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Any imminent meeting between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is going to happen virtually. A White House spokeswoman made clear Tuesday that the president has no immediate plans for face-to-face encounters with foreign leaders because of the pandemic.

Convenience store chain 7-Eleven Canada says it is preparing many of its Ontario shops to serve beer and wine in the store.

Quebec Premier François Legault says movie theatres and indoor sports will be allowed during March break, but the rest of the red-zone restrictions will stay in place in all but one region.

Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, said Tuesday that COVID-19 disease activity and severe outcomes are declining nationally. But she noted that at least four provinces had reported evidence of community spread and "outbreak activity" associated with faster-spreading variants.

Kim Crevatin is asking Horizon Health to make exceptions to its strict no-visitor rules for those who have loved ones living in hospital long-term because they are waiting for a nursing home bed.

Kim Crevatin is asking Horizon Health to make exceptions to its strict no-visitor rules for those who have loved ones living in hospital long-term because they are waiting for a nursing home bed.

Amy Cooper, the white woman arrested last year for calling 911 on a Black birdwatcher in New York's Central Park, had her criminal case thrown out Tuesday after she completed a diversionary counselling program that prosecutors said was meant to educate her on the harm of her actions.

Amy Cooper, the white woman arrested last year for calling 911 on a Black birdwatcher in New York's Central Park, had her criminal case thrown out Tuesday after she completed a diversionary counselling program that prosecutors said was meant to educate her on the harm of her actions.

Harsh winter weather in the U.S. will delay a planned shipment of Pfizer vaccine doses to Canada by at least one day this week, a spokesperson for the pharmaceutical giant told CBC News.

In Scrabble, 365 points would be considered a great score for an entire game, but Betty Kuchta of Chatham, Ont., earned all those points with just a single word.

The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in January hit a new record high for the month as prices also set a new high.

A rare deep freeze brought snow and ice to normally temperate parts of the southern United States, forcing the electricity grid operator in Texas to impose rotating blackouts because of higher power demand. Forecasters predict more snow and ice late Tuesday and Wednesday along a storm front reaching from Texas to the Appalachian states.

A rare deep freeze brought snow and ice to normally temperate parts of the southern United States, forcing the electricity grid operator in Texas to impose rotating blackouts because of higher power demand. Forecasters predict more snow and ice late Tuesday and Wednesday along a storm front reaching from Texas to the Appalachian states.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole on Tuesday called for the relocation of the 2022 Winter Olympics out of Beijing in part because of the Chinese government's treatment of its Muslim minority population.

A Democratic congressman accused Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit on Tuesday of inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and of conspiring with his lawyer and extremist groups to try to prevent the Senate from certifying the results of the presidential election he lost to Joe Biden.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is appealing to the Official Opposition Conservatives to hasten passage of a COVID-19 relief bill through the House of Commons.

Police in Myanmar filed a new charge against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer said Tuesday, in a move that may allow her to be held indefinitely without trial as part of an intensifying crackdown by authorities who seized power in a coup.

Families of dozens of people who died during the first wave last spring at CHSLD Herron on Montreal's West Island say they're disappointed they'll have to wait even longer for closure.

The Liberal government is expected to unveil plans today to set up a program to buy back "assault-style" weapons that were blacklisted last spring.

The federal government introduced new gun control legislation today that would introduce a buy-back program for barred firearms, allow municipalities to ban handguns and increase criminal penalties for gun smuggling and trafficking.

The federal government introduced new gun control legislation today that would introduce a buy-back program for blacklisted firearms, allow municipalities to ban handguns and increase criminal penalties for gun smuggling and trafficking.

The federal government has introduced new gun-control legislation today, which would introduce a buy back program for blacklisted firearms and increase criminal penalties for gun smuggling and trafficking.

After a wild week in which Bitcoin soared to new heights, Bitcoin crossed the $50,000 US mark early Tuesday.

After a wild week in which bitcoin soared to new heights, the digital currency crossed the $50,000 US mark early Tuesday.

Digging and ploughing has commenced as people in southern Ontario are waking up to nearly 25 centimetres of snow in some regions, resulting in multiple school closures across the province. 

Digging and plowing has commenced as people in southern Ontario are waking up to nearly 25 centimetres of snow in some regions, resulting in multiple school closures across the province. 

On Tuesday, the federal agency issued an alert for hazardous winter conditions for southern Ontario as the snow continued, saying total snowfall amounts of 25 to 35 centimetres are expected before snow tapers off early Tuesday afternoon. 

A B.C. massage therapist suspected of masturbating during an appointment with a client has admitted he was using one hand to play games on his phone during several sessions in recent years.

Elizabeth Iwunwa of Prince Edward Island was born well after the Nigerian civil war ended in 1970, but her family still carries the scars. As she shares her family's story, Iwunwa says it's important to find peace within ourselves and extend that peace to others.

The two families at the heart of the Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry will share what they remember of the time leading up to the tragedy in the community of Guysborough County, N.S., on Jan. 3, 2017, when Desmond, an Afghanistan veteran with a history of mental illness, fatally shot his wife, mother, daughter and himself.

The two families at the heart of the Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry will share what they remember of the time leading to the tragedy that marked a small community in Guysborough County, N.S., on Jan. 3, 2017.

Canadians are applying to graduate schools in increasing numbers, a phenomenon often seen during times of economic downturns but with some significant differences during a global pandemic, experts say.

21 Black Futures, a new stage anthology by CBC and Toronto's Obisidan Theatre Company, brings together 63 Black artists from across the country to answer the question "What is the future of Blackness?" Its creation also directly addresses, and attempts to change, the dearth of Black content onstage.

None of Ottawa's recently announced new travel measures apply to the largest group of people entering Canada: Commercial truck drivers. Ottawa says it's exploring testing for truckers, but some critics want change now.

Health Canada says it is reviewing how UV wands and devices are able to find their way onto store shelves and into the hands of Canadian consumers after a CBC Marketplace investigation found there is just one consumer UV device that is properly cleared for sale in this country.

21 Black Futures, a new stage anthology by CBC and Toronto's Obisidan Theatre Company, brings together 63 Black artists from across the country to answer the question "What is the future of Blackness?" Its creation also directly addresses, and attempts to change, the dearth of Black content onstage.

If non-essential businesses and other parts of the economy are allowed to reopen too soon after students go back to class, finding and controlling the source of COVID-19 spread will be much more difficult, public health physicians say.

An unprecedented outbreak in Newfoundland of the coronavirus variant originally found in the UK holds lessons for the rest of Canada. CBC St-John’s reporter Peter Cowan on what those lessons are.

A video posted to Facebook and Twitter by Bear Clan Patrol shows EPS officers ordering people out of a downtown LRT station Sunday night into the extreme cold.

A video posted to Facebook and Twitter by Bear Clan Patrol shows EPS officers ordering people out of a downtown LRT station Sunday night into the extreme cold.

Evgenii Dadonov scored his second goal of the game 2:19 into overtime as the Ottawa Senators roared back from a 5-1 deficit late in the second period to stun the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 on Monday night.

The National for February 15: Newfoundland faces crisis as a COVID-19 variant tears through the region. Plus, the outcry over proposed changes to medical assistance in dying laws.