Thousands of Canadian women looked to the future while acknowledging the past on Saturday as they took to the streets for a second co-ordinated round of protest marches.

A U.S. government shutdown amid a congressional dispute over spending and immigration has forced scores of federal agencies and outposts to close their doors and triggered furloughs for Air Force civilian employees, but won’t keep Lady Liberty shackled.

Ontario is considering allowing licensed cannabis consumption lounges in the province once recreational marijuana is legalized this summer, and is asking the public to weigh in on the idea.

Thousands of people poured into a football stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, the anniversary of women’s marches around the world, to cap off a weekend of global demonstrations that promised to continue building momentum for equality, justice and an end to sexual harassment.

Motion to create draft bylaw regarding parental leave for city councillors going to city council in near future

Tens of thousands of flag-waving Greeks gathered in the northern city of Thessaloniki on Sunday to demand that Macedonia change its name because it’s also the name of the Greek province of which Thessaloniki is the capital.

AI can transform health care, Tanmay Bakshi told 150 researchers, scientists and industry leaders.

The office of Spain’s state prosecutor said Sunday it will move to reissue a European arrest warrant for the fugitive former leader of Catalonia if he leaves Belgium and enters Denmark as planned.

A Yazidi boy who was held captive for three years by Iraqi militants before being reunited with his family in Winnipeg last year is requesting a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The money from the Ontario Research Fund will help pay for more than $44.1 million in new infrastructure needed by McMaster scientists.

Thousands of customers were without power Sunday along B.C.’s South Coast following a wind storm that battered the region.

A brand new U.S. navy warship that has been stuck in Montreal for weeks will spend the winter in Canada after its journey to Florida was thwarted by cold and ice.

The owner of an auto parts shop says police had been investigating alleged murderer Bruce McArthur since early October, when they first came looking for a vehicle he sold.

“It is time for us to speak out and end intimate partner violence,” Sophie Geffros told the crowd of about 200.

It’s a lame joke that some pro wrestlers can get fans so riled up they’ll pull a gun on the performer. But in John Evans’ case, it was no laughing matter.

Ontario is considering allowing licensed cannabis consumption lounges in the province once recreational marijuana is legalized this summer, and is asking the public to weigh in on the idea.

Canadian veteran reunited with boy he befriended in Bosnia decades ago

In his push to drastically change or kill the North American Free Trade Agreement, U.S. President Donald Trump often casts the United States as a victim of a deal that benefits only Canada and Mexico.

It’s a lame joke that some pro wrestlers can get fans so riled up they’ll pull a gun on the performer. But in John Evans’ case, it was no laughing matter.

Doughnut-eating champ charged with stealing from Dunkin'

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Shortly before the 2015 election, a group of Liberal policy advisers took a long look at how to create dedicated leave for new fathers — but once in office, opted instead for allowing all new parents extra time off without an increase in benefits.

Three people were shot during a home invasion on the Mountain Friday night.

Toronto police seek 51-year-old suspect in stabbing at north side hair salon

Pope Francis wrapped up his visit to Peru on Sunday by denouncing the plague of corruption sweeping through Latin America. But controversy over his accusations that Chilean sex abuse victims slandered a bishop continued to cast a shadow over what has become the most contested and violent trip of his papacy.

A company should leave itself some wiggle room when writing dismissal policy, writes Ed Canning.

The head of a hugely popular North Korean girl band crossed the heavily fortified border into South Korea on Sunday as part of an official delegation, triggering a media frenzy as she checked potential venues for performances during next month’s Winter Olympics.

The first clue that there’s something unusual about Amazon’s store of the future hits you right at the front door. It feels as if you are entering a subway station. A row of gates guard the entrance to the store, known as Amazon Go, allowing in only people with the store’s smartphone app.

Justin Trudeau to push middle class interests as he heads to Davos

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Canada will be hosting an annoyed and angry United States as the sixth round of talks in the North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiation unfold over the coming week.

Haltech and the Halton Region Small Business Centre are holding an information session for startups to help connect them with advisers and business opportunities.

A study of cense data examines the ethnic differences in after-tax incomes across first, second and third generations of immigrants by ethnicity.

Montreal’s widely loathed quota system for traffic tickets is over, says Mayor Valerie Plante, as are lucrative performance bonuses for bosses that were tied to lower-level police reaching the targets.

Ed Thompson remembers the helplessness he felt each of the thousands of times his twin daughters would turn blue and go lifeless in his arms.

Ontario seeks public feedback on allowing cannabis lounges as legalization looms

If it seems as if the weather’s getting weirder, you’re not wrong.

Brennan Bowley died suddenly Thursday just after 10:30 p.m. says the mother of the 23-year-old east Mountain man.

A grey area in the Protecting Students Act contributes to a system allowing abusive teachers to be transferred between Ontario schools. The provincial government cracked down on a similar loophole for doctors this year.

Liberals quietly tap experts to craft new paternity leave policy in coming year

A Taliban assault on the Intercontinental Hotel in Afghanistan’s capital killed at least 18 people, including 14 foreigners, and pinned security forces down for more than 13 hours before the last attacker was killed on Sunday, with the casualty toll expected to rise.

Insurers say Canadian weather getting hotter, wetter and weirder

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

A Taliban assault on the Intercontinental Hotel in Afghanistan’s capital killed at least six people, including a foreigner, and pinned security forces down for more than 13 hours before the last attacker was killed on Sunday, with the casualty toll expected to rise.

Subject of Canada-wide warrant in custody, facing human trafficking charges

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“It is time for us to speak out and end intimate partner violence,” Sophie Geffros told the crowd of about 200.

Women's marches planned for Canadian cities today, a year after Trump inauguration

Across the globe, people are hitting the streets on the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, marching against his policies and in support of the #MeToo movement against sexual assault and harassment.

In 2013 pensioners predicted that Sears Canada would go out of business, stranding them with an enormous deficit.