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A senior official says the United States is open to discussions with Russia on curtailing possible future deployments of offensive missiles in Ukraine and putting limits on U.S. and NATO military exercises in eastern Europe as part of strategic talks to begin next week.

Many First Nations across the country are bracing for the spread of the Omicron variant as leaders prepare for labour shortages caused by COVID-19 that could be more severe in Indigenous communities than elsewhere in Canada.

Some salad kits made by Dole and sold nationally under Dole and President's Choice brands are being recalled for possible Listeria contamination.

The president of Turkmenistan is calling for an end to one of the country's most notable but infernal sights — the blazing natural gas crater widely referred to as the "Gates of Hell."

The president of Turkmenistan is calling for an end to one of the country's most notable but infernal sights — the blazing natural gas crater widely referred to as the "Gates of Hell."

An exchange between current and former NHL players of their most personal experiences involving racism proved so powerful it became the focal point of a two-minute video that debuted Saturday to launch an Hockey Diversity Alliance campaign to eradicate racism in the sport.

The former head of Kazakhstan's counterintelligence and anti-terror agency has been arrested on charges of attempted government overthrow in the wake of violent protests that the president has blamed on foreign-backed terrorists.

Temperatures fell to –8 C amid heavy snowfall at Pakistan's mountain resort town of Murree overnight, killing at least 22 people who were stuck in their vehicles, officials said Saturday.

The number of people hospitalized as a result of COVID-19 in Ontario continues its upward trend, reaching a new pandemic high of 2,594 on Saturday, up from Friday's high of 2,472.

Canada's chief public health officer is urging those who have yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to take that step as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to strain health-care systems across the country.

Canada's chief public health officer is urging those who have yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to take that step as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to strain health-care systems across the country.

Novak Djokovic's lawyers filed court papers Saturday in his challenge against deportation from Australia that show the tennis star tested positive for COVID-19 last month and recovered, grounds he used in applying for a medical exemption to the country's strict vaccination rules.

Thousands of homes and businesses are without power Saturday morning after a powerful winter storm swept Nova Scotia.

Thousands of homes and businesses were without power Saturday morning after a powerful winter storm swept Nova Scotia. There were still 10,000 customers in the dark as of Saturday evening.

Bits of soybean coated parts of the city's North End neighbourhood near the end of December after a processing issue at the nearby Bunge plant.

It’s clear that police employing surveillance technology is not only an issue of privacy, it’s also an issue of racism, writes Kate Schneider.

Paramedics from Gananoque, Ont., had to drive an ambulance almost two hours to respond to a 911 call in Ottawa's urban core last week during one of several recent instances when dispatchers had no local paramedics available to send.

Faced with another surge in hospitalizations, provinces have once again issued directives to cut back non-urgent surgeries to free up beds and staff. 

Omicron has completely changed what we thought we knew about COVID-19, given how quickly it develops in the body, causes symptoms to emerge and infects others. And that means the tools we have to try to contain it are no longer as effective.

The lightning-fast spread of the Omicron variant is prompting some of the country’s top public health officials to rethink their approach to COVID-19 — and to acknowledge that Canadians should get used to living with the virus.

The lightning-fast spread of the Omicron variant is prompting some of the country’s top public health officials to rethink their approach to COVID-19 — and to acknowledge that Canadians should get used to living with the virus.

With multiple provinces choosing to delay in-person schooling amid another wave of the pandemic, parents, educators and physicians talk about the shorter-term measures that can help students return to safer classrooms.

For the first time since the start of the pandemic, there are more than 2,000 people with COVID-19 in Quebec hospitals, which are having to delay or cancel medical services in nearly all departments of the health-care system.

Advocates of warning labels want Canadians to understand that alcohol is classified as a Group 1 carcinogen and one of the top causes of preventable cancer.

Extreme cold temperatures across the country have Canadians eager for relief from coast to coast to coast.

Burlington, Ont., is adopting a holistic care model to keep older Canadians out of long-term care homes and hospital beds. In southeast Michigan, a similar program has keeps 4,400 nursing home-eligible seniors in their homes.

Vancouver's Stanley Park seawall was damaged and closed to the public after high tides and extreme wind pummeled B.C.'s South Coast on Friday.