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John Wiggins' big fear was that when the NBA restart tipped off in Florida, the world would forget about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, and the conversation around racial injustice would fizzle out.

Plans are being made across the country for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

A sly fox has befriended a dog named Hank near Stony Plain. Within just a few months, the two have become inseparable.

When COVID-19 cases began popping up across Canada, Saskatoon attorney and athlete David Samuel decided to treat it like the other physical challenges he’d overcome and started training to be in the best shape of his life. Now he's sick.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a House of Commons committee today that, despite his family's ties with WE Charity, he did not place himself in a conflict of interest through his involvement in cabinet discussions on getting the charity to run a $900 million student grant program — but he apologized again for failing to recuse himself from those discussions.

The Canada Border Services Agency is tightening up the rules on Americans travelling through western Canada on the way to Alaska in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The Canada Border Services Agency is tightening up the rules on Americans travelling through B.C. on the way to Alaska in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The Toronto Blue Jays' upcoming series in Philadelphia is in doubt after the Phillies reported that two staff members tested positive for coronavirus.

Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo says the team's upcoming series in Philadelphia has been postponed. The Phillies reported Thursday that two staff members tested positive for coronavirus and all activity at Citizens Bank Park has been cancelled until further notice.

DavidsTea's shift to selling primarily online will see the chain reopen 18 stores across Canada, a significant drop from the 186 it had before it closed all of its locations when COVID-19 hit.

All Manitoba students will return to school on Sept. 8 with some restrictions in place, the provincial government announced Thursday. 

Herman Cain, a Republican candidate for president in 2012, has died after being hospitalized with the coronavirus, according to a statement on his website and social media pages.

President Donald Trump for the first time floated a "delay" to November's presidential election, as he made unsubstantiated allegations that increased mail-in voting will result in fraud.

A plan to give oil and gas companies a break on municipal property taxes would deal massive blows to the revenues of Alberta's rural governments, warns a group representing Alberta counties and municipal districts.

John Lewis is being mourned, revered and celebrated at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Thursday, returning to a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history.

When John Lewis is mourned, revered and celebrated at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Thursday beginning at 11 a.m. ET, he returns to a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history.

John Lewis is being mourned, revered and celebrated at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Thursday, returning to a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history.

The U.S. economy contracted at its steepest pace since the Great Depression in the second quarter, as the COVID-19 pandemic shattered consumer and business spending, and a nascent recovery is under threat from a resurgence in new coronavirus cases.

Toronto's struggling tourism industry needed a boost after SARS hit the city. So the federal government put together a concert bill that included the Rolling Stones, AC/DC and Rush to bring people back.

Spikes in coronavirus infections in the Asia-Pacific region have dispelled any notion it may be over the worst, with Australia, India and Hong Kong reporting record daily cases, Vietnam testing thousands and North Korea urging vigilance. Here's what's happening in Canada and the rest of the world on Thursday.

The Ontario government is due to announce plans for reopening schools in September later today. The announcement comes just six weeks before back-to-school season and a week before the deadline the province's 72 school boards were initially given to outline their plans for the academic year.

Elementary students in Ontario will be heading back to school full time come September, the provincial government revealed today, while most high school students will split their time between the classroom and online learning. 

NASA's next-generation Mars rover Perseverance is set for liftoff from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Thursday on a mission to search for traces of potential past life on Earth's planetary neighbour.

The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built blasted off Thursday as part of an ambitious, long-range project to bring the first Martian rock samples back to Earth to be analyzed for evidence of ancient life.

In the grand scheme of government, $30 million per year might not seem like a lot, but you can do a lot with that much money when it comes to energy information. What's the Canadian Energy Centre doing?

In the grand scheme of government, $30 million per year might not seem like a lot, but you can do a lot with that much money when it comes to energy information. What's the Canadian Energy Centre doing?

In the grand scheme of government, $30 million per year might not seem like a lot, but you can do a lot with that much money when it comes to energy information. What's the Canadian Energy Centre doing?

"I do so many things right, and still there is so much hate for people who look like me," writes Germain Wilson in this personal essay. "It doesn’t matter to some that I have a family, that I have talents and interests that make me a unique individual; I’m simply Black."

A number of Manitoba businesses are ramping up their health and safety policies in light of the surge of cases of COVID-19 in the last few weeks, following a nearly two-week-long period with no new cases in the province.

It's been more than five years since Quebec court Judge Eliana Marengo told Montreal woman Rania El-Alloul to remove her hijab in the courtroom, saying she was "not suitably dressed." After a long legal battle, Marengo now wants to apologize.

What started as concern about the spread of COVID-19 in a small town on Nova Scotia's South Shore from a sailboat that arrived in Lockeport Harbour from the Caribbean two weeks ago has turned into a major $34-million drug bust.

A prime minister's appearance before a House of Commons committee is a rare event in Canadian politics — but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's date with the finance committee today might not shed much light on the WE Charity controversy, experts say.

Today Trudeau and Katie Telford, his chief of staff, will take that battle to the House of Commons finance committee where they will face questions from MPs about the decision to task WE Charity — which has a relationship with Trudeau’s family — with running a $900 million student grant program. 

We asked dozens of physicians, epidemiologists and public health experts what to expect from a second wave of COVID-19 infections. Most said the severity of a second wave will depend on what infection-control measures governments put in place and whether or not people adhere to public health guidelines.

At long last, it’s time to see whether the defending champion Toronto Raptors can run it back. The NBA's return will either end the longest one-season title reign in history, or extend it to two straight.

At long last, it’s time to see whether the defending champion Toronto Raptors can run it back. The NBA's return will either end the longest one-season title reign in history, or extend it to two straight.

The family of a Toronto woman admitted to hospital on suspicion of having COVID-19 is demanding answers after she had an altercation with security, which they say left her unconscious and in intensive care. She later died.

A former staffer for a Manitoba senator says she felt forced to resign over the fallout from a complaint she brought alleging a co-worker was falsely claiming an Indigenous identity.

A small Canadian mining company says it has found a way to mine nickel without spewing a ton of carbon into the atmosphere — an engineering challenge that no less than Tesla's Elon Musk says is the key to producing environmentally friendly batteries.

A new media organization's plan to host all four Conservative leadership candidates for a debate on Wednesday was thrown into disarray when two of the contenders dropped out.

A forensic audit into the expense claims of Calgary councillor Joe Magliocca found that he improperly claimed $5,657 in the last two years, and that there are outstanding questions about another $10,247.