NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 05-2023

The Canadian economy grew at a stronger-than-expected annualized rate of 3.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2023.

Malaysia detained the cargo ship suspected of pillaging the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse, the gravesites of Royal Navy sailors killed in late 1941.

Scientists are monitoring the whale, which has now been reported off Lysekill, north of Goteborg, Sweden.

Peacekeeping troops from the NATO-led Kosovo mission are caught up in an acrimonious episode between ethnic Serbs and Kosovo authorities. But how did they get there in the first place?

A North Korean satellite launch on Wednesday ended in failure, sending the booster and payload plunging into the sea, North Korean state media said, and the South's military said it had recovered parts of the launch vehicle.

Father Arul Savari, 48, has been charged with multiple offences after RCMP received a report an eight-year-old girl was assaulted while alone with the priest in the remote First Nation. The allegations have sparked calls from the community for the Roman C

Five women are suing prominent Edmonton home construction company Coventry Homes for a combined $6.2 million, alleging a company partner's sexual misconduct created a “poisoned” work environment where employees were subjected to harassment and complai

The second meeting on a possible international treaty on plastic pollution takes place this week at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Recycling is often touted as a solution to reducing plastic waste, but recent studies show the process poses its own risks an

A small-town Florida Pride organization says it will carry out its festivities as planned this summer, despite a slew of anti-LGBTQ legislation that has other organizations toning down their Pride events, or cancelling them altogether.

Few competitors manage to stay on their feet all the way down the 180-metre hill, and this year several had to be helped, limping, from the course

A government official in India has been suspended from his job after he ordered a water reservoir to be drained so he could retrieve his smartphone, which he had dropped while taking a selfie.

Some streets flooded and buildings leaked in Regina Saturday night due to pelting rain and hail, as a tornado formed near the city limits.

Members of the LGBTQ community are concerned about the language used to advertise a Christian summer camp for teenage boys near Saint John — so much so that one member reported it to police as potential conversion therapy, which is illegal in Canada.

A federal court has temporarily stayed the deportation of an Edmonton woman days before she was to be removed from Canada.

Lac Ste. Anne County, northwest of Edmonton, says it has decided to replace its administration building because repairing it is "not feasible."

Hamilton police say engaged couple shot dead while fleeing landlord-tenant dispute

With the outlines of a deal in place, the legislative package could be drafted and shared with lawmakers in time for votes early next week in the House and later in the Senate

Winnipeg police say they seized $10,000 worth of psilocybin and found evidence of trafficking when they raided a business that called itself Manitoba's first magic mushroom dispensary, as well as a home on Waterfront Drive.

According to a Montreal heritage advocacy group, the nearly two-century-old Monastère du Bon-Pasteur exemplified how to breathe new life into a historic institution and turn it into a vibrant gathering space for Montrealers.

The U.S. Supreme Court placed new restrictions on the scope of the jurisdiction the Clean Water Act has over wetlands, ruling in favor of Idaho landowners who had challenged the law.

Retired school teacher Shabetai Shattah thought he was helping his bank stop a thief. It was all a scam: one that saw him walked through several complex steps to hand over his money to people he never saw.

Guam's governor gave the all-clear on Thursday after Typhoon Mawar tore through the remote U.S. Pacific territory the night before, ripping off roofs, shredding trees and leaving much of the island of about 150,000 people without power and utilities.

On Monday, at 3:30 p.m. High Prairie RCMP along with the local fire department responded to a fire at a church in Grouard, Alberta

A new plan to force hospitals to report adverse effects of 'natural health products' such as herbal remedies and supplements has come as a surprise to manufacturers, who say they were blindsided by the proposed change.

Windsor police say they’ve charged the same driver in three separate stunt driving incidents since March. Because of the three incidents and charges, the driver received a lifetime driving ban, $37,500 in fines and faces 1.5 years in jail.

A group representing the traditional leaders of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC) says it wants Marineland's land.

In an unfortunate series of events involving taxes and a decades-old unregistered deed, the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's sold the land without Nelson Miller's knowledge.

Loud cheers erupted inside a packed high school gymnasium after the Brandon School Division rejected a call to remove certain books dealing with sexuality and gender identity from libraries.

Typhoon Mawar barrelled into Guam as a powerful Category 4 storm Wednesday, pummelling the U.S. Pacific territory with high winds, heavy rains and a dangerous storm surge that swamped low-lying areas as residents hunkered down in homes and shelters.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to make his long-awaited foray into the 2024 presidential race on Wednesday in an unusual manner - at an event with billionaire Elon Musk on Twitter.

