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A woman with medium-length brown hair and a teal-coloured suit smiles as a tall brunette man wearing a blue suit.

The Alberta government says the recent changes to Ottawa’s Impact Assessment Act are ‘unconstitutional’ and it is considering challenging the legislation in court.


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (left to right), Honda executive Toshihiro Mibe and Ontario Premier Doug Ford walk along an assembly line at an event announcing plans for a Honda electric vehicle battery plant in Alliston, Ont. on Thursday, April 25, 2024.

The next Ontario community to share in Honda Canada’s $15-billion investment to establish a Canadian electric vehicle supply chain will be Port Colborne, in Niagara Region. Company executives are expected to join Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford at the official announcement on Tuesday.


In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, a Sea Hunter, a crewless vessel, arrives at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to participate in the Rim of Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 on June 29, 2022.

The Canadian military is weighing how many and what kind of “optionally-crewed” warships it will need in the future as drone technology and artificial intelligence change the face of naval combat, says the commander of the navy.


Ottawa dentist Dr. Melvin Lee is seen examining the mouth of a senior patient on May 1, 2024, the first day that coverage began under the Canadian Dental Care Plan.

An Ottawa dentist who signed up to provide care under the new public dental insurance program says he hasn’t seen mouths in such bad shape since he did mission work overseas. The number of oral health care providers in the plan is growing, despite some dentists’s concerns about how the program is being run.


A man on the stand.

One of the most polarizing figures to gain notoriety during what became known as the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa more than two years ago will stand trial Monday.


A man poses for a photo.

Luis Har was taken as a hostage by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack and spent more than four months imprisoned in Gaza, before a rescue operation by the IDF set him free.


Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Rafah, Gaza, Friday, May 10, 2024.

Nearly 200 Palestinians have managed to escape Gaza and obtain approval to travel to Canada — but they had to pay thousands of dollars to smuggle themselves into Egypt. That avenue is now closed off, due to the military campaign Israel launched in Rafah this week.


The McDougall Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside above houses in West Kelowna, B.C., on Friday, August 18, 2023.

Instead of sending in the troops to deal with what promises to be another dangerous wildfire season, Public Safety Canada is testing the capabilities of a civilian-led firefighting force as first responders and relief providers.


A man inspects soldiers in ceremonial uniforms.

Canada’s top envoy in Moscow says relations with Russia are likely as bad as they’ve ever been, as the war in Ukraine grinds on and Vladimir Putin enters his fifth term as president.


A doctor wears a stethoscope around his neck as he tends to patients in his office

Some provinces, to help facilitate a match, have created centralized waiting lists where people can register and eventually be matched with physicians who are seeing new patients. But are these lists effective?