A gunman shot and killed a Toronto police officer at close range at a Mississauga, Ont., restaurant Monday afternoon in what police described as an unprovoked “ambush” — the first of a series of shootings that killed another man and wounded three others. The attacks began outside a Tim Horton’s restaurant at …

Pierre Poilievre walked onto the stage of Ottawa’s Shaw Conference Centre to roaring cheers on Saturday night. His win marked the end of the Conservative Party of Canada’s leadership race and ushered in a new era for supporters across the country. Nearly 3,500 kilometres west of where Poilievre made his first …

For decades, Hogan’s Alley served as a hub for Vancouver’s Black community before city planning in the 1970s led to the displacement of a once-vibrant neighbourhood.  Now, a recent agreement with the City of Vancouver will provide a community land trust to the Hogan’s Alley Society for the land bordered by Main …

A few days before he stepped into a boxing ring with Senator Patrick Brazeau in 2012, Justin Trudeau rose in the House of Commons and asked the Conservative government about its support for young people. James Moore, the heritage minister at the time, stood to respond. “My colleague will have …

Biologists working off Grand Manan, N.B., have spotted a shark species rarely seen in the Bay of Fundy’s waters 31 times in the past week.  “Blue sharks are typically rare or infrequent visitors to the Bay of Fundy, but not in 2022!” said the Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station …

Director Jean-Luc Godard, the godfather of France’s New Wave cinema, died on Tuesday aged 91, newspaper Liberation and other French media said, citing relatives of the filmmaker. Godard was among the world’s most acclaimed directors, known for such classics as Breathless and Contempt, which pushed cinematic boundaries and inspired iconoclastic …

An Uxbridge, Ont., woman has launched a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against her former running coach and the Durham District School Board, alleging she was subjected to years of sexual assault and abuse at the hands of a teacher. The teacher, Edward LaRocque, denies the allegations, and the school board, which is …

The full nickname might not fit on a plaque, but in the professional wrestling world, he’s known as “The best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be.”  He’s also known as “The Excellence of Execution.” And “The Hitman.” On Monday, a special hometown celebration was …

Workers at three private liquor stores in British Columbia have won their bid to unionize and say they now hope to negotiate with their employer for higher wages and safer work environments. The employees at Berezan Hospitality Group liquor stores in Kelowna and Port Moody applied for certification at the Labour Relations …

The war in Ukraine hit uncomfortably close to home — literally — for Canadian volunteer Alex Nau when Russia unleashed a wave of retaliatory missile strikes in response to the lightning-swift advance of Ukrainian troops in the eastern part of the country. Between Sunday night and Monday morning, four ultra-modern hypersonic …