Ontario corrections officials have denied a request to transfer registered child sex offender Daniel Senecal to a women’s jail as the 25-year-old awaits a bail hearing in another case, this one involving a recent attack on a Welland girl.

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Organizers of a Belgian classical music festival said they cancelled an orchestra’s performance because they weren’t able to clarify conductor Lahav Shani’s “attitude to the genocidal regime in Tel Aviv” — a decision that’s being called antisemitic.

Wastewater and other disease indicators for COVID are beginning to increase in parts of Canada, infectious disease physicians say, as students and teachers return to school and people begin to congregate indoors.

Pierre Poilievre says he worries for his family as political violence concerns grow in the U.S. and Canada following the fatal shooting of an American right-wing activist. The Conservative leader believes all of Canada’s top politicians should have protection.

Justin and Hailey Bieber were in Cambridge, Ont., on Friday, setting social media abuzz with images of the celebrity couple visiting local businesses. One photo shared by the pop singer, who grew up in neighbouring Stratford, via Instagram shows him playing pool.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would send National Guard troops to Memphis, Tenn., to combat crime, following his administration’s unprecedented police takeover in Washington, D.C., last month.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Russian Ambassador Oleg Stepanov was summoned Wednesday for an “official reprimand.”

Manitoba’s premier says comments a cabinet minister reposted about U.S. conservative activist Charlie Kirk on the day he was shot are concerning, but that she will remain in cabinet.

Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson says the federal government is in discussions with Alberta and oil companies about oilsands emissions, amid reports the federal emissions cap could be on the chopping block.

A new sea lamprey trap has been installed at the Neebing River Weir in Thunder Bay, Ont., in an effort to capture the invasive species and better calculate its effects on the Great Lakes. Here’s what those involved say about the eel-like creatures and efforts to eliminate them.

The union representing Canada’s 55,000 postal workers says it wants Canada Post to return to the bargaining table and commit to a “fair, ratifiable” contract with its employees or it will “consider stronger actions” to move labour negotiations along. 

A humpback whale known as Tutu was tangled up in more than 130 metres of fishing gear, before being freed.

An election to Norway’s Sámi Parliament this week returned major gains for a party opposed to land rights and other special privileges for the Indigenous group.

Israel’s government claims capturing the territory’s largest population centre is essential to defeating the remnants of Hamas, where many of its remaining fighters are believed to be holding out. But Palestinians see leaving Gaza City as the end of any hope for the possibility of a future Palestinian state.

The University of Toronto’s Law school is launching an animal law program. The faculty says its the first program of its kind at a Canadian law school. It comes at a time when animal welfare and rights are top of mind.

Canadian race walker Evan Dunfee is now a world champion. The Richmond, B.C. native took gold in the men’s 35km race walk at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Saturday morning.

Smithers will be hiring private security guards to monitor the community’s homeless encampment and conduct periodic roaming patrols of the downtown core in the name of public safety.