Amid the destruction and recovery efforts in Nepal, four Canadians are taking solace in each other's company after being evacuated from the earthquake-stricken country to India. 0
When fire destroyed their home last Christmas, Chantal Clement and Jacques Corbeil didn’t have insurance. But what the Chateauguay, Que., couple did have was an entire community willing to come together and help them rebuild their lives. 21
A Canadian environmental assessment of a proposal to bury nuclear waste deep underground near the shores of Lake Huron is expected this week amid fierce opposition to the idea from home and abroad. 0
Under Vancouver's proposed medical marijuana zoning rules, the city hopes to create a new business licence category, charge a $30,000 fee, ban pot shops from certain areas and require them to be 300 metres away from schools, community centres and each other. 5
Airbnb may seem like a fast route to a quick buck for Canadians who own properties in popular travel destinations, but renting out a home to strangers can be perilous. 0
A larger-than-life bronze statue of Lt.-Col. McCrae is being unveiled next to the National Artillery Memorial on a hillside overlooking the Ottawa River, about a 15-minute walk east of Parliament Hill. 2
The people of Main-a-Dieu near Nova Scotia’s Scatarie Island are eager for the provincial government to wrap up a long-overdue salvage operation on the MV Miner, which ran aground off-shore in September 2011. 01
Officials at a First Nations reserve near Brantford, Ont., have declared a state of emergency amid fears that the chemical runoff from a dump fire could have long-lasting health and environmental consequences. 2
Defiant women are sharing photos of themselves under the #BreastiesStrong hashtag, in response to a N.B. pastor who said they should be 'embarrassed' by the cleavage shown in their selfies. 161
Members of Canada's Disaster Assistance Response Team will be deployed immediately to earthquake-stricken Nepal, federal officials announced on Saturday. 38
An Ontario school board says a teacher “will not face any disciplinary action” should he choose to accompany his 90-year-old father to a Second World War ceremony in Holland next week. 131
Glen Canning readily agreed when a documentary filmmaker asked if he would take part in an in-depth look at the tragic death of his teenage daughter, Rehtaeh Parsons.
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