As CERB payments are set to end next month, here is what the federal government's new plan for assisting Canadians during COVID-19 mean...
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In grim first for Quebec, 19-year-old Montrealer dies of COVID-19
Don Béni Kabangu Nsapu has been identified as the 19-year-old man who died from complications related to COVID-19. The death comes as peopl...
PM won't say why he didn't present new COVID-19 aid package before proroguing Parliament
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it would be "irresponsible" to proceed with the government's COVID-19 recovery plan withou...
Police make arrest after Indigenous Lives Matter signs torched in possible hate crime
York Regional Police have arrested a man in connection with a hate crime investigation in the tiny village of Schomberg, Ont. People living...
Anne McLellan, 1 of 3 commissioners of N.S. mass shooting inquiry, steps down
Anne McLellan has informed the federal and provincial governments that she supports the decision to call a public inquiry, but is unable to...
Canadian military says new hateful conduct policy will help weed out extremists in the ranks
The Canadian military has created a new policy on hateful conduct to help identify and weed out members with links to white supremacist org...
Community supports family after farm hit by tornado Saturday in Meyronne, Sask.
A family is picking up the pieces — with a lot of help — after a tornado hit their farmyard on Saturday. from CBC | Canada News https:/...
Leamington, Ont., rallies behind migrant workers as 96 farm workers test positive for COVID-19
Two separate demonstrations took to the streets of Leamington, Ont., Sunday to bring attention to the plight of migrant workers in the area...
Vancouver model for money laundering unprecedented in Canada, B.C. inquiry hears
The so-called Vancouver model is an outlier in the history of Canadian crime, a criminologist told B.C.’s public inquiry on money launderin...
'She was so amazing': Olympic luger fondly remembers Snowbirds crash victim Capt. Jenn Casey
Canadian Olympic luger Tristan Walker will never forget the time he got to share the sky with Capt. Jenn Casey, the Snowbirds team member w...
Victoria Day marks subdued start to cottage season during COVID 19: officials
The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed the traditional influx of urbanites in many resort towns for the first big cottage weekend of the year, wi...
T&T Supermarket to require customers wear face coverings
The Canada-wide chain will introduce a mandatory mask policy on May 11, claiming customers and employees want a policy more in line with ho...
Green leadership candidate Glen Murray criticized over comments on discrimination
Recent comments by Green Party leadership hopeful Glen Murray about discrimination in Canada are being called offensive, misinformed and da...
B.C. says everyone with COVID-19 symptoms can be tested, as total cases rise to 1,699
B.C.'s provincial health officer says anyone who has symptoms of COVID-19 can now be tested for the disease in an attempt to avoid a sp...
COVID-19 cases confirmed at 3 Alberta meat-packing plants
Cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at a third Alberta meat-packing plant, according to the union that represents those workers. from ...
Canada didn't agree to specific oil cuts in G20 meeting: minister
Canada and the G20 countries agree on the need for oil price stability, but in a Friday meeting Canada did not promise any specific product...
'They die so fast': As Quebec scrambles to save seniors, nurse says she's never seen anything like COVID-19
Sylvie Morin, who has worked as a nurse in Quebec long-term care homes for 27 years, said she watched three patients die within 16 hours of...
Sask. researchers say they successfully decontaminated test run of N95 masks for reuse
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan say they successfully decontaminated a small batch of N95 respiratory masks for reuse last we...
Alberta COVID-19 hospitalizations will peak in late May, province says
Premier Jason Kenney and health officials are releasing extensive modelling data on Wednesday projecting the potential health impacts of CO...
Indigenous pandemic needs grow as federal funds prepare to flow
The federal government has committed hundreds of millions of dollars to help Indigenous communities fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, Ind...