Highlights

Juno and The Umbrella Academy star Ellen Page has come out as non-binary and transgender. The actor took to Instagram today (Dec. 1) to announce a new identity, Elliot Page.

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests most Canadians aren't currently worried that people in other countries might get a COVID-19 vaccine first.

A Squamish mom has won $1 million in the lottery from the Oct. 30 Lotto Max draw after buying the lucky ticket at a local store. “It’s been a bit of a roller-coaster ride,” said Ashleigh Preston. “It is so amazing to win.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps are hanging on to several of their young players and continuing contract talks with two veterans.

Ottawa is rolling out a wave of new funding for pandemic-battered industries including tourism, the arts and regional aviation, with smaller companies top of mind — and large airlines notably absent.

Information disclosures and other billing issues continued to be at the root of most complaints, Canada's telecom ombudsman said Monday in its 2019-20 annual report which recorded a 19 per cent drop in complaints compared with a year earlier.

TORONTO — Canadians willingly, unwillingly, and sometimes unknowingly, gave up some of their civil liberties over the past eight months to try and slow the spread of COVID-19.

If you were to choose a word that rose above most in 2020, which word would it be? Ding, ding, ding: Merriam-Webster on Monday announced “pandemic” as its 2020 word of the year.

May the force be with you

SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. — A draft agreement between Ottawa and a Nova Scotia First nation over a "moderate livelihood" fishery has the potential to be a historic recognition of Mi'kmaq treaty rights, the community's chief said Sunday.