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Charges laid against Alberta's Ministry of Forestry and Parks relate to the death of a wildland firefighter and revolve around a string of alleged workplace safety violations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Video from a surveillance camera shows a car nearly t-boning another vehicle driving past The Flats restaurant before it ploughs through the patio and crashes into the building.

An Airdrie, Alta., man unwittingly brought home a hoary marmot from Kananaskis, an occurrence a wildlife rehabilitation society says is relatively common.

Authorities on Sunday arrested a man who was walking the grounds and appeared to be monitoring security planning at President Donald Trump's California golf course two days ahead of the president's visit.

Plans to close the U.S. Consulate in Winnipeg mean the United States will "lose touch with a broad swath of Canada," a former employee says.

Amid a state of emergency from the fallout of two storms within a week, people in St. Catharines say they're in shock and grief as they deal with severe flooding in their homes and elsewhere in the city. Firefighters say their work has included rescuing some people trapped in cars by the waters.

A Newfoundland and Labrador provincial court judge has rejected a four-year prison sentence for a man who has pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death, saying the sentence would be too lenient.

Hudson Williams sent social media into a frenzy after stepping out carrying a reusable Canadian Tire bag while strolling the streets of Toronto. The bag, covered in red plaid, with black straps and a large Canadian tire logo in the centre quickly went from everyday checkout grab to viral fashion must-have.

Five UN rapporteurs have written to the government of Canada calling on it to do more to protect Sikh activist Moninder Singh, who has received four "duty to warn" letters for his activism in favour of a separate Sikh homeland. The UN experts say Singh may have been targeted for speaking to the world body, and ask for the Canadian government to respond.

Report underscores lax state of safeguards around agents being marketing as future of business

Jeanine John Taele charged with several felonies after being arrested carrying ammunition and with a gun in his car

Reports suggest boxers from Uganda and Pakistan did not return home at the conclusion of this year’s Games

It took firefighters nearly a month to extinguish the blaze, which scorched 57 square kilometres

Abdul El-Sayed or Haley Stevens headed for November contest critical to reclaiming Senate majority

U.S. President seeks to shore up support for Republicans in November midterm elections

Steel and aluminum have been at the heart of Canada-U.S. trade tensions since the first Trump administration

Democrats endured a bitter and expensive campaign that became a proxy battle between the party’s establishment and progressive wings

Bundibugyo ebolavirus has killed more than 1,650 people and currently has no approved vaccine

More than 1,000 people have been evacuated from around the seaside resort of Porto Germeno and other areas west of the capital

The U.S. State Department said the decision was retaliation for Brazil’s denial of visas for American diplomats and Brazil’s stalling on approving Trump’s ambassadorial nominee.

Christopher Phillips, ‌60, a former company director, admitted to preventing the lawful and decent burial of his 89-year-old mother, Sylvia Phillips, after she died in March 2023

The drugs were discovered by customs officers at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, after they noticed a suspicious suitcase during an X-ray screening.

A new independent commission will oversee the registry, which requires individuals and organizations to log their arrangements with a foreign principal or face hefty fines.

Canada is now the second country to authorize a Phase I clinical trial for a Bundibugyo virus vaccine candidate after the U.K., according to federal officials in a news release.

Bessent said the yen's substantial undervaluation could trigger other economic problems or competitive devaluations of other currencies "which is unhealthy."

The State Department is planning to close its posts in St. George’s, Grenada; Nagoya, Japan; Medan, Indonesia; Douala, Cameroon; and Winnipeg, Canada.

A British maritime monitoring agency said a cargo ship reported being hit by a projectile overnight off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz.

The challenge comes after a group of American small businesses filed lawsuits seeking to block the new tariffs on 60 U.S. trading partners, including Canada.

Russian glide bombs killed one person in Zaporizhzhia, while six people were killed by Ukrainian drone debris in Arkhipo-Osipovka, according to local officials.

William Lawrence defeated two moderate candidates to challenge a vulnerable Republican incumbent, but some worry his views could hurt his chances in November.

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told President Trump that his interior secretary, Doug Burgum, had misled him with a self-serving cover story for his own mistakes.

It’s bad for your brain and worse for democracy.

