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B.C. has passed another sombre milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 10,000 cases now confirmed to date, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced Thursday.

Shane Monette describes his addiction to opioids as an obsession, a fatal attraction.

Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says he plans to hold a high-level meeting of federal ministers and Indigenous leaders to address racism in the health system following Joyce Echaquan's death in a Quebec hospital last month.

Hundreds of students walked out of class at Bishop McNally High School on Thursday, calling on the Calgary Catholic School District to do more when it comes to incidents of racism in its schools.

The Malian government confirmed late Thursday that a prominent politician and three European hostages were en route to the capital after being freed by Islamic extremists linked to al-Qaeda.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at why favouring stairs over elevators has green benefits, and why clean forest floors are key to preventing devastating wildfires.

Members of Toronto’s Armenian community are mourning the death of a Canadian-Armenian businessman and community activist who was killed in Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday.

Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer says the first priority is contact tracing. Then officials will review guidelines to see if fines are warranted, he said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today his government is bracing for potential "disruptions" if the U.S. election results are not clear.

Nearly seven in 10 Canadian military college students have witnessed or experienced "unwanted sexualized behaviours" in the past year, according to new research from Statistics Canada.

Six people plotted to try to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at her vacation home, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in federal court Thursday.

Six people plotted to try to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at her vacation home, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in federal court.

Agents foiled a stunning plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in reaction to what they viewed as her "uncontrolled power," authorities said Thursday in announcing charges in an alleged scheme that involved months of planning and even rehearsals to snatch Whitmer at her vacation home.

The Hockey Diversity Alliance is separating from the NHL. The HDA, co-founded by San Jose Sharks winger Evander Kane and former NHL player Akim Aliu, doesn't believe the NHL is committed to addressing barriers to inclusion for Black people, Indigenous and people of colour.

As it pushes more and more Canadians online to work and shop, the COVID-19 pandemic is demonstrating the need for better laws on data use and privacy, the country's privacy watchdog warned MPs today.

Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq has stripped Patterk Netser of his ministerial portfolios after Savikataaq said he was made aware of an "unacceptable social media post."

Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq has stripped Patterk Netser of his ministerial portfolios after Savikataaq said he was made aware of an "unacceptable social media post."

Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq has stripped Patterk Netser of his ministerial portfolios after Savikataaq said he was made aware of an "unacceptable social media post."

The governments of Ontario and Canada will announce details of their plan to each spend $295 million to help Ford upgrade its assembly plant in Oakville to start making electric vehicles.

The governments of Ontario and Canada will announce details of their plan to each spend $250 million to help Ford upgrade its assembly plant in Oakville to start making electric vehicles.

Netflix says the basic plan for subscribers remains unchanged at $9.99 a month, but the standard monthly plan is going up by $1 to $14.99, and the premium by $2 to $18.99.

Ontario reported 797 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the most on any single day since the outbreak began, while the World Health Organization reported a record one-day increase in global cases with the total rising by 338,779 in 24 hours, led by a surge of infections in Europe. 

Vice-presidential debates are notorious for their inability to foreshadow election outcomes. Yet they can still be instructive, and last night's contest between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence gave hints about the upcoming battle over the Supreme Court.

The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates said Thursday a second debate between Republican Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden would take place virtually amid the fallout from Trump's diagnosis of COVID-19, a change denounced by the incumbent.

The fate of the final debates between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden was thrown into uncertainty Thursday as the campaigns offered duelling proposals for moving forward with a process that has been upended by the president's coronavirus infection.

The second presidential debate between Republican Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden will take place virtually amid the fallout from Trump's diagnosis of COVID-19.

Back in March, the parish president for Ukrainian Holy Cross Catholic Church in Surrey, B.C., found out someone was squatting in a shed on church property. The person had also been chasing away thieves and keeping the grounds clean.

An Italian women's advocacy organization has filed a complaint with the public prosecutor of Rome asking for an investigation after dozens of women who had abortions say their names were put on small crosses in a cemetery where their aborted fetuses were reportedly buried without their knowledge.

Depending on where you live in Canada, an “avalanche of information” is making it harder to navigate conflicting coronavirus guidelines from different levels of government and public health officials.

Canada has learned a brutal lesson in modern geopolitics: when the globe's superpowers clash, we risk getting sideswiped. That makes U.S. election rhetoric on China relevant on multiple fronts.

Joyce Echaquan's death should serve as a reminder to every health-care worker that they need to address systemic racism in their day-to-day practices, says a family physician from her community in Manawan, Que.

Health officials keep urging Ontarians to celebrate Thanksgiving with only people in their own homes this year, amid efforts to keep COVID-19 rates from soaring even higher.

A new study published in the journal Nature suggests that nitrous oxide — a gas that is 300 times more harmful to the climate than carbon dioxide — is steadily increasing in the atmosphere.

Less than a third of Canadians appointed to the Order of Canada last year were women — a figure that represents the widest gender imbalance in appointments to the order in years.

On the surface, hiking taxes on the wealthy during a budget-devouring public health emergency seems like a blindingly obvious strategy — until you remember how badly things tend to go for governments when they ask people to pay more.

Facebook's announcement this week that it will remove groups and accounts affiliated with the baseless conspiracy theory QAnon is a welcome move, experts say, but may not be enough to address the damage already done.

The Nobel Prize in Literature is set to be awarded Thursday after several years of controversy and scandal for the world's pre-eminent literary accolade.

The Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to American poet Louise Gluck on Thursday "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."

American poet Louise Glück won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for her "candid and uncompromising" work, which looks unflinchingly and with biting humour at the losses and traumas of family life.

The National for October 7, 2020

The assistant commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps has tested positive for the coronavirus, days after he and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were in a Pentagon meeting with a coast guard leader who was infected with the virus.

A high-stakes VP debate on a stage built for COVID-19. Plus, are the mistakes in long-term care being repeated?

Quinton Byfield became the highest drafted Black player ever when he was selected second overall by the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. The 18-year-old Sudbury Wolves product aspires to be a role model for young Black players trying to break their way into hockey.