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Fully vaccinated British Columbians who travel across the U.S. by land border for less than 24 hours to access or buy goods no longer need to take a pre-entry COVID-19 molecular test before arriving in Canada.

The U.S. online retail giant says it will cut delivery time from their reported average of 10 to 12 days down to around five days, but small communities in Yukon and N.W.T. still won’t have access to free Prime shipping. Meanwhile, many Whitehorse customers say delivery has become increasingly unreliable in past months.

Scientists say an amazingly well-preserved fossil egg adds more evidence to the close links between dinosaurs and modern birds.

Scientists say an amazingly well-preserved fossil egg adds more evidence to the close links between dinosaurs and modern birds.

The number of caribou in a herd that's been "critically low" since 2015 declined by nearly 2,000 animals in the past three years, according to new data from the government of the Northwest Territories. But a wildlife manager who helped study the Bathhurst herd said the decline is slowing down and that the herd is showing signs of stabilization.

U.S. health regulators on Wednesday authorized the first pill against COVID-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans will be able to take at home to head off the worst effects of the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.

Madagascar's police minister and an air force mechanic succeeded in swimming for 12 hours to safety after their helicopter crashed in the Indian Ocean.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he's taking all precautions and following all public health guidelines after three members of his staff and three members of his security team tested positive for COVID-19.

Indigenous people need to have a meaningful presence at the policy table if Canada is to meet its climate targets, writes Jordan Michael. We need more than lip service. Reconciliation demands it.

Five Canadian short films have advanced to the latest round in the Academy Awards race, four of which were shortlisted for best animated short film.

NHL players will not be attending the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the league announced Wednesday.

The Shaw Festival says it's shuttering its production of A Christmas Carol after a company member tested positive for COVID-19.

The U.S. has opened a formal investigation into Tesla allowing drivers to play video games on a centre touch screen while its vehicles are moving.

South Africa's noticeable drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal that the country's dramatic Omicron-driven surge has passed its peak, medical experts say.

Every year at this time, Saint John resident Hugh Brittain wonders if that one certain letter will show up in his mailbox. Last week it arrived: a Christmas card from a friend he's never met. 

CBC News spoke to half a dozen people who claim they paid a Nova Scotia contractor thousands of dollars but he didn't do the work he promised.

People have been playing video games more than ever thanks to the pandemic, even if the new Xbox and PlayStation consoles remain hard to find. Here are some of the best to come out in 2021.

With Omicron's highly contagious nature, PCR testing has been maxed out in some provinces as people rush to get tested. And with some regions expected to soon limit who can get tested, experts say that will lead to an undercount in case counts.

2021 was a difficult year for arts and entertainment, but superstars from Simu Liu to Justin Bieber shaped popular culture around the world in a major way. CBC News highlights some of the Canadian artists who defined this year.

With Omicron's highly contagious nature, PCR testing has been maxed out in some provinces as people rush to get tested. And with some regions expected to soon limit who can get tested, experts say that will lead to an undercount in case counts.

CBC Sports Senior Contributor Morgan Campbell writes, with no major pro sports outlet eager to cede the spotlight again after COVID-19 shutdowns in 2020, the show might slow down, but it won't stop for the Omicron variant.

In 1952, an experimental nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ont., about 180 kilometres northwest of Ottawa, partially melted down, becoming the world's first nuclear reactor incident. Disaster was averted, in part, with help from future U.S. president Jimmy Carter.

Daniel Simpson has been facing criminal charges since 2018. Since then, he has lost his license, car, job and home — a high price, he says, for charges that should have been tried by now, according to Canadian law. 

People have been playing video games more than ever thanks to the pandemic, even if the new Xbox and PlayStation consoles remain hard to find. Here are some of the best to come out in 2021.

The Charbonneau family as well as dozens of other residents of Wheatley have been out of their homes since an explosion rocked the southwestern Ontario community on Aug. 26. Now, Stephanie, Jeremy and their young kids will celebrate Christmas in a rental home but remain grateful for the support.

The Charbonneau family as well as dozens of other residents of Wheatley have been out of their homes since an explosion rocked the southwestern Ontario community on Aug. 26. Now, Stephanie, Jeremy and their young kids will celebrate Christmas in a rental home but remain grateful for the support.

The pressure to reduce global warming is sparking competition in Alberta to secure space underground to stash away harmful greenhouse gas emissions generated by oil and gas operations, agriculture and other industries.

Canada's Catholic bishops promised to release details of a $30-million fundraising campaign for residential school survivors in November. But now, just as millions of Catholics prepare for Christmas mass this weekend, CBC News has learned the national campaign hasn't yet started.

Canada's Catholic bishops promised to release details of a $30-million fundraising campaign for residential school survivors in November. But now, just as millions of Catholics prepare for Christmas mass this weekend, CBC News has learned the national campaign hasn't yet started.

There's growing concern over the limited number of sites people in northern Ontario can access for free, rapid antigen tests, prompting calls from physicians, politicians and First Nations to do something about it.

The team of Olympic Athletes for Human Rights would make clear that the global community celebrates sport, but it is not willing to ignore human rights on one of the world’s biggest stages, writes Michael Luba.

The Fauna Foundation, located in Brossard, Que., is the only sanctuary for chimpanzees in Canada. This year, the humans behind the organization have created a holiday wish list for their animals.

Dozens of people are feared missing after a landslide early on Wednesday at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, according to a civil society group and media reports.

A northern Anishininew family of nine from Garden Hill First Nation, Man., could be spending Christmas living in an uninsulated bus after their trailer burned down last week, leaving the 17 people in the extended family who had lived there with almost nothing.

Ontario's chief medical officer of health is warning that demand is growing for COVID-19 tests as daily case counts surge due to the Omicron variant.

The next generation of hockey stars from around the world will get an opportunity to take home a unique piece of hardware at this year's World Junior Hockey Championships — sticks hand-painted by Cree artist Jason Carter.