NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 02-2024

All the tenants in a nine-unit building in Dartmouth recently moved out as their fixed-term leases ended. One is now paying more than double for a new apartment and worries that low-income renters will have nowhere to turn as affordable units disappear.

Flooding in Sussex, N.B., from a daylong rainstorm closed at least 12 roads Thursday, forced 24 people out of their homes, and provoked comparisons with some of the worst flooding ever to hit the town.

Two scientists at a high-security laboratory lost their jobs after reviews found they failed to protect sensitive assets and information and played down their collaborations with Chinese government agencies, newly released records show.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is "tripling down" on appointing tough-on-crime judges after the government's move to appoint two former staffers to a committee that helps select provincial judges.

A man was arrested in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Saturday morning after he allegedly stabbed someone who was sitting in a wheelchair outside a shelter.

The victim of a fatal crane accident on Wednesday at Vancouver’s Oakridge Park construction site has been identified as a mother of two from Mexico.

A mystery box found in a Saskatchewan family's attic that possibly contains over two dozen rare Gretzky cards was sold at auction on Sunday for millions.

An active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force was critically injured Sunday after setting himself ablaze outside the Israeli Embassy in D.C., while declaring that he 'will no longer be complicit in genocide,' The Associated Press reports.

Colin Young gets $175 a month through Newfoundland and Labrador's income support program. He's grateful for all of it, he says, the money isn't enough for the things that will help him find a job and secure permanent housing.

Police in British Columbia say they have dismantled a “significant, sophisticated” criminal organization involved in manufacturing and distributing fentanyl-laced counterfeit pharmaceuticals.

The actions of a man convicted of killing a London, Ont., family in 2021 because of their Muslim faith amounted to terrorism, a judge ruled Thursday on the final day of Nathaniel Veltman's sentencing hearing. Afzaal family relatives say the sentence, incl

A sewage saga continues in Winnipeg, as 90,000 residents are being asked to cut down on their water use while the city battles a pipe leak that has spewed over 200-million-litres of untreated sewage into the Red River.

London, Ont. doctor and pro-Palestinian activist Dr. Tarek Loubani has launched a defamation suit against Rebel Media owner Ezra Levant.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre stepped into the debate over trans rights on Wednesday, saying “biological males” should be banned from women’s sports, change rooms and bathrooms.

Quebec's housing minister has pitched the new law as a way to “re-establish balance between renters and landlords and increase housing supply. Advocates worry it will make things worse for tenants by making it easier for landlords to refuse lease transf

The jury that will decide the fate of a Quebec man charged with the first-degree murder and sexual assault of a 19-year-old junior college student in 2000 was sequestered today after the judge began delivering instructions.

Mary Moreau, a judge from Alberta, was officially welcomed Monday as the newest member of the Supreme Court of Canada.

An 80-year-old man and 81-year-old woman were removed from the house and transported to Davidson Hospital, where they were pronounced deceased Sunday. Once the fire was extinguished, the remains of three children were found inside the home

The Wikileaks founder is trying to overturn an extradition order signed in 2022 by then UK home secretary Priti Patel.

At least 53 men were massacred in a major escalation of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea, Australian media reported Monday.

A rally on Parliament Hill to mark the two-year anniversary of what became known as the Freedom Convoy came and went Saturday afternoon without any major incidents, police say.

Colin Young gets $175 a month through the province's income support program. He's grateful for all of it, but the money isn't enough for the things he says will help him find a job and secure permanent housing.

A judge has ruled a court challenge can proceed over the Saskatchewan government's law requiring parental consent for children under 16 who want to change their names or pronouns at school.

Prince Harry and Canadian singer Michael Buble sat in wheelchairs and used sticks to toss rocks across a curling rink in Vancouver in an event aimed at promoting the Invictus Games to be held in B.C. next year.

Former general Prawbowo Subianto is on track to win Indonesia’s presidential race, but his controversial human rights allegations is a problem, according to Andreas Harsono, a researcher with Human Rights Watch. He's worried it could turn into an author

Using qualifying hours for regular benefits reduces what workers can claim in maternity and parental benefits, the New Democratic Party and a group of labour unions say.

A father from the Toronto area is speaking out after finding an unwanted surprise in his daughter’s McDonald’s Happy Meal.

Cops have alternative means to access encrypted messages, court says.

An Airbnb owner west of Edmonton estimates she's out more than $200,000 after her property was ransacked during a booking.

The suspects, who range in age from 20 to 60 years old, face charges related to child luring, obtaining sexual services and inviting sexual exploitation of a young person, Niagara police say. The Niagara Region is an 'epicentre' for trafficking in Ontario

The Alberta RCMP front-line officer faces multiple charges as part of a national security investigation, including breach of trust and unauthorized use of a computer.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that European allies and Canada have ramped up defense spending to record levels, as he warned that former U.S. President Donald Trump was undermining their security by calling into question the U.S.

