NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 10-2023

Police shot and critically wounded a woman who was behaving in a threatening manner in a metro station, Paris police chief Laurent Nunez said.

Busloads of students came in from Bishop's to join their peers in denouncing higher tuition for out-of-province students at anglo universities.

Environment Canada says hazards include lake-effect snow, expected to be heavy at times.

Canada on Monday banned Chinese messaging application WeChat and Russian antivirus program Kaspersky on government-issued mobile devices due to privacy and security risks, but said government information had not been compromised.

Nasrin Sotoudeh arrested at funeral of Armita Garawand, who died after alleged encounter with morality police

Hundreds of people stormed into the main airport in Russia's Dagestan region and onto the landing field Sunday, chanting antisemitic slogans and seeking passengers arriving on a flight from Tel Aviv, Russian news agencies and social media reported.

Tensions have embroiled the Banff Centre’s board since late last year, when then-CEO Janice Price filed a workplace harassment complaint against chair Adam Waterous, sources familiar with the matter say.

Toronto police said the shooting followed an argument between two men in the area of Church Street and Wellesley Street East on the night of Sept. 26.

Prince George resident Rodney Hodgins said Sunday he's going to push for changes to ensure no other disabled person endures what he experienced.

Dozens lined up outside a Indian visa centre in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday morning as India began accepting some visa applications for the first time in more than a month.

Sharp-eyed mariners on a Canadian vessel have rescued a U.S. man, one day after the United States Coast Guard ended its search for a commercial fishing boat from Washington state with two people aboard.

Former U.S. vice-president Mike Pence is dropping his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, ending his campaign for the White House after struggling to raise money and gain traction in the polls.

A Chinese fighter jet came within 10 feet of an American B-52 bomber flying over the South China Sea, nearly causing an accident, the U.S. military said, underscoring the potential for a mishap as both countries vie for influence in the region.

The former Conservative leader told MPs there were major issues on foreign interference that have been unaddressed

A report released Thursday says a windfall profits tax on fossil fuel giants could generate up to $4.2 billion in revenue over five years.

A Qatar court has announced the death penalty for eight Indians arrested in the country last year, the Indian government said on Thursday, adding it was "deeply shocked" by the verdict.

A commercial helicopter with 14 people on board landed safely in Victoria on Tuesday after it was hit by lightning.

Homeless tent protesters in St. John's who received a for-profit housing unit on Monday say they've been left disgusted and dismayed by the living conditions inside.

Project Stallion, which was operational between November 2022 and September 2023, has led to the recovery of 1,080 vehicles with a combined value of more than $59 million, said Supt. Ron Taverner.

The United Auto Workers union said Wednesday it has reached a tentative contract agreement with Ford that could be a breakthrough toward ending the nearly six-week-old strikes against Detroit automakers.

China has replaced Defence Minister Gen. Li Shangfu, who has been out of public view for almost two months, state media reported Tuesday. No further information was given.

The Regina Lutheran Home announced last week that it would be closing in the spring. Now, Orange Tree Living told residents of its last two homes, including Precious Memories Villa, that they’re also closing on an even shorter timeline.

A new report from Food Banks Canada released Wednesday says the number of people using food banks this spring reached its highest point since it began collecting data in 1989 — and about 17 per cent of them were employed.

Vatican did not say why Grzegorz Kaszak was resigning, but priest from his diocese faced criminal investigation

Canada’s chief accessibility officer is taking airlines to task for failing to treat wheelchair users with respect after Air Canada forgot last week to bring her wheelchair on a cross-country flight.

Tens of thousands of women are striking in Europe's 'equality paradise', including their prime minister, but why?

The population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales appears to have levelled off after a decade of steep decline, according to updated data released Monday by Canadian and American scientists.

The Liberal government is moving ahead with efforts to keep assault-style firearms out of the hands of Canadians, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Monday.

Nathaniel Veltman planned for months to kill Muslims, purchased a pickup truck to use a "murder weapon" and psyched himself up before driving into the Afzaal family in London in June 2021 by reading about other terrorist attacks, Crown prosecutor Jennifer

The Canadian government said on Monday it detected a China-linked "Spamouflage" campaign that involved bots posting disinformation and propaganda on the social media accounts of members of parliament, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Turkey's parliament is set to vote on Sweden's bid to join NATO after President Erdogan submitted a protocol for Stockholm's admission into the military alliance.

The family and doctors of Armita Garavand, an Iranian high school student who is in a coma after reportedly being assaulted by the morality police for not wearing the mandatory hijab, have rejected media reports that her condition has deteriorated and the

‘We are going to make sure you got to where you wanted to go,’ Canada Christian College head told, according to transcription of recordings submitted in court

The Supreme Court on Friday blocked in full a lower court ruling that would have curbed the Biden administration's ability to communicate with social media companies about contentious content on such issues as Covid-19.

