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World·New On Dec. 18, U.S. President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. He now faces the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history. Here's what you need to know: Trump not expected to be ousted from …

Tennis Canada's Denis Shapovalov lost a lengthy four-set match with Hungary's Marton Fucsovics on Monday in the opening round of the Australian Open. Canada's Denis Shapovalov throws his racket in frustration during his 3-6, 7-6 (7), 1-6, 7-6 (3) loss to Hungary's Marton Fucsovics in the first round of the …

Toronto·GO PUBLIC An Ontario man says he has ‘lost faith’ in the 911 system, after an operator put him on hold for six minutes while he frantically pursued a suspected drunk driver, careening down busy streets. An emergency call system expert says Canada’s 911 is outdated and in desperate need …

British Columbia Painter Gordon Smith died on Jan. 18, 2020. He emigrated to Canada from England in 1933 and became well known for his large scale abstract paintings. Gordon Smith works on one his works for his exhibition Black Paintings about his time as an Intelligence Officer in World War …

Manitoba The death of a young hockey player with a brain tumour has left a huge hole in the northern communities of Opaskwayak Cree Nation and The Pas, where people are hanging up jerseys in the windows of their homes and businesses in his honour. Nine-year-old Ryder Armstrong played hockey …

Politics Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne is pressing Iran to share the black boxes from the downed Ukrainian airliner that killed 57 Canadians on Jan. 8. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is pressing Iran to share the black boxes of the Ukrainian airliner that was shot down in Tehran on …

Nfld. & Labrador A second full day of searching has ended without success for a young Roaches Line, N.L., man who went missing as a blizzard intensified in eastern Newfoundland early Friday afternoon. Conception Bay North resident Josh Wall, 26, went missing in a raging Newfoundland blizzard. He left his …

Edmonton More than 150 elders from five northern Alberta First Nations have contributed to a new tool designed to preserve Cree words and phrases. Cree-speaking elders from five First Nations contributed to the Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council Education Authority's new language-learning app.(Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council Education …

Nfld. & Labrador·Updated Members of the Canadian Armed Forces arrived in Newfoundland and Labrador on Sunday evening after a blizzard hit the province Friday. Members of the Canadian Armed Forces arrived in Newfoundland and Labrador on Sunday evening.(@JTFA_FOIA/Twitter) Members of the Canadian Armed Forces arrived in Newfoundland and Labrador on …

British Columbia Ted Hughes, B.C.’s first conflict of interest commissioner who also led more than a dozen public inquiries on issues from child protection to sexual discrimination in the justice system, died on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. Ted Hughes, shown at his family's cottage at Shawnigan Lake on Vancouver Island, …