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A facility near Cobalt, Ont., has been tapped to be the home of North America's first battery-grade cobalt refinery. Projected to be fully operational by late 2027, the plant will import and process mined cobalt — experts say it could bring Canada into an industry dominated by China.

Police in Canada keep warning parents about the dangers of gaming and messaging platforms like Discord and Roblox. But neither will be covered by the government’s proposed Safe Social Media Act. Even supporters of the legislation say it's an alarming omission.

The federal government has suspended the Royal Canadian Air Force's $800-million Griffon helicopter life-extension program amid technical problems and growing concerns over cost and complexity. The pause raises fresh questions about whether all 82 aircraft will be upgraded as Ottawa weighs an $18-billion replacement program and mounting NATO commitments.

After the largest Ukrainian drone offensive on the Russian capital and other strikes on energy infrastructure, confidence in Putin's leadership has seemed to waver among civilians and prominent nationalists alike. But analysts are skeptical whether it is enough to turn the tide.

After years of criminal justice reform that included a lighter touch for some offenders, the federal Liberal government has done an about-face over the last year and enacted stricter policies to tamp down on crime rates that have become a political liability in some vote-rich parts of the country.

As a Canada Day deadline fast approaches for a pipeline submission to Ottawa's major projects office, questions still surround whether the proposal will be ready in time, and if the project is commercially viable.

The Toronto Maple Leafs drafted slick Whitehorse-born winger Gavin McKenna with the No. 1 pick on Friday night in Buffalo, N.Y.

The first Nova Scotian of African descent to be appointed to the province's judiciary, now retired, is joining the federal government's newly formed Advisory Council on Rights, Equality and Inclusion, after scathing criticism directed at Ottawa for its initial omission of a Black representative.

An appeals court on Friday upheld Harvey Weinstein's 2022 rape and sexual assault conviction in California, but ordered his trial judge to resentence him.

British Columbia's attorney general announced an inquiry into online ticketing site StubHub, days after a CBC News investigation that revealed a mass failure by the ticket reseller platform and cancellation of thousands of FIFA World Cup tickets in Vancouver, Toronto and host cities across North America.

After defeats in the most recent provincial and federal elections, Fatima Shaban believes she has momentum on her side this time.

Toronto HIV Primary Care Physicians Group looked after their gay patients when others had turned them away.

The third "Day of Care" at Barbara Hall Park helped clean and restore the Trans and AIDS Memorials in the Church-Wellesley Village for Pride.

An army of unpaid recruits will make memories while filling important roles. Despite critics, FIFA says there is nothing unfair about the arrangement.

Glenn Joyal's nomination to Canada's top court comes as the government faces potentially significant constitutional battles over federal-provincial relations, Charter of Rights challenges and its major projects agenda.

Kypros Perikleous, a widely admired, longtime city of Toronto transportation manager, was arrested in April 2024 by the RCMP.

Developer who worked with foundation's lottery and whose name is on the hospital's daycare centre apologizes.

An Ontario regulator has suspended the dealership's licence to sell cars, an action used in cases that raise 'serious consumer protection concerns.'

2026 BMW M340i xDrive 50 Jahre Edition could be the “ultimate driving machine.” Speed, sound add up to fun. But why is there no manual transmission?

While summer has warmly declared itself, the World Cup celebrations usurped everything, except my befuddlement with the offside rule in soccer and the impending threat of a super El Niño weather system that’s coming to boil us all in a…

Security tightened around 109-storey China Zun tower as authorities restrict access and limit online discussion of the incident

BYD, Chery could finish procedures to enter Canada later this year, Wang Di says

Tourists can watch live grooming and physiotherapy sessions, explore the mountain pass with augmented reality technology and learn more about the dogs

Trilateral agreement follows months of conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah

Each country accuses the other of violating terms of ceasefire agreed on last week

Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post reported the crash in the city’s CITIC Tower; photos were quickly pulled from the internet

For many, enjoying life despite midnight curfew, threat of attacks and fatigue from bombardment is part of the fight

Plea deal could allow the former national security adviser to avoid time in prison and can be withdrawn pending a judge’s sentence

A statue of novelist Mikhail Bulgakov, a Russian speaker born in Kyiv, has been removed from the city

It’s the first such order issued since a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect

Seven members of Burnaby Urban Search and Rescue are now heading to Venezuela to help find and rescue people trapped by the earthquakes.

The heat wave has pushed temperatures as much as 18 degrees Celsius above their seasonal average, according to the Reuters Climate Monitor.

The officials did not share details on the agreement, which does not include Hezbollah and prompted one of the group's officials in Lebanon to warn of civil war.

In a post on social media, Trump took aim at European countries that he said are discussing “imminent” implementation of taxes on American companies.

The King only pays taxes on his personal income, which is generated from his privately owned estates, Balmoral in Scotland and Sandringham on the east coast of England.

The planned restoration of 24 Sussex Drive has renewed hope that the prime minister's official residence will once again be on par with those of other world leaders.

Trump posted on Truth Social that Iran carried out a drone strike on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, damaging the ship's upper deck.

Sherritt International has shut down its Alberta refinery after running out of feed from its Cuba mine, as the company faces operational and financial challenges.

