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The NHL postponed nine upcoming games, citing attendance restrictions in some Canadian cities, on Tuesday as COVID-19 continued to sideline players.

The decision by U.S. health officials to shorten the recommended COVID-19 isolation and quarantine period from 10 days to five is drawing criticism from some medical experts.

At least 38 people were killed Tuesday when a defunct gold mine collapsed in Sudan's West Kordofan province, according to authorities.

Hundreds of thousands of people in the Philippines, Asia's largest Roman Catholic country, marked the Christmas season without homes, adequate food and water, electricity and cellphone connections after a powerful typhoon devastated parts of the archipelago, mainly its central island provinces.

The United States has been placed into quarantine at the world junior hockey championship. A mandated team quarantine began on Tuesday after two players tested positive for COVID-19.

Ontario long-term care homes won't accept general visitors or allow residents to leave for social reasons starting later this week in an effort to protect residents from the highly contagious Omicron variant.

Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino has asked Twitter Canada to remove a tweet sent to Canadian Medical Association president Dr. Katharine Smart.

Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé announced Tuesday that some workers in the province who have tested positive for COVID-19 or have come in close contact with a case may remain on the job to protect hospital capacity. 

While recent data suggests a jobs recovery for working age women, experts say that the statistics fail to capture the whole picture, one in which many women are still struggling to balance work and family life.

Russia's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that one of the country's oldest and most prominent human rights organizations should be shut down.

Electric vehicles make up a very small percentage of vehicles on the road in Alberta but that is going to change.

As COVID-19 cases continued to rise in Quebec on Tuesday, with 12,833 new cases and 15 additional deaths, the health minister said health-care workers who test positive will be able to continue to work under certain circumstances.

Doctors on the front lines of Manitoba’s pandemic fight say updated public health restrictions announced Monday don’t go far enough and officials seem to be making a bad bet COVID-19 won’t overwhelm the healthcare system in coming weeks. 

Third-quarter employment data from Statistics Canada show that labour shortages have increased across Canada in most sectors, with a concentration in low-paying jobs. As a result, employers are increasingly offering financial incentives for jobs traditionally viewed as low-skilled.

More young people moved to the province this year than in recent memory as the total population surpassed one million people for the first time.

A Nova Scotia veteran who had his medals stolen out of his hotel room earlier this year will soon be receiving a replacement for his Meritorious Service Medal.

CBC Radio special, Circulation, takes a trip to Tilbury, Ont., to find out what happens when the local newspaper packs up and leaves.

As a nomadic millennial, putting up my Christmas tree every December gave me a festive constant through a decade of uncertainty, writes Claire Biddiscombe. But adopting a cat has also meant adopting new traditions.

Heather Morrison's grandmother died by suicide when her mom was just 16. She writes about how Les Emmerson and his music helped her find a new family, through his mom Olive, and what his death means to the Morrisons decades later.

CSIS says it’s trying to get a handle on how climate change will disrupt national security going forward.

In a tweet Monday night, O'Regan said he will stay in isolation and continue to follow public health guidelines.

In a tweet Monday night, O'Regan said he will stay in isolation and continue to follow public health guidelines.

Mirvish Productions is permanently closing its musical Come From Away in Toronto, describing the costs of reopening amid tightened pandemic restrictions "prohibitively high and risky."

U.S. health officials on Monday cut recommendations for isolation restrictions for Americans diagnosed with coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine.