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British Columbia is expanding its vaccine workforce, health officials said Tuesday, as the province marked 559 new cases of COVID-19 and one more death.

B.C. health officials announced 559 new cases of COVID-19 and one more death on Tuesday.

The list of people exempt from a mandatory travel quarantine rule is small, but it includes diplomats, minors and people in so-called 'exigent' circumstances.

The province's COVID-19 vaccination campaign is slowly ramping up, with Quebecers born in 1936 and earlier in the general population able to get shots as early as next week. Appointments can be made either online or by phone starting Thursday.

Quebec's COVID-19 vaccination campaign is slowly ramping up, with those born in 1936 and earlier in the general population able to get shots as early as next week. Appointments can be made either online or by phone starting Thursday.

Iran committed multiple violations of human rights and international law by shooting down Ukranian International Airlines Flight PS752, according to the results of an investigation by two United Nations experts.

Poet, publisher and bookseller Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who helped launch and perpetuate the Beat movement, has died. He was 101. 

Poet, publisher and bookseller Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who helped launch and perpetuate the Beat movement, has died. He was 101. 

Golf star Tiger Woods suffered leg injuries Tuesday in a vehicle rollover in the Los Angeles area and is undergoing surgery, authorities and his manager said. His condition isn't yet clear.

Tiger Woods was taken to hospital Tuesday after a single-car crash in Ranchos Palos Verdes, Calif., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Golf star Tiger Woods suffered leg injuries Tuesday in a vehicle rollover in the Los Angeles area and is undergoing surgery, authorities and his manager said. His condition isn't yet clear.

Corey Hurren will have to wait a few weeks to hear his sentence for storming the gates of Rideau Hall with loaded firearms and multiple rounds of ammunition last summer.

Corey Hurren will have to wait a few weeks to hear his sentence for storming the gates of Rideau Hall with loaded firearms and multiple rounds of ammunition last summer.

The Crown is seeking a six-year prison sentence and lifetime firearm ban for Corey Hurren, the Canadian reservist who stormed the gates of Rideau Hall with loaded firearms last summer.

Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand said today that Canada is ready to deploy a new COVID vaccine from Johnson & Johnson's pharmaceutical division, Janssen, once it receives regulatory approval from Health Canada — but she couldn't say how many shots will be available in the coming weeks.

About 60 jobs are at stake in seven control towers from Whitehorse to Windsor, Ont.

One of Canada's national security committees announced this morning it is launching a review of the federal policing mandate of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police — a probe that comes as concerns mount about the force's ability to adequately police emerging threats.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opened his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden today by saying it's good to be working again with an administration that is serious about taking action to fight climate change.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opened his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden today by saying it's good to be working again with an administration that is serious about taking action to fight climate change.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ended his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden tonight by detailing ways the two leaders agreed to work together to advance international and domestic policy goals.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden emerged from their meeting today promising a new tone in Canada/U.S. relations to help the two countries tackle key issues such as climate change, the imprisonment of two Canadians in China and the post-pandemic economic recovery.

The White House has released a fact sheet in advance of this afternoon's virtual meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden.

Bank of Montreal and Scotiabank both kicked off first-quarter results from Canada's big banks on Tuesday by beating expectations.

Shares in Tesla were set to plunge into the red for the year on Tuesday, hit by a broad sell-off of high-flying technology stocks and the fall of bitcoin, in which the electric car maker recently invested $1.5 billion US.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh renews his calls to improve paid sick leave for workers during the pandemic. He'll also take questions.

Hillary Clinton is teaming up with her friend, Canadian novelist Louise Penny, to write a fictional political thriller.

The Trudeau government has agreed with the Senate that Canadians suffering solely from grievous and incurable mental illnesses should be entitled to medical assistance in dying — but not for another two years.

The Trudeau government has agreed with the Senate that Canadians suffering solely from grievous and incurable mental illnesses should be entitled to medical assistance in dying — but not for another two years.

Alberta and its allies are in the province's highest court trying to have the federal government's environmental assessment act declared unconstitutional.

The military psychiatrist who diagnosed Lionel Desmond with complex post-traumatic stress disorder told a fatality inquiry that despite some improvement after three years of treatment, the Afghanistan veteran continued to relapse when triggered by life stressors.

Some of the military mental health-care providers who treated Lionel Desmond for complex PTSD will testify this week at the Nova Scotia fatality inquiry looking into what led the Afghanistan veteran to kill his family and then himself four years ago.

COVID-19 has hit federal prisons twice as hard in the second wave of the pandemic compared to the first, according to a new report from Canada's Correctional Investigator that recommends an inmate vaccination strategy to prevent more outbreaks behind bars.

Funeral directors and crematorium operators are considered essential workers, but it's not yet clear whether they will be included in the next phase of COVID-19 immunization in Ontario.

Iain Rankin has officially become Nova Scotia premier. The swearing-in ceremony is being livestreamed on the CBC Nova Scotia website.

The province's COVID-19 vaccination campaign is slowly ramping up, with Quebecers born in 1936 and earlier in the general population able to get sots as early as next week.

The province's COVID-19 vaccination campaign is finally ramping up, with Quebecers 84 and older in the general population able to get shots as early as next week.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has recommended that a Lower Mainland RCMP officer who was charged with sexual assaulting his spouse should get counselling after the “disturbing” details of one of his emails made it into the court record.

It’s hard to think of a more concerning 48 hours in B.C.’s attempts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic since the beginning of 2021. 

A New Brunswick couple say they're looking at life a lot differently after stopping to help a man on the side of the Trans-Canada Highway.

While young people are less likely to fall gravely ill with COVID-19 than older generations, the pandemic has affected their lives in some profound ways. CBC News spoke with three young adults about their experiences.

A once-secret U.S. State Department document suggests that former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau may have asked one of Quebec's top business leaders to "make it as tough as possible" for the newly elected Parti Québécois government in 1976 and to quietly move jobs out of the province.

Asymptomatic testing for COVID-19 is ramping up in schools across Ontario. We asked several experts how and why that testing is being done and what impact it will have when it comes to protecting classrooms from the coronavirus and its new variants.

Employment counsellor David McKay says he's encountered the full suite of emotions from his clients during the pandemic. Some have been optimistic about finding new jobs, but he's mainly seen frustration.

It’s been almost a year since offices emptied out and employees started working remotely in a big way for the first time. Now, some of that office space is being rented out, and it’s presenting some prospective tenants with opportunities that weren't available prior to COVID-19.

Free of distractions away from pole vaulting and in her best running shape and technical form, Olympian Alysha Newman isn't ruling out the possibility of raising her 4.82-metre Canadian indoor record to 4.85 or 4.90 in the coming weeks.

Vaccinating seniors 'is absolutely the right thing to do, and it's frankly long overdue,' geriatrics doctor says.

The good news is the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 doesn't seem to mutate as much or as quickly as the influenza virus that causes the flu. But drugmakers are already re-working their vaccines just in case.

Five years after Caitlin Potts disappeared in B.C.'s North Okanagan, her mother is begging anyone who has information on what happened to her to come forward and share what they know.

Australia's government announced on Tuesday that Facebook has agreed to lift its ban on Australians sharing news after a deal was struck on legislation that would make digital giants pay for journalism

A First Nation in northern Manitoba will be receiving military aid to battle its COVID-19 outbreak, the community's chief told CBC News.