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Canadians will get a better sense of the country's finances amid a global turbulence and shocks to the energy supply chain later this month when the Liberals table their spring economic statement.

A new project from award-winning journalist Connie Walker aims to create an archive of testimonies of abuse at residential schools before the accounts are destroyed in September 2027.

Nick Suzuki beat goalie Ilya Sorokin at 15:56 of the second period to give Montreal a 1-0 lead Sunday against the hometown New York Islanders, making him the first Canadiens captain in the storied franchise's history to reach 100 points.

The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling for the release of Kuwaiti American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin after he was detained in Kuwait over social media posts during military escalations in the Iran war.

The Toronto Tempo have signed Canadian guard Kia Nurse ahead of the franchise's inaugural WNBA season, the teamannounced Tuesday.

The standoff between the United States and Iran deepened on Tuesday as the U.S. declared it had blockaded Iran's ports, Tehran threatened to strike targets across the region and Pakistan said it was racing to bring the sides together for more talks.

Bill Enge, former leader of the North Slave Métis Alliance, was elated when the Supreme Court of Canada found in 2016 that tens of thousands of Métis and non-status Indians were now under the jurisdiction of the federal government. A decade later, some Métis leaders feel not enough has happened since then to materially improve access to rights, programs and services for Métis people.

Experts say they worry the province hasn’t used all the powers available that come with a public health emergency, and is leaning on public opinion rather than science to inform policy.

The widow of an OPP officer who died by suicide more than six years ago accuses Saint John Police Chief Robert Bruce of misconduct in lawsuits against the Ontario Provincial Police and the police union.

It will cost $2.4 billion to lift the tax for five months, an official said, a move that will drop the price of gasoline by 10 cents per litre.

The Progressive Conservative premier said the three Liberal byelection victories on Monday would help Carney in the the upcoming review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement.

The ground shook around 12:30 p.m. just over 60 kilometres outside of Ottawa, according to Earthquakes Canada.

When homeowners have refused further payments, police say someone posing as an "Interpol investigator" has shown up, claimed the phony roofers are under investigation, instructed victims not to speak to anyone — and asked for more money to facilitate a…

In a case of workplace religious discrimination, Air Canada placed the pilots on unpaid leave because they failed to meet the company's bar for "sincere religious belief."

Ontario Liberals will pick their candidate for an upcoming byelection in Scarborough Southwest on May 9 in a vote that has broader implications for the party's leadership race in the fall.

With the new plants, solar is set to go from Ontario’s most expensive source of power to one of the least.

Officers were called to a home near Shorten Place and Haskell Avenue around 12:40 a.m. on Tuesday.

Temperatures are expected to warm from 10 C in the morning to a high of 21 towards the evening: Environment Canada.

Here's what Toronto police are focusing on ahead of the first kick-off.

Jurors will weigh whether he raped hairstylist and actor Jessica Mann in a Manhattan hotel in 2013

International tourist arrivals plunged 56 per cent in February from one year prior

In a small town on the edge of the vast Zapata Swamp, one of Cuba's top eco-tourism destinations, plunging  visitor numbers are adding to the struggles of residents and tourism industry workers, as an energy blockade by the United States leaves the island with worsening fuel and power shortages.

Pope Leo XIV walked Tuesday in the footsteps of his spiritual father, St. Augustine, making a pilgrimage to the archaeological ruins in Algeria where the fifth-century titan of early Christianity lived, died and wrote some of the most important works in Western thought.

Super Typhoon Sinlaku was packing winds of up to 241 kph that were likely to bring power outages to the islands that are home to roughly 50,000 people

Cost of services unchanged, but surging energy prices fanning inflation pressures

Iron Maiden, soul singers Luther Vandross and Sade, punk-rocker Billy Idol and post-punk band Joy Division, later reborn as New Order also recognized

Leo proclaimed himself a ‘son of St. Augustine’ on the night of his election and has cited Augustine prolifically in his first year

‘Head of a Woman,’ painted by Picasso in 1941, could net US$14-million if all raffle tickets are sold

Tehran's historic grand bazaar opened up as Iranians make the most out of the U.S. and Iran's fragile two-week ceasefire. Shops that sell world-famous Persian rugs, in particular, returned to business.

The cocaine hippos escaped Pablo Escobar's ranch after the drug lord was killed by national police in 1993. Since then, they have taken up residence in the region.

The IMF downgraded its forecast for global growth to 3.1 per cent in 2026 from the 3.3 per cent it had forecast in January, but the new rate assumes the war is 'short-lived.'

Though last week’s ceasefire appeared to hold, the showdown over the Strait of Hormuz risked reigniting hostilities and deepening the region-wide war’s economic fallout.

'They had no choice but to release him. It's unfortunate they had to exhaust the entire investigative period to come to the conclusion,' Brian Hooker's lawyer said.

Community organizers say Haider is survived by his wife and five children, including a one-year-old.

'If the time comes, I don't think there would be any justification for the United States to launch a military aggression against Cuba,' Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said.

Meanwhile, NATO allies including Britain and France said they would not be drawn into the conflict by taking part in the blockade.

U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV told reporters that the Vatican’s appeals for peace and reconciliation are rooted in the Gospel, and that he doesn’t fear the Trump administration.

Hungary's veteran nationalist leader Viktor Orban conceded defeat on Sunday after a landslide election victory by the upstart opposition.

The United States and Iran ended face-to-face talks on Sunday without an agreement, leaving a fragile two-week ceasefire in doubt.

