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A toy loon from a fan has become a mascot, or possibly a good luck charm, for Canada's women's hockey team at Milano Cortina 2026. 

Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada has now officially joined the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program, which offers loans to member states to invest in defence capabilities.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced hope on Saturday that U.S.-brokered peace talks in Geneva next week would be substantive, but he said Ukraine was being asked "too often" to make concessions.

Twenty athletes from Russia and Belarus are competing at the Winter Olympics as neutral. Moscow has asked for its athletes to be fully reinstated in international competition, and sporting bodies are beginning to open the door to those once completely banned from participating.

A rally in North York Saturday that drew an estimated 350,000 people called on the Canadian government to recognize Iran's exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi as the leader of Iran’s democratic transition after anti-government protests erupted in Iran at the end of last year.

Two teachers have been put on leave from a North York high school, as the Toronto Catholic District School Board investigates an exchange of racist messages on a shared school program's social media account.

The town at the centre of a national tragedy has faced collapse and hardship but continues to persevere.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin with a lethal toxin derived from the skin of poison dart frogs, five European countries said Saturday.

Kingsbury lost gold on a tiebreaker, Grondin by three one-hundredths of a second. A week into the Games. we're missing one medal colour.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Love was in the air — make that the big air — for freeskier Kateryna Kotsar of Ukraine on Valentine’s Day.

The store that lured in rock stars, hobbyists and everything in between is closing its doors, prompting a flood of memories for music lovers.

The tractor trailer struck the passenger vehicle while the latter was broken down on the highway near Leslie Street, the OPP said Saturday.

"The young generations, they risked their life and they wrote with their blood that they want the king, they want the shah," said one protester.

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

It started when Marc Kennedy, of Canada's men's team, hurled F-bombs at opponent Oskar Eriksson after the Swede accused the Canadians of cheating.

MILAN (AP) — On Valentine’s Day at the Milan Cortina Olympics, a renewed supply of free condoms for the athlete villages was promised by the organizers after going short during the week.

A letter sent to families from the school district on Friday says further plans will be shared in the next week.

The U.K., France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said analysis of samples from Navalny, who died two years ago, “have conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine.”

Foreign Affairs Minister says focus in the region is on the repression of human rights

U.K., France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands say they are reporting Russia for a breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention

Canadian hockey players Laura Stacey and Marie-Philip Poulin are among the couples competing on Valentine’s Day

Talks between envoys will take place next week in Geneva, days ahead of the fourth anniversary of the all-out Russian invasion

Secretary of State says the U.S. would remain forever tied to the continent even as it pushes for changes

U.S. President plans to issue an executive order on the matter without explaining a legal rationale

Officers are on administrative leave while the investigation is carried out, ICE director says

Trump’s threat came hours after Commerce Secretary met with owner of competing bridge, Democrats say

$15-million of USAID’s operating expenses are paying for Russell Vought’s protection by the U.S. Marshals Service, documents show

U.S. prosecutors accused him of plotting with an Indian government official to kill a U.S. resident and dual U.S.-Canadian citizen

Inuit leaders say Canada can learn from Greenland’s approach to health, housing and social services as Ottawa weighs greater investment in northern infrastructure.

Canada and Germany have signed a joint declaration on artificial intelligence as Ottawa continues efforts to diversify partnerships on a global scale.

French President Emmanuel Macron also told the Munich Security Conference that Europe had to become a geopolitical power given the Russian threat would not disappear.

Kathy Ruemmler from Goldman Sachs is one of the latest to leave her job after connections to Jeffrey Epstein were uncovered.

At least five Canadians may be among those now before Iraq's judiciary.

'Unless officially announced by the administration, however, any reporting about changes to our current tariff regime is baseless speculation.'

Wingsuit divers fly at speeds up to 250 km/h and generally have between 200 and 500 skydiving jumps under their belts before attempting to pilot a wingsuit.

Anthropic was founded in 2021 by a breakaway group of former OpenAI employees who pledged to design a more safety-centric approach to AI development.

Venezuela’s acting president said Nicolás Maduro remains the country’s ‘legitimate’ leader, despite being held in the U.S. on charges of federal drug trafficking.

'The International Olympic Committee destroyed our dreams,' said Mykhailo Heraskevych, the slider’s coach and father. 'It’s not fair.'

Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon.

The heart is not romance; it’s the organ that guards the line between life and death.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said it was looking into three new complaints with links to the files and revisiting an earlier investigation into an Epstein associate who died in 2022.

People protesting the Iranian government gathered near the security conference in Munich, as well as in other cities. More U.S.-Iran talks are expected Tuesday.

The toxin was found in the body of the Russian dissident Aleksei A. Navalny, who died in prison two years ago, five governments said, challenging Russia’s official account.

