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The Canada-wide chain will introduce a mandatory mask policy on May 11, claiming customers and employees want a policy more in line with how Asian countries have handled the COVID-19 crisis.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating a shooting involving police Wednesday morning south of Leduc. 

A 27-year-old man was killed Wednesday following a vehicle chase and armed confrontation with RCMP on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway south of Leduc, Alta.

A Georgia prosecutor said Tuesday that he wants a grand jury to decide if criminal charges are warranted in the death of a man shot after a pursuit by armed men who later told police they suspected him of being a burglar.

Shares in Canadian e-commerce firm Shopify Inc. surged on Wednesday after the company said more and more businesses are signing up for the company's online selling platform during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shares in Canadian e-commerce firm Shopify Inc. surged on Wednesday after the company said more and more businesses are signing up for the its online selling platform during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jonelle Prescott, who lives in New Brunswick, has been separated from her husband Harold Prescott, who lives in Maine, since the federal government closed the border between the U.S. and Canada in March.

Ontario will relax some of its coronavirus restrictions in the days ahead, moving with "cautious optimism" to allow garden centres, nurseries, hardware stores and safety supply stores to reopen so long as they adhere to the same public health measures currently in place at grocery stores.

A small number of MPs are today convening for the once-a-week for in-person sittings of the House of Commons where they are focusing in on the billions of dollars in emergency aid programs the federal government has implemented to cushion the economic impact of the pandemic.

A small number of MPs are to convene for a once-a-week, in-person sitting of the House of Commons and are expected to zero in on the perceived deficiencies of the billions of dollars in emergency aid programs the federal government has implemented in response to the pandemic.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the White House coronavirus task force would continue its work on the pandemic, focusing on vaccines and therapeutics, a day after appearing to give support to the possibility it would wind down its operations.

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Carving out a section of low-hanging basement ceiling was a small price to pay to give Travis Bondy the space he needed to play in the Isolation Dart League.

Experts say there were clues before the COVID-19 pandemic escalated that Millrise Care Centre couldn’t stay afloat without help if it were hit with an outbreak — and that the parent company’s track record shows the need to overhaul the seniors care industry.

Experts say there were clues before the pandemic escalated that Millrise couldn’t stay afloat without help if it were hit with an outbreak — and that the parent company’s track record shows the need to overhaul the seniors care industry.

Quebec health officials continue to play whack-a-mole — dispatching workers from one health-care facility to a short-staffed one elsewhere. As more and more seniors in care fall to the virus, an infectious disease specialist says redeployed health-care workers are the obvious suspects.

Quebec health officials continue to play whack-a-mole — dispatching workers from one health-care facility to a short-staffed one elsewhere. As more and more seniors in care fall to the virus, an infectious disease specialist says redeployed health-care workers are the obvious suspects.

The memorandum of understanding between Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs, British Columbia and Ottawa sets a roadmap for transferring the jurisdiction of their territory to their traditional governance, according to a copy of the document obtained by CBC News. 

Canada is not running out of food. But the pandemic is putting unprecedented pressures on certain agriculture sectors — and the long-term future of the globalized food trade is under a cloud.

It was intended as an interim measure to protect people during the pandemic, but now that doctors across Canada have embraced virtual care, some clinicians and patients would like to see it continue.

Alberta's use of a smartphone app to help slow the spread of the coronavirus may provide other provinces with insight on what to do — and what to avoid — as Canada begins easing restrictions, heightening the need for effective contact tracing.

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More than two months into the coronavirus pandemic, federal and provincial governments are still using extraordinary measures to supply health-care workers with personal protective equipment throughout Canada.

More than two months into the coronavirus pandemic, federal and provincial governments are still using extraordinary measures to supply health-care workers with personal protective equipment throughout Canada.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer likes to criticize the CERB benefit as a disincentive to work. Maybe that's not the problem he should focus on right now.

With more businesses reopening, some employees are anxious about going back to work, worried their health could be at risk and wondering if they have any rights not to return. Here's what you need to know about your employment obligations if you are called back to work and any recourse you may have.

Six Canadian military members killed in last week's helicopter crash off the coast of Greece will be honoured at a repatriation ceremony in Ontario on Wednesday.

Six Canadian military members killed in last week's helicopter crash off the coast of Greece were honoured at a repatriation ceremony in Ontario on Wednesday.

Six Canadian military members killed in last week's helicopter crash off the coast of Greece are being honoured at a repatriation ceremony in Ontario on Wednesday.

Why was the death rate from COVID-19 in the U.S. so much higher than Canada's in the early days of the pandemic? Researchers who spoke to CBC outlined three broad reasons and said it didn't all come down to how the Trump administration handled the pandemic response.

Why was the death rate from COVID-19 in the U.S. so much higher than Canada's in the early days of the pandemic? Researchers who spoke to CBC outlined three broad reasons and said it didn't all come down to how the Trump administration handled the pandemic response.

Why was the death rate from COVID-19 in the U.S. so much higher than Canada's in the early days of the pandemic? Researchers who spoke to CBC outlined three broad reasons and said it didn't all come down to how the Trump administration handled the pandemic response.

Industries are looking for guidance as Premier John Horgan reveals the province's strategy Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m. PT.

Three people who were hard hit by the virus tell us what it's like to battle COVID-19 and win.

Imperial Oil has confirmed that dozens of birds have died after landing in tailings areas at the Kearl oilsands site near Fort McMurray.

U.S. Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized with infection.

A TV series about Toronto's famously controversial mayor, Rob Ford, is in the works in Hollywood.