Canada news

Transport Canada is offering more details this week about where travellers can get a COVID-19 test abroad — and what happens if they're caught using a fake one — after a new testing rule for passengers flying to Canada caused widespread confusion and anxiety.

Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin has offered a state apology to the survivors of mother and baby homes, where unwed women were forcefully separated from their children. We discussed the trauma of these institutions with survivor Anne Harris and Colm O'Gorman, executive director of Amnesty International in Ireland.

Kathleen Heddle, who partnered with Marnie McBean and captured three Olympic gold medals for Canada in rowing, died of cancer on Monday at the age of 55.

Canada's national panel of vaccine experts says the second COVID-19 vaccine dose can be delayed briefly in order to quickly get first doses to more people.

Canada's national panel of vaccine experts says the second COVID-19 vaccine dose can be delayed briefly in order to quickly get first doses to more people.

Alimentation Couche-Tard's $25-billion potential play for French-based grocery chain Carrefour SA is getting a thumbs down from its own investors and skeptical analysts.

Air Canada says it is reducing its first-quarter capacity by 25 per cent, a move that will mean the loss of about 1,700 jobs at the airline.

Air Canada says it is reducing its first-quarter capacity by 25 per cent, a move that will mean the loss of about 1,700 jobs at the airline.

Starbucks says its plan to close up to 300 coffee shops across Canada will be complete by the end of March.

Paul Woods, who was fired on Monday as president and CEO of London Health Sciences Centre, has filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against LHSC, claiming he was dismissed in bad faith and that he notified board chair Amy Walby about his travel to the United States since March last year, first notifying her in June, then twice afterward. 

A parole board rejected Allan Legere's request for supervised release Wednesday.

President Donald Trump is on the verge of being impeached for a second time in an unprecedented House vote Wednesday, a week after he encouraged a mob of loyalists to "fight like hell" against election results just before they stormed the U.S. Capitol in a deadly siege.

The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a series of procedural votes by midday to advance legislation paving the way for an anticipated impeachment of President Donald Trump later Wednesday.

The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a series of procedural votes by midday to advance legislation paving the way for an anticipated impeachment of President Donald Trump later Wednesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump has been impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives for a second time.

U.S. President Donald Trump remains on the verge of being impeached for a second time as the Democrat-led House pushes ahead with a vote Wednesday, just a week after Trump encouraged loyalists to "fight like hell" against election results and then a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.

The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a series of procedural votes by midday to advance legislation paving the way for an anticipated impeachment of President Donald Trump later Wednesday.

The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic may be tougher than the first given how the coronavirus is spreading, especially in the northern hemisphere as more infectious variants circulate, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic may be tougher than the first given how the coronavirus is spreading, especially in the northern hemisphere as more infectious variants circulate, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

The Ontario government is expected to provide more details Wednesday regarding its newly issued stay-at-home order, as the province reported another 2,961 cases of COVID-19 and 74 more deaths of people with the illness. 

Ontario said Wednesday it plans to administer the COVID-19 vaccine in all nursing homes and high-risk retirement homes by Feb. 15.

The Ontario government released a regulation on Wednesday night that outlines which activities are allowed under its newly issued stay-at-home order that takes effect on Thursday.

The Ontario government is expected to provide more details at some point Wednesday about its newly issued stay-at-home order, as public health units reported another 2,961 cases of COVID-19 and 74 more deaths of people with the illness. 

Twelve bottles of French Bordeaux wine and hundreds of snippets of grapevines that spent a year orbiting the world in the name of science are expected to return to Earth on Wednesday — and some lucky wine connoisseurs will soon get a taste.

One of Italy's largest-ever Mafia trials kicked off on Wednesday, with more than 320 suspected mobsters and their associates facing an array of charges, including extortion, drug trafficking and theft.

One of Italy's largest-ever Mafia trials kicked off on Wednesday, with more than 320 suspected mobsters and their associates facing an array of charges, including extortion, drug trafficking and theft.

Between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m., anybody caught outside, be it driving or jogging, may be stopped and questioned by police. But Sarah Vresk says one Montreal officer took things too far when he insisted on searching her bag.

An emergency room doctor in Whistler is calling on the B.C. government to restrict travel from other provinces after seeing a "worrying" number of patients from Ontario and Quebec over the holidays.

Every winter, tucked behind churches and at the edges of parking lots you'll find temporary kingdoms for Canadian children who get a thrill from scaling filthy piles of snow that have been pushed off parking lots.

When her 98-year-old mother was diagnosed with COVID-19, Mary Sardelis moved into the retirement home to save her life. She said what she saw was 'no man’s land.'

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday he would fly back to Russia on Jan. 17 from Germany where he has been convalescing after being poisoned.

Not long ago, the political narrative in Canada was all about vaccine deliveries and whether this country was keeping up with its peers. But the dire new projections out of Ontario demonstrate once again that getting vaccines lined up isn't even half the battle — and the battle is going badly.

Tuesday's cabinet shuffle doesn't mean an election is coming, but it does put some pieces into place for the Liberals for when it does.

A Mississauga, Ont., senior who relies on provincially funded home care was left soiled in his bed for days after he and his wife became ill with COVID-19 nearly two weeks ago and care workers stopped showing up.

The leader and deputy leader of the Canadian Senators Group (CSG) refuse to say whether they've travelled abroad at a time when the government is strongly recommending against leaving the country due to the risks of COVID-19 transmission.

Online orders and delivery from Canada's major grocers have gone from novel to normal since the pandemic began, accelerating a move to e-shopping that was already underway, but some experts expect the e-shopping trend to diminish once COVID-19 restrictions ease.

An anti-government website that was promoting armed protests in the United States ahead of the presidential inauguration was shut down by the company hosting its cloud servers Wednesday morning after CBC News revealed those servers were located in Montreal. 

An anti-government website is using cloud servers located in Montreal to help organize a series of armed protests across the United States this weekend, contributing to fears the country could see more violence around the presidential inauguration.

Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Tuesday it has suspended Donald Trump's channel as it violated policies for inciting violence after last week's assault on the U.S. Capitol by the president's supporters.

The U.S. government executed convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, early on Wednesday, after the Supreme Court cleared the last hurdle for her execution by overturning a stay, according to a reporter serving as a media witness.

Ontario has announced new restrictions and a stay-at-home order, but some say the new rules aren’t targeting the right places. Couple charged for misleading officials about contracting COVID-19 variant. Plus, a woman who moved into a nursing home to care for her mother during the pandemic.

Longtime folk musician and activist Curtis (Shingoose) Jonnie died Tuesday morning after testing positive for COVID-19, his friend and publicist says.

Meng Wanzhou launched a bid to loosen her bail restrictions Monday in a B.C. Supreme Court hearing that gave an inside glimpse into the Huawei executive’s privileged pandemic lifestyle under 24-hour surveillance, as she awaits extradition proceedings.

The National for January 12: New restrictions for Ontario as modelling shows hospitals being pushed to the brink. Plus, will Trump be impeached again?

Documents filed in B.C. Supreme Court say both the Kootenay Ice franchise and Western Hockey League are responsible for revenue lost by the City of Cranbrook when the club moved to Winnipeg in 2019.

Documents filed in B.C. Supreme Courts say both the Kootenay Ice franchise and Western Hockey League are responsible for revenue lost by the city when the club moved to Winnipeg in 2019.

CBC News is tracking how many vaccine doses have been distributed and administered across the country. Check back for daily updates.

Both the incoming and outgoing commanders of the Royal Canadian Navy today delivered some of their most forceful public condemnations of racism and sexual violence in the ranks — an apparent signal the military's campaign against misconduct has entered a new phase.