In his latest book 'On Tyranny, 20 Lessons from the 20th Century,' Timothy Snyder urges people to not sit by while the foundations of democracy are chipped away. (See Susan Ormiston's interview with ...

In London's 19th-century sewers, crews in coveralls are waging a 21st-century battle. They're blasting away a monster that feeds on grease and garbage, and its name reflects the beast's potency for ...

Jean Charest had no way of knowing how profoundly the 1988 Olympic 100-metre men's final would shape sport in Canada, but he can clearly recall the anticipation he felt 30 years ago as Canadian ...

HMCS Chicoutimi is on a 200-day deployment in Asia-Pacific waters to help monitor traffic in the region that might be trying to circumvent economic sanctions on North Korea. For the first time in 50 ...

Female firefighters in Halifax have faced systemic historic gender discrimination at work, according to a settlement involving the city, the Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service and former ...

The U.S. military's "nuclear triad" is made up of missiles, submarines and bombers, including the 2nd Bomb Wing's gargantuan B-52 Stratofortesses at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. Why keep ...

General Motors workers leave the manufacturing plant in Oshawa, Ont., on Monday after GM announced its intention to shutter the 65-year-old plant as part of a global restructuring. (Lars ...

Ashley Fredette is seen embracing her biological half-brother Reid Gilfillan during a recent trip to meet him and his family. The two didn't know each other existed until 2019. (Submitted by Ashley ...

U.K.-based Carillion PLC, which was forced into bankruptcy on Monday, has 23,000 workers around the globe including 6,000 in Canada. Its Canadian contracts range from highway snowplowing in Ontario ...

"It has been a wild ride." Ross Rebagliati could have been describing his athletic adventure 20 years ago in Nagano. His gold medal win in the first-ever Olympic snowboarding event came as such a ...

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Puerto Rico is slowly rebuilding its electrical grid and the generating stations damaged by hurricane Maria, but for some residents the sun holds the best promise of restoring light. And a hospital ...