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Canada’s navy and air force are now both promising to issue special orders that will give individual commanders of ships and installations across the country explicit direction on how to deal with sailors and aircrew suspected of hateful conduct and extremism.

The federal government announced changes to its management of Canada's international border today providing some relief to families seeking to visit loved ones while tightening public health measures and increasing its quarantine monitoring activities.    

Eight months into the pandemic, the Senate is now preparing a plan to meet and vote virtually as COVID-19 cases continue to spike and provincial restrictions make travel difficult for some members of the Red Chamber.

Nova Scotia’s highest court has rejected a bid by an 82-year-old Bridgewater woman who has been trying to block her husband’s efforts to receive a medically assisted death.

Three men are facing charges of drug trafficking after Winnipeg police raided two homes and seized weapons, drugs, cash, jewelry and a “how-to” instruction manual on the inner workings of the operation.

Police who shot and killed Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, announced themselves as law enforcement before entering her Louisville, Ky., apartment, according to grand jury testimony that was among hours of audio recordings released Friday.

Hours of grand jury proceedings were made public Friday in the case of Breonna Taylor's fatal shooting by police in Louisville, Ky., a rare release of such material.

In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's positive coronavirus test, many are speculating about what impact it will have on his re-election chances. The example of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who tested positive in late March, might offer some answers. 

In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's positive coronavirus test, many are speculating about what impact it will have on his re-election chances. The example of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who tested positive in late March, might offer some answers. 

Metro Vancouver commissioner Jerry Dobrovolny told a news conference Friday afternoon there will be a thorough investigation to determine what caused the gate to open on the Cleveland Dam, saying, "we will leave no stone unturned."

The average amount of time it takes for the top Mountie to respond to misconduct findings by the RCMP's watchdog is growing, says the head of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission.

With slightly more than four weeks to go until the U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump's positive test for the coronavirus has thrown his schedule into question, and possibly put his participation in the next scheduled debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Oct.15 in doubt.

First lady Melania Trump expressed support for the care that migrant children separated from their families received in U.S. detention centres, suggesting the facilities were better than what they had at home with their parents, in a series of recordings that aired Thursday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged politicians of all stripes to unite behind the fight against COVID-19 today, after U.S. President Donald Trump tested positive following months of downplaying the pandemic.

Canadian politicians are sending best wishes to Donald Trump after the U.S. president announced he and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

The family of Joyce Echaquan, an Atikamekw mother of seven who died in a Joliette, Que., hospital Monday, hopes legal action will address the problem of racism in the health-care system.

The family of Joyce Echaquan, an Atikamekw mother of seven who died in a Joliette, Que., hospital Monday, is planning to take their fight for justice to the courts.

The proposal for classing regions under escalating threat levels from green through yellow, orange and red is to go before Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cabinet, according to two sources with knowledge of the plan. 

The proposal for classing regions under escalating threat levels from green through yellow, orange and red is to go before Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cabinet, according to two sources with knowledge of the plan. 

Ontario is introducing a number of stricter public health measures, some provincewide and some more targeted to current hotspots like Toronto, Ottawa and Peel, as the province reported a record-high number of new COVID-19 cases on Friday.

Ontario is introducing a number of stricter public health measures, some provincewide and some more targeted to current hotspots like Toronto, Ottawa and Peel, as the province reported a record-high number of new COVID-19 cases on Friday.

The proposal for classing regions under escalating threat levels from green through yellow, orange and red is to go before Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cabinet, according to two sources with knowledge of the plan. 

A young Edmonton woman has earned international acclaim for an unusual skill. Ava Vogel, 17, can perfectly emulate the movements of a horse.

Stock markets around the world moved lower on Friday after word that the U.S. president has contracted the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

U.S. stock futures and many overseas stock indices fell Friday after President Donald Trump said he and his wife, Melania Trump, had tested positive for the new coronavirus.

News of the infection of the most powerful man in the world with the most notorious disease in the world drew instant reactions of shock, sympathy, undisguised glee and, of course, the ever-present outrage and curiosity that follow much of what Donald Trump does.

The bombshell news that U.S. President Donald Trump has tested positive for the novel coronavirus has dropped a new layer of disarray on a presidential election already complicated by the pandemic. 

The United States is teetering near uncharted political water, rocked by news with no obvious historical precedent about a health risk to an incumbent president so close to election day.

The federal government is giving $600 million to help small- and medium-sized businesses deal with possible lockdowns amid a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Radio-Canada has learned.

U.S. President Donald Trump's comment about the self-described "Western chauvinist" Proud Boys during Tuesday night's raucous presidential debate was a significant profile boost to the organization, including its members in Canada, experts on extremist groups say.

Post-pandemic, the world needs more engagement with China — but not through asymmetrical relationships, writes Ethan Lou.

An Oshawa, Ont., woman whose father was murdered nearly 30 years ago says she’s being left out of the legal process that may soon grant the convicted killer full parole.

The Green Party of Canada will announce the results of its federal leadership contest Saturday evening in Ottawa.

The federal government has quietly settled a lawsuit filed by survivors and family members in the wake of a suicide bombing outside the Canadian embassy in Kabul four years ago that killed 15 Nepalese Gurkhas and Indian private security contractors, CBC News has learned.

Students, faculty, community members and staff are meeting virtually with administrators from more than 50 Canadian post-secondary institutions for a forum on anti-Black racism and Black inclusion in higher education, with the goal of creating definitive change.

Quebec is entering another partial lockdown amid confusion over new public health rules and an anti-mask movement that appears to be radicalizing.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he and Melania Trump will begin a 'quarantine process' as they await test results after after a top aide he spent substantial time with this week tested positive for COVID-19.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president tweeted early Friday.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he and Melania Trump will begin a 'quarantine process' as they await test results after after a top aide he spent substantial time with this week tested positive for COVID-19.

Stricken by COVID-19, a feverish and "fatigued" U.S. President Donald Trump was taken to a military hospital Friday after being injected with an experimental antibody cocktail at the White House.

Stricken by COVID-19, a feverish and "fatigued" U.S. President Donald Trump was taken to a military hospital Friday after being injected with an experimental antibody cocktail at the White House.

Stricken by COVID-19, a feverish and "fatigued" U.S. President Donald Trump was taken to a military hospital Friday after being injected with an experimental antibody cocktail at the White House.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he and Melania Trump are awaiting their own test results after a top aide he spent substantial time with this week tested positive for COVID-19.

The National for October 1, 2020

Why time is of the essence when it comes to Ontario's growing backlog of COVID-19 tests.

Hope Hicks, one of U.S. President Donald Trump's closest aides, has tested positive for the coronavirus.

One person has died and four others were rescued after being swept away when water suddenly gushed from a dam at the Capilano River in North Vancouver.

U.S. lobster sales to Europe dropped by $100 million after Canada negotiated a free trade deal. The European Union already gave Trump the tariff cut he demanded, so that's why they're asking him to end the trade probe.

U.S. lobster sales to Europe dropped by $100 million after Canada negotiated a free trade deal. The European Union already gave Trump the tariff cut he demanded, so that's why they're asking him to end the trade probe.

Amazon said Thursday that nearly 20,000 of its workers have tested positive or been presumed positive for the virus that causes COVID-19.