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Fred Sasakamoose, one of the first Indigenous athletes to play in the National Hockey League, has died at age 86 after being hospitalized with COVID-19.

Fred Sasakamoose, one of the first Indigenous athletes to play in the National Hockey League, has died at age 86 after being hospitalized with COVID-19.

A group of 15 young people will try again to have the courts force Ottawa to develop a climate recovery plan after it was denied by the Federal Court.

Canadians across the country, except for those living in Nunavut, can expect to have their Wednesday interrupted by an emergency public alert that will be broadcast on television and radio and sent to compatible mobile devices as part of a nationwide test of the system.

Canadians who lost loved ones in a deadly crash on a Boeing 737 Max plane in 2019 told MPs today that the aircraft should remain grounded in Canada, even though the U.S. has cleared it to fly again.

New research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found that one-third of children who tested positive for coronavirus had no symptoms, but in those who did, loss of taste or smell, headache, fever and nausea or vomiting were the symptoms most strongly associated with positive cases.

Alberta announced tough new COVID-19 restrictions on Tuesday, including prohibiting all indoor social gatherings, as the province reported 13,349 active cases of the disease, by far its highest number yet.

The latest on the coronavirus outbreak for Nov. 24.

A Lebanese prosecutor filed charges on Tuesday against current and former customs officials over the massive blast at Beirut's port in August, including a former customs chief who was reportedly the point man for the militant Hezbollah group at the facility.

The first batch of nominees for the 2021 Grammy Awards was revealed during a livestream held Tuesday by the Recording Academy's interim president and CEO, Harvey Mason Jr.

Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges, formally admitting its role in an opioid epidemic that has contributed to hundreds of thousands of deaths over the past two decades.

Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges, formally admitting its role in an opioid epidemic that has contributed to hundreds of thousands of deaths over the past two decades.

Domenic Cugliari, an engineer who signed off on a Radiohead concert stage that collapsed and killed drum technician Scott Johnson in Toronto eight years ago has been found guilty of professional misconduct.

Domenic Cugliari, an engineer who signed off on a Radiohead concert stage that collapsed and killed drum technician Scott Johnson at a 2012 Toronto show has been found guilty of professional misconduct. The band and Johnson's family said the findings and the admissions have come eight years too late.

Pennsylvania and Nevada certified Democrat Joe Biden's U.S. presidential election victory on Tuesday, dealing further blows to U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to subvert the results. Georgia, meanwhile, began a machine recount of the roughly five million votes cast in the presidential race in the state.

The University of British Columbia has launched an investigation after more than 100 students were accused of cheating on their midterm exam earlier this month.

Personal responsibility and the role of the government is not easily disentangled, as people look to lay blame amid soaring case counts in Alberta.

The agreement was called the Cree vision of development and includes a deep sea port, hundreds of kilometres of new railway and road, new power lines and the creation of a network of protected areas, among other projects.

Two of Canada’s closest allies have detailed how and when vaccines will be distributed to citizens desperate to be inoculated against the deadly novel coronavirus. Canada, by comparison, has been largely silent on how promising vaccine candidates will be deployed here after Health Canada regulators give the green light.

Democrat Joe Biden has been certified as the winner of the U.S. presidential election in Pennsylvania, culminating three weeks of vote counting and a string of failed legal challenges by U.S. President Donald Trump, state officials said Tuesday.

At the trial for Christopher Marchant and Steven Snively, two former Hamilton paramedics charged in relation to the death of 19-year-old Yosif Al-Hasnawi, witnesses will include experts in emergency medicine and toxicology, as well as some people who were at the scene of the December 2017 shooting.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, public health officials and cabinet ministers update Canadians on the latest measures the federal government is taking to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Kootenay Co-op store manager Ari Derfel says some customers who refuse to cover up have spoken in a way so hurtful that some front-line staff members quit.

International air travel could come booming back next year but with a new rule: Travellers to certain countries must be vaccinated against the coronavirus before they can fly.

The Canada Energy Regulator says reaching net-zero emissions over the next 30 years will to require a much more aggressive transition away from oil and gas.

