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Russia’s Federal Security Service said Sunday that the man suspected of shooting a deputy chief of Russia’s military intelligence agency in Moscow was detained in Dubai and handed over to Russia.

An animated Canadian film produced by the National Film Board of Canada which has been nominated for an Oscar has local connections. The Girls Who Cried Pearls is a stop-motion film that tells the story of a poor boy in early 20th century Montreal who falls in love with a girl whose tears turn into pearls. It features the voice of actor Colm Feore who recorded the 17-minute short at Fred Smith Studios in Kitchener.

A man who lives in a Regina apartment building says the carbon monoxide detector in his unit sounded just hours before another resident, an 11-year-old boy, died.

Ten months after the Nova Scotia government’s Energy Department took the lead on finding a way to recover an abandoned tidal turbine from the depths of the Bay of Fundy, officials still cannot say when — or if — the device might be removed.

While the United States has intensified its immigration crackdown and deportation efforts and European countries are closing their borders one after the other, Spain's left-wing government last month approved a royal decree to regularize several hundred thousand undocumented people who already live and work in the country.

While procurement for Canada’s complete fighter jet fleet remains up in the air, advocates say politics need to be set aside as members of the Royal Canadian Air Force head to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona later this year to train on the F-35 when Canada eventually takes possession of the 16 jets it’s committed to buying.

Some Canadian doctors say patients on birth control need monitoring. But medical authorities in other countries increasingly disagree.

With federal public servants mandated to return to the office four days a week this summer, experts and unions are sounding the alarm over a lack of clear strategy or infrastructure to support such a move.

The band said in a statement that Brad Arnold "passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, in his sleep after his courageous battle with cancer."

Our live coverage will have everything you need to know about Team Canada and the biggest stories at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Finding it hard to keep track of all the transit projects around Toronto? Here's a run down of all of them.

Transit fans braved the cold to be among the first to ride Line 5, which was originally set to open in 2020.

Sunday is expected to be sunny with a high of -12 C, which may feel like -28 with wind chill in the morning.

American skiing legend crashes in her remarkable Olympic comeback attempt from injury.

Dirt is a booming business at the Edenvale Aerodrome. It arrives in truckloads by the hundreds.

If you read the news with an eye for the climate, 2025 was a bad year. But all the headlines of denial and neglect risk drowning out a different, dare we say encouraging, story.

The prime minister's name comes up dozens of times but the records themselves do not support online claims that Carney and Epstein were linked.

The veterinary tranquilizer medetomidine has caused harm in the U.S. and is tied to the latest treacherous twist in the city's drug-poisoning crisis.

People with Parkinson’s are finding strength, energy and connection at this Etobicoke boxing club’s specialized program that began in January.

Anti-Olympics protesters are ‘enemies of Italy’, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says

Sanae Takaichi, country’s first female prime minister, hopes a clear victory will allow her to push through major policy changes

In an avant-garde performance based on an 18th-century poem, a company in Kyiv faces war and their own demons

First female prime minister called the snap election to capitalize on her buoyant approval ratings

Layoffs shut down sports section, eliminated photography staff and reduced foreign coverage

Canada plans to play active role in Arctic security and build closer ties with Greenland, Anand says

The opening of Canada’s new consulate in Nuuk puts Canada among only a handful of countries with a diplomatic presence in Greenland. The Globe’s Paul Waldie shares his observations from the official ceremony.

Military training, fellowships and certificate programs ending as standoff continues between Trump administration and school

The proposed Feb. 19 meeting would include world leaders who accepted the U.S. President’s invitation, members of a Gaza executive committee

Foreign Minister’s comments come a day after Tehran and Washington pledged to continue indirect nuclear talks

Mexican authorities say bodies and remains have been found in Sinaloa during the search for 10 missing workers from a Canadian-owned mine.

The spat became public when U.S. Ambassador to Poland Tom Rose said the U.S. will have 'no further dealings' with the speaker of the lower house of the Polish legislature.

Russian and U.S. negotiators this week discussed the expiration of the New START treaty and agreed on the need to quickly launch new arms control talks, the Kremlin said Friday.

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand were in Greenland's capital Nuuk for the ceremonial opening on Friday.

The Olympics' strangest sideshow blew up when the World Anti-Doping Agency said it would be on the watch for evidence male ski jumpers were artificially enlarging their penises.

The shooting came a day after Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. negotiators wrapped up two days of talks aimed at ending the nearly 4-year conflict in Ukraine.

The Iranian citizen wants his case heard behind closed doors.

Footage shows the royal swimming in a pool wearing goggles that obscure her vision, as well as abseiling down scaffolding and descending a rock climbing wall.

The 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Games come at a time of escalating political tensions worldwide, setting up the possibility of potential statements being made.

Communications between the U.S. and Russia were suspended in 2021 shortly before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, was caught up in the scandal engulfing Britain’s former ambassador to the United States and his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

His departure came days after the company cut 30 percent of the staff. He will be replaced in the interim by Jeff D’Onofrio, the chief financial officer, the company said.

