Powerful winds cause damage downtown, force change to Calgary Expo parade

Strong winds whipping through Calgary over the past two days have created havoc for some businesses and forced the cancellation of one of Calgary Expo's biggest events.


Amid fraught U.S.-U.K. relations, what impact can King Charles’s state visit have?

Despite the "soft power" royalty routinely deploys, and U.S. President Donald Trump's well-known adulation of monarchy, questions remain over what impact King Charles’s upcoming American visit can have, given the current strain in the "special relationship" between the U.S. and U.K.


Canadian poet Karen Solie wins $239K Windham-Campbell Prize

The anonymously judged prize annually honours a selection of fiction, nonfiction, drama and poetry writers.


Winnipeg man previously accused of threatening PM now charged with advocating genocide, promotion of hatred

A Winnipeg man arrested earlier this year who allegedly posted threats against Jews and Muslims, and against Prime Minister Mark Carney, has now been charged with advocating genocide and wilful promotion of hatred.


2 killed in Israeli strike on south Lebanon despite ceasefire, health officials say

An Israeli airstrike killed two people in the southern village of Touline on Friday, Lebanon's Health Ministry said, as Israel's army ordered residents to evacuate another southern Lebanese town, a day after Israel and Lebanon extended their ceasefire by three weeks.


Justin Trudeau says U.S. economic coercion risks pushing Canada closer to China

Former prime minister Justin Trudeau is warning that American tariffs threaten to drive Canada closer to China in the auto sector.


Criminal probe into Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell is ending, U.S. Justice Dept. says

The Justice Department is ‌closing its investigation ​into cost overruns ​in renovations at the ​Federal Reserve under chairman ‌Jerome Powell, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said on Friday.


Ontario couple in months-long murder trial involving boys in their care to learn their fates in May

A judge's decision in the murder trial for Becky Hamber and Brandy Cooney, who are accused in the 2022 death of a 12-year-old and alleged torture of his younger brother, will be handed down May 5 as part of proceedings that began in mid-September.


Assisted dying bill will not become law in current session of U.K. Parliament

A proposed bill to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives is set to fall Friday as parliamentary time runs out, nearly a year since elected members of parliaments gave their backing.


Ottawa approves Enbridge's $4B Sunrise natural gas pipeline expansion project

Federal Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson says the government has approved Enbridge Inc.'s $4-billion Sunrise project in B.C.