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Hundreds of scientists say there is evidence that the novel coronavirus in smaller particles in the air can infect people and are calling for the World Health Organization to revise its recommendations, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

Darius Bezecki was biking with two brothers and a friend near his home when all four ended up in the river, police said.

Most Canadians remain opposed to the concept of the four most western provinces separating from Canada, but a new poll suggests any support for the Wexit party could come at the expense of the federal Conservatives in the next election.

Urban biodiversity expert Jennifer Rae Pierce says geese were reintroduced to the area in the 1970s because of conservation concerns. And unlike their native cousins, local geese never learned to migrate.

Uncovering what's become of Canada's deficit, implementing a bonus for workers returning to their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic and boosting funding for the auditor general are among the Official Opposition's priorities ahead of Wednesday's fiscal snapshot.

Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre and the party’s small business critic, James Cumming, discuss the Liberal government’s economic handle on the COVID-19 pandemic and what the Official Opposition expects to see from this week’s fiscal snapshot.

One of two people hit by a a vehicle that drove onto a closed Seattle highway and into a crowd protesting police brutality has died.

The number of people killed in weeklong protests in Ethiopia following the slaying of a popular singer and activist has risen to 166, according to a regional deputy police commissioner.

P.E.I. has reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total active cases in the province to five.

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says officers responded to the area shortly after 4 a.m. on Sunday to reports of 'unknown trouble' and found a man dead.

Police remain at the scene on Craigmillar Avenue in St. John's to investigate what they are calling a suspicious death in an area where they're advising residents to remain indoors.

Officers remain at the scene on Craigmillar Avenue in St. John's Sunday morning, with police issuing a shelter-in-place advisory for residents in the area.

The national immunity task force has started testing thousands of blood samples for COVID-19 antibodies and should be able to produce a more detailed picture of how many Canadians have been infected with the novel coronavirus within a couple of weeks.

A man walked off a flight from Halifax to St. John’s before takeoff Saturday after realizing almost everyone on the flight would need to self-isolate upon arrival. But he didn't have to.

Police officers remain at the scene on Craigmillar Avenue in St. John's Sunday morning, with police issuing a shelter in place advisory for residents in the area.

Deep floodwaters and the risk of more mudslides that left at least 34 people confirmed or presumed dead hampered search and rescue operations Sunday in southern Japan, including at elderly home facilities where more than a dozen died and scores were still stranded.

Here's what's happening with the COVID-19 pandemic around the world on July 5.

The COVID-19 pandemic has launched the Canadian Red Cross into transferring funds electronically to those they support.

Postponing the Tokyo Olympics by a full year has thrown a huge wrench in the lives of Canada’s elite athletes in ways that transcend their sports careers, according to a former Olympic champion.

Some provinces have released plans on how they aim to allow students to return to the classroom in September, but those school boards continuing with partial or fully virtual learning need to ensure measures are in place to protect students' privacy and safety, a cybersecurity expert says.

Activists in New York didn't get the billion-dollar budget cut they were calling for, but experts say across the U.S., shifts in policing policy show that protests in the wake of George Floyd's death have led to some gains and given a sense of urgency to the movement to reform how police operate.

In the 1970s, upwards of 150,000 people resided in Venice, but today it's home to just over 50,000, with the population shrinking by 1,000 each year. Without tourists, there is hardly anyone left in the lagoon city.

In the 1970s, upwards of 150,000 people resided in Venice, but today it's home to just over 50,000, with the population shrinking by 1,000 each year. Without tourists, there is hardly anyone left in the lagoon city.

American rapper Kanye West, a vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, announced on Saturday that he would run for president in 2020 in an apparent challenge to Trump and his presumptive Democratic rival, former Vice-President Joe Biden.

On a day meant for unity and celebration, U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to "safeguard our values" from enemies within — leftists, looters, agitators, he said — in a Fourth of July speech packed with all the grievances and combativeness of his political rallies.

A military plane carrying Canadian troops to Latvia as part of a NATO mission in that country has been turned back after a commissionaire who checked members into the flight tested positive for COVID-19.