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The province will allow a limited number of indoor religious services during the next six weeks as part of a one-time variance to accommodate upcoming religious holidays, the provincial health officer said Thursday.

The Supreme Court of Canada's ruling on the federal carbon price has enormous significance both for climate policy and constitutional law. It also offers Canada's conservative politicians an exit from the corner into which they've painted themselves.

The Supreme Court of Canada's ruling on the federal carbon price has enormous significance both for climate policy and constitutional law. It also offers Canada's conservative politicians an exit from the corner into which they've painted themselves.

Just as the judge told Robert Hoefman he'd be serving a life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years, the murderer swayed and then toppled out of the prisoner's box, onto the floor of a Medicine Hat, Alta., courtrooom. 

Carbon pricing didn't just win a big endorsement from Canada's Supreme Court on Thursday — it's also receiving surprising new support from a new corner in the U.S.: the American oil lobby. Ironically, this new support for carbon pricing comes as U.S. climate policy is shifting elsewhere.

Carbon pricing didn't just win a big endorsement from Canada's Supreme Court on Thursday — it's also receiving surprising new support from a new corner in the U.S.: the American oil lobby. Ironically, this new support for carbon pricing comes as U.S. climate policy is shifting elsewhere.

With the end of the pandemic still uncertain, Quebec announced Thursday it is pushing back its timeline for balancing the budget and focusing short-term spending on supporting the health-care system and the economy.

The Canadian government is poised to approve a shortened seven-day quarantine with extra testing for NHL players traded from American teams to Canadian teams before the April 1 trade deadline, according to a federal government source.

A 31-year-old PhD student was cleared by DNA evidence and Montreal Police Chief Sylvain Caron issued a public apology. Now, police have arrested the man they say was actually responsible for the crime.

The 31-year-old PhD student was cleared by DNA evidence and Montreal Police Chief Sylvain Caron issued a public apology. Now, police have issued an arrest warrant for another suspect they believe is responsible for the assault of the police officer who stopped Camara.

A woman in North Bay, Ont., is now TikTok famous for her frozen lake dancing. But Carly Stasko never thought it would be for a video someone else took of her boogying down on Lake Nipissing.

Canada's auditor general says the Canada Revenue Agency lacked controls and the up-to-date information it needed to properly assess applicants when the federal government launched its wage subsidy program at the start of the pandemic — putting the integrity of the program at risk.

U.S. President Joe Biden opened his first formal news conference Thursday with a nod toward the improving picture on battling the coronavirus, doubling his original goal by pledging that the nation will administer 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of his first 100 days in office.

U.S. President Joe Biden opened his first formal news conference Thursday with a nod toward the improving picture on battling the coronavirus, but he was immediately pressed on thorny issues, such as immigration and voting rights, now testing his administration.

Despite nearly two decades of warnings, planning and government spending, the Public Health Agency of Canada was not ready for the global pandemic and did not appreciate the threat it posed in its early stages, Canada’s auditor general says.

Biden is expected to answer questions about his agenda, as well as various domestic and foreign policy challenges.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said today the federal government plans to provide a one-time payment of $7 billion to provinces, territories, cities and First Nations communities to help them cover health care costs, COVID-19 vaccination campaigns and infrastructure projects.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said today the federal government plans to provide a one-time payment of $7 billion to provinces, territories, cities and First Nations communities to help them cover health care costs, COVID-19 vaccination campaigns and infrastructure projects.

The Toronto Raptors have traded shooting guard Norman Powell to the Portland Trail Blazers ahead of the NBA trade deadline on Thursday.

The Toronto Raptors have traded shooting guard Norman Powell to the Portland Trail Blazers ahead of the NBA trade deadline on Thursday.

At least six puppy importers who are bringing dogs into Canada from Eastern Europe have been targeted in raids by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency this month, focusing attention on an opaque multi-million dollar business that welfare and veterinary groups have repeatedly warned about.

The Charlottetown Festival will present shows this summer, but not on the scale it typically has in the past.

Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the military commander in charge of Canada's COVID-19 vaccine distribution, gives a technical briefing on Canada's vaccine logistics.

A skyscraper-sized cargo ship wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal further imperilled global shipping Thursday as at least 150 other vessels needing to pass through the crucial waterway idled waiting for the obstruction to clear, authorities said.

