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Life under the pall of COVID-19 has given Nick D'Amico time to think. Sometimes he thinks too much — mostly about his sister — and his thoughts fall down a black hole.

Police confirmed Wednesday that the gunman acted alone in his weekend rampage, and that RCMP were in the process of preparing a public alert when the gunman was killed.

Feverish demand for baking has one of the biggest sellers of flour in the country saying it is having trouble finding enough of its usual bags to store it.

The Boston Red Sox were stripped of their second-round pick in this year's amateur draft by Major League Baseball for breaking video rules in 2018 and former manager Alex Cora was suspended through the 2020 post-season for his previous conduct as bench coach with the Houston Astros.

As his brother lay dead in the road, Clinton Ellison quietly hid in the freezing woods and prayed the police would come to save him from a gunman ravaging the community of Portapique, N.S.

RCMP in Nova Scotia say the man who went on a deadly rampage throughout the province, leaving at least 22 people dead, did not have a criminal record. But court records show 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman pleaded guilty in a 2001 assault.

RCMP in Nova Scotia say the man who went on a deadly rampage throughout the province, leaving at least 22 people dead, did not have a criminal record. But court records show 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman had been convicted of a crime.

A handful of mostly southern U.S. states will begin loosening economic restrictions this week in the midst of a still virulent pandemic, providing a live-fire test of whether the country's communities can start to reopen without triggering a surge that may force them to close again.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce more financial aid for post-secondary students today, after taking criticism that too many young people are falling through the cracks under existing COVID-19 support programs.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced $9 billion in financial aid for post-secondary students in response to claims that too many young people were falling through the cracks in existing COVID-19 support programs.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced $9 billion in financial aid for post-secondary students, after taking criticism that too many young people are falling through the cracks under existing COVID-19 support programs.

Tim Hortons workers will now wear masks and have their temperatures checked before shifts, the chain announced Wednesday in its latest business change amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Canadian Armed Forces have come to the aid of the RCMP by providing them with personnel and supplies to help the police investigation into the killing of 22 people in rural Nova Scotia. 

Premier François Legault said the province has not been able to find enough trained workers to meet the immediate needs at its besieged long-term care institutions, even after bringing in 350 medical specialists and others to help out.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is co-ordinating with provinces and territories about how to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic — but said each will make its own decision, given their different circumstances. Here's a look at what's happening in Canada, the U.S. and around the world.

The coronavirus pandemic is expected to drive carbon dioxide emissions down six per cent this year, the head of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, in what would be the biggest yearly drop since the Second World War.

A diversified economy previously cushioned the middle province from the economic blows of provinces more vulnerable to the whims of single industries. And that economic track record has given officials the belief they can weather the financial toll of COVID-19.

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Canada’s prison watchdog says he has not managed to obtain any details on how many federal prisoners have been released early to limit the transmission of COVID-19, but progress appears to be slow.

Next week, New Zealand will emerge from one of the most stringent lockdown's in the western world. Rather than just flattening the COVID-19 infection curve, the country is poised to eradicate it altogether.

As COVID-19 quietly incubated in Wuhan, China, last fall, public health officials in Canada were looking for gaps that needed to be closed in their long effort to upgrade this country’s online pandemic early warning system.

The pandemic lockdown is forcing a new kind of frugality on Canadians. The fact is there are far fewer places to spend money. Some Canadians lucky enough to have maintained their income are actually seeing savings. Could the COVID-19 crisis change some of our spending habits long term?

The urban Indigenous population is being marginalized by the federal government's COVID-19 funding strategy, say witnesses who testified Tuesday before the House of Commons standing committee on health.

While it’s still early to get a broad picture of how the pandemic is affecting crime levels, some police forces are reporting early data that shows a rise in commercial break-and-enters and stunt driving. Police are also worried about domestic incidents rising in the weeks ahead.

Some Bell and TekSavvy customers say they were shocked to learn they're facing a price hike in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bell says the increases were set in motion before the pandemic hit. TekSavvy says it had no choice due to court battles that involve Bell and the other big telcos.

A long-term care home in the northwest end of Toronto is reporting that five of its residents have now died of COVID-19.

A woman who grew up in Winnipeg is believed to be one of the 22 victims killed in this weekend's shooting in rural Nova Scotia, one of the worst mass killings in Canadian history.

First came U.S. President Donald Trump's big announcement on immigration. Now comes the fine print. It appears Trump's immigration freeze order leaves cross-border workers mostly untouched, providing relief to huge numbers of Canadians.

First came U.S. President Donald Trump's big announcement on immigration. Now comes the fine print. It appears Trump's immigration freeze order leaves cross-border workers mostly untouched, providing relief to huge numbers of Canadians.

First came U.S. President Donald Trump's big announcement on immigration. Now comes the fine print. It appears Trump's immigration freeze order leaves cross-border workers mostly untouched, providing relief to huge numbers of Canadians.

Days after dozens of cases of COVID-19 were confirmed at a meat plant in southern Alberta, provincial health and safety investigators conducted an inspection by video call and concluded the plant was safe to remain open.

Measures taken to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and low commodity prices are being blamed by Teck Resources Ltd. for a first-quarter loss attributable to shareholders of $312 million.

Seventeen Canadians are among 36 women who have newly come forward to say they were sexually assaulted by Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard. The allegations are contained in an updated class-action legal complaint filed in New York on Monday.

The husband of a health-care worker killed in Sunday's attacks in Nova Scotia is criticizing the fact that an emergency alert was not sent out and people were instead updated about the situation through the RCMP's Twitter account.

The RCMP in Nova Scotia knew it had a murderous gunman on the loose Saturday night but failed to warn local residents about the threat to their safety through the provincial emergency alert system.