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The Major League Baseball Players Association reportedly will vote Sunday on the league’s latest offer after it was thought there would be a delay to collect further information on health and safety protocols as COVID-19 continues to be an issue.

A vote by Major League Baseball players on whether to accept the owners' latest proposal to play the 2020 season has again been delayed, multiple outlets reported Sunday, though when the vote will take place — and the exact parameters of the owners' proposal — remain in flux.

An email from baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to union head Tony Clark led to a balk in the drawn-out talks to start the pandemic-delayed season, which now won't begin by July 19.

As a vote by Major League Baseball players on whether to accept the owners' latest proposal to play the 2020 season continues to be delayed, a report surfaced Sunday that a large number of positive COVID-19 tests is the main reason for the delay.

From infrared cameras that detect fires smouldering deep underground to satellites capable of tracking smoke and ash from high above the stratosphere, scientists are taking the fight against wildfires from the forest floor to the laboratory.

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a 62-year-old man died in a police-involved shooting in Mississauga on Saturday evening. 

Ontario drivers are being told to stay on the lookout for military vehicles on the roads this week as hundreds of Canadian Armed Forces members deployed to long-term care facilities in the Greater Toronto Area start to return to their bases.

Ontario drivers are being told to stay on the lookout for military vehicles on the roads this week as hundreds of Canadian Armed Forces members deployed to long-term care facilities in the Greater Toronto Area start to return to their bases.

Organizers of a National Indigenous Peoples Day festival in Ottawa have adapted to COVID-19 restrictions through a virtual powwow on social media, and even a virtual traditional cooking workshop.

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

British police said Sunday they are treating a stabbing rampage in a park that killed three people as a terrorist attack.

A stabbing rampage that killed three people as they sat in a British park on a summer evening is being considered a terrorist attack, police said Sunday. A 25-year-old man who is believed to be the lone attacker is in custody.

One man is dead and 11 people suffered non-life-threatening wounds in a shooting in Minneapolis, police said early Sunday.

Nova Scotia has begun easing restrictions around the COVID-19 pandemic, but those with chronic illnesses or who are immunocompromised may continue to be cautious.

A leading Canadian microbiologist is studying the overuse use of antibiotics in pandemic patients says overuse could have grave consequence down the road.

A state inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women in Minnesota is taking lessons from Canada on how to make sure its upcoming report doesn't end up gathering dust on a shelf.

Cineplex is planning to reopen its theatres after a three-month shutdown, along with fellow Canadian chain Landmark Cinemas. But as audiences ponder the risk, it's uncertain whether new movie releases will come out as scheduled.

When retired lance-corporal Thomas Falls died in solitary confinement at Montreal's Bordeaux jail in 1948, 10 days after being severely beaten by police, there was no public outcry and little newspaper coverage. Now, his family wants his story told.

The neo-liberal agenda tells us that economic growth will bring wellbeing to the masses, but without investment in a strong health care system wealth becomes meaningless, writes Dr. Anca Matei.

For months, the Royal Family have traded in handshakes for hashtags during the pandemic lockdown in the U.K. But questions are being raised about the Queen's future on the throne after a long stretch out of the public eye.

The chair of the University of British Columbia's board of governors has resigned after liking racist and conspiracy theory posts on Twitter, including tweets disparaging the Black Lives Matter movement.

Halton police they have suspended one of its officers in connection with a video circulating online Saturday that appears to show an officer pushing and hitting a youth. 

Countless Indigenous pieces of art, artifacts and human remains are held by museums around the world and many local communities and human rights experts have said they should be returned home.