NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 06-2023

Twitter appears to be restricting access to its platform for anyone not logged into an account.

French President Emmanuel Macron urged parents Friday to keep teenagers at home and proposed restrictions on social media to quell rioting spreading across France over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver that has resulted so far in the arres

In a defeat for gay rights, the Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled Friday that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples.

The excavator that got stuck under a bridge in east Edmonton is scheduled to be removed on Friday.

National Geographic is laying off its staff writers, the latest cut in a challenging environment for magazine publishing.

Google said Thursday it will remove Canadian news content from its search, news and discover products after a new law meant to compensate media outlets comes into force.

On Saturday evening in west Edmonton, two suspects wearing face masks jumped out of an SUV and began firing multiple gunshots at a man who was walking with his partner and kids.

Australia should phase out advertising for online gambling in three years, a parliamentary committee of inquiry recommended on Wednesday as it looked to limit the "havoc" it caused in one of the world's biggest betting market.

Seoul scraps a centuries-old age-counting system in favour of international standards.

One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, according to two sources with knowledge of the process, pitting it against the food industry and regulators.

The union representing port workers in British Columbia says it has issued 72-hour strike notice and its members are ready to walk off the job on Saturday.

Italy’s culture minister is calling for a man to be “identified and sanctioned” after he was filmed allegedly carving his and his fiancée’s names into the Colosseum in Rome.

Johnston’s initial report in May concluded that a public inquiry would not be a constructive way forward — angering opposition parties

Canadians' hearts may be brimming with pride as Canada Day approaches, but a new poll suggests their minds aren't full of the knowledge needed to pass a citizenship test.

Five cases of malaria have been confirmed in Florida and Texas, the first time the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease has been locally acquired in the United States in 20 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.

Canada's grocery sector needs more competition to help keep food prices down, give shoppers more choice and encourage new entrants, the country's competition watchdog says.

Canada has banned testing cosmetic products on animals, a largely symbolic move that brings the policy in line with dozens of other countries.

Numerous Petro-Canada gas stations are only able to process cash transactions, as parent company Suncor works to fix what it is calling a "cybersecurity incident" over the weekend.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place an appellate ruling barring a North Carolina public charter school from requiring girls to school.

A Winnipeg teenager’s brave actions are being applauded after he helped save a child from a coyote attack.

Olivia Chow has been elected mayor of Toronto ending almost 13 years of right-leaning rule at Toronto City Hall and becoming the first woman and the first visible minority person to lead the city since amalgamation.

The Kentucky woman fatally shot the driver she thought was taking her to Mexico.

Arctic security and Russia's invasion in Ukraine were top of mind as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Iceland Sunday for a two-day summit with Nordic leaders.

Premier Blaine Higgs said he’s not going anywhere after a Progressive Conservative party meeting in Fredericton on Saturday.

Environment Canada layered alerts on the Montreal area Monday morning. The first is a continued air-quality warning caused by the wildfires in northern Quebec. More than 100 fires are burning across the province, according to SOPFEU. The second weather

While a lot remains unclear about Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group mercenaries' abbreviated march on Moscow and the agreement that appeared to halt it, political observers believe the attempted rebellion has left Russian President Vladimir Putin mor

Beijing and parts of northern China are experiencing record temperatures, with authorities urging people to limit their time outdoors.

On Thursday, Bill C-47 passed the senate, putting a stop to cosmetic testing on animals and trade.

A bridge that crosses Yellowstone River in Montana collapsed overnight, causing portions of a freight train, including some cars carrying hazardous material, to plunge into the water below.

The British Columbia government is urging people to save water, saying the forecast predicts drought across much of the province this summer.

Friday marked the 38th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack in Canadian history. The Air India bombing killed more than 300 people, most of them Canadian.

All students from kindergarten to Grade 9 in British Columbia public schools will now be assessed with a proficiency scale instead of letter grades.

More than 50 comments were submitted by regular Canadians, environmental and industry groups and First Nations as part of the public consultation on the project.

The turmoil within New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservative Party was deepening Friday morning as another minister quit Premier Blaine Higgs’s cabinet and four former top party officials demanded the premier resign.

That’s exactly what happened in 1987 when a female in the Pacific Northwest’s Puget Sound was spotted wearing a dead salmon draped over her nose. The fad didn’t just spread within the trendsetter’s pod (her maternal family group). Over the next si

The Village of Lytton, B.C., and the Thompson-Nicola Regional District are suing Canada's two national railways and Transport Canada, alleging they were negligent to let trains pass through the town during the deadly 2021 heat dome, before the community w

Dear Doctors: I’ve been hearing a lot about PFAS and how they have an adverse effect on our health. I read that some food wrappers, like bags for microwave popcorn, use PFAS to keep food from sticking. My kids eat microwaved popcorn almost every night.

