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Canadian researchers are making multiple breakthroughs in the fight against COVID-19, as a biotech firm take the firsts steps towards a vaccine and a hospital in Ottawa opened a drive-t...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's senior vice-president and two other Cabinet members have contracted the new coronavirus, a semiofficial news agency reported Wednesday as the death toll in the Islamic Republic f...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The St. Paul teachers union and Minnesota's second-largest school district reached a tentative contract agreement early Friday, ending a strike that began Tuesday and cancelled class...

OTTAWA - The prime minister's wife is the latest Canadian identified for contracting the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus spreading rapidly around the world. The Prime Minister's Office a...

TORONTO - A Toronto organization that planned to honour the lives of those who died in a plane crash in Iran has cancelled in-person events for its celebration of the Persian New Year. Tirga...

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern):   7:00 a.m. A Canadian biotech firm says it has produced a viable vaccine candidate for COVID-19. Quebec-based Medic...

BOSTON - After winning guilty verdicts against top Enron executives in one of the most high-profile cases of corporate fraud, the lead prosecutor declared: "No matter how rich and powerful you are, yo...

MEDICINE HAT - In line with recommendations from Alberta Health, the City of Medicine Hat has determined city-related events where 250 or more people are expected, will be cancelled for the next 30 da...

WINNIPEG - HOLD FOR FRIDAY MARCH 13 2AM MT Sweat builds on Reese Ketler's brow, as his hands clasp both ends of a hockey stick. Each time the 20-year-old thrusts the stick toward his ph...

The coronavirus pandemic has lent a surreal quality to the lives of millions of people around the globe. It has disrupted daily routines, overwhelmed hospitals, shuttered schools and offices and halte...