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Wed, 27 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Vulnerable Toronto neighbourhoods push for priority access to COVID-19 vaccines
This is not a case for jumping the queue, advocates say, it’s about recognizing that entire pockets of people are more at risk because of their socioeconomic status.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Fostering true understanding of the Holocaust means changing how we teach about it
When we discuss Holocaust only through lessons that it can teach us, we turn it into a metaphor rather than an event to be understood, write Jody Spiegel and Naomi Azrieli.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Years after he was freed, a French court decides today whether Hassan Diab goes on trial in terrorism case
France's court of appeal will decide today whether Canadian academic Hassan Diab goes on trial in connection with a 40-year-old bombing attack outside a Paris synagogue — three years after a ...

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
For Trudeau, there's no political reason to fight for Keystone XL
Polls suggest Canadians want this country's relationship with the U.S. to work — and the voters who most want the prime minister to go to bat for Keystone XL are among those least likely to vote for...

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:13:41 EST
Mystery guest takes over Jasper Park Lodge — the entire hotel — for 9-week booking
All 446 rooms at Alberta's iconic Jasper Park Lodge have been reserved for a nine-week private booking, but hotel management is keeping mum about the mysterious guest.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Sen. Murray Sinclair urges Canadians to reckon with systemic racism
Reconciliation will take generations, but Canada must reckon with systemic racism, says Sen. Murray Sinclair, who retires from the Senate this week.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Federal, provincial officials to discuss ways to counter anti-Indigenous racism in health care
Federal ministers are convening virtual meetings with provincial and territorial health counterparts, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Nation representatives and medical experts over the next two days...

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:11:04 EST
Deep water temperatures hit 'scary' highs in Gulf of St. Lawrence
A decade-long warming trend in the Gulf of St. Lawrence continued in 2020 with deep waters reaching record highs, according to ocean climate data released Tuesday by the Department of Fisheries and Oc...

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:45:30 EST
Quebec curfew does not apply to homeless people, judge says
Homeless people are no longer subject to Quebec's curfew, a Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Where the lopsided economic impact of COVID-19 in Canada goes from here
The COVID-19 pandemic has created two distinct economies in Canada. One is thriving. The other is trying desperately to hold on, Peter Armstrong writes.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:00:00 EST
COVID-19 has done more than delay life for young people, it's left a gap
They may not be suffering the most severe physical effects of the pandemic, but the mental health of young adults in Quebec taken a greater hit than any other group.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:19:07 EST
14-day quarantine will be mandatory for all entering Manitoba
Anyone entering Manitoba, including those coming from northern and Western Canada and western Ontario, will have to self-isolate for 14 days starting Friday.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:40:18 EST
Request for Keystone XL cabinet documents blocked by UCP MLAs
United Conservative MLAs defeated a motion proposed by the NDP that would have asked cabinet to release confidential information it considered before deciding to invest up to $7.5 billion in the Keyst...

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:40:46 EST
Layoffs from Cenovus-Husky oilpatch merger expected to begin today
The fallout from the merger of two oilpatch majors — Cenovus Energy and Husky Energy — is expected to land in downtown Calgary this week as workers begin to receive layoff notices.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Doctors failed mentally ill Ontario man who killed his mother day after seeing psychiatrist, says family
Family members of an Ontario man diagnosed with schizophrenia say his doctors didn't do "their due diligence" when they failed to admit him to a hospital after he called a crisis line the day beforeÂ...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:37:01 EST
Plea hearing postponed for accused Rideau Hall intruder Corey Hurren
A plea hearing for a Canadian Forces reservist accused of breaching the gates of Rideau Hall last summer while armed has been postponed.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:20:32 EST
BlackBerry shares see-saw after setting 9-year high on Monday
A day after hitting their highest point since 2011, shares in Canadian tech company BlackBerry went on another wild ride Tuesday, jumping up when stock markets opened before see-sawing into positive a...

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 12:33:11 EST
London, Ont., teen struggled with COVID-19 symptoms in days leading to his death, father says
The grieving father of a London, Ont., teen who died Thursday after being diagnosed with COVID-19 says his son died at home after being treated as a day patient in hospital. He said his family is dea...

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 07:28:00 EST
Canadian NFL player joined the COVID-19 front line. Here's what he learned
A Canadian NFL player who traded his jersey for scrubs to fight on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic says he felt a responsibility to support something he believes in: health.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:23:29 EST
Ottawa police and Abdirahman Abdi's family settle lawsuit
Ottawa Police Services say it's reached a confidential settlement with the family of Abdirahman Abdi, who died after a violent arrest by two Ottawa police officers in 2016.



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