Iceland's government is pausing whaling at least until the end of August, but could this mean an end to the controversial practice completely?

A strong explosion rocked a building in Paris' Left Bank on Wednesday, injuring at least 24 people, igniting a fire that sent smoke soaring over the French capital's monuments and prompting an evacuation of other properties, authorities said. Police were

Canada Bread pleaded guilty to a role in a scheme to inflate the price of the food staple in Canada.

Conservative campaign operatives are accusing the Liberal Party of running a "racist" campaign in the recent Oxford federal byelection, claiming slogans that highlighted winning Tory candidate Arpan Khanna's past ties to Brampton, Ont. are an example

Three Calgary youths are facing more than 40 charges for allegedly firing what police called an "unknown projectile" at bystanders.

Environment and Climate Change Canada cautions that weather and climate conditions now seen as anomalous will become typical

French police searched the Paris Olympic organizers' headquarters on Tuesday as part of corruption investigations into contracts linked to the Games, according to prosecutors, the third straight time graft allegations have dogged a Summer Olympics.

The United States on Tuesday pressed its call for military communication channels with China and signaled concern over reports that China plans a military training facility in Cuba following Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to Beijing over the wee

Two international soccer games stopped because of racial abuse between players. A United States-Mexico game cut short amid homophobic chants by fans. An advisor to Brazil player Vinicius Junior racially harassed by a steward at a stadium in Spain.

The treaty to protect biodiversity in waters outside national boundaries has been under discussion for more than 20 years

The RCMP says it found "insufficient evidence" to lay criminal charges related to the SNC-Lavalin affair and confirms it has since concluded its file.

Those prone to napping had brains that looked up to six years younger than everyone else.

Sustained high temperatures over summer could trigger mass mortality of fish and oysters, say scientists

A small submarine bringing tourists to the Titanic has gone missing somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean.

Forecasters are watching a system deep in the tropics that could defy the odds to become a named storm this week

U.S. President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act is driving many Canadian clean energy startups to shift their focus and resources south of the border to capitalize on the subsidies and the related influx of activity. 

The United States and China have pledged to stabilize their badly deteriorated ties during a critical visit to Beijing by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who met Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Authorities cancel leave of medical personnel and provide additional hospital beds in emergency ward to accommodate the influx of patients

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in China today as increasing tensions over Taiwan make the lack of communication between Washington and Beijing more dangerous than ever.

The residents of Brienz, Switzerland, breathed a sigh of relief this week as a massive rock slide they feared would destroy their village missed it by just a few metres. The picturesque mountainside community has been evacuated since May 12, as residen

Members of the Calgary Highlanders flew to France last week to attend the burial of three Canadian soldiers killed in the First World War, including private Harry Atherton.

The deaths of hundreds of wild birds along Mexico's Pacific coast were likely caused by the El Niño climate phenomenon, local authorities said on Thursday, as the country and its surrounding oceans face an intense heat wave.

People in parts of Alberta and British Columbia are returning home after wildfire evacuation orders were lifted Thursday.

Canada's population is expected to surpass 40 million people today, says Statistics Canada.

Fifteen people are dead and 10 others have been taken to hospital after a bus collided with semi truck on the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, Man.

Germany extended invitation to this month’s Air Defender 23 exercise but airfleet ‘modernization’ efforts caused Canada to decline

A former manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue, his wife and three other people have been indicted in the theft and sale of human body parts, federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced Wednesday.

Rev. Linda Barnes Popham says she’ll keep leading her Baptist church in Kentucky so long as her congregation stands behind her.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday that Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino should resign over convicted killer Paul Bernardo's controversial prison transfer.

The state's right to repair law requires open access to telematics services.

The pandemic caused upheaval in the vehicle market. But three years later, most of the supply chain problems have been fixed, yet a new conundrum is emerging: prices are sky high, and buyers are facing lengthy wait time if they're lucky enough to find a d

As wildfires from coast to coast scorch large swaths of forest, sometimes changing it irreversibly, experts have zeroed in on an often overlooked casualty of the blazes: wildlife.

Students are being faced with higher rents and a shortage of supply and some experts say post-secondary institutions need to co-ordinate enrolment levels with the availability of housing.

Jack Whalen was one of dozens of kids abused at the youth detention centre in Whitbourne. But the provincial government won't settle with Whalen, as it did with other kids who were abused.

Six others also indicted as Korea toughens response to leakage of secrets.

Travis Michael Leake, described as someone who loves Russia, says ‘I don’t understand why I’m here. I do not admit my guilt’

Opposition leader Wab Kinew promised to create a "universal" school nutrition program in Manitoba if his New Democrats win the provincial election slated for Oct. 3.

