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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named a longtime public servant to lead the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General following the resignations of Julie Payette and her second-in-command Assunta Di Lorenzo amid allegations of misconduct.

CBC's television series Trickster, launched in 2020 and adapted from Eden Robinson’s young adult novel series, has been cancelled. A representative for the show announced Friday that it would not go forward with a second season after consultation with producers, writers and actors.

U.S. Capitol Police are stepping up security at Washington-area transportation hubs and taking other steps to safeguard travelling lawmakers as Congress continues to react to this month's deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Whether Donald Trump bears some responsibility for the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 seems like an important thing for Americans to know — but apparently not all of them want to know, writes Keith Boag.

Canadian investing app Wealthsimple is labelling some stocks as "risky" after a volatile week for shares of GameStop, BlackBerry and other companies favoured by self-directed retail investors.

Canadian investing app Wealthsimple is labelling some stocks as "risky" after a volatile week for shares of GameStop, BlackBerry and other companies favoured by self-directed retail investors.

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ordered the province to pay compensation of almost a million dollars to a former corrections officer who was targeted on the job for being Black.

The prime minister and members of Parliament took a moment to mark the fourth anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting today — and to call for action to fight against racism and discrimination that targets Canada’s Muslim community.

A Quebec Superior Court judge is forcing the province to reword several sections of the Civil Code of Quebec because they discriminate against trans and non-binary people.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province will begin loosening up its health measures on Feb. 8 as part of a new "path forward for easing COVID-19 health restrictions, with clear benchmarks for hospitalizations."

At an event to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the deadly Quebec City mosque attack, community leaders spoke not only of their ongoing grief, but also underlined the need for continued vigilance and action against Islamophobia and racism.

Chilliwack RCMP say an investigation of a break-in led them to a Surrey suite where the vintage Gibson Dove acoustic guitar was recovered.

For part of his time in Canada, Holland College student Thinh Nguyen was known as Andy.

Canada's vaccination campaign is facing yet another hurdle in the race to inoculate people against the deadly novel coronavirus with the announcement today that Moderna will delay some shipments of its product next month.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil new measures today to restrict international travel and prevent new, more infectious variants of the coronavirus from entering Canada.

Travellers entering Canada will soon have to quarantine in a hotel — at their own expense —  as the federal government introduces tougher restrictions to discourage international travel.

Canada's main airlines have agreed to cancel service to the Caribbean and Mexico and the federal government is introducing new mandatory quarantine rules as they try to discourage international travel.

Johnson & Johnson's long-awaited vaccine appears to protect against COVID-19 with just one shot. It's not as strong as some of its two-shot rivals but still potentially helpful for a world in dire need of more doses.

Statistics Canada says the economy grew 0.7 per cent in November but preliminary data for December suggest that for the year as a whole, GDP contracted by more than 5 per cent.

With no live streaming and no parents allowed in local arenas, a manager of a Halifax-area minor hockey team decided to try her hand at play-by-play using Siri. The results were hardly boring.

World Health Organization officials warned Friday that new European Union moves to tighten rules on the export of COVID-19 shots were "not helpful," and said restrictions mustn't get in the way of beating the disease worldwide.

The new director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says officials have "scaled up" their surveillance of new coronavirus variants in the United States.

The European Union on Friday abruptly reversed a plan to use emergency Brexit measures to restrict exports of COVID-19 vaccines from crossing the Irish border into the United Kingdom after it sent shockwaves through Northern Ireland, London and Dublin.

Karrie Anderson received an eviction notice from Medallion Corporation earlier this month after not paying rent for a number of months. Anderson has struggled to find work during the pandemic but starts a new cleaning job in February.

The European Union has made public a redacted version of the contract it agreed to with the drugmaker AstraZeneca, which lies at the heart of a major row over coronavirus vaccine deliveries.

The Lunar New Year is a time for food and family, but like most celebrations during the pandemic, the holiday looks different this year. Despite that, a New Westminster, B.C., mother is hoping to keep the magic alive for her two-year-old son.

