Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said she is acting to tighten the teacher discipline system after being "horrified" by the case of former Calgary teacher Michael Gregory, who killed himself five days after being charged with 17 sexual offences against six of his students.

Julio Parra, a caretaker at Queen of Heaven Catholic Elementary School in Milton, Ont., has lived in Canada for 15 years and after a delay brought on by the pandemic, officially became a citizen Tuesday.

All Quebec preschool and elementary school students are expected to be sent home with a rapid COVID-19 testing kit in the next two weeks as the province's caseload hits a new high.

As the number of people dying from illicit drug overdoses in British Columbia continues to climb to grim heights, B.C.'s coroner is calling for an urgent and immediate response from all levels of government to expand safe supply.

Starbucks workers at one of the coffee chain's locations in Buffalo, N.Y., have voted to unionize over the company's objections, pointing the way to a new labour model for the 50-year old coffee giant.

The World Health Organization expressed concerns Thursday that rich countries spooked by the emergence of the omicron variant could step up the hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines and strain global supplies again, complicating efforts to stamp out the pandemic.

China on Thursday dismissed the decision by Canada and the United Kingdom to join Washington's diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games as a "farce."

The so-called zipper merge is a common and efficient way to navigate reduced-lane traffic in some countries, but it's also misunderstood, as one Saint John man found out when an irate driver punched his car window in.

You can try to compete with your neighbour's Christmas decorations — or you can play along with them. Saskatchewan couple Chris Boechler and Mandie Scrivens decided to pare down their decorations for a witty comment on the epic light display next door.

Sky high food prices were one of many negative impacts that Canadians felt during the pandemic plagued year of 2021. And a new report suggests that problem is only going to get worse next year.