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Canadian "Shang-Chi" star Simu Liu is set to make his hosting debut on the NBC Series Saturday Night Live November 20. The episode will also feature U.S. rapper Saweetie as the musical guest.

Rachel Blais, the director of the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre, said the organization saw a record number of residents accessing its daily meals in the first few weeks of the city's tap water crisis.

An influential advisory panel voted Tuesday that all children ages five to 11 in the U.S. should get Pfizer-BioNTech's pediatric COVID-19 shots, putting the country on the brink of a major expansion of vaccinations — and a final decision is expected within hours.

Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted unanimously that the benefits of the vaccine outweighed any potential risks for children.

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed an advisory panel's earlier recommendation that the vaccine be provided to children across the U.S.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is in discussions with Indigenous leaders across the country and is confident that flags on government buildings can be raised in time to be lowered for Remembrance Day. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is in discussions with Indigenous leaders across the country and is confident that flags on government buildings can be raised in time to be lowered for Remembrance Day. 

Facebook says it will shut down its facial-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than one billion people amid growing concerns about civil rights violations, privacy and racial bias.

Students on a school bus in northern Alberta escaped serious injuries Tuesday after a couple of logs that fell off a semi-trailer impaled the side of the bus.

A northern Alberta MLA says a group of people protesting COVID-19 restrictions crossed a line when they gathered outside her private residence and left behind a noose marked with a violent threat.

Caroline Tait, a Métis professor at the University of Saskatchewan who raised concerns about prominent academic Carrie Bourassa's claims to Indigenous ancestry, says the school's recent decision to put Bourassa on leave is a step in the right direction as tenured professors have a responsibility to tell the truth.

Shares of Tesla Inc. tumbled on Tuesday after its CEO and founder Elon Musk tweeted that a contract to sell 100,000 cars to rental company Hertz had not been signed, suggesting the deal had not been finalized.

Heather Stefanson addressed the public for the first time after being sworn in as Manitoba's 24th premier — making her the province's first female premier.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed travellers entering by land will not have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test, but said they should be prepared to verbally attest to their vaccination status, and present their vaccination documentation upon request.

The United States will reopen its land border to fully vaccinated travellers as soon as ports of entry open on Nov. 8, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced at a press briefing on Tuesday.

After months of restraint, dancing and singing will be allowed in Quebec's bars as of Nov. 15, Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé announced in a COVID-19 update Tuesday. 

Winnipeg Jets co-owner Mark Chipman and general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff will hold news conference Tuesday at 4 p.m. CT to address the NHL's decision not to discipline Cheveldayoff over his role in his former team's handling of sexual assault allegations against a former coach.

The Winnipeg Jets' general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff said he's sorry about what happened to young Chicago hockey prospect Kyle Beach, in his first public comments since the league announced it wouldn't discipline him over his former team's mishandling of sexual assault allegations against a former video coach.

A small Vancouver-based mining company with mining rights to one of the biggest undeveloped lithium deposits on Earth has become the focus of an unexpected bidding war.

Premier Jason Kenney's office has selected Edmonton's integrity commissioner to conduct a review of its HR policies for staff after serious allegations of misconduct in the building. 

The federal government took another step toward rebuilding the travel industry Tuesday by announcing an expansion of the number of Canadian airports that will accept international flights. 

The prosecution and the defence will make opening arguments on Tuesday in the trial of a U.S. teenager charged with fatally shooting protesters in Wisconsin last year, launching the most high-profile civilian self-defence case in nearly a decade.

Infrared FBI surveillance video will show Kyle Rittenhouse initiated a confrontation with one of the two men he later fatally shot during chaotic protests against racial injustice that engulfed a Wisconsin city last year, the lead prosecutor argued Tuesday at the start of the teenager's murder trial.  

The B.C. government says it will be consulting with dozens of First Nations before putting a pause to any logging operations threatening the most vulnerable old-growth ecosystems across the province.

A former Canadian soldier who fatally shot three members of his family and then himself was aware of what he was doing and would have been considered criminally responsible for his actions had he survived, a forensic psychiatrist testified Tuesday at a Nova Scotia fatality inquiry. 

Former players pushing for accountability from Canada Soccer and the Vancouver Whitecaps in the aftermath of sexual misconduct allegations against two former coaches are calling for the suspension of high-ranking international soccer executive Victor Montagliani pending the results of an investigation at Canada Soccer.

Wood Buffalo’s new mayor has been sworn in and is preparing for his first council meeting.

A teen found guilty of sexually assaulting another student at an all-boys Catholic school in Toronto has been given a two-year probationary sentence with no time behind bars.

COVID-19 testing centres in three major regions of New Brunswick have been closed as a strike by 22,000 CUPE workers goes on.

Neqotkuk First Nation, formerly known as Tobique First Nation, has started making money from its wind farm near Sussex.

Nearly a decade after he graduated, Robert Labradore returned to his former high school to share how he's reconnecting with his Mi'kmaw culture by discovering artifacts left behind by his ancestors. 

Cybersecurity experts say there's no quick fix for the disruptions in Newfoundland and Labrador health-care services caused by what the government says is a possible cyberattack.

U.S. President Joe Biden wants more oil to provide relief at the pumps, while for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the oilpatch is one of Canada's top exports. Both leaders are attempting to balance those economic realities with the need to reduce emissions.

Since the 2016 Brexit vote, there has been a dispute over the fishing rights of French trawlers in British coastal waters. And the rhetoric is becoming increasingly fierce, writes Don Murray.

First responders in Alberta coordinated a daring rescue on Sunday to save an injured BASE jumper stranded on the side of a Rocky Mountain cliff face, suspended about 200 metres above the earth by only a snagged parachute.

Since the 2016 Brexit vote, there has been a dispute over the fishing rights of French trawlers in British coastal waters. And the rhetoric is becoming increasingly fierce, writes Don Murray.

A children's book shortlisted for a 2021 Governor General's Literary Award was written by a University of Guelph associate professor who specializes in the history of Indigenous Peoples and illustrated by an Ojibway multidisciplinary artist.

Green Party Leader Annamie Paul told a party meeting recently she was blindsided by the decision to put her leadership to a membership vote without informing her first.

The fallout and the calls for accountability continue in the NHL's Chicago sexual assault scandal. Lawyer and abuse survivor Greg Gilhooly on how the league needs to change so its players are protected.

Three passengers and two pilots were on board the flight from Yellowknife to Fort Simpson. The airline's president says everyone is OK.

Three passengers and two pilots were on board the flight from Yellowknife to Fort Simpson. The airline's president says everyone is OK.

Dozens of refrigerators, along with bags of Styrofoam and garbage, have been picked up from a remote Vancouver Island beach as the cleanup has started from 109 shipping containers that fell off a ship near Victoria, B.C.

While all eyes are on the big players at COP26, the leaders of two small island states are hoping to make history.

The National for Nov. 1 — We’re in Canada’s North, where climate change is experienced first hand and they’re finding their own solutions, while world leaders meet to create global action plans.