is low, authorities warn that safety measures should be taken near birds.

Canada's economy expanded slightly in September, with the country's gross domestic product growing by 0.7 per cent during the third quarter.

Royal Bank of Canada has signed a deal to acquire HSBC Bank Canada for $13.5 billion in cash.

A 61-year-old Northern Ontario man has been charged with first-degree murder in the grisly killings of two women in Toronto nearly four decades ago, with police saying advances in DNA technology helped them find him.

Thousands of employees to be moved permanently to four days in policy described as ‘transformative’

The US government must drop its prosecution of the WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange because it is undermining press freedom, according to the media organisations that first helped him publish leaked diplomatic cables.

Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, has started to erupt, prompting volcanic ash and debris to fall nearby, authorities said Monday.

Police on Monday stopped and searched people at the sites of weekend protests in Shanghai and Beijing, after crowds there and in other Chinese cities demonstrated against stringent COVID-19 measures disrupting lives three years into the pandemic.

Canada’s military forces are 'ready' to meet their commitments should Russia's war in Ukraine spread to NATO countries, but it would be a 'challenge' to launch a larger scale operation in the long term, with ongoing personnel and equipment shortages, ac

Amid a surge of emergency department visits, the Alberta Children’s Hospital has added additional waiting space in the form of a heated trailer that will be used as an extra waiting area when the hospital’s emergency department is full.

Two fronts sliding down the coast will bring a fresh coating of snow to the alpine level through the weekend. While this will be welcomed by ski resorts officially kicking off their winter season, with the freezing levels starting to tumble below 1000 met

Protests in China against heavy COVID-19 curbs spread to Shanghai on Sunday, with demonstrators also gathering at one of Beijing's most prestigious universities after a deadly fire in the country's far west sparked widespread anger.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country's ultimate goal is to possess the world's most powerful nuclear force, as he promoted dozens of military officers involved in the recent launch of North Korea's largest ballistic missile, state media report

The Federal Communications Commission has prohibited the importation or sale of communications equipment made by Chinese companies including Huawei.

Flu is rising sharply in Canada as another respiratory virus that was hitting young children starts to decline, Canada's chief public health officer says.

The man was arrested “without incident” on Sunday night at Moncton’s Evergreen Drive, RCMP previously said.

Saskatchewan makes up about 40 per cent of Canada's farmland. Family farms own the vast majority of it, but researchers say large agriculture companies or investors who rent it out now control about two per cent.

Policy makers say higher immigration is necessary to fuel Canada’s economic growth, and in particular, to ease labour shortages, but with a population boom comes growing pains

As many as five Canadian military veterans may have been offered medically assisted dying by the veteran affairs department, a Parliamentary committee was told. The matter has now been handed over the RCMP for investigation.

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that online police investigations targeting adults looking to have sex with children do not constitute police entrapment.

It’s cruelly perverse to suggest that our biggest economic problem is that too many Canadians are working, when there is so much work to do in Canada, writes Jim Stanford.

A man has been criminally charged after the vehicle he was driving plowed into several people during a memorial march for residential school survivors in Mission, B.C., earlier this year.

RCMP have identified the young man who died after being stabbed in the parking lot of a high school in Surrey, B.C., on Tuesday.

Canada's first climate adaptation strategy, to be unveiled today, will commit the federal government to new construction guidelines and standards in areas prone to flooding and wildfires.

Luxury fashion house Balenciaga has apologized for featuring children cuddling teddy bears dressed in bondage gear in its latest advertising campaign.

Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro is calling on the federal government to fire RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, saying her continued tenure is damaging to the national police force.

The incident, which occurred on Nov. 16, was filmed by a nearby surveillance camera. Video and images have been circulating widely on social media.

Two explosions at bus stops on Jerusalem's outskirts killed a Canadian and wounded at least 14 others on Wednesday, health officials said, in what Israeli police said appeared to be an attack by Palestinian militants.

