OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Navy is launching a push to replace Canada’s beleaguered submarine fleet, setting the stage for what will almost certainly be a debate around the need for such vessels. Defence officials have revealed to the Canadi...

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational facilities.Most of the plans are based on each jurisdictio...

WINNIPEG — Mo Babouli scored on a penalty kick in the 38th minute, and Forge FC beat FC Edmonton 1-0 on Wednesday in Canadian Premier League play.Babouli, who finished with three shots on target, took the penalty after an Edmonton defender got his ...

Greater Victoria’s tourism industry is optimistic that federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, set to make a cruise-ship-related announcement today, will signal that the ships will be welcome back starting in 2022. Alghabra is set to speak at...

B.C. has gone six days with no known COVID-19 deaths for the first time since last August, when the province went 11 days without such a fatality. The province has also seen a slight declines in serious infections, with fewer COVID-19 patients in...

Researchers hope the death of a humpback whale that was hit by a large vessel leads to lower speeds for ships around areas where the cetaceans feed. The corpse of a two-year-old humpback known as Halfpipe was discovered near Swiftsure Bank on Fri...

British Columbia is overhauling the ambulance service to reduce wait times for the most serious 911 calls after complaints about long delays during medical emergencies, the health minister says. Adrian Dix said Wednesday that calls increased dram...

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Wednesday rejected a selective prosecution claim by a one-time associate of Rudy Giuliani who faces an October trial with two others on charges that they made illegal campaign contributions.U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oet...

OTTAWA — An international task force that includes three Canadian members of Parliament says social media sites must be held accountable for driving users to extremist content and legislators should consider regulations to combat the rise of antise...

MONTREAL — A Montreal police officer on trial for sexual assault denied groping the alleged victim and told a judge on Wednesday he was only trying to be benevolent by driving her back to her hotel in the dead of winter.Montreal police officer Roge...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Three southern Alberta police officers have been cleared of misconduct after a restaurant worker in a "Star Wars'' storm-trooper costume and carrying a plastic gun ended up with a bloody nose when she was forced to the ground.Th...

OTTAWA — The federal ethics watchdog is reviewing a request to investigate Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over payments his MPs offices made to a company owned by his friend.Conservative MP Michael Barrett wrote to ethics commissioner Mario Dion ask...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota man was convicted of murder on Wednesday for killing his mother and a police officer during a shootout as authorities tried to evict the pair from their apartment last year.Salamah Pendleton, 42, opened fire on Off...

South Florida Sun Sentinel. July 14, 2021. Editorial: The towering spirit of Mary McLeod Bethune of Florida ' EditorialEveryone in Florida — and America, for that matter — should take pride in what took place last weekend in the small Italian vil...

A man suspected of stealing three bottles of wine pulled out a two-foot sword and swung it at staff when confronted in a Sooke liquor store. Sooke RCMP were called about 5:30 p.m. Sunday with a report of a robbery in progress at the Sooke Road st...

OTTAWA — Green party executives have taken a first step toward suspending Annamie Paul's membership in the party she leads, the latest development in a feud that has threatened her future in the top job.Dana Taylor, interim executive director of th...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's top Democrat is backing a bill that would strike down a longstanding federal prohibition on marijuana, embracing a proposal that has slim chance of becoming law yet demonstrates growing public support for decriminali...

VANCOUVER — A sizzling heat wave during the last week of June in Western Canada left little unsinged, including fragile glaciers that are already melting at an accelerated pace, experts say. Dozens of temperature records were shattered during the p...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Health officials confirmed Wednesday three more COVID-19 cases aboard a Portuguese fishing vessel anchored off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.The ship, called the Princesa Santa Joana, is one of two vessels now sitting of...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After 10 straight days of hiccups, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital Wednesday with an intestinal obstruction, but doctors said they would not operate immediately. Bolsonaro, 66, was admitted to the...