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The latest figures come from an internal memo prepared by the Ontario Critical Care COVID Command Centre and obtained by CBC News.

One of the key tenets of the 2015 Paris Agreement was that richer countries such as Canada would provide financial assistance to developing countries to help them achieve their climate targets. We take a look at how the financing is supposed to work and how countries are doing in meeting the promised $100 billion US a year commitment. 

One of the key tenets of the 2015 Paris Agreement was that richer countries such as Canada would provide financial assistance to developing countries to help them achieve their climate targets. We take a look at how the financing is supposed to work and how countries are doing in meeting the promised $100 billion US a year commitment. 

Nunavummiut will see as many familiar faces as new ones in its new territorial government, despite six incumbents losing their seats. 

Adam Arreak Lightstone will keep his seat representing Iqaluit-Manirajak and Daniel Qavvik has been elected for the first time in Hudson's Bay.

Joanna Awa hosts our live election special in Inuktitut and English. The show starts at 9 p.m. ET, when the polls close in western Nunavut.

Joanna Awa hosts our live election special in Inuktitut and English. The show starts at 9 p.m. ET, when the polls close in western Nunavut.

Joanna Awa hosts our live election special in Inuktitut and English. The show starts at 9 p.m. ET, when the polls close in western Nunavut.

With four constituencies left to call, there have been three incumbents ousted — one in each region of Nunavut. Incumbents lost their seats in Kugluktuk, Pond Inlet and Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet.

The first constituency in the Kivalliq region has reported unofficial results: Baker Lake has reelected Craig Simailak in the largest margin of the night so far. 

Baker Lake has reelected Craig Simailak in the largest margin of the night so far, while Cathy Towtongie lost her seat to Alexander Sammurtok, who won by another large margin.

Facebook posted quarterly results on Monday that showed the social media giant is making more money than ever, even as its critics have never been louder.

The Biden administration detailed new international COVID-19 air travel polices for the United States Monday, including exemptions for kids and new federal contact tracing requirements.

Four Alberta doctors are suing the provincial health authority and its president over its mandatory workplace COVID-19 vaccination policy.

Hertz announced Monday that it will buy 100,000 electric vehicles from Tesla, one of the largest purchases of battery-powered cars in history.

As an increasingly deadly fourth wave of COVID-19 threatens to overwhelm Russia's hospitals, officials who had been hesitant to implement restrictions in recent months are doing so now in a desperate attempt to try to reduce the record number of people dying every day. 

A former reservist with the Canadian Armed Forces convicted of gun charges linked to what the FBI called a neo-Nazi plot to attack a gun-rights rally in Virginia is facing up to 25 years behind bars, a judge decided Monday.

A former reservist with the Canadian Armed Forces convicted of gun charges linked to what the FBI called a neo-Nazi plot to attack a gun-rights rally in Virginia is facing up to 25 years behind bars, a judge decided Monday.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says his government is resisting calls to impose further COVID-19 measures because most of those aged 12 and older have been vaccinated.

Millions of Afghans, including children, could die of starvation unless urgent action is taken to pull Afghanistan back from the brink of collapse, a senior United Nations official warned, calling for frozen funds to be freed for humanitarian efforts.

Researchers said Monday that they estimate there are just 336 North Atlantic right whales left on the planet. Entanglements in fishing gear and vessel strikes are among the biggest threats to the endangered species.

The World Meteorological Organization reported Monday that greenhouse gas concentrations hit a new record high last year and increased at a faster rate than the annual average for the last decade despite a temporary reduction during pandemic-related lockdowns.

The World Meteorological Organization reported Monday that greenhouse gas concentrations hit a new record high last year and increased at a faster rate than the annual average for the last decade despite a temporary reduction during pandemic-related lockdowns.

The developed world has failed to deliver on its commitment to send some $100 billion a year to help poorer countries fight climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report jointly drafted by Canada and Germany ahead of the COP26 summit.

Thousands are without power and ferry service between the mainland and Vancouver Island on Monday as a strong windstorm rolls through the B.C. South Coast.

The results of last week's Alberta municipal elections challenged conventional notions of the province as a "wild west" dominated by white, conservative, Christian men.