New Brunswick is proposing that psychologists play a leading role in dealing with students who change their names to match their gender identity at school without parental permission, but those specialists are in short supply after the Higgs government ab

Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy's longest-serving prime minister despite scandals over his sex-fuelled parties and allegations of corruption, has died, Italian media reported on Monday. He was 86.

In addition to deaths, the decisions will lead to significant morbidity.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An elevated section of Interstate 95 collapsed early Sunday in Philadelphia after a vehicle caught fire, closing the main north-south highway on the East Coast and threatening to upend travel in parts of the densely populated Northea

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon was arrested on Sunday in connection with a police investigation into the Scottish National Party's funding, her spokesperson said.

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson says he's quitting as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament.

For the second time in about a month, residents of Edson were told to leave town Friday night because of a wildfire.

Crews continue to fight the West Kiskatinaw fire in northern B.C. that moved closer to the town of Tumbler Ridge on Friday, burning about three kilometres from the townsite, according to the district.

The hot, dry conditions that are fuelling wildfires countrywide are just the beginning of what summer could look like in Canada this year, according to Environment Canada senior climatologist Dave Phillips.

Anthaea-Grace Patricia Dennis is not your typical 12-year-old. She is a child prodigy who's about to become the youngest Canadian to ever graduate from university.

Authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka has pardoned Sofia Sapega, a Russian citizen who was serving a six-year prison term in Belarus on charges related to civil disturbances that followed a disputed 2020 presidential election.

As interest rates rose again Wednesday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made good on a promise to tie up the House of Commons, speaking for hours in a bid to prevent the government from passing a budget he said will drive Canada into "a full scale fi

Saskatchewan’s provincial auditor says the government needs to improve how income support clients apply for benefits after finding that 60 per cent of calls went unanswered by the ministry over a six-month period.

The financial fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hit home a long-standing problem in Canada, according to internal government documents: regulators don’t have basic information about who really owns key companies and assets.

A Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbour last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said.

California says it is investigating after two planes carrying migrants landed in Sacramento.

Pope Francis was admitted to the hospital for surgery Wednesday to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, the latest malady to befall the 86-year-old pontiff who had part of his colon removed two years ago.

Indian authorities on Sunday completed rescue operations after the country's deadliest rail crash in more than two decades, with signal failure emerging as the likely cause of an accident that killed at least 275 people.

The United States military has released video of what it called an "unsafe" Chinese manoeuvre in the Taiwan Strait on the weekend, in which a Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of an American destroyer, forcing the U.S. vessel to slow to avoid

A wayward and unresponsive business plane that flew over the nation's capital Sunday afternoon caused the military to scramble a fighter jet before the plane crashed in Virginia, officials said. The fighter jet caused a loud sonic boom that was heard acro

Canadian troops in Latvia have been buying their own ballistic helmets with better ear protection and are looking at their allies with envy as Danish soldiers arrive with more modern Canadian-made weapons. It is a sign that the army’s problems with equi

Hundreds of thousands march in Poland anti-government protests to show support for democracy

HALIFAX - A wildfire that tore through homes and businesses in the Halifax area is 100 per cent contained, but a historic fire in southwestern Nova Scotia remains out of control.

Public Safety and Emergency Services Minister Mike Ellis says support will not stop for communities affected by active wildfires, including Fort Chipewyan, which remains evacuated due to a large fire

Notorious serial rapist and killer Paul Bernardo was moved to a medium-security prison in Quebec this week.

Authorities say Faye the swan was abducted, and that three suspects had been arrested for grand larceny and criminal mischief

A truth and reconciliation process by a Norwegian parliamentary committee, modelled on Canada's experience, has found the historical policies of forced assimilation toward Indigenous groups continue to impact the country today.

Officials were searching a ravine near Guadalajara for seven young people reported missing last week.

People living in and around Shelburne County continue to take stock after evacuation notices displaced about 50 per cent of the county's population.

The RCMP says it has "shut down illegal police activity in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia" connected to so-called Chinese "police stations" — but it hasn't said whether it has made any arrests.

Beijing responded Wednesday to complaints from the United States about a Chinese fighter jet's dangerous interception of an American Air Force reconnaissance aircraft in international airspace over the South China Sea by demanding an end to such flights.

Eighteen people, 17 of them children, were taken to hospital after many of them fell about five metres from an elevated walkway at Fort Gibraltar in St. Boniface on Wednesday, emergency officials say.

Toronto police say they have arrested a 14-year-old girl who allegedly set off a firework on a packed TTC bus in Scarborough during Tuesday rush hour.

Former governor-general rejects the will of Parliament and vows to stay on despite call for a public inquiry