Metallica is doing their part for #GivingTuesday with a special show at Toronto's Opera House. Proceeds from the show will be go to the Daily Bread Food Bank and concertgoers are also encouraged to bring non-perishable food items.

Metallica fans like Scott Davis have been waiting outside the intimate venue for their tickets since the early hours of the morning "with a heart full of hope and pocket full of money."

There is growing evidence that a simple blood test could determine your risk of dying in five years.

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Police say a 19-year-old Missouri woman allowed her intoxicated boyfriend to drink her blood then stabbed the wannabe vampire during a subsequent argument.

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Pictures and videos shared on social media capture the hours before the Chapecoense soccer team’s chartered plane crashed as it was approaching Medellin, Colombia, killing at least 76 people.

The Canadian Armed Forces has identified the 29-year-old pilot killed in a CF-18 fighter jet crash near Cold Lake, Alta. as Capt. Thomas McQueen from Hamilton, Ont.

Col. Paul Doyle, commander of 4 Wing Cold Lake, said McQueen was an “incredible person” with 10 years of experience in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

"It's like living in a horror movie."

Residents of a Nanaimo, B.C. neighbourhood are concerned about a family that has moved into the area – a growling cougar family. The frightening sounds were captured on camera.

Tax disputes are taking too long to resolve, the ranks of Canada's military are dwindling and there's no way to adequately measure the success of efforts to streamline cross-border traffic and trade, the federal auditor general says in his annual fall report.

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Some neuropsychologists are questioning the science behind popular 'smart drugs,' which makers claim boost energy and make consumers smarter and more focused.

A massive shelter has finally been installed over the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, one of the most ambitious engineering projects in the world.

Police in P.E.I. are threatening potentially cruel and unusual punishment for anyone caught intoxicated behind the wheel, with the promise to play a full Nickelback album as they drive suspects to jail.

The CP Holiday Train rolled into Toronto on Monday night to spread some holiday cheer to an excited crowd full of children and their parents.

The Brazilian soccer team aboard the plane that crashed in Colombia was gaining respect and support from across Brazil even though it was a small club with a short history.

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