Don't accuse the TSA of catnapping on the job. When an alert agent at New York's John F. Kennedy airport noticed tufts of orange fur poking out of a slightly unzipped suitcase, it gave him pause.

Canadian labour groups have filed a complaint with a federal corporate watchdog saying Canadian Tire failed to ensure workers in its South Asian supplier factories are paid a living wage.

A judge has found former Surrey mayor Doug McCallum not guilty of public mischief. The 78-year-old was accused of lying to police by falsely accusing a political opponent of deliberately running over his foot.

The "stay home when sick" message came before "mask up" to prevent spread early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that flu and other viruses have joined the mix, the original advice holds true more than ever, some Canadian doctors say.

Following claims that Chinese agents interfered in recent Canadian elections and stole industry secrets from Hydro-Québec, Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos is calling on the Canadian government to take a harder line against China — a country he desc

The federal agency issued morning alerts about severe weather in Georgian Bay communities, where 50 to 80 centimetres of snow were expected to fall by late Sunday.

Countries adopted a hard-fought final agreement at the COP27 climate summit early on Sunday that sets up a fund to help poor countries being battered by climate disasters — but does not boost efforts to tackle the emissions causing them.

The owners of Shane Homes have filed a $1-million lawsuit against Canadaland following a published investigation that alleged they helped fund a plot to oust former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi by entrapping him into accepting illegal Russian money.

Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores are on strike Thursday in their largest labour action since a campaign to unionize the company's stores began late last year.

Dr. Yifei Shi, 35, admits that in 2016 she defrauded the Alberta government of $827,077 through false billings. The family physician has been ordered to repay Alberta Health and serve a four-year prison term.

The first stage of the Canada Dental Benefit officially became law Thursday night after Bill C-31 passed its final reading in the Senate and received royal assent from Governor General Mary Simon.

After pledging a change in leadership due to pandemic frustrations, Premier Danielle Smith has fired 11 members of the Alberta Health Services board and replaced them with an administrator.

As cryptocurrency prices plunge and some of the exchanges they trade on pause withdrawals, the federal Liberal government is eager to remind voters that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre once touted the asset class as a way to "opt out" of inflation.

Republicans secure the 218 seats needed for a majority, enough to stall President Biden's agenda.

Xi Jinping's rare and threatening rebuke of Justin Trudeau at the G20 summit in Indonesia this week was a rare and surprising move by the Chinese president, and highlighted the disregard he has for the Canadian prime minister, according to some experts an

The Canadian Union of Public Employees has filed another strike notice, leaving education workers poised to walk off the job again in Ontario, according to both the province's minister of education and the union.

Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorised seven additional charges against Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey for a number of sexual assaults against one man between 2001 and 2004, it said on Wednesday.

Loblaw Companies Ltd. reported that its third-quarter profit rose about 30 per cent compared with a year ago. The grocer noted a continued shift to private label brands like President's Choice and No Name.

A B.C. condo owner will be allowed to keep his “inflatable spa” — or hot tub — on his patio despite the objections of his strata council, a civil tribunal has ruled.

As Canada's top telecommunications companies face pressure to ensure Canadians can reach emergency responders in the event of a major outage, Apple is rolling out a new service. The Emergency SOS system, available on iPhone 14 devices in Canada this week,

Chinese President Xi Jinping criticized Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for sharing details of a conversation the two on the sidelines of the G20 summit Indonesia.

Two men who allegedly broke into the Omega animal park in Montebello, Que., and killed three wild boars and an elk are facing several criminal charges.

Yuesheng Wang, from Candiac, Que., faces four charges under the Security of Information Act and the Criminal Code of Canada.

The Prime Minister’s schedule did not include any summit with the Chinese President, and neither Ottawa nor Beijing has indicated one could take place

Comedian Jay Leno was taken to Grossman Burn Center after his face was burned in his Los Angeles garage when one of his cars burst into flames.

