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Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced plans to expedite applications and increase the number of refugees coming to Canada at a news conference today.

A Connecticut aquarium plans to auction off the chance to name three of its five recently arrived beluga whales to raise money for their care and to offset the cost of transporting them from Canada.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission identified 20 residential school sites in Saskatchewan.

Canadians took out almost $18 billion worth of new mortgage debt in April, the fastest monthly increase on record and enough to bring total housing debt to almost $2 trillion, according to Statistics Canada.

Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand announced today that Canada will have enough product on hand by August to fully vaccinate every person eligible for a shot.

Premier Doug Ford is shuffling his cabinet, with former finance minister Rod Phillips — who resigned from his post following a Caribbean vacation during the COVID-19 pandemic — returning as the new minister of long-term care.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is shuffling his cabinet, with former finance minister Rod Phillips — who resigned from his post following a Caribbean vacation during the COVID-19 pandemic — returning as the new minister of long-term care.

A 29-year-old man and an RCMP police dog are dead after a police operation in the High Prairie area that concluded Friday.

An RCMP police service dog was shot and killed in the line of duty Thursday during an ongoing police search in northern Alberta for a suspect considered to be armed and dangerous.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today his government is working with the U.S. and other international partners to ensure that AstraZeneca vaccine recipients face few barriers when they travel abroad.

Canada is leading an international effort at the United Nations to demand that China allow "meaningful and unfettered access" to investigate "credible reports" of widespread human rights violations against China's Muslim minority in Xinjiang province, CBC News has learned.

Travel restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border will remain in place for at least another month.

A Quebec legislator is calling for an investigation into a video that shows a Montreal police officer kneeling on the neck of a young Black teen, his face mashed into the sidewalk, in an image reminiscent of George Floyd's last moments.

Almost all COVID-19 public health restrictions will be lifted in Alberta on Canada Day as the province prepares to enter the final stage of its COVID-19 reopening plan. 

Montreal Canadiens interim head coach Dominique Ducharme is isolating following irregularities in COVID-19 testing. The team will provide an update before Game 3 of its NHL semifinal game against the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Friday.

Montreal Canadiens interim head coach Dominique Ducharme is isolating following irregularities in COVID-19 testing. The team will provide an update before Game 3 of its NHL semifinal game against the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Friday.

Recipients of the AstraZeneca vaccine may find themselves shut out of some entertainment events in New York, as one B.C. man found out when he tried to get tickets for Bruce Springsteen's Broadway show.

Manitoba homicide suspect Eric Wildman — wanted in connection with the disappearance and presumed death of his neighbour Clifford Joseph — has been arrested by Ontario Provincial Police at a home just outside Belleville, Ont., RCMP say.

Manitoba homicide suspect Eric Wildman — wanted in connection with the disappearance and presumed death of his neighbour Clifford Joseph — has been arrested by Ontario Provincial Police at a home just outside Belleville, Ont., RCMP say.

Manitoba homicide suspect Eric Wildman — wanted in connection with the disappearance and presumed death of his neighbour Clifford Joseph — has been arrested by Ontario Provincial Police at a home just outside Belleville, Ont., RCMP say.

A majority of MPs voted late Thursday to censure Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, citing his mishandling of the ongoing misconduct crisis in the Canadian Armed Forces and other perceived failings during his six-year tenure as justification for the formal rebuke.

The statue of Canada's first prime minister is expected to be removed from a park in his eastern Ontario hometown on Friday.

The statue of Canada's first prime minister is being moved from a park in his eastern Ontario hometown on Friday.

Indigenous people and their supporters cheered in celebration Friday morning as a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald was removed from its stone pedestal in his eastern Ontario hometown.

Indigenous dads are just built differently. Our traditional role — to provide, but most importantly survive — is in our DNA, passed down through generations.  

Thirty-six public housing units will not be built in Nunavut this summer because of high construction costs due to COVID-19. 'Every housing unit we postpone represents a great burden for a family that might otherwise have a place to call home,' says the minister responsible.

