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Ukraine will send reinforcements to its northern regions and step up diplomatic pressure on Belarus to counter what Kyiv believes are Russian plans to launch a new offensive north of ‌the capital, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.

Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner and Minister of Hospital and Surgical Health Services Matt Jones have both announced they will not seek re-election in advance of a cabinet shuffle Thursday.

Twelve black bears at Marineland are on the move to their new home at a sanctuary in the United States more than 2,000kilometres away as the park slowly winds down its operations.

Gerald L. Pocha will serve a community-based sentence of two years less a day after pleading guilty to criminal negligence causing bodily harm for the dog attack in August 2024.

Who hates a sparkly disco ball? Turns out a vociferous swath of Spotify users do. A short-term swap of its regular mobile app icon for a 3D mirrorball version to celebrate a company milestone has set off an online kerfuffle.

Thirty-three people have been arrested and more than $37.2 million worth of cocaine, meth and fentanyl was seized in what Winnipeg police are calling the largest drug bust in Manitoba history.

Everyone's favourite long-running medical drama, Grey's Anatomy is getting a spinoff — and this time, it'll be set in the dusty, rugged terrain of cowboy country. The show's broadcaster, ABC, announced it has greenlit the currently untitled series which is expected to premiere to audiences during the 2026-2027 broadcast season.

Three off-duty Toronto police officers who were arrested in Spain last week are now back in Canada and suspended with pay, but the Toronto Police Service said they’re still waiting to get information that could determine if their pay could be stopped.

A Windsor man found guilty last year of participating in the activity of a neo-Nazi terrorist group has been sentenced to just under nine months in jail and three years probation.

A representative for the family of an international student who died after donating plasma at a Winnipeg for-profit centre says she had an enlarged heart and the process would have caused profound stress on her body.

Murder victim Pasquale (Squals) Casciato, 49, was a member of the Hells Angels before switching over to the newly-revived Satan’s Choice Motorcycle Club.

The Northern Tornadoes Project is conducting damage surveys following storms on Monday and Tuesday. Ontario's first tornado of 2026 was reported earlier this month.

The search for a missing girl, who was last seen, Friday night has continued with police and community members searching the area.

Carney suggested Wednesday that the federal government will focus on building elsewhere if "things get stalled" in British Columbia.

Calls to 911 meant for Toronto police were rerouted on Wednesday due to a technical error.

The former councillor says he has pushed for more density of housing during his term in office.

The M/T Celestial Sea is at least the fifth vessel to be boarded since the Trump administration began the blockade of Iranian shipping.

Ontario is banning the use and future purchase of Chinese-made drones across the OPP and government ministries, according to a news release.

Canada would be the first non-European country to join the Security Action for Europe agreement, commonly known as SAFE.

Last Wednesday, three off duty officers got into a taxi cab with a sex worker in the Ciutat Vella neighbourhood of Barcelona where she was allegedly assaulted.

Acting U.S. Attorney-General Todd Blanche on Wednesday announced that former Cuban President Raúl Castro has been indicted in the United States on murder charges, in a major escalation in Washington's pressure campaign against the island's communist government.

Lawsuit claims $1.776-billion settlement is illegal slush fund Trump will use to finance groups committing violence in his name

Scotland plans to make them mandatory on as many as 50 items

Potential indictment tied to 1996 shootdown of two planes operated by Brothers to the Rescue, a Miami-based group

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that negotiations with Iran were in the final stages, while warning of further attacks unless Iran agrees to a deal.

U.S. President’s political triumphs do not necessarily shore up his party as it seeks to retain its slender majorities on Capitol Hill

Indictment related to Castro’s alleged role in the 1996 downing of two planes operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday there were 600 suspected cases of Ebola and 139 suspected deaths and numbers are expected to rise given the time the virus circulated before the outbreak in Congo and Uganda was detected.

As of May 18, people paid an average of US$4.52 a gallon for regular gasoline, up from around US$3 before the Iran war started

Mali Hightower, a 30-year-old handyman from Ellenwood, Georgia, says he turned a broken pink Power Wheels Barbie Dream Camper into an errand-running vehicle by equipping it with a two-gallon, one-piston engine from a power washer. He says it's his solution to saving money at the gas pump, now that gasoline costs an average of US$4.50 per gallon.

Castro, 94, last appeared in public in Cuba earlier this month, and there is no evidence that he has since left the island or that the government would allow him to be extradited.

'The indications strongly suggest that the virus was introduced prior to embarkation and did not originate from the vessel itself,' Oceanwide Expeditions' CEO said.

A number of Canadians were among those detained when Israeli authorities intercepted the Gaza-bound flotilla near Cyprus on Monday.

'Beyond the confirmed cases, there are almost 600 suspected cases and 139 suspected deaths,' the WHO director-general said. 'We expect those numbers to keep increasing.'

The warning was made in a podcast hosted by the FAO that focused on the current chokehold on global energy and how fertilizer supplies are expanding through agrifood systems. 

The World Cup will feature over a dozen matches played in Canada this summer, and a new analysis estimates each game will cost $82 million of government funding.

The group of friends who found the frog, named it Greg before releasing it at a pond near their shared house in Western Australia.

