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Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says two new cases of presumptive coronavirus have been identified in B.C. The two new patients are a man and woman in their 30s. Both are connected to the original case in the Vancouver Coastal Health area.

Two new, presumptive cases of coronavirus have been identified in B.C., according to provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, bringing the total in the province to four. 

Aurora Cannabis is laying off some 500 workers and replacing CEO Terry Booth, who has stepped down, the company said Thursday. 

A Chinese doctor who got in trouble with authorities for sounding an early warning about the coronavirus outbreak died after coming down with the illness Friday, a hospital reported.

A screenshot purportedly showing the real death toll of the coronavirus in China — putting it over 80 times higher than the official number — has gone viral. 

After years of discussion and debate, the Senate has drafted a new harassment policy to address abuse by senators and staff in the upper house.

An Inuk film star and international cultural representative of the Arctic is facing 'serious allegations.'

Ontario's new animal welfare inspection squad has launched an investigation into Marineland after a worker there said she saved three cubs from the bear enclosure.

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is asking the Federal Court to open a hearing into what it says are Facebook's violation of Canada's federal privacy laws. 

The Minnesota Timberwolves will acquire guard D'Angelo Russell from the GoldenState Warriors in a blockbuster trade that includes forward Andrew Wiggins, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Thursday.

In a swap of high scorers, the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired D'Angelo Russell on Thursday from the Golden State Warriors for Andrew Wiggins.

The Transportation Safety Board says a year after a fatal train derailment near the Alberta-British Columbia boundary, it is ready to compile the information it has gathered into a report.

Many bumblebee species have vanished from places where they were once common. Now a new Canadian-led study finds that hotter temperatures during heat waves are to blame, and uses it to predict which bumblebees are most likely to face local extinction as the climate warms.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the rising popularity of wood buildings, the future of oil stocks and why Canada will likely see climate migrants.

Google Canada has announced plans to open three new offices in Ontario and Quebec, allowing the company to accommodate up to 5,000 employees in Canada by 2022.

Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial rested their case on Thursday after more than two weeks of testimony punctuated by harrowing accounts from six women who say he justified his behaviour as the cost of getting ahead in Hollywood.

After weeks of uncertainty, Montrealers Megan Millward, Lie Zhang and their two young children will come home on the first government flight repatriating Canadians from the region of China that is at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak.

"We have no window. We have no daylight. They haven't let us out yet for fresh air," said Lana Chan, whose staying with a friend in a 180-square foot interior cabin.

"We have no window. We have no daylight. They haven't let us out yet for fresh air," said Lana Chan, who's staying with a friend in a 180-square foot interior cabin.

"We have no window. We have no daylight. They haven't let us out yet for fresh air," said Lana Chan, whose staying with a friend in a 180-square foot interior cabin.

U.S. President Donald Trump took a victory lap on Thursday in a pair of speeches, including at the White House, lashing out at his perceived enemies and revelling in the acquittal the previous day in his Senate impeachment trial.  

President Donald Trump was not in the mood to forgive and forget the Democrat-led bid to remove him from office on Thursday, even as other speakers at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., made pleas to bridge America's partisan divide.

The mayor of Niagara Falls says his face has shown up on dozens of dating websites and ads since he took office. The only problem is, he's never tried to find love online.

Kids in two remote northern communities got a chance to visit with the Stanley Cup in the lead-up to Saturday’s broadcast of Hockey Day in Canada from Yellowknife.

Hong Kong's government has brought in a stringent new measure to try to protect itself from a steady rise in coronavirus cases, evoking memories of the SARS outbreak 17 years ago, Chris Brown writes.

Supporters of the Coastal GasLink blockade say police in tactical vehicles and gear carried out a pre-dawn raid of the camp.

At least one person has been arrested on traditional Wet'suwet'en territory, protesters say, one day after RCMP said they were ready to enforce an injunction order against protesters of the Coastal GasLink pipeline.

At least one person has been arrested on traditional Wet'suwet'en territory, protesters say, one day after RCMP said they were ready to enforce an injunction order against protesters of the Coastal GasLink pipeline.

Supporters of the Coastal GasLink blockade say police in tactical vehicles and gear carried out a pre-dawn raid of the camp.

A chartered aircraft has departed Hanoi, Vietnam and is en route to repatriate Canadians stuck in the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak.

A chartered aircraft has departed Wuhan, China to bring home Canadians stuck in the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, according to Global Affairs Canada.

A chartered aircraft has touched down in Wuhan, China, to repatriate Canadians stuck in the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak.

China on Thursday finished building a second new hospital to isolate and treat patients of a virus that has killed more than 560 people and continues to spread, disrupting travel and people's lives and fuelling economic fears.

China on Thursday finished building a second new hospital to isolate and treat patients of a virus that has killed more than 560 people and continues to spread, disrupting travel and people's lives and fuelling economic fears.

The village of Guernsey, Sask. is being evacuated after a train derailment near the community Thursday morning.

The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says the village of Guernsey, Sask. is now under a voluntary evacuation order after a large train crash Thursday morning.

The village of Guernsey, Sask. is being evacuated after a train derailment near the community Thursday morning.

An eyewitness says he saw a huge fire after a train derailment near Guernsey, Sask. Thursday morning.

"I cannot compromise on safety," Transport Minister Marc Garneau says hours after a CP crude oil train derailed and burst into flames in rural Saskatchewan. It's the second derailment in the same area in the last two months.

A Winnipeg father says the language his daughter's Christian school principal used in a newsletter to describe Indigenous peoples is offensive in a time of reconciliation.

In a memo released this week to all of its members, the governing body for hockey in Nova Scotia stated there has been "an upward trend in reports of verbal abuse on and off the ice at our rinks in Nova Scotia."

According to internal documents, Parks Canada built a fence near the Signal Hill visitor centre as a means to bring in more cash by controlling access to the adjacent performance field.

According to internal documents, Parks Canada built a fence near the Signal Hill visitor centre as a means to bring in more cash by controlling access to the adjacent performance field.

The chair of the Democratic National Committee on Thursday called for a "recanvass" of the results of the Iowa caucuses, saying it was needed to "assure public confidence" after three days of technical issues and delays.

Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders are nearly tied in the Iowa Democratic caucuses, with nearly all votes counted in a contest marred by technical issues and reporting delays.

Pete Buttigieg narrowly won Iowa's Democratic presidential caucuses on Thursday after a long delay in releasing the results, reshaping the 2020 race and raising doubts about the future of one-time front-runner Joe Biden, who finished a disappointing fourth.

Canadians spend an estimated $3 billion a year on vitamin supplements. And while the medical community has long questioned their usefulness in otherwise healthy people, a new study adds to the research that suggests taking supplements during cancer treatment could be counterproductive.

As Canadians are airlifted out of Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, many are asking how the exodus will unfold, why it took so long for Canada to get its citizens out of the country and what happens when these Canadians arrive back home. ​​​​​​​

As Canadians are airlifted out of Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, many are asking how the exodus will unfold, why it took so long for Canada to get its citizens out of the country and what happens when these Canadians arrive back home. ​​​​​​​

Classes are cancelled today for nearly one million elementary school kids, as Ontario's biggest teachers union holds its first province-wide strike.