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The president of the Public Health Agency of Canada is stepping down only 18 months into the job, leaving the federal agency tasked with coordinating the country’s COVID-19 response without a leader, CBC News has learned.

Two 17-year-olds who are still missing after their dory capsized off Northport, P.E.I., have been identified as Alex Hutchinson and Ethan Reilly. CBC has confirmed the identities of the teens with their families.

Two people have been arrested as tensions continue to run high in Nova Scotia on Friday. Many gathered to support, and oppose, a First Nation's new moderate livelihood fishery outside the regular lobster season.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Friday that one positive case at Edmonton's Waverley School seems to have been the source for another, and cautioned Albertans against 'shaming and blaming' as it can cause anxiety for the school community.

CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon has a closer look at the storm, which is increasingly likely to hit the Maritimes with strong winds, heavy rain, storm surge and pounding waves. 

Voters in two Toronto ridings will head to the polls on Oct. 26 to choose new MPs.

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. will be getting a new name in the coming months, part of a larger rebranding by the federal housing agency to better reflect its changing mandate.

The smash Canadian comedy series Schitt's Creek has won its first Emmy Award, with John Comerford and Lisa Parasyn taking home the prize for outstanding casting for a comedy series.

Canadian airlines are cancelling hundreds of flights as hopes for a spike in demand fall flat, snarling plans for the few passengers who remain.

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet has tested positive for COVID-19.

Ministers will update Canadians on the latest measures the federal government is taking to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Ottawa's medical officer of health says the city is experiencing its second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Another 63 cases were confirmed in the nation's capital Friday.

Canada's premiers are demanding $28 billion in additional federal funding to cover their ballooning health care costs — a boost that would bring annual transfers to $70 billion.

Canada's premiers are meeting in Ottawa today to map out their demands ahead of next week's throne speech — demands that include more money to cover ballooning health care costs.

A Spruce Grove, Alta., man has been sentenced to seven years in prison in the 2017 death of a Thorsby gas station owner who was run over and killed as he tried to halt a gas-and-dash.

The province has seen an upswing in its infection numbers since mid-August, largely in three public health units: Toronto, Peel and Ottawa.

Diane Costello, a colorectal cancer patient in Windsor, Ont., has gotten her dying wish to see her American parents one last time after public health officials granted them an exemption to COVID-19 border restrictions.

Ten days after it learned it was hacked, the Ontario College of Nurses (CNO) is still trying to figure out if the personal information of its 300 employees and 195,500 members has been compromised. 

CBC News is one of the most trusted news brands in Canada, but we do not take the public's trust for granted or assume most people understand how our stories get made. The editor's blog is an attempt to share some of what goes on behind the scenes. In this edition, we unpack how CBC News deals with confidential sources and allegations of political bias.

The U.S. Commerce Department has issued an order that will bar people in the United States from downloading Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok, starting Sunday.

The U.S. Commerce Department will roll out a ban of transactions in the United States using TikTok and WeChat, starting Sunday.

The Treasury Board of Canada says it has uncovered suspicious activities on more than 48,000 Canada Revenue Agency accounts following cyberattacks in July and August.

Canadian provinces have seen an increase in fishing permit sales over the summer while Alberta experienced one of the sharpest.

Bill Vigars, a close friend and confidante of Terry Fox, recalls the last days of the Marathon of Hope in Thunder Bay, Ont., and the inspiration it gave Canadians as a virtual version of the annual run is set to go ahead Sunday, 40 years later.

With first light, fishermen in Northport, P.E.I., were getting geared up to head back onto the water to continue with the search for two missing teenagers.

With first light, fishermen in Northport, P.E.I., were getting geared up to head back onto the water to continue with the search for two missing teenagers.

Waterfront Communities-The Island, a neighbourhood where most who live there are under 40, saw the most reported new cases in Toronto, as of Sept. 15, according to city data.

Canadians in several provinces face long lines for a swab to help diagnose COVID-19 as school and workplaces open. New testing technologies could help, but doctors say they won't be a silver bullet.

Canadians in several provinces face long lines for a swab to help diagnose COVID-19 as school and workplaces open. New testing technologies could help, but doctors say they won't be a silver bullet.

As COVID-19 cases climb in many provinces, flu season is also on the horizon. Doctors say there’s more interest in the flu shot this year — and there should be. But they’re warning patients to get the shot sooner rather than later. Here's why.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at ways to help birds migrate through Canadian cities, Arctic sea ice loss and how wildfires far away can have a physical and mental effect on us.

Atrophy of U.S. political and moral authority presents Ottawa with a serious foreign policy challenge, writes Sam Khanlari.

The world's largest tropical wetland is not supposed to burn. And yet, Brazil's Pantanal is on fire. Some 25,000 square kilometres have already been destroyed, and experts say it's going to get worse.

Several insurance providers and airlines are lining up to offer travellers COVID-19 medical coverage, despite Canada's advisory to avoid non-essential travel abroad.

With Inconvenient Indian and Trickster, filmmaker Michelle Latimer is doing double duty at TIFF. Now, the Indigenous director is working to "decolonize" the set and helping the next generation of storytellers.

Some of Canada’s biggest cities are seeing a surge in household waste, and it's thanks to a combination of COVID-related trends such as more online shopping, disposable goods and home renovations.

Whether you call it a social circle, household bubble or some other catchy term, it’s a concept being used across Canada to help people socialize safely. But with COVID-19 case counts rising, some warn the approach is getting riskier.

More than six months into the global pandemic, the Liberal government is being accused of failing to meet the needs of the Canadians with disabilities who are among those hardest-hit by the public health crisis.

Several insurance providers and airlines are lining up to offer travellers COVID-19 medical coverage, despite Canada's advisory to avoid non-essential travel abroad.

The world's largest tropical wetland is not supposed to burn. And yet, Brazil's Pantanal is on fire. Some 25,000 square kilometres have already been destroyed, and experts say it's going to get worse.

The National for September 17, 2020

British Columbia is introducing a new mouth rinse test for students from kindergarten to Grade 12 to help make it easier for children and teenagers to check whether they have COVID-19.

The federal Liberals have named broadcaster Marci Ien as their candidate in the riding formerly held by Bill Morneau.