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OTTAWA - A surge in emissions from road traffic, manufacturing, home heating and fossil-fuel production in 2018 almost entirely erased any progress this country had made cutting greenhouse gas em...

LOS ANGELES - A contentious interview with White House adviser Peter Navarro over the administration's response to the coronavirus helped "60 Minutes" earn the top spot in the ratings for the third ti...

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 7:10 p.m. Yukon says six of the eight people diagnosed with COVID-19 in the territory have recovered. The government says...

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every province and territory. Canada's chief public health officer and her provincial counterparts are encouraging people to wash their hands, give ea...

Vicki Kap's family thought she had a cold but less than two days after arriving in hospital she was placed on a ventilator and died of COVID-19. Her daughter, Jody Brouwer, said Kap, 75...

OTTAWA - The federal government will expand its main relief program for people losing work because of COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday, just after Statistics Canada del...

OTTAWA - Federal and provincial officials are starting to discuss how and when to start reopening schools and businesses but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Tuesday the full-scale lockdowns most ...

MONTREAL - As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across Canada, no places have been harder hit than Quebec's long-term care homes, where single facilities have seen dozens of residents die. Half th...

Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says city council's first attempt at a virtual meeting was a bumpy one that included technical glitches, delays and the whoosh of a flushing toilet. The public meeting ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's government is predicting the number of COVID-19 cases could still be comfortably managed by the province's hospital system by the end of June if t...