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While Canada’s men’s soccer team is taking shape — the final World Cup squad will be named Friday — there are still plenty of questions about who will play where, exactly, given the injury concerns that surround the defence.

For tennis star Naomi Osaka — who walked into her Thursday match at the French Open in a metallic gold bomber jacket, a sequined gold playing dress, and an ivory train — clothing is part of the game.

​NDP MLA Kim Breckner, whose son Ian was born in December 2025, says the current one-stall bathroom is inadequate for the many women and their children using it.

For the first time, Canada's winter Paralympians have been compensated equally to their Olympic counterparts for reaching the medal podium. Thirty medallists from the Milano-Cortina Games in March will receive a total of $550,000.

A new bulletin from Fintrac is advising Canadian businesses to look out for transactions that could be linked to trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation or forced labour. Major events can boost the demand for this activity and offer an opportunity to move people to the location where major events are taking place.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her cabinet have issued an order in council confirming the exact phrasing of the question.

A 14-year-old girl missing for nearly two weeks in Toronto was found safe in a home in the city on Thursday afternoon, police say.

The 23-year-old woman was in critical condition when she arrived in hospital on Friday. A newborn baby was found dead two days later in a wooded area near Halifax.

The start to the 2026 wildfire season has been slow with the number of fires raging across the country well below average, but government officials warn that as the summer progresses there's a risk things could get much worse.

Ontario's new public safety bill would give Premier Doug Ford's government the "power to issue directives" to police services boards across the province.

The cuts include more than 201 educational assistants and 36 secretarial and administrative staff.

Esther, 14, first went missing from Earl Bales Park in North York on May 15 and was found safe by police on Thursday afternoon.

Just two weeks out from the Toronto tournament opener against Bosnia-Herzegovina, here are the three key dilemmas Marsch and his coaching staff face in their final deliberations.

The duo will take over the weekday morning airwaves starting July 6 after longtime host Marilyn Denis announced her departure.

Esther, 14, first went missing from Earl Bales Park in North York on May 15. A reward had been offered for information that led to her safe return.

Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria's Building Billy Bishop Airport Act passed third reading due to the Conservatives' majority in the legislature.

The Ontario premier on Thursday gave a spirited defence of his government's efforts to alleviate the housing crisis, including the one-year break on HST and reduction in development charges.

The prime minister urged New York investors and the American administration to see Canada as a trusted ally and safe haven for investment.

Ford plans to create 43,000 new jobs with larger defence activity that could add $6 billion to the economy and $400 million in annual tax revenue.

21-year-old defendant known as Beran A. allegedly planned to target people with knives or homemade explosives

Stalled legislation would direct department to put Trump’s face on new bill marking 250th anniversary of U.S.

The territory’s population is already penned into a tiny strip of land along the coast

Three rare giant otter pups have begun swimming lessons at the U.K.'s Chester Zoo. Led by mum Bonita and dad Manu, the rare pups were picked up by the scruff of their necks and popped straight in at the ‘deep end.'

Software engineer allegedly placed bets about trending Google searches before the data was publicly released

Canada has banned residents from the DRC, Uganda and South Sudan from entering the country for 90 days, which started on Wednesday

In 2005, Happy showed researchers that elephants can recognize themselves in a mirror – a sign of self-awareness seen in only a few other species

If you watch a FIFA World Cup game next month, look out for the turf beneath the players’ feet. Millions of dollars and years of research have gone into perfecting the grass for the world’s largest sporting event. The Globe’s Andrea Woo unpacks the science behind producing a pitch-perfect field, along with the extensive prep underway at Vancouver’s BC Place.

His shaky, mumbling and sometimes confused delivery against Trump in June, 2024 gave fuel to questions voters already had about his fitness for a second term

Anyone coming to Canada from Ebola-affected regions will be required to undergo a 21-day quarantine, a measure that is set to expire on Aug. 29

U.S. President Donald Trump has yet to approve the agreement, the sources told Reuters, and Iranian state media said the text had not been finalized.

The suspect, who was arrested five minutes after emergency services were alerted, is a 31-year-old Swiss-Turkish dual national who lives in Winterthur.

The way that Canada's economy reacted to the Iran war, particularly from higher oil and energy prices, will become clearer in the upcoming GDP report set for release on Friday.

Health officials have cited the FIFA World Cup as justification, but some infectious disease experts are siding with the WHO in saying travel restrictions will have little effect.

The 1,500-pound animal, which has gained viral attention for its humorous likeness to U.S. President Donald Trump, had already been sold for slaughter when authorities intervened.

The mass suspension of travel documents marks the government's first use of powers it granted itself through its border legislation, Bill C-12, which passed in late March.

'The Moon Base will be America's and humanity's first outpost on another celestial world,' said NASA administrator Jared Isaacman.

The EU’s fine follows findings from an investigation opened in 2024, which preliminarily found that Temu was exposing consumers to high-risk products.

