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Ontario is looking ahead to a stretch of changeable weather into next week as a duo of storms moving in from the west brings gusty winds, swingy temperatures, and the whole spectrum of precipitation. The first system is a bothersome clipper that began life drenching B.C. before bringing wintry weather …

Police are investigating after a vehicle drove through a pro-Palestinian demonstration in East Vancouver on Friday. Dozens of people at the demonstration, organized by the group Jews Against Genocide Vancouver, had blocked the intersection of Clark and Venables streets to vehicles in all directions around 10:30 a.m, according to Vancouver …

Much of Canada will be turning their clocks back an hour early Sunday morning, due to a return to standard time. But not in Yukon or parts of Saskatchewan, where clocks stay put year-round. Most Canadians will be turning their clocks back by an hour early Sunday morning. Daylight time, …

The Liberal Party is beta-testing new videos attacking Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, one of which compares him to former U.S president Donald Trump. The party has been posting commercial-length videos, one of which compares Poilievre to Donald Trump. The Liberal Party is beta-testing new videos attacking Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, …

The Royal Ontario Museum has reversed its decision to change a travelling art exhibit about cultural and natural responses to life and death after protests that included an 18-hour sit-in by the women who created its Palestinian-Muslim portion. An 18-hour sit-in and several other protests later, exhibit about death and …

The RCMP has rejected 86 per cent of the allegations it’s reviewed so far against a controversial unit created to police resource protests in the Fairy Creek watershed in British Columbia, an analysis by CBC’s The Fifth Estate has found. 86% of complaints reviewed so far from Fairy Creek protests …

Many hikers may be unaware of the work that goes into designing and maintaining their favourite paths. Even the rugged Bruce, which stretches along the escarpment from Niagara to Tobermory, Ont., receives regular touch ups from volunteers. An army of volunteers keep the Bruce Trail’s 1,300 kilometres maintained. On a …

A ship being described as Canada’s largest fishing vessel was launched this week from a shipyard in Turkey. Inuksuk II will be a regular visitor to ports such as St. Anthony, Harbour Grace and Bay Roberts. A ship being described as Canada’s largest fishing vessel — one that will soon …

A professional photographer from Charlottetown, P.E.I., has been fined $230 for “loitering” while he was taking pictures of Quebec City’s iconic Château Frontenac hotel. John Morris says he was standing on a sidewalk opposite the U.S. consulate near the famed hotel around noon on Tuesday, Oct. 31, waiting for some …

A B.C. nurse accused of making numerous “derogatory and discriminatory” public statements about transgender people took the stand in her discipline hearing on Friday, telling the panel considering her case that she is not transphobic. During a hearing at the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives, Amy Hamm of New …