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Wildlife advocates say Ottawa's authorization of the emergency use of strychnine in Alberta and Saskatchewan to target gophers is a disappointing reversal of a previous decision rejecting its use.

U.S. President Donald Trump says a U.S. takeover of one of Iran's most critical assets — Kharg Island — could happen “very easily,” but experts warn the reality is far more complicated. Andrew Chang breaks down why even a successful assault could lead to heavy losses and uncertain gains.Images provided by The Canadian Press, Adobe Stock, Reuters and Getty Images

Tensions in the Canada-U.S. relationship are playing out in border towns in both countries. Border Road, which connects Sweet Grass Hills, Mont., and Coutts, Alta., will be closed to Canadians starting in July. Wheat farmer Roger Horgus grew up on the American side. He says the move he says will create unnecessary barriers.

A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to suspend its construction of a $400 million US ballroom on the site where it demolished the East Wing of the White House, barring construction work from proceeding without congressional approval.

What defines an Alberta whisky like one might define a Kentucky or Tennessee bourbon? The provincial government says it has come up with some rules — and it used AI to help draft them.

The federal public health agency is taking over administration of a program that compensates people who have been injured by vaccines, months after Health Minister Marjorie Michel ordered an audit of the program following complaints about its administration.

A man who repeatedly sexually abused two children in his care roughly three decades ago has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, in a case whose details a judge described as "horrendous."

The Toronto Maple Leafs entered this season with their sights set on two goals — keeping the NHL's longest active playoff streak alive and (no snickering, fans of other teams) finally hoisting the city's first Stanley Cup since before the moon landing. To say it hasn't worked out would be an understatement.

The Vaccine Impact Assistance Program will compensate people for serious and lasting harms. A contract with a private company has ended.

A scarcely believable stretch now sees Italy miss its third straight World Cup while Canada's group schedule gets more than favourable.

But good progress is being made and a deal is not far off, the prime minister said.

The New Democratic stalwart's death was announced on Tuesday, just days after Lewis's son Avi was elected leader of the federal NDP.

A Conservative government led by Pierre Poilievre would scrap a proposed high-speed rail line linking Toronto with Quebec City, with the Tory leader calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to cancel the project outright.

“The pendulum has swung so far the other way that we’ve really lost our ability to balance and respect our constitutional norms,” defence lawyer Leora Shemesh told the judge.

The announcement by the federal government came on the same day the federal funding was due to run out.

Canada should aggressively aim to ramp up natural gas exports to Asia at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions, says the head of a leading energy infrastructure company.

The MLSE boss explained the Brad Treliving firing and tried to set a new “data-centric” course for a team that got old and slow

The group Stay Free Alberta hit the required 177,732 signatures, organizer Mitch Sylvestre revealed.

DHS planned to spend US$38.3-billion this year on detention centres to hold and process immigrants, documents showed

A U.S. judge said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump cannot construct his planned US$400-million ballroom on ​the site of the White House's demolished East Wing without approval from Congress, halting one of the Republican president's most visible efforts to reshape the seat of American power.

Shortage of petroleum has exacerbated Cuba’s deep economic crisis as the country relies on imports to sustain its energy grid

District Judge in Washington grants preservationist group’s request for preliminary injunction on US$400-million ballroom

Russian vessel Anatoly Kolodkin docked Tuesday at the Cuban port of Matanzas laden with 730,000 barrels of oil, marking the first time in three months that an oil tanker reached the island.

In a video posted to social media, the musician is seen saluting one of the helicopters hovering by his house in Tennessee

Iran’s tournament participation is currently in limbo due to Middle East tensions

Drivers who use these systems often pay less attention to the road, says Jennifer Homendy

Decision is latest in line of cases in which justices have backed claims of religious discrimination while taking skeptical view of LGBTQ+ rights

Suggestions that the U.S. might not honor its NATO commitments could encourage Russia to test NATO members’ readiness, experts warn

U.S. gas prices jumped past an average of US$4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 on Tuesday, as the Iran war continues to push fuel prices higher worldwide.

An appeals court disagreed with the claims from victims' families that prosecutors had violated their rights and therefore could not revive the case that ended with a plea deal.

Part of the crew of astronauts making the trip is Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen of London, Ont., becoming the first Canadian and non-American on such a mission.

Carney told reporters in French that a ceasefire is necessary between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah, against which Israeli forces have launched a renewed offensive.

The case stems from an executive order Trump signed on day one of his second term ending birthright citizenship, which guarantees citizenship to nearly everyone born on U.S. soil.

The growing Iran conflict has led to airstrikes on infrastructure across the Middle East, which some experts say could amount to war crimes if carried out.

Experts say the Australian courts could decide what steps the platforms can reasonably be expected to take under the laws that took effect on Dec. 10.

King Charles III has visited the U.S. 19 times, but it will be his first state visit to the country. His mother, Queen Elizabeth II, undertook four state visits to the U.S.

The passage of the bill marked the culmination of a yearslong drive by the far-right to escalate punishment for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic offenses against Israelis.

U.S. President Donald Trump expressed his frustration toward allies that have been unwilling to help the U.S. reopen the critical passageway in a social media post.

Six people, including a camp counselor, were thrown into the water on July 28 when their sailboat was struck by a barge that was being pushed by a tugboat, the authorities said.

