Fireworks peppered the sky at midnight as Barbados officially became a republic, and the Caribbean island dropped Queen Elizabeth as its head of state.

Alberta and B.C. have detected their first cases of the omicron coronavirus variant, bringing the number of provinces that have reported the presence of the new variant to four, including Ontario and Quebec.

A Toronto-based money manager that launched the world's first bitcoin exchange-traded fund earlier this year is unveiling three new funds on the TSX Tuesday that will be the first to pay out a monthly yield.

A Kitchener, Ont., widow is suing to get her house back after two companies and their directors allegedly duped her and her dying husband into selling their house for under market value — by telling them they could live there rent free for the rest of their lives.

Canada's coat of arms was adopted by royal proclamation 100 years ago. But some say its design, which is based on the four "founding nations" of European setters - England, Scotland, Ireland and France - is overdue for a revamp that would recognize the role of First Nations, Inuit and Métis.

Clarence Cachagee founded Crow Shield Lodge, an Indigenous land-based education and healing space in southwestern Ontario, and says there's such a need for healing in the Waterloo region that he wants to set up a second site.

A Treaty 9 First Nation is taking Ontario to court looking for 'ground rules' on how the province should be consulting and accommodating Indigenous communities that are in a state of crisis.

The only full-time family physician in a small northern Ontario town says she feels personally attacked after a spate of COVID-19 misinformation and anti-vaccination sentiment set off by a town councillor.

With the new omicron variant, market instability, inflation and supply chain fears, Canada expects a pleasantly bland economic outlook on jobs and GDP.

A shopkeeper in a small B.C. community has been ordered to pay nearly $99,000 to a former employee he repeatedly harassed and offered cash for sex.