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The Canadian Security and Intelligence Service's use of publicly available geolocation data without a warrant may have broken the law, according to the country's intelligence watchdog.

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Friday pressed Food and Drug Administration chief Stephen Hahn to grant an emergency use authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine by the end of the day or face possible firing, two administration officials said.

The House of Commons has adjourned for a six-week Christmas break amid a dispute over how it should resume in the new year. 

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden's election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected by state and federal judges before the nation's highest court.

U.S. President Donald Trump lost a Wisconsin lawsuit Friday seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots and overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, the latest in a string of legal defeats.

With a court-imposed deadline just one week away, the Liberal government is asking for another two-month extension to pass new medical assistance in dying (MAID) legislation.

The federal government has extended the restrictions at the Canada-U.S. land border for another 30 days — until Jan. 21 — according to Public Safety Canada.

A national three-digit suicide prevention hotline is a step closer to becoming a reality today. On Friday the House of Commons voted unanimously in favour of a Conservative motion calling on the federal government to act immediately to set up a national 988 number that consolidates all existing suicide crisis numbers.

Some of the Canada's top academic experts on pandemics are partnering with a company in the Greater Toronto Area to create national and provincial pandemic forecasts, including modelling different scenarios to help guide officials on how COVID-19 vaccination programs might be rolled out in the new year. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today released the government's strategy to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 — and its centrepiece is a gradual hike in the federal carbon tax on fuels to $170 a tonne by that year.

Five people have been taken to hospital, one without vital signs, and crews are working to rescue two others trapped after a building under construction partially collapsed in London, Ont., Friday.

Two people have died and four others remain in hospital after a building partially collapsed Friday in London, Ont.

One person has died and four others are in hospital as crews work to rescue up to two others trapped after a building partially collapsed Friday in London, Ont.

People who are vaccinated to protect themselves against COVID-19 and experience an adverse event after the immunization will be eligible for compensation through the program, the federal government said.  

Disney+ is raising the price of its monthly subscription by $3 in Canada next year, but the hike will come with the addition of a new portal of entertainment.

Statistics Canada says Canadian households owed an average of $1.71 for every dollar of disposable income in the third quarter.

A mint condition 1979 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky rookie card became hockey's first to cost more than $1 million US.

RCMP are looking for help identifying multiple "persons of interest" after two lobster plants in southwest Nova Scotia were attacked in October.

Officials with Nutrition North say they continue to monitor how food supply chains are impacted by the pandemic. What they're seeing, through changes in food distribution following relief funds, is the true extend of food insecurity that Nunavut households face. 

Tens of thousands of farmers in India have been blockading main highways around New Delhi for two weeks — part of a much wider two-month-long protest by farmers across the country.

The COVID-19 pandemic, surprisingly, helped thousands of debt-ridden households in Atlantic Canada, and many low-wage workers found themselves actually better off than before. But the financial distress that had been expected at the beginning of the pandemic might instead come near its end.

The nights may be frigid as temperatures dip to well below zero across most of the country, but there’s a good reason to bundle up and head outside over the coming week: the Geminid meteor shower.

The new movie Sound of Metal is getting raves for Riz Ahmed's performance and also for the way the film represents deaf characters.

Bugs affecting Canada’s COVID Alert app have not been entirely fixed as federal officials first announced, leaving an unknown number of users still without exposure notifications. An update was released on Nov. 23 to address an issue, but officials now say the fix didn't work for all devices.

Since starting as a "shop local" list three weeks ago, Not-Amazon.ca has expanded to include more than 2,000 local businesses in four cities across the country, and shop owners say they're seeing an increase in online sales.

Only three of seven F-18 fighter jets purchased from Australia by the Canadian government have been integrated into the air force so far, and the Department of National Defence says key upgrades to as much as one-third of Canada's fighter force will take up to five years, according to documents recently tabled in the House of Commons.

Government delay means that most homes appear to have expired certificates of approval, which legislation stipulates is necessary for those homes to operate.

Canadians need to be able to clearly assess what their tax dollars are paying for, who benefits, write Kevin Page, Shannon Smith and Jeffrey Bugg.

A bug affecting Canada’s COVID Alert app has not been entirely fixed as federal officials first announced, leaving an unknown number of iPhone users still without exposure notifications. An update was released Nov. 23 to fix the issue, but Health Canada now says the fix didn't work for all devices.

The new movie Sound of Metal is getting raves for Riz Ahmed's performance and also for the way the film represents deaf characters.

As Canadians await the arrival of the first batch of vaccine doses, employers and provincial leaders are grappling with the question of whether to make the shots mandatory to ensure a smooth return to normal life.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were jointly named Time magazine's 2020 "Person of the Year" on Thursday, chosen from a list of finalists that included the man Biden vanquished at the polls - President Donald Trump.

The At Issue panel breaks down why Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the premiers are at odds over health-care transfers and spending priorities. Plus in this extended edition, a look at what will happen to the new legislation on medically assisted dying in the Senate.

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A locked-down pandemic-struck world cut its carbon dioxide emissions this year by seven per cent, the biggest drop ever, new preliminary figures show.

When Derek Prue Sr. noticed his son wasn't comfortable with a large birthmark, he decided to do something to help him feel more confident.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrapped up his 23rd meeting with Canada’s premiers today by promising to increase health care funding to the provinces — but not before the immediate pressure of the pandemic subsides.