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Polar ice melting has opened new sea lanes, prompting the U.S. to focus more resources and attention on the strategic region.

The polar vortex is expected to return to the U.S. with subzero temperatures.

The Canadian unemployment rate surpassed the American rate in December for the first time since the financial crisis thanks to chilling temperatures and massive layoffs.

Canada is sending arguably its best team ever assembled to Sochi, but questions abound as who will perform in net.

A new image captured by NASA’s NuSTAR telescope has been nicknamed the “Hand of God.”

A Reuters photographer shot pictures of a partially frozen Niagara Falls in January 2014.

As temperatures drop, the demand in energy rises, and nuclear power is seen as a reliable source to heat and power homes.

The deceased person was a Canadian who traveled to China in December.

Canadian scientists investigated a curious behavior in prairie dogs that bears a resemblence to sports fans at a stadium.

Gore is only one of more than 20 candidates who will challenge the incumbent (and crack cocaine user) Rob Ford

A fire burned all night after a train carrying propane and crude oil derailed in New Brunswick on Tuesday. Experts are now worried about the possibility of more explosions.

Anti-tobacco measures have saved millions of lives in the U.S., and other countries, even as the number of smokers increased worldwide.

Several countries have expressed interest in starting a weed trade with Uruguay.

Reports suggesting that the polar bear at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo has been forced indoors due to the so-called polar vortex have been exaggerated.

The rise in oil production in northwest North Dakota has affected some local communities in surprising ways.

Kylie's "I'm gonna throw up" comment was one of the most-memorable moments from episode 1 of "The Bachelor."

Your body's emergency self-preservation methods leave your extremities at risk.

Paul Hellyer, the 90-year-old former Canadian defense minister, claims there are more than 80 different species of aliens and some "look just like us."

A long-awaited report to keep Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes suggests eight different strategies.

Find out what happened during the season 18 premiere of "The Bachelor."

Indians are indecisive, Germans are demanding and Hong Kongers fear "ghostly encounters," according to research from VisitBritain.