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Updates from Day 120 of the invasion EU begins 2-day summit, expected to accept Ukraine as a candidate for membership. Competing claims over degree of control of Severodonetsk in the Donbas. Ukraine President Zelensky took his message to Canadian students on Wednesday. Germany triggers new stage in energy plan, warns …

Amid human rights complaints, investigations and external oversight, the police service and its oversight board in Thunder Bay, Ont.,  have another task ahead of them — finding a new chief.  Police Chief Sylvie Hauth has announced her retirement, effective next year.  In a statement released to media on Thursday morning, Hauth said she has informed …

Andrea Fuentes prevented a tragedy at the swimming world championships with her quick reaction. The United States coach knew something was wrong when she saw U.S. artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez sink motionless to the bottom of the pool during a solo free routine on Wednesday. The fully clothed Fuentes dived …

WARNING: This story contains references to suicide.  Selina McIntyre only learned daughter Delilah Blair was in a Windsor, Ont., jail when staff called to let her know the 30-year-old Indigenous woman had died, a coroner’s inquest was told Tuesday. A correctional officer found Blair without vital signs in her cell at the South …

RCMP continue to search for two men considered armed and dangerous who are wanted on charges of attempted murder and obstruction after police were reportedly shot at near a La Ronge home Sunday. Both men are wanted in relation to a shooting Sunday that prompted RCMP to issue an emergency …

Edward Lake, the father of three children killed by a drunk driver in a Greater Toronto Area collision almost seven years ago, has died. The mother of Lake’s children, Jennifer Neville-Lake, posted on her social media pages about his passing. “My children’s father, Edward Lake, has joined our kids so they can play together, …

Canada’s inflation rate rose at its fastest pace in almost 40 years in the year up to May, as the price of just about everything continues to go up fast. Statistics Canada reported Wednesday that an uptick in the price of gasoline was a major factor causing the overall inflation …

The gap between downtown real estate and houses in the suburbs narrowed significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, a development that may make markets outside big cities even more vulnerable to a slowdown. That’s one of the main takeaways from a recently released analysis by the Bank of Canada that looked at …

What role does Indigenous architecture play in the process of reconciliation? The recent work of two design firms in Ontario show it is not just about Indigenizing spaces but also designing places where everyone can benefit from Indigenous values and principles by integrating them into spaces across Canada. One of …

Marie Soulier has spent four straight days standing in line outside the passport office at Montreal’s Guy-Favreau complex, waiting to collect her passport. She arrives at 5:30 each morning and leaves when the office closes. She is still waiting, and her flight leaves for France tonight. She is just one …