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Shedd Aquarium in Chicago says two whales have died after it took in several beluga whales from Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says one of the 30 Canadian citizens and permanent residents missing after catastrophic flooding in Nepal's border region with China has been found safe.

The cast of Season 35 of Dancing With The Stars was officially announced on Wednesday, with a fresh lineup of familiar faces trading their famous day jobs for sequins, choreography and a shot at the mirror-ball trophy.

One of the teachers caught in the deadly school shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary has shared her story publicly for the first time, alongside a series of new lawsuits against OpenAI that allege the company should have warned Canadian officials about the shooter's ChatGPT activity.

Flight attendants who work on Air Canada Express flights are voting on whether to authorize strike action as their union says bargaining talks have stalled.

Dozens of people protested outside the RCMP detachment in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Wednesday following the arrest of a man that was recorded and posted online by his girlfriend, who called the actions by the police officers excessive.

A candidate for the Conservative Party of Quebec is apologizing for online comments he made at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. He wrote that Quebecers in favour of vaccines should be euthanized. Just seven days into the election campaign, several other candidates in various parties have faced pushback and even calls to resign.

The NBA has declined to suspend Kawhi Leonard or void his contract after its salary-cap circumvention investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers, clearing a major hurdle for his proposed return to the Toronto Raptors.

Hilroy has apologized for leaving Newfoundland and Cape Breton off the Canadian map on its glossy notebooks, after the mistake led to backlash online.

More than 100 mm of rain hit the city and wind speeds reached 85 kilometres an hour Wednesday. The storms hit the region in a line, one after another, with lighting and thunder pounding for several hours.

Report found four companies that paid Leonard outside of the salary cap via the Clippers.

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's latest attempt to limit birthright citizenship, granting a preliminary injunction against an executive order that the administration said would target “birth tourism.”

Live updates on extreme weather and disruption in the GTA caused by Wednesday's major storm in southern Ontario.

Toronto Hydro said about 65,000 customers were battling outages while more than 60,000 were without power in areas around Guelph, Woodstock, South Huron and Norfolk County.

Ontario's principals have said they need clarity, details around new rules that dock marks when teens are absent from school without an approved reason.

Alberta separatist ties contributed to the resignations of two more B.C. Conservative MLAs from caucus, bringing the total to nine in just one month.

The penalties come from a nearly year-long independent investigation into a deal between Leonard and Aspiration, a corporate business partner of the Clippers.

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday that the current tax break, which was set to expire next week, will now apply until Jan. 31.

People in Canada who use Apple Maps still see the lake identified as Lake Ontario.

Lawyers for Maduro said a judge was required by law to reject the indictment because it cannot be brought against a foreign leader

Not immediately clear how the shooter died, police said

King Charles, French President Emmanuel Macron and Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited the exhibition housing the historic Bayeux Tapestry on Wednesday, which depicts the conquest of England by the monarch's ancestor William I in 1066.

Alex Kiprotich was seized Tuesday night by four men who appeared to have police connections

Murder of investigative journalist shocked Europe, toppled a prime minister and exposed a culture of impunity on the Mediterranean island nation

U.S. Supreme Court rejected Trump Administration’s initial effort to end birthright citizenship on June 30

Tiger Woods pleaded no contest to a reckless driving charge and his driver's license was suspended for five years Wednesday following a March rollover crash in Florida, where he initially was accused of driving under the influence.

Charles praised the agreement between Britain and France that brought the tapestry to London, calling its presence ‘a precious symbol of trust’

U.S. military looking into reports of wedding strike but could not confirm formal investigation, Central Command spokesman says

Discovery of bomb-laden drones at German airport is an escalation of the hybrid warfare Moscow has waged against Kyiv’s allies

A Calgary aid worker is helping Nepal earthquake survivors while the city's Nepalese community supports loved ones affected by the disaster.

Chris Mathers, a former RCMP officer who runs a private crime and risk consulting firm, said it's common practice for Chinese state security to try to recruit people online.

The flooding on Aug. 26 killed more than 1,100 people and left roughly 4,400 missing, after a glacier collapsed in the Himalayan border region between Nepal and China.

The RCMP and Canadian military were among the agencies that hired companies run by Edmonton resident 'Sal Ghafouri,' a Global News investigation has found.

Police in Australia have charged a man after they found around 3.5 grams of methamphetamine hidden between the bacon and egg of a McDonald's McMuffin meal during a vehicle search.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said that 30 Canadians and permanent residents remain missing, a number she says may change as the government gets more information.

Leah Stewart, a 34-year-old mother of one, was dragged underwater by a shark at Coogee Beach on the morning of June 13 as it plunged its teeth into her arms and thigh.

Emergency services 'fought desperately to resuscitate her' but she 'could not be saved,' a statement said.

Nepal’s disaster agency said Monday that 903 deaths had been counted in that country, with 4,247 people, including 592 foreigners, missing.

Organizers across the country, in cities including Toronto, Brampton and Calgary, cancelled Teej celebrations in light of the disaster.

Drawing inspiration from MAGA, separatists in Alberta are pushing for a break away from Canada.

