The Center for Whale Research in Washington says a 47-year-old female identified as L47 has not been seen for nearly seven months and is likely dead.

Police in Sherbrooke, Que., are looking for a man they say assaulted a nurse at a pharmacy after he told her she needed his “consent” before administering a COVID-19 vaccine dose to his wife.

It’s always dangerous to assume that what has happened in politics will continue to happen. But with the results of the 2021 federal election now in (or nearly so), it seems reasonable to assume at least one thing: minority Parliaments are now the rule, not the exception.

The newly re-elected Liberal government will have to hit the ground running on the world stage as U.S. President Joe Biden pledges new era of vigorous competition without triggering a new Cold War. Experts are urging the government to stop dealing with crises on an ad-hoc basis and appoint a permanent committee of cabinet for national security.

Three First Nations women say Canadians should take time on the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30 to reflect on their history and participate in events.

After surviving 19 months in a Honduran maximum security prison and a nearly four-year legal fight, Honduran human rights activist Edwin Espinal was absolved of all charges last week. The decision followed a lengthy campaign by his in-laws in the town of Elmvale, Ont., about 120 kilometres north of Toronto, featuring two billboards calling him “Elmvale’s Edwin Espinal.”

Many Canadians across the country waited in long lines for hours Monday night, determined to vote in the federal election. “A lot of people would probably fight for these liberties,” says voter north of Toronto who was prepared to wait as long as it took to vote — on her wedding anniversary.

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole started this campaign by introducing himself to the country as a more moderate Tory. So far, the results suggest Canadians didn’t buy into the message in a big way.

A police chief says his southern Manitoba city with a low vaccination rate is being torn apart by animosity.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has won enough seats in this 44th general election to form another minority government with a strong plurality.