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Four caskets are covered with the Canadian flag of red and white as mourners look on.
Extremism
For the first time, Canada applies terrorism charges to acts of Islamophobia
A woman holds on to a child's hand and she places flowers at a memorial
Violence
After killing of Muslim family in Canada, this advocate calls for a collective plan to fight Islamophobia
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 4, 2019.
Justice
Do US-living descendants of tribes in Canada have rights north of the border?
Chief Allan Adam of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation exits the passenger seat of a truck before his violent arrest by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers, in a still from police dashcam video obtained during legal discovery, in Fort McMurray, Al
Human rights
Video of police beating Indigenous chief fuels ongoing anti-racism protests in Canada
Nick Abrantes walks after purchased three pairs of shoes during a phased reopening from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
Economics
Canadian universal basic income experiment has been life-changing for those unemployed amid coronavirus 
Niagra Falls waterfall with a few tourists in the distance
COVID-19
Niagara Falls is off-limits to Americans as US-Canada border remains closed
A woman opens the door to a person in a wheelchair at Pinecrest Nursing Home after several residents died and dozens of staff were sickened due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bobcaygeon, Ontario, Canada, on March 30, 2020.
COVID-19
‘It felt like a war zone’: Coronavirus tears through Canada nursing homes
A team of researchers at the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center selects lead antibody candidates for further screening.
COVID-19
Racing to develop a drug to fight COVID-19
Sandra Morales speaks at Dec. 19 action in front of Member of Parliament Bardish Chagger’s office.
What happens to the American children of asylum-seekers in Canada?
A GM worker in Canada holds a sign in red letters.
Business, Economics and Jobs
GM closures: Oshawa, Ontario, needs more than ‘thoughts and prayers’
People hold signs reading "no to irresponsible sex ed"
Ontario debates what kids should learn about sex in school
X-ray conveyor belt with luggage.
Justice
She was arrested for carrying a suitcase lined with cocaine into Canada. Her court case changed the law.
At Mountainoak Cheese in rural Ontario, their Gouda is winning awards. The owners support Canada's tariffs on cheese imports.
Economics
What turns some law-abiding Canadians into smugglers? The high price of imported cheese.
The pub in London, Ontario, at the center of the "Mind the Gap" gender spat
Business
Canadian pub fights complaint after it gives pay-gap discount to women
Mars is committing to cutting its greenhouse gas pollution by 2/3 by the year 2050. The company — which makes candy, pet food, and human food — is also pledging to make its roughly 150 worldwide factories carbon neutral by 2040.
Business
The world’s largest candy maker is betting a billion dollars on the planet
New Democratic Party candidate Jagmeet Singh speaks at an event in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, on July 17, 2017.
Conflict
A Sikh Canadian politician explains his warm response to an anti-Muslim heckler
Torn up Quran in Canada
Education
Canadian groups are lashing out about Muslim prayer in schools
Amy Wright used to shoot up in alleys like this in downtown Toronto. Now she's helping the city design its safe injection sites.
Health
What’s one way to prevent opioid overdoses? Toronto plans three supervised injection sites.
Toronto's High Park Zoo has some new residents. The zoo's pair of capybaras had babies. Here's one of the new family members.
Environment
These capybaras escaped the zoo for a summer of love. Now they’re back, with babies.
Sign
Arts
The storied history of ‘that great silent salesman’ — hand-painted storefront signs
Hamzeh Mourad and his daughter, Houda. The Syrian family arrived in Canada last December with nothing but their clothes and $800.
Conflict
Syrian refugees in Canada face their first month without state money
Anti-slavery crusader Harriet Tubman is seen in a picture from the Library of Congress taken photographer H.B. Lindsley between 1860 and 1870.
Culture
Harriet Tubman and her connection to a small church in Ontario
Canadian families seeking sperm donors tend to use US samples due to Canadian regulations on sperm donation.
Health
A US sperm bank is getting sued for presenting a mentally ill felon as a healthy donor
Members of the "Omushkegowuk Walkers"
Health
One town, one day, 11 suicide attempts: Indigenous Canadians’ crisis deepens
Toronto MC Jahkoy.
