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Alberta's Opposition New Democratic Party is calling for a public inquiry into Premier Jason Kenney and his government's handling of the COVID-19 crisis.

TheraPsil has sent a 165-page proposal to Health Canada outlining regulations for so-called magic mushrooms based on the same ones the federal government first created 20 years ago for medicinal cannabis.

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) are jointly calling for COVID-19 vaccinations to be made mandatory for health-care workers.

Dozens of former interpreters for the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan rallied on Parliament Hill today to call on Ottawa to speed up and expand its efforts to resettle them and their family members.

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister apologized on Tuesday for his recent and widely condemned remarks on Canadian history, but said his heart was in the right place. 

U.S. President Joe Biden and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio are among high profile politicians calling for N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo to step down after an investigation found Cuomo sexually harassed nearly a dozen women in and out of state government and worked to retaliate against one of his accusers.

U.S. President Joe Biden and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio are among high-profile politicians calling for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to step down after an investigation found Cuomo sexually harassed nearly a dozen women in and out of state government and worked to retaliate against one of his accusers.

An investigation found that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed nearly a dozen women in and out of state government and worked to retaliate against one of his accusers, New York's attorney general announced Tuesday hastening calls for the Democrat's resignation or impeachment. 

An investigation into New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo found he sexually harassed multiple current and former state government employees, state Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday.

An investigation found that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women in and out of state government and worked to retaliate against one of his accusers, New York's attorney general announced Tuesday in a finding that quickly renewed calls for the Democrat's resignation or impeachment. 

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced mounting pressure Tuesday to resign, including from U.S. President Joe Biden and other onetime Democratic allies, after an investigation found he sexually harassed nearly a dozen women and worked to retaliate against one of his accusers.

COVID-19 can now be treated like any other “vaccine-preventable disease,” according to the Nunavut government’s newly released long-term plan for dealing with the pandemic.

Ontario students will return to the classroom full-time in September with remote learning continuing to be an option, the province confirmed in its official back-to-school strategy — but the plan is thin on details about how schools will manage COVID-19 cases and outbreaks.

Ontario students will return to the classroom full-time in September with remote learning continuing to be an option, the province confirmed in its official back-to-school strategy — but the plan is thin on details about how schools will manage COVID-19 cases and outbreaks.

Ontario students will return to the classroom full-time in September with remote learning continuing to be an option, the province confirmed in its official back-to-school strategy — but the plan is thin on details about how schools will manage COVID-19 cases and outbreaks.

Capacity limits will be eliminated for most businesses as Manitoba's next reopening steps take effect on Saturday — one month earlier than first planned.

J. Allen Brack, the president of Activision's Blizzard Entertainment, is stepping down weeks after the video game company was hit with a discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit in California as well as backlash from employees over the work environment.

The White House is pressing state and local governments to swiftly adopt policies to protect renters after an eviction moratorium expired over the weekend, potentially pushing millions of Americans out of their homes.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday announced a new 60-day moratorium on residential evictions in areas with high levels of COVID-19 infections, after having rejected an earlier push by the White House.

The Biden administration will announce a new 60-day eviction moratorium that would protect areas where 90 per cent of the U.S. population lives, according to three people familiar with the plans who insisted on anonymity to discuss the forthcoming announcement.

Boeing Co's CST-100 Starliner capsule is poised to blast off on Tuesday from Florida's Cape Canaveral bound for the International Space Station in a crucial do-over test flight following a near-catastrophic failure during its 2019 debut. Watch the launch LIVE at 1:20 p.m. ET.

Boeing has postponed the planned launch of its CST-100 Starliner capsule from Florida's Cape Canaveral bound for the International Space Station due to a glitch in what was to have been a crucial do-over test flight following a near-catastrophic failure during its 2019 debut.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki criticized policies in states such as Texas and Florida that have moved to block employers and proprietors from implementing mask or vaccine requirements to curb the coronavirus.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on resistant Republican governors to "get out of the way" of vaccine rules aimed at containing the more transmissible and dangerous COVID-19 variant. He backed city and private mandates requiring people to be vaccinated to go about some daily activities.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on resistant Republican governors to "get out of the way" of vaccine rules aimed at containing the more transmissible and dangerous COVID-19 variant. He backed city and private mandates requiring people to be vaccinated to go about some daily activities.

A Belarusian activist living in exile in Ukraine was found hanged in a park near his home in Kyiv early on Tuesday, and Ukrainian police said they had launched a murder case.

Chief Henry Lewis of Onion Lake Cree Nation says work is underway to search the St. Barnabas and eventually the St. Anthony's residential school sites for unmarked graves. Onion Lake is located about 50 kilometres north of Lloydminster, which borders Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Researchers and advocates say sea level rise and coastal erosion will lead to increased conflict between people who want public beach access and private owners.

An aging pipeline that carries oil below where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet is in such a state of disrepair it could burst at any moment and cause catastrophic damage to the Great Lakes, environmentalists warn. 

A number of Ontario museums are working overtime to collect artifacts such as social distancing signs and multimedia files — including high-resolution photographs — as they gradually put together a COVID-19 story, and they they are imploring people to preserve personal materials for posterity.

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For a fourth year in a row, Manitoba’s grasshopper population is on the rise and causing more issues for farmers already struggling to make it through drought conditions. 

An award-winning artist based in Kingston, Ont., has made inaccurate claims for decades of being Indigenous and a Sixties Scoop survivor, according to family, members of 11 First Nations, and other close acquaintances.

An award-winning artist based in Kingston, Ont., has made inaccurate claims for decades of being Indigenous and a Sixties Scoop survivor, according to family, members of 11 First Nations, and other close acquaintances.

World-class canoe sprinter Laurence Vincent Lapointe wants to move forward from her suspension, the legal proceedings that overturned it and the not knowing if she'd even get to the Games. But the emotional trauma of all that still lingers.

Andre De Grasse remains on track to repeat his triple-medal Olympic performance from 2016. The decorated Canadian sprinter easily advanced to the 200-metre semifinals on Tuesday in Tokyo, placing third in his heat at 20.56 seconds.

More than 300 people died in recent flooding in central China, authorities said Monday, three times the previously announced toll.

The National for Monday, August 2 — Canadian women’s soccer team will go for gold at Tokyo 2020 after beating the United States. Plus, researchers try to figure out what’s behind a rise in vicious coyote attacks.

Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry has signed with the Miami Heat, ending his time with the Canadian team.