Canadian News
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTFully vaccinated but still in lockdown, long-term care resident says she's treated 'less than human'
Chelsea Dreher, 32, is fully vaccinated after receiving her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in late February, but she hasn’t been able to leave her ward, go outside or visit other residents for ...
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTState actors are looking to join political parties to 'exert influence,' chair of security committee warns
Foreign governments are looking to meddle in Canada's democratic institutions and the government's foreign interference warning system should alert Canadians to state actors'Â "traditional"Â electionÂ...
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTNew federal budget needs to deliver on government's social finance and innovation commitments
As we look for solutions to pressing crises – from climate change to the global pandemic – social innovation and social finance should be in our government's toolkit, write Victor Beausoleil, Mari...
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 23:03:11 EDT'You're not invincible,' says 22-year-old who was hospitalized with coronavirus variant
A 22-year-old Winnipeg man who spent nine days in hospital with COVID-19 has a warning for young people - you're not invincible.
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTRed Cross distributes nearly $6.2M to families after N.S. mass shooting
After people donated about $6.2 million to the Stronger Together fund, the Red Cross met with families who lost loved ones and distributed the donations based on people's circumstances and needs.
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Tue, 13 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTCOVID-19 vaccination won't break your fast this Ramadan, say experts
As Muslims begin their second month-long fast under a COVID-19 Ontario-wide lockdown — but this time with vaccines available — some wonder whether they should be getting the shot while fasting....
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:24:38 EDTOld Montreal business owners frustrated by damage done during anti-curfew riot
Business owners in Old Montreal are surveying the damage after their storefronts were ransacked during a Sunday night anti-curfew protest that turned into a riot.
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 21:26:55 EDTLiberals, Bloc vote to end Commons defence committee hearings on military misconduct
One of two parliamentary investigations into sexual misconduct in the Canadian military is being shut down. The governing Liberals, with the support of the Bloc Québécois, have called an end to de...
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTFlood-causing beavers must be 'eradicated,' says mayor of Quebec town
They might be a beloved Canadian symbol, but beavers are being anything but patriotic these days in the small municipality of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Que., where dams have caused extensive flooding.
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Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:39:48 EDTOntario man believed to be 1st Canadian with COVID-destroyed lungs to get double transplant
Timothy Sauvé's coronavirus infection became so severe that it eventually required a double lung transplant — believed to be the first done in Canada on a patient whose lungs were irreparably damag...
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 17:07:09 EDTAlberta legislature Speaker apologizes for condemning new COVID health restrictions
Nathan Cooper, the Speaker of the Alberta legislature, is apologizing for publicly opposing the government's COVID-19 health restrictions.
Fri, 9 Apr 2021 17:48:42 EDTLaurentian University cuts 100 professors, dozens of programs
The pace of change at Laurentian University, which is in the midst of insolvency negotiations, is speeding up as termination notices for faculty and staff at the Sudbury, Ont., school have started to ...
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:27:19 EDTCrews rescue boy swallowed up by sinkhole in Thompson, Man.
Samuel Desjardins was on his way home from playing basketball with a friend on Saturday in Thompson, Man., when he took a step into a puddle and plunged into frigid, waist-deep water.
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 05:30:00 EDTThis former Rubik's record holder continues to unlock the true meaning of the cube
Memorial University student Sakib Ibn Rashid Rhivu admits he can get pretty philosophical over a hunk of multicoloured plastic, but, the Rubik’s cube has shaped his outlook on life, he says.
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Mon, 12 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTESL students find common ground unearthing story of Black Canadian WWI soldier
For students in an ESL class at Ottawa's Glebe Collegiate Institute, learning about Harry Timothy Jones, a Black Canadian soldier who served with the only all-Black battalion during the First World Wa...
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 14:20:18 EDTCoronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on April 12
Schools in Ontario will move to online learning after the April break, Premier Doug Ford said Monday, following consultations with health officials.
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 07:00:00 EDTLongtime B.C. resident whose driver's licence renewal took months suspects he was racially profiled
Dion Drakes has lived in Canada for 39 years. He has lived in B.C. for 20. He has lived in the same apartment in Vancouver’s West End for 11. So why did B.C.'s driver's licensing authority, ICBC, sp...
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 07:00:00 EDTThese Indigenous leaders had solutions for the N.W.T.'s housing crisis. Being denied federal funding stung
Some Indigenous leaders are speaking out about the difficulties of getting federal housing funding after their proposals did not go forward in a latest funding round.
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 07:40:02 EDTHockey team wins P.E.I. title after 2 teammate deaths: 'We had to win it for them'
The Western Regals, based in Alberton, P.E.I., had more than winning hockey games on their minds this season.
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTNewsletter adventures of 'sassy' toddler bring joy to seniors
A newsletter featuring the adventures and observations of a two-year-old in Kingsville, Ont., has been bringing joy to seniors in a Toronto retirement residence through much of the COVID-19 pandemic...