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  9-year-old boy dies after being pulled from water at Ottawa's Britannia Beach

  A nine-year-old boy died in hospital after being pulled from the Ottawa River at Britannia Beach.

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  12-hour days, burnout and lower wages: Ontario nurse says staff shortage getting worse

  An Ontario nurse who's worked in the health-care field for more than 15 years says the staffing levels have never been as bad as they are now.

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  How to spot a toxic workplace before accepting a job offer

  The excitement of starting a new job can quickly subside once signs emerge that the workplace culture is toxic.

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  Inside Calgary's 5 most expensive homes for sale right now

  So far this year there have been 905 homes that sold that were priced above $1M, a 54 per cent gain over last year.

• Policies, procedures often broken in awarding contracts to under-fire consulting firm: auditor general

  Canada's auditor general is blasting federal government departments and agencies for disregarding their own procurement policies and failing to manage risks relating to contracts awarded to McKinsey and Company.

• Alec and Hilaria Baldwin announce TLC reality series about their family

  Alec and Hilaria Baldwin are bringing their large family and their expected big adventures to TLC. The couple and the network simultaneously announced Tuesday that they will be the focus of a reality series about their family, set to debut on TLC in 2025.

• A 74-year-old in hospice care was declared dead, a sheriff's official said. Hours later, something truly astonishing happened

  Constance Glantz had been in a nursing home. In hospice care. She was 74. She was declared dead. Then, she started to breath.

• Airline loses Ontario woman's suitcase, doesn't offer compensation for 3 months

  An Ontario woman who took a trip to Mexico in February said the airline lost her luggage on the flight home and didn’t compensate her for three months.

• Father of Alaska woman killed in murder-for-hire plot dies during memorial ride marking her death

  The father of an Alaska woman killed in a murder-for-hire scheme in 2019 died during a weekend memorial motorcycle ride commemorating the fifth anniversary of her death.

• From deleting evidence to dismissing reports, audit finds Canadian agencies fall short on fighting cybercrime

  With Canadians reporting millions in financial losses due to cybercrime, the auditor general is warning that the federal government 'does not have' the capacity or tools to fight cybercrime effectively, citing a series of alarming examples where agencies fell short.

• The man in front of the tank: How journalists smuggled out the iconic Tiananmen Square photo

  The shot is iconic: an unidentified man in a white shirt, hands full of bags, facing off against a column of tanks on Beijing’s Avenue of Eternal Peace, after the Chinese Communist Party ordered a bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

• Three babies were abandoned in London over 7 years. Now it's revealed they're siblings

  Police are searching for the parents of three babies who were wrapped in shopping bags and blankets, then abandoned in the U.K. over the past seven years.

• Muhammad Ali's childhood home is for sale in Kentucky after being converted into a museum

  The pink house where Muhammad Ali grew up dreaming of boxing fame -- and where hundreds of fans gathered for an emotional send-off as his funeral procession passed by decades later -- is up for sale.

• Southwest U.S. to bake in first heat wave of season, and records may fall with highs topping 43 C

  The first heat wave of the season is bringing triple-digit temperatures earlier than usual to much of the Southwest U.S., where forecasters warned residents Tuesday to brace for "dangerously hot conditions."