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The sister of the man at the centre of one of Canada’s most high-profile wrongful conviction cases says she was “absolutely quite amazed” to learn last week that an independent commission being set up to examine similar cases across the country will be headquartered in her home city of Winnipeg.

When Emily Powell-Heaton reached out to Ben Stiller on social media, her goal was to knock another item off her bucket list.

The B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch has stopped purchasing all American beer, wine, and liquor and has removed existing stock from its shelves.

A gondola cabin has crashed to the ground at the Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden, B.C. The resort operator said the cabin was fully loaded with eight passengers and that "no one was seriously injured."

In May 2023, areas along the Bonavista Peninsula were taken over by Apple TV crews to create the run-down town of Salt's Neck for the television show Severance. Edith Samson, executive director of the Sir William Ford Coaker Heritage Foundation, helped crews find locations and was there during the filming process.

Three former Conservative MLAs say the party has caved to political pressure while some remaining party members have applauded the departure, with MLA Linda Hepner saying they hosted 'extreme right wing views.'

Lawyers for two LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations are in court Monday for the first step in their fight against the Alberta government’s transgender law that prevents doctors from providing gender-affirming treatments, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy for youths under the age of 16.

B.C. unlikely to follow Ontario's lead in slapping surcharge on power exports, premier says.

The grave of Private Arthur Vanance, a Canadian soldier who went missing in the Netherlands during the Second World War, has been identified at Holten Canadian War Cemetery after decades of uncertainty.

An African Nova Scotian RCMP sergeant who created anti-racism workshops for his employer says he was removed from his position after he raised concerns about intellectual property rights when the initiative he headed was going to be expanded.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans found an adult zebra mussel on a dock in the St. John River near Mactaquac last December, raising concerns that the invasive species is spreading throughout the province with potentially damaging impacts.

A Harbour Grace woman, who has seen her power bill balloon in recent months, says she wants to see Newfoundland Power held accountable by Newfoundland and Labrador's Public Utilities Board.

The gift card industry is estimated to be worth more than $11 billion dollars in Canada, and it’s growing. But critics say there’s little oversight when things go wrong, setting up consumers to become the victims of possible international fraud.

Since catching COVID-19 in 2022, Nathanael Rafinejad, 29, can't stand longer than a few seconds at a time and has relied on a wheelchair. They are one of thousands of Quebecers with long COVID, a chronic condition that can prevent once healthy, active people from functioning as they once did.

Hundreds of Conservative backers filed into RBC Place for a rally on Sunday dubbed "Bring It Home," Poilievre's first in the southwestern Ontario city since late 2023.

Alberta's Brad Jacobs defeated Manitoba's Matt Dunstone 5-3 to win the Brier on Sunday night at Prospera Place in Kelowna, B.C. It was the second career Brier title for Jacobs, who previously won in 2013.

Saskatchewan farmers are feeling the weight of an escalating global trade war after China announced retaliatory tariffs on Canadian canola oil, peas, and oil cakes.

The chief of the K'ómoks First Nation on Vancouver Island says members have voted in favour of both a treaty and constitution, opening the door for the nation to reclaim a culture that faced eradication under the Indian Act.

The first organized game was played in Montreal back in 1875. But people in Délı̨nę, N.W.T., Windsor, NS., and Quebec City have different opinions.