President Joe Biden pledged a smooth transition as he welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House on Wednesday in a reignited tradition Trump balked at in 2020.

Canada-based Alimentation Couche-Tard isn't the only retail giant proposing to buy the 7-Eleven stores from its Japanese owner.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said that an unconditional cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel is "the first priority," calling for intensifying international and Arab efforts to prevent a large-scale war.

Political leaders in the United States, Finland and Canada announced Wednesday that the three nations will build world-class icebreakers for the Arctic and polar waters.

President-elect Donald Trump chose Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to serve as secretary of state; Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., as U.S. attorney general and former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence.

Two explosions near Brazil's Supreme Court and Congress forced evacuations Wednesday night with one man found dead in what some authorities are calling a suicide attack.

A small margin in votes separating incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey from Republican challenger David McCormick Jr. has triggered a recount in the Pennsylvania Senate race, the commonwealth's secretary said Wednesday.

Democratic Govs. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois and Jared Polis of Colorado on Wednesday announced the launch of a non-partisan coalition of governors aimed at protecting state-level democratic institutions.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has laid-off an additional 325 workers after an earlier round of 500 job cuts earlier in the year, largely because of budgetary constraints.

Denmark is a founding member of the European Space Agency and on Wednesday formally committed to safe and responsible space exploration that benefits humanity by signing the Artemis Accords.

Athanasiou has one year remaining on his contract with the Blackhawks

3-on-3 NHL Arcade arrives Nov. 15, PWHL Dec. 5, and 4 Nations Face-Off in early 2025

Thompson and Luukkonen considered day-to-day, Sabres blueliner out long-term.

32-year-old recorded 12 points in 64 games last season, expected to make Maple Leafs debut tonight

It appears as though all Athanasiou needed was an opportunity to play again.

Pittsburgh looks to erase Monday from their memory as they look ahead to their matchup against the Detroit Red Wings

From the Ford Nucleon to the Studebaker-Packard Astral, these vehicles failed to progress past the prototype stage in the 1950s and 1960s

In 1833, hundreds of thousands of shooting stars inspired songs, prophecies and a crowdsourced research paper on the origins of meteors

The celebrated Underground Railroad conductor received posthumous recognition for her service as a spy, scout, nurse and cook during the Civil War

A new exhibition at the author's home in Chawton, which has never previously displayed all six first-edition books together, is part of preparations for the author's 250th birthday celebrations

A former Crown prosecutor is bringing a Charter challenge against the Nova Scotia government and the Workers’ Compensation Board over the province’s limit on compensation for injured workers after being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder due to his job.

Advocates are working to improve youth voter turnout in this provincial election. The last time Nova Scotians went to the polls in 2021, young people aged 18-34 had the lowest voter turnout.

If the PCs are to hold or even grow their majority this election, Hants West is one of the seats they need to win again. The district is also emblematic of some key markings of the Houston government’s first term.

Former Northside-Westmount Liberal MLA Fred Tilley says he accessed Liberal Party data before he crossed the floor to the PCs, but has not used it in the provincial election campaign.

Promises to build 30,000 affordable rental homes, make Halifax ferries free and temporarily remove the provincial tax on gasoline were centrepieces of the Nova Scotia NDP election platform released Wednesday.

Carbon emissions across the territory continue to rise, states the Yukon government's latest progress report on Our Clean Future, its climate change strategy. But per-person emissions have gone down.

Several Yellowknife city councillors say they're in favour of publicly reprimanding a councillor who violated the code of ethics by trying to get the city to reimburse them for a laptop they misplaced.

The N.W.T. government is getting up to $25 million in new federal funding for a hydro expansion project that would double the territory's current hydro-generating capacity.

Radio-Canada spoke with 15 brush cutters who worked for two Hydro-Québec subcontractors this summer, finding the companies failed to meet basic standards for health, safety, transportation and accommodation.

The union representing Montreal dockworkers is planning a legal challenge of the federal labour minister's decision to end lockouts at ports by sending the disputes to binding arbitration.

The City of Charlottetown is getting ready to electrify the transit system in the capital region, but it might be a while before routes are expanded.

After several weeks without a ferry crossing the Northumberland Strait between P.E.I. and Nova Scotia, one of the service’s beleaguered ships could return to service on Dec. 6, the company says.

Appointment letters and pre-appointment information for patients sent via mail are being temporarily paused, and patients will be contacted by phone or email prior to their appointments, Shared Health says as it prepares for a possible Canada Post strike.

As the need for affordable housing in Winnipeg continues to grow, organizations like Raising the Roof are stepping up to help families in need.

Councillors narrowly voted to terminate David Boghosian’s employment contract with the city after several around the council table expressed dissatisfaction with his reports and investigations.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged two people from the northern Ontario community of King Kirkland in the death of a three-month-old infant in September 2022.

Collège Boréal has opened the Shkode “Heart of Fire” Pavilion in Sudbury, a new space dedicated to supporting First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford promised on Tuesday to fix problems that have led to a shortage of home care medical supplies across the province.

Windsor, Ont.,'s massive electric vehicle battery plant expects to start producing cells by July — amid uncertainty surrounding possible automotive-related tariffs imposed by the U.S., as threatened by Donald Trump during his election campaign.

Canada's first captain of a women's international hockey team is from the Chatham-Kent. It's the same community that held one of the country's first organized women's tournaments in 1968.

The foundation that benefits the Windsor Regional Hospital is making an urgent fundraising appeal to buy new patient equipment. 

As some politicians across the province show support for a forced treatment model for people struggling with mental health and addictions, the CEO of Windsor's leading treatment centre says he doesn't support that.

Three Ontario police associations released a statement Wednesday calling on the federal government to implement stricter bail policies, after Toronto police officers were caught in a gunfight between two groups in the city's west end Monday night while conducting a bail compliance check.

Mayors in Cambridge and Guelph are urging the province to help address homeless encampments, including allowing mandatory mental health and addictions treatment and potentially using the notwithstanding clause to bypass court rulings. The call has raised concerns over charter rights violations and the effectiveness of forced treatment.

Businesses in Ottawa are bracing for the prospect of a postal strike or lockout on the eve of the holiday shopping season.

The watchdog alleges Billets.ca illegally resold tickets at higher prices and for sold tickets that it didn’t have in its possession. 

A second man has been charged with second-degree murder in the Aug. 15 death of Jordan Lee Morin.

Third-party organizations are spending money to take aim at city spending, waste and ‘wokeism.’ We take a closer look at why.

The United States is expanding the number of lanes at the Pacific Highway border crossing from Surrey, B.C., to Blaine, Wash. The $33 million US ($46 million) contract will increase the number of entry lanes from six to 10.

In the district of Summerland in the southern Interior, local First Nations, environmental groups and hundreds of neighbours have all banded together to oppose a provincial permit to mine in a hillside within the picturesque Garnet Valley. But as Tom Popyk reports, they’re running out of appeals.