Music
Jahkoy’s music is his personal experiment and his home studio — a laboratory
A small congregation of Peterborough's Muslims have been praying in the living room of a nearby house as their mosque undergoes repairs.
Conflict
A small Canadian mosque was set ablaze; funds to restore it were raised by an unknown organizer
Jennifer Nagel
Conflict
Canadians are coming out in droves, again, to resettle refugees — on their own dime
Semen samples at Canadian sperm bank Can-Am Cryoservices
Health
Why Canada has to import much of its sperm from the US
Tessa Hill and Lia Valente
Education
Despite protests, Ontario is going forward with a newer, more modern sex ed curriculum. These girls helped make it happen.
Henry Evans-Tenbrinke with supporters of his sit-in in Hamilton, Ontario.
Justice
One Canadian man’s fight to keep his mailbox
A sampling of the wonderfully sweet butter tarts baked fresh daily at Leah's Bakery in Toronto.
Food
Is the butter tart the most Canadian of sweet treats? Not so fast
Toronto Zoo resident Vishnu eats his breakfast. The zoo is hoping what happens next will be a big boost for them.
Technology
Toronto’s Zoo plans to turn its animal waste into electricity
Environment
Will new garbage bins bring Toronto victory in its war on raccoons?
A view from the entrance of the tunnel discovered by Toronto police.
Environment
Who built this mystery tunnel underneath Toronto?
Arts
Welcome to Goodwood, Ontario — also known as Schitt’s Creek
A common loon swimming on Gull Lake in Ontario, Canada. The loon already appears on Canadian currency, and it may soon be the country's national bird.
Environment
Canadians vote for a national bird, and the loon is in the lead
No Tobogganing sign on Murray's Mountain, Orangeville, Ontario.
Sports
Canadians rally for their right to toboggan
Cyanobacteria, or "green slime," is wreaking havoc with Lake Erie's water supplies and fishing industries. The outbreaks are caused largely by runoff of fertilizers and other nutrients from farms, and they're a growing problem in the Great Lakes and aroun
Environment
In the fight against green slime on Lake Erie, farmers try to clean up their act
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford (C) and his brother Doug (2nd R) smile as they take part in the East York Canada Day Parade, July 1, 2014.
Global Politics
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been diagnosed with cancer — so his brother is taking his place on the ballot
Business, Economics and Jobs
If you like fishing, prepare to pay a little more for your worms this year
Business, Economics and Jobs
If you like fishing, prepare to pay a little more for your worms this year
Arts, Culture & Media
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest has become a political and social minefield
Global Politics
In ‘Crazy Town,’ Rob Ford continues to reign — and run for re-election
Sonia Yarkhani's "selfie" with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
Global Politics
Mayor Rob Ford’s re-election campaign is moving forward, one selfie at a time
Sports
Packer fans, and obsession, are spreading to all corners of the globe
Dominatrix Terri-Jean Bedford, one of three current and former sex workers who initiated a challenge to Canada's prostitution laws, reacts at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa December 20, 2013.
Conflict & Justice
Safe Sex? Canada’s Supreme Court strikes down laws banning prostitution for reasons of safety
Environment
A Canadian court is allowing Ecuadorians to pursue their long-running pollution suit against Chevron
Global Politics
Crack, Lies and Videotape — it’s a tale only Toronto can tell
Chris Hadfield playing in space.
Environment
Astronaut Chris Hadfield shows childhood dreams can come true
Canadian author Alice Munro's books sit on the bookshelf as her former husband Jim stands at the front counter at Munro's Bookstore in Victoria, British Columbia October 10, 2013.
Arts, Culture & Media
Alice Munro, ‘the Chekhov of Canada,’ wins the Nobel Prize for Literature
Chef Marc Miron busy in the kitchen at his Cuisine & Passion gourmet shop.
Arts, Culture & Media
Canadian chef traces Habitant Pea Soup 400 years back to French explorer Samuel de Champlain
Energy East
Business, Economics and Jobs
Canada takes another run at finding a pipeline for its tar sands oil
Environment
Civilian companies eye big potential for domestic drone use