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The health officers in six San Francisco Bay Area regions issued a new stay-at-home order Friday as the number of virus cases surge and hospitals fill.

Dr. Daisy Fung is working the front lines of the health crisis at Capital Care Lynnwood, an Edmonton long-term care centre in the throes of an increasingly deadly COVID-19 outbreak.

An inspector from Ontario's Ministry of Labour warned staff at Hamilton General Hospital about not following COVID-19 protocols after they didn't physically distance in the hospital cafeteria and were in "close, face-to-face contact," according to a staff memo obtained by CBC News.

The number of active cases in the province is now 18,243 with 590 deaths. And the positivity rate is 10.5 per cent, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, said Friday.

The number of active cases in the province is now 18,243 with 590 deaths, and the test positivity rate is 10.5 per cent, which Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw, said is a grim milestone "that should concern us all."

A former social worker, accused of siphoning money from dozens of B.C.'s most vulnerable children for more than a decade, now faces 13 criminal charges including fraud and theft, the RCMP said Friday. 

India has accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of inciting "extremist activities" and warns that his recent remarks about farmers' protests could harm relations between the two countries.

As the COVID-19 lockdown continues into its third week in Arviat, Nunavut, residents and officials say it is highlighting the territory’s ongoing struggles with adequate housing. This includes one family of 11 forced to go without hot water for the duration of the outbreak.

Bob McDonald's blog: The map includes data from more than 1.8 billion stars

Walmart Canada says it will be giving its workers new cash bonuses for their ongoing dedication during the pandemic.

Time has all but run out on the NHL's hope to start the season Jan. 1, with the league and NHL Players' Association now focusing their discussions on opening play in mid-January, a person familiar with the talks told The Associated Press on Friday.

The NHL is now considering a mid-January start date for an abbreviated 56-gameregular season, multiple outlets reported Friday.

Police say gunman's spouse and two others charged had no prior knowledge of the gunman’s actions on April 18 and 19, when he killed 22 Nova Scotians.

The common-law spouse of the man responsible for killing 22 people in April's mass shooting in Nova Scotia has been charged with providing the gunman with ammunition he used during the rampage, but police say she and two relatives who are also charged did not know how it would be used.

Hard-nosed Olympique Lyonnais defender Kadeisha Buchanan, who won her fourth Champions League title in 2020 and helped Canada qualify for the Olympics, has been named Canadian Women's Soccer Player of the Year for a third time.

Federal Liberals are accusing the Conservatives of thumbing their noses at a looming court deadline by filibustering a bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying.

It seems like a no-brainer to use clean-burning hydrogen to offset the environmental negatives of natural gas for warming homes, but pilot projects to do just that starting next year illustrate nothing is simple about this trendy new energy source.

It seems like a no-brainer to use clean-burning hydrogen to offset the environmental negatives of natural gas for warming homes, but pilot projects to do just that starting next year illustrate nothing is simple about this trendy new energy source.

It seems like a no-brainer to use clean-burning hydrogen to offset the environmental negatives of natural gas for warming homes, but pilot projects to do just that starting next year illustrate nothing is simple about this trendy new energy source.

Canada's economy added 62,000 jobs last month, which is better than economists were expecting, but it's also the lowest total since the labour market recovery from COVID-19 began in May.

Canada on Friday reached the milestone of 400,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as news emerged of who may receive the first vaccine doses to be administered in January.

Canada reached the milestone of 400,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday as news emerged of who may receive the first vaccine doses to be administered in January.

Fred Ko, died in Richmond Hospital on Saturday from COVID-19. At 104 years old, he is one of the oldest Canadian victims of the pandemic.

Clearwater Seafoods is dropping Marine Stewardship Council certification for its Canadian offshore lobster fishery, calling it "a voluntary decision driven by business considerations."

In the midst of the worst public health emergency in a century and the greatest economic disruption since the Great Depression, Erin O'Toole apparently also sees a culture war playing out.

Navigating school this fall has meant change and a host of new challenges for learners with disabilities, with both students and families often having to advocate anew for the same supports and accommodations they received before the pandemic.

Hundreds of thousands of Ontario's geographic features like lakes, mountains and islands still don't have a name. Here's how you can name them.

Hundreds of thousands of geographic features in Ontario — like lakes, mountains and islands — are still unnamed. You can propose names, but there are rules.

The advice from medical experts this winter is to resist retreating indoors where COVID-19 is much more easily transmitted. Bundle up, mask up if you need to, go outside.   

Hundreds of thousands of geographic features in Ontario — like lakes, mountains and islands — are still unnamed. You can propose names, but there are rules.

Russia's famed Bolshoi Theatre has been crippled by the coronavirus pandemic, with its very survival at stake. After a lengthy shutdown, the dancing is continuing but for dancers and staff every performance comes at personal risk.

The developers of Canada's COVID Alert app fixed a glitch last week that left some users without exposure notifications for much of November. It’s unclear how many people were affected, but those who haven't updated the app may still be in the dark.

Families of three rail workers killed in a crash in the Rockies of eastern B.C. almost two years ago are calling on the prime minister to intervene after a former Canadian Pacific Railway police officer alleged his superiors obstructed his investigation.

Families of three rail workers killed in a crash in the Rockies of eastern B.C. almost two years ago are calling on the prime minister to intervene after a former Canadian Pacific Railway police officer alleged his superiors obstructed his investigation.

The advice from medical experts this winter is to resist retreating indoors where COVID-19 is much more easily transmitted. Bundle up, mask up if you need to, go outside.   

With transportation responsible for a quarter of emissions, it will be hard to meet the federal government's national pollution targets without addressing Canada's car conundrum, write Merran Smith and Sarah Petrevan.

It's been a month since Joe Biden was voted in as the next president of the United States. But a lot has happened since then. There are the final weeks of Donald Trump's chaotic tenure, the importance of Georgia's runoff Senate race and the tensions that are dividing the Democrats even as they prepare to take power. Today, former CBC Washington correspondent Keith Boag joins us to get us up to speed.

The U.S. Justice Department is talking to representatives of Meng Wanzhou that would see the Chinese telecom executive free to return home from Canada in exchange for signing a deferred prosecution agreement, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

New data from the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft tracks the paths of thousands of stars over hundreds of millions of years from the present to the distant future, including waves of stars originating from an ancient galaxy collision.