The rate of daily new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan has begun to trend downward, but the province still has the highest rates of cases and deaths over the past two weeks.

Restrictions placed on indoor and outdoor gatherings are being lifted, as the two-dose vaccine requirement for people attending them kicks in.

The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection was moving swiftly Tuesday to hold at least one of Donald Trump's allies in contempt as the former president pushed back on the probe in a new lawsuit.

Husky Energy is facing three charges for a massive spill of crude oil into the Atlantic Ocean in November 2018.

The world is gripped by an energy crunch — a fierce squeeze on some of the key markets for natural gas, oil and other fuels that keep the global economy running and the lights and heat on in homes. Heading into winter, that has meant higher utility bills and more expensive products.

Since the beginning of last month, optometrists in Ontario have refused service to children under 20 and seniors 65 and older, and anyone covered by OHIP. "Someone's got to give here because some of our most vulnerable are suffering," says one parent.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says it's working with police in Haiti and the U.S. on the abduction of a group of 17 missionaries — one of them a Canadian — as the Caribbean country once again struggles with a spike in gang-related violence.

A Los Angeles judge on Monday approved the request of the rapper, producer and fashion designer to legally change his name from Kanye Omari West to just Ye, with no middle or last name.

Indigenous community members expressed cautious optimism after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the Tk'emlúps te Secwe̓pemc Nation on Monday. But some say they now want to see concrete action.

An Israeli scuba diver has salvaged an ancient sword off the country's Mediterranean coast that experts say dates back to the Crusaders.