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OTTAWA — Canada's Senate passed a motion Tuesday to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi's honorary Canadian citizenship.

Quebec Premier-designate Francois Legault says he is prepared to invoke the notwithstanding clause to ensure public officials in positions of authority do not wear religious symbols.

DREAM JOB ALERT: After years of publishing a list of the country's best new restaurants, Air Canada has moved onto the bar game. They sent one lucky Canadian writer across the country to sample drinks at bars that opened between April 2017 and May 2018, and that person has put together a list of what they say are Canada's 10 best new bars.

Canada's telecom regulator has rejected a proposal from numerous media giants, including Bell and the CBC, to institute a system for blocking websites accused of piracy.

The long awaited first trial for the murder of renowned Indigenous environmental defender Berta Cáceres was set to open on 17 September 2018 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Cáceres' assassination in 2016 was one in over 130 targeted killings of environmental defenders in Honduras since the 2009 coup d'état, including various members of her organization, the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organization of Honduras (COPINH). Her case has become emblematic of this tragic state of affairs, and of... Читать дальше...

During my childhood, nearly all of the lessons I received about sex in school emphasized its physical risks, like sexually transmitted infections and getting pregnant. I could avoid these consequences, my teachers and parents would say, by delaying sexual activity until marriage.

With recreational marijuana legalization nearly two weeks away, Canada's largest airline has barred some of its employees from consuming cannabis, even when they're off-duty.

When most people think about high-profile parenting influencers on social media — those posting funny and relatable content about their kids and their lives, gaining loyal followers and helping to create an online community of all those united in raising small humans — they probably envision, well, moms.

WHAT. THE. HECK.

Calgarians were heaving a collective sigh Tuesday morning after waking up to a heavy winter blanket of snow.

Across the city could be heard cries of "too soon!"

Environment Canada updated its snowfall warning Tuesday morning, forecasting anywhere from 10 to 25 centimetres for some parts of Central and Southern Alberta, and as much as 45 centimetres for the mountains west of Calgary.

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"But didn't that just become illegal in Canada?"

I've been getting this question a lot lately in relation to our campaign to ban animal testing for cosmetics in Canada.

Back in June, the #BeCrueltyFree Canada campaign, led by Humane Society International and Animal Alliance of Canada, had cause for celebration as the Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act (S-214) cleared the Senate after three long years. This means Canada is exactly at the halfway mark in becoming a cruelty-free cosmetics market. Читать дальше...

It's safe to say Vancouver real estate has entered a new era, and it's nothing like the old one. After a dismal summer, things appear to be headed for an even worse autumn.

WASHINGTON — From deep within the pantheon of diplomacy that is the United Nations came hardly a warning shot or a red flag — it was a rocket-propelled rhetorical grenade aimed directly at Canada, with a concussive blast that reverberated all the way to the Prime Minister's Office.

MONTREAL — The Coalition Avenir Quebec's resounding election victory could clear the way for the party to make good on its vow to cut immigration, a position that worries Quebec businesses and experts who nonetheless see the party's fiscal conservatism as a plus.

Red Lake, Ont. — I grew up in a small mining town in North-Western Ontario called Red Lake. It is quite literally in the middle of nowhere, with the closest city being Winnipeg, Man., which is a short five-and-half hour drive away. Growing up in Red Lake was great in many ways. I was able to play every sport I wanted and got to spend lots of time on the lake, whether it was in a boat or on a Ski-Doo in the winter. I had a wonderful childhood there — for the most part.

Anyone trying to tell you the new trade deal with Mexico and the United States — the new USMCA — is a win for Canada is just wrong.

There are few fabrics found in a guy's wardrobe as valuable as flannel. A staple for every class of man—from expert craftsmen to indie rockers to classic rebels—there's not much you can't do in a good checked shirt.

OTTAWA — As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau boasted in Ottawa on Monday that his government had secured a trade deal without capitulating to the Americans, his man at the United Nations was, for the first time, making the case that Canada deserves a spot on the Security Council.

MONTREAL — Quebecers charted a new course for their province Monday by giving the seven-year-old Coalition Avenir Quebec a majority mandate in an election result that could create waves beyond its borders.

OTTAWA — After more than a year of talks, Canada finalized a revamped free-trade deal with the United States and Mexico. The new deal, dubbed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement.

It's an inevitable consequence of the passage of time: a new season starts, and with it comes more bad advice about vaginas.

Michelle McCauley has attended a lot of powwows in her lifetime, but says she's never laid eyes on something so powerful as what she witnessed this weekend.