Much of Canada is grappling with extreme cold heading into the weekend. Here's a breakdown of the conditions in your region, and some tips for dealing with the deep freeze.

Former Winnipeg police officer Elston Bostock was sentenced to seven years in prison on Friday, after pleading guilty to a long list of crimes that include selling drugs to friends and other officers and corruption offences.

The Quebec government announced Friday that it's removing the British crown from the province's official coat of arms, in what it described as a reaffirmation of the province's autonomy.

A Port Moody, B.C., mother of two says she had to wait three months after being diagnosed with breast cancer to see an oncologist. She worries that wait has cost her precious time. B.C. Cancer data shows that while wait times are improving, British C...

As the federal government seeks to downsize the public service, civil servants are weighing buyouts, early retirement packages and a process allowing them to trade jobs with someone exiting a position.

Some First Nations chiefs are demanding answers from Ottawa after the federal government signed a pipeline agreement with Alberta that failed to make any mention of water consumption.

Environmental substances like herbicides and heavy metals are likely not causing the neurological symptoms reported by hundreds of New Brunswickers, an investigation by the province into the so-called mystery brain illness has concluded.

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A corporation majority-owned by Kashechewan First Nation has set up a mobile clinic in Kapuskasing, Ont., to provide medical care for evacuees in that city.

The upcoming closures of Porter Airlines’ crew bases in Thunder Bay, Ont., and Halifax, N.S., will affect 60 pilots, according to the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). Here's what we know about what this means for employees at the airline.

The vacant building that caught fire earlier this week in Montreal, forcing the closure of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge, was handed two infraction notices in recent years.

Rock climber Alex Honnold's attempt to climb Taiwan's tallest skyscraper with no safety gear is likely to be a nail-biter, drawing millions of viewers around the world on Friday. While some rock climbing enthusiasts in London, Ont., say they'll tune ...

Located in historic Fort William, Thunder Bay's Simpson Street has been going through a lot of changes. The road itself has undergone massive repairs over the last couple of years, and the city is eyeing vacant buildings there for new development. He...

New Canadian research, using decades of samples from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, shows that as Arctic krill becomes scarce, fin and minke whales are eating more of the kinds of fish that humpback whales eat — but that they’re sharing these resource...

Teenaged Black boys from the Greater Toronto Area, groomed into the illegal drug trade by adult criminals, are being sent to remote communities into Ontario’s north, putting them in danger, an investigation by the fifth estate found.

The son of a southern Manitoba man who has been jailed in Venezuela for more than a decade says he hopes the recent situation in the South American country leads to his release.

On Tuesday, OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie announced she would hold an event at the UBC Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre. It prompted protests from nearly a thousand people.

When Tawni Marcil found out the pulp mill she works for is closing, she immediately started worrying about the cats who live there.

For the second time in a year, a former Calgary teacher, who is now in his 80s, is facing sexual assault charges dating back decades.