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Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu says she has tested positive for COVID-19. In a Twitter post on Sunday, Andreescu said she arrived in Madrid to compete in the upcoming Madrid Open and was informed she had tested positive.

​​​​​​​Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says Ottawa is “constantly” reviewing its border measures to guard against the spread of COVID-19 and more transmissible variants of the novel coronavirus. 

The prospect of another strike at the port — just seven months after the previous one — has alarmed businesses and politicians alike.

Kerri Einarson never trailed in a 5-2 victory over Rachel Homan in an all-Canadian women's final at the Princess Auto Players' Championship on Sunday in Calgary.

Internet service is down for about 900 customers in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., after a beaver chewed through a crucial fibre cable, causing "extensive" damage.

Internet service was down for about 900 Telus customers in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., after a beaver chewed through a crucial fibre cable, causing "extensive" damage. The company said it had fully restored service by Sunday afternoon.

Indonesia's military on Sunday officially said all 53 crew members from a submarine that sank and broke apart last week are dead and that search teams had located the vessel's wreckage on the ocean floor.

Iraq's Interior Ministry said Sunday that more than 80 people died and more than 100 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus patients.

Vaccine shortages at Toronto pop-up clinics are leaving many residents in the city's hot-spot postal codes unable to secure a COVID-19 vaccine and disheartened by their prospects at getting one.

Ottawa’s plan to lower early learning and child-care costs was a centrepiece of last week’s federal budget, but Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland warns that such a system won’t quickly repair the economic damage wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nova Scotia announced stricter COVID-19 measures and harsher penalties for those who break public health rules after the province reported a record-breaking 63 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.

CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is now the only major junior league in the country that is still trying to complete its playoffs for this season. The effort continues despite rising cases of COVID-19 in Quebec and continuing outbreaks of the disease in New Brunswick.

Iraq's Interior Ministry said Sunday that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus patients.

“We have created community for so long along racialized lines that we don't know how to do anything else,” says Calgary-based pastor and author Rohadi Nagassar.

Here are 10 graphics that illustrate where Black people on the Prairies live, how long they’ve been here, where they were born, the languages they speak and the religions they practice.

I grew up a young Black girl in Olds, Alta., without ever hearing the name Amber Valley. How does history like this go missing?

Advocates for Black, Chinese, South Asian and other racialized Canadians say the federal budget takes a number of positive steps toward building a more inclusive country, but more work needs to be done to address systemic racism in Canada.

We asked 15 people to share their stories about life on the Prairies as Black folks. Their answers challenged the idea of a singular Black Prairie experience.

My African and Indigenous Elders have instilled an honour for Creation in all her forms. Knowledge from both cultures weaves together seamlessly in my life.

Although Lulu Anderson is a very early example of Black activism in Canada, her case is much less known than some others.

A list of articles, films, books and more that chronicle everything from 19th-century Black literary works to 21st-century Black collective action.

Melissa Brown is an Ojibway-Jamaican woman who fell in love with cooking at the age of four. Now the small business owner blends the two cultures into a unique cooking style and is giving customers a taste of something new.

While students on the Prairies will continue to learn — at least for now — about the history of residential schools, this generation still will not learn that the rich Black history on the Canadian Prairies goes back three centuries. 

Baptist Abushaka and David Bowers grew up in separate towns, but shared the same experience.

Why is it so hard to see Black braininess? Or the Black designing mind?

If Canadian businesses are unwilling to give students the experience needed to succeed in their industry, they won't be able to find the young and highly skilled workers the economy is going to need as we emerge from the pandemic, writes Ethan Gilhula.

Police services and politicians in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta have said they were listening, but advocates from Winnipeg to Calgary say change has been minimal at best.

When Mandela Kuet arrived in Winnipeg at 13 years old, he was given a bike from one of his relatives. The bike came with a warning - watch out for Indigenous people and make sure they don’t take it.

It is the women, arriving even now in Edmonton and Saskatoon, in Calgary, Winnipeg and Regina, who touch their hands to the prairie dust and ask first of the land: what may I offer? Who ask first of the people: where may I flourish?

These Black Prairie "firsts" sit among the leaders that have shattered glass ceilings in their respective professions.

Athletics Canada has withdrawn from the World Athletics Relays, scheduled for May 1-2 in Poland, because of COVID-19 concerns. "We made this decision with our team's health and safety at heart," says AC high performance director Simon Nathan.

Athletics Canada has withdrawn from the 2021 World Athletics Relays, which take place next month in Poland, because of COVID-19 concerns.

A young boy's family is demanding more action from police and school officials following a violent attack they say was motivated by hate.

Vaccine shortages at Toronto pop-up clinics are leaving many residents in the city's hotspot postal codes unable to secure a COVID-19 vaccine and disheartened by their prospects at getting one.

Canada's Brooke captured her her 10th career LPGA title on Saturday with a 4-under 67 in the final round of the LA Open.

A fire broke out in a Baghdad hospital that cared for coronavirus patients after oxygen cylinders reportedly exploded late Saturday, officials said.

A fire broke out in a Baghdad hospital that cared for coronavirus patients after oxygen cylinders reportedly exploded late Saturday, officials said.