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Calgary-based WestJet said today that after months of negotiations, it has officially ended talks with the federal government on a financial aid package to help the airline during the COVID-19 pandemic.

At least 12 people died in severe flooding Tuesday in a Chinese provincial capital, as the waters also trapped people in subways and schools, washed away vehicles and stranded people in their workplaces overnight.

Speaking publicly for the first time about her party’s internal strife, former Green party leader Elizabeth May is urging those who oppose leader Annamie Paul to strike a truce with her allies before a widely anticipated fall election.

COVID-19 cases among Olympic delegates are on the rise and roughly 15 per cent of those staying on site are unvaccinated, prompting warnings from medical experts about potential ripple effects if the world’s largest sporting event doesn’t clamp down on virus transmission.

The latest on the coronavirus outbreak for July 20.

U.S. businesses are waiting nervously for an expected announcement on when the American border will reopen to Canadian tourists.

Mark Carney says he won't be on the Liberal ticket if there's an election this fall.

Police have arrested a Winnipeg man they say posted comments online that expressed contempt toward women and threatened to kill someone.

India's excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic were a staggering 10 times the official death toll, according to the most comprehensive research done to date.

Under the early evening sun, dancers from across Canada and the United States filed onto the powwow grounds at Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation in central Alberta.

The federal government's plan to reopen the border to fully vaccinated U.S. citizens next month could be complicated by the threat of strike action.

As the youngest of seven kids, Kadeisha Buchanan is used to flying under the radar. But as one of the best defenders in the world, the centre back on Canada's women's soccer team is sure to draw attention at the Tokyo Olympics.

How did the U.S. squander a months-long lead to fall behind Canada on COVID-19 vaccinations, leaving it short of herd immunity while a deadly variant wallops unvaccinated pockets of the country? U.S. official Anthony Fauci blames his country's politics.

Hundreds of families in the southern end of B.C.'s Okanagan Valley remain out of their homes Tuesday as an aggressive new wildfire burns nearby.

A provincial state of emergency has been declared in B.C. as wildfires continue to grow, forcing hundreds from their homes and putting thousands more on evacuation alert. 

Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, is typically marked by communal prayers, large social gatherings, the slaughtering of livestock and giving meat to the needy. This year, the Muslim holiday comes as many countries battle the delta variant.

For 10 days in 2018, B.C.'s Sara Groenewegen was in a medically induced coma, hooked up to 15 tubes to keep her alive. Starting Wednesday, she will attempt to lead Canada's softball team to a historic gold medal.

Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company's first flight with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own spacecraft. Watch a media briefing live at 11 a.m. ET.

Jeff Bezos is about to soar on his space travel company's first flight with people on board. Watch LIVE now. Launch takes place at 9 a.m. ET.

Jeff Bezos blasted off Tuesday on the first flight of his space travel company with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own rocket. Watch LIVE now.

WHO director says the pandemic is a test and 'the world is failing'; U.S. officials blame the delta variant for a surge in cases.

The trial of the first person to be charged under Hong Kong's sweeping national security law ended Tuesday after nearly a month, and now observers will wait for a verdict in the landmark case to see how similar cases might be dealt with.

Calgarians left stranded in India after a travel ban was announced in April due to rising COVID cases in that country will have to wait at least another month before they can return home.

The couple that owns the field in Saskatchewan being searched for graves related to the former Delmas Indian Residential School says they are willing to do "whatever we can to find answers and try and set a few things straight."

Four First Nations in eastern Manitoba are being evacuated because of smoke from forest fires burning near their communities. The Red Cross says more than 600 people have already been flown out of Little Grand Rapids and Pauingassi First Nation.

Montreal friends Anastasia Gromova and Michelle Pazos were together in the Surfside, Fla., condominium that collapsed. While Pazos's remains were found, Gromova's family is still waiting for rescue teams to recover her body.

With an average of one per cent of people vaccinated with at least one dose in the world's poorest countries, 'variant factories' threaten Canada's progress in the battle against COVID-19, doctors and scientists say.

Early Catholic mission records obtained by CBC News, along with the oral history of elders from Cowessess First Nation who attended Marieval residential school in Saskatchewan, help shed some light on the 751 unmarked graves found in the community cemetery last month after a ground-penetrating radar survey. 

Can Canada make it three Olympic medals in a row? Can they change the colour of the medal this time? Those are just some of the more pertinent questions ahead of the women’s soccer tournament at the Tokyo Olympics set to kick off next week.

Online activity by right-wing extremists in Canada rose last year during the pandemic, despite efforts by governments and social media companies to curb extremism and hate speech, according to a new report.

Online activity by right-wing extremists in Canada rose last year during the pandemic, despite efforts by governments and social media companies to curb extremism and hate speech, according to a new report.

CBC News spoke with the CEO of the Canadian Museum For Human Rights, the CEO of the RCMP Heritage Centre and the artist behind an installation that chronicles the history of residential schools.

Hundreds of properties in the southern tip of B.C.'s Okanagan Valley have been ordered to evacuate after a wildfire that sparked Monday afternoon grew quickly within hours.

Hundreds of properties in the southern tip of B.C.'s Okanagan Valley have been ordered to evacuate after a wildfire that sparked Monday afternoon grew quickly in size within hours.

An evacuation order for nearly 200 properties has been issued by the Osoyoos Indian Band in B.C.'s Okanagan Valley, with further evacuation alerts and orders in nearby Osoyoos and Oliver pending due to an aggressive wildfire.

The monstrous wildfire burning in Oregon has grown to one-third the size of Rhode Island and spreads each day. But evacuations and property losses have been minimal compared with much smaller blazes in densely populated areas of California.

July 19, 2021 | Ottawa unveils the plan to reopen the border to vaccinated Americans, but it will be a one-way street for now. Canada names the Olympic flag bearers as the opening ceremony approaches. Plus, shedding some light on the unmarked graves found near the Marieval residential school.

A months-long inspection of Marineland by Ontario's animal welfare watchdog has found that marine mammals at the tourist attraction were in distress due to poor water quality, The Canadian Press has learned.

A waterbomber trying to put out a forest fire in eastern Manitoba had to turn back after someone on West Hawk Lake flew a drone in its way, the province says.

A waterbomber trying to put out a forest fire in eastern Manitoba had to turn back after someone on West Hawk Lake flew a drone in its way, the province says.

A maskless Jason Kenney shakes hands, embraces Calgary Stampede visitors and stands shoulder-to-shoulder for photo-ops. On Sunday, the Alberta premier said on social media that the Stampede took place 'after the pandemic' — a message that health experts question.

A lengthy rainfall and strong winds could dissipate the raging wildfires and smoky air gripping parts of Western Canada but that's not what's in the forecast for this week, says a senior climatologist with Environment Canada.

Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs said it welcomed the public to its search for unmarked graves at the site of Saskatchewan's Delmas Indian Residential School because "it's time that these secrets are revealed."

Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs said it welcomed the public to its search for unmarked graves at the site of Saskatchewan's Delmas Indian Residential School because "it's time that these secrets are revealed."

Green Party Leader Annamie Paul says that the reprieve from challenges to her leadership may have been put on hold but they are not gone and now is the time for the party, and her detractors, to unify behind her for what could be a fall election. 

Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos auditions his version of space tourism for a wider audience on Tuesday morning when he hops aboard a Blue Origin rocket along with three others. If it's a vanity project, it's one he's been pursuing since his youth.