NHL commissioner Gary Bettman came under fire Monday as he defended the league's response to last week's release of a damning report into how the Chicago Blackhawks handled sexual assault allegations made by one of their prospects against an assistant coach during the team's 2010 run to the Stanley Cup.
A Montreal man who claimed Canada child benefits for more than a decade for kids he made up pleaded guilty last weekend to making false or deceptive statements and forgery.
Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, says he will sell US$6 billion worth of Tesla stock and donate the proceeds to the United Nations' food agency if it could show how the money would solve world hunger.
Biotechnology company Novavax Inc. says it has submitted its COVID-19 vaccine for approval in Canada, opening the prospect of another product on the country's vaccine market that could win over a few more vaccine-hesitant residents.
A time change issue overnight involving Bell Mobility users has now been resolved, the company tweeted Monday morning. Daylight time is set to take effect next week.
A battle for control of Rogers Communications Inc. will make its way to B.C. Supreme Court today. The hearing stems from a petition filed by Edward Rogers last week that asks the court to declare legitimate a board he formed after being ousted as chair last month.
The lawyer for the head of the Rogers family trust says his client had a right to remove and replace five directors without a meeting of shareholders under the corporate laws of British Columbia, where the Toronto-based company is incorporated.
Karine Blais was killed in Canada's 12-year campaign in Afghanistan, part of a U.S.-led effort that came to a chaotic end in August when the Taliban retook the country. Her mom has now been named this year's Silver Cross Mother by the Royal Canadian Legion.
Britain is once again reckoning with its imperial history during a week in which two ceremonies were held to mark the return of ancient looted artifacts to Nigeria from the UK.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has opened a global climate summit, saying the world is strapped to a 'doomsday device.' Johnson likened the Earth's position to that of fictional secret agent James Bond -- strapped to a bomb that will destroy the planet and trying to work out how to defuse it.
The global death toll from COVID-19 topped five million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care systems. The U.S. alone has recorded over 745,000 lives lost, more than any other nation.
Canada is set to take the first step towards capping emissions from the oil and gas sector today as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau starts two days of leaders' talks at the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow.
A second floor balcony at an apartment building on Frank Street collapsed while several people were standing on it Halloween night.
A new class-action lawsuit has been filed in B.C., with another soon expected in Ontario, seeking justice for a disturbing practice that has split up hundreds of parents and newborn infants, with Indigenous and racialized families disproportionately affected.
