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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be back at work on Monday, a Downing Street spokesperson confirmed on Saturday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is looking into a report by the federal correctional investigator that concludes the human rights of prisoners are being violated due to measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is looking into a report by the federal correctional investigator that concludes the human rights of prisoners are being violated due to measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

This week, staff with the West Central Montreal regional health authority, including physiotherapists, social workers, occupational therapists and speech language pathologists were told they were being redeployed to long-term care homes.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford called anti-lockdown protesters at Queen's Park on Saturday "a bunch of yahoos" and said they were being "selfish" and "irresponsible" for demonstrating against provincial emergency orders in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.

The province is prepared to take every possible step to protect Albertans from a coming "terrible economic storm," Premier Jason Kenney said Thursday — but for many, it won't be enough.

With much of the world struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still some good-news stories to report. Here's a brief roundup.

China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation. The trip by the Chinese doctors and officials comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean leader.

B.C. is enacting a public safety order to move homeless people living in tent cities encampments into hotels in Vancouver and Victoria during the COVID-19 pandemic.

RCMP in the Nunavut community previously known as Cape Dorset said they were dealing with a 'possible active shooter' on Saturday morning.

RCMP in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, said they were dealing with a 'possible active shooter' on Saturday morning.

RCMP in Kinngait, Nunavut, say a man is in custody after an "extended standoff" on Saturday.

A media release issued Saturday morning said gardens will have to follow recommendations and instructions laid out by local medical officers of health.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $62.5 million on Saturday for Canada's fish and seafood sector amid mounting concerns over the state of the country's food supply. 

University students across Canada are calling on their schools to reduce tuition and other fees in light of classes moving online and offering what they say is an inferior education. 

There’s legal precedent, and then there’s Monty Python. The two overlapped this week when a B.C. small claims court sided with a Salt Spring Island resident who sued another man for allegedly selling him a defective parrot.

As the global death toll from COVID-19 topped 200,000 on Saturday, countries and jurisdictions around the world took cautious steps toward easing some lockdowns, while fears of infection made even some pandemic-wounded businesses reluctant to reopen.

Ontario will provide a $4 per hour salary increase for front-line workers as part of temporary pandemic payment to recognize their efforts in the fight against COVID-19, Premier Doug Ford said on Saturday.

B.C. is handling COVID-19 nearly as well as one could hope. Now comes the tricky part — keeping the virus in check, slowly easing some restrictions and maintaining social cohesion. All at the same time.

B.C. is handling COVID-19 nearly as well as one could hope. Now comes the tricky part — keeping the virus in check, slowly easing some restrictions and maintaining social cohesion. All at the same time.

With Canadian universities and colleges closed because of COVID-19, life has been particularly challenging for students in "hands-on" programs who have lost access to the labs, professional equipment and co-op job placements needed for their studies.

A growing chorus of experts is calling for the widespread use of masks to slow the spread of COVID-19 and suggest it may be a key factor in why some countries seemingly have their outbreaks under control while others are completely overwhelmed. 

The RCMP have acknowledged they were aware that Gabriel Wortman was driving a replica cruiser and wearing a police uniform for hours before they shared the information with the public. A lag that friends and family say may have contributed to the deaths of six people.

Launched on April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope remains a major symbol for NASA more than 30 years later. Here's a look at some iconic images from a mission that is transforming the way we see our universe.

Vectors of the coronavirus — family and health-care workers returning from abroad — carried it into the province’s long-term care institutions, home to those most vulnerable to the disease, well before Premier François Legault banned all visits in mid-March.

Flattening the COVID-19 infection curve, securing funding to pay for overtime, and finding a consistent supply of personal protective equipment and COVID-19 tests for every patient are all requirements for surgeries to ramp up again, the surgeon-in-chief at one of Canada's largest hospitals says.

The first official case of COVID-19 in New York City was announced on March 1, but researchers estimate there were potentially thousands of cases in the city by then. Faced with that level of spread, New York was destined to become the epicentre of the outbreak in the U.S., experts say.

The prime minister departed from his measured tones of reassurance this week when he described the "terrible tragedies" the pandemic is inflicting on long-term care homes. He's right to say that something is very, very wrong here. What are we going to do about it?

There are signs the political bounce U.S. President Donald Trump's received in the polls earlier in the coronavirus crisis has, at least for now, deflated.

There are signs the political bounce U.S. President Donald Trump's received in the polls earlier in the coronavirus crisis has, at least for now, deflated.

Gary Robbins, known for his obsession with one of the hardest foot races in the world, will test himself against a machine in his garage on Saturday to try to raise money for the B.C. Search and Rescue Association.

The United States has cleared the way for its long-awaited trade agreement with Canada and Mexico to go into effect July 1.

A three-year-old boy from a Nigerian orphanage has been celebrating the April snowfall in Calgary after his family was able to bring the adopted boy back to Canada.

Warning: Speculating about medical cures on TV carries unwanted side-effects. Ask President Trump. First, there was an anti-malaria pill. Now, offhand remarks about injecting disinfectant. The president blames the media for twisting his remarks. But even allies wish he'd stop playing doctor.

One million Chinese-made N95 respirator masks that didn't meet Canada's quality control standards are being examined by public health officials to see if they can be used in non-medical settings, according to a senior government official.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada’s premiers agreed to work toward a jointly-drafted set of national guidelines on reopening the economy during their weekly conference call this afternoon.

The employees of a Niagara-region grocery store have been offered testing for the coronavirus after the owner, who is also a town councillor, contracted the virus.

Musician plays along with victim Emily Tuck in a video tribute during CBC's Nova Scotia Remembers event.