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Cases connected to outbreak of COVID-19 at the Cargill meat plant in High River, Alta., have increased dramatically over the past two weeks. As of Friday, there were 558 cases in workers from the plant, with 798 total cases linked to the outbreak, which is the largest outbreak linked to a single site in Canada.

The COVID-19 outbreak at the Cargill meat plant in High River, Alta., is the largest linked to a single site in Canada, and the predominately Filipino employees at the plant say they're being unfairly blamed for the outbreak, which is up to 558 cases in workers and 798 cases overall.

Demonstrators gathered in a Hong Kong mall on Sunday chanting pro-democracy slogans, even as Hong Kong's social distancing measures banned gatherings of more than four in public.

Former Canadian figure skater and Olympic medallist Joannie Rochette will be working at Quebec's long-term care homes hit hard by COVID-19.

A Pelham, Ont. councillor and Sobeys store owner at the centre of a controversy around COVID-19 says he would never do anything to endanger the health of others and described the town's handling of the situation as "reckless and irresponsible."

Premier Doug Ford compared walking around with symptoms of COVID-19 to carrying a "loaded gun" and called on Ontarians exhibiting signs of the virus to exercise common sense and stay home.

Energy projects like an LNG Canada export terminal and the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion may face short-term setbacks but the pandemic and oil price crash shouldn't threaten their long-term viability, economists say.

Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced that all publicly-funded schools will remain closed until at least May 31.

Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced that all publicly-funded schools will remain closed until at least May 29.

Global deaths from COVID-19 have surpassed 203,000 and reported cases worldwide are approaching three million, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. Here's a look at what's happening in Canada, the U.S. and around the world.

CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need this week.

Data shows that Canadians are choosing to phone people to stay connected as the world works to stay at least two metres apart.

A team of researchers has been given the green light — and money — to help find a way to avoid another pandemic. But scientists say history has revealed that when the worst is over, interest in a preventative vaccine tends to die down.

Kim Jong-un's disappearance from the public eye has raised speculation about the North Korean leader's health as well as who would take over should anything happen to him. Here is what we know — and don't know — about Kim's health.

Cé​​​​​​​line Dion, Justin Bieber and Ryan Reynolds are among the stars slated to appear in a Canadian COVID-19 broadcast benefit tonight.

Cé​​​​​​​line Dion, Justin Bieber and Ryan Reynolds are among the stars slated to appear in a Canadian COVID-19 broadcast benefit tonight.

Hard limits on grocery store visits would burden those most at risk from COVID-19, writes contributor Ainsley Hawthorn.

Extortion emails with the recipient's password as a subject line have hit an unknown number of Canadians in the past week. They have prompted one Nova Scotia woman to caution others, and to ask why she needs to provide personal banking information in order to report it.

The pandemic is just the latest crisis involving civilian politicians asking soldiers to help out with disaster management. Down the road, this trend could lead to a wholesale reinvention of Canada's military.

As countries compete ferociously for resources to fend off the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Canada may want to start planning ahead for another viral wave set to sweep over the planet: the annual influenza epidemic.

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan of Mississauga, Ont., was plucked from obscurity and catapulted into Hollywood, now starring in a teen comedy series on Netflix bound to win over fans in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic.

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan of Mississauga, Ont., was plucked from obscurity and catapulted into Hollywood, now starring in a teen comedy series on Netflix bound to win over fans in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic.

After more than a month of closures due to COVID-19, small business owners and commercial landlords got welcome news from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday.

From their busiest time of the year to being in danger of closing, COVID-19 has hit some of Canada’s flower farmers hard.

In 2008, NASA announced that a new exoplanet was found orbiting a star 25 light-years away. But now it seems to have vanished. It turns out that it likely wasn’t a planet at all.

The pandemic has exposed the dismaying inadequacies of Canada's long-term care system for seniors, writes Dr. Amit Arya.

Many people would like to have life return to normal, but in the absence of a vaccine, effective treatment, or rapid testing, the reopening of a province may prove to be much more difficult than when governments shutdown their economies.

U.S. President Donald Trump said his press briefings are "not worth the time and effort" as his administration prepares to adjust his public presence amid the COVID-19 pandemic toward addressing the nation's economic woes.

Canada’s top doctor says there isn’t enough evidence to back herd immunity as a way to reopen society, as Quebec’s premier is considering the approach to restart his province’s economy.