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Tue, 24 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
3 key factors in how Canada will fare during the 4th wave of COVID-19
It’s tough — even impossible — to predict exactly how Canada will fare in the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. And comparing us with other countries only gets you so far. But experts do say...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Ontario health-care workers warn of 'brutal' nurse shortage as hospitals brace for 4th wave
Critical care nurses in southern Ontario have reached a breaking point after they say more than a year and a half of brutal pandemic work and stagnant pay has led to a staffing shortage so severe th...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Bearspaw First Nation gains control of savings fund after dispute with Ottawa
The Bearspaw First Nation in southern Alberta will soon be able to establish its own savings trust fund with more than $50 million in the bank after settling a dispute with the federal government. ...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Watch 2 partners meet IRL for the 1st time after months-long wait due to COVID-19 restrictions
This cross-border couple — one in Saskatchewan, the other in Ohio — has a baby boy. The pandemic has shaped the course of their lives.

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
How CBC is diving deeper when it comes to newsroom diversity
As CBC News seeks to embrace calls for greater racial representation, equity and inclusion in everything we do, at every level, here's some of the work that is happening to guide our path forward. ...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
NDP makes 'aggressive' push for progressive voters to ditch Trudeau for something new
Before NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh left British Columbia last week, he danced on the sunny tarmac with his wife Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu for his hundreds of thousands of TikTok followers.

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Prairie farmers consider new techniques as drought threatens to become the 'new normal'
More irrigation, drought-tolerant crop species and new management practices are all being considered as Prairie farmers continue to grapple with the devastating impacts of this year’s drought. ...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Labour movement skeptical of Conservative pitch to workers
In his latest bid to moderate and soften his party's positions, Erin O'Toole used his in-studio news conference in Ottawa on Monday to highlight the union-friendly policies in his party's 2021 platfor...

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 19:11:08 EDT
Rocky Mountain peak officially given traditional Stoney Nakoda name, erasing racist label
A prominent mountain peak in Alberta's Rocky Mountains has officially been given the name it was called by Indigenous people for generations. 

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 19:10:49 EDT
Kelowna RCMP officer captured on video dragging nursing student charged with assault
A Kelowna RCMP officer, seen on surveillance video dragging a young woman down a hallway and stepping on her head in January 2020, has been charged with one count of assault.

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 20:55:34 EDT
Check out the videos of (harmless) sharks swarming off Stanley Park in Vancouver
In a rare sighting, a group of Pacific spiny dogfish sharks were caught on video during a feeding frenzy near Siwash Rock.

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 10:34:18 EDT
B.C. announces