If there’s one thing you can expect from a series like The Handmaid’s Tale, it’s that it won’t wrap up neatly. But the popularity of shows that depict our worst fears for society only seems to grow in times of political uncertainty and cultural shifts, according to experts and critics who follow the genre.

Jean Chrétien missed King Charles delivering the speech from the throne Tuesday morning because he is recovering from heart surgery, according to the office of the former prime minister.

Prime Minister Mark Carney signalled he hopes Canada will be able to sign on to a major European defence rearmament plan by July 1, a step toward reducing the country’s dependency on the United States for weapons and munitions.

There’s a deepening divide between consumers in the face of economic uncertainty as those missing payments rose compared with a year ago, a new Equifax report shows.

A cargo ship that ran aground in a Norwegian fjord and narrowly missed a house, was pulled back into open water and was being towed to a nearby harbour on Tuesday — five days after the spectacular accident.

We’re back at Superior Court in London, Ont., to cover the latest developments from the sexual assault trial of five former world junior hockey players.

A Hamilton couple is appealing to the government of Canada to help Panamanian authorities locate a Canadian man who has gone missing in the Central American country with his two young children — ages two years old, and seven months old.

The farm says while it appreciates the support, it will not seek to relocate the birds.

Did you buy bread in the past 20 years? Then you’re probably included in what’s being called the “largest settlement of a price-fixing case in Canadian history.” Here’s what we know about the $500-million bread-fixing settlement with Loblaw.

A former top aide to Sean (Diddy) Combs testified Tuesday that the music mogul threatened her with death on her first day on the job and later kidnapped her at gunpoint to join him in an effort to kill rapper Kid Cudi.

In the wake of the resignation of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation chief a day earlier, questions have arisen surrounding the controversy behind the U.S.-backed group that has drawn criticism and widespread condemnation from other aid agencies operating in the territory.

Chaos erupted on the second day of aid operations by a new U.S.-backed group in Gaza as desperate Palestinians overwhelmed a centre distributing food on Tuesday, breaking through fences. Nearby Israeli troops fired warning shots, sending people fleeing in panic.

Hudson’s Bay will lay off more than 8,300 employees by June 1, according to documents published Monday evening, at which point the retailer will have closed all its stores and its liquidation sale will have run its course.

A frustrated Air Canada pilot was critical of air traffic controller shortages on a recent flight, telling passengers to write their MPs to address ongoing delays at the country’s airports.

The Calgary company at the centre of a daycare E. coli outbreak was handed a $10,000 fine Tuesday morning after pleading guilty to bylaw offences last month.

Like many Albertans, Michelle Schamehorn was disappointed by the Liberal victory in last month’s federal election.But she’s not on board with the escalating rhetoric surrounding Alberta

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said earlier this month that if Alberta were to separate from Canada, it would first have to define itself as

After six months of work, Shreya Mishra Reddy has a few more weeks and one last learning module standing between her and the credential she’s

Aubrianna Snow felt like moving back in with her parents at 26 was regressing and backtracking all the progress she’d made to become an independent, self-sufficient adult. It turned out to be the best thing she could have done for her mental health.