Swift Current's Bella Thomson, 7, was diagnosed with three rare conditions at birth, but that hasn't stopped her from enjoying everyday pleasures. Now, a video showing her drawing a picture for a short story she is writing has amassed over 11 million views. 

Several female athletes, coaches and staff at Vancouver's Eastside Boxing Club have come forward with allegations against a male coach as well as the club's executive director and chair of the board of directors, Dave Schuck.

China says it will no longer recognize a typo of U.K. passport known as British national (overseas) as a valid travel document or form of identification amid a bitter feud with London over a plan to allow millions of Hong Kong residents a route to residency and eventual citizenship.

China says it will no longer recognize the British National Overseas passport as a valid travel document or form of identification amid a bitter feud with London over a plan to allow millions of Hong Kong residents a route to residency and eventual citizenship.

A year into the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, doctors are learning how to help keep more patients alive, but the proven treatment options remain limited.

A new, more contagious COVID-19 variant is advancing through Brazil's Amazon region, where the coronavirus death rate is more than triple that of Canada's. ICUs are full and oxygen supplies are running low while the disease spreads in remote and poor areas.

The unanimous motion in the House of Commons to address white supremacists and hate groups, coming days before the anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting, demonstrates that there's a broad consensus among Canadians that we need to act, writes Mustafa Farooq.

A B.C. judge has rejected a bid by Meng Wanzhou to loosen the terms of her bail while she awaits a ruling on extradition to the United States.

A post-mortem report into the death of 26-year-old Jordan Sheard last June reveals that before he entered Ontario’s Lindsay jail, Sheard was twice checked for drugs — and both times cleared by correctional officers, before he died with fentanyl hidden inside his body.

To get the extra dose from the Pfizer-BioNTech vials requires the use of a low-dead-volume syringe, which is not as common and is now in high demand.

Facebook says it would welcome increased regulation by the Canadian government, including rules for what kind of content should — or should not — be allowed on social media platforms.

Charmed Playhouses has been making playhouses for the rich and famous for five years. Now, it's working on plans to open a 'play cottage' resort in Alberta this year after a successful test run last summer. 

Meng Wanzhou will learn Friday whether she can spend her days without the constant company of security guards as she awaits a ruling on extradition to the United States.

As the federal government prepares to impose additional restrictions on international travel, the aviation industry is warning its long-term survival is at risk if the government doesn’t step in soon with a sector-specific financial aid package.

Two Canada Post workers in Regina were temporarily suspended earlier this month after they refused to deliver the latest sample edition of the Epoch Times, a paper founded by Chinese-American followers of Falun Gong and known for its critical coverage of the China's communist regime.

A Google Doodle featuring Jim Wong-Chu holding a book under a neon-lit scene of Vancouver's Chinatown honours the poet on what would have been his 72nd birthday.

Anger and confusion over how Pfizer is delivering COVID-19 vaccine doses to Canada, doubling-up on masks, and GameStop market chaos.

The National for January 28: Confusion, questions and anger over the delivery of Pfizer vaccine doses. Plus, why doubling up is the latest mask trend.

The At Issue panel discusses the COVID-19 vaccine rollout struggles and whether political leadership is to blame. Plus in this extended edition, the panellists explore what the next governor general needs to bring to the role.

Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in Sounder, a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers' hearts in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, died Thursday at age 96.

Newly minted Green Party Leader Annamie Paul announced Thursday night she's decided to run in an Ontario riding in the federal next election.

The defence minister's reasons for allowing Canada's foreign signals intelligence agency to perform otherwise illegal activities were sometimes "insufficient", according to the new intelligence commissioner in a first-of-its-kind report.

A Montreal police officer is in hospital after being injured during an altercation with a motorist. Police originally said the officer was injured by a bullet but now, how exactly the officer was injured is under investigation.

A Montreal police officer is in hospital after being injured during an altercation with a motorist. Police originally said the officer was injured by a bullet, but later the story changed. How exactly the officer was injured remains unclear.