Some 88,000 residents are preparing to return to Fort McMurray in waves over the coming days, part of a phased re-entry aimed at slowly getting things back up and running after a wildfire destroyed 10 per cent of the community. But for residents looking to return to a feeling of normalcy, it's likely to be a much larger undertaking.

Nearly 102 years after the Komagata Maru sailed into Vancouver, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will tomorrow offer a full apology in the House of Commons for the decision to turn away the ship, which was carrying hundreds of South Asian immigrants. Here's a look at what happened.

A splinter faction of the Pakistani Taliban, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing that killed 70 in Lahore on Easter Sunday. The group is one of many extremist sects in an increasingly fragmented Pakistan.

Invasive species can be economically and environmentally devastating. Now some people are combating the problem one bite at a time.

Is 2016 already set to go down as the year of the reboot? The saccharine family sitcom Fuller House returns via Netflix this Friday, but it's only the latest in a series of revamped shows making their way to screens big and small.

Does a love note sound any less sweet if sent via text? Around Valentines Day, most people seem to think so. An estimated 40 million Valentines cards are exchanged in Canada each year, and the digital age doesn't seem to be slowing sales.

A newly constructed bridge in northern Ontario has reportedly split apart in the cold, closing the Trans-Canada highway the only road connecting Eastern and Western Canada indefinitely.