An overnight fire raced through a dormitory in Guyana, killing at least 19 students and injuring several others at a government boarding school serving remote, mostly Indigenous villages, authorities said Monday. Most of the victims were girls.

Tim Scott, a Black Republican senator from South Carolina, launched his presidential campaign on Monday, offering an optimistic message he hopes can contrast the two dominant figures in his party's primary field: Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis.

More seniors have come forward with stories about losing pension benefits because the Canadian government erroneously declared them dead, leading to questions about how widespread the problem might be.

China’s Cyberspace Administration says chips made by U.S. manufacturer pose ‘network security risks’

British Columbia wildfire officials are closely watching the weather this week with the forecast calling for heavy rain, which could provide some much needed help in containing out-of-control blazes, but also lightning that could spark new burns.

With unprecedented wildfires and a provincial election happening at the same time, Alberta is ripe for the spreading of false information online. There are ways to avoid falling into the traps.

The member states of the International Criminal Court on Saturday said they are "deeply concerned" by Russia's decision to place a court prosecutor and several judges on a wanted list.

Edmund Wan moved to British Columbia last month after spending almost two years in Hong Kong's Shek Pik and Stanley prisons, having admitted charges of sedition and money laundering that rights group Amnesty International says were politically motivated.

Bombardier is supplying the jet while General Dynamics contributes much of the so-called ‘mission systems,’ including sonar equipment and satellite communications, the companies said in a joint statement

WestJet and its pilots' union reached a last-minute deal late Thursday, averting a strike ahead of the May long weekend, but hundreds of the carrier's Friday flights were cancelled.

Iran executed three men on Friday over recent protests, the country's judiciary said on Twitter.

Canadian adopted parents of foreign-born children are applauding a push to give their children equal citizenship rights as adoptees born on Canadian soil.

Just over half the nursing students (53.3 per cent) who took the exam for the first time this spring passed, a success rate similar to that of last fall (51.4 per cent.)

Mounties in Coquitlam are trying to identify a woman suspected of keying more than 400 cars at two dealerships, causing an estimated $500,000 in damage.

Toronto police say they have charged a GTA man in an "anti-Islamic hate-motivated investigation" connected to alleged assaults and harassment at two mosques and a mall in Scarborough.

Alberta's law enforcement watchdog is due to investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred Tuesday, police say.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has declined to meet with the government's special rapporteur on foreign interference, citing an inability to find a mutually convenient time, a spokesperson for Poilievre said Wednesday.

Britain's Prince Harry, his wife, Meghan, and her mother were involved in a "near-catastrophic car chase" involving paparazzi photographers, a spokesperson for the prince said on Wednesday.

State-owned TASS reports that Robert Shonov has been arrested by Russian authorities for "conspiracy".

Montreal police are investigating a pair of suspicious fires that broke out in the Lachine borough and destroyed about 30 vehicles overnight.

A man who was fired from his new construction job by text after disclosing his hepatitis C diagnosis has beaten his former employer in a years-long human rights case in B.C.

Some of the basic rules of Canadian democracy exist not as laws but as unwritten conventions. That’s supposed to be a feature, not a bug. But NDP MP Daniel Blaikie has tabled a motion in the House of Commons that would put some of the big things in writ

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a pitch Wednesday for even closer ties between Canada and South Korea, appealing to the historical links of shared sacrifice while tiptoeing around the thorny — even stark — policy differences between the two nations

A new campaign wants to see sports betting ads banned in Canada over potential harms to young people and those facing gambling addiction.

The Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) is at substantive risk unless the three partners are held accountable for continuing to violate aspects of the deal, the head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says.

In newly-released set of guidelines, the World Health Organization says artificial sweeteners do not help with weight control in the long term and pose an increased risk of chronic diseases.

Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette is facing an investigation by the national assembly's Ethics Commissioner after he appointed his friend to become a judge earlier this month.

The province’s 911 service saw a massive increase in year-over-year 911 calls this past weekend, highlighting the impact weather can have on emergency services.

Vice Media Group, popular for websites such as Vice and Motherboard, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday to engineer its sale to a group of lenders, capping years of financial difficulties and top-executive departures.

One of Kenya's oldest wild lions was killed by herders and the government has expressed concern as six more lions were speared at another village on Saturday, bringing to 10 the number killed last week alone.