The Nova Scotia Grade 10 English correspondence course asks students why poverty and alcoholism are common problems among First Nations populations.

Meal and grocery couriers in New Brunswick are concerned about how reopening after COVID-19 will affect their income.

The Nova Scotia Grade 10 English correspondence course asks students why poverty and alcoholism are common problems among First Nations populations.

The Nova Scotia Grade 10 English correspondence course asks students why poverty and alcoholism are common problems among First Nations populations.

Meal and grocery couriers in New Brunswick are concerned about how reopening after COVID-19 will affect their income.

Iranians voted Friday in a presidential election that a hardline protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei seemed likely to win, leading to low turnout fuelled by apathy and calls for a boycott.

Heated discussions are ramping up over whether certain settings, like colleges and universities, should require COVID-19 vaccination to return to campus. While hundreds of U.S. institutions are doing so, only a handful of Canadian schools have made shots mandatory — and thus far only for students living in residence. 

Looking for a drug den, police smashed their way into an Alberta couple's home firing tear gas. But their evidence "amounted to a hill of beans," one lawyer says. No-knock raids like this are executed hundreds of times a year in Canada — though some police forces have mostly abandoned the practice.

The business of owning and renting out homes has a long history in Canada and around the world. But in the current era of house envy, plans to corporatize single-family rentals have sparked a backlash.

Hassan Yussuff — the first non-white person to lead the Canadian Labour Congress — is leaving the labour scene Friday, proud of his accomplishments and unapologetic in the face of his critics. The congress will elect new leaders at its convention Friday.

Before becoming paralyzed, I had no idea what it meant to be ostracized from society for something I had no control over, writes Codi Darnell.

Close to 500 doctors, nurses and other workers from one of Canada's largest Catholic health-care networks have signed an open letter calling for Toronto's archbishop and the church to take concrete steps towards reconciliation.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we explore the idea of less carbon-intensive concrete and how scientists mapped a deadly Himalayan glacier flood.

A woman who grew up playing piano and accordion in Barbados and died after years of experiencing homelessness in Hamilton is at the heart of Denise Davy's new book, Her Name Was Margaret: Life and Death on the Streets.

Hundreds of Canadians who need a new organ saw their lives jeopardized by the pandemic, as hospitals stopped doing life-saving transplants and experienced organ shortages.

The success of weekly episodic shows such as Mare of Easttown and Wandavision are leading to shifting viewing habits as streamers shift from bingeing to weekly releases.

June 17, 2021 | The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is recommending provinces to stop administering the AstraZeneca vaccine in most cases, citing better protection by mRNA vaccines. Trudeau nominates Justice Mahmud Jamal for the Supreme Court, making him the first person of colour to receive one. Plus, the At Issue panel tackles the turmoil facing Green Party leader Annamie Paul.

Frank Bonner, who played a brash salesman with an affection for polyester plaid suits on the TV comedy WKRP in Cincinnati has died. He was 79.

Dozens of women are suing the Montreal company behind Pornhub, one of the most visited websites in the world. None of the allegations have been proven in court, but the lawsuit alleges the company is run like an "organized crime family" and profits off the exploitation of women.

A key government adviser for Alberta's new elementary social studies curriculum says people are overreacting to the discovery of 215 children's remains found in an unmarked burial by a Kamloops residential school site.

The Assembly of First Nations says Canada's attempt to narrow the list of First Nations children who can access services under Jordan's Principle is linked to the country's long-standing "racist and colonial" policies toward Indigenous Peoples.

Jimbo, a contestant from the first season of Canada's Drag Race, says a Windsor, Ont., shop's refusal to feature an image of the drag queen on a cake could serve as an opportunity to educate people about the LGBTQ+ community and what it has to offer.

As the travel industry pushes the government to ease travel restrictions, the federal government plans to roll out the first phase of its vaccine certification program for travellers entering the country starting early next month, CBC News has confirmed.

U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law Thursday a bill to make Juneteenth, or June 19, the 12th federal holiday.