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Air Canada has started offering refunds to customers who bought tickets for flights and vacations they didn't take as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Here's what you need to know.

A London, Ont., meat-processing plant with 900 employees has been shut down temporarily to deal with a growing COVID-19 outbreak that has seen the number of active cases hit 82.  

Vaccine bookings for walk-in appointments are now open to people aged 52 and up and all pregnant women are being added to the priority queue.

CBC comedy Kim's Convenience aired its series finale on Tuesday, saying "OK, see you," to fans after five seasons and widespread acclaim.

Fans of CBC comedy Kim's Convenience will have one last chance to peer inside the beloved, fictional Toronto store as the show airs its series finale on Tuesday.

The Yukon territorial election ended in a tie, but the performance of the conservative Yukon Party could mean the federal Liberals end up struggling to hold the territory's federal seat.

W. Galen Weston, the patriarch of the Weston retail empire that owns Loblaws and other holdings, has died at the age of 80.

W. Galen Weston, the patriarch of the Weston retail empire that owns Loblaws and other holdings, has died at age 80.

The white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned on Tuesday.

Yukon’s nail-biter election ended with two parties claiming eight seats each and a tie in Vuntut Gwitchin that could decide the final result. Here’s what happens next.

Egyptian authorities impounded a massive cargo vessel that blocked the Suez Canal last month amid a financial dispute with its owner, the canal chief and a judicial official said Tuesday.

Japan's government has decided to start releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean in two years.

An independent review of the Toronto police force's handling of missing-persons cases has found that "systemic discrimination" contributed to failings in a number of investigations.

An independent review of the Toronto police force's handling of missing-person cases, including the victims of serial killer Bruce McArthur, has found that "systemic discrimination" contributed to failings in a number of investigations.

Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray of Kitchener, Ont., will be out indefinitely with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

When plotted on a graph, the curve of Bhutan's COVID-19 vaccination drive shoots upwards from the first day, crossing Israel, the United States, Bahrain and other countries known for vaccinating people rapidly.

The reopening of the Atlantic bubble has been delayed until May 3, the four Atlantic premiers said in a joint statement released shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday.

The opening of provincial borders in an Atlantic bubble this month is looking less likely, says P.E.I. Premier Dennis King, and Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin said he is leaning toward pushing the change to May.

Due to coronavirus variants of concern and rising COVID-19 case counts across the country, the opening of provincial borders in an Atlantic bubble this month is looking less likely. 

A church west of Edmonton, the scene of a large protest Sunday after it was forcibly closed by Alberta Health Services last week, has become emblematic of a widening fissure in Alberta.

A family in Labrador is calling for better access to health care and a systemic review of air ambulance service for people living along the coast, following an ordeal that put their father on life support.

Monday was one of the worst days on record for the Laurentian University community, with the news some 100 professors lost their jobs and dozens of programs were axed leaving some reeling. "I've got friends and colleagues whose lives are destroyed," says one professor.

Monday was one of the worst days on record for the Laurentian University community, with the news some 100 professors lost their jobs and dozens of programs were axed leaving some reeling. "I've got friends and colleagues whose lives are destroyed," said one professor.

Monday was one of the worst days on record for the Laurentian University community, with the news some 100 professors lost their jobs and dozens of programs were axed leaving some reeling. "I've got friends and colleagues whose lives are destroyed," says one professor.

Foreign governments are looking to meddle in Canada's democratic institutions and the government's foreign interference warning system should alert Canadians to state actors' "traditional" election tricks, says the chair of one of Canada's national security committees.

After people donated about $6.2 million to the Stronger Together fund, the Red Cross met with families who lost loved ones and distributed the donations based on people's circumstances and needs.

As we look for solutions to pressing crises – from climate change to the global pandemic – social innovation and social finance should be in our government's toolkit, write Victor Beausoleil, Marie J. Bouchard and Carole Anne Hilton.

Roughly 278 million kilometres away, a small, 1.8 kilogram helicopter is waiting to take its place in the history books alongside the Wright Brothers. It will be the first aircraft to fly on another planet.

Chelsea Dreher, 32, is fully vaccinated after receiving her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in late February, but she hasn’t been able to leave her ward, go outside or visit other residents for almost two weeks.

As Muslims begin their second month-long fast under a COVID-19 Ontario-wide lockdown — but this time with vaccines available — some wonder whether they should be getting the shot while fasting.

A 22-year-old Winnipeg man who spent nine days in hospital with COVID-19 has a warning for young people - you're not invincible.

A 22-year-old Winnipeg man who spent nine days in hospital with COVID-19 has a warning for young people - you're not invincible.

A 22-year-old Winnipeg man who spent nine days in hospital with COVID-19 has a warning for young people — you're not invincible.

Canada's defence minister has denied withholding funding from a major security conference over its plan to give Taiwan's president a major international award. Harjit Sajjan says the Halifax Security Forum can bestow the prize on anyone it wishes.

We go inside an Ontario ICU under pressure. Plus, Ottawa’s multi-billion dollar deal to help Air Canada survive the pandemic.

As the prosecution wrapped up its case in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Monday, the court heard emotional testimony from the younger brother of George Floyd.

One of two parliamentary investigations into sexual misconduct in the Canadian military is being shut down. The governing Liberals, with the support of the Bloc Québécois, have called an end to defence committee hearings this week over the the objections of Conservatives and New Democrats.