'Please, declare a ceasefire. Even briefly. Even just enough to let health workers through. People are dying from Ebola who do not have to die,' the WHO head wrote.

Oil prices gained more than $2 a barrel after having dropped sharply a day before. The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.1 per cent lower.

The collision on the Queensboro Bridge involved an e-scooter that is not legally allowed to be used on the streets of New York.

A federal task force in the city has been targeting crime and undocumented immigrants since October. Observers say they have faced retaliation for trying to track the agents’ work.

Over five frantic days, I gambled my family’s life savings on a hunch that A.I. could outperform a real estate agent.

Anthropic raised $65 billion in new fund-raising that put its value at $900 billion, ahead of OpenAI’s last valuation of $730 billion, as the companies duel for A.I. dominance.

But U.S. officials are still working to find centers in Europe to accept Americans who need advanced treatment, seen as critical to improving odds of survival.

Terry Pitchford was convicted in 2006 for his role in the murder of a shopkeeper by a 12-member jury that included one Black member.

First, The Star was born. Now, The Washington Star is reborn. Both are hoping to win readers ceded by recent layoffs at The Washington Post.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed jointly with a company run by the Winklevoss twins to overturn their settlement.

Bari Weiss, CBS’s editor in chief, named Nick Bilton, a tech journalist and filmmaker, as the show’s executive producer. The network also fired two on-air correspondents.

Gov. Kathy Hochul used the state budget as a vehicle for policy initiatives, including a new second-home tax and a push to make the state less hospitable to immigration agents.

CEO Todd McKinnon said Okta is "playing a long game" on AI and is allocating more resources to agentic tools.

Anthropic is now the most valuable AI company in Silicon Valley after a new $65 billion funding round.

The latest military and economic actions come as President Trump insists he feels no pressure to make a deal with Iran before November's midterm elections.

It marks the seventh state the commission has sued in a dispute over who has the right to regulate event contract platforms.

European stocks finished Thursday lower as investors assessed news related to the Iran war and developments in Ukraine.

The PCE price index for April was expected to show an annual inflation rate of 3.8% for all items and 3.3% for core.

Dutch cloud provider Nebius rose after an ex-OpenAI employee's fund took a sizeable stake in the firm.

CVS will add Zepbound coverage on Oct. 1, and start covering Lilly's newly approved Foundayo pill on June 1.

Asia-Pacific markets fell Thursday while oil prices surged after fresh U.S. strikes in Iran heightened fears of a wider Middle East conflict.

This comes as tensions in the Middle East escalated once again, with the U.S. military carrying out new strikes overnight in Iran.

Andrei Zvyagintsev urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the “bloodbath”  — but in Ukraine his remarks elicited ridicule and frustration.

Israel is “deepening its operation” in Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Distrust and violence flare in the Democratic Republic of Congo as false claims spread that the outbreak — and the disease itself — is a hoax.

Great Britain's Katie Boulter exits the French Open, losing in three sets to 28th seed Anastasia Potapova in the second round.

England are outplayed by India in the first T20 at Chelmsford, suffering a 38-run defeat.

A 21-year-old Austrian man is found guilty of planning the attack and other terrorism-related offences.

But there has been conflicting information from Tehran, with one news agency reporting that no deal has been finalised or confirmed.

Jordan and Cian Adams crossed the finish line in Dublin after 33 marathons in 33 days, raising £1.5m for dementia research in the process.

Major report warns risk of a ‘lost generation’?

Jannik Sinner says he "couldn't find any energy" as he lost in the second round to Juan Manuel Cerundolo in one of the biggest French Open shocks in recent years - but the world number one says the Paris heat was not to blame.

Jannik Sinner says he "couldn't find any energy" as he lost in the second round to Juan Manuel Cerundolo in one of the biggest French Open shocks in recent years - but the world number one says the Paris heat was not to blame.

For the first time, BBC Sport is handing out end-of-season football awards to the cream of the crop in English and Scottish football - and here are the winners.

Former Labour PM Sir Tony Blair has accused the government of having "no coherent plan" for the country.

Patagonia claims in the lawsuit that branding associated with drag persona Pattie Gonia could cause ‘confusion’ among consumers

Project 2029 unveiled the outlines of four policy proposals, with dozens more to come ahead of the next race for the White House

House Oversight Committee members are set to ask Bondi about the Epstein files in a closed-door interview – though she will not be under oath

Iranian media denied reports draft agreement of ceasefire extension is with Trump for approval

‘The urgency cannot be overstated,’ government warned as thousands of homes left unable to cook, shower or flush loos

The president’s approval ratings are at a record low, and American consumer confidence is plunging

Authorities searched his apartment and found bomb-making materials

Palaeontologists refer to the missing chapter as the ‘Furongian gap’

May 22 - 28, 2026 This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Leslie Mazoch, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.

Experts say the numbers may also reflect the wide scope of Nevada’s kidnapping laws