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U.S. President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump agreed on Wednesday to hold two campaign debates — the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC — setting the stage for the first presidential face-off in just weeks.

One of four men accused of killing a Sikh leader in British Columbia last year made a first appearance in provincial court Wednesday morning, as a crowd gathered outside to protest India's alleged involvement in Hardeep Singh Nijjar's death.

A worker at a shelter that Jeremy Skibicki frequented said the confessed serial killer once told him he came there to "stalk his victims," Skibicki's trial heard Wednesday.

The jury in the inquest into Attila Csanyi’s death in 2020 recommends the Ontario government and City of Hamilton conduct a “comprehensive review” of residential care facilities in the city. The coroner's inquest wrapped Tuesday with 21 recommendations aimed at preventing similar deaths.

Ontario's self-proclaimed Crypto King and one of his associates have been arrested and charged with fraud.

The annual rate of housing starts in Canada fell slightly by one per cent compared with March 2024, while the number of residential home sales dropped in the same period of time, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

The cargo ship Dali experienced electrical blackouts about 10 hours before leaving the Port of Baltimore and yet again shortly before it slammed into the Francis Key Bridge and killed six construction workers, federal investigators said Tuesday, providing the most detailed account yet of the tragedy.

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was wounded in a shooting Wednesday afternoon and taken to hospital.

The first portrait of King Charles since his coronation, a 2.6-metre-by-two-metre work by British artist Jonathan Yeo, was unveiled this week in London.

Crown prosecutors have stayed an obstruction of justice charge against an RCMP officer in Prince George, B.C. The constable was one of several officers charged after the 2017 death of a First Nations man in police custody. Last month, manslaughter charges were stayed against two other RCMP officers in the case.

Boeing has violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft more than five years ago, the Justice Department told a federal judge on Tuesday.

As a farmer in rural Saskatchewan, Barry Sawchuk is used to removing rocks and weeds from his fields. But he recently discovered a two-metre wide, 40-kilogram heap of twisted, burnt metal.

A Cambridge, Ont., couple is warning neighbours about ticks after they found about 20 of the critters crawling on their dog following a walk in a park. A veterinarian says that each year, more ticks are migrating north, gradually increasing the local population.

As far back as he can remember, Karan Singh has been practising bhangra, a North Indian folk dance, but on coming to Regina from his previous home in Dubai, he saw no one offering formal lessons in the city. He set out to change that.

Ontario plans to bring in legislation that would impose tough new penalties on impaired drivers, the provincial government says.

Residents of a social housing building in Kenora say they don't feel safe due to the escalating drug crisis. While some have threatened to take matters into their own hands through acts of vigilantism, others are calling for a more collaborative approach between the northwestern Ontario city and community agencies.

When Becky Zimmer reports on agricultural news and the importance of looking after the mental and physical health of farmers, she often sees her dad reflected in these stories. She wonders if the message would have resonated with him and hopes it also resonates with others.

When a moratorium was placed on the South Saskatchewan River Basin in 2006, Canada’s first market-based system to trade water licences was created. And while benchmark prices have been set, there's a lot of murkiness involved.

Companies like OpenAI and Google are trying to dominate the quickly emerging market for AI systems where people can ask questions of a computer — and get answers in the style of a human. But experts warn this could mean users must be more careful to verify the accuracy of AI responses.

Having more female surgeons and anesthesiologists in operating rooms could mean better post-op outcomes for patients, according to a new Canadian study.

The mini-series is making headlines not just for its popularity but for the wave of online detectives trying to identify some of the more unsettling characters it portrays.

An inky black miniature poodle named Sage won the top prize Tuesday night at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, an event that often has proven to be a poodle's realm.