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The presence of COVID-19 gave a different twist to some 911 calls this year, with food delivery complaints and questions about lockdown topping E-Comm's annual list of the worst reasons people called the emergency line. 

Finance Minister Rod Phillps, who has been on vacation in the Caribbean, is on his way back to Canada, Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday.

A new variant of the coronavirus that may be more contagious has been found in a Colorado man who had not been travelling, triggering a host of questions about how the first U.S. case of the new version showed up in the Rocky Mountain state.

B.C.'s Interior Health Authority says it has identified an additional 15 cases of COVID-19 linked to the Big White community cluster, bringing the total number of cases to 111.

A 24-year-old Vancouver man spent Christmas night in jail after repeatedly hosting parties that violated COVID-19 public health orders.

Air passengers entering Canada will need to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test before arriving in the country, the federal government announced today.

Air passengers entering Canada will need to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test before arriving in the country, the federal government announced today.

A well-preserved ice age woolly rhinoceros with many of its internal organs still intact and believed to be between 20,000 to 50,000 years old has been recovered in melting permafrost in Russia's extreme north.

Alberta will fall far short of the UCP government’s promise to vaccinate 29,000 people against COVID-19 by the end of the year, Premier Jason Kenney has acknowledged.

Some seasonal workers stranded on Canadian farms were able to fly back to Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday, while others eagerly await their flight home or consider staying.

On Jan. 1, Canada Pension Plan contributions are going up again — by more than what was originally planned. That's largely due to the pandemic's effect on the labour market — and observers say the impact will be felt by some workers more than others.

Health Canada says it still needs more information before it can make a decision on approving the COVID-19 vaccine made by AstraZeneca.

A large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed cabinet landed there, security officials said. At least 25 people were killed and 110 were wounded in the blast.

A large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed cabinet landed there, security officials said. At least 22 people were killed and 50 were wounded in the blast.

A large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed there, security officials said. At least 16 people were killed and 60 were wounded in the blast.

Britain's House of Commons has voted resoundingly to approve a trade deal with the European Union, paving the way for an orderly break with the bloc that will finally complete the U.K.'s years-long Brexit journey.

Iran has created a compensation fund to pay families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces outside Tehran last January, the president announced Wednesday.

Britain's House of Commons has voted resoundingly to approve a trade deal with the European Union, paving the way for an orderly break with the bloc that will finally complete the U.K.'s years-long Brexit journey.

Britain's House of Commons has voted resoundingly to approve a trade deal with the European Union, paving the way for an orderly break with the bloc that will finally complete the U.K.'s years-long Brexit journey.

When the 10 correctional officers charged in the death of an Inuk man at a jail in St. John's face a judge for the first time in February, Gordon Wheaton says he'd like to be there.

A landslide smashed into a residential area near the Norwegian capital Wednesday, injuring at least 10 people, leaving 21 unaccounted for and destroying several homes, authorities said.

Ten people were hurt, one of them critically, and 21 people remained unaccounted for after a landslide in southern Norway swept away more than a dozen buildings early Wednesday, police say.

Ten people were injured, one of them critically, and 15 people remained unaccounted for after a landslide in southern Norway swept away more than a dozen buildings in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.

A new variant of the coronavirus that may be more contagious has been found in a Colorado man who had not been travelling, triggering a host of questions about how the first U.S. case of the new version showed up in the Rocky Mountain state.

A public health researcher, a disability sports advocate and several trailblazing women who achieved firsts in their fields are among the 61 people being honoured with New Year’s appointments to the Order of Canada.

Beaches are P.E.I.’s biggest tourism asset, and climate change is already having an impact on the Island’s shores.

Beaches are P.E.I.’s biggest tourism asset, and climate change is already having an impact on the Island’s shores.

A public health researcher, a disability sports advocate and several trailblazing women who achieved firsts in their fields are among the 61 people being honoured with New Year’s appointments to the Order of Canada.

There's frustration on board two Canadian Coast Guard vessels docked in Dartmouth, N.S., after crews were exposed to people who tested positive for COVID-19, CBC News has learned. 

Argentina's Senate passed a law legalizing abortion early Wednesday after a marathon 12-hour session, a victory for the women's movement that has been fighting for the right for decades.

With the recent announcement that Health Canada has approved the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Canadians are likely wondering when it will be their turn to get inoculated. 

Newcomers to Canada face barriers to finding jobs in their field, including a lack of Canadian work experience and references. A federally funded program helps refugees and immigrants get paid work experience.

Many businesses were faced with ruin when the pandemic hit. A handful retooled their assembly lines to provide direly needed PPE and medical equipment, and just maybe saved themselves along the way.

Britain on Wednesday became the first country to authorize an easy-to-handle COVID-19 vaccine whose developers hope it will become the "vaccine for the world." The approval and a shift in policy that will speed up rollout of the vaccine in the United Kingdom comes as a surge in infections threatens to swamp British hospitals.

Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca as it battles a major winter surge driven by a new, highly contagious variant of the virus.

Luke Letlow, Louisiana's incoming Republican member of the U.S. House, died Tuesday night from complications related to COVID-19 only days before he would have been sworn into office. He was 41.

A Chinese court on Wednesday sentenced 10 pro-democracy activists who sought to flee Hong Kong by speedboat to between seven months and three years in prison, in a case with major political overtones for the territory.

B.C. RCMP say the bodies of two missing snow bikers were found in an avalanche debris field in the Pemberton back country on Tuesday morning.

B.C. RCMP say the bodies of two missing snow bikers were found in an avalanche debris field in the Pemberton back country on Tuesday morning.

Louisville, Ky., police have taken steps that could result in the firing of two officers connected to Breonna Taylor's death — one who sought the no-knock search warrant that led detectives to her apartment and another found to have opened fire.

The National for December 29: Ontario promises to vaccinate 8.5 million people by July, but is it realistic? Plus, how Quebec wants to crack down on traveller

Despite repeated calls by the Quebec government, and his own party leader, for Quebecers not to travel, Liberal MNA Pierre Arcand flew with his wife to Barbados on Christmas day to spend time at their condo.

A 14-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., was killed Monday in what police said was a targeted shooting in Surrey, B.C., the second such shooting in the city in a 24-hour period.