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Canadian cannabis companies Tilray Inc. and Aphria Inc. say their merger deal has now closed after receiving approval from shareholders of both companies.

A veteran junior hockey coach has been charged with sexual assault and assault in Saskatchewan, CBC News has learned, following a complaint from a former player.

Bill Gates and Melinda Gates announced in a joint statement on Monday that they have made the decision to end their marriage.

Bill Gates and Melinda Gates announced in a joint statement on Monday that they have made the decision to end their marriage. The pair, who launched the world's largest charitable foundation, said they would continue to work together at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

CBC News has received messages from audience members who've reported a range of reactions to their vaccinations, with some hesitant to return for a second dose. But an infectious disease expert said the end result of protection against COVID-19 is worth the common side effects.

Yukon Party leader Currie Dixon is apologizing after crude text messages written by members of his party about Premier Sandy Silver and NDP leader Kate White emerged over the weekend.

A union leader says it's nearly impossible for crew members aboard cargo ships to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, as an outbreak aboard a massive cargo ship anchored off eastern Newfoundland shows the toll the pandemic is taking on workers. 

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is now recommended for all Canadians 30 years of age and older, but officials say to weigh the risk of rare but potentially serious blood clots that can occur from the vaccine with COVID-19 levels in the community — or hold out for another shot altogether.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is now recommended for all Canadians over 30, but officials say to weigh the risk of rare but potentially serious blood clots that can occur from the vaccine with the COVID-19 levels in their community — or hold out for another shot altogether.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is now recommended for all Canadians over 30, but officials say to weigh the risk of rare but potentially serious blood clots that can occur from the vaccine with the COVID-19 levels in their community — or hold out for another shot altogether.

The City of Iqaluit declared a local state of emergency Monday afternoon at an emergency city council meeting. Iqaluit’s mayor Kenny Bell said the emergency empowers the city’s bylaw officers to enforce the territorial lockdown rules. 

Rev. Al Sharpton issued a powerful call for transparency and the release of body camera footage at the funeral Monday for Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man shot and killed by deputies in North Carolina, likening withholding the video to a "con" job done on the public.

The federal Conservatives laid down a political marker today by calling on the prime minister to fire his top adviser over how his government handled the sexual misconduct crisis in the military.

Quebec is being called on to turn “anger into action” in a landmark report into the province’s youth protection services, two years after the death of a seven-year-old girl in Granby shocked the public and raised questions about the system.

Broken isolation rules, shared cigarettes and fear of extended isolation periods are some of the findings in a report that sheds light on how Nunavut's first cases of COVID-19 suddenly appeared last November.

Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha, has named his successor, and the man he's picked was born and raised in Edmonton. However, Buffett has not indicated any plan to leave his post.

Merrilee Fullerton speaks after commission found Ontario's long-term care sector was unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic .

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh take questions from reporters.

After witnessing loved ones being spat on, punched and thrown to the ground, two Vancouver men say they're fighting anti-Asian hate crimes on their own terms.

The Biden administration said Monday that four families that were separated at the Mexico border during Donald Trump's presidency will be reunited in the United States this week after more than 5,500 children were separated from their parents.

The Biden administration said Monday that four families that were separated at the Mexico border during Donald Trump's presidency will be reunited in the United States this week in what Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calls "just the beginning" of a broader effort.

The Biden administration said Monday that four families that were separated at the Mexico border during Donald Trump's presidency will be reunited in the United States this week in what Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calls "just the beginning" of a broader effort.

U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday he has resurrected a plan to raise refugee admissions this year to 62,500 after drawing criticism from supporters for initially keeping the refugee cap at a historically low level.

Ken Haire was devastated when his partner of 33 years, Gerry Schwarz, died in 2012. He was even more distraught when he learned he wouldn't see a dollar of the survivor benefits built into Schwarz's pension because CN Rail's plan did not recognize same-sex relationships at the time of his retirement.

Ken Haire was devastated when his partner of 33 years, Gerry Schwarz, died in 2012. He was even more distraught when he learned he wouldn't see a dollar of the survivor benefits built into Schwarz's pension because CN Rail's plan did not recognize same-sex relationships at the time of his retirement.

Key to improving app-based work benefits is to preserve the flexibility that is crucial for many workers, writes driver Binyam Asress.

Itching to travel again? One Ottawa travel agency says people are booking Caribbean and resort vacations for as early as this September and cruises are quickly booking up for 2022.

Ontario's political parties are preparing for the 2022 election campaign by nominating candidates, planning strategies and raising money, all under the constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amid a growing push for paid sick days from doctors and nurses, public health officials, mayors, unions and others, some companies that already offer sick leave to their essential workers say the practice can be good for business.

Despite documenting three different sales reps making him the same offer, an Ontario man was later denied that same deal by Bell Mobility, which said the offer didn't exist. The man is one of thousands of telco customers who say they were misled.

Watching the flames dance into the nighttime sky with beating hand drums to fill the silence, Cheynna Gardner finds healing in her home community of Migisi Sahgaigan, a First Nation on the shores of Eagle Lake, west of Dryden, Ont. Gardner says the flames will burn until the crisis of sexual violence is acknowledged.

From this side of the Atlantic, the new greenhouse gas emissions target recently adopted by the United Kingdom was notable not only for its ambition — the U.K. is now aiming to reduce emissions by 78 per cent below 1990 levels by 2035 — but for the fact that the goal was adopted by a Conservative government.

Seven rural Manitoba churches hope to convince a judge that the province’s lockdown measures are unjustified violations of Charter-protected freedoms, in one of several cases that will pit those freedoms against the need for public safety in the pandemic.

As multiple websites, crowded waiting lists and lines hundreds of people long impede some Canadians' attempts to get COVID-19 vaccine appointments, a community of volunteers is stepping in to help. Today, Vaccine Hunters Canada co-founders Andrew Young and Josh Kalpin on guiding thousands through the rollout.

Insolvent Laurentian has cleared a critical obstacle to move forward with its plan to become financially stable, after a judge on Sunday agreed to allow the Sudbury, Ont., university to continue to operate while protected from creditors until Aug. 31.

Laurentian University's will continue to operate after ruling from Ontario Superior Court justice Geoffrey Morawetz

Alberta Health Services says it is exploring its legal options after hundreds attended a maskless rodeo in defiance of health regulations — but some are wondering how the event was allowed to happen without on-the-ground pushback from authorities.

Alberta Health Services says it is exploring its legal options after hundreds attended a maskless rodeo in defiance of health regulations — but some are wondering how the event was allowed to happen without on-the-ground pushback from authorities.

Alberta Health Services says it is exploring its legal options after hundreds attended a maskless rodeo in defiance of health regulations — but some are wondering how the event was allowed to happen without on-the-ground pushback from authorities.

The City of Abbotsford is investigating after residents witnessed large pillows of foam floating in a local creek. The foam appears to have been caused by laundry detergent used to control moss on the roofs of a nearby townhouse complex.

Canadian golfer Mike Weir won his first event on the PGA's senior tour on Sunday when he held steady with pars down the stretch for a 4-under 68 at the Insperity Invitational in Texas.

A Vancouver actor surprised his partner with a socially distanced birthday party, with her friends stationed at various points across False Creek.

Premier François Legault said that with the province facing several years of deficits because of pandemic spending, his salary offer was as good as it's going to get.

Proud Boys Canada, a far-right group that Ottawa named as a terrorist entity earlier this year, has dissolved itself, saying it has done nothing wrong, according to a statement by the organization on Sunday.

The group was added to Canada’s official list of terrorist organizations in February. Now, it says it’s dissolving. But researchers warn its members still hold extreme views.