“I don’t think there is such a thing as a typical day,” Daniel Kalla confesses. “That’s one of the things about being an ER doctor. No two days are the same for us.” Read More
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call to discuss their deepening ties and war efforts against Ukraine, the countries' state media said Wednesday, ahead of Putin's planned meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska. Read More
A federal grand jury has indicted one of Haiti's most powerful gang leaders and a U.S. citizen accused of conspiring with him to violate U.S. sanctions and fund gang activities in the troubled Caribbean country, the U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday. Read More
VICTORIA -- The head of the Canada's police chiefs association says they are guided by "outdated and inadequate" laws that were never designed to take on the current criminal landscape that no longer respects international borders. Read More
We’re far enough past the turn of the century that we can look at the era with nostalgia. Think of Y2K fashion and flip phones and MySpace — oh my! But some cultural curiosities of the time could be considered, well, questionable. Read More
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's bid for a seat in Battle River—Crowfoot is shining a light on the growing fight among rural and remote Canadians for the right to fix the things they own. Read More
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine to withdraw from the remaining 30% of the Donetsk region that it controls as part of a ceasefire deal, a proposal the leader categorically rejected. Read More
OTTAWA — Although the federal foreign interference task force said China had likely manipulated the 2019 Liberal nomination race in a Toronto-area riding, Canada’s election watchdog says she found no evidence federal election laws were broken.Read More
VANCOUVER — The B.C. Supreme Court has invalidated a bylaw passed by the City of Vancouver that imposed a fee on ride-hailing companies working on city streets during peak hours. Read More
A watersports rental company in Sarnia, Ont., lost one of its Sea-Doos on the weekend when the man who rented it failed to return. He is believed to have taken it to Michigan, which is just a few hundred metres away on the American side of the St. Clair River. Read More
OTTAWA — Canada’s canola industry is urging Ottawa to act as farmers brace for steep losses over a planned 75.8 per cent preliminary tariff from China on canola seed. Read More
Ontario Provincial Police say an 18-year-old man from Oshawa, Ont., who was recently charged in a collision that killed a father of three is the same person facing a dangerous driving charge in a crash involving Premier Doug Ford. Read More
OTTAWA — A petition sponsored by a Liberal MP is reviving calls for a fresh look at whether veterans of the Afghanistan conflict should be reconsidered for Canada’s top military honour. Read More
By early August, summer has hit its stride. Patios are packed, festivals are in full swing, and if we have strong social bonds, our calendars overflow with invitations. The season vibrates with possibility. But what if, between saying yes to every barbecue and cramming in one more weekend adventure, we tapped into summer’s most underrated gift: doing absolutely nothing at all. Read More
More than 13,000 people living on the outskirts of St. John’s, N.L., have been told to prepare to evacuate their homes and businesses as a new wildfire burns near the province’s largest city. Read More
It is tempting to dismiss a court challenge over a Saskatchewan pronoun law as a waste of legal resources and time, a squandering of taxpayers’ money and a misreading of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Read More
SDEROT, Israel — On Sunday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted two press conferences; one in English for foreign media and the second for Israeli journalists, in Hebrew. Read More
A mountain lion attacked and wounded an 11-year-old girl outside her family's home in Malibu, California, then chased her mother before it was scared off, authorities said Monday. Read More
Ontario's highest court has upheld a ruling that found Ukraine International Airlines legally responsible to pay full compensation to families of victims who died in the downing of Flight PS752. Read More
U.S. popstar Taylor Swift announced her 12th album, titled "The Life of a Showgirl," for "pre pre-order" just after midnight Tuesday in posts on her website. Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The questions came fast to the mayor of the nation's capital, many of them designed to get her to say something harsh about Donald Trump — in particular, the president's freshly announced plan to take over the Metropolitan Police Department and call in the National Guard. Read More