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A record number of new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in B.C. on Thursday, and two new outbreaks have been declared in hospitals in the Lower Mainland.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says an American billionaire was mistakenly permitted to enter Canada without following the 14-day quarantine rule because of a decision by the Canada Border Services Agency.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says an American billionaire was mistakenly permitted to enter Canada without following the 14-day quarantine rule because of a decision by the Canada Border Services Agency.

A smooth, Canadian whisky made in Calgary has been named best in the world, by the prestigious Jim Murray's Whisky Bible.

The number of Western University students testing positive for COVID-19 is now at 28 after an outbreak that started with groups of students living off-campus engaging in high-risk behaviour as school resumed.

The number of Western University students testing positive for COVID-19 is now at 28 after an outbreak that started with groups of students living in three separate off-campus houses engaging in high-risk behaviour as school resumed.

Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court Justice Donald Burrage has upheld the province's controversial travel ban.

Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court Justice Donald Burrage has upheld the province's controversial travel ban.

The 2021 world junior hockey championship will be played at Rogers Place in Edmonton with no fans in attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole denounced the current state of COVID-19 testing in Canada after his family waited hours at an Ottawa site Wednesday only to be turned away because of capacity issues.

Shares in Montreal-based payment processing firm Nuvei Corp. started trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange Thursday, raising $700 million in the biggest initial public offering of a technology company in the history of the TSX.

The crews are among 800 personnel who volunteered to head to the U.S. state, where fires have so far killed at least eight people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes.

The College of Nurses of Ontario has been dealing with a "cybersecurity incident" that may have compromised the personal information of its almost 200,000 members, CBC News has learned.

The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) has been dealing with a "cyber security incident" that may have compromised the personal information of its almost 200,000 members, CBC News has learned. 

U.S. Attorney General William Barr drew sharp condemnation Thursday for likening lockdown orders during the coronavirus pandemic to slavery.

Attorney General William Barr drew sharp condemnation Thursday for comparing lockdown orders during the coronavirus pandemic to slavery.

Alberta RCMP have charged a 20-year-old B.C. man for activating his Tesla's autopilot functions and reclining for a nap behind the wheel.

Ontario is rolling back gathering limits in some areas of the province, and also implementing new fines for people who host and attend large gatherings during the pandemic, Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will begin consultations today with opposition leaders about next week's throne speech, which could theoretically bring down his minority Liberal government if no opposition party supports it.

Colleagues of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that a bottle of water with a trace of the Novichok nerve agent was found in his hotel room after his poisoning.

Premier Jason Kenney’s conservative ideology and long-term opposition to tax increases could work in his favour if he ever tried to introduce a provincial sales tax in Alberta, political observers suggest.

The B.C. government is pouring $100 million into the province's hard-hit tourism sector as part of its newly unveiled $1.5-billion economic recovery plan.

A Vancouver Island wheelchair user who has spent years asking her strata for changes to make it possible to go to and from her condo safely and without help from friends has won $35,000 in damages and an order for action on her complaints.

Search and rescue aircraft, coast guard vessels and dozens of local boats as well as volunteers on foot are combing the shoreline of Cascumpec Bay in western P.E.I. for signs of two missing teenage boys.

The search for two missing male teens off western P.E.I. has been suspended and is now considered a missing persons case, search and rescue officials said via Twitter Thursday evening.

The search for two missing male teens off western P.E.I. has been suspended and is now considered a missing persons case, search and rescue officials said Thursday evening.

The search for two missing male teens off western P.E.I. has been suspended and is now considered a missing persons case, search and rescue officials said Thursday evening.

The search for two missing male teens off western P.E.I. has been suspended and is now considered a missing persons case, search and rescue officials said Thursday evening.

Search and rescue aircraft, coast guard vessels and dozens of local boats are combing the shoreline of Cascumpec Bay in western P.E.I. for signs of two missing teenagers.

There is a search underway this morning in for a boat that did not return, says Alberton Mayor David Gordon.

Peter Nygard's son says he fears his father will flee Canada before criminal charges can be laid in connection with allegations of sexual assault, leaving no way to bring the fashion mogul back to face his accusers in the future.

With the federal government poised to announce new, major investments in COVID-19 recovery, many northerners are hoping their needs are not forgotten.

Some housing advocates say homes for urban Indigenous peoples must be more fully addressed in the federal national housing strategy. If a sustainable model for small providers cannot be found, some worry the housing many Indigenous families rely on will be lost.

Borrowers can breathe a sigh of relief as the U.S. central bank predicts interest rates will stay low for years, but Jerome Powell warns that the unexpectedly quick recovery in the economy following the outbreak of COVID-19 is not likely to persist, and more government spending is needed.

Public health officials can't trace how roughly half of Ontario's latest COVID-19 cases got infected, even as Premier Doug Ford prepares fresh measures to try to slow the pace of spread. 

The new owners of a dilapidated house in Detroit, which had been sitting empty for years, found inside at least 40 original and signed prints by Inuit artists.

Borrowers can breathe a sigh of relief as the U.S. central bank predicts interest rates will stay low for years, but Jerome Powell warns that the unexpectedly quick recovery in the economy following the outbreak of COVID-19 is not likely to persist, and more government spending is needed.

Questions are being asked now about how quickly or enthusiastically the Liberals should turn their focus back from the pandemic to the threat of runaway climate change. It doesn't have to be a binary choice.

What if you held an election and the party leaders themselves weren't allowed to leave the house?

Experts who monitor extremist groups in Quebec are also concerned about the role conspiracy theories are playing in radicalizing online behaviour, and the possibility it could turn into real-world violence. 

Experts who monitor extremist groups in Quebec are also concerned about the role conspiracy theories are playing in radicalizing online behaviour, and the possibility it could turn into real-world violence. 

More than 1,500 physicians signed a letter in support of Dr. Jean Robert Ngola, saying he was "unjustly" blamed for a COVID-19 outbreak in Campbellton, N.B., that resulted in 40 cases and two deaths. Earlier this month, a Fifth Estate investigation revealed dozens of other potential sources of the outbreak.

Several provinces including B.C., Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec are seeing a resurgence of the novel coronavirus, with new daily average cases at least doubling since last month in many regions.

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Every weekend for more than a month, the streets of Belarus cities have overflowed with protesters pushing to remove long-serving President Alexander Lukashenko from power. Police have resorted to torture and intimidation to make them stop. CBC spoke to two victims about their efforts to overcome their horrific ordeal.

Experts who monitor extremist groups in Quebec are also concerned about the role conspiracy theories are playing in radicalizing online behaviour, and the possibility it could turn into real-world violence. 

The owners of the West Edmonton Mall mortgaged that property along with a second megamall, in order to finance a third, the new American Dream outside of Manhattan. The timing couldn't have been worse, with COVID arriving days before a planned grand opening. Now behind on mortgage payments, can the wealthy Edmonton family maintain control of their empire?

The owners of the West Edmonton Mall mortgaged that property along with a second megamall, in order to finance a third, the new American Dream outside of Manhattan. The timing couldn't have been worse, with COVID arriving days before a planned grand opening. Now behind on mortgage payments, can the wealthy Edmonton family maintain control of their empire?

Canada's elite special forces are looking for some outside intelligence advice — a move that one expert suggests is meant to make the highly-trained unit less dependent on allies, notably the Americans.

The owners of the West Edmonton Mall mortgaged that property along with a second megamall, in order to finance a third, the new American Dream outside of Manhattan. The timing couldn't have been worse, with COVID arriving days before a planned grand opening. Now behind on mortgage payments, can the wealthy Edmonton family maintain control of their empire?