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The United Nations is recognizing 2022 as the start of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. The resolution was adopted by the General Assembly a few years ago to draw attention to the urgent need to preserve Indigenous languages.

Search teams looked for two missing people on Sunday in the snow-covered but still smouldering debris from a massive Colorado wildfire, while people who barely escaped the flames sorted through what was left after the blaze and investigators tried to determine its cause.

Colorado authorities were searching Saturday for two people reported missing from a wind-whipped winter-season wildfire in Denver's suburbs that destroyed hundreds of homes and left thousands of people trying to salvage belongings.

A Colorado official says nearly 1,000 homes and other structures were destroyed, hundreds more were damaged, and three people are missing after a wildfire charred numerous neighbourhoods in a suburban area at the base of the Rocky Mountains.

A Colorado official says nearly 1,000 homes were destroyed, hundreds more were damaged, and that three people are missing after a wildfire charred numerous neighbourhoods in a suburban area at the base of the Rocky Mountains northwest of Denver.

Canada's Sébastien Toutant posted the two best runs of the day to win gold in the men's snowboard slopestyle World Cup in Calgary on Saturday.

Legendary comedian and actor once sent a letter and photo to a local cartoonist to mark the 10th anniversary of the Garfield comic strip.

Public Health Ontario warns that the new daily case high of 18,445 reported New Year's Day is "an underestimate."

Public Health Ontario warns that new daily case record of 18,445 is ‘an underestimate.'

In his New Year's Day wishes to the world, Pope Francis encouraged people to focus on the good that unites them and decried violence against women, while acknowledging the COVID-19 pandemic has left many scared and struggling amid economic inequality.

In his New Year's wishes to the world, Pope Francis encouraged people to focus on the good that unites them and decried violence against women, while acknowledging that the COVID-19 pandemic has left many scared and struggling amid economic inequality.

Save on Foods combo meals being recalled due to possible salmonella contamination include lemon chicken, sweet and sour pork, ginger beef and honey garlic chicken.

China ended the final week of 2021 with its biggest tally of local COVID-19 cases for any seven-day period since it contained the country's first epidemic nearly two years ago.

Several provinces have again hit highs in new COVID-19 cases, with Ontario reporting a total of 18,445 on Saturday, compared with 16,713 the day before, and Quebec, Nunavut, and Newfoundland and Labrador also releasing their latest figures.

Some Ontario farmers are finding ways to upcycle Christmas trees. Rodrigues Farms in Ayr and Top Meat Market in Ariss will use them to feed their livestock, specifically, their goats.

A funeral service was held in Cape Town, South Africa, on Saturday for Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning equality activist who was revered in Africa for his role in ending apartheid.

When Mark Watson was arrested by Halifax police in February 2008, he thought this life was over. But now he's working on his PhD, as well as teaching at the university that was once the site of one of his crimes.

Several provinces recently announced shorter isolation periods for vaccinated people who test positive for COVID-19. Under the new guidelines, these people will only be required to self-isolate for a minimum of five days following the date when their symptoms started or a positive test, instead of 10.

Several provinces recently announced shorter isolation periods for vaccinated people who test positive for COVID-19. Under the new guidelines, these people will only be required to self-isolate for a minimum of five days following the date when their symptoms started or a positive test, instead of 10.

Several provinces recently announced shorter isolation periods for vaccinated people who test positive for COVID-19. Under the new guidelines, these people will only be required to self-isolate for a minimum of five days following the date when their symptoms started or a positive test, instead of 10.

Child care deals with the provinces may have been struck, but building a viable national early learning and child care system, say experts, will require turning a market into a government program and low-wage earners into a new professional class.

There’s been a lot of hubbub surrounding Don’t Look Up, a recent Netflix movie about a planet-killing comet heading towards Earth, but 2022 is a great year to actually look up, beginning with a meteor shower on the night of Jan. 2–3.

How many headlines do you remember from 2021? It’s time to test your knowledge with The House’s annual end-of-year quiz! Play along with our panel of journalists as host Chris Hall pitches questions about the biggest political stories from January through to December.

Coming to terms with the "historical wrongs" of Canada's past, as well as boosting vaccination efforts remain some of the country's top priorities in 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.

Coming to terms with the "historical wrongs" of Canada's past, as well as boosting vaccination efforts remain some of the country's top priorities as 2021 turns to 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.

Quebec residents are frustrated and exhausted as the province's latest round of COVID-19 restrictions — including a renewed curfew — come into effect on New Year's Eve.

Infectious diseases specialist Dr. Zain Chagla answers questions about COVID-19, including which province is best responding to the Omicron variant.

UN estimates suggest roughly 3.2 million children in Afghanistan will suffer from malnutrition this winter, unless key international aid is made available. Canada recently pledged $56 million to aid organizations in the country, with more coming at an unspecified later date.

Canadians' plans for loud, jubilant New Year's celebrations have been scuttled by ongoing COVID-19 restrictions.

Sources close to the negotiations told CBC News the agreement was reached Friday to settle compensation claims related to a landmark Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling on Indigenous child welfare compensation.

Sources close to the negotiations told CBC News the agreement was reached on Friday to settle compensation claims related to a landmark Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling on First Nations child welfare compensation.

Dec. 31, 2021: Quebec's latest COVID-19 curfew kicks in as Canadians celebrate a muted New Year's Eve. Plus, Canadian English in the Oxford English Dictionary.

The updated mask guidance has raised some questions as to whether children should be wearing respirators, and if so, what should parents keep in mind before purchasing such devices for kids.