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Ottawa police say they are responding to a tornado that touched down in a suburb in the city's south end. Police are advising residents to seek shelter. They say officers are resounding in Barrhaven a...

Canada's Emergency Preparedness Minister says he is expecting a "fairly substantive" request for help from British Columbia as wildfires worsen. Bill Blair tells The Canadian Press the government oper...

Just 22, Jayde Riviere already has a glittering soccer resume. And she is expected to add to that reputation at the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The fullback from Markham, Ont., who...

MONTREAL - Three Canadians have been given the last wild-card entries into this year's National Bank Open women's tennis tournament, including 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu. Leylah Fernandez and Rebe...

MONTREAL - Magic mushroom stores are opening illegally across Canada, challenging the country's drug laws, but experts say the illicit vendors are unlikely to radically advance acceptance of the hallu...

TORONTO - The parents of two children killed by unanchored, movable soccer nets say they hope an Ontario bill that would require those goals to be properly secured will prevent future tragedies. The l...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a challenge of legislation that allows account information held by Canadian financial institutions to be shared with U.S. authorities. The case began...

AMSTERDAM - Judges in Amsterdam said Thursday they need more information from Canadian authorities as they consider the sentence of a Dutch man convicted in Canada last year of crimes, including extor...

NORTHERN BC- Days of drought conditions and lightning strikes have sparked fires across the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako . Every corner of the region is dealing with dangerous conditions that ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Did past health accords work? Experts say governments have often failed to set ...