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Despite the fanfare that accompanied its signing, a majority polled by Janet Brown Opinion Research for CBC News are not confident the memorandum of understanding between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith will actually result in a new pipeline.

Hundreds of protesters clashed with Australian emergency services workers in a remote town following the arrest of a man suspected ‌of murdering a five-year-old Indigenous girl, police said on Friday.

Seasonal allergies are getting worse in Canada, with longer and stronger pollen seasons, largely thanks to climate change. Here's a primer on the hardest-hit cities, the latest science and what treatments can help you survive another allergen-filled spring and summer.

The conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court has effectively neutralized a hugely significant piece of voting rights legislation designed to ensure African-American representation in Washington, and the resulting consequences could be wide-reaching and election-changing.

A U.S. contract notice shows Canada is included in a $1.1-billion High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) production deal, suggesting Ottawa finalized the purchase months ago without making any announcement. The silence clashes with promises to buy less American equipment, even as the Armed Forces pushes for the Ukraine-tested system to fill a critical long-range strike gap.

The Edmonton Oilers have been eliminated from the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs after a 5-2 Game 6 loss to the Anaheim Ducks.

Alina Müller and Jamie Lee Rattray scored less than two minutes apart late in the second period, and the Boston Fleet beat the Ottawa Charge 2-1 on Thursday night to begin a best-of-five semifinal.

At Issue this week: What Mark Carney's spending goals outlined in the spring economic update mean for the deficit. Conservatives battle Liberal efforts to move committees behind closed doors. And how will Carney's new sovereign wealth fund help Canadians?

A U.S. government court filing on Wednesday raised questions about officials' initial assertions that a gunman shot a Secret Service officer while allegedly attempting to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

Registration to be a candidate in the Oct. 26 municipal election opens Friday.

The near-freezing overnight temperatures are expected to warm to a high of 10 C before dropping again to below seasonal values in the evening.

The climate problem hasn't gone away, but this undersea species is demonstration some resilience in its face.

The Blue Jays are making contact like they did last season. The issue is they aren't doing much with it.

Even with home crowd energy as fuel, the Raptors' late-series rash of potentially impactful injuries is less than ideal for Friday night's do-or-die scenario.

Rather than walk away from the property, Marcus Tzaferis teamed with a nonprofit and local builder to plan a 90-unit mixed-income rental in the Beach.

Is the job of mayor worth having? The four years since the last province-wide municipal elections have been the dawn of the “strong mayor” era. Share your take with the Star

Trump described the founders of the American republic not as men imbued with the best of British political traditions, but as people from the same ethnic stock.

The city says wood chips will be spread across the ground this week to make it less muddy.

“What would be the normal amount of emails for a grieving parent, or an excessive amount?” Crown attorney Meredith Gardiner asked OPP Const. Todd Amlin.

Country’s 90 million people have been cut off from the internet for most of 2026, one of the world’s longest and strictest national shutdowns

Group of companies excludes Anthropic, which the U.S. Defense Department has labelled a supply-chain risk

Director Pavel Talankin had been forced to check the award into hold luggage in New York after TSA agents told him it posed a potential security threat

Leaders including Germany’s Friedrich Merz, Britain’s Keir Starmer and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni have found themselves in the crosshairs

Tehran has activated air defences as Trump weighs new military strikes

Reuters energy editor Dmitry Zhdannikov said on Thursday that an oil surge, caused by the ongoing war in Iran, will have a 'massive' impact on consumers across the world, as 'everything will become more expensive.'

The kiwi, New Zealand’s sacred national bird, vanished from the hills around Wellington more than a century ago, but now the capital's residents are waging an improbable citizen campaign to return the endangered flightless birds to the city.

A U.S.-Iran ceasefire that began in early April has 'terminated' hostilities between the two sides for the purposes of an approaching congressional war powers deadline, a senior official of President Donald Trump's administration said on Thursday.

Interpretation would allow White House to avoid the need to seek congressional approval

Governor Rubén Rocha Moya of the state of Sinaloa has been accused of partnering with a powerful drug cartel

The sculpture appeared to have been erected in the early hours of Wednesday on a plinth on a traffic island in Waterloo Place, near Buckingham Palace.

The statement furthers an argument laid out by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, when he said the ceasefire effectively paused the war.

Crews are dismantling San Francisco’s Vaillancourt Fountain, a divisive landmark by Quebec artist Armand Vaillancourt, after years of controversy.

Prices haven't been this high in Winnipeg since the summer of 2022, when they went over $2 per litre. Demand for oil is vastly outstripping supply due to the war in Iran.

More than 700,000 hotels and Verb properties will be bookable on the app later this year through a partnership with Expedia, the company said.

Trump later said the tariffs were lifted to specifically enhance the trade of barrels between Scotland and Kentucky, which produces almost all of the world's bourbon.

Infantino made the remarks at the 76th FIFA Congress in Vancouver on Thursday, saying 'we must unite' through soccer. Iran is the only nation not at the meeting.

