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As front-line officers frantically tried to track down the man on a shooting rampage in rural Nova Scotia last weekend, investigators behind the scenes were trying to figure out who the gunman was aiming for next.

A Canadian civil liberties organization is sounding the alarm on what it says is "an extraordinary invasion of privacy" after Ontario moved to provide police forces with the personal information of people who have tested positive for COVID-19, including names, addresses and dates of birth.

New Brunswick's four-phase COVID-19 recovery plan begins immediately with loosening of physical distancing restrictions to allow two-household gatherings, Premier Blaine Higgs announced on Friday.

After a rocky start, the Hubble Space Telescope transformed the way we see our universe. On Friday, it celebrates its 30-year anniversary in orbit around Earth.

Conestoga Meats is shutting down production for a week at its Breslau pork processing plant after seven workers tested positive for COVID-19, a change in direction from earlier in the week when the company said it would stay open.

Nova Scotia RCMP say they have found no evidence of shots being fired in four Halifax-area communities Friday afternoon after reports prompted officials to issue a provincewide emergency alert.

Reports of shots fired in two Halifax-area communities on Friday afternoon prompted an emergency alert to be issued to Nova Scotians just after 4 p.m. AT on Friday.

General Motors of Canada Ltd. is going to start producing up to a million face masks per month at its facility in Oshawa, Ont., the company said Friday.

The police and fire departments in the fly-in community of Whapmagoostui, Que., have started organizing birthday greetings with sirens and songs. Four-year-old Sammy Salt was pleased.

Canadians stuck at home during the COVID-19 crisis are shopping online in huge numbers, often looking for luxury products as a treat during the lockdown. That's great news for hard-hit retailers, but Canada Post is straining to keep up.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will discuss the process of restarting parts of the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic with premiers on Friday, the same day that New Brunswick unveiled a multiphase plan to reopen. Here's a look at what's happening in Canada, the U.S. and around the world.

Gangs and organized crime groups in B.C. are changing how they operate and run their illegal business due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, police forces say.

Officials are expected to speak at a media conference this morning about the 12-hour rampage in Nova Scotia over the weekend that killed 22 people before the gunman was shot dead by police.

Nova Scotia RCMP say the fact the gunman who went on a shooting rampage last weekend looked like a police officer made trying to catch him dangerous and complicated.

Nova Scotia RCMP say the fact the gunman who went on a shooting rampage last weekend was dressed like a police officer made trying to catch him dangerous and complicated.

Nova Scotia RCMP said some of the people who died during a mass shooting over the weekend lost their lives trying to help others.

With the COVID-19 death toll topping 50,000 in the United States, Georgia, Oklahoma and a handful of other states took the first tentative steps at reopening for business on Friday, despite the disapproval of most health experts.

With the COVID-19 death toll topping 50,000 in the United States, Georgia, Oklahoma and a handful of other states took the first tentative steps at reopening for business on Friday, despite the disapproval of most health experts.

Doctors and health experts urged people not to drink or inject disinfectant on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested scientists should investigate inserting the cleaning agent into the body as a way to combat COVID-19.

Doctors and health experts urged people not to inject disinfectant on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested scientists should investigate whether putting the cleaning agent into the body could be a way to combat COVID-19.

Doctors and health experts urged people not to drink or inject disinfectant on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested scientists should investigate inserting the cleaning agent into the body as a way to combat COVID-19.

Doctors and health experts urged people not to drink or inject disinfectant on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested scientists should investigate inserting the cleaning agent into the body as a way to combat COVID-19.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today significant rent relief to help businesses that can't afford to pay their landlords at a time when their operations are shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce a new rent relief program today to help businesses that can't afford to pay their landlords at a time when their operations are shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce a new rent relief program today to help businesses that can't afford to pay their landlords at a time when their operations are shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced a new rent subsidy program to help businesses forced to shut down due to the global pandemic, as some provinces begin to lay out plans to reopen their economies.

The first court hearing in a privacy case brought by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, against a tabloid newspaper for printing part of a letter to her father began at the High Court in London, England, on Friday.

Canadians got a glimpse of how one province plans to handle a phased reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday as Saskatchewan's premier and top doctor offered details about a recovery plan they say will start in early May. Here's a look at what's happening in Canada, the U.S. and around the world.

Edmund Mark Hooper, the unfortunate loser of the classic hand game rock paper scissors, took out a mortgage on his house to pay off the debt — a fact that was acknowledged in a notarized contract.

While Katherine Cairns was gardening outside she missed a text message that warned her information on her cell phone would be transferred from Rogers to another service provider and she needed to call in the next half hour to stop the process.

We're answering your questions about the pandemic. Send yours to [email protected] and we’ll answer as many as we can. We’ll publish a selection of answers every weekday online, and also put some questions to the experts during The National and on CBC News Network.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how eating and buying food has changed during the pandemic, compare the current drop in carbon emissions to other historical periods and dive into a B.C. cave that was uncovered thanks to the effects of climate change.

The clash of authoritarianism and democratic values is being fuelled by the very technology, science and governmental power used to fight the pandemic, writes Errol Mendes.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised Wednesday to pursue more stringent gun control measures in the aftermath of the Nova Scotia massacre — but his government still hasn't enacted amendments to the Firearms Act that were passed by Parliament last year.

Some Canadian banks are looking to make changes to their loan criteria so that small businesses hit hard by COVID-19 can access a new loan program designed by the government to help them, says Export Development Canada.

Some Canadian banks are looking to make changes to their loan criteria so that small businesses hit hard by COVID-19 can access a new loan program designed by the government to help them, says Export Development Canada.

With daycares and schools closed across Canada, immunization requirements aren't being enforced by public health officials, and that has doctors worried about a possible surge in measles, whooping cough and other serious, vaccine-preventable illnesses.

Police are warning parents across Canada that in dark corners of the internet, sexual predators are talking eagerly among themselves about how children are home all day, every day and spending more time online because of the pandemic.

Police are warning parents across Canada that in dark corners of the internet, sexual predators are talking eagerly among themselves about how children are home all day, every day and spending more time online because of the pandemic.

Provinces have started thinking about how to get back to normal as the number of pandemic deaths among Canada's oldest people continues to grow.

The federal government's latest projection of how much it will spend on direct support for Canadians to get through the COVID-19 crisis has now reached more than $145.6 billion. Here's a guide to the most substantial programs.

Conspiracy theories around the origin of the coronavirus have been circulating since it was first identified. A preliminary study suggests that one in 10 Canadians believes at least one conspiracy theory about the virus. 

Saskatchewan residents were informed on Thursday of a plan to start reanimating the province after more than a month in a pandemic-induced state of semi-dormancy. 

One of Canada’s leading doctors and a key member of the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force says the World Health Organization placed too much confidence in Chinese data about the virus and set back the world’s response by as much as three weeks.

One of Canada’s leading doctors and a key member of the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force says the World Health Organization placed too much confidence in Chinese data about the virus and set back the world’s response by as much as three weeks.

As Saskatchewan announces its plan to slowly reopen its economy, pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal government to reveal plans for restoring economic activity across the country.

The Union of Northern Workers, which represents 400 workers at the Ekati diamond mine, said they had no forewarning of the financial difficulties that led the company to file for creditor protection.