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Hidden away in an area of Waterton Lakes National Park, little greyish brown butterflies are now being recognized as a new species known as Satyrium curiosolus, or the curiously isolated hairstreak.

Advocates and experts hope access to medical records will be a priority for the next elected government — but there's been little mention of the issue throughout the federal election campaign. 

With the election increasingly looking like a contest between the Liberals and Conservatives, some experts say minor parties have become even more sidelined than usual.

Before the Conservatives became the last federal party to unveil their election platform, more than seven million Canadians had already voted in advanced polling, calling into question the relevance of such documents.

Tsilhqot'in National Government Vice-Chief Francis Laceese said the crisis is a "continuation" of threats Indigenous Peoples have faced in the form of residential schools and the smallpox epidemic that devastated Indigenous communities in B.C. in the early 1860s.

For the first time this campaign, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made a stop in Nova Scotia on Thursday — the second province he's visited led by a Progressive Conservative premier conspicuously absent from the federal party's events.

With over 1,000 cases in Ontario alone, 2025 is already a record-shattering year for measles infections. 

Calgary has never elected more than two Liberals at once. With Trudeau gone, party hoping for record-breaking success in Conservative heartland.

No evidence was heard Thursday at the trial of five former world junior hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room in 2018. Procedural

When their mom took away their cell phones for the day, St. Thomas sisters Lillie and Harper O'Reilly were told to go outside to play. So they stood in front of a puddle outside their house and held up a sign asking vehicles to splash them and the video went viral.

May 1 will mark one year since short-term rental regulations came into effect in B.C., covering most communities of more than 10,000 people. They restrict short-term rentals to principal residences, a secondary suite or a structure like a laneway house on the property.

The judge struck down the tuition increases and French requirements that affected out-of-province Canadian students, saying that the Higher Education Ministry lacked data to support its claims that out-of-province students weren’t integrating into Quebec society.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre painted a gloomy picture of Canada in his closing pitch to voters on Thursday, saying life will get worse if they return a Liberal government in this election.

A jury in Cayuga, Ont., has found Randall McKenzie and Brandi Stewart-Sperry guilty of murdering Ontario Provincial Police Const. Greg Pierzchala in December 2022.

At a time when buying "Canada first," is among the priority for many, what are the parties' plans to support migrant workers who harvest Canadian produce?

Quebec has officially passed a law requiring doctors to work in the public health-care system for five years after obtaining a medical degree in the province.

In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we find out how big solar projects could transform life in Nunavut, see how clearing traffic cleared the air in Paris and learn how old appliances stay out of the dump in Chelsea, Que.

Construction of a multi-billion dollar net-zero petrochemical project near Edmonton will be delayed until market conditions improve, says company CEO Jim Fitterling.