When Canadian trade negotiators begin talks with the U.K. next year on a permanent bilateral trade deal, their hands could be tied when it comes to offering any future dairy, egg or poultry concessions, if Parliament passes a new private member's bill up for its first hour of debate later today.

An eco-resort that claims to be on the brink of opening, and whose owners have raised over $60,000 on that promise, consists of little more than a raw piece of land in the B.C. Interior and a converted bus parked in a backyard in Langley.

Ghislaine Maxwell has been quarantined after staff tested positive for coronavirus at the jail where she is awaiting trial on charges she aided late financier Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of girls, U.S. prosecutors said in a letter on Monday.

Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is warning that tough talk about China could hurt efforts to gain the release of two arbitrarily detained Canadians.

I hid my hearing loss because I feared losing my career in the music industry, writes Swann Barrat. Who would hire a deaf technician?

A motion brought by CPC foreign affairs critic Michael Chong, which passed Parliament last week, gives the government 30 days to come up with a plan — like Australia's — to fight foreign (Chinese) interference and influence campaigns. What might that look like and will it come to pass?

NAV Canada, hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, is considering cutting air traffic controllers jobs at seven towers across Canada in an effort to save money as the global health crisis continues to pummel air traffic.

NAV Canada, hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, is considering cutting air traffic controllers jobs at seven towers across Canada in an effort to save money as the global health crisis continues to pummel air traffic.

The NATO principle of one-for-all and all-for-one was the reason it — and by extension Canada — went into Afghanistan, but that assumption is being sorely tested by a U.S. administration that is in a hurry to wind things up.

He narrowly missed the Olympic podium in 2016 and three years later earned world bronze after leading late in the race, yet some of Moh Ahmed's fiercest battles haven't been waged on a running track.

A few Toronto-area landlords are still trying to reclaim their luxury homes even though an Ontario Superior Court judge voided their leases two months ago, and ordered their mutual tenant to shut down the illegal rooming houses he created at a dozen properties.

The lack of a rescue therapy should not be a deal-breaker for properly conducted challenge trials aimed at thoroughly evaluating COVID-19 vaccines, write Nir Eyal and Bastian Steuwer.

Canada has turned away more than 4,400 asylum seekers at the U.S. border since 2016, including some who were hoping to find refuge here at the height of this year’s global pandemic, according to newly released government figures.

A coroner's report obtained by CBC News reveals Danielle Stephanie Warriner had been "sitting calmly" in the hospital's lobby when a group of guards approached — and that a security camera was "purposely turned away" for more than two minutes as they restrained her.

David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City's first African-American mayor, but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and his mishandling of a race riot in Brooklyn, has died. He was 93.

A month after his parents began collecting them in secret, nine-year-old Damien Smith was finally able to see all the birthday cards and gifts sent to him from around the world — including a video greeting from none other than Vancouver-born Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds.

A Calgary police constable has filed an emergency injunction to stop a documentary on police brutality from airing and is also suing the film's production company for defamation.

Atlantic Canada deflates its bubble with COVID-19 cases on the rise. Plus, Dr. Theresa Tam’s blunt holiday message.

Jeopardy! record-holder Ken Jennings will be the first in a series of interim hosts replacing Alex Trebek when the show resumes production next Monday.

With the holiday season just weeks away, Canadians are wondering if one of the bright spots in Canada's long, dark winter will be another casualty of 2020 — and whether the country will ever get off the roller coaster of flattening the curve only to see cases soar again.

Parks Canada has announced it will push back the opening of its popular online parks reservation system from January to April in 2021. The plan is designed to allow for fewer cancellations due to changed plans, as well as to allow people to plan their vacation closer to the time they will travel.

The U.S. federal agency that must sign off on the presidential transition told president-elect Joe Biden on Monday that he can formally begin the transition process.

When Doug Fung was released from North Vancouver's Lion's Gate Hospital, where he was being treated for cancer, his wife Bronwyn James knew something was off.

When Doug Fung was released from Lion's Gate Hospital, where he was being treated for cancer, his wife Bronwynn Jones knew something was off. He was panting.

When Doug Fung was released from North Vancouver's Lion's Gate Hospital, where he was being treated for cancer, his wife Bronwyn James knew something was off.