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“Little things are starting again,” said long-term care resident Doreen Bible. “And when you’ve had nothing for a year, that’s the pleasure."

U.S. President Joe Biden is setting a new vaccination goal to deliver at least one dose to 70 per cent of adult Americans by July 4, the White House said Tuesday, as the administration pushes to make it easier for people to get shots and to bring the country closer to normalcy.

The Alberta government was forced to introduce a bundle of tougher public-health restrictions on Tuesday to slow the spread of COVID-19 and keep the health-care system from being overwhelmed, Premier Jason Kenney says.

Premier Jason Kenney will announce stronger public health measures and new COVID-19 restrictions during a live address to Albertans Tuesday night.

Premier Scott Moe and chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab are hosting a news conference to take questions about Saskatchewan's "roadmap to recovery." Stream it live here.

Scientists have long talked about climate change — hotter temperatures, changes in rain and snowfall and more extreme weather — being the "new normal." Data released Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration put hard figures on the cliché.

People working in the justice system say the recent federal budget made some moves that could improve access to justice in Canada — but more needs to be done to address swelling case backlogs in courts across the country.

A day after the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) said viral vector COVID-19 vaccines like those offered by AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson are not the "preferred" products, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to reassure Canadians today that all vaccines approved for use in this country are safe and effective.

A group that advocates for the rights of migrants is pushing for changes to a recently announced short-term immigration program, calling it unfair, exploitative and exclusionary.

Migrant farm workers in Norfolk County in southestern Ontario tell their own stories in a four-episode documentary series.

Members of Parliament say they are open to changing the way witnesses are treated at committees after some sexual violence survivors and advocates say they felt angered and, in some cases, revictimized when telling their personal stories in those meetings.

Diana Doxtator is an important "aksotha" to those around her, a grandmother from southwestern Ontario's Oneida Nation of the Thames who takes care of relatives and people who have come into her life in other ways.

Diana Doxtator is an important "aksotha" to those around her, a grandmother from Oneida Nation of the Thames who takes care of those she's related to and those who have come into her life in other ways.

COVID-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India with no end in sight to the crisis, and a top public health expert is warning of hard weeks ahead.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced a series of stricter public health measures on Tuesday, including two weeks of at-home learning for students from kindergarten to Grade 12 schools effective Friday. Fines for violating public-health orders will double to $2,000, Kenney said in a live address.

Four women in Hamilton grew up thinking they were sisters, but found out one of them is actually a first cousin. They then learned they have a long-lost sister, and are now trying to find her.

7 arrested on Monday for anti-pipeline rally, the latest in a series of demonstrations targeting major routes in Metro Vancouver.

Several families in P.E.I. and Nova Scotia say they've offered to get numerous COVID-19 tests or isolate for two weeks to access services at a Moncton, N.B., fertility clinic, but the clinic won't say when they'll be allowed back.

As COVID-19 rages across Alberta, it has never been more dangerous for Newfoundland and Labrador's rotational workers to fly for shifts in the oilsands camps around Fort McMurray. The workers face threats both on the job and at home, with one family telling CBC News they're at their wits' end dealing with stigma.

As COVID-19 rages across Alberta, it has never been more dangerous for Newfoundland and Labrador's rotational workers to fly for shifts in the oilsands camps around Fort McMurray. The workers face threats both on the job and at home, with one family telling CBC News they're at their wits' end dealing with stigma.

It is an exciting but controversial time for Indian country.

The U.S. has loosened its rules about wearing masks. When will it be Canada's turn?

Canada began the process of implementing UNDRIP unilaterally top-down, ensuring that Canada’s own version, with its own definition of self-determination, becomes entrenched in law through Bill C-15. I have concerns about the process. 

The federal government has doled out more than 500 fines to air passengers who refused to quarantine in a hotel upon arrival in Canada. But there appears to be no evidence of any fines being issued to passengers who landed in Calgary and Montreal, two of four cities where international flights are currently allowed to land. 

COVID-19 vaccines developed in China are in use around the world. Those developed in India, Kazakhstan and Cuba are being used domestically. Here’s a closer look at the inactivated and conjugate vaccines developed in middle-income countries and not available in Canada.

Russia has finally released its own film treatment of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, a testament to the heroic deeds by those sent to ground zero during the catastrophe. But for many who were there in 1986 and risked their lives, the film triggers emotions they’d rather forget and unanswered questions 35 years later.

Russia has finally released its own film treatment of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, a testament to the heroic deeds by those sent to ground zero during the catastrophe. But for many who were there in 1986 and risked their lives, the film triggers emotions they’d rather forget and unanswered questions 35 years later.

The federal government has doled out more than 500 fines to air passengers who refused to quarantine in a hotel upon arrival in Canada. But there appears to be no evidence of any fines being issued to passengers who landed in Calgary and Montreal, two of four cities where international flights are currently allowed to land. 

A group of 19 Ontario police officers has launched a constitutional challenge against the provincial and federal governments, claiming that enforcing sweeping pandemic health restrictions puts them at odds with their oath to uphold the charter.

Fort McMurray, Alta, has seen it all in the last decade — fire, flood, a pandemic and an economic downturn. Businesses are hoping better days are ahead.

I deliver mail and packages on the street where I reside. I shop at the businesses I serve; my clients are my neighbours. Never has the link between individual health and community health been laid so bare.

A Canadian army investigation of a troubled reserve unit at the centre of allegations of right-wing extremism identified several members as "vulnerable" and "at risk" of being swept up into "a hateful ideology."

An overpass in Mexico City's metro collapsed Monday night, sending a train plunging toward a road, trapping at least one car under rubble and killing at least 15 people, authorities said.

The death toll from the collapse of an overpass on the Mexico City metro rose to 24 on Tuesday as crews untangled train carriages from the steel and concrete wreckage that fell onto a roadway.

An elevated section of the Mexico City metro collapsed and sent a subway car plunging toward a busy boulevard late Monday, killing at least 23 people and injuring about 70, city officials said. Rescuers searched a car left dangling from the overpass for hours for anyone who might be trapped.

An overpass in Mexico City's metro collapsed Monday night, sending a train plunging toward a road, trapping at least one car under rubble and killing at least 15 people, authorities said.

An overpass in Mexico City's metro collapsed Monday night, sending a train plunging toward a road, trapping at least one car under rubble and killing at least 15 people, authorities said.

Rossland, B.C., Mayor Kathy Moore says in hindsight, she made the wrong decision to travel to the United States for COVID-19 vaccines and to spend time with her family.

The National for May 3: Explaining new recommendations about vaccines and how to weigh the risks. Plus, tips on how to shake off that pandemic slump.

Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau will stay in a quarantine hotel for three days starting Wednesday after returning from the United Kingdom, where he's attending the first in-person meeting of G7 foreign and development ministers in over two years.