On the eve of the Christmas holiday, COVID-19 booster shots and rapid test kits are topping the wish lists of many Canadians as case numbers rocket to record highs across much of the nation.

The Calgary-based company has officially filed a request for arbitration in its bid for "economic damages" resulting from President Joe Biden's decision to cancel the project. 

Merritt issued an evacuation order for its population of about 7,000, saying residents could not use water from faucets or flush toilets.

Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc Chief Rosanne Casimir said Justin Trudeau's visit Monday is a chance to move forward, even as she publicly rebuked the prime minister for ignoring her first invitation to join the community to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller, alongside chiefs of the First Nations behind the lawsuit, announced Friday that they have reached an agreement in principle to resolve the suit outside of court.

Fully vaccinated Canadian travellers have been left out of plans to ease quarantine restrictions for entry to England and Scotland.

Researchers in Quebec have developed a new warning system for heat waves that they say is more precise and better adapted to climate change.

Canadians need to make sure they don't become hardened to news about unmarked graves at residential schools after what's believed to be another discovery of undocumented remains at a Vancouver Island site, an expert and former judge says.

The BC Wildfire Service says flames in the hills on the southeast side of Skaha Lake, east of Okanagan Falls, were reported Sunday and had charred an estimated five square kilometres of the rural area within hours.