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Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice has ruled it’s unconstitutional for Canada to deny automatic citizenship to children born abroad to parents who were also born overseas but have a substantial connection to Canada — a big win for “Lost Canadians” trying to reclaim citizenship rights. Second-generation cut-off rule created in …

Police say the death of a Kamloops, B.C., man is now being investigated as a homicide. The body of Mark Hoffman was found near Inks Lake, about 16 kilometres southwest of Kamloops. The death was initially reported on Monday. RCMP said Thursday they have confirmed the exact location of the …

It’s been an exceptionally unseasonable start to the winter across most of Canada, with only periodic bursts of snow and cold interrupting an otherwise steady drumbeat of above-seasonal temperatures. This spell of strange weather is hitting Quebec harder than just about anybody else across the east. Bare ground is in …

Two youths have been charged with first-degree murder after human remains were found in eastern P.E.I. Publication ban prevents release of information that could identify youths charged, victim. Two youth have been charged with first-degree murder after human remains were found in eastern P.E.I. The two youth were arrested Tuesday …

It was a taste of what could have been, and a glimpse at the future. UConn, the storied women’s college basketball team, played against the undefeated Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto on Wednesday at the Mattamy Athletic Centre, where passion for the sport was on full display. Kingston, Ont., native …

The Liberals have announced Canada’s move away from fully gas-powered cars and toward electric vehicles, mandating that all sales of passenger cars, SUVs, crossovers and light trucks be hybrids, electric or hydrogen-powered by 2035. Here are some of your biggest questions about the plan.  Environment minister insists 12 years long …

For a decade, cryptology fans had been trying to solve something called the “Silk Dress cryptogram.” Earlier this year, a Winnipeg academic figured it out. ‘Silk Dress cryptogram’ went unsolved for nearly a decade. “Bismark Omit leafage buck bank.” That seemingly random string of words appears in something called the …

A Winnipeg man who was misdiagnosed with a fatal disease by two different doctors says anybody believed to have a life-threatening condition should be sent to a specialist in the field for final determination. A neurologist at Sunnybrook Hospital agrees. ‘I didn’t think I was going to be here for …

Quebec will continue the controversial practice of detaining migrants six months later than originally planned at the request of the federal government, according to information obtained by Radio-Canada. Province previously said it would end controversial practice as of Dec. 31. Quebec will continue the controversial practice of detaining migrants six …

Provincial inspectors have visited some of the controversial off-grid communities being built in the northern Ontario wilderness. At least one of these new villages welcomes the government oversight. “I’m feeling great about it,” said Tanner Demers, one of the 160 members of the Swan Lake community, not too far from …