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Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EST
Driver of 2nd boat in O'Leary crash convicted of failing to exhibit navigation light
The operator of one of the boats in a 2019 fatal crash involving a vessel driven by Linda O'Leary, wife of businessman and reality TV star Kevin O'Leary, was convicted in absentia last September of f...

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EST
Canada and New Zealand both have hot housing markets, but only 1 has plan to cool things down
As global media warn Canada's housing market is "a bonfire," some are calling for a Kiwi-style plan to calm the market and prevent a damaging real estate crash.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EST
Botched no-knock raids prompt calls to limit police tactic
Police forces across Canada are conducting hundreds of no-knock raids each year to execute search warrants despite growing concern about the trampling of charter rights, an investigation by CBC’s Th...

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EST
Ghosts of scandals past stalk Canadian military as sexual misconduct debate grows
The growing political fight over sexual misconduct allegations in the Canadian military is shaping up into a once-in-a-generation scandal. The steady drip of allegations has seasoned military officers...

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EST
Urban coyotes are literally full of garbage — and that's risky for humans, study suggests
In the stomachs of urban coyotes, researcher Scott Sugden has found a pineapple, a donut, a fully wrapped burrito and even a leather glove. That's bad news for their human neighbours, since coyotes th...

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EST
Few Indigenous officers among RCMP's higher ranks, data shows
Data obtained by the CBC shows that many RCMP divisions across the country have fewer than 10 women, people of colour or Indigenous people in their senior ranks.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EST
Unlike past Conservative leaders, Erin O'Toole has enjoyed no bump in the polls
After their first 200 days in the job, past Conservative leaders saw their party's support in the polls increase. Under Erin O'Toole, the Conservatives have just as much support today as they did when...

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EST
Time for Canada to retire the Queen? It's not that simple
Oprah Winfrey's interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle provoked some rage among Canadian republicans fed up with the Royal Family. But could Canada actually divorce itself from the Windsors wit...

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EST
Language, cultural barriers could fuel vaccine hesitancy, Quebec community organizers warn
Community organizers say the Quebec government should do more to reach across language and other cultural barriers when communicating vaccination and other pandemic information — so that people don'...

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EST
Forced to adapt, cultural and language schools keep classes in session amid pandemic
Like their peers at day schools, cultural and language schools have had to adapt significantly for an unprecedented school year amid the pandemic. From revising teaching strategies to changing up les...

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 18:34:20 EST
COVID-19 outbreak declared at another B.C. care home where residents were vaccinated
According to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control's immunization report, 88 per cent of residents at the Fleetwood Place long-term care home in Surrey had been vaccinated as of Feb. 15. ...

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 07:43:12 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada has been warned about possible delays in the production of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which Health Canada approved last week.

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EST
Mental health charity reeling amid resignations over suspicions about leader's alleged secret identity
An Ottawa charity focused on the well-being of Black, Indigenous and LGBTQ youth is in disarray after staff quit and speakers pulled out of a recent conference because they believe the group's leader...

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 13:22:31 EST
Closing of HuffPost Canada 'abrupt' and 'devastating,' editor says
The closing of HuffPost Canada and HuffPost Québec was an abrupt development for the journalists who were in the middle of a workday when the announcement was made by new ownership.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 01:02:58 EST
B.C. plans to vaccinate every adult in Prince Rupert by April 1
British Columbia's Northern Health Authority has announced a plan to immunize every adult in the city of 12,000 because of continued high rates of COVID-19. Immunization rollout has been accelerated ...

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 08:50:59 EST
Desmond inquiry hears about treatment gaps after veteran's release from psychiatric hospital
The Lionel Desmond inquiry heard more Tuesday about the nearly three months in which the Afghanistan veteran went without suitable followup treatment after being released from a residential psychiat...

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 13:59:23 EST
Legal challenge mounted against Canada's federally mandated quarantine hotel policy
A constitutional rights advocacy group is mounting a legal challenge to the Canadian government's quarantine hotel

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 08:00:00 EST
Northwest Territories studying alternatives to Alberta school curriculum
The Northwest Territories is studying whether it should continue using Alberta’s curriculum in its schools, the territorial government says.

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EST
Canadians shouldn't shop around for vaccines with higher efficacy rates, experts say
The approval of a fourth vaccine should not give Canadians the green light to hold off on getting inoculated and shop for other shots with higher efficacy rates, medical experts say.

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 23:03:53 EST
Jasper the dog featured in new children's book written by his B.C. owners
Mary and Brent Hummel, the owners of a great Pyrenees named Jasper, published a children's book in February based on their summer experience looking for their lost dog along the Columbia River. ...



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