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From a lack of transportation mechanics driving up the cost of bus fare and plane tickets, to a shortage of cooks affecting menu pricing at restaurants, the lack of qualified people to work in skilled trades is making rising costs of living even worse, economists and trade industry veterans say.

Since he has cerebral palsy, Dylan Earis says his mom used to take care of everything from picking up things he dropped to putting ketchup on his bun. But the 30-year-old is now having fun discovering what it means to rely on himself.

First Nations leaders from northwestern Ontario are calling for the Thunder Bay Police Service to be disbanded and pressing the province's inspector general of policing to bring in an outside service to investigate recent deaths of Indigenous people. Family members of those who died were also in Toronto for the news conference.

A Saskatchewan teen who suffered severe carbon monoxide poisoning while working at his part-time job at a local grocery store may suffer long-term health problems, but the employer faced no serious consequences. A workplace safety expert says many provinces lack the authority to financially penalize employers that risk worker safety.

After facing bans and other harmful policies for almost 100 years in Canada, these Inuit women are are keeping the tradition alive and well.

There are a number of factors that go into the tipple's sticker price, from the cost of land needed to grow grapes, to manufacturing costs and the fees charged by provincial liquor control boards.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has shown up in at least 32 herds in eight U.S. states, but not in Canada so far. While farmers are worried, experts say there's no cause for alarm right now thanks to national food safety standards and biosecurity measures in place.

The 2024 budget is being billed as a measure to restore a "generational fairness" after decades of older Canadians getting richer and younger ones getting poorer, mostly because of housing. Economists say the problems have been a long time in the making and it will take more than one budget to restore fairness.

There has been speculation about whether junior members of the Royal Family might step in to carry out official royal duties, but even in the face of a streamlining in the upper echelons of the family, that appears unlikely.

Jake DeBrusk had two goals and an assist as the Boston Bruins downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 in Game 1 of their first round NHL playoff series on Saturday.

Israeli forces killed 14 Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, while an ambulance driver was killed as he went to pick up wounded from a separate attack by violent Jewish settlers, Palestinian authorities said.

A chemical plant in Sarnia, Ont., announced on Saturday that it is temporarily shutting down for maintenance and to "address a mechanical issue" following complaints from a nearby First Nation whose members say they've become ill from the plant's emissions.

Sarah Nurse scored twice, including the overtime winner, and Kristen Campbell made 37 saves as visiting Toronto defeated Montreal 3-2 before a record crowd in the Professional Women's Hockey League on Saturday afternoon at the Bell Centre.

The overnight attacks, which were confirmed by the Defence Ministry in Moscow, came amid a Russian airstrike campaign that has battered Ukraine's energy system and pounded its cities in recent weeks.

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday passed the first in a series of bills in a $95-billion US legislative package providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, over bitter objections from party hardliners.