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A group of Alberta doctors say the province must enforce a circuit-breaker style lockdown of the economy or risk rising death tolls and a dangerous strain on frontline health care during the third wave of COVID-19. 

B.C. Premier John Horgan says it's "absolutely outrageous" people are travelling to Vancouver Island for vacations, but says there are no plans to restrict movement within the province.

The team has been ravage by the virus with 21 players and four staff members so far testing positive.

The province also extended its current public health orders by another two weeks, to at least April 26.

Preliminary results from two experiments suggest something could be wrong with the basic way physicists think the universe works, a prospect that has the field of particle physics both baffled and thrilled.

Preliminary results from two experiments suggest something could be wrong with the basic way physicists think the universe works, a prospect that has the field of particle physics both baffled and thrilled.

Indigenous leadership and the early deployment of vaccines have caused COVID-19 cases on reserves to drop more than 85 per cent since January, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said today.

The Manitoba government is moving aggressively this year to phase out the education property tax, according to the province's latest spending plan.

Federal Justice Minister David Lametti has ordered a new trial for Jacques Delisle, 85, a retired Quebec Court of Appeal judge convicted of first-degree murder in the 2009 death of his wife.

A retired Quebec judge convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his wife will have a chance to argue his innocence. Federal Justice Minister David Lametti has ordered a new trial for Jacques Delisle, now 85.

The lead Minnesota state investigator on the George Floyd case changed his testimony at the trial of Derek Chauvin on Wednesday, telling the court that he now believed Floyd said, "I ain't do no drugs," not "I ate too many drugs," during his May 2020 arrest.

The lead Minnesota state investigator on the George Floyd case changed his testimony at the trial of Derek Chauvin on Wednesday, telling the court that he now believed Floyd said, "I ain't do no drugs," not "I ate too many drugs," during his May 2020 arrest.

Derek Chauvin had a responsibility to re-evaluate pressing his knee into George Floyd's neck during their fatal encounter as the health of the 46-year old Black man was clearly "deteriorating," an expert testified Wednesday as the former police officer's murder trial continued in Minneapolis.

Hamilton native Lincoln Alexander, Canada's first Black MP and federal cabinet minister, is getting yet another honour — as the namesake of the law school at Toronto's Ryerson University.

A lawyer for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has complained of serious back and leg pain in custody, says prison doctors have determined his client is suffering from two spinal hernias.

Authorities say Tiger Woods was speeding when he crashed an SUV in Southern California less than two months ago, leaving him seriously injured.

Two New York City apartment building workers have been fired for failing to help a Filipino American woman as she was being violently attacked on the sidewalk outside, the building's management company said Tuesday.

The Sainte-Justine pediatric hospital released few other details about the patient, other than to say the teenager died on Saturday.

The Sainte-Justine pediatric hospital released few other details about the patient, other than to say the teenager died on Saturday.

Facebook is downplaying the significance of a data breach that saw the personal information of 533 million of its users accessed online, saying the information is old and the vulnerability that was exploited was closed almost two years ago.

Electric vehicles are selling in record numbers in British Columbia, according to the provincial government.

Alberta Health Services has closed GraceLife Church in Parkland County west of Edmonton. The church has been at the centre of a prolonged battle over COVID-19 enforcement and officials say it will remain closed until it can "demonstrate the ability to comply" with provincial health restrictions.

Canada's vaccine advisory committee says giving as many Canadians as possible their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine before offering the second would allow more essential workers to be vaccinated sooner — an urgent matter as the provinces grapple with rising caseloads.

North Atlantic right whales gave birth over the winter in greater numbers than scientists have seen since 2015, an encouraging sign for researchers who became alarmed three years ago when the endangered species produced no known offspring at all. However, their death rate remains too high, experts say.

Premier François Legault brought an abrupt halt to Quebec's brief experiment with easing public-health measures, after many experts had warned him his government was not taking the threat of COVID-19 variants seriously enough.