In footage of the trespassing incident, a person in an emoji costume climbs over the barrier surrounding the macaque monkey habitat and drops a small stuffed toy near the monkeys.

Police in Surrey, the county immediately southwest of London, said in a statement that they are investigating two separate allegations.

The drone entered Estonian airspace at around noon on Tuesday, coming from Russia and into the southeastern part of the country, ​the Estonian military said in a statement.

Aid cuts by the Trump administration have shut down crucial disease surveillance networks and medical supply chains in East Africa.

In a rare direct address, Secretary of State Marco Rubio blamed the former leader Raúl Castro for the country’s longstanding electricity and resource shortages.

The announcement came a day after Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said the federal government intended to spend $8 billion on the project.

Cuba’s ambassador to the United Nations said in an interview that Havana wanted to talk but the Trump administration was creating pretexts for military action.

The deal the president reached with his own subordinates relies on a mechanism created by Congress that legal experts had warned was subject to manipulation.

Republican senators are angry the president is working to unseat their colleagues. But he is also creating more free agents in his own party in Congress willing to defy him.

Politics isn’t supposed to influence the international song contest, but some people wanted relationships between countries to hold more sway in this year’s voting.

The two officers accused the administration of creating a “slush fund” to reward rioters and groups that committed violence on behalf of President Trump.

The legislation, which had been stalled amid Republican divisions, passed overwhelmingly, signaling an eagerness in both parties to address affordability in an election year.

A mystical encounter 12 years ago led Scott Vincent Borba, a founder of e.l.f. Beauty, on a journey that will culminate this week, when he is ordained as a Roman Catholic priest.

Intuit's stock has been hammered this year as investors worry that generative artificial intelligence models could threaten software companies.

Meta on Wednesday commenced its latest round of layoffs, which affect about 10% of the company's workforce or roughly 8,000 jobs.

A majority of officials anticipated that interest rate increases would be necessary if the Iran war continued to aggravate inflation.

Trump told reporters that the administration was in the "final stages" of negotiations with Iran, according to a pool report.

The State Department announced a special edition U.S. passport that will feature President Donald Trump's likeness.

OpenAI is working with banks including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

Crypto companies spent years monetizing volatility. Now they're trying to survive without it.

European stocks rose on Wednesday as global markets keep a close eye on elevated bond yields and UK inflation data.

The U.K. is the first G7 country to secure a trade agreement with the GCC.

Mercury has emerged as one of a select group of fintech firms, like Ramp and Stripe, that continued to thrive after the collapse of pandemic-era valuations.

The Power of Siberia 2 pipeline could carry 50 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas annually to China.

Keir Starmer, Britain's first Labour prime minister in 14 years, is fighting for his political life as mainstream parties crumble in favor of more extreme voices.

Poland was set to receive forces whose deployment was abruptly halted last week.

Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, appeared frustrated with questions from House Democrats who pressed him on a range of issues about the conflict.

Back-to-back visits to Beijing by the American and Russian presidents are highlighting how China's Xi Jinping is the world leader to be reckoned with and courted.

After a month stranded, a ship's Filipino crew voted under mounting pressure to risk the perilous six-hour journey, made treacherous by mines and Iranian attacks.

Paying tribute, their father says "no words can truly describe the pain of losing three daughters".

France and Italy are among the countries that have criticised a video showing Itamar Ben-Gvir taunting dozens of activists detained at an Israeli port.

Sergei Krajev, 64, was taken to hospital after he was found critically injured on Monday.

Castro and five others are charged with conspiracy to kill US nationals, murder, and destruction of aircraft

The deal will remove an estimated £580m worth of tariffs from British exports, but rights groups are critical

The spy scandal has revived fears that Austria remains a hotbed of Russian espionage activity.

Former Wigan Mayor Michael Winstanley is named as the Conservative Party's candidate.

And fuel duty freeze extended to the end of the year

The education secretary defends videos starring The Only Way Is Essex star promoting post-16 education.

Arsenal fans young and old celebrate winning the Premier League title after three consecutive second-placed finishes.

Officially named Calendario Romano, each edition showcases 12 black-and-white portraits of men, mostly in clerical attire

In introducing the joint resolution, Mace again singled out Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar

The Russian jets came within six metres of the RAF aircraft, disabling its autopilot before circling it six times, the Ministry of Defence said

The Cybertruck took on water in Texas’ Grapevine Lake, prompting the driver and his passengers to abandon the car, according to authorities

Jeff Bezos has described Donald Trump as a "very smart guy" who has "been right about a lot of things."

A House committee has discussed the future of the Transportation Security Administration as the Trump administration lobbies to replace TSA officers with private contractors

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in America, resulting in nearly 920,000 deaths a year

Trump’s singular focus on exacting revenge already put one Senate seat at risk. Eric Garcia reveals how he now risks putting another one at risk

Supporters were briefly excited by the apparent announcement of a public holiday to celebrate their team's first Premier League title win in 22 years

Designed to be mathematically impossible to win, the retro-style arcade game features an abrupt ‘game over’ sequence if players attempt to hold hands with a digital depiction of the first lady