China has granted Canadian officials in Beijing on-site virtual consular access to detained Canadian Michael Kovrig but not to his fellow detainee Michael Spavor, Global Affairs Canada said today. The effort to gain access was led…
More provinces sign up for rent benefit as…
Seven provinces have signed on to a federal rent assistance program created as part of the national housing strategy, newly released documents show. So far, the federal government has announced deals with only four provinces to deliver…
Barack Obama on a Biden presidency, racism in…
Former U.S. president Barack Obama says the biggest challenge for president-elect Joe Biden will be to bridge the gulf that exists in the country and bring together a vastly polarized populace. "You've seen growing divisions,…
Distribution, lack of national registry top hurdles for…
Vaccine distribution, the inability to pull off a mass campaign that could spark crowds and the absence of a national immunization registry are among the top hurdles facing Canada's COVID-19 vaccine rollout, says the head…
Trudeau vows to support developing nations with COVID-19…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and leaders of the other Group of 20 countries promised Sunday to support developing nations in accessing COVID-19 vaccines while also committing to delay debt payments for cash-strapped jurisdictions. In the final communiqué released…
A look inside an Alberta ICU as health-care…
In the pandemic response unit at the Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary, Dr. Simon Demers-Marcil picked up the phone. It was his job to call a family to break the news that their loved one had died…
How not to buy a puppy; pandemic price…
Miss something this week? Don't panic. CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need. Want this in your inbox? Get the Marketplace newsletter every Friday. There have been over 30,000 price-gouging complaints since the pandemic began with few…
Manitobas premier defends pandemic response, leaves some questions…
As Manitoba struggles to manage the country's highest per-capita COVID-19 infection rate, Premier Brian Pallister is defending his government's handling of the pandemic. Pallister says he stands by his actions to date, adding that the uptick in…
Party over country: Canadian experts weigh in on…
The polls tell us that roughly a third of all U.S. citizens believe — wrongly — that U.S. president-elect Joe Biden's victory was achieved through fraud. That finding is more alarming than surprising. Trust in the federal government dipped below 30 per cent among Americans at…