Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza's southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing tens of thousands more people to move as it prepares to expand its military operation closer to the heavily populated central area, in defiance of growing pressure amid the war from the U.S. and others.
Ron Ellis, who played over 1,000 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs and was a member of Canada's team at the 1972 Summit Series, has died at age 79.
An out-of-control wildfire in northern Manitoba has forced the evacuation of some homes and cottages in the area, the province said Saturday.
In her new memoir, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau is focused on looking forward — past her former broadcast career and separation from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after 18 years of marriage. She talks to The National’s Adrienne Arsenault about where she is now and what’s in the next chapter of her story.
Dutch contestant Joost Klein has been booted from Eurovision, hours before the final of the music competition in Sweden. Organizers say his expulsion comes after a complaint by a member of the production crew.
Some residents of Harrison Hot Springs say they're considering leaving the picturesque village because they're alarmed by the level of dysfunction in council, with chaotic meetings, a backlog of village business and rancour that has spread into the community.
Images showing narrow waterways are part of broader Canadian mission to better understand changing surface water levels.
Brian Lush was missing for two weeks. Ontario police say they looked everywhere — but his remains were found in the back of his own truck. Here's how that might have happened.
At 28 years old, Dr. Soania Mathur was building her medical practice and expecting her first child. Then she was diagnosed with young onset Parkinson’s disease.
Both global and Canadian health officials say pandemic plans are in place to help produce H5N1 vaccines, in the event that bird flu starts spreading between humans. But how simple is that process? Scientists warn another pandemic-level vaccine rollout would be fraught with challenges.
Instead of sending in the troops to deal with what promises to be another dangerous wildfire season, Public Safety Canada is testing the capabilities of a civilian-led firefighting force as first responders and relief providers.
Some provinces, to help facilitate a match, have created centralized waiting lists where people can register and eventually be matched with physicians who are seeing new patients. But are these lists effective?
The former Fulford Residence on Guy Street in downtown Montreal has been purchased by Chez Doris, a non-profit organization that operates shelters and services for women experiencing homelessness. 
Canada's top envoy in Moscow says relations with Russia are likely as bad as they've ever been, as the war in Ukraine grinds on and Vladimir Putin enters his fifth term as president.
Is the sports industry finally taking women's basketball seriously? For those who follow the Women's National Basketball Association, the big news of the league's expansion to Toronto is just the latest announcement in a week already full of signs.
As the fifteenth incarnation of the famous Time Lord, Scottish actor Ncuti Gatwa talks about the tone this new season sets, and the changes coming to the beloved character.
Tens of thousands of Canadians worried about skin cancer face long waits for appointments and treatment due to what experts say is a shortage of dermatologists. Melanoma Canada is aiming to reduce those waits with what they call Mole Mobiles — skin cancer screening clinics on wheels that are currently visiting communities in B.C. and Quebec.
Evan Bouchard scored 5:38 into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers bounced back for a 4-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs on Friday.
Officials say wildfires are affecting phone lines across the north — and that includes 911 emergency lines in the Northwest Territories and Yukon.
Jim Peterson, a retired Toronto MP and former Liberal cabinet minister under Paul Martin, has died at the age of 82.