Advocates have long been calling for access to a safer drug supply for users in B.C. as more and more toxic drugs flood the streets. Last year was the deadliest on record in the province, with more than 1,700 people fatally overdosing.

Legal and mental health groups are calling for accountability and change in Ontario’s correctional system following a coroner’s report that determined jail guards contributed to the death of a mentally ill man by beating and restraining him five years ago.

With the help of a couple of prospectors from Timmins, Ont., a moose is now moving freely in the bush after the men helped the wild animal that was stuck in mud up to its head.

The Alberta Human Rights Commission has dismissed a pair of complaints filed by two men who say they were discriminated against when they didn’t wear masks inside retail stores last fall.

There’s been a trend for the past few years in Canada where people introduce themselves as “settlers.” Opening a conversation with the preface that you are a settler focuses on the past and creates a division right off the bat.

A scene of small, independent game developers has grown in Edmonton’s fertile gaming soil, leveraging a ready talent pool and supportive community to create a space for hobbyists, full-time professionals and everything in between.

Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says Canada will use economic aid as leverage with the Taliban to ensure safe passage for those trying to flee Afghanistan.

Mexican boxer Jeanette Zacarias Zapata, 18, was lying unconscious for minutes following her defeat in a Montreal bout Saturday night and remains in critical condition after being taken away in a stretcher. 

B.C.’s top court has annulled the marriage of a Sikh couple who failed to consummate their relationship in the months between their civil wedding and a religious ceremony planned to consecrate their union.

A crowd full of strangers filled a northwest Calgary park on Saturday to celebrate a boy’s rainbow-themed birthday.