The Philippine coast guard claims that ships were ‘bumped’ by Chinese vessels in incidents close to outposts in the Spratly Islands

"Disgusting" and "disappointing" are the words parents of transgender kids, trans youth and community activists used repeatedly to describe the Saskatchewan government's Bill 137, which became law on Friday.

Business groups urged the federal government to intervene to void a lengthy labour dispute at the St. Lawrence Seaway amid concerns that a strike that began early Sunday could have a profound affect on their members.

The Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody became a symbol for the women’s rights movement in Iran.

Russia has detained an editor at U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty for failing to register as a foreign agent while visiting for a family emergency, the broadcaster said.

A Federal Court judge says he's “wrestling” with why the minister responsible for protecting the northern spotted owl waited eight months to recommend an emergency protection order to cabinet with only one wild-born bird remaining.

The Army's case against King, which has not been previously reported, includes eight distinct charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, setting up a substantial legal battle for the 23-year-old soldier.

The price hike is expected to exacerbate already poor uptake of the drug.

Sky-high inflation. Exorbitant rent increases. Conflict between Alberta and Prime Minister Trudeau. The year is not 2023. It's 1975.

Reporters Allegra Mendelson and Rachel Moon documented the trash problem, sharing their observations and images with The Canadian Press

A man and two teen boys were injured in a series of machete attacks on Sunday afternoon in Portage la Prairie.

Ottawa police directed protesters taking part in what became the Freedom Convoy to the city's downtown core, and had information the truckers could stay for a prolonged period, court heard Wednesday.

Mr. Kinew, who led the NDP to victory, says voters backed his plan to fix health care and lower costs for families

The RCMP has told owners to turn in fully automatic military surplus firearms after hundreds were misidentified and allowed into Canada for commercial sale.

Wab Kinew has officially become Manitoba's 25th premier, and the first First Nations premier of a Canadian province, following a colourful and tradition-filled swearing-in ceremony that Kinew said marked the dawn of a new day for the provin

A large pro-Palestinian demonstration lined 97 Street between 167 Avenue and 160 Avenue on Sunday evening.

Sweden said its undersea cable with Estonia was damaged at roughly the same time as a Finnish-Estonian pipeline and cable. Sweden and Finland have both moved to join NATO since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

FBI Director Christopher Wray says West must stop Chinese government stealing of technology

An attempt by the Conservatives to pass a motion to do just that was shut down by a majority of Liberals, the Bloc Québécois and the NDP.

The European Commission aims to cut plastic pellet pollution by 74% by the end of the decade

Ken McCallum warns China is trying to steal industrial and technological secrets in the west

The Supreme Court's refusal to legalise same-sex marriage has dashed the hopes of India's LGBTQ+ people.

Police in Belgium on Tuesday shot dead a suspected Tunisian man accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen shooting on a Brussels street.

Sean Munro's family believes his death in a downtown Vancouver hotel room is directly related to his experiences at a Vancouver private school full of teachers transferred from Mount Cashel.

The former chairman of the Bank of China has been arrested over corruption allegations, Chinese state media reported on Monday.

Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk declared the beginning of a new era for his country after opposition parties appeared to have won enough votes in Sunday's election to oust the governing nationalist conservative party.

Quebec's decision to nearly double tuition at its English language universities will have a huge impact on finances, according to one university president. It will also negatively affect Quebec's ability to attract talent to the province.

At least 14 people in Utah have been sickened with a serious gastrointestinal infection after drinking "raw," unpasteurized milk, the Salt Lake County Health Department reported this week.

The village of Richmound held a protest on Saturday, in hopes of spurring a cult led by a woman who has declared herself the "Queen of Canada" to leave the southwestern Saskatchewan community.

The Village of Richmound is planning another rally against QAnon’s Romana Didulo and her supporters on Saturday and Sunday.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has warned Inuit leaders that foreign adversaries could gain a foothold in Canada by offering to fill infrastructure gaps in the North.

Fortin's suit sought $6M in damages, with claims of negligent investigation, inappropriate public disclosure of private facts, conspiracy to cause damages

The bear bypassed ice cream, chocolate bars, a fully stocked bait fridge and a cooler full of pepperoni sticks before grabbing a bag of gummy bears.

Scores have fallen for six consecutive years, and the trend accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The average scores in reading, science and math showed test-takers weren't ready for college.

On Wednesday, a crew removed the last section of a boring machine trapped 18 metres beneath a west Toronto neighbourhood since spring 2022, finally ending a saga that will likely cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.

The federal Liberal government has given itself an extra two years to establish a long-promised buyback program for firearms it banned in the wake of the deadly 2020 Nova Scotia shooting rampage.

Ahead of Tuesday's vote, Moscow's UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, accused the United States of leading a campaign to prevent their return to the council.

Lidia became an 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 hurricane Tuesday with winds of 225 km/h (140 mph) as it took aim at Mexico's Pacific coast resort of Puerto Vallarta.

The RCMP has launched a criminal investigation into Premier Doug Ford’s $8.28-billion Greenbelt land swap scandal.

