Thousands still without power in B.C. after powerful overnight windstorm

Families living in tens of thousands of homes in southwest B.C. are still without power Tuesday after a severe windstorm rolled through the region overnight.


Alberta anti-abortion party brings in more than $200K after years of inactivity

An anti-abortion party in Alberta that in 2020 had just $30 in the bank has raised nearly $217,000 in contributions this year.


Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday

Coronavirus deaths in Russia hit a new record Tuesday and new confirmed cases remained high two days after a nine-day work stoppage ended in most of the country's regions.


These Indigenous lawyers are vying to change the face of B.C.'s legal profession

Indigenous lawyers are running in an unprecedented campaign to serve as benchers for the Law Society of British Columbia in a bid to highlight the need for greater Indigenous representation at the body that oversees the province's legal profession.


Search of Mohawk Institute Residential School grounds in Brantford, Ont., begins

The search for missing children on more than 200 hectares of land once associated with the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ont., has begun.


Doug Ford's hopes for Ontario's electric vehicle industry hinge on mining its Ring of Fire

Premier Doug Ford's government is touting Ontario as a future electric vehicle manufacturing hub, and dangling that as a reason to speed up mining development in the northern part of the province.


How a made-in-Canada distress signal may have helped save the life of a North Carolina teen

A distress signal co-developed by the Canadian Women's Foundation and a Toronto ad agency is being credited with helping a missing teenage girl from North Carolina who was rescued by police after using the hand gesture to ask for help. It's believed she saw the signal on TikTok.


Security could have done more at Astroworld music festival, Ontario teen says

Security officers could have done more to prevent the chaos at Travis Scott's Astroworld music festival in Houston on Friday, where eight people died, says an Ontario teen who attended the event.


Are climate activists heroes? Or are they terrorists?

As a climate activist, I've often thought about how far those of us who are fighting to save the planet will need to go to change denial, apathy and empty promises into acceptance, alarm and meaningful action, writes Mark Simmons.


Thunder Bay, Ont., hospital struggles to expand services despite having more nurses than pre-pandemic

A nursing shortage is preventing the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre from expanding operating room and other services, according to the northwestern Ontario hospital's chief nursing executive.