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Canada has granted interim authorization to Eli Lilly's antibody drug for treating COVID-19 in patients who are not hospitalized but are at risk of serious illness because of their age or other conditions, the drug-maker said on Friday.

Former U.S. president Barack Obama says the biggest challenge for president-elect Joe Biden will be to bridge the vast political divide that exists in the country and find areas of potential compromise with those who continue to support Donald Trump, without whom he can't govern. Watch excerpts from his full interview with The Current.

The head of the U.S. effort to produce a coronavirus vaccine said the first inoculations could happen as soon as 24 hours after the Food and Drug Administration grants approval, which would kick off the largest inoculation campaign in U.S. history starting in mid-December.

Seven provinces have signed on to a federal rent assistance program created as part of the national housing strategy, newly released documents show.

U.S. President Donald Trump railed against the Paris climate accord on Sunday, telling world leaders at a virtual summit that the agreement was designed to cripple the U.S. economy, not save the planet. President-elect Joe Biden has said he will rejoin the global pact.

In the pandemic response unit at the Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary, Dr. Simon Demers-Marcil picked up the phone. It was his job to call a family to break the news that their loved one had died of COVID-19.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and leaders of the other Group of 20 countries promised Sunday to support developing nations in accessing COVID-19 vaccines while also committing to delay debt payments for cash-strapped jurisdictions.

Vaccine distribution, the inability to pull off a mass campaign that could spark crowds and the absence of a national immunization registry are among the top hurdles facing Canada's COVID-19 vaccine rollout, says the head of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization.

A 102-year-old Vancouver woman says she's received phone calls from as far away as England after clinching the Guinness World Record for oldest curler this month.

As Manitoba struggles to manage the country's highest per-capita COVID-19 infection rate, Premier Brian Pallister defended his government's handling of the pandemic in an interview Sunday on CBC's Rosemary Barton Live.

After 27 years, the circumstances surrounding the death of Vicki Black on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside has finally been solved. And while it may bring legal closure, for some of those who were closest to Vicki Black and her case, the painful memories linger.

CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

A sharp rise in coronavirus infections in the Gaza Strip could overwhelm the Palestinian enclave's meagre medical system by next week, public health advisers said on Sunday.

AstraZeneca has started late-stage trials of an experimental antibody combination drug it hopes could be used as a so-called prophylactic to prevent COVID-19 infection in at-risk people for up to 12 months.

In a normal year, grocery store snack aisles would be packed this weekend with people in jerseys, face paint and probably wild wigs and weird hats. But not this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic put the 108th Grey Cup on hold.

Many Canadian snowbirds are determined to head south this winter despite the COVID-19 pandemic, but they face hurdles getting their vehicles across a closed U.S. land border. In response, several transport companies have come up with new ways to help snowbirds — and their cars — get across.

Season 4 of the Netflix series The Crown has landed and is already sparking controversy, reflecting the challenge of turning historical facts into drama as the series exploring the reign of Queen Elizabeth moves closer to the present.

Saskatchewan is one of several provinces that's cutting off or clawing back social assistance by the same amount that recipients got in CERB funds they weren't entitled to. Landlords say it's put them in a "morally tough spot."

Three experts say the U.S. system has made too many offices and functions subject to partisan influences, while Canada relies more heavily on neutral bureaucrats for the same functions. The result is a loss of trust in the U.S., where nothing is seen as untainted by partisan politics.

Making a new friend, in the middle of a pandemic? It may sound wild with all the restrictions in place. But for some, COVID-19 has brought them together.

About 6,500 students across the country are vying for athletic scholarships to take their sport to the college or university level in 2021. But with many games and competitions cancelled there are fewer opportunities for the athletes to get the attention of talent scouts.

He may be leaving Toronto, but Serge Ibaka says he'll always be a Raptor. The 31 year-old took to social media Sunday to dole out thanks for his time with the team, saying "the love I have received on this journey I will never forget."

As COVID-19 case numbers grow province-wide, there's a spike occurring south of Winnipeg in Steinbach that has health-care workers and residents deeply concerned.

The City of Toronto has sent a warning letter to a Toronto carpenter who is building tiny mobile shelters for unhoused people ahead of winter and it says it could take legal action if the structures remain on city property.

The family of a women's rights activist who has been jailed in Saudi Arabia for over two years is calling on countries, including Canada, to hold the kingdom to account on its human rights record as it hosts the G20 summit.

Pennsylvania officials can certify election results that currently show Democrat Joe Biden winning the state by more than 80,000 votes, a federal judge ruled Saturday, dealing U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign another blow in its effort to invalidate the election.

Thousands of people took to the streets in Paris and other French cities Saturday at the urging of civil liberties campaigners and journalist groups to protest a proposed security law they say would impinge on freedom of information and media rights.