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Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin has tested positive for COVID-19.

Joyce Murray made her first trip to Atlantic Canada as DFO minister this week to meet with provincial governments, industry, Indigenous leaders and environmentalists.

A recent complaint from a northern Quebec family who say police were called on them while at a local medical clinic, will be a learning lesson for the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay, says the board's chair.

People in British Columbia are assessing the damage to their homes and other areas after disastrous flooding that's ravaged homes and farmland, and closed some highways and has prompted help from Canada's military.

Afghanistan is facing a looming humanitarian crisis as aid organizations struggle with ways to pay doctors, nurses and others on the ground because there is currently no way to transfer salaries to bank accounts there, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross said.

Starting on Nov. 30, fully vaccinated Canadians taking short trips abroad will no longer need proof of a negative COVID-19 test to return home, Ottawa confirmed on Friday.

Starting on Nov. 30, fully vaccinated Canadians taking short trips abroad will no longer need proof of a negative COVID-19 test to return home, Ottawa confirmed on Friday.

Sophie Walchuk gets off at the Sunalta CTrain station each day, so a new program that started there recently has the southwest Calgary resident smiling from ear to ear. It's pop-up produce market that offers inexpensive fruits and veggies.

Sophie Walchuk gets off at the Sunalta CTrain station each day, so a new program that started there recently has the southwest Calgary resident smiling from ear to ear. It's pop-up produce market that offers inexpensive fruits and veggies.

Sophie Walchuk gets off at the Sunalta CTrain station each day, so a new program that started there recently has the southwest Calgary resident smiling from ear to ear. It's pop-up produce market that offers inexpensive fruits and veggies.

Kyle Rittenhouse has been acquitted of all charges after pleading self-defence in the deadly Kenosha, Wis., shootings that became a flashpoint in the nation's debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice.

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said today that all 119 Conservative members of Parliament will be in the House of Commons next week for the opening of a new session — either because they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or because they have received exemptions.

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said today that all 119 Conservative members of Parliament will be in the House of Commons next week for the opening of a new session — either because they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or because they have received exemptions.

Four petroglyphs were found at Wanuskewin Heritage Park north of Saskatoon. Only one will be on display at the park starting Friday. Wanuskewin Heritage Park will be making its submission for consideration for UNESCO world heritage designation by the end of 2022.

President Joe Biden will briefly transfer power to Vice-President Kamala Harris on Friday when he undergoes a "routine colonoscopy" at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the White House said.

After defeating Mexico in a crucial qualifier, Canada men's soccer team has risen up the FIFA world rankings to No.40 as of Friday.

Health Canada has officially approved Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine for children ages five to 11, heralding it as more than 90 per cent effective against COVID-19.

Health Canada has officially approved Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine for children aged five to 11, saying it's more than 90 per cent effective against COVID-19.

Independent MP Kevin Vuong told a Toronto radio station Friday that he was "naive" not to disclose a withdrawn sexual assault charge in the prelude to the September federal election, but offered no suggestion he would resign in the face of continued criticism from some constituents.

Skygazers got a treat overnight when much of the planet was able to see the longest partial lunar eclipse in almost 600 years.

No matter what happens at this weekend’s United Conservative Party’s convention in Calgary, Jason Kenney will still be premier and party leader on Monday.

The U.S. on Friday opened COVID-19 booster shots to all adults and took the extra step of urging people 50 and older to seek one, aiming to ward off a winter surge as coronavirus cases rise even before millions of Americans travel for the holidays.

Germany has entered a "nationwide state of emergency" because of surging coronavirus infections, the head of the country's disease control agency said Friday.

In a surprise announcement, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday his government will withdraw the controversial agriculture laws that prompted yearlong protests from tens of thousands of farmers and posed a significant political challenge to his administration.

A high school in southeastern New Brunswick has found a controversial solution to combat vaping and vandalism in washrooms: removing the doors. 

A high school in southeastern New Brunswick found a controversial solution to combat vaping and vandalism in washrooms — removing the washroom doors — but it didn't last long.

After CBC's London Morning host Rebecca Zandbergen bought a vintage mohair jacket and discovered a name and an address handwritten on the label, she decided to track down the original owner.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's visit to Washington delivered a wake-up call about a new North American reality. Protectionism wasn't just a Trump-era fad. Canada must navigate a world where a worried superpower designs policies with China and Mexico in mind, and we’re the collateral damage.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's visit to Washington delivered a wake-up call about a new North American reality. Protectionism wasn't just a Trump-era fad. Canada must navigate a world where a worried superpower designs policies with China and Mexico in mind and we’re the collateral damage.

The Canadian government should consider following the United States if it implements a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games to protest China's human rights abuses, former diplomats and experts say.

The RCMP is asking for permission to restart a program of selling off decommissioned police vehicles and surplus auto parts — a program that was halted after a gunman used a retired RCMP cruiser during one of the worst firearms massacres in Canadian history.

Dozens of people who've invested in 70 condo units in Barrie, Ont. between 2017 and 2020 have been told by Pace Developments to walk away with their deposits or buy back in for $100,000 more. 'I feel completely screwed over,' says one first-time home buyer. But experts say the move is most likely legal.

Twenty-five years ago, the 440 recommendations in the sweeping final report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples went largely ignored. But its meticulous documentation of the history of colonialism has been cited in many groundbreaking legal cases in Indigenous law.

Some pharmacists working in Canada’s top drugstores are recommending homeopathic products to consumers, even though, experts say, these products are essentially sugar water or sugar pills with no scientific evidence they can do what they claim, a CBC Marketplace investigation has found.

After a six-year hiatus, Adele releases her highly anticipated fourth studio album, 30, on Friday. CBC News looks back on the British singer-songwriter's career. 

The revered Canadian children's group Sharon, Lois & Bram have released their first new album in more than 21 years, a series of live recordings from North American concerts they played between 1989 and 1995.

One of the challenges the financial sector faces when pouring more money toward lowering the world's emissions is the risk-averse nature that is ingrained in the DNA of many banks.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday he pressed his U.S. counterpart to drop a provision of the pending $1.9-trillion social infrastructure bill which has the potential to devastate the Canadian auto sector.

A former Canada Revenue Agency research and technology advisor was suspended twice for insubordination for going outside the CRA's "chain of command" by raising his concerns about "incompetent" employees wasting taxpayer money directly with the agency's former commissioner.

Many British Columbians are questioning why the province has never used the straight-to-your-cellphone emergency communication system known as Alert Ready — even come literal hell and high water conditions for thousands of people over and over this year.

More than half a century after the assassination of Malcolm X, and after decades of doubt about who was responsible for the civil rights icon's death, two of his convicted killers have been exonerated.

A man who was critically injured in a B.C. landslide was unable to be moved from a hospital in the small town of Hope, so a team of health-care professionals braved treacherous weather conditions to bring medical care to him.