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Southern Ontario's Wilfrid Laurier University says it will examine the "complex legacy" and present-day impact of its namesake in a new, multi-year public history project. The Waterloo, Ont., institut...

LAKEFIELD, Ont. - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government's goal is to have Afghans who assisted Canada and now face dangers on planes out of the war-torn country as quickl...

MONTREAL - Police say the body of the suspect in the 14th femicide reported this year in Quebec has been found in a river north of Montreal. Quebec's coroner's office identified the body as that of Na...

TORONTO - For the first time since 2019, racing fans will be allowed to attend the $1-million Queen's Plate. Spectators weren't allowed into Woodbine Racetrack for last year's race due to COVID-19 res...

SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD, Que. - A Quebec priest was sentenced Wednesday to three-and-a-half years in prison for committing sex acts on a dozen minors. Jean Pilon, a priest with the Clercs de Saint-Vi...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has laid out a blueprint for cracking down on harmful online materials posted to platforms such as Facebook and YouTube. Under the proposed rules, a digital safety comm...

BOSTON (AP) - The Biden administration will allow a nationwide ban on evictions to expire Saturday, arguing that its hands are tied after the Supreme Court signaled it could only be extended until the...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says New Brunswick cannot sue accounting firm Grant Thornton over an allegedly flawed audit which led the province to backstop hefty loans to a company that soon r...

TOKYO - Caeleb Dressel got his first individual gold medal, the Chinese women put together a record-setting relay and American Sunisa Lee won the women's all-around gymnastics gold. After the biggest ...

TOKYO - Victoria's Caileigh Filmer says it was a combination of physical effort and heart that earned Canada its first rowing medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Filmer and her partner Hillary Janssens of Su...