The ship the length of four football fields that's wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal is bottlenecking global trade routes for a third day as at least 150 other vessels needing to pass through the crucial waterway are sitting idle, waiting for the obstruction to clear.

The ship the length of four football fields that's wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal is bottlenecking global trade routes for a third day as at least 150 other vessels needing to pass through the crucial waterway are sitting idle, waiting for the obstruction to clear.

The ship the length of four football fields that's wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal is bottlenecking global trade routes for a third day as at least 150 other vessels needing to pass through the crucial waterway are sitting idle, waiting for the obstruction to clear.

New cases of COVID-19 infections across Canada are trending upward, public health authorities reported on Wednesday in a worrisome development that comes amid new concerns over vaccine supplies.

European Union leaders failed to settle a dispute about the distribution of COVID-19 shots among member states Thursday but pledged to strengthen vaccine export controls and production on EU soil amid a shortage of doses and spikes in new cases.

The B.C. government refused a request from an Indigenous woman who applied to register a business in her Hən̓q̓əmín̓əm̓ language. The incident is raising questions about the province's reconciliation efforts.

The B.C. government refused a request from an Indigenous woman who applied to register a business in her Hən̓q̓əmín̓əm̓ language. The incident is raising questions about the province's reconciliation efforts.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery is launching a virtual tour of Qaumajuq, its new 40,000-square-foot-space devoted to Inuit art, on Thursday night. The all-Inuit curatorial team has familial connections to several pieces in the inaugural exhibit INUA.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery is launching a virtual tour of Qaumajuq, its new 40,000-square-foot-space devoted to Inuit art, on Thursday night. The all-Inuit curatorial team has familial connections to several pieces in the inaugural exhibit INUA.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery is launching a virtual tour of Qaumajuq, its new 40,000-square-foot-space devoted to Inuit art, on Thursday night. The all-Inuit curatorial team has familial connections to several pieces in the inaugural exhibit INUA.

It's the hottest debate in U.S. politics — one potential rule change that could change everything when it comes to passing laws in Congress. The Senate's filibuster rule has created a graveyard of bills over the years. Democrats could now be on the cusp of reforming it to save Joe Biden's agenda.

The Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision today on whether the federal Liberal government's carbon pricing regime is constitutional — a ruling that could derail Ottawa's efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions through a carbon tax-and-rebate scheme.

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the federal government's carbon pricing regime is constitutional.

Patient transfers are routine across Ontario's entire hospital network, but intensive care physicians who spoke to CBC News stressed the practice recently became more common to ensure hospital sites don't become overwhelmed as admissions keep rising.

The office of Canada's auditor general is set to deliver its verdict today on whether the Public Health Agency of Canada was prepared and informed enough to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Among other things, the auditor will assess whether the early pandemic warning system could have functioned better.

After two unvaccinated workers at a Thornhill, Ont., retirement home tested positive for COVID-19, fully vaccinated residents were forced to isolate in their rooms. Now, family members want the province to mandate vaccinations for health-care staff.

AstraZeneca said its COVID-19 vaccine had a 76 per cent efficacy rate at preventing symptomatic illness in a new analysis of its major U.S. trial — slightly lower than the level announced earlier this week in a report that was criticized for using outdated information.

A man in Medicine Hat, Alta., has been found guilty of murder and extortion in a bizarre case involving a demand for $1 million, a threat of murder and a victim who was found dead 24 hours later. 

David Suzuki talks to Andrew Chang about climate change being a bigger threat to human survival than the COVID-19 pandemic and the increase in anti-Asian racism.

Police in Peterborough, Ont., said Wednesday they are aware of the calls for elevated charges in the death of a local Indigenous woman, but the investigation is ongoing.

Health Canada is updating the label on the AstraZeneca-Oxford and Covishield COVID-19 vaccines to add information about "very rare reports of blood clots associated with low levels of blood platelets," but says the shot remains safe.

The country's acting top military commander has formally ended Operation Honour, the high-profile campaign to stamp out sexual misconduct in the ranks.

MPs in the House of Commons have voted unanimously to designate Aug. 1 as Emancipation Day across Canada.

The UN human rights office said on Wednesday it confirmed the accuracy of published remarks by the independent expert who led an investigation into the murder of Jamal Khashoggi alleging that a senior Saudi official had made a threat against her.