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Like the cat in the old folk song, Veronica Hermiston keeps coming back.

Some farmers in Prince Edward Island say they don’t want to take any chances when it comes to the possibility of another drought this year.

On the last day of Risha Golby’s life, she was forced out of the room at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver that had been her home for six weeks.

A Windsor man says he is being asked by the city to undo the changes he made to his backyard but he worries it will financially ruin him — and the deadline is looming.

The federal government's national gun buyback program is facing obstacles in Alberta — namely that the province is refusing to enforce or participate in it.

As several major projects are being proposed across northwestern Ontario, the City of Dryden is looking to embrace new development.

A heavy snowfall warning is in place for Toronto with 10 centimetres of snow expected to affect the morning commute on Wednesday, according to Environment Canada.

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Directors with the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) have elected a new chairperson: Erwin Elias, the former mayor of Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T.

For years, Lisa Banfield stayed silent, her voice stifled by her partner of 19 years — a man who physically and psychologically abused her for the bulk of their relationship and then went on to kill 22 people across rural Nova Scotia over 13 hours in April 2020.

Canadian actress Rachel McAdams became the latest star to land a spot onto the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Mark Carney turned some heads in Switzerland on Tuesday with his stark assessment of the current state of global affairs.

Equinor has delayed a crucial milestone for the massive Bay du Nord oil project in offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, and it's touched off a political dust-up as the governing PCs and opposition Liberals spar over who's to blame.

The provincial government unveiled Tuesday the latest step intended to help people with disabilities find supportive living in communities as part of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Remedy.

Fredericton's hospital will stop admitting patients to an ambulance bay by the spring, according to Horizon Health Network.

There may be hope for the ski season at a popular resort northeast of Quebec City.

Manitoba's health-care system is again working with some of the private nursing agencies it cut loose only days ago, after some rural hospitals struggled to fill shifts when it could only rely on a handful of agencies.

The provincial government eased regulations for service rig drivers in the energy sector on Tuesday, in a bid to reduce interprovincial trade barriers. 

B.C. Premier David Eby says his government will be amending the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) to scale back the power courts have in shaping reconciliation efforts in the province.

China has lifted its years-long ban on Canadian beef exports — a move industry officials hope will contribute to the sector’s growth and support future market diversification.

A federal minister defended on Tuesday his decision to cut the amount of money that Ottawa will give Toronto under a national housing fund, saying council failed to fulfill a pledge to increase city density.

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As Alberta doctors raise red flags about seeing what they say are delays in emergency room care, the province’s hospitals minister says he doesn’t think cases that the doctors have recently highlighted reflect the health system broadly.

Toronto is under a yellow snowfall warning with 10 centimetres of snow expected to affect the morning and evening commute on Wednesday.

Members of Nunavut's Legislative Assembly raised Greenland's flag Tuesday in solidarity with the Inuit-majority island pushing back against annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.

The Conservative Party of Canada has confirmed that Pierre Poilievre will not run in the Battle River-Crowfoot riding in the next federal election.

Officials in Kashechewan First Nation have confirmed 19 people from the community have tested positive for a parasite called cryptosporidium.

RCMP in Hay River say they've arrested two men after they seized prohibited weapons from an abandoned vehicle near the community last Friday.

A Calgary mother has been reunited with her son after police arrested the boy’s father in Mauritius, more than two years after he’s accused of abducting the then-five-year-old. 

The Canadian tourist who was found dead on a beach in Australia Monday morning has been identified as 19-year-old Piper James from Campbell River, B.C.

Now more than a decade in the making, the City of London's plan to fix the traffic bottleneck at Wharncliffe Road South and Horton Street East is in a holding pattern, with outstanding budget issues that need to be addressed before construction can start.

Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a frank assessment of how he views the world in a provocative speech in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, where he said the longstanding U.S.-led, rules-based international order is over and middle powers like Canada must pivot to avoiding falling prey to further "coercion" from powerful actors.

The soccer world may be coming to Toronto this summer, but right now the city is just waiting for the province to show up.

With less than six weeks to go, preparations are ramping up for the 2026 Montana's Brier in St. John's — including the release of one last full batch of tickets on Tuesday at 12 p.m. NT.

Within weeks of Robinson Huron Treaty settlement money landing in people’s bank accounts, police in several northern Ontario First Nations say something else arrived too: drug traffickers, financial scammers and a surge in violent crime.

Some people who work in recycling and waste diversion say more sharps — medical needles used for injections — are ending up in Nova Scotia's waste streams and they think it's time for provincial regulations.

As Doreen Paul scrolls through photos on her phone, Bronson Paul's life flashes by.

Quebec City police have confirmed that the remains recovered from the St. Lawrence River last week are those of Susana Rocha Cruz, who had been missing since mid-January. 

The Winnipeg Airports Authority wants to develop land west of Richardson International Airport to make way for a proposed WestJet maintenance facility, sources at city hall said.

Bob Behari is planning his dream project on a prime piece of land overlooking the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon’s Nutana neighbourhood.

Saskatchewan’s Notre Dame Hounds made an unexpected stop in Rathwell, Man., Friday night after their bus went off the road into a snowbank.  

Herb Dickieson is no longer in the running to be leader of the New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island.

A commission reviewing Alberta’s electoral boundaries suggests Edmonton should have 21 ridings — up from its current 20 — but some Edmontonians say the city should have more than that, based on the growing population. 

A worsening problem with human feces in and around East Vancouver's Grandview Park became one of the reasons for B.C. resident Zoe Raffard to move out of the city permanently.

In a first step toward modernizing residential care facilities, the City of Hamilton will change the way it funds privately run, subsidized homes. 

Days after Manitoba expressed its concerns, Quebec is now taking a shot at Ontario Premier Doug Ford's upcoming ban on Crown Royal whisky made in Amherstburg.

Canmore taxpayers can expect a hit to their wallets in the coming years related to infrastructure costs.

Public servants with Global Affairs Canada (GAC) who have been teleworking full-time for the past several years from cities such as Montreal are now being required to work in offices in the National Capital Region. 

A social service agency in Kenora has put out a call for donations of warm winter clothing as temperatures plunge across northwestern Ontario.

The man charged with first-degree murder in a GO bus shooting near Yorkdale mall earlier this month was previously identified as a “high-risk, high-needs offender with low reintegration potential,” Parole Board of Canada documents obtained by CBC News reveal.