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The CEO of a tribal council that represents five fly-in communities in northern Ontario says the COVID-19 virus poses a potentially “devastating” threat to First Nations that are already dealing with a bad flu year and face overcrowded conditions due to housing shortages. 

At least three people were killed, including two U.S. service members, in a rocket attack in Iraq, a U.S. official said Wednesday.

The COVID-19 outbreak in Iran has delayed the transfer of "black box" flight recorders recovered from the wreckage of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 for analysis, the chair of Canada's Transportation Safety Board says.

NCAA president Mark Emmert says NCAA Division I basketball tournament games will be played without fans in the arenas because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus.

NCAA cancels men's and women's Division I basketball tournaments amid coronavirus fears

Premier François Legault defended his government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, one day after tabling a budget that is free of measures to deal with the outbreak and forecasts it will have little impact on Quebec's economic growth.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau told the House of Commons Wednesday that he will unveil his latest federal budget on March 30.

With a hole in his budget that could reach several billion dollars, the usually combative Alberta premier appears before the media with the promise of an open mind and possible co-operation with the NDP.

Another down day on North American stock markets brought the rolling tally of losses to almost 20 per cent in the U.S. and Canada since the current panic set off by fears of the coronavirus started.

Another down day on North American stock markets brought the rolling tally of losses to 20 per cent in the U.S. and Canada since the current panic set off by fears of the coronavirus started.

Bernie Sanders says he's moving ahead with his Democratic presidential campaign, despite disappointing results for a second straight week in multiple primaries.

WestJet has frozen discretionary spending and hiring as it deals with the fallout of coronavirus, which has dramatically curtailed air travel worldwide.

A bird-like dinosaur with a beak full of teeth and claws on its wings is the tiniest extinct dinosaur ever found.

A bird-like dinosaur with a beak full of teeth and claws on its wings is the tiniest extinct dinosaur ever found.

Harvey Weinstein is headed to prison for 23 years, following his conviction last month for rape and sexual assault. 

The world figure skating championships, scheduled for March 18-22 in Montreal, have been cancelled because of the spread of COVID-19.

If you plan on visiting WASP-76b, a planet orbiting another star roughly 600 light-years away, you’d better pack a hardy umbrella.

Turkey's president makes the incendiary claim that the Greek authorities' alleged mistreatment of migrants at its border was comparable to "what the Nazis did," and says he would denounce Greece's action at international platforms.

Audrey Gagnon was sentenced to life in prison, with no chance of parole for 14 years, for the 2018 death of her two-year-old daughter Rosalie.

The federal government's coronavirus response plan includes $500 million for the provinces and territories, additional research funds and a waiver of the one-week wait for employment insurance.

Nobody has lost their job since the Muskrat Falls report was released Tuesday, but some people involved in the project could face criminal charges.

Italy ordered the closure of all shops Thursday, except for pharmacies and those selling food, to curb the spread of coronavirus. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization is characterizing the outbreak as a pandemic.

A Court of Queen's Bench judge in Yorkton, Sask., has ruled a will written on a thin, brown restaurant napkin should be honoured.

Harvey Weinstein is returning to court on Wednesday in New York, where he could be sentenced to up to 29 years in prison for rape and sexual assault.

She was his translator and girlfriend, and later his wife. Two decades later, the federal government is calling her something else: a spy.

It’s a budget that is almost silent on a global outbreak and ambivalent about emission reductions. Is the Quebec government playing it cool or tone deaf to what’s happening?

It’s a budget that is almost silent on a global outbreak and ambivalent about emission reductions. Is the Quebec government playing it cool or tone deaf to what’s happening?

The coronavirus outbreak may have spurred some of us to wash their hands with greater diligence, but a Canadian microbiologist argues too few of us have been making a habit of it.

Advocates in Toronto are warning an outbreak of the coronavirus among the city's homeless could devastate a population already at risk, and are calling for officials to step up their plans to protect them from the virus. 

Advocates in Toronto are warning an outbreak of the coronavirus among the city's homeless could devastate a population already at risk, and are calling for officials to step up their plans to protect them from the virus. 

Joe Biden won the closest thing his rival had to must-win states. Now, only a stunning, mathematically improbable twist of fate would stop the former vice-president from leading the Democratic Party into this fall's presidential election against Donald Trump.

This is the moment Canada has been preparing for 17 years — a chance to pass the pandemic test this country failed during the SARS outbreak of 2003, and to find out through our response to the COVID-19 outbreak just how much we've learned from the mistakes of the past.

Amid this latest financial shakeup, there's a growing conviction that fiscal handouts are perhaps an opportunity for economic and energy transition.

The global spread of coronavirus has sparked panic buying of hand sanitizer and some customers are complaining retailers that still have it in stock are jacking up the price, taking advantage of people's desperation.

Certified compostable plastic cups, cutlery and other packaging are not, in fact, composted by most residential organics programs in Canada. Here’s how some businesses and commercial composters are making sure those products stay out of the landfill and go back to the soil.

Boston's famous St. Patrick's Day parade scrapped, Ivy league school campus classes cancelled, concerts postponed and no spectator sporting events — all measures being taken in response to the spread of the coronavirus. But experts say a moratorium on all public events might be too excessive.

As the global number of coronavirus cases hits 120,000 people in more than 100 countries, chances of stopping its spread are now considered unlikely. So public health officials have turned their attention to slowing it down. 

The Coachella music festival in Southern California has been postponed amid concerns over the coronavirus.

Former U.S. vice-president Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders were looking for a win in Michigan on Tuesday to prove they have the backing of working-class voters in a critical Midwestern battleground state that helped put President Donald Trump in the White House.

Joe Biden took Tuesday night's biggest primary prize — Michigan — along with decisive wins in Missouri and Mississippi, with Bernie Sanders winning the smallest state voting, North Dakota, and possibly Washington state, which remained too close to call.

Joe Biden is projected to take Tuesday night's biggest primary prize — Michigan — along with decisive wins in Missouri and Mississippi, dealing an early blow to rival Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on a night when six states were up for grabs.

Joe Biden is projected to take Tuesday night's biggest primary prize — Michigan — along with decisive wins in Missouri and Mississippi, dealing an early blow to rival Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on a night when six states were up for grabs.

Joe Biden is projected to take Tuesday night's biggest primary prize — Michigan — along with decisive wins in Missouri and Mississippi, dealing an early blow to rival Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on a night when six states were up for grabs.

Joe Biden is projected to score decisive wins in Missouri and Mississippi on Tuesday, dealing an early blow to rival Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on a night when six states were up for grabs.

Canada's big phone companies warned MPs on a parliamentary committee Tuesday their networks aren't yet ready to implement new anti-spoofing technology to guard against fake calls — and many existing landline phones and cellphones will need to be upgraded in order for the technology to be effective.