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Hard times can bring out the very best in people, as one Baltimore neighbourhood found out last Christmas.

Demand for COVID-19 rapid antigen tests has outstripped supply in Canada, but having friends or family send tests here from abroad could get people in trouble with the law according to Health Canada. 

The NHL is extending its postponement of games as part of its pandemic response, announcing Friday that play has been paused through Dec. 27.

Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve mass before an estimated 1,500 people in St. Peter's Basilica on Friday, going ahead with the service despite a resurgence in COVID-19 cases in Italy that has prompted a new vaccine mandate for Vatican employees.

The Omicron variant threatens to tamp down retail sales on Boxing Day as COVID-19 concerns rise along with case counts and pandemic restrictions.

A musician from New York accuses Sex and the City actor Chris Noth of groping her nearly 20 years ago and threatening to ruin her career if she told anyone about their encounter, accusations that come after Noth denied previous allegations by two women.

Canadians from coast to coast to coast decorated their homes for the holiday season. These are some of the best and brightest.

Santa Claus may want to don this warmest red suit before traversing the skies over Alberta this weekend. 

In his annual Christmas address, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau focused on encouraging Canadians to help fight to end Covid.

Thailand's Central Group and Austrian real estate group Signa said Friday they plan to buy luxury British department store chain Selfridges.

At least three major airlines have reported cancelling dozens of flights as illnesses largely tied to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus take a toll on flight crew numbers during the busy holiday travel season.

At least three major airlines have reported cancelling dozens of flights as illnesses largely tied to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus take a toll on flight crew numbers during the busy holiday travel season.

At least three major airlines have reported cancelling dozens of flights as illnesses largely tied to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus take a toll on flight crew numbers during the busy holiday travel season.

Emora Baggett, a 12-year-old from Fort Qu’Appelle, created a claymation music video to accompany a song on her father’s new Christmas album. It became the most anticipated part of the release for her father.

Earlier this month, the Blood Tribe sent an alert to its members warning of a particularly poisonous batch of opioids making its way through the community. While it has led to deaths, others are raising their voices to light a way forward.

A former oil and gas geologist now runs an unconventional farm operation near Olds, Alta., that grows tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, cabbages and other fresh vegetables year-round — and without using any conventional fossil fuel sources to keep his veggies nice and toasty during the harsh winter climate.

Provinces on Friday continued to set record highs for COVID-19 cases, with Ontario reporting 9,571 and Quebec's open data portal adding slightly more than 10,000 new cases. B.C., Manitoba, New Brunswick and P.E.I. also saw daily highs as officials pleaded with people to scale back holiday gatherings.

For 34 years, Edna Meisner of Blandford, N.S., has been making ceramic Christmas trees. She says people have become "fanatic" about these trees in recent years.

An Ontario emergency room doctor is among those drawing attention to "granny dumping" at hospitals, calling it a cry for help from families struggling to care for elderly relatives. 

A 310-million-year-old fossilized tree that began its modern journey after falling out of a cliff in Nova Scotia is now on display in a new gallery in one of the busiest museums in the country. 

During the pandemic, the number of self-employed Canadians dropped to its lowest level since 2007, and more big changes could be coming.

Canada's long-standing, stalwart support of Ukraine will be under new and intense pressure early in the new year as the West braces for possible military action by Russia, perhaps as soon as late January. CBC takes a look at the possible scenarios and obstacles for a peaceful resolution to the growing crisis.

During the pandemic, the number of self-employed Canadians dropped to its lowest level since 2007, and more big changes could be coming.

For six years — 2,190 days — Saira Ahmadi has been waiting for the chance to hold her six siblings after her family was torn apart by the Taliban over the last two decades.

Ottawa-born Chris Jaworski writes about the strange disconnect between the Christmastime of his past and the 30 C Decembers of his present.

CBC's entertainment reporters watched a lot of TV in 2021. To help you wade through the options, here are some of their favourites.

The transmissibility of Omicron means that it can pass very easily — even to people who are vaccinated and have been trying to limit their contacts, say experts as they warn against blaming those who test positive.

Ottawa wants to help municipalities build 100,000 new ‘middle-class’ homes by 2025. How does it plan to get there?

Daniel Aguilar got his first musical Santa when he was seven or eight-years old as a gift and not only has he held on to it, he has also added well over 100 to his collection since then.

CBC's entertainment reporters watched a lot of TV in 2021. To help you wade through the options, here are some of their favourites.

The owner of the O'Brien Theatre in Arnprior, Ont., worried a new COVID-19 restriction barring food from auditoriums would be the death knell of his cinema. Local residents had other plans.

On Valentine’s Day, one of the people I cherish most in the world told me she loved me for the first time. That person is my 96-year-old grandmother, writes Jessica Magonet.

Ottawa wants to help municipalities build 100,000 new ‘middle-class’ homes by 2025. How does it plan to get there?

Two more Hong Kong universities on Friday removed public monuments to the 1989 Tiananmen protests in Beijing, following on the heels of the dismantling of a sculpture marking victims of the crackdown at another university earlier this week.

Simon Fraser University, the University of Northern B.C. and the University of Victoria have all announced they will be beginning the new year’s spring term online.

Los Angeles police fatally shot a 14-year-old girl who was inside a clothing store dressing room Thursday as they fired at a suspect who had assaulted a woman earlier, authorities said.

The interim editor-in-chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Thursday vowed to retract a letter the publication ran about hijabs that many have slammed as Islamophobic.