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By Aidan McNally and Laura Cutmore

Earlier this month, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report delivering an urgent wake-up call to the world — we must take unprecedented action to curb the worst of climate change, and we only have 12 years to do it.

The Paris Agreement, of which Canada is a signatory, was signed in 2015 as a global commitment to keeping global warming below two degrees Celsius, though the intention was to prevent... Читать дальше...

CALGARY — A Manitoba senator says a proposal by Alberta's United Conservatives to pick up the legal tabs of pro-pipeline First Nations is an example of age-old "divide-and-conquer" tactics.

TORONTO — A debate that will see Steve Bannon, the controversial former strategist for U.S. President Donald Trump, defend the issue of populism in Toronto this week is facing growing backlash, with critics calling for the event to be cancelled.

Some parents might have specific Halloween candy rules — say, kids can keep 10 items, and the rest gets stashed away. Others might evoke the "switch witch," where children can trade in their treats for a gift. And some parents might ban candy altogether in favour of healthier alternatives, like popcorn or home-made cereal squares.

The leaders of Canada's four main opposition parties can agree on one thing at least: the prime minister has no good reason not to call byelections in three vacant federal ridings.

A transit employee in Toronto is doing fine after the vehicle he was driving got devoured by a sinkhole Tuesday morning, a transit commission spokesperson said.

It's a regular occurrence in television crime drama — the shallow grave. A kind soul has been murdered and the perpetrator has attempted to hide the body. Inevitably, someone comes across the remains and the hunt for the killer begins.

Even if you don't use cannabis, chances are, legalization is going to affect you.

Imagine being so rich you can lose US$37 billion (C$48.6 billion) and not even feel it.

During the recent House of Commons emergency climate debate, spurred by an alarming new UN climate change report, there were many politicians talking about the need for Canada to rise to the challenge of climate change. Many of these same politicians acknowledged that, right now, Canada's policies aren't enough to line up with what scientists are saying we need to do.

Are we looking at a photo, or seeing our own reflection in the computer monitor?

OTTAWA — Toronto author Sarah Henstra says she thinks her win at this year's Governor General's Literary Award for English-language fiction signals that Canadian readers are hungry for literature that tackles thorny cultural issues.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is creating a commission to organize federal leaders' debates to take the planning "out of back rooms" where political parties try to design the debates for their own advantage, Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould said Tuesday.

Halloween is tomorrow. Some of us have already concocted elaborate costumes all by ourselves, some of us have bought costumes online or in stores, and some of us are still trying to figure out if we'll dress up — and if so, what as?

WINNIPEG — The Speaker of the Manitoba legislature rejected a request Monday to forbid politicians from discussing their opponents' criminal convictions and other troubles.

OTTAWA — The killings of 11 worshippers inside a Pittsburgh synagogue on the weekend has reframed the prime minister's plan for an apology on Canada's decision to close its doors to Jewish refugees during the Holocaust.

TORONTO — Canadian wildlife are not exempt from a "global biodiversity crisis" that is devastating worldwide animal populations, according to a stark new report by the World Wildlife Fund.

All right! Hands up if you're excited about the next federal election campaign!

Lots of kids across Canada will dress up as Batman for Halloween this year, but none will have a costume as awesome as Troy Pardely's, that's for sure.

CHIPMAN, N.B. — A New Brunswick village's controversial straight-pride flag shows that we must sometimes go beyond treating everyone the same, the chair of the province's human rights commission says.

MONTREAL — For leaders of a Quebec City mosque that was the site of a mass murder carried out by a lone gunman in 2017, the killings of 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday hit close to home.