Acting President Delcy Rodríguez announced the new toll early Friday as she welcomed the arrival of rescue crews from all over the world.

Researchers used AI tools to achieve the first complete viewings of closed scrolls burnt by the eruption that buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 AD.

Three Opinion writers on Trump’s latest face-plant.

The product of journalism enjoys substantial protection under the First Amendment. But what about the process?

Powerful back-to-back quakes in northern Venezuela left more than 900 people dead and set off an agonizing search for survivors, the latest ordeal for a country reeling from economic and political turmoil.

Sometimes, our preference for certitude, our need to define things with conviction, closes us off from possibility.

The comedian and actor says class and the way she grew up inform everything about the way she lives now. 

Nixon’s offenses were not a deep-state invention. But in the age of Donald Trump, and in a fractured media environment, voters have become more inured to political scandal.

Expectations are now rising over the role the United States will play in helping Venezuela, which had already been laid low by decades of misrule.

Both parties are awaiting a decision on the validity of ballot proposals to redraw Colorado’s maps ahead of 2028. Democrats say each day without a ruling puts the proposals at risk.

Criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza, anger over the Iran war and election results in New York all suggest Israel’s solid support from Washington may be on borrowed time.

The victories of Darializa Avila Chevalier and other anti-establishment candidates are changing the face of House Democrats, posing a challenge for their leader.

The attack comes as the United States and Iran are supposed to be engaging in a 60-period of no hostilities as they hold talks to end their war.

From concerts to train reservations, automated bots have become the latest target in the fight against ticket scalping.

Temperature records were smashed across Europe this week, prompting several countries across the continent to issued high-level warnings about danger to life.

Anthropic disabled access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models to comply with a government export control directive citing "national security authorities."

Adding SpaceX this quickly would make the Elon Musk company one of the first beneficiaries of Nasdaq's recently adopted fast-track inclusion framework.

Oracle's surging spending, negative free cash flow and $130 billion debt pile are weighing on the stock.

Zhipu's GLM 5.2 shows the AI fight is shifting to who delivers the most intelligence per dollar, making open source suddenly a real contender.

Oil extended declines on Friday, with markets focused any further breakthroughs in the Middle East conflict, while absorbing a flurry of Persian Gulf news.

Micron Technology's shares tumbled on Friday amid a global sell-off in chip stocks.

Lukas Walton is the 39-year-old grandson of Walmart founder Sam Walton. He and his wife, Samantha, are residents of Chicago.

Experts said Vladimir Putin was unlikely to change course despite worsening fuel shortages and a sharp decline in the stock market.

Weeks of punishing strikes have disrupted water, fuel and electricity supplies across the peninsula, which Ukraine’s president has vowed to reclaim.

In this year's World Cup, Scotland’s second favorite team is anyone playing England.

U.S. AI companies seem to be in the lead, but that could be short-lived as Chinese competitors offer cheaper products with more commercial appeal worldwide.

The country once rejected U.S. aid after a natural disaster. This time, it’s different.

The first-ever tax disclosure by a British monarch was partly intended to contain the damage from revelations about the finances of the king’s disgraced brother, Andrew.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Arab Gulf leaders to reassure them that U.S. isn’t cutting them out of negotiations with Tehran.

The 6-3 decision clears the way for the Trump administration to resume allowing federal agents at the border to turn back asylum seekers before they enter.

More than 600 flights have been delayed at Heathrow and Gatwick, many due to stormy weather south of the UK.

Iran accuses the US of violating their deal and says it struck targets linked to American forces in response.

The record-breaking heatwave is set to end with cooler and more unsettled weather by Sunday.

Labour insiders give Laura Kuenssberg their take on the man tipped to replace Keir Starmer as PM.

Six blazes caused by strikes have been dealt with by crews across Kent, East Sussex and West Sussex.

The home secretary says "capped safe and legal" routes would help to restore confidence in the asylum system.

Jamie George has criticised his Saracens' team-mate Totoa Auvaa's "unacceptable" behaviour after the Samoan was involved in a nightclub incident with England cricket captain Ben Stokes and bowler Gus Atkinson.

The sale includes dozens of items from a "concrete menagerie" of animals, figures and rural scenes.

Bill Kober, who lives in Woodbridge, is proving that age is just a number... one press-up at a time.

Shoja Khalilzadeh's goal is ruled out by VAR in injury-time denying Iran automatic qualification into the round of 32, meaning they will have to wait on other results to see if they go through as one of the best third-placed sides.

US strikes come after ships struck by drones in Strait of Hormuz

Around 15,000 Vespas buzzed through Rome on Saturday, celebrating the scooter's 80th anniversary

All the essential cost of living information whether claiming benefits or not

The U.S. Navy says a route through the Strait of Hormuz is expanding to allow for both inbound and outbound traffic

LGBTQ+ people between the ages of 18 to 25 are four times more likely to face homelessness

Panini stickers have been an iconic World Cup collectible going all the way back to 1970, when four Italian brothers began to print images of the players for fans

Religious chaplains have been denied access to detainees on the border

Widespread warnings about the dangers of swimming in open water

Chinese authorities say a small plane that crashed into a building in Beijing killed the pilot and injured 13 people

The visit will be the first time the family has travelled to the UK in four years