Barton was convicted in February of manslaughter in the death of Cindy Gladue, a 36-year-old Metis and Cree woman, who died in his room at the Yellowhead Inn in June 2011. His 12.5 year sentence handed down Tuesday will be reduced to 11 years and 204 days after credit for time served.

Tokyo has reported its highest number of new coronavirus infections, four days after the start of the Olympics.

Saskatchewan farmers are feeling the financial burden from crops stunted by continuing dry conditions — and it's taking a toll on their mental health.

More than 40 days have passed without a drop of measurable rain at Vancouver International Airport, according to meteorologists.

A Halifax scuba diver has found something that could shed a little new light on one aspect of a dark chapter in Nova Scotian history.

Ever since Diana Bosco transitioned to female four years ago, she's been attempting to get proper identification that accurately reflects her gender — a process she describes as invasive and stymied by systemic discrimination against trans people.

An increasing number of migrants and asylum seekers have been crossing irregularly from Belarus into Lithuania, but Lithuania says this is a “hybrid attack” and not a refugee crisis. Most are Iraqis and many are from Iraq’s Yazidi minority.

The Bearspaw First Nation is demanding the federal government no longer collect any money on its behalf and return about $50 million collected from oilpatch activity on its traditional territory.

Four years after starting work to include more diversity in the education program standards for hairstyling in Ontario, nothing has changed. Some in the industry say people with textured hair are being left out.

A group of patients question why their applications for an exemption to use psilocybin for therapeutic purposes have gone unanswered by Health Canada.