We won’t know if social isolation is working for weeks, months: Tam

Canada’s top doctor says it might be months before we know whether social distancing measures being employed across the country

Rams release All-Pro running back Todd Gurley

The Los Angeles Rams have released Todd Gurley, their superstar running back with a massive contract and a troubling injury

Via rail reducing service amid COVID-19 pandemic

Via Rail has announced it is halting some routes, as well as extending some previous cancellations, in response to the

Just 1 week after COVID-19 shutdowns in NBA, NHL, the only certainty is uncertainty

It has been just one week. That’s all. Just one full week since Utah Jazz centre Rudy Gobert tested positive

Moguls king Mikael Kingsbury celebrating ‘best World Cup season of my career’

Mikael Kingsbury’s moguls season was short, but sweet. The Canadian won seven of 10 World Cups, and finished second in

As Australian football returns without fans, will other sports follow?

There’s an intriguing experiment going on Down Under. The Australian Football League — best known in the United States as

Foreign affairs minister in self-isolation after being tested for COVID-19

Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne says he has been tested for COVID-19 after experiencing flu-like symptoms upon returning from an

Tulsi Gabbard quits U.S. presidential nomination race, endorses Biden

Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is suspending her presidential campaign, ending a long-shot effort that saw her feuding with Hillary Clinton

Amid coronavirus rout, is it time to shut down the stock market?

The unprecedented stock market sell-off underway has many Canadians wondering if the time hasn’t come to shut down stock markets

TSX and Dow eke out tiny gains as coronavirus volatility continues Thursday

Stock markets were largely subdued Thursday after days of massive volatility, as investors digested new financial support measures, including the

‘Wonderchicken’ fossil shows what earliest modern birds looked like

A tiny fossil skull nicknamed Wonderchicken is giving scientists a rare glimpse at early ancestors of today’s birds. It might

Olympic flame handed over to Japanese delegation

The Olympic flame has been handed over, by proxy, to Tokyo organizers in Athens. The coronavirus outbreak forced a bare-bones

Here’s what you need to know about the COVID-19 scams popping up in Canada

Stop and think before you share personal information over the phone or click on COVID-19-related links — that’s the advice

Air Canada charges couple extra $2,000 to get home from Chile during pandemic

Maria Lopez says she and her husband were so desperate to cut a holiday short and get back to Canada,

‘I don’t think it’s going well’: Turks see little upside to country’s military involvement in Syria

A large billboard that towers above one of the freeways sluicing across the vast and majestic city of Istanbul carries

Canadians are being asked to stop panic-shopping. Are they listening?

The herd mentality displayed by consumers caught up in COVID-19-inspired panic-buying has — in the understated language preferred by the

Prominent scientist dares to ask: Has the COVID-19 response gone too far?

It’s a clash of titans — an epic battle between two famous scientists over the world’s response to the COVID-19

Thinking the unthinkable: how Canada and the U.S. agreed on border restrictions in a hurry

On Tuesday afternoon, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland called U.S. Vice President Mike Pence with a proposal: could Canada and

NBA commissioner says league mulling fundraising, spirit-boosting game during shutdown

The NBA is considering an idea where some players would be quarantined or isolated for purposes of being able to

With airport screening set to begin at midnight, it’s still unclear how it will work

With a midnight deadline looming that would require all airlines to screen passengers before they board flights bound for Canada,

As airport screening begins, it’s still unclear how it will work

With a midnight deadline looming that would require all airlines to screen passengers before they board flights bound for Canada,

‘It shows recklessness’: IOC continues Tokyo preparations in face of global criticism

Despite growing criticism, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) insisted Wednesday it remains full steam ahead for this year’s Summer Games

Why CBC News is making changes to local programming during the COVID-19 crisis

These are truly unprecedented times. And CBC News is taking unprecedented steps to make sure we continue to be your

Panic sets in for stranded Canadian travellers as calls grow for repatriation flights

Tens of thousands of Canadians abroad are starting to worry about how they’ll get home, as commercial flights cease in