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A personal support worker who faced deportation to Uganda despite working on the front lines during COVID-19 over the past three years has been granted a brief reprieve, days after CBC Toronto reported on her plight.

A personal support worker who faced deportation to Uganda despite working on the front lines during COVID-19 over the past three years has been granted a brief reprieve, days after CBC Toronto reported on her plight.

A personal support worker who faced deportation to Uganda despite working on the front lines during COVID-19 over the past three years has been granted a brief reprieve, days after CBC Toronto reported on her plight.

The U.S. announced new COVID-19 testing requirements Wednesday for all travellers from China, joining other nations that have imposed restrictions because of a surge of infections.

The Arctic deep freeze and winter storms that recently wreaked havoc across North America left behind some breathtaking frozen sculptures. The 'Simply Scandinavian' gift shop on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin was sealed shut by a Christmas Eve storm and an ice sculpture emerged on the shore of Avon Lake in Ohio.

Shares in the electric vehicle maker are down nearly 70 per cent since the start of the year.

The man who allegedly broke into U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home and beat her 82-year-old husband in October pleaded not guilty Wednesday to six charges, including attempted murder, prosecutors said.

Following a coolant leak on a Soyuz capsule earlier this month, three members of the International Space Station might need an alternative ride home.

The governments of Canada, Ukraine, Sweden, and the U.K. have triggered a legal pathway to hold Iran accountable after its forces down Flight PS752 in 2020, killing 176 people, including many Canadians.

Ontario pharmacies will officially be able to assess and prescribe medication for 13 common ailments as of Jan. 1. People will not be required to pay out of pocket for pharmacist visits.

Ontario pharmacies will officially be able to assess and prescribe medication for 13 common ailments as of Jan. 1. People will not be required to pay out of pocket for pharmacist visits.

Six months after Halifax police opened an investigation into an alleged group sexual assault after the 2003 World Juniors hockey tournament in Halifax, a victims' rights activist says well-paid current and retired NHL players are being protected — and she wants that to stop.

The UN Security Council on Tuesday decried increasing restrictions on women's rights in Afghanistan, urging the country's Taliban rulers to reverse them immediately.

One person was killed and nine people were injured after a 14-vehicle collision north of Calgary late Tuesday night, RCMP said in releases.

Dubbed "one of the greatest clutch performers this country has ever produced," Canadian women's hockey team captain Marie-Philip Poulin has been voted The Canadian Press female athlete of the year for 2022.

Randy Fred attended the Alberni Indian Residential School for nine years, enduring starvation, illness and sexual abuse. Decades later, he and other survivors took the federal government and United Church to court — and won.

Air raid sirens sounded across all Ukraine's regions on Wednesday, officials said, with unconfirmed reports the nationwide alert may have been declared after Russian jets stationed in Belarus took off.

Air raid sirens sounded across all Ukraine's regions on Wednesday, officials said, with unconfirmed reports the nationwide alert may have been declared after Russian jets stationed in Belarus took off.

Pope Francis asked for prayers for retired Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Wednesday, saying he is "very sick."

A 25-year-old man and 30-year-old woman have been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of an Ontario Provincial Police officer near Brantford on Tuesday. Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala, 28, learned he had just passed probation earlier that day.

Cassandra Simon, an elementary school teacher in Regina and former university athlete, uses sneakers as a blank canvas for colourful and intricate designs that depict everything from athletes to anime.

Cassandra Simon, an elementary school teacher in Regina and former university athlete, uses sneakers as a blank canvas for colourful and intricate designs that depict everything from athletes to anime.

Steve Proctor had spent years photographing the tree near Shubenacadie and looking at it out his window on his many drives between Halifax and Truro. A few weeks after the storm, he got the idea to make Christmas ornaments from one of the fallen branches.

Most of the world’s major militaries are experimenting with drone boats in the hope they will help solve staff shortages, save money and protect sailors’ lives. But at least one humanitarian organization is worried about these technological advances.

Plumbers in London, Ont. say they are responding to an influx of calls for help with bursting pipes following days of harsh winter weather.

At just 11 years old, Sawyer Nicholson already has multiple first-place medals in adult running competitions to her name. But she’s got her eye set on even bigger accomplishments.

Around 20 years ago, Kristina Ennis says her family discovered a gene mutation runs in their family, one which can cause a rare stomach cancer. While Ennis urges people to learn more about genetics, she says the wait time for genetic testing and assessment in the province is very long.

Around 20 years ago, Kristina Ennis says her family discovered a gene mutation runs in their family, one which can cause a rare stomach cancer. While Ennis urges people to learn more about genetics, she says the wait time for genetic testing and assessment in the province is very long.

Vianet Lázaro is seeing Canada, visiting her father's places here, on her journey to take his ashes back with her to Mexico. He died in 2021 as a result of COVID-19.

Our cultural obsession with the derriere, both large and small, goes back centuries and can tell us a lot about our relationship with gender, race and bodies, according to author Heather Radke.

When inflation was two per cent, the nickel was shrinking. But now it's shrinking faster. The Royal Canadian Mint still makes money stamping them out, but how long until Canadians decide that, like the penny, they're just annoying clutter in our purses and pockets?

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he's open to discussing changes to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service's legal authority after the spy agency's chief signalled during the Emergencies Act inquiry that his organization needs "critical" reform.

The Canadian Friends of Hockey in Ukraine (CFHU) has been gathering hockey equipment to send to children in Ukraine who still want to play hockey.  It’s getting donations from individual hockey families, teams, the NHLPA and hockey equipment manufacturers like CCM.

When inflation was two per cent, the nickel was shrinking. But now it's shrinking faster. The Royal Canadian Mint still makes money stamping them out, but how long until Canadians decide that, like the penny, they're just annoying clutter in our purses and pockets?

The CBC's most passionate gamers and critics spotlight 2022's best games, from big-time blockbusters to indie showstoppers to made-in-Canada standouts.

As the federal government prepares its first-ever school food policy — which could pave the way for a nationwide school food program — educators in the N.W.T. are pondering what it might mean for their students.

Friends and family have identified one of the victims of a fatal Christmas Eve bus crash east of Merritt, B.C., as 41-year-old Karanjot Singh Sodhi. He leaves behind a wife and two children in India

Dec. 27, 2022 | An Ontario police officer is fatally shot while on the job. Plus, airlines struggle to clear a backlog that has stranded thousands.