Ontario has issued a four-week stay-at-home order effective Thursday, one of several provinces imposing tighter public health restrictions amid a surge in COVID-19 cases fuelled by more transmissible coronavirus variants and growing pressure on hospitals.

Rigolet's Eldred Allen and his drone company Bird's Eye Inc. are keeping tabs on changing ice conditions, and helping keep people safe.

The death toll of a neurological disease found only in New Brunswick has risen from a previously reported five people to six, according to the neurologist leading the province's investigation.

A curious moose that got a "little too close for comfort" crashed the ice-fishing trip of a man and his dad from Thunder Bay while the anglers were on a lake near Boreal Road northwest of the Ontario city.

A curious moose that got a "little too close for comfort" crashed the ice-fishing trip of a man and his dad from Thunder Bay while the anglers were on a lake near Boreal Road northwest of the Ontario city.

School enrolment figures have fluctuated this year, with K-12 students who were expected to attend missing from in-person as well as virtual classes. There's growing concern about locating these students and getting them back to class. 

Emerging research suggests vaccines may reduce symptoms for some of those suffering from “long COVID,” where health concerns persist for months after the infectious stage of the illness has passed.

Humboldt Broncos defenceman Logan Boulet’s mom would give anything to hear his heartbeat again. Their wish is being stymied by strict health privacy laws in Saskatchewan, the province in which his organs were gathered.

As CBC Sports' Senior Contributor Morgan Campbell writes, Major League Baseball — which has its own well-documented history of segregation — opted to move this summer's all-star game out of Atlanta, triggering threats of retribution from a long list of conservative politicians.

As you do your taxes, do you wonder why global companies don't pay more? So far, the long battle to make corporations pay their fair share of taxes has failed due to a lack of political will. COVID-19 could change that.

Funding initiatives to protect land, freshwater and oceans should be a priority in the upcoming federal budget, and at a level commensurate with Canada's historic nature and climate commitments, write Gauri Sreenivasan, Mandy Gull and Jacqueline Scott.

School enrolment figures have fluctuated this year, with K-12 students who were expected to attend missing from in-person as well as virtual classes. There's growing concern about locating these students and getting them back to class. 

Using thousands of beads, an Anishinaabe artist has weaved a massive sculpture called Monument to the Brave that will be featured in a new building of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

Vaccinate those getting sick and bring vaccines to the factories and communal work settings — two changes Dr. Naheed Dosani says should happen to Ontario's vaccine rollout plan. Today, host Jayme Poisson speaks to Dosani about who is being left behind as dangerous COVID-19 variants take hold.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cabinet has approved a provincewide stay-at-home order and will close non-essential retail stores for all but curbside pickup, multiple sources told CBC News Tuesday night.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cabinet has approved a provincewide stay-at-home order and will close non-essential retail stores for all but curbside pickup, multiple sources told CBC News Tuesday night.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cabinet has approved a provincewide stay-at-home order and will close non-essential retail stores for all but curbside pickup, multiple sources told CBC News Tuesday night.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cabinet has approved a provincewide stay-at-home order and will close non-essential retail stores for all but curbside pickup, multiple sources told CBC News Tuesday night.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cabinet has approved a provincewide stay-at-home order and will close non-essential retail stores for all but curbside pickup, multiple sources told CBC News Tuesday night.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cabinet has approved a provincewide stay-at-home order and will close non-essential retail stores for all but curbside pickup, multiple sources told CBC News Tuesday night.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cabinet approves a provincewide stay-at-home order and will close non-essential retail stores. Plus, the debate over vaccine rollouts.

Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada says Iran’s decision to indict 10 Iranian officials for their role in shooting down Flight PS752 without publicly naming them only pushes his country closer to deciding whether to take international legal action. 

He was the young Muslim mayor of a big western city, a kid from the city's northeast with an academic pedigree, a very active Twitter account and a penchant for the colour purple. On Tuesday, however, the geeky outsider-turned-insider announced he would not run again after occupying the mayor's office for three turbulent terms.