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Aug. 14, 2022 | Dozens of families in Egypt are in mourning following a deadly church fire. Plus, how one farmer is turning sunflower selfies into a good deed.

Oxford and Harvard universities are building an African American English dictionary to present the influence of Black people and their communities on language. Entries will be woven together from materials gathered from crowdsourcing, social media, books, music and newspapers. 

Taliban fighters fired shots in the air to disperse a protest by Afghan women's rights activists in Kabul on Saturday, two days ahead of the group's 1st anniversary in power.

Nadja Halilbegovich was 16 when her parents found a way to smuggle her out of war-torn Bosnia. Today, she realizes she and her dad share the same wound: it hurts her to go back and it hurts him that she could never come back.

Multiple restaurants in Vancouver and Victoria say they have not received money owed to them by Victoria food delivery startup Tutti.

In typically rainy Britain, the government officially declared a drought across southern and central England on Friday amid one of the hottest and driest summers on record....

With reports of polio cases and virus samples in the wastewater of several other developed countries, Canada intends to start testing wastewater from a number of cities "as...

Given the rise of tents in cities from Prince Edward Island to B.C., advocates say it's time to get serious about short- and long-term solutions.

The outage, which affected some 10,000 customers, is believed to have been caused by a barge hitting a power line in the Port Lands.

Saskatchewan’s minister of education says he will appoint an administrator for three independent schools in the province, after former students of a Saskatoon private...

U.S. actor Anne Heche will be taken of life support on Sunday, nine days after suffering severe injuries in a fiery car crash, as a compatible person was found to receive her donated organs, a spokesperson said.

Actor Anne Heche has died of injuries suffered in a fiery car crash. She was 53. Spokeswoman Holly Baird said Sunday night that Heche had "been peacefully taken off life support."

Several pop stars have removed offensive slurs from new songs in recent weeks after calls from fans — a sign that the relationship between music artists and their listeners is evolving.

Canadian writers, editors and literary figures are doubling down on the right to freedom of thought and expression after the stabbing of Salman Rushdie at a New York lecture hall as the award-winning author remains on a ventilator in hospital.

Cuba, who won a Grammy for best Latin pop album, has been honoured with a mural in his hometown of Smithers, B.C., and a doctorate from Ontario's Queen's University....

Three of the sport’s governing bodies recently announced that they’re officially changing the name to “quadball,” both out of trademark concerns and a desire to distance...

Laal Singh Chaddha, a Hindi adaptation of the 1994 film Forrest Gump, stars Aamir Khan as a simple-minded man who brushes against some of the most significant moments in recent...

A TV show adaptation of a memoir by Canadian pop duo Tegan and Sara will have its world premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.

Jon Batiste, his career soaring after winning multiple Grammys this year, is leaving his perch as bandleader of The Late Show after a seven-year run backing up host Stephen...

Salman Rushdie, whose novel The Satanic Verses drew death threats from Iran's leader, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday as the author was about to give a lecture in...