Before MAGA, conservatives’ affinity for wilderness was a powerful force in American politics.

Sanae Takaichi, who has proved popular as the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, was on course for a sweeping mandate after a snap election on Sunday.

Young Puerto Ricans say the star has opened the world’s eyes to their challenges, and to the island’s fraught territorial relationship with the U.S. government.

Today, some advice on having conversations with aging parents about their health.

Seven pages of grand jury testimony from Richard Nixon were deemed so incendiary that they were hidden from the public for years.

Your guide to today’s matchup.

A new organization blessed by the president is raising money for events and projects that will put a Trumpian spin on the nation’s semiquincentennial.

Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime companion helped advise on the kickoff of the Clinton Global Initiative and arranged for $1 million in funding for it, emails show.

PM Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party is likely to win between 274-328 seats in the Lower House, higher than the 233 seats needed for a majority, NHK says.

The Chinese coffee upstart is expanding from budget drinks into the premium market with a new flagship store.

American Airlines made $111 million last year, while rivals Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, brought in $5 billion and $3.3 billion, respectively.

Gen Z and millennials deleting their social media platforms cite the increasing pressures of being online as well as the damage to their mental health.

Automakers are largely sitting on the advertising sidelines during this year's Super Bowl amid broader uncertainty in the U.S. automotive industry.

Issa Rae writes down her ideas and goals in a notebook on New Year's Day, and revisits them six months later, to stay on track for achieving them, she says.

Elon Musk's net worth soared past $800 billion this week after he merged SpaceX with xAI in a deal that valued the combined entity at $1.25 trillion.

Countries want to be able to ensure that defense capabilities are close at hand.

The depiction of the Obamas, posted from Trump's Truth Social account, was included in a video pushing a conspiracy theory about 2020 election voting machines.

There is widespread enthusiasm for Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, and polls appeared to affirm an appetite for her “Japan First” approach.

After left-wing groups rallied against the cost and environmental impact of the Winter Games in Italy, some protesters set off fireworks and hurled bottles.

Justice Department files show Jeffrey Epstein sought help from a Russian official after claiming a woman from Moscow was blackmailing “powerful businessmen” in New York.

The Ukrainian president said the Trump administration was pushing for a June deadline to end Russia’s war.

The Opening Ceremonies of the 2026 Winter Olympics featured four simultaneous events in four locations marking what organizers said was the most spread-out Games in history.

Top U.S. nuclear official accuses China of conducting a secret nuclear test in 2020 and confirms plans to restart U.S. nuclear testing, citing a need to match covert detonations by Beijing and Moscow.

The negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear capabilities come against a backdrop of deadly protests inside Iran and a buildup of U.S. military assets in the region.

A coalition led by current Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to clinch a decisive win, according to media projections after polls closed.

Norway's Johannes Hosflot Klaebo wins the first of a potential six golds at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in the 10km+10km skiathlon.

England fight from the brink to avoid a major shock and beat an inspired Nepal by four runs in their opening match of the T20 World Cup in Mumbai.

USA's Breezy Johnson wins the women's downhill gold medal, the same alpine skiing event in which her compatriot Lindsey Vonn suffered a heartbreaking crash in, to win her first Winter Olympics title at Milan-Cortina 2026.

American skier Lindsey Vonn crashed in the women's downhill competition at the Winter Olympics as compatriot Breezy Johnson won an emotional gold in Cortina.

The suspects include the alleged gunman, Lyubomir Korba, whom Russia says fled to the UAE after the attack.

American skier Lindsey Vonn crashes in the women's downhill competition at the Winter Olympics, nine days after rupturing her left anterior cruciate ligament.

Rain has fallen in south-west England and south Wales every day of 2026 so far, the Met Office said.

No 10 sources have called for Mandelson to return the money or give it to a charity that supports victims.

Keyless thefts are on the rise and car crime is increasingly organised and high-tech.

Conservatives have been offered a MAGA-friendly alternative to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show

The departure of the man responsible for putting Keir Starmer into Downing Street is a blow to the government

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff has resigned over the controversy surrounding Peter Mandelson's appointment as the U.K. ambassador to the U.S. Morgan McSweeney said he advised Starmer to appoint Mandelson, despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein

Reform UK councillor David Taylor announced he is quitting the party over his local authority’s plans to raise council tax

At a difficult time for America, Super Bowl advertisers are asking viewers to take care of themselves and others — and maybe even crack a smile

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has condemned recent anti-Olympics protests in Milan

Queensland says laws are about ‘drawing a clear line’

Downing Street says PM will be ‘out and about’ in the coming week ‘making the case for why [his] government is delivering for working people’

Athletes at the Winter Olympics in Italy are proudly wearing pins from other teams, and some are showing them off on social media

Paul Thomas Anderson won the top prize at the 78th Directors Guild Awards, putting the “One Battle After Another” filmmaker on course to potentially win his first Oscar