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The U.S. House of Representatives rushed ahead Tuesday toward impeaching President Donald Trump for the deadly Capitol attack, taking time only to try to persuade his vice president to push him out first. Trump showed no remorse, blaming impeachment itself for the "tremendous anger" in America.

U.S. President Donald Trump is advising "be careful of what you wish for" as House lawmakers consider a resolution calling on Vice-President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to declare the president unable to serve.

Climate change, insecticides, herbicides, light pollution, invasive species and changes in agriculture and land use are causing Earth to lose about 1 per cent to 2 per cent of its insects each year, researchers say, resulting in what they call "death by a thousand cuts" to the world's vital insect kingdom.

India's top court on Tuesday temporarily put on hold the implementation of agricultural reform laws and ordered the creation of an independent committee of experts to negotiate with farmers who have been protesting against the legislation.

The union representing more than 19,000 Mounties is seeking clearer guidelines on when body-worn cameras can be turned off — and tougher penalties for those who make false accusations against officers.

Air Canada is suspending passenger service to Yellowknife on Jan. 23 until further notice, due to "stifled demand" stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ontario has declared a state of emergency due to a surge of COVID-19 cases and issued a stay-at-home order that takes effect Thursday at 12:01 a.m. ET, Premier Doug Ford announced on Tuesday.

The airline says it’s cutting flights to the city due to "stifled demand from ongoing travel restrictions and blanket quarantine rules."

The Canada-U.S. border will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least Feb. 21.

With Ontario facing dangerously high rates of COVID-19 that could result in many more deaths, Premier Doug Ford declared a second provincial state of emergency Tuesday and announced a slate of new restrictions in an effort to bring the virus under control. 

President Donald Trump on Tuesday took no responsibility for his part in fomenting the violence at the U.S. Capitol last week, despite his comments encouraging supporters to march on the Capitol and his praise for them while they were still carrying out the assault.

The federal government announced a suite of new regulations today meant to ensure that Canadian companies are not complicit in human rights abuses or the use of forced labour in China's Xinjiang province.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today the federal government has reached an agreement to purchase another 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, bringing the total number of vaccine doses scheduled to arrive this year to 80 million.

The Atlantic Lottery Corporation says it’s preparing to expand a new online casino to allow play by residents of Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, after quietly launching a website New Brunswickers could access in August 2020.

A court has ordered the Ontario government to pay a Sudbury family over $2 million in damages, finding the province liable in the death of a mine worker in 2006.

Pramila Jayapal, congresswoman from Washington, said she has tested positive for COVID-19 and criticized Republican members of Congress who declined to wear a mask when it was offered to them during last week's siege, as did her Illinois colleague Brad Schneider, who's also tested positive.

Pramila Jayapal, congresswoman from Washington, has said she has tested positive and criticized Republican members of Congress who declined to wear a mask when it was offered to them during last week's siege at the Capitol.

Canada's telecommunications regulator continues hearings today on the CBC's application to renew licences for its various English and French programming services.

Winnipeg MP Jim Carr is returning as a full cabinet member after stepping aside for cancer treatments. The move was announced in a cabinet shuffle this morning.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today he wants to see every willing Canadian vaccinated before the next election — but pointed out that, as prime minister in a minority Parliament, it's not entirely up to him.

Liberal MP Navdeep Bains says he won't run in the next election and is leaving his spot at the cabinet table to spend more time with family.

Liberal MP Navdeep Bains says he won't run in the next election and is leaving his spot at the cabinet table to spend more time with family.

Indonesian divers on Tuesday retrieved from the seabed the flight data recorder of a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board on the weekend, officials said.

More public health restrictions are expected to be announced in Ontario today after the province releases new COVID-19 modelling projections that the premier had said would make people "fall off [their] chairs."

New Canadian research suggests feelings of burnout were high long before COVID-19 arrived in Canada, particularly among nurses. This is prompting concern that months of heightened pressure is taking even more of a toll on health-care workers and their ability to do their jobs.

If Ontarians don't significantly reduce their contact with other people during the COVID-19 pandemic, the province's health system will become overwhelmed and deaths will exceed first-wave totals before a vaccine has time to take effect, new projections suggest.

The first known cases in Canada of the U.K. variant of the coronavirus were discovered only by fluke, and the couple who fell ill are now facing public-health charges, CBC News has learned. 

The first known cases in Canada of a variant of the coronavirus first reported in the U.K. were discovered only by fluke, and the couple who fell ill are now facing public-health charges, CBC News has learned. 

Donald Trump is inching toward an ignominious new milestone. He is poised to become the only president impeached twice. Now Washington is debating a practical detail: What will this achieve?

Despite the political clouds hanging over the Alberta-to-Nebraska pipeline, could there still be a way forward for the long-disputed project under the incoming Biden administration? Some observers say it's possible.

As work, school and shopping increasingly move online, Canadians need to ensure the federal government's new Bill C-11 is framed to give proper digital privacy protection, write Vass Bednar and Mark Surman.

While some students are back in class following the holiday break, others are sticking with remote learning for now, due to a rise in cases of COVID-19 among school-aged kids. We asked experts about the risks of in-school transmissions, what's needed to keep in-person classes open and how new variants of the virus factor into the picture.

As more and more cellphone videos surface of the storming of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., last week, Canadians are leading some of the efforts to document and identify some of those involved in the riot.

Canada's outgoing top military commander and his U.S. counterpart will have their first conversation today about the violent protests that rocked Washington last week and the impending political showdown over President Donald Trump.

Vaccine independence is important, because relying on relationships with other countries doesn’t always work, researchers say.

Vaccine independence is important, because relying on relationships with other countries doesn’t always work, researchers say.

The dawn of a new NHL season is upon us and given the paralyzing impact of the global pandemic, it will be a memorable one regardless of which team hoists the Stanley Cup. Here are some burning questions concerning the Canadian teams before the puck drops on Wednesday.

Georgian Sandi Ferguson believes the presidential election was fixed. The Trump supporter from Georgia attended the Washington, D.C., rally that culminated in the storming of U.S. Capitol. She told CBC News why she understands the frustration millions of Trump supporters are feeling about the election results. 

The RCMP has launched an investigation into the COVID-19 death of a man who worked at an Alberta Cargill meat processing plant where 950 people got sick. Ontario’s grim COVID-19 modelling. Plus, Canada’s long-term plan for vaccine independence.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning a cabinet shuffle involving a handful of ministers, CBC News has learned.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning a cabinet shuffle involving a handful of ministers, CBC News has learned.

The National for January 11: Criminal investigation into COVID-19 death in the workplace. Plus, Ontario eyes new restrictions amid grim projections.

As security forces in the United States brace for the possibility of armed protests across the country around president-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20, the acting secretary of homeland security is stepping down.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday Britain was in "a race against time" to roll out COVID-19 vaccines as deaths hit record highs and hospitals run out of oxygen. His top medical adviser said the pandemic's worst weeks were imminent.

The head of a Hamilton hospital network who vacationed in the Dominican Republic over the holidays amid warnings not to travel during the COVID-19 pandemic has been fired without cause and is entitled to 24 months of pay, amounting to more than $1 million.

Republicans in the U.S. Congress faced growing blowback on Monday from businesses that said they would cut off campaign contributions to those who voted last week to challenge president-elect Joe Biden's victory.