Survivors of residential schools shared devastating stories of childhood trauma on the eve of the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation during a sombre ceremony on Parliament Hill on Wednesday.

A former server at a Gibsons, B.C. restaurant has been awarded $30,000 after a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal decision found they were unfairly terminated for asking management and co-workers to call them by their proper pronouns.

The death toll in a gang battle in a penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil has risen to more than 100 as authorities find more bodies, Ecuador's prison service says.

Jordan Romano, from Markham, Ont., has had a breakout season as the Toronto Blue Jays’ closing pitcher. For fans, he serves as a rare example of homegrown talent. As the team chases a wild-card spot, Romano says playing for Toronto is a "dream come true."

In a major victory for Britney Spears, a judge on Wednesday suspended the singer's father from the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 13 years, saying the arrangement "reflects a toxic environment."

British soldiers will start driving tankers soon to replenish empty pumps as drivers queued again for fuel after days of shortages, despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying the situation was improving.

Members of Parliament returning to work in the coming weeks could be doing so without a firm COVID-19 vaccination mandate — a rule that's expected to be introduced for hundreds of thousands of federal public servants and workers in federally regulated sectors.

Spectators from mainland China will be allowed to attend both the Olympics and Paralympics, the International Olympic Committee announced Wednesday.

YouTube is moving to block and remove all content that spreads misinformation about vaccines against COVID-19 and other illnesses, such as measles and chickenpox.

The world's oldest tropical rainforest has been returned to its traditional owners, a local Indigenous group in Australia.