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Defence lawyers at the sentencing hearing for the former student who went on a stabbing rampage in June 2023 at the University of Waterloo are asking the judge to consider his mental state. A psychologist presented a report on Geovanny Villalba Aleman to the Kitchener, Ont., court that says he had a poor sense of self-worth and found social interactions to be stressful.

Last May, when Jenny Saulnier was home alone with her dog in Nova Scotia while her son and husband were at hockey, she scrolled through social media and saw there was a house fire some nine kilometres from her home, and was assured she would be fine.

A countrywide study says radioactive radon exposure is on the rise and continues to be a critical public health concern.

Launching on Nov. 7 at the W.J. McCallion Planetarium, Onekwá:tara – The Seven Dancers of the Pleiades will be the second Indigenous astronomy program available at McMaster University. Its co-creator Thomas Deer has been working to share Indigenous star knowledge for decades.

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is not running for a third term next year, saying she could not guarantee Montrealers another mandate where she could give the job the "same level of energy."

Days before he is expected to call a snap election, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston announced he plans to cut sales tax by one percentage point. The rate change would take effect April 1, 2025.

First Nations people in Canada weren't allowed to vote in provincial and federal elections until 1960 — a little over 60 years ago. While many now exercise that right, others choose not to take part in what they consider colonial systems.

When Juan Gomez-Perales heard an island on Lambs Lake in Nova Scotia's Annapolis County was up for sale around a year ago, he knew he wanted to preserve it. 

One of the world's best powerlifters is from Newfoundland and Labrador. Stef Kean achieved her second world record in powerlifting in October while competing at the Commonwealth Championships in Africa.

Two Ottawa families say they've been haunted by bills for more than a decade after the City of Ottawa tore down their fence and invoiced them. Today, that fence dispute has turned into multiple lawsuits and more than $43,000 in ever-growing penalties.

As officials deal with the aftermath of the weekend storm on the South Coast, some are considering what more needs to be done to plan for heavy rainfall as severe weather events become more frequent. 

A group of Black and Indigenous women say they want a national public inquiry into a recent spate of police-involved deaths after nine Indigenous people were killed in interactions with police in August and September.

Federal prosecutors at the sentencing hearing of a former student who went on a stabbing rampage at the University of Waterloo in southern Ontario last year told court on Tuesday that his actions were ideologically motivated.

The coroner’s inquest into the deaths of five Niagara Detention Centre inmates between 2018 and 2022 opened with a lawyer reading heart-wrenching stories from some of the families and the medical officer of health testifying on the high opioid death rate in the region. All five men died of drug toxicity within 10 days of being transferred to the detention centre in Thorold, Ont. 

A group of Liberal MPs plan to ask the prime minister to resign at Wednesday's caucus meeting. Power & Politics speaks to Ken McDonald, one of the MPs behind the calls to oust Trudeau.

In February 1984, Pierre Elliott Trudeau was well behind in the polls and announced he wouldn’t lead the Liberal Party into the next election. By June, John Turner had won the party leadership and was soon sworn in as prime minister.

Personal-use licences for seal hunting will be made available in Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick this year as part of a federal pilot project.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pays tribute to Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, calling them ‘proud, devoted, selfless and brave patriots.’ Trudeau also thanks the first responders ‘who rushed towards danger to protect Canadians.’

Susan Holt says two of her first orders of business will be taking the 10 per cent provincial tax off of power bills and putting a cap on rent increases to help people who are struggling to make ends meet.