President Tayyip Erdogan led comfortably in the first round of Turkey’s election on Monday, just below the 50% threshold needed

There may be more "Chinese police stations" operating in Canada, the Public Safety Minister told a Canadian TV station on Sunday, months after police said they were investigating whether two community centers in Montreal were being used to intimidate or h

Renters in British Columbia face the highest eviction rates in Canada by far, but it’s through no fault of their own, according to a new report from researchers at the University of British Columbia.

Despite the fact that Ontario put a stop to birth alerts in 2020, Quebec child welfare agencies continued to send hundreds of the controversial notifications — which can be used to threaten to or actually seize newborns from their mothers — to Ottawa'

The St. Catharines, Ont., resident says a provincial brochure included in lease agreements is 'sneakily written' and left her under the false impression her townhouse was rent controlled.

Weather and health specialists are advising Albertans to remain vigilant for the health impacts of wildfire smoke, as fires throughout the province affect local air quality.

A Toronto man has been arrested and charged with assault with a weapon and unnecessary pain or suffering to an animal.

A Chinese ban on Canadian beef that industry officials expected would be short-lived remains in place 17 months later, and industry representatives say they remain in the dark about the reasons.

The federal government won't be bending its rules to help uninsured homeowners who suffered damage from post-tropical storm Fiona.

Significant file on Chinese consulate official Zhao Wei was shared with Global Affairs Canada before he was asked to leave country for interfering in politics

The Guyitt House in Chatham-Kent, Ont., dates back to the 1850s and has been a popular spot for tourists and photographers looking for the perfect shot. But perhaps not for much longer as it's slated for demolition. Photographer Nick Seman has been snappi

People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier will run in an upcoming byelection for a federal seat in Manitoba, Radio-Canada has learned.

The driver who killed a Calgary police officer during a traffic stop on New Year's Eve 2020 will face an adult sentence after a judge ruled the offender’s high risk to violently reoffend cannot be managed within the three-year maximum youth sentence for

The proposal sets $2.20 per pound as the minimum price of snow crab for the rest of the season. There is the opportunity for increases, which would be tied to the Urner Barry Index, which dictates the market price.

A B.C. school board is demanding Kristin MacDonald, 35, shut down her adult content accounts on social media, or risk losing the job she loves: helping special needs students.

The Ministry of the Solicitor General initially denied the Star’s freedom-of-information request to access to the files, citing, in part, the serial killer’s privacy rights.

Spring breakup has arrived in Dawson City after ice on the Yukon River started moving yesterday. But there are still several ice jams on the Yukon River.

Federal governments in both Canada and the U.S. are targeting consumer surcharges, such as event fees, which often surprise buyers with increased costs at the end of a transaction. But while advocacy groups on both sides of the border welcome a crackdown,

Canada's passport is getting a makeover with a new design that will feature more natural landscapes and fewer Canadian historical moments and monuments.

The "Bwa Kale" movement that began on April 24 in Port-au-Prince has put some Haitian gangs on the run for the first time in years. But vigilantes have also killed some innocent people — and the movement has left the Haitian state less relevant than eve

The publisher of British tabloid the Daily Mirror has acknowledged and apologized for unlawfully gathering information about Prince Harry in its reporting, and said it warrants compensation, as the prince's first phone hacking trial began Wednesday.

Most Canadians support increasing defence spending to reach the two per cent target set by NATO allies, according to a national survey conducted by Nanos for CTV News.

A beluga whale and a bottlenose dolphin have died at Marineland in Niagara Falls, according to Ontario's Ministry of the Solicitor General.

A driver in Ontario has been charged after police discovered a device on their vehicle that conceals the vehicle's licence plate with just a push of a button.

The man who pleaded guilty to throwing gravel at Justin Trudeau during a federal election campaign stop in London, Ont., in 2021 has been sentenced to 90 days of house arrest and a year's probation, with the judge calling Shane Marshall's actions the "man

Former B.C. Housing CEO Shayne Ramsay broke conflict of interest rules in funding housing non-profit Atira Women's Resource Society, run by his spouse Janice Abbott.

China on Tuesday expelled a Canadian diplomat in Shanghai in a tit-for-tat response after Ottawa told a Toronto-based Chinese diplomat to leave the country, escalating already tense bilateral relations amid concerns about Chinese influence in Canada.

Sources suggest the Department of Global Affairs and the Privy Council Office continue to work to sign up Canada in the non-nuclear aspect of the trilateral security pact

The death toll from floods in eastern Congo has almost doubled, reaching close to 400 people as of Sunday, according to a local official.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters in London Sunday that his government continued to weigh a decision on whether to expel a diplomat accused of helping to organize an intimidation campaign for a Canadian MP's family.

