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An outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared at a Cargill processing facility in Calgary, a "further processing" facility that provides retail meat products for supermarkets across Western Canada.

About 50 horses from a raceway in southwestern Ontario are in isolation after coming in contact with a horse that was diagnosed with strangles, a highly contagious and serious disease. 

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Friday told people to stay at home to avoid becoming "cannon fodder" for what he said were foreign-backed revolutionaries after huge crowds took to the streets for a sixth consecutive day to demand he step down.

Premier John Horgan put out the call, and now Seth Rogen along with actor Ryan Reynolds have both answered, pleading with young people in B.C. to stop partying and protect themselves and others from COVID-19.

Premier John Horgan put out the call, and actor Ryan Reynolds has answered, pleading with young people in B.C. to stop partying and protect "some of the coolest older people on Earth" — including his mom and David Suzuki — from COVID-19.

Alexandra Naggear — a Canadian citizen, just like her mother who is a former Montrealer — is the youngest victim of the Beirut blast and has, for many, become the face of the catastrophe. 

Alexandra Naggear — a Canadian citizen, just like her mother, who is a former Montrealer — was one of the youngest victims of the Beirut blast and has, for many, become the face of the catastrophe. 

Canada must swiftly censure China's ruling Communist Party over its crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong, activists told MPs studying Ottawa's fractious relationship with Beijing.

A former FBI lawyer will plead guilty to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. Attorney John Durham's investigation into the probe of ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.

Cineplex Inc.'s chief executive is hoping that ending an agreement with a virtual reality golf company, films debuting in Canada before the U.S. and a slew of COVID-19 measures will right his business as it struggles with mounting costs for movie theatres that sat closed for months.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced Friday that the federal government will extend the Canada-U.S. land border closure for another 30 days until September 21.

The federal government will extend the Canada-U.S. land border closure for another 30 days until Sept. 21, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said Friday. 

One person is dead after a car explosion in front of the courthouse in downtown Kitchener Friday morning. Police say it appears the blast was from an improvised explosive device.

Canada's Competition Bureau has launched an investigation into online selling powerhouse Amazon.ca to examine whether the website's U.S. owners are "impacting competition to the detriment of consumers and companies that do business in Canada."

Canada's Competition Bureau has launched an investigation into online selling powerhouse Amazon.ca to examine whether the website's U.S. owners are "impacting competition to the detriment of consumers and companies that do business in Canada."

Canada's top doctors say they're striving for a best-case scenario, but preparing for the worst: a so-called "fall peak" of COVID-19 cases.

Federal health officials will provide projections today on the number of COVID-19 cases in Canada.

Federal health officials are providing projections today on the number of COVID-19 cases in Canada.

People from Red Lake Ont., continue to be dispersed throughout the northwestern region as a forest fire, about two kilometres outside of the town, rages on.

People from Red Lake Ont., continue to be dispersed throughout the northwestern region as a forest fire, about three kilometres outside of the town, rages on.

Some asylum seekers who cared for patients in hospitals and long term care homes at the height of the pandemic last spring will be eligible for permanent residency, Radio-Canada has learned.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday mourned the deaths of two Canadian citizens in the Aug. 4 explosion in Beirut.

Michael Cohen's memoir about U.S. President Donald Trump will be released Sept. 8 by Skyhorse Publishing, which confirmed the news on Thursday.

Belarusian opposition politician Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on Friday asked supporters to sign an online petition demanding a recount of last Sunday's presidential election, in which she believes she was cheated out of victory.

Belarusian opposition politician Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on Friday asked supporters to sign an online petition demanding a recount of last Sunday's presidential election, in which she believes she was cheated out of victory.

Candlelight vigils will be held Friday night in Red Deer, Calgary and Edmonton to honour the life of Dr. Walter Reynolds.

Candlelight vigils will be held Friday night at city halls in Red Deer and Edmonton to honour the life of slain doctor Walter Reynolds.

Tracy and Paul Naggear hoped their three-year old daughter, Alexandra, would survive the initial blow from the blast and become a symbol of hope for Lebanon.

Pro Metal Industries Ltd started creating PPE for classrooms for Pasqua First Nation. Other schools are now expressing interest.

He belched, he farted and he jackhammered his way into the nightmares of the couple next door. Now a B.C. provincial court judge says Reno Pellegrin will have to pay the price for being a "bad neighbour."

There doesn't seem to be much of an upside for the Bloc Québécois if it succeeds in forcing a new election. So why is it threatening one?

Someone once refused the VP job, often derided as soul-crushing and devoid of purpose. But the role has changed and grown, much like the presidency itself. Kamala Harris was offered the job by Joe Biden after a lengthy vetting process and months of frenzied media speculation.

For Justin Trudeau, wounded by another controversy, a pivotal year is coming into view — including a "generational opportunity," in the words of a senior Liberal, to do big things, like perhaps reforming employment insurance or expanding child care.

Eastern Ontario's children's hospital is seeing a spike in the number of young people visiting the emergency department after ingesting cannabis edibles they've found at home.

The public servants who manage the National Emergency Strategic Stockpile warned in early February that there was a shortage of the personal protective equipment needed to weather a pandemic but it took weeks for the federal government to sign contracts for goods like N95 respirators.

For those like me who grew up in Hong Kong and worked in journalism, press freedom was always something we knew would be a luxury once the former British colony reverted to Chinese rule in 1997, but the arrest of media tycoon Jimmy Lai this week laid any doubts to rest.

Some U.S. commercial tour boat operators in the St. Lawrence River — who are now prohibited from entering Canadian waters — claim their Canadian counterparts don’t face the same restrictions. U.S. Customs says that's not the case.

U.S. President Donald Trump has requested a mail-in ballot for Florida's Tuesday primary election, despite weeks of criticizing the practice.

Ten years ago on August 13, 2010, the MV Sun Sea, a cargo ship carrying 492 Sri Lankan Tamils seeking asylum from civil war docked in Esquimalt.

The Justice Department said Thursday that it has seized millions of dollars from cryptocurrency accounts that militant groups, including al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, relied on to finance their organizations and violent plots.

Experts say ventilation should be addressed to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 especially in older schools or those without classroom windows.

The National for August 13: Big bucks and promises before school starts, but there’s not much time. Plus, the surges showing how tenuous a hold on COVID-19 can be.

Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google have removed popular video game Fortnite from their app stores for violating the companies' in-app payment guidelines, prompting developer Epic Games to file federal antitrust lawsuits challenging the two companies' rules.

Apple Inc. on Thursday removed popular video game Fortnite from its App Store for violating the company's in-app payment guidelines — prompting developer Epic Games to sue the iPhone maker, seeking to end its in-app payment practices.

York Regional Police have arrested a man in connection with a hate crime investigation in the tiny village of Schomberg, Ont. People living there had printed yard signs to oppose racism, then someone stole and burned the signs proclaiming that Indigenous Lives Matter.

WE Charity has registered to lobby the federal government and retroactively disclosed dozens of interactions between its employees and federal officials over the past several months.