The country’s official threat level from terrorism was raised from substantial to severe after Wednesday’s stabbing attack in London, which police have called an act of terrorism.

Wall Street’s strength followed manic swings in the oil market, where prices surged overnight on worries that the Iran war will affect the flow of crude for a long time.

Between 2020 and 2025, the defendants conspired to auction more than 200 counterfeit artworks they said were painted by revered artists.

Recognition of Aboriginal Australians has become standard at most public events. Increasingly, the right is taking aim at the practice.

The agreements with six technology companies come amid the Defense Department’s dispute with Anthropic.

A 10 percent tax on American imports was hurting British sales, even though exporters had increased sales in India, China and other countries.

Americans have soured on the projects, polls show, and the sentiment is profoundly bipartisan. How that will change our politics?

Republicans sliced Nashville into three G.O.P.-leaning congressional districts in 2022. After the Supreme Court decision on voting rights, Memphis could be next.

The Federal Reserve’s meeting this week was the most divisive in decades, a sign that President Trump’s pick to lead the central bank will face opposition if he pursues substantially lower interest rates.

With the cease-fire fraying and Israel demolishing villages in the south, many Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon are putting aside their annoyance with the group and turning to it for protection.

With Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aiming to rein in the use of psychiatric drugs, psychiatrists are preemptively addressing how and when patients should quit taking them.

Police in Alice Springs fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse an angry crowd demanding justice.

The exit of Gov. Janet Mills kicked off the general election early in what is likely to be one of the most important, expensive and combative Senate races of 2026.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said there's no evidence that a Secret Service officer shot at the Washington Hilton was the victim of friendly fire.

Oil prices were depressed during the first two months of the year, but suddenly spiked after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28.

Quietly, shares of Google-parent Alphabet are on the verge of topping $5 trillion, and overtaking AI-leader Nvidia as the world's most valuable company.

The DOD announced it has entered into agreements with seven other AI companies.

March saw many chip stocks drop amid concerns over the AI buildout, but their fortunes have reversed in April.

Under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, a U.S. president needs to withdraw troops 60 days after reporting their deployment to Congress

“FX intervention will only get them so far,” one strategist said after the yen surged.

Treasury yields were unchanged on Friday as investors digested a week of key economic data and policy releases.

The move is expected to recoup millions of dollars a month for Scotland’s economy.

The advisory panel wasn't convinced that a clinical trial proved that early switching to camizestrant improved long-term survival rates.

Passengers on the first direct flight from Miami to Caracas since 2019 were excited to return but anxious about what they would find. For others, passport issues are still a hurdle.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the attacks after two men were stabbed in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood of north London.

Moscow is reducing the footprint of its foremost annual military parade amid a wave of Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russia.

Al-Qaeda-linked fighters killed the defense minister, a top Moscow ally, and forced Russian mercenaries to retreat, highlighting the Mali-Russia partnership’s failure.

The defendants are accused of having partnered with the powerful Sinaloa Cartel to “distribute massive quantities of narcotics” in the United States.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, at sea for 10 months, is in need of repair. Its exit, though, reduces the firepower on hand as Trump presses Tehran to make peace.

Profit margins were "broadly unchanged" between February and March, the UK's competition watchdog says.

A shortage of fertiliser due to the Iran conflict could reduce crop yields and push prices higher, says the boss of Yara.

Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau died after a car crashed into the Study Preparatory School in July 2023.

The Green leader shared a social media post condemning police officers who arrested the suspect in the Golders Green attack.

The World Championship semi-final between John Higgins and Shaun Murphy is delicately poised at 8-8 after a captivating second session at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

The airline said the Academy Award was safely in its care in Frankfurt and was arranging its return.

James Holder, 54, attacked the woman after a night out in Cheltenham in May 2022.

American singer Izzy Escobar features on the album alongside the likes of Dua Lipa and Olivia Dean.

People living with conditions include heart problems, stroke risks, eye infections and bipolar are unable to get hold of the drugs they rely on.

Abdullah Albadri was arrested in April last year as he tried to climb over the railings of the embassy in London.

Philip Young earlier pleaded guilty to drugging and assaulting his wife over a period of 13 years

The United States is said to be weighing its options, with the conflict no closer to formally ending

Georg Baselitz, an acclaimed and award-winning neo-expressionist German artist with a penchant for provocation and known for painting images upside down, has died

Land Rover went through railings of school as pupils celebrated last day of summer term

The affected containers retailed for about $30 and were sold between March 2008 and July 2024

New measure still being considered even after accused Trump would-be assassin Cole Thomas Allen took two trains to get from California to Washington, DC

The crash happened around 11 p.m. in Texas

Religious groups have documented a rise in acts of harassment and violence against Christian pilgrims and clergy as well as Palestinian Christian residents

Friedrich Merz calling out Trump’s foreign policy is an effort to get the US president to think less about Vladimir Putin and protect America’s allies, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley

State pension was ‘built for a different era’ claims think tank