Republican politicians are increasingly speaking out this week in an effort to persuade people who are skeptical about COVID-19 vaccines to take the shots as a new, more contagious variant sends caseloads soaring.

The U.S. is stocking up on vaccines to prepare for children's shots, and the British government has exempted certain food workers from quarantine rules to deal with supply shortages.

Vancouver couple Tyler Iwata and Steven Hashimoto and Victoria LGBT advocate Madu Suzuki say pressure from outside of Japan is needed to bring change to a country where there's still no law to protect gay people from discrimination.

With hundreds of wildfire evacuees now living in hotels in Winnipeg and Brandon, some say they’re struggling to settle into their home away from home.

Regina band The Dead South is reuniting with its cello player, who last year faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.

Residents of a village in Colchester County, N.S., have rallied around a family who became homeless earlier this year — with the goal of building them a house in a matter of weeks.

Brittney Amundsen wrote the message in 2012, when she was 17. Layers of luck and coincidence are wrapped up in the find.

Brittney Amundsen wrote the message in 2012, when she was 17. Layers of luck and coincidence are wrapped up in the find.

The price of lumber rose at its fastest pace in more than a year on Thursday, after timber companies warned that wildfires in Western Canada are hurting their business.

As Earth warms, Canada is facing not only more frequent heat waves, but higher nighttime temperatures. That combination is potentially deadly.