Disputes between smokers and nonsmokers are becoming more visible as a younger generation increasingly refuses to suffer secondhand smoke in silence.

A resident of Spokane County, Wash., said he noticed a man acting suspiciously and called 911 after seeing smoke. The police later arrested a suspect tied to one of the wildfires in the area.

Gov. Katie Hobbs, locked in a competitive re-election battle, plans to tap a moderate former mayor of Mesa, Ariz., John Giles, to serve as her lieutenant governor if she wins in November.

The voluntary review process will cover closed-source artificial intelligence models, but exclude those that publish the underlying code.

Todd Blanche’s nomination now advances to the Senate floor, where it was not immediately clear whether he would be confirmed given that he can afford to lose only two senators on a party-line vote.

The 2025 Eaton fire, which killed 19 people and destroyed the Altadena community, began at an inactive tower belonging to Southern California Edison, officials said.

The judge, Amit P. Mehta, blasted the administration’s request for a dismissal in the case, saying it bestowed “unearned grace” on the Oath Keepers defendants “by wiping their records clean.”

Wall Street isn't convinced the Ozempic maker has a promising path back to sustainable growth as competition from Eli Lilly intensifies.

Severe drought is disrupting energy and freight across Europe as low Rhine and Danube levels raise risks for supply chains and economic growth.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC that Iran and the U.S. could reach a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz by Wednesday.

Europe's headline index is up 10% in 2026 so far, but below the surface, the sectoral picture is far more nuanced. 

Beijing's move to tax offshore trusts, long used by China's ultra-rich to hold money, has set off a rush to lawyers and a scramble for cash.

The Reserve Bank of India has kept interest rates unchanged amid creeping inflation.

The world's biggest spirits company has since seen its share price more than halve as its fortunes have waned.

U.S. Central Command said the "southern route of the Strait of Hormuz remains free and open"

GM said the deal will focus on domestic sales of Buick and Cadillac models in China and exporting Chevrolet products built in China for non-U.S. markets.

In addressing Wall Street for the first time since SpaceX's IPO, executives tried to make the case that hefty AI investments are paying off within a year.

A senior State Department official told reporters in a background briefing that it was a “reciprocal” action because Brazil has not approved President Donald Trump’s nominee as ambassador to Brasilia.

The president’s bombast has ceased to rattle world leaders, who have seen him fenced in by courts, rebuffed by Congress and strung along by Iran.

Nadezhdin was prohibited from running in parliamentary elections in September. He posted a video from Paris, saying, "I'm alive and free."

The head of Kyiv's military administration says Russia is "once again massively attacking" the region around the city.

Arsenal are set to complete their protracted move for Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes.

Marcus Rashford is expected to return to Manchester United training in the coming days as debate continues over whether that is a good thing or not.

With Liverpool prepared to make Bradley Barcola their third £100m signing, BBC Sport looks at what the France and Paris St-Germain winger would bring to Anfield.

Emma Lovell was stabbed after confronting two intruders at her Brisbane home on Boxing Day in 2022.

A terminally ill man was offered the drugs by a stair lift salesman claiming they could shrink tumours.

Kim Hutchison says she was "petrified" to see a man in just shorts at the end of her bed in a Dundee Travelodge.

Among Wednesday's headlines are oil companies' profits from the Iran war and "super-rain" in Britain.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both announced talks had progressed to allow shipments to resume.

Alex Davies-Jones tells BBC Newsnight she discussed an inquiry with the PM when she was re-appointed as minister.

75 people died, mostly in the water, during the crossing

The fashion and homeware retailer lifted its profit outlook again as a result of the stronger-than-expected second quarter.

Heatwaves could allow farmers to consider new crops that previously ‘we could never imagine’ growing in the UK

Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed is now expected to be the Democratic nominee in November’s senate election

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The Dublin-based low-cost airline said it carried 22.2 million passengers last month.

Banta Sillah ‘had immense potential and was dearly loved’

When CBS ended “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” earlier this year, it also shuttered the program’s robust music offerings

Jetstar plans to levy fee from February next year

The new PM is also ‘looking into’ a separate public inquiry into Mohamed Al Fayed