When Danielle Smith was sworn in as Alberta's premier on Oct. 11, she said she would replace Hinshaw. Less than five weeks later, she's made good on that promise.

Nickelback is getting a spot in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The rock hitmakers from Hanna, Alta. have been named as the latest inductees into the illustrious home of Canada's top music talent.

A bomb rocked a bustling pedestrian avenue in the heart of Istanbul on Sunday, killing six people, wounding several dozen and leaving panicked people to flee the fiery blast or huddle in cafés and shops

A temporary tax cut intended to help Ontario residents save money at the pumps will be extended for another year, the province's premier announced on Sunday.

Half of young adults support the idea of changing British Columbia’s name to reflect the province’s Indigenous heritage, according to a new survey.

A Royal Canadian Legion branch in B.C.'s Okanagan is describing a break-in on the night of Remembrance Day as "devastating," saying thieves made off with all of the donations collected for the Poppy Fund.

A pack of children’s Advil is currently on sale for nearly $300 on Amazon in Canada as a shortage of kids’ pain medications, surge of respiratory illnesses and mounting pediatric patient volumes compound in Ontario.

Climate activists calling for an end to a gas pipeline project in northern British Columbia threw maple syrup on an Emily Carr painting and glued themselves to the wall at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Two historic military planes collided and crashed to the ground Saturday during an air show in Dallas, exploding into a ball of flames and sending plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky. It was unclear how many people were on board the aircraft or i

Nova Scotia's representative at the federal cabinet table, Sean Fraser, says the Houston government is free to cut its fuel tax if it chooses and the suggestion Ottawa might retaliate by reducing health and social transfers is simply "preying on people's

The Taliban are banning women from using gyms in Afghanistan, an official in Kabul said Thursday, the religious group's latest edict cracking down on women's rights and freedoms since they took power more than a year ago.

An abortion rights activist was asked to turn her shirt inside out to gain entry to the Saskatchewan Legislature as a visitor Wednesday.

An FBI investigation into a criminal ransomware gang believed to be tied to Russia led to a Canadian government employee in Gatineau, the largest cryptocurrency seizure in Canadian history and hundreds of victims around the world.

Four eggs were thrown at King Charles and Camilla, his wife and Queen Consort, while on tour in northern England. One narrowly missed the King, who carried on with his duties.

As hearings on Quebec's secularism law continue before the Quebec Court of Appeal, a lawyer for the English Montreal School Board says the law overwhelmingly discriminates against Muslim women.

While Newfoundland and Labrador's public health system continues to be overwhelmed, private health clinics are facing the same challenges as patients look for alternative means for health care.

The Conservative Party of Canada’s newly appointed director of communications has strong opinions about “globalists” and “the inception of a new world order.” Sarah Fischer, a long-time party staffer and 2019 Conservative candidate under Andrew

When Krista and Kerry O'Brien began renovations on their home in Kitchener, Ont., they never expected to find war memorabilia tucked in the basement's walls. The discovery earlier this fall led to their journey to locate surviving family of the medals' ow

A review of more than 100 studies finds that swearing helps people tolerate pain, ease stress, build and maintain interpersonal connections, and in some cases, be more persuasive. 

After centuries of inactivity, a volcano in the Alaskan panhandle has awakened from dormancy. Scientists have traced a swarm of minor earthquakes to magma activity below Mount Edgecumbe, around 450 kilometres northwest of Prince Rupert, B.C., bu

Empire Company, which owns 1,500 grocery stores across Canada, started experiencing problems late last week. Another major company, Maple Leaf Foods, is also experiencing issues and says it's working with cybersecurity experts.

The girl was walking home across a school field in northeast Edmonton when she was grabbed by a man, dragged and sexually assaulted.

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan says three bullets were taken from his right leg from the shooting which injured him last week.

It follows reports that Canada has identified 11 Beijing-funded candidates at the 2019 elections.

