OTTAWA — An Alberta Conservative MP is blaming the Liberal government for a pair of contentious provincial bans on outdoor activities, saying federal officials didn't do enough to stave off tinder dry conditions in Atlantic Canada. Read More

Extreme heat is expected to ease in many parts of Canada today, while the Atlantic provinces continue to bear the brunt of a multi-day heat wave. Read More

The business running the defunct department store once known as Hudson's Bay has changed its name. Read More

Thousands of people in Newfoundland and Labrador's capital and elsewhere in the province are under evacuation alerts as wildfires continue to threaten communities. Read More

After the past provincial election in Quebec three years ago, the Parti Québécois was nearly left for dead, with only three members in the 125-seat National Assembly and a lowly 14.6 per cent of the votes. How things have changed since! Read More

If Prime Minister Mark Carney is looking for ways to save money, he can start by shooting fish in a barrel: He can scrap the gun confiscation program that law enforcement leaders and academic experts say won’t work. Read More

OTTAWA — A week after allowing Canada’s three major telecommunications companies to resell fibre optics to internet service providers on their respective networks and those of smaller players, Canada's industry minister is facing harsh criticism from the industry. Read More

“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VICTORIA -- The head of the Canada's police chiefs association says they are guided by "outdated and inadequate" laws that were never designed to take on the current criminal landscape that no longer respects international borders.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

A Nova Scotia man who intentionally violated the province’s ban on entering the woods says he plans to fight his $28,000 fine. 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

Threats of a "Danforth takeover" didn't amount to much. 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