MONTREAL — Firefighting aircraft provided by the Quebec government and a B.C.-based company are helping to battle the massive wildfires tearing through the Los Angeles area. Read More

Amid repeated pledges by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to annex Canada, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has jokingly resurrected a decades-old proposal for British Columbia to form Cascadia, an independent nation with the Pacific Northwest states of Oregon and Washington. Read More

President-elect Donald Trump is repeating a call he made during his first term — for the U.S. to buy Greenland. Read More

An Islamic group facing a withering reception to plans for a conference dedicated to overthrowing governments to start a Muslim caliphate has issued a rare media statement denying it poses a security risk, and accusing critics of creating fake news. Read More

Police say four people are facing charges related to alleged human smuggling after eight people were found hidden in a vehicle during a traffic stop in Cornwall, Ont. Read More

TORONTO — The bargaining agent for Ontario's 24 public colleges and the union representing faculty have agreed to enter into binding arbitration, avoiding a strike. Read More

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in his hush-money criminal case to prevent his Jan. 10 sentencing from going forward. Read More

In the realm of athletic wear, the importance of a well-fitting sports bra cannot be overstated, especially for those with a fuller bust. Just like a dependable pair of leggings, a sports bra tailored to support and enhance performance while providing comfort is an essential component of any active woman's wardrobe. Whether you're hitting the gym, going for a run, or engaging in low-impact activities, finding the perfect sports bra can make all the difference. Read More

While some passengers aboard a flight ready to depart Boston Logan International Airport Tuesday night panicked when a man suddenly threw open an emergency exit, others sprung into action and restrained him. Read More

OTTAWA — Liberal MPs spent Wednesday behind closed doors pressing their party to change its rules so that only citizens and permanent residents can vote for its next leader, which they argue is necessary to guard against the threat of foreign interference. Read More

Major coffee chains are being sued for charging Canadian customers more for ordering non-dairy substitutes, such as almond, oat, coconut, cashew or soy beverages, rather than regular milk. Read More

By his threats over the past few days to invade, annex or otherwise subjugate Canada, Panama and Greenland, president-elect Donald Trump is behaving like an utter jackass. Everybody knows it, but whether any of his outbursts on Tuesday should be taken seriously is something even his closest advisers don’t seem to know. Read More

After much speculation about his political future, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he would be stepping down... eventually. Read More

Israel Defense Forces troops located the bodies of hostages Youssef and Hamza Ziyadne during military operations in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed on Wednesday evening. Read More

Jagmeet Singh is about to be relegated to a footnote in Canadian history. And the footnote will probably read like a joke. Read More

The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they cycled on a rural New Jersey road pleaded not guilty to the indictment Tuesday after turning down a prosecution offer of 35 years in prison. Read More

So it turns out Donald Trump doesn't really want to annex Canada. Seriously. Anyone who watched his news conference Tuesday, and not just the short clip shared on social media, should come away assured, as much as one can be with Trump anyway, that his comments about this country becoming the 51st state really are little more than trolling. Certainly, the U.S. president-elect repeatedly musing about absorbing Canada has never been funny, and the words themselves undermine Canadian sovereignty, but nothing Trump said Tuesday was much different than what he's been saying for weeks. Read More

A Toronto lawyer and opponent of COVID-19 public-health measures has suffered another in a string of legal defeats, with an Ontario court tossing out his “outlandish” lawsuit over vaccine mandates and ordering his clients to pay $190,000 in legal costs. Read More

Instead of Canada becoming the 51st state, as U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly reiterated, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is proposing a different plan: Fortress Am-Can. Read More

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc has officially ruled himself out of the race to succeed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Read More

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Multiple massive wildfires tore across the Los Angeles area with devastating force early Wednesday, destroying more than 1,000 structures and killing at least two people as desperate residents escaped through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke. Read More

The bird flu virus that brought a Canadian teen to the "brink of death" may have mutated while inside her body to become more efficient at spreading among humans. The case, and the death of a Louisiana resident over the age of 65 who was hospitalized with a severe H5N1 avian flu infection in December, are stark reminders "that this is not a mild virus," said Matthew Miller, Canada Research Chair in viral pandemics at McMaster University in Hamilton. The Louisiana fatality marks the first U.S. death from highly pathogenic avian influenza. The B.C. girl's infection is Canada's first domestically acquired case of H5N1. Read More