A commercial about a lost dog being reunited with his family ignited concerns that a “Search Party” feature posed privacy risks. Ring parted ways with the tech company Flock Safety.

In Munich, European leaders were also talking about “de-risking” from the United States, citing President Trump’s unpredictability.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, the “Today” show anchor’s mother, vanished from her Arizona home on Feb. 1. In the time since, very little new information has come to light.

The battle is expected to reach the Supreme Court, which is far more conservative today than it was when the measure was established.

Brenda Ogden lost her waterproof prosthetic leg 10 months ago, and with it, her zest for swimming. Then a local fossil hunter stumbled upon it.

"Start with these questions that invite real answers, stories, preferences, and patterns," says Douglas Boneparth, CFP, president and founder of Bone Fide Wealth.

Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO likes the surprise course reversal announced this week by the new CEO of Kraft Heinz.

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, the U.S. secretary of State stressed the importance of cooperation with Europe.

Cuba’s government appears to be on the brink of economic collapse amid a worsening energy crisis.

New AI models launched by China's biggest players underscore how the country's companies are keeping up with the U.S.

Roku executives said in a shareholder letter that it marked "our biggest quarter ever" for net adds to premium subscriptions.

"Many of the largest retailers have been disproportionately impacted by tariffs and have been pulling back on advertising spend," Pinterest's CEO said.

The world is moving back closer to China, and unlike during its ascension to the World Trade Organization, this time it is a move away from the United States.

Cohere's competitors OpenAI and Anthropic are also weighing potential IPOs and competition for enterprise customers is heating up.

UBS analyst Matthew Mish told CNBC that the artificial intelligence transformation is happening faster than he and his colleagues had previously anticipated.

Toxin found in poison dart frogs probably killed Alexei Navalny in a Russian prison, five countries announced on the two-year anniversary of his death.

While some saw the remarks as reassuring, key European leaders renewed calls for more independence from the U.S. amid tensions over issues like Greenland and Ukraine.

Scenes from a Youth Day march in Caracas, where demonstrators demanded that acting president Delcy Rodríguez release political prisoners.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, deployed since June, will cross the Atlantic for a second time despite a Navy warning that the warship needs maintenance.

President Trump aims to end the military mission there despite concerns about Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s ability to prevent a resurgence of the group.

German Chancellor Frederich Merz kicked off the conference on Friday saying the rules-based international order “no longer exists,” in a new era of “big power politics.”

The Trump administration spent over $40 million last year to deport hundreds of migrants to countries where they’d never been, a report from Senate Democrats says.

The geographic spread of Italy’s Olympics yielded a tale of two winter games – exuberance in the Alps and and a mellow vibe in Milan.

There is no innocent explanation for the toxin being found in samples taken from Navalny's body, Foreign Office says.

Savannah Guthrie's fame has helped turn her mother's abduction into a national obsession.

A number of papers lead with the revelation that the Russian opposition leader was killed by a dart frog toxin.

What joining Channel 4's famous tent could mean for the TV cook's career and the baking show.

Experts say 2026 will be a peak year for aurora spotting as the Sun reaches the maximum of its cycle.

Opposition politicians flocked to a summit in Munich to offer an alternative to America First - and stake a claim as future party leaders.

Taxpayer money has flowed into fixing the rail line connecting Cornwall with the rest of the UK - but the elements have other ideas.

Can boosting testosterone improve libido, or is much of the attention solely hype, profit, and placebo?

With an annual growth rate of 3.1%, Manchester's economy has performed twice as well as that of the UK as a whole.

The theft has left Germans with a strong sense that trust in institutions and the system has been shaken.

Pet lovers kicked off Carnival celebrations with dozens of dogs dressed as fairies and superheroes and others festooned in ribbons, feathers and head pieces.

More than 60 measles cases have been reported in London this year

‘Will take down [Pope] Francis,’ the MAGA political strategist appears to have written in a message to the pedophile financier in June 2019

Curtis Signal, 25, was arrested following the violent attack in Brooklyn Saturday at a nearby men’s shelter

The National Weather Service has issued a stark warning and urging “extreme caution” to those travelling

Mud-covered revelers took over the beach in Paraty, Brazil, on Saturday as part of a Carnival tradition that has grown steadily since it began 40 years ago. In the seaside town near the country’s historic colonial center, participants coated themselves in gray sludge, rolled through the silty shallows and emerged caked head to toe before dancing along the sand chanting “Uga! Uga!”

Earlier at the conference, Britain blamed the Kremlin for killing opposition leader Alexei Navalny

Douglas Alexander will fly to Australia, New Zealand and Singapore over the coming week

‘The cost of chaos under the Labour Party is growing and getting worse’, says the SNP Westminster leader

Women have effectively been working for free for the first month and a half of the year compared to men, says the TUC General Secretary