The authorities said the suspect was also dead. Residents were warned to stay away from the downtown apartment building where the violence erupted.

In addition, the F.C.C. is weighing stiff restrictions on common drone technology such as thermal imaging and aerosol spraying.

Why league investigators didn’t believe the richest owner in American sports.

Ms. Raman, a member of the D.S.A. chapter, is challenging Mayor Karen Bass as democratic socialists have surged nationally.

Trump’s fantasy-reality problem is deepening.

With a low and smoky voice, she conjured the blues tradition of her native Mississippi in both her own songs and in covers.

For the first time in a year, the U.S.-Mexico border partly reopened to cattle imports following a screwworm infestation across the region. The battle against the flesh-eating fly has only just begun deep in Mexico.

A White House spokesman said the alley renovations included fixing broken lights. The project comes as the president has sought a broad overhaul of the White House and its surroundings.

After several delays, George Lucas’s legacy project is finally ready to open. There’s less “Star Wars” than you might expect.

On Thursday, Kuwait's army said it was confronting hostile missile and drone attacks from Iran.

Hostilities with Iran keep markets on edge, but U.S. stocks snap a three-day losing streak while bond yields remain volatile.

The NBA also fined the Los Angeles Clippers $30 million and said the team will forfeit five first-round picks, one in each year in drafts starting in 2029.

New Zealand exporters are diverting shipments bound for China to new markets, as demand from the country's top buyer cools, a central bank official tells CNBC.

The new DOJ opinion relates to funding states get for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and the Supplemental Security Income programs.

A months-long crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has turned an overlooked corner of the market into one of 2026's hottest trades.

The bond sell-off is owed to a mix of high government debt issuance, an oil-price shock that has reignited inflation concerns, and expectations of higher rates.

After a slow but extended selloff on Wall Steet, Google began September with renewed momentum, helped by new AI models.

If growth were to slow in the semiconductor sector, would the slowdown take the Korean economy with it?

Hilton says one Asian country is the most exciting global tourism market as regional travel surges.

The Russian president’s remarks at a 3 a.m. news conference — and Moscow’s intensifying strikes on Kyiv — suggested that he sees little chance of a deal to end his war in Ukraine.

In a Trump-voting town named after Lake Ontario, residents have strong feelings about the president rechristening it to Lake America.

The crew will get a chance to “rest and recharge” in the beach destination of Pattaya, after reports of deteriorating conditions aboard the aircraft carrier.

President Donald Trump had warned after Tuesday's U.S. strikes that any retaliation would see Iran “hit again at a much harder and higher level.”

The wartime blockage of cargo traffic in the Strait of Hormuz is a boon for Syria, which is poised to capitalize on a need for alternative transit routes for oil.

Russia is pounding Ukraine with jet-propelled drones, forcing Kyiv to adapt once again in an arms race that is increasingly defining the war.

As of Tuesday, the 30-year-old navigation tool was Apple’s No. 1 free app after the company rebuffed an executive order renaming the Great Lake.

Officials said the Aug. 4 attempt was part of a campaign aimed at undermining European support for Ukraine against Russia.

It is likely to be years before oil production meaningfully ramps up, industry experts say, and there are many risks involved.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week renaming it Lake America, as part of his feud with Canada.

A BBC investigation has found smuggling gangs are running low on small boats, forcing rival gangs to work together and load more migrants on larger boats.

The WMO has warned that the natural weather phenomenon could bring disruption to global economies.

Analysis has found a "stark" gap in the spending power of households in the north and south of England on average.

With military haircuts and moustaches, the US sailors stood out against the flip-flops of the usual Pattaya crowd, writes the BBC's Jonathan Head.

Margaret Owen said it seemed "things are getting worse" after a rise in deaths on British farms.

Once-rival criminal groups are being forced to work together because of a shortage of small boats, a BBC investigation has found. 

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz fights back from a set down to reach the US Open third round on his injury comeback.

Russia is accused of growing increasingly reckless after Berlin blamed Russia for a failed drone attack on Leipzig airport.

Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka cruises into the US Open third round before a spiky exchange with a journalist.

Several of the papers home in on a warning to Andy Burnham from the City of London.

The child's death stirred anger in the small Mississippi city

More than 2,000 people in Finland are participating in the largest civil defense drill in Europe since the end of World War II

Fighting between the US and Iran has seen the biggest exchange of fire since July

Russia says it will shutter German cultural centers across the country

Overall the thieves made off with 40,000 pounds of beer

Russian minister says country 'will not allow any significant disruption to civil aviation'

Nearly a century after the Nazis shut down Germany's world-famous Bauhaus school of design, the art movement has once again become a cultural battleground

It is fanciful to think that the unpredictable, aggressive and often self-sabotaging US will revert to its old ways once its current leader has gone. But, as Keir Giles explores in his new book, the fate of the globe depends upon us understanding that he doesn’t even need to cling to power to see the world continue to change in his image

Stormy weather can send the Pacific Ocean flooding into people's homes in small, remote island nations

The US and Iran appear to have returned to full-scale war after major strikes were launched on Wednesday night