Manitoba has launched a specialized task force to find ways to help clear the province's backlog of roughly 152,000 medical procedures delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Up to 50,000 university staff in the UK have gone on strike over pay and pensions.

Russia's removal of its diplomatic staff from Kyiv is a 'concrete' indicator that it is now worried about the safety of its own personnel after massing troops on Ukraine's border, says David Perry, president of the Canadian Global...

Stefanie Ventura, a parent who had concerns about the vaccine for her seven-year-old son, Daniel, who has epilepsy and autism, speaks with CBC chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton. She says after speaking with doctors, she is...

France has sent special police officers to its overseas territory of Guadeloupe.

A recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Nova Scotia have been linked to a faith-based gathering, which has also led to an outbreak at a long-term care home where 17 residents have tested positive.

72 drivers who work for the World Food Programme in Ethiopia have been arrested by the government.<br/>
The UN is also pushing for the release of 16 Ethiopian staff - who are also detained.

Many Veterans Affairs employees have reported being overwhelmed by the number of veterans assigned to them. Virginia Vaillancourt, national president of the Union of Veterans’ Affairs Employees, tells Power & Politics: 'We've seen...

Staff in Canada’s largest school board who don’t declare their COVID-19 vaccination status by the deadline could face unpaid leave within a few weeks. And though the details of vaccine mandates vary across the country, proponents say...

A former high level staffer in the Alberta legislature is suing the office of Premier Jason Kenney over allegations of a toxic workplace and sexual harassment in legislative offices, though Kenney is not named in the suit.

Afghanistan doctors say the suspension of foreign aid is putting mothers and their babies in a precarious position.

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From increased demand to truck driver shortages, here’s why the everyday products you may be used to are getting harder to come by.

In her first interview since becoming Governor General, Mary May Simon told CBC's Pauline Pemik that she has reassured staff at Rideau Hall that there will be a "positive" workplace after her predecessor, Julie Payette, resigned...

Ontario is temporarily moving schools online, closing indoor dining and gyms and pausing non-urgent medical procedures amid record-high COVID-19 case counts.

A Toronto-area teacher tells CBC News he faced suspension without pay for wearing an N95 mask in class. In Ontario, school staff are required to wear surgical masks, but the rules don't explicitly state whether teachers can wear more...

A Toronto-area teacher tells CBC News he faced suspension without pay for wearing an N95 mask in class. In Ontario, school staff are required to wear surgical masks, but the rules don't explicitly state whether teachers can wear more...

Ontario's Peel District School Board has become the first school board to announce the implementation of an anti-Islamophobia strategy for both staff and students.

Two of Lebanon’s main public hospitals have scaled back their services because of a strike by staff demanding better pay.

A coroner's inquiry has concluded racism contributed to the death of Joyce Echaquan in a Quebec hospital one year ago, moments after she recorded health-care workers making racist remarks. The coroner is calling on Quebec's government to...

Vaccination rates in the US have been climbing as more and more places require proof of a jab to work or to play.

With New York City, the largest school district in the country, mandating COVID vaccines for teachers and staff and Los Angeles to follow, the pressure is growing for others to follow suit. "I would expect that you will see more...

Albertans are frustrated over the Kenney government’s response to the fourth wave of the pandemic as hospitals struggle to keep up with patients sick with COVID-19. On Thursday, Premier Jason Kenney announced all public servants would be...

UN ‘shocked’ after Ethiopian government declares seven officials ‘persona non grata’ and gives them 72 hours to leave the country.

Critical services across Canada — including police, medical care and even public transportation — are feeling the pinch as COVID-19-related absences keep staff at home.