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Mazen Kamel, 13, and his mother, Dalia Aly, made it through some tough times together. But after COVID-19 took Aly at just 46 years of age, Kamel will have to learn to live without either one of his parents — and community members are banding together to help.

Ontario Provincial Police have charged the independent MPP for Lanark–Frontenac–Kingston for his role in a rally against COVID-19 restrictions last month that drew dozens of people to the South Branch Bistro in Kemptville, Ont.

Alberta will adopt new "targeted" public-health measures in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19, Premier Jason Kenney says.

Alberta will adopt new "targeted" public-health measures in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19, Premier Jason Kenney says.

A town in northern Portugal opened a 516-metre-long pedestrian suspension bridge on Thursday, an attraction that locals hope will help draw visitors to the region in the years to come.

"Hey DQ, wanna have a sign war?" the owner of Speedy Glass in Listowel, Ont., posted on Monday. Now it's a battle of the businesses, with signs across the town taking digs.

A cross-border vaccination agreement between the Manitoba and North Dakota governments is expanding to allow teachers and education workers in the province to get vaccinated in the U.S., Premier Brian Pallister says.

A cross-border vaccination agreement between the Manitoba and North Dakota governments is expanding to allow teachers and education workers in the province to get vaccinated in the U.S., Premier Brian Pallister says.

Canada's red-hot housing market continues to defy expectations, with the national average price sitting at $716,828. But what you get for that amount varies greatly from city to city.

Canada's red-hot housing market continues to defy expectations, with the national average price sitting at $716,828. But what you get for that amount varies greatly from city to city.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole said today the federal government needs to find more shots this month so that every adult can get a COVID-19 vaccine dose by Victoria Day — May 24.

The former B.C. Supreme Court judge, politician and lawyer, best known for his work to recognize Indigenous land claims, died Wednesday after a battle with cancer.

For the second consecutive year, the Karaoke World Championships will be held online because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it hasn't dampened the buzz as singers set their sights on the big event.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "naked, thieving king" on Thursday in a courtroom video link from prison, his first public appearance since ending a hunger strike last week.

China launched an unmanned module on Thursday containing what will become living quarters for three crew on a permanent space station that it plans to complete by the end of 2022, state media reported.

Travel company Transat AT Inc. says it has reached a deal with Ottawa to borrow up to $700 million.

Travel company Transat AT Inc. says it has reached a deal with Ottawa to borrow up to $700 million, and the plan will see much of that cash go to customers who want a refund for flights booked that never took off because of COVID-19.

Ontario and Quebec plan to expand vaccine eligibility to all adults next month, while Alberta expands age eligibility and directs more vaccines two regional hot spots.

Alberta is ratcheting up the fight in two COVID-19 hot spots by expanding age eligibility for vaccines and directing delivery of more doses.

Stephen Dunn candidly admits that when Queer as Folk originally aired more than 20 years ago, he watched the show in secret.

A Supreme Court of Canada ruling extending Aboriginal rights to some non-Canadian Indigenous people could have wide-ranging implications for the Peskotomuhkati living on both sides of the Maine-New Brunswick border.

Striking Port of Montreal workers may be facing a back-to-work order by the federal government early Thursday morning, but they refuse to go quietly. "The union will contest the validity of this bill," said Michel Murray, a spokesperson for the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).

The House of Commons has approved legislation to put an end to a strike that has shut down one of Canada's busiest ports.

In what might turn out to be Operation Honour's epitaph, the Department of National Defence (DND) has tabled new figures in Parliament that show there were 581 reports of sexual assault in the Canadian military over the last five years.

With the end of the school year in sight, many families are worrying about what they'll be able to offer their kids this summer as the pandemic continues to limit their options. Meanwhile, program organizers are continually adapting their planning in hopes of still reaching kids this summer.

The $616-million extension of Highway 427 near Toronto sits unused and off-limits to drivers amid a legal dispute between the Ford government and LINK427, the private consortium hired to build it, CBC News has learned.

Despite being urged to begin reducing stimulus, Jerome Powell says the Fed will go full speed ahead on bond-buying and still has no thought of cutting stimulus until jobs see a full recovery.

Thanks to the pandemic, Canadians can't visit in person the nation's Books of Remembrance, where the names of those who died serving this country are recorded. But those who lost their lives during the past year are not being forgotten.

In what might turn out to be Operation Honour's epitaph, the Department of National Defence (DND) has tabled new figures in Parliament that show there were 581 reports of sexual assault in the Canadian military over the last five years.

As Indians scramble to secure oxygen and public health experts warn infections aren't likely to fall much over the next few weeks, India's devastating second wave is being blamed on several factors, including mass gatherings and a relaxation of public health guidelines.

Medical experts are seeing more COVID-19 infections among Canadian youth, but say serious illness or death remains rare for children and teens. Even so, parents need to remain vigilant in the months ahead — since it’ll be awhile before kids get the protection of vaccinations.

Several of Quebec's regions saw a spike in cases earlier this month, putting strain on the health-care system and leading to tighter restrictions, but the province’s largest city has so far escaped the worst of the third wave. Here's a look at why.

Despite being urged to begin reducing stimulus, Jerome Powell says the Fed will go full speed ahead on bond-buying and still has no thought of cutting stimulus until jobs see a full recovery.

As Indians scramble to secure oxygen and public health experts warn infections aren't likely to fall much over the next few weeks, India's devastating second wave is being blamed on several factors, including mass gatherings and a relaxation of public health guidelines.

Joe Biden’s first presidential speech to the U.S. Congress was a call to reverse the legacy of a speech given in that same chamber exactly 40 years earlier. On April 28, 1981, another first-year president, Ronald Reagan, proposed slashing government. Whether Biden succeeds depends on finding one key ingredient Reagan had.

When the federal government stepped in with an inadequate sick leave plan last year, did it make the problem worse — by giving the provinces an excuse to do nothing?

From tracts of tundra being claimed by birch to swarms of biting blackflies, climate change is creating human and ecological disruption in northern Labrador — and not just in the winter.

Ontario’s sick leave plan and what it means for other provinces under pressure to step up. Plus, Hayley Wickenheiser’s next goal — crushing vaccine hesitancy.

Scientists are mourning the loss of leading Canadian polar bear scientist Markus Dyck, who was one of three people on board a helicopter that crashed near Resolute Bay, Nunavut, on Sunday.

U.S. President Joe Biden is using his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday night to declare the nation is "turning peril into possibility, crisis into opportunity."

U.S. President Joe Biden will use his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday night to declare the nation is "turning peril into possibility, crisis into opportunity."

U.S. President Joe Biden declared Wednesday night in his first address to a joint session of Congress that "America is rising anew" on the verge of overcoming the historic pandemic.

Yukon's Liberals and NDP have struck a deal to work together in the next Legislative Assembly — signalling that Yukoners will not be returning to the polls anytime soon.

A B.C. Provincial Court Judge says a Vancouver man who thumbed his nose at COVID-19-related restrictions by turning his swanky downtown penthouse into a packed makeshift nightclub in January is no better than the drug dealers fuelling the deadly opioid crisis.

A B.C. Provincial Court Judge says a Vancouver man who thumbed his nose at COVID-19-related restrictions by turning his swanky downtown penthouse into a packed makeshift nightclub in January is no better than the drug dealers fuelling the deadly opioid crisis.

The U.S. Justice Department announced federal hate crime charges Wednesday in the death of the Georgia man who was killed while out for a run last year.