Quebec's Public Security Department says water levels across the province have started to decline, but warned the spring flood season is not yet over.

Toronto landlord Allison Rasquinha is demanding changes to how the City of Toronto grants short-term rental licences after learning someone other than her approved tenant was able to obtain one for her downtown condo. She says the unit was rented out with

Bill Gates writes about visiting Kemmerer, Wyoming, the future site of the fourth-generation Natrium nuclear power plant being designed by TerraPower.

It’s officially election season and with it comes the expected deluge of correspondence as parties vie for votes.

Approximately 140 properties were under evacuation order and 1,750 properties under evacuation alert on Saturday, according to the provincial government

The Canadian ceremony to mark the coronation the new King was held in the nation's capital Saturday morning. The ceremony at the Sir John A. MacDonald building in Ottawa included speeches, musical performances and a 21-gun-salute.

A strong, shallow earthquake hit central Japan on Friday afternoon, killing at least one person and injuring 13 others, but no tsunami warning was issued.

Health Canada has issued a recall for Thermosphere and Mastercraft brand ceiling-mounted garage heaters due to a burn and fire hazard.

People in the British Columbia community of Grand Forks are hustling to get ahead of a deluge of melting snow and heavy rainfall after learning a costly lesson about flooding five years ago.

Many First Nations people are standing behind a Ukrainian TikToker after he received online hate for attending a powwow in Regina.

A reception centre has been set up in Edmonton for thousands of people in Drayton Valley and the surrounding area who were told to get out of town late Thursday night because of an out-of-control wildfire.

Beijing reacts angrily after Canada said it sought to intimidate the MP over his anti-China stance.

This time, however, it’s Trudeau who’s being blamed for the economic problems of middle-class Canadians

Evacuation alerts and orders were issued in multiple communities in B.C.'s Southern Interior as flooding intensified Wednesday, closing Highways 1 and 97 in the Village of Cache Creek.

The prohibition of single-use plastic products is crucial to Canada's plan of achieving zero plastic waste by 2030, but with the ban, environmentalists are growing increasingly concerned about the amount of paper packaging being used in its place.

Detective Troy Patterson, who was off duty when he was shot, was washing his car when he was approached by three young men who demanded $20: police

The report warns artificial intelligence and disinformation is "wreaking havoc" on the media world.

Fraud is rampant across some of B.C.’s biggest public bodies, according to a report from the Office of the Auditor General.

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will temporarily send 1,500 additional troops to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, in preparation for a possible rise in illegal immigration when COVID-19 border restrictions lift l

Trudeau calls meeting on foreign interference with two of the country’s top security officials, Conservative MP Michael Chong

Whitecap Dakota First Nation in Saskatchewan signed a modern treaty with Ottawa on Tuesday, which includes the community's inherent right to self governance.

Peel Regional Police believe 57-year-old Kenneth Law marketed and distributed the deadly substance to people at risk of self-harm.

The search continued Tuesday for two Quebec firefighters swept away in floodwaters northeast of Quebec City, as heavy rains washed out roads and cut off homes in several regions across the province. The two missing firefighters are Christopher Lavoie, 23,

Recent study found 128 cases of foreigners being exit-banned between 1995 and 2019, including 44 Canadians

Baie-Saint-Paul and Saint-Côme could see more rain Tuesday, as the municipalities grapple with infrastructure damaged by the flooding.

A windstorm in south-central Illinois kicked up clouds of dust off farm fields Monday, blinding drivers, causing numerous crashes and killing at least six people on Interstate 55, police said.

Most of B.C. experienced high temperatures over the weekend, and it lead to some wildfires being sparked around the province.

Brewster Inc. will pay nearly half a million dollars in penalties after one of its glacier tour buses rolled over in Jasper National Park nearly three years ago.

Auto body shops on the Island are still dealing with damage from post-tropical storm Fiona, and some say it could take another year to get through the massive backlog of repairs.

Conservative member of Parliament Michael Chong says Ottawa should have informed him about potential threats to his family made by China's government two years ago.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is expected to call a provincial election during an announcement later this morning in Calgary.

Strike action continues for 35,000 members at the Canada Revenue Agency with negotiations ongoing

Documents obtained by CBC News show B.C.'s Office of Mass Timber Implementation barred municipalities from building tall wood highrises unless they guaranteed local fire officials would be aligned with planning and building departments regarding any conce