A former army general is on course to win Indonesia’s election, securing the majority of votes needed for an outright victory, early unofficial results showed.

Since the 1970s, global biodiversity has plummeted by 70 percent.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection dog sniffed out something unusual in luggage from a traveller returning from Africa -- mummified monkeys.

The Conservative leader often pushes his tough-on-crime approach by relying on an eye-opening statistic. The Star investigates to see if it's true.

“Throwing objects at moving vehicles is extremely dangerous and we are lucky that citizens were not seriously injured or killed yesterday."

The Manitoba RCMP is investigating five suspicious deaths at three locations in in southern Manitoba.

How do you ban a device built with open source hardware and software anyway?

Politicians and law enforcement officials are confronting a rising number of auto thefts — and it appears that the office of Canada's justice minister is also a popular target for thieves.

Record warmth bathed southern Ontario on Friday, with temperatures soaring well into the teens for many locales

Quebec's "Regulation respecting the welfare and safety of domestic companion animals and equines", which comes into force this Saturday, aims to ban four surgeries that were previously permitted but strongly discouraged by the Quebec Order of Veterinarian

For the first time, Mike Holmes has spoken publicly about a lawsuit that alleges houses in a “Holmes Approved Homes” housing development in Meaford, Ont. were built with defects, saying his company had no access to the houses during construction and w

Bell’s announcement this week that it is laying off thousands of workers – including nearly 500 Bell Media employees – has sparked political outrage with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau characterizing it as a “garbage decision.” The job losses are

Outrage was sparked by revelations Hungary's president had pardoned a man convicted in a child sexual abuse cause.

The West Island couple was told by a government official that, in order to get time Geneviève Guilbault, they’d have to pay $100 each for admission to a Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) fundraising cocktail.

Calls for Hungary's conservative president to resign grew on Friday amid outrage over her pardoning of a person convicted of covering up a child sexual abuse case, a decision that unleashed an unprecedented political scandal for the country's long-serving

Europe's farmers block roads in several countries complaining about EU measures and rising prices.

Certain President's Choice and Taylor Farms brand salad kits are being recalled in Canada over concerns of a Listeria contamination, stemming from a deadly outbreak in the U.S.

An investigation is underway at a Montreal-area high school after multiple parents have alleged their kids' art teacher has been taking drawings that they made in class and listing them for sale on several websites without their knowledge.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is once again taking the pharmaceutical industry to task, issuing a report Tuesday that highlights the cost of three blockbuster drugs that are far pricier in the U.S. than in other countries.

A warmer-than-normal winter followed by an extreme blast of arctic air in January has wiped out entire crops of popular fruit, including peaches, plums, cherries and nectarines.

BCE Inc. is selling off 45 of its 103 regional radio stations as it cuts nine per cent of its workforce, including journalists and other workers at its Bell Media subsidiary.

The Chinese hackers behind a campaign to infiltrate transportation hubs and other critical American infrastructure have had access to some of their targets’ computer networks for “at least five years,” according to a new report by US and allied secu

A man who Calgary police say was giving 'free samples' of cocaine to people outside a local casino has been charged.

Schools, offices and non-essential businesses remain closed today in hard-hit Cape Breton as crews attempt to make headway clearing snow-covered streets following a historic multi-day storm.

King Charles has been diagnosed with "a form of cancer,” and will be postponing public-facing duties, Buckingham Palace said Monday. Doctors made the discovery while the King was undergoing tests for his enlarged prostate. The statement did not specify

Parliament spent nearly $600,000 on luxury hotel rooms it didn't use when nearly half of the delegates at a conference of European parliamentarians it hosted either didn't show up or chose less expensive hotels.

In a statement to CBC, AHS said its Environmental Public Health team regularly deals with issues pertaining to food-handling permits in the city, but that those responses have increased in the last few months. 

The divers of Newfoundland's Clean Harbour Initiative are usually pulling trash from the ocean, but they recently got to help secure an ancient shipwreck found near Cape Ray.

From private equity overtaking veterinary clinics to a longstanding shortage of veterinarians, a complex web of factors is making it ever more expensive for Canadians who own a pet

A court voids Khan's marriage with a faith healer, in the latest case against the Pakistani ex-PM.

Canada's foreign affairs minister says that this country is preparing to place sanctions on some settlers and leaders of Hamas.

Three people from southern Ontario man have been fined a total of $19,500 for offences they committed during a moose hunt in October 2022 in northwestern Ontario.

Despite the notoriety, Balcony Man — aka “Balcony Guy” — has never come forward and has never been publicly identified.

A 70-year-old Alberta woman was convicted of murder and indignity to a body this week for fatally stabbing her husband, removing his arms and dumping his body 150 kilometres east of her home on an abandoned farm in Saskatchewan.