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Fri, 29 Jan 2021 13:32:40 EST
Alberta will begin easing COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants, gyms Feb. 8, premier says
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province will begin loosening up its health measures on Feb. 8 as part of a new "path forward for easing COVID-19 health restrictions, with clear benchmarks fo...

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:31:51 EST
B.C. ordered to pay $964K to former correctional officer targeted for being Black
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ordered the province to pay compensation of almost a million dollars to a former corrections officer who was targeted on the job for being Black.

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:27:09 EST
COC has spoken to federal government about COVID-19 shots for Canadian Olympians
The Canadian Olympic Committee has spoken to the federal government about having Team Canada vaccinated prior to going to the Tokyo Olympics.

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 09:55:21 EST
Airlines suspending certain flights, Ottawa introducing quarantine hotel stays to discourage travel
Canada's main airlines have agreed to cancel service to the Caribbean and Mexico and the federal government is introducing new mandatory quarantine rules as it tries to discourage international tra...

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:36:06 EST
Air Transat temporarily shutting down, other airlines offer refunds amid new pandemic measures
Air Transat said Friday it is temporarily suspending all operations until the end of April, as it and other Canadian airlines adjust to new pandemic measures introduced by the federal government to ...

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 11:52:57 EST
Moderna to cut deliveries to Canada in new blow to vaccination campaign
Canada's vaccination campaign is facing yet another hurdle in the race to inoculate people against the deadly novel coronavirus with the announcement today that Moderna will delay some shipments of i...

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 13:37:42 EST
Judge's ruling on Quebec's Civil Code hailed as victory for trans, non-binary people
A Quebec Superior Court judge is forcing the province to reword several sections of the Civil Code of Quebec because they discriminate against trans and non-binary people.

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Meng Wanzhou loses bid to loosen bail restrictions
A B.C. judge has rejected a bid by Meng Wanzhou to loosen the terms of her bail while she awaits a ruling on extradition to the United States.

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:25:12 EST
Senior public servant named secretary to the governor general following Payette's resignation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named a longtime public servant to lead the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General following the resignations of Julie Payette and her second-in-command A...

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 12:38:50 EST
At Quebec City mosque memorial, sadness and calls for continued vigilance against Islamophobia
At an event to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the deadly Quebec City mosque attack, community leaders spoke not only of their ongoing grief, but also underlined the need for continued vigilance...

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 11:55:02 EST
'My name is Thinh': How the practice of anglicizing names on P.E.I. may be changing
For part of his time in Canada, Holland College student Thinh Nguyen was known as Andy.

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 06:00:00 EST
Sask. girl becomes TikTok sensation by spreading one good vibe at a time, despite years in hospital
Swift Current's Bella Thomson, 7, was diagnosed with three rare conditions at birth, but that hasn't stopped her from enjoying everyday pleasures. Now, a video showing her drawing a picture for a sho...

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 09:23:13 EST
Canada's economy looks like it shrank by 5% last year, says Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada says the economy grew 0.7 per cent in November but preliminary data for December suggest that for the year as a whole, GDP contracted by more than 5 per cent.

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 12:33:46 EST
Vintage guitar stolen from rock band 54-40 found during Surrey police raid
Chilliwack RCMP say an investigation of a break-in led them to a Surrey suite where the vintage Gibson Dove acoustic guitar was recovered.

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Jail guards scanned him as negative for drugs. He died hours later with fentanyl hidden in his body
A post-mortem report into the death of 26-year-old Jordan Sheard last June reveals that before he entered Ontario’s Lindsay jail, Sheard was twice checked for drugs — and both times cleared by cor...

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Ailing aviation sector pleads for aid as Ottawa considers new travel restrictions
As the federal government prepares to impose additional restrictions on international travel, the aviation industry is warning its long-term survival is at risk if the government doesn’t step in soo...

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 06:00:00 EST
Eastside Boxing Club was their safe space. But these women say a toxic, bullying environment drove them out
Several female athletes, coaches and staff at Vancouver's Eastside Boxing Club have come forward with allegations against a male coach as well as the club's executive director and chair of the board o...

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 08:53:33 EST
'Unbelievably funny': hockey team manager, Siri team up for unique play-by-play
With no live streaming and no parents allowed in local arenas, a manager of a Halifax-area minor hockey team decided to try her hand at play-by-play using Siri. The results were hardly boring. ...

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
2 Canada Post workers in Regina suspended after refusing to deliver Epoch Times
Two Canada Post workers in Regina were temporarily suspended earlier this month after they refused to deliver the latest sample edition of the Epoch Times, a paper founded by Chinese-American follower...

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Can't afford a luxury playhouse? An Alberta builder is opening a 'play cottage' resort
Charmed Playhouses has been making playhouses for the rich and famous for five years. Now, it's working on plans to open a 'play cottage' resort in Alberta this year after a successful test run last s...



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