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The nomination of U.S. President Donald Trump's controversial pick for the Federal Reserve is stalled in the Senate after vice-president-elect Kamala Harris returned to the chamber to cast a key vote in a tally Tuesday.

Converting two civilian cargo ships to serve as resupply vessels for the navy would have been cheaper than building new ones, Canada's parliamentary budget officer has determined.

Converting two civilian cargo ships to serve as resupply vessels for the navy would have been cheaper than building new ones, Canada's parliamentary budget officer has determined.

Schitt's Creek co-creator Daniel Levy has been named one of People's sexiest men alive.

The Florida Panthers have hired Brett Peterson as an assistant general manager, making him the first Black executive to hold that position in the NHL. Peterson's hiring comes days after the nearby Miami Marlins hired Kim Ng as the first female GM in Major League Baseball.

The Florida Panthers have hired Brett Peterson as an assistant general manager, making him the first Black executive to hold that position in the NHL. Peterson's hiring comes days after the nearby Miami Marlins hired Kim Ng as the first female GM in Major League Baseball.

Hurricane Iota battered Nicaragua with screeching winds and pounding surf Tuesday, chasing tens of thousands of people from their homes and killing two children.

Former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer said today he has decided to stop employing his sister-in-law in his constituency office — but CBC News has learned he also employed his own sister before changes to Commons rules barred MPs from hiring family members.

Former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer said today he has decided to stop employing his sister-in-law in his constituency office — but CBC News has learned he also  employed his own sister before changes to Commons rules barred MPs from hiring family members.

Former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer said today he has decided to stop employing his sister-in-law in his constituency office — but CBC News has learned he also  employed his own sister before changes to Commons rules barred MPs from hiring family members.

Moderna's and Pfizer/BioNTech's annoucements of promising results for their vaccines against COVID-19 have prompted questions from CBC readers. What are the side-effects? How long does the protection last? How were volunteers infected? When will Canadians get this vaccine? Here are the answers.

Moderna's vaccine is the second to be approved in Canada. You might have some questions. How effective are vaccines? What are the side effects? What about allergic reactions? And when can you expect to get your shot? Here are the answers.

Canada's deputy chief of public health says the initial health and safety protocols proposed for the upcoming word junior hockey championship in Edmonton look "promising."

The RCMP's inability to respond to access to information requests on time has reached a critical point and needs intervention, according to a scathing new report from the federal information commissioner.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole said today Canada must crack down on the growing influence of the Chinese communist regime, adding there's "no greater threat to Canada's interests than the rise of China" in global affairs.

After closing its Ontario processing facility in 2014, Heinz will soon make ketchup in Canada once again.

McGill University made the announcement about the new name, the Redbirds, more than a year after doing away with the old Redmen name, which Indigenous students, faculty and staff argued was discriminatory.

The federal government is threatening to impose fines that could run to millions of dollars on private companies that violate Canadians' privacy.

The Canadian Olympic Committee announced Tuesday that Catriona Le May Doan has been appointed chef de mission for Team Canada at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. As Scott Russell writes, the two-time gold medallist in speed skating sounds ready to do battle.

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole holds a news conference to discuss the party’s Opposition day motion regarding China and Huawei.

World-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall and Manitoba Sen. Murray Sinclair have joined forces to pressure Canada to adopt more ambitious animal welfare legislation that will effectively outlaw keeping great apes and elephants in captivity in this country.

World-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall and Manitoba Sen. Murray Sinclair have joined forces to pressure Canada to adopt more ambitious animal welfare legislation that will effectively outlaw keeping great apes and elephants in captivity in this country.

At this point in last year's flu season, Canada had already recorded 711 positive cases of influenza. So far this year, there have been just 17.

Thousands of abandoned wells are waiting to be cleaned up in B.C. Here's how some First Nations are reclaiming the sites using their traditional knowledge of native plants and wildlife.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is backing a Quebec restaurant owner’s long fight for financial compensation from the Quebec and federal revenue agencies for being improperly accused of failing to report income.

Some groups from the Tamil diaspora are calling for a boycott of Deepa Mehta's upcoming film Funny Boy, due to too few Tamil actors in leading roles.

An e-petition before the House of Commons urges the government to approve a human challenge trial for COVID-19 vaccines, but there are several arguments against this approach, write Françoise Baylis and Landon J. Getz.

Malvina Shabes survived the atrocities of the Holocaust and went on to live another 75 years, but COVID-19 took her in only a matter of days. Her son Jeff shared her story with CBC News in hopes that it would prompt more people to pay attention to the human toll behind the daily tally of COVID cases and deaths.  

When a vaccine for the virus behind COVID-19 is approved in Canada, Ontario will be tasked with vaccinating more than a third of the country's population — and some medical experts say "question marks" remain regarding the cost and roll-out of those critical vaccinations.

'We thought we were doing everything right,' says coach after an outbreak of COVID-19 ripped through his team only two games into the season.

Tackling climate change means rethinking the suburban dream, experts say, but the Quebec government is not interested.

Hacking attacks launched by online criminals against the Canadian government are growing increasingly sophisticated, warns the head of Canada's cyber security agency.

The office of Canada's conflict of interest and ethics commissioner received a complaint about MP Yasmin Ratansi hiring her sister using public funds more than two and a half years ago, but turned it away, CBC News has learned.

Residents of communities home to more visible minorities had a higher likelihood of dying from COVID-19 in Canada's three largest provinces, according to Statistics Canada, in a trend health experts say underscores the need for provinces such as B.C. and Quebec to improve their data collection on race and mortality.

Residents of communities home to more visible minorities had a higher likelihood of dying from COVID-19 in Canada's three largest provinces, according to Statistics Canada, in a trend health experts say underscores the need for provinces such as B.C. and Quebec to improve their data collection on race and mortality.

SpaceX's newly launched capsule with four astronauts arrived Monday at the International Space Station, their new home until spring.

Alberta's COVID-19 tracing app — which launched in May and has been downloaded more than 260,000 times — has been used in "approximately 20 cases" to track down contacts of someone who tested positive for the disease, the provincial government has revealed.

Another promising COVID-19 vaccine makes waves. Plus, Manitoba’s contingency plan if hospitals run out of space.

Family contends a note written by their 99-year-old great aunt months before she passed away limits the amount the B.C. SPCA should receive from her estate to $100,000.

Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou claim a retired RCMP staff sergeant with crucial knowledge about alleged information sharing between Canadian and U.S. authorities is refusing to testify at the Huawei executive’s extradition proceedings.

The man responsible for killing 22 Nova Scotians in April started building the car he outfitted to look like an RCMP cruiser nine months before and emailed people about his progress on it, according to newly unsealed search warrant documents.