Here's a primer on the 2022 U.S. midterm elections to get you up to speed as the country waits to learn who'll be in charge in Congress come January.

The price of diesel and furnace oil in New Brunswick spiked overnight.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that his government is willing to rescind controversial legislation that imposed a contract on education workers and took away their right to strike if the Canadian Union Public Employees (CUPE) ends its ongoing strik

Commuters across much of southern Ontario may find themselves scrambling for alternative means of transport after the union representing 2,200 GO Transit employees announced members would be walking off the job as of Monday morning.

On Nov. 6, British Columbians will set their clocks back one hour, as they have every autumn for more than 50 years, even though the province promised to end the practice three years ago.

As envoys from around the world gather in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the UN’s 27th annual climate change conference, a demand from vulnerable countries that’s been around since the first conference will finally have a shot at centre stage.

There was a time, not too long ago, when tent cities plagued by violence and disorder were a phenomenon reserved almost exclusive to the most troubled corners of Vancouver or Toronto. Article content But now, they’re virtually everywhere.

South Korea scrambled about 80 military aircraft, including advanced F-35 fighter jets, on Friday after tracking about 180 flights by North Korean warplanes inside North Korean territory in what appeared to be a defiant show of strength.

A resident of Portapique, N.S., who survived the mass shooting that began in the small community in April 2020 has died suddenly after years of 'hell' trying to move away from the area where many of his friends and neighbours were killed.

Lowe's Companies, Inc. is selling its Canadian retail business to New York-based private equity firm Sycamore Partners for US$400 million plus a performance-based deferred consideration.

Huge concessions have been made by Tigray leaders to end a two-year conflict in northern Ethiopia.

The Supreme Court of Canada will rule today on the constitutionality of a law that prevented a judge from allowing an offender to avoid jail by imposing a conditional sentence.

With the cold and flu season in full swing in many parts of Canada — and new COVID variants arising worldwide — supplies of pain medications containing acetaminophen and ibuprofen remain short on pharmacy shelves and parents are looking for options. S

Striking Ontario education workers are picketing at politicians' offices across the province today, with a major demonstration planned for the legislature in Toronto.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled her fall economic statement Thursday — a roadmap of what's to come from the federal government as the economy stands on the brink of a recession.

Albertans are in position to deliver a majority government to Rachel Notley's NDP, while the public appears to have deep doubts about the United Conservative Party's new leader, Premier Danielle Smith, according to a new poll commissioned by CBC News.

New Brunswick’s billionaire Irving family created an offshore insurance company that allowed them to move millions of dollars in profits out of Canada and into the tax haven of Bermuda, according to leaked documents reviewed by CBC News and Radio-Canada

North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles on Thursday, including a possible failed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that triggered an alert for residents in parts of central and northern Japan to seek shelter.

A 63-year-old man and 53-year-old woman face numerous charges after Winnipeg police allege they handed out cannabis candies to trick-or-treaters on Monday night.

Toronto police have identified a 17-year-old suspect wanted in connection with a shooting outside an east-end high school that left a teen dead Monday.

After a national security review, Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne is ordering three Chinese resource companies to sell their interests in Canadian critical mineral firms.

The list of criminal laws passed by the Stephen Harper government that have since been struck down by Canadian courts is growing steadily.

The next atmospheric river of the season is forecast to bring heavy rain to coastal British Columbia by late Thursday and this one could drench drought-stricken areas that have been bypassed by recent storms.

YouTube is clearly trying to be a one-stop shop for all your streaming video needs, including livestreams, movies, TV and sports..

Norway heightened its military alert level on Monday, saying the country was facing the "most serious" security situation in decades.

The president had still not accepted defeat more than 36 hours after official results showed his leftist challenger narrowly won the election.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is condemning the Ontario government's intent to use the notwithstanding clause as part of a controversial bill that would impose a contract on provincial education workers.

Under the guise of counterterrorism, the government is accelerating pressure on social media companies to crack down on speech the feds deem disinformation.