Facebook employees have warned for years that as the company raced to become a global service, it was failing to police abusive content in countries where such speech was likely to cause the most harm, according to interviews with five former employees and internal company documents viewed by Reuters.

Former prime minister Jean Chrétien said Sunday that during his tenure as minister of what was then Indian Affairs, he never heard anything about abuse happening in residential schools.

Ontario is lifting capacity limits today at restaurants, gyms, casinos and some other locations where proof of vaccination against COVID-19 is required.

Ontario is lifting capacity limits today at restaurants, gyms, casinos and some other locations where proof of vaccination against COVID-19 is required.

When it comes to municipal elections in Alberta, data shows that Calgary usually has a higher voter turnout than Edmonton. There are several theories as to why, but political analysts say competition may be the difference-maker.

When it comes to municipal elections in Alberta, data shows that Calgary usually has a higher voter turnout than Edmonton. There are several theories as to why, but political analysts say competition may be the difference-maker.

A B.C. physician accused of spreading misinformation about COVID-19 is now under investigation for allegedly writing phoney mask and vaccine exemptions offered through a Kelowna-based website. That site, EnableAir.com, appears to be connected to another B.C. doctor.

University of Waterloo students Brian Mao and Ben Zhang were part of a team that competed in the Indy Autonomous Challenge this weekend. Their driverless race car drove itself around the track at up to 200 km/h.

A two-day sentencing hearing is underway for two paramedics found guilty for failing to provide the necessaries of life to Josif Al-Hasnawi of Hamilton in 2017. The 19-year-old died in hospital after being shot outside a mosque.

For 20 years, Normand Hector “absolutely loved” working for Xerox. Then he found out he was making less than managers who were white.

Cooper MacEwen was sitting in his Grade 8 science class at Summerside Intermediate on Friday afternoon when he heard a thud against the classroom window.

Carolyn Karle's daughter died of an accidental drug overdose earlier this fall, and is now working to bring more attention to the need for post-treatment care in Ontario, including starting a foundation in Dayna's name. After her daughter died of an accidental overdose earlier this fall in Thunder Bay, Ont., Carolyn Karle wants to see change to Ontario's mental health and addictions system.

A Nova Scotia boy has Dravet syndrome, a rare and severe form of epilepsy. His family has been fighting for eight months to have him accepted into a provincial family support program.

Bilquis Abdul-Qaadir, the trailblazing basketball player who set up an academy for girls and coached multiple sports at an Islamic school in London, Ont., has been denied permanent residency in Canada and will have to go back to the United States.

A mother in St. John's says her son was unaccounted for during multiple official checks at his former daycare, and she is now pushing for changes to Newfoundland and Labrador's regulated child-care system so the experience she called "scary" doesn't happen again.

A mother in St. John's says her son was unaccounted for during multiple official checks at his former daycare, and she is now pushing for changes to Newfoundland and Labrador's regulated child-care system so the experience she called "scary" doesn't happen again.

Sudan's top general on Monday dissolved the government and announced that the military will run the country after his forces arrested the acting prime minister and other officials.

Sudan's military seized power Monday, dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested the prime minister. Thousands of people flooded into the streets to protest the coup that threatens the country's shaky progress toward democracy.

Military forces detained a number of senior Sudanese government figures on Monday, the country's information ministry said, as the country's main pro-democracy group called on people to take to the streets to counter an apparent military coup.

Military forces detained a number of senior Sudanese government figures on Monday, the country's information ministry said, as the country's main pro-democracy group called on people to take to the streets to counter an apparent military coup.

The inquiry into the Herron long-term care home in Dorval, Que., resumes today, after the coroner overseeing the hearings said there were too many unanswered questions.

As the international community threatens to sideline the Taliban for human rights violations, some Afghan Canadians worry ordinary Afghans are suffering in the process. Now, they are pleading with Canada not to let Afghanistan or their loved ones there be forgotten.

As the international community threatens to sideline the Taliban for human rights violations, some Afghan Canadians worry ordinary Afghans are suffering in the process. Now, they are pleading with Canada not to let Afghanistan or their loved ones there be forgotten.

Elections amplify the growing fear and anxiety among visible minorities in Canada because they provide numerical evidence of the rising conservatism in the country, writes Zeahaa Rehman.