Four national interest exemptions to COVID-19 border restrictions, covering 1,300 professional athletes, have been issued by the federal immigration minister, his office confirmed Wednesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is congratulating U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and expressing hope for "win-win co-operation" amid conflicts over trade, technology and security that plunged relations to their lowest level in decades.

Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador are temporarily pulling out of the Atlantic bubble as COVID-19 cases rise in the region.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Liberals will deliver a long-awaited update on the health of federal finances on Nov. 30.

The U.S. Supreme Court postponed a scheduled Dec. 2 argument over confidential materials from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation after President Donald Trump’s administration said it didn’t object to a delay sought by House Democrats.

New federal modelling of the course of the pandemic is to be presented publicly Friday morning.

Global Affairs Canada says in a news release that Ambassador Dominic Barton was granted on-site virtual consular access to Michael Kovrig on Thursday and businessman Michael Spavor on Nov. 10.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said his agency and the Federal Reserve have enough firepower to continue to support the economy, a day after calling for several emergency lending programs to be sunsetted by the end of the year.

Ontario is moving the COVID-19 hot spots of Toronto and neighbouring Peel Region into lockdown in an effort to bring surging infections under control.