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Montreal police say they have arrested two suspects in connection with a major building fire in Old Montreal that killed two people last week. A suspicious fire broke out in a three-storey, 100-year-old building on Notre-Dame Street last…

Hurricane Milton roared across the midsection of Florida late Wednesday and into Thursday, sparking tornadoes and leaving at least several people dead.The hurricane intensified rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico and while it lost it some force…

An alleged serial killer travelled "on foot and public transit" from one attack to another last week in Toronto, Niagara Falls and Hamilton, according to police.Sabrina Kauldhar, 30, is charged with three murders in three days in the three…

It "absolutely is possible" for the federal government to strike pharmacare agreements with all the provinces by the spring, Health Minister Mark Holland said Friday. "I'm not saying this is going to be easy," Holland said from the G7…

The economy added 47,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate declined for the first time since January to 6.5 per cent, Statistics Canada reported on Friday.The agency says youth and women aged 25 to 54 drove employment gains…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he had a "brief exchange" with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a summit in Laos a year after he accused India's government of involvement in the killing of a Canadian Sikh activist in B.C. It's the…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk showcased on Thursday a long-awaited robotaxi with two gull-wing doors and no steering wheel or pedals and surprised with robovan, betting on a shift in focus from low-priced mass-market cars to robotic vehicles.At a…

The Japanese grass roots group Nihon Hidankyo, comprised of survivors of Second World War atomic bombings, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Friday.The committee said the award given to the group, also known as also known as…

Imagine a future in which a wearable device tells advertisers when you're in the mood for chocolate, or lets your employer know when you're not paying attention at work. Or where a medical implant that's supposed to save your life ends up…

One person is dead and 12 are trapped in a former Colorado gold mine after an elevator malfunctioned at the tourist site, authorities said Thursday.The elevator descending into the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near the town of Cripple Creek…

PoliticsThe pharmacare bill that was central to a political pact between the Liberals and NDP is now set to become law after the Senate passed the bill without making any changes.Bill was part of the new-defunct governing agreement between…

Ontario chiefs voted Thursday to support and ratify a multibillion-dollar deal to reform the federal First Nations child and family services program.Sixty-two of 74 First Nations leaders present voted in favour of a resolution to back the…

A Toronto mother who was convicted and later acquitted of murder in the death of her disabled daughter after four years in prison has filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit, alleging police were negligent in their investigation and caused her…

Several models of Fisher-Price Snuga Swings are being recalled across Canada after manufacturer Mattel received reports of five suffocation deaths involving infants. Health Canada said the swing is not supposed to be used for sleep and…

Montreal police Chief Fady Dagher is urging merchants and parents to work with police to help curb the increasing involvement of young teenagers in organized crime and a surge in extortion of downtown businesses.At a news conference…

Income inequality in Canada has hit the highest level ever recorded as wealth becomes increasingly concentrated in fewer hands, says Canada's statistics agency.The gap in the share of disposable income between the richest two-fifths of…

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he supports involuntary drug addiction treatment for minors and prisoners when they are found to be incapable of making decisions for themselves — but is still looking into whether he can support it…

As It Happens6:30Sammy Basso, longest survivor of rapid aging disease, dies at 28Sammy Basso lived longer than anyone else with his disease, but his death at the age 28 still came as a shock to those who knew and loved him."We all knew that…

Get ready to pull out your cameras: There's a geomagnetic storm underway, and it could produce the northern lights across the country.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) has called…

Toronto-Dominion Bank is facing fines totalling about $3.09 billion US from U.S. regulators after pleading guilty to multiple charges, including conspiracy to violate the Bank Secrecy Act and commit money laundering.The bank has also…

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberal government to add the Houthis, a Shia Islamist militant movement based in Yemen, to Canada's terrorist list."The Houthis are a front for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps…

David Vaknin figures he was about 30 seconds away from certain death earlier this week.The building supervisor from northern Haifa had been working in a second-storey apartment on Tuesday when the air raid sirens went off. He says he barely…

Air Canada pilots have voted to ratify a new four-year labour deal with the country's largest carrier, the union said on Thursday, eliminating the risk of a work stoppage, despite concerns by some members about pay for entry-level…

After making what it called an "inadvertent error," Canada's independent budget watchdog ran its analysis of the federal carbon tax and rebates a second time — and came to a similar conclusion when it comes to how many Canadians receive…

Israeli forces fired on two positions used by United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Thursday and at another one on Wednesday, the UN said, as Israel pressed its assault on Hezbollah and told Lebanese civilians not to return to…

A Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Famer and British Columbia lacrosse coach has been sentenced to 18 months probation for assaulting a player.B.C. Provincial Court Judge Nicholas Preovolos delivered his ruling to 59-year-old Rick Mang on…

South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life," the award-giving body said on Thursday."She has a unique…

At least 28 Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a school in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Thursday morning, says the Gaza Ministry of Health.The strike hit Rufaida School, which is sheltering…

When Avril Rinn goes out for a walk, it's her Labrador retriever Louie who leads the way. Rinn, of London, Ont., is legally blind and Louie is her trusty guide dog, the second one she's owned.As he guides Rinn along the sidewalk, onto the…