The Artemis II mission is expected to complete a record-breaking lunar flyby today. The Canadian Space Agency says astronaut Jeremy Hansen and his three American crewmates are set to become the space explorers who will have ventured farther into space ...

OTTAWA - New polling suggests a majority of Canadians think Canada ought to explore joining the European Union at a fraught time for geopolitical relations. A survey of 4,000 people conducted by Spark Advocacy's polling arm in March found that one in f...

MONTREAL - The number of safety incidents on Canadian runways is on the rise, having reached new highs in recent years even as the tally of extremely close calls seems to be levelling off. Data from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada shows that ...

Calgary-based WestJet says it will be introducing a temporary $60 surcharge for certain bookings and has consolidated numerous flights due to skyrocketing fuel prices. The airline said in an email the additional charge will be included with all booking...

MONTREAL - The Artemis II mission is showing how even a short 10-day journey in deep space presents significant challenges to the human body, including exposure to radiation and other effects scientists are still studying. The combination of radiation...

Elke Sorensen was in her second year at Vancouver Island University when she first got involved with the campus-community radio station - an experience that may soon become less common. After spending some time asking questions about CHLY 101.7 FM bef...

Tensions between the Nova Scotia government and First Nations leaders flared up over the weekend amid a continuing debate over who has jurisdiction in Indigenous communities. Premier Tim Houston says blocking highways "is never acceptable" after prot...

Burdett Sisler, the oldest known living man in Canada and one of the oldest Second World War veterans in the world has died. He was 110. Sisler's son Norman says his father died with family members by his side after his health took a turn for the worse...

OTTAWA - Universities across Canada are offering some international students extra supports like exam deferrals and extensions on tuition as the war continues in the Middle East. The University of Victoria said it has reached out directly to students w...

Jeremy Hansen, just days away from becoming the first Canadian astronaut to circle the moon as part of the Artemis II mission, gave the country yet another glimpse into life on the final frontier. Hansen, along with American astronauts Reid Wiseman and...

VANCOUVER - As spring blooms in British Columbia, the brilliant orange-and black pattern of a monarch butterfly's wing and the distinctive cream cap on a black male bobolink songbird are a rare sight. Both remain on B.C.'s endangered species list, a s...

One community is going to get a major boost for its ice rink tonight as the Kraft Hockeyville 2026 winner is scheduled to be announced. Tumbler Ridge, B.C., and Taber, Alta., are the two finalists vying for $250,000, while the runner-up will receive $...

Toronto's largest food bank says it's been dealing with crisis after crisis as the war in Iran makes it even more expensive to feed the thousands of food insecure Torontonians who rely on it. Neil Hetherington, CEO of the Daily Bread Food Bank, said f...

EDMONTON - Alberta's hospitals minister says a patient seeking care at a major Edmonton emergency room was taken into custody after attacking another patient on Friday. Matt Jones says in a social media post that Edmonton police and other hospital pers...

TORONTO - Fans of Italy's national soccer team may be disappointed their team won't be in the 2026 World Cup, but at least some of them got a consolation prize. More than 100 fans lined up outside Café Diplomatico on a grey Toronto morning for a Canad...

OTTAWA - The fallout from the war in the Middle East has led to cuts in helium supplies for health services in at least one province - and experts are warning that Canada still hasn't done enough to secure sovereignty over critical medical supply chain...

OTTAWA - President Donald Trump's comments to a British newspaper this week revived speculation about whether he is ready to pull the U.S. out of the NATO defensive pact, of which Canada is a member. Venting his frustration over what he claimed is the ...

LONGUEUIL - Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen connected with Earth from deep space early Saturday morning in a historic first for the Canadian Space Agency, as part of a live question-and-answer session during the Artemis II mission. The virtual event...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced recalls due to possible listeria contamination affecting products including salads, cheese and meal kits. The agency says Co-Op brand creamy garlic and spinach salad, sold in Alberta, British Columbia, ...

VANCOUVER - A Canadian mother and her seven-year-old daughter who spent three weeks detained at an immigration facility in Texas were released from detention on Thursday. Amelia Boultbee, an independent MLA who represents the electoral district of Pent...

OTTAWA - The chief of Grassy Narrows First Nation is demanding an in person apology from Prime Minister Mark Carney after he said "I can outlast her" when a press conference he held in Toronto on Monday was disrupted by mercury-poisoning protesters. C...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government unveiled another $51 million in aid and reconstruction funding for Ukraine on Friday, including humanitarian aid such as food and shelter and supports for recent veterans who fought against Russia's invasion. The...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne wrapped up a trip to Beijing where he said the governor of the Bank of Canada and other top Canadian financial officials met with Chinese counterparts. Champagne said that he met with Lan Fo'an, Ch...

NAIROBI - Police in Kenya say a Canadian man accused of wielding a machete and injuring almost half a dozen people at a mosque in Nairobi has pleaded not guilty. The East African country's Directorate of Criminal Investigations says the 32-year-old app...

TORONTO - After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, nearly 300,000 Ukrainians were welcomed in communities across Canada as part of an emergency visa program that allowed those fleeing the war to temporarily work and study in the cou...

MONTREAL - Christians across Quebec are about to face a new legal landscape on Good Friday, only a day after the provincial legislature adopted a law that could crack down on their annual Way of the Cross processions. In Montreal, several hundred peopl...

A leaked transcript of a meeting between Indigenous leaders and British Columbia Premier David Eby, about his plan to suspend the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, or DRIPA, shows them accusing him of "absolute betrayal" a...

VANCOUVER - Harjot Rai had three minutes to make his PowerPoint pitch. The subject? His cringing friend, Matt White. And the audience was a far cry from executives in a corporate boardroom. Instead, it was 150 strangers at the Hollywood Theatre in Vanc...