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Average asking rents fell nationally to $2,109 in December on a year-over-year basis, marking a 17-month low, according to a new report.

An Ontario public health unit is reminding people to wash their hands and avoid people who aren't feeling well as the number of University of Guelph students with gastroenteritis has grown to over 150, leading to the school pausing some programs.

A Winnipeg firefighter visiting his girlfriend in California found himself in the thick of the Los Angeles-area fires, battling to save a friend's home and those of her neighbours — including one who calls him a hero after seeing her home still standing amid the devastation.

The trial of Kenneth Law has been pushed to January 2026 to allow time for an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in a separate case that has a "direct bearing on this prosecution," according to court documents.

Over 100,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate their homes as of Thursday as wildfires continue to ravage Los Angeles communities. Some former and current Calgarians describe how the rapidly evolving situation has impacted the area.

An international team of scientists, including a researcher from the University of Manitoba, has drilled what’s believed to be the world’s longest continuous record of ice at a remote site in Antarctica, in a breakthrough expected to reveal insights into Earth’s historical climate patterns going back over 1.2 million years.

Indian media outlets, including some of the country's most prominent and respected, ran false reports Thursday claiming that the four Indian nationals accused of murdering Canadian Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar have been released from custody. CBC News has confirmed that those reports are false.

Hospitals across P.E.I. are over capacity, leading to hours-long wait times in the province's emergency rooms and limited bed availability, Health P.E.I. said in a news release Thursday afternoon.  

As a giant of industry and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk wields influence across the global economy. He’s leveraging that success to extend his influence into the democratic process in Canada and elsewhere.

Alberta is preparing to send water bombers, night-vision helicopters and incident command team support to help battle wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles.

Nikolay Goltsev, 38, used two companies in Brooklyn, N.Y., to purchase electronics from U.S. manufacturers and send them to companies in Russia that are under sanction by the U.S. government.

The sexual assault trial of Const. Jeffrey Turnbull began this week in Hamilton with Turnbull pleading not guilty, and a fellow officer testifying about sexual comments, inappropriate messages and assault she says occurred in 2022.

Ontario is providing supplies and personnel, including 165 urban firefighters, to support California in its fight against wildfires, Premier Doug Ford's office said on Thursday. The province will send two waterbombers and pilots, as well as an incident management team of up to 20 additional staff.

A new report by Ontario's municipalities says more than 80,000 people were homeless last year. The Association of Municipalities of Ontario says the groundbreaking report is believed to be the most accurate picture of provincewide homelessness to date.

Two men who became the faces of a protest at a key Alberta border crossing in 2022 need to do jail time to send a message that actions have consequences, a Crown prosecutor told court Thursday.

Classrooms in Alberta have been hit by a data breach that has affected schools across Canada.

The Palace Theatre says it's cancelling its May production of the 1980s horror-comedy musical Little Shop of Horrors in London, Ont., after artists criticized its decision to proceed with the play without Black actors. The theatre's executive director says it cast white actors because no Black actors auditioned, and now says it will diversify search efforts in the future.

Cape Breton's Cabot Trail is a destination for tens of thousands of visitors every year, but major weather events exacerbated by climate change have significantly damaged popular vacation spots, driving up the cost of doing business and requiring tourism operators to plan ahead for worst-case scenarios.

A P.E.I. family has been handed a $345,000 cleanup bill from the provincial government, more than a year after a full tank of home heating oil leaked into their clay basement and down into the soil on their property.

The flow of people moving to Nova Scotia from other Canadian provinces has slowed down over the last two years, meaning the province’s population growth is now primarily made up by international migration.