After more than 80 years on the airwaves, CBC has announced it will no longer broadcast the National Research Council's time signal.

The military's chaplain-general says morale among troops is the lowest it's been in recent memory as many soldiers struggle with the cost of living.

The impact of soaring food prices is taking a hard toll on B.C.'s food banks, which have seen increasing demand in the lead up to Thanksgiving – including among double-income families.

The Saskatchewan government is expected to introduce a bill Tuesday afternoon to invoke the notwithstanding clause — part of an effort to fast track its controversial school pronoun policy.

Unlike the federal corrections system, there is often no independent oversight of provincial jails in Canada.

Penny Mutrey says it’s hard not to think about a traditional turkey dinner this year, as she continues to sleep in a tent. She is one of dozens who are camped out in front of Confederation Building to protest a lack of housing.

Post-tropical storm Philippe will bring high winds and heavy rain to parts of the Maritimes this Thanksgiving weekend. CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon said the strongest winds will arrive late Saturday and continue through Sunday morning.

With Thanksgiving Day around the corner, almost 200 volunteers gathered at Daily Bread Food Bank over the weekend to sort and pack food for families in need across Toronto.

It was an unseasonably hot, summer-like week in Ottawa. But it didn't just feel like summer, it looked like it, too — at least in the capital's tree canopy.

The death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan has risen to 2,060, a Taliban government spokesperson said Sunday.

Fear of the human ‘super-predator’ is greater than that of lions for animals including zebras, elephants, leopards, hyenas, giraffes and many others across the African savannah, according to a new study.

Federal authorities have arrested a 77-year-old man for allegedly buying more than US$1,800 in erectile dysfunction drugs without a prescription and intending to sell them in the massive central Florida retirement community The Villages and elsewhere.

At least 40 people were killed after a glacial lake burst its banks and triggered flash floods this week in the Indian Himalayas, government officials told Reuters on Friday as rescuers searched for dozens missing for a second day.

Officials in Ottawa and British Columbia have welcomed a ruling under the North American Free Trade Agreement that found elements of the United States' calculation of softwood lumber duties are inconsistent with its own law.

Researchers examined a random sample of health insurance claim records of 16 million patients in the U.S. between 2006 and 2020 for use of semaglutide drugs

Intelligence officers in Belgium are monitoring Alibaba’s logistics hub in Europe for possible espionage on behalf of the Chinese government.

The Department of Homeland Security announced that the Biden administration leveraged sweeping executive power to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas. The waived laws will allow the construction of up to 20 miles of border barriers.

The largest ever strike in the U.S. health care sector is set to start on Wednesday as 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente in a handful of states walk off the job demanding better wages.

Prince Edward Islanders are looking ahead to a wet and windy weekend.

Bank of Canada deputy governor Nicolas Vincent says businesses raising their prices more frequently than they did before the pandemic is contributing to higher-than-expected inflation.

The Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to three U.S.-based scientists for the "discovery and synthesis of quantum dots." Sweden's public broadcaster SVT said they received a press release with the names of the winners hours before the official anno

India’s latest media crackdown puts the US in an awkward position as it seeks to balance promotion of human rights with courting New Delhi to counter the influence of China.

Ontario's health ministry says it is reviewing an Ottawa walk-in clinic set to offer patients access to nurse practitioners for $400 a year.

Greg Fergus first came to the House of Commons as a page, sitting at the foot of the Speaker's chair and serving water to MPs - only one of whom is still a sitting member of Parliament.

Tropical Storm Philippe made landfall Monday in the tiny island of Barbuda as the erratic storm unleashed heavy rains and flash floods in the northeast Caribbean.

Scientists Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier won the physics Nobel Prize for work that led to the fastest measurements known to humankind

The Canadian military has withdrawn the one remaining conduct charge against Lt.-Gen. Steven Whelan, ending the court martial that was slated to run the rest of the week.

Sable Island ecologist Dan Kehler says the horses are most vulnerable in late winter when their energy reserves are low and grass is scarcer.

Google says in an e-mailed statement that the government’s proposals have not fixed what it sees as fundamental flaws with the legislation

India has told Canada that it must repatriate 41 diplomats by Oct. 10, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

Edmonton's Jewish Federation is renewing its call to remove two monuments in the city commemorating Ukrainians who fought with the Nazis during the Second World War.

Robert Roberson was sentenced in 2003 for killing toddler on basis of shaken baby syndrome, now ruled as ‘scientifically unreliable’

A church roof collapsed during Sunday Mass in a northern Mexican city killing at least nine people and injuring 40, authorities said, as rescuers worked into the night, desperately looking for another 30 people believed to be trapped under the rubble.

A grizzly bear attacked and killed two people and their dog in Alberta's Banff National Park, according to Canadian park officials and a friend of the victims.

A populist former prime minister and his left-wing party have won early parliamentary elections in Slovakia, staging a political comeback after campaigning on a pro-Russian and anti-American message, according to results announced Sunday.