A new biopic is the latest move in the Jackson estate’s posthumous — and lucrative — rehabilitation campaign.

For years, Peter Magyar was a loyal ally of Viktor Orban, the far-right Hungarian leader. Then he changed sides — and defeated his former boss in a landslide victory on Sunday. Does he represent real change?

Testimony at a hearing this week has focused on what camp leaders knew and did as floodwaters rose in July, killing at least 116 people.

Kevin M. Warsh vowed to divest a substantial amount of his more than $100 million in assets as he faces a complicated path to becoming the next chair of the Federal Reserve.

The report is part of the president’s effort to claim anti-conservative and anti-Christian biases in federal law enforcement, even as he pushes to wield the legal system against his political enemies.

Three Republican-led committees, responding to a New York Times report this month, accused the Democratic fund-raising organization of withholding documents from a subpoena request.

At a challenging time for American orchestras, the question of what a community wants from a music director has become more urgent.

The political scientists Shibley Telhami and Marc Lynch discuss Israel’s continued expansion into the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon.

The e-commerce giant is buying Globalstar, a satellite communications company, as it aims to expand its own satellite internet service to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink.

Ricky Cobb has built a big online following with his irreverent postings about the absurdities of the 1970s.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Monday that the next steps in U.S.-Iran peace efforts now depend on Tehran.

Nvidia denied rumors that it's in talks to buy a large PC company, telling CNBC in a statement that it's "not engaged in discussions."

The investment bank said volumes will reach an estimated $240 billion in 2026 and grow at a 80% compound annual rate between 2025 and 2030.

Kevin Warsh, nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, detailed his holdings in newly released financial disclosures.

Treasury yields dropped on Tuesday following a softer-than-expected producer price index reading and as oil prices declined.

The remarks show how a technology welcomed by corporations as a productivity boon can also pose serious threats, like uncovering new ways to hack into systems.

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains at a trickle, despite President Donald Trump proclaiming that a ceasefire with Iran depended on it reopening.

Amazon said it would acquire Globalstar, giving its nascent satellite internet business a boost as it vies to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX.

Panelists at the Semafor World Economy conference said artificial intelligence can supplement the work that's already done, improving its quantity and quality.

A prolonged blockage of the Strait of Hormuz for the next six to 12 months will mean an unavoidable recession, the billionaire investor said.

More than a dozen American warships positioned in the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea are acting as a “net,” officials said. None of the encounters has required escalation.

Even with a U.S. blockage, geography gives Iran an edge in the Strait of Hormuz, shaping control of a vital global chokepoint.

The lead U.S. negotiator, Vice President JD Vance, has sought a moratorium on uranium enrichment of at least 20 years. Tehran’s offer would last up to five.

The talks are aimed at securing a ceasefire in Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon but are likely to be difficult.

Legend has it that Fatou was brought from Africa to France in the late 1950s by a sailor who then traded her to settle a bar bill.

With his Tisza party jubilant over its win, Peter Magyar warned of difficulties ahead as his new government faces economic woes and Orban allies in high places.

The arrest of Brazilian former intelligence chief and congressman Alexandre Ramagem ended a manhunt that stretched for six months across two continents.

Peace talks broke down over Iran’s nuclear program, which has survived two decades of international diplomacy seeking to curtail it and more than five weeks of bombing.

Hungary’s prime minister, a self-proclaimed champion of illiberal democracy, turned thwarting E.U. policy into an art form but suffered a resounding election defeat.

Veteran church observers say an open war of words between a pope and a U.S. president is unprecedented.

NHS guidance that all hospitals should be using Palantir software from this month has sparked a backlash.

The Iran-backed Hezbollah militia said it would not abide by any agreements of the meeting in Washington.

Scott Bessent said a "small bit of economic pain" was worth it to eliminate the threat of Iranian strikes on Western capitals.

The government says the fall is partly due to housing people in alternative sites such as military barracks.

Four vessels with links to Iran have crossed the Strait of Hormuz despite the start of a US naval blockade, but two of those vessels appear to have reversed course.

Lord George Robertson, a former Labour defence secretary, will use a speech to accuse "non-military experts in the Treasury" of "vandalism".

The financial body cuts its growth forecast for the UK and warns the war threatens to throw the global economy "off course".

Donald Trump says that the US is blockading the Strait of Hormuz. What does this mean in practice?

It looks like a space craft has landed but it's one of a growing trend for quirky places to take a break.

BBC Verify looks at the size of the UK military after Lord Robertson criticises the government over defence spending.

California representative resigning from Congress over sexual assault allegations but has insisted they are untrue and pledged to ‘fight them with everything that I have’

Trump addressed some of his recent controversies that led to the panicked memes during a staged press moment with a DoorDash delivery person at the White House

The woman, named only as Marie-Therese, is currently being held at a crowded detention center in Louisiana following her arrest

Andrew Bailey made his comments as the UK was given a gloomy economic outlook by the International Monetary Fund.

Bill-payers were left with no tap water, were unable to shower or bathe and could not flush their toilets

They’ve received proselytizing emails, invitations to worship services and observed religious undertones in policy decisions

Vice President JD Vance said that, in some cases, it ‘would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality’

The national average gas price hit $4.118 per gallon Tuesday

The motion was triggered by the main opposition party, Sinn Fein, which criticised the coalition’s ‘arrogance’

Only 39% of people in poll said that the science on vaccines ‘is clear and it is damaging to question it’