Officials at the department and the White House are in the middle of a messy and complicated debate over how to respond to President Trump’s lawsuit demanding $10 billion from the I.R.S.

Members of the United Nations Security Council condemned deadly attacks on U.N. peacekeepers in south Lebanon and called for de-escalation between Israel and Hezbollah.

After resisting calls for public hearings for weeks, House Republicans have called the secretary of defense to testify at a budget hearing in late April for the first time since the attacks on Iran began.

The arrests were part of an investigation that is also examining the conduct of a city councilwoman, her sister and the Brooklyn Democratic leader’s husband.

The Emancipation Proclamation and the 19th Amendment have been added to the Archives’s rotunda, the first permanent changes there in nearly 75 years.

Also, a judge halts construction on the White House ballroom. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

An emerging Republican plan to skirt a Democratic filibuster and fund an entire department without congressional appropriations would be the latest example of surrendering power to the White House.

The government’s effort to collect the names and phone numbers of Jewish people on campus as it investigates antisemitism has upset some people who worry about how the information will be used.

At least 120,000 law enforcement officers who work for the agency have continued to collect paychecks throughout the funding lapse. But tens of thousands of workers have gone without pay.

The impacts from the Iran war continue to way on global supply chains as economists raise their expectations for a potential recession in the U.S.

On Tuesday stateside, Trump said the U.S. could leave Iran in "two or three weeks," adding "We leave because there's no reason for us to do this."

Trump has put pressure on Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, a measure that would require photo identification and proof of U.S. citizenship to vote.

President Donald Trump, whose former daughter-in-law Vanessa Trump is dating Woods, told The New York Post that Woods "lives a life of pain."

President Donald Trump said he expected that U.S. military forces will leave Iran in "two or three weeks."

Kid Rock is a prominent supporter of President Donald Trump and performed at the 2024 Republican National Convention.

Nike has shown some gains in North America, its largest market, amid its turnaround, but the strength was offset by weakness in China.

CoinShares is merging with Vine Hill Capital to form the holding company CoinShares PLC in a deal valuing the business at about $1.2 billion.

With Microsoft losing almost a quarter of its value this year, investors have reset the company's earnings multiple to the lowest since late 2022.

The round totaled $122 billion of committed capital, up from the $110 billion figure that was previously announced.

Italy blocked U.S. use of a base, the latest instance of European nations refusing deeper involvement in the war despite U.S. threats of backing away from NATO.

Iraq’s interior ministry said it had arrested one suspect, seized a car and was looking for accomplices.

Opposition lawmakers, rights advocates and some foreign governments condemned the law as discriminatory. Israelis in the territory are tried in different courts.

A soldier who made “inappropriate remarks” has been dismissed from service, the IDF said. Reservists from the ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda unit held the journalists for two hours.

Iran contradicted Trump’s claims that direct talks with more a moderate regime in Tehran were making “great progress.”

Four masked men are believed to have forced their way through an entry gate, grabbed the paintings and escaped by climbing a fence, Italy’s Carabinieri said.

The administration had threatened to punish countries that attempted to break the blockade, which was aimed at weakening the communist government.

In a rare about-face, the move by Israeli police to block Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa from the holiest site in Christianity was reversed after criticism.

The division of responsibility has left Israel to hunt and kill Iranian leaders ruthlessly, using an intelligence apparatus built up to assassinate with lethal proficiency.

US President Donald Trump's latest comments about European allies as the war in Iran rages on dominate Wednesday's papers.

The two-phase exercise - the world’s most ambitious - will see three million officials count every Indian.

Huge crowds are gathering around the Kennedy Space Centre to see the launch of the historic moon mission.

The Republican-appointed judge ruled that Trump was a "steward" of the White House, not the owner.

The episode is the latest reminder of the complicated politics around language and identity in Canada.

Tiger Woods says he is "stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment and focus on my health" following an arrest after a car crash.

Tiger Woods says he is "stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment and focus on my health" following an arrest after a car crash.

People in Iran describe angry scenes and tense relationships as rifts open up over the war.

Seizing the stockpile would be one of the "most complicated special operations in history", a former defence official tells the BBC.

More than a million people in England will start being offered the anti-obesity jab for better heart health and to avoid strokes.

Woods was arrested for driving under the influence after appearing ‘impaired’ at the scene

Honey, who has now earned the title of ‘bear slayer,’ was treated for ‘catastrophic’ injuries following the brutal run-in in early March

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has been hospitalized after undergoing what her office described as a minor procedure to remove fluid that was pressing on her lung

This marked the couple’s first joint appearance at the venue since the premiere of Melania’s documentary

The Trump administration says it will be moving U.S. Forest Service headquarters from the nation's capital to Utah as part of a broad overhaul

Just 25 percent of Gen X, those born between 1965 and 1980, think it’s a good time to invest in the market

Donald Trump said the US will be leaving the Middle East ‘very soon’

The men’s NCAA tournament is averaging 10.3 million viewers through the Elite Eight, its best audience since 1993 and a 9% increase over last year

‘The Army takes any allegations of unauthorized or unsafe flight operations very seriously,’ officials said in a statement earlier in the day

A federal judge ruled against conservation groups in their efforts to block a proposed lithium-boron mining project in Nevada