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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Canada doesn't have the "systemic, deep roots" of racism that the United States does.

A major COVID-19 outbreak that led to the infection of 10 health-care workers in an intensive care unit at Abbotsford Regional Hospital has been declared over, B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced Tuesday.

The Lancet medical journal says 'serious scientific questions' had been brought to its attention about the validity of the data behind a widely cited and already corrected study on the dangers of the use of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine in treating COVID-19.

Bronwyn Joanis, 13, was sent letters and stuffed animals from Grade 7 classmates who wanted to celebrate her recovery from life-changing spinal surgery. But the surgery never happened.

Khari Jones says he received death threats while he was with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers because of his interracial marriage.

RCMP have removed an officer from Kinngait, Nunavut, after a video surfaced on social media showing what appears to be a police officer using the door of a police vehicle to run down an intoxicated man late Monday night.

Planes and boats loaded with personal protective equipment and other COVID-19 supplies continue to arrive in Canada as the federal government moves to increase the domestic stockpile of crucial gear. 

Both the American and Canadian Horseshoe Falls will go dark between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. 

Several Canadian families have told CBC News of the heartbreak they have experienced being separated due to travel restrictions because of COVID-19 at the Canada-U.S. border.

Throughout January, the WHO publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. In fact, Chinese officials sat on releasing the genetic map of the deadly virus for over a week after multiple government labs had fully decoded it, The Associated Press has found from internal documents, emails and dozens of interviews.

Major broadcasters, music streaming companies and more are joining with celebrities and music labels in halting or altering their regular operations Tuesday to mark their solidarity with widespread U.S. and international protests against the killing of George Floyd in police custody.

A cyclone in the Arabian Sea was barrelling toward India's business capital Mumbai on Tuesday, threatening to deliver high winds and flooding to an area already struggling with the nation's highest number of coronavirus infections and deaths.

The doctor at the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak in the Campbellton area says he's not sure whether he picked up the coronavirus during a trip to Quebec or from a patient in his office.

BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. will both use equipment from Scandinavian component makers Nokia and Ericsson to build out their next-generation 5G networks in Canada.

BCE Inc. has decided to partner with Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson to build its 5G network in Canada.

BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. will both use equipment from Scandinavian component makers Nokia and Ericsson to build out their next-generation 5G networks in Canada.

The novel coronavirus has infected nearly 6.3 million people worldwide, with more than 375,000 recorded deaths, according to a case tracking tool maintained by the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University.

The novel coronavirus has infected more than 6.3 million people worldwide, and there have been more than 376,000 recorded deaths, according to a case tracking tool maintained by the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University and Medicine.

The novel coronavirus has infected more than 6.3 million people worldwide, and there have been more than 376,000 recorded deaths, according to a case tracking tool maintained by the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University and Medicine.

Windsor Const. Arjei Franklin admits he can't bring himself to watch the bystander video of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, killing him in the process. On Friday, Franklin posted his reaction to the incident online.

A Nova Scotia family has made a passionate appeal for the federal and Nova Scotia governments to end the "back and forth" over which should lead a public inquiry into a recent mass shooting.

Winnipeg is one of the largest cities in North America — if not the largest — to so far sail through the public health crisis with few cases of the disease, almost fully functional hospitals and an economy where only a handful of remaining businesses are not allowed to reopen.

Canada's health system is facing unrelenting attacks from cybercriminals, prompting calls for Ottawa to develop national cybersecurity standards for the sector and for an influx of money from the federal government to deal with the issue.

Chika Stacy Oriuwa has wanted to be a doctor since she was a young child. On Tuesday, she will be named the faculty’s second black woman valedictorian and the first woman in 14 years to receive the honour.

Chika Stacy Oriuwa has wanted to be a doctor since she was a young child. On Tuesday, she will be the faculty’s first black woman valedictorian and the first woman in 14 years to receive the honour.

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.

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.

COVID-19 isolation has settled the 'is the internet a basic service?' debate once and for all, and now we need to do everything in our power to get young people online, writes David Fowler.

We've received more than 1,500 questions about COVID-19 testing from Canadians, and many readers are confused about the process and the results. We took your most common questions to the experts. Here's what you wanted to know about testing.

We've received more than 1,500 questions about COVID-19 testing from Canadians, and many readers are confused about the process and the results. We took your most common questions to the experts. Here's what you wanted to know about testing.

Talk to black protesters in the U.S. these days, and police brutality is frequently cast as just one point in a constellation of inequalities. Other key disparities have been well known for a long time. But they remain unresolved.

Four Chretien-era cabinet ministers are among 58 former Canadian diplomats and politicians who added their names to a letter calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government to show stronger resistance to a proposed Israeli annexation of a large part of the occupied West Bank.

Raising a young black man today brings with it fear of the burden he will carry when he comes of age, but also the hope he'll have the tools to help effect change, the CBC's Asha Tomlinson writes.

Three black parents share their fears and anxieties after the death of George Floyd and the difficult conversations they’re having with their children.

The current protests across the U.S. represent simmering anger over a perceived lack of accountability in recent years for police officers who have killed black people. Here's a look at some of the most high-profile cases of the past decade.

BC Hydro is poised to divert part of a major river to build the $10 billion Site C mega dam in northern B.C.

Canadians are staying home in droves and burning less fuel thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Trans Mountain pipeline corporation forecasts shipping demand on its existing pipeline will remain strong in 2020.