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Sun, 31 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Disrupted schooling, learning loss will have effects long after pandemic, say education experts
From switching between remote and in-person learning to juggling class quarantines due to school-related cases, students continue to grapple with a tumultuous education experience amid COVID-19. ...

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Canadian snowbirds abroad grapple with tough new travel rules that include a big hotel bill
Snowbirds are attempting to find ways around Canada's tough new travel rules, either by prolonging their stay down south or attempting to beat the clock and rush home.

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
NDP repays multimillion-dollar campaign debt amid tough fundraising climate during pandemic
Now that the bank has been paid, the party can focus on holding a virtual convention in April and preparing for a possible pandemic election, which New Democrats insist they don't want but expect the ...

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Lights still on in federal buildings in National Capital Region even as civil servants work from home
The lights remain on at some federal government buildings in Canada’s capital region, even though most civil servants have been working at home for nearly a year to stop the spread of COVID-19. ...

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 16:38:18 EST
All employees to be tested at Canada Post facility in Mississauga, Ont., as COVID-19 outbreak grows
All employees working at a Mississauga, Ont., Canada Post worksite must now be tested for COVID-19 as the facility battles a large outbreak.

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 14:45:42 EST
Strategists say Erin O'Toole must weigh if Jason Kenney is an asset or a liability
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has spent the last number of days calling for consequences and compensation after U.S. President Joe Biden revoked the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline on Wednesday...

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 10:00:00 EST
COVID-19 spike has Whistlerites split on how to keep economy running and community safe
As COVID-19 cases surge in Whistler, B.C., and health officials urge against non-essential travel, residents are torn between keeping the tourism-driven ski town's economy running and protecting local...

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 01:02:29 EST
Vancouver student settles human rights complaint over anti-Black video circulated by fellow student
A student has reached a settlement in her human rights complaint against the Vancouver School Board for how it dealt with anti-Black racism at Lord Byng Secondary School after a threatening video surf...

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 17:37:30 EST
Headstone of former Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King defaced in Toronto
The granite headstone at the grave of former Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King in Toronto has been defaced.

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 20:55:27 EST
Fire destroys 147-year-old church in Lax Kw'alaams First Nation on B.C.'s North Coast
RCMP say the church is a historic landmark that's significant to many people in the community, and the fire damage was extensive.  

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 08:00:00 EST
Edmonton antique hunter finds unexpected grand treasures in piano teacher's estate
It was the the grand piano that convinced Edmonton antique hunter Alex Archbold to take a chance and purchase Bette-Joan Rac’s estate after her death.

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 08:15:39 EST
Marie-Michèle Gagnon ends 5-year podium drought with super-G bronze in Garmisch
Quebec skier Marie-Michèle Gagnon has reached the podium for the first time since Feb. 28, 2016, earning a bronze medal in women's super-G on Saturday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. ...

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 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...

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 09:00:00 EST
Lab tech who found B.C.'s 1st case of COVID-19 recalls 'sheer terror' of discovery
In the early days of the pandemic, Rebecca Hickman would carefully watch each sample being tested for the novel coronavirus in her lab at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.

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 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 23:54:02 EST
Canadian diver Meaghan Benfeito loses everything in fire, including Olympic medals
Tragedy struck the lives of Canadian diver Meaghan Benfeito and her partner, football player Alexandre Dupuis, as the condo they shared together in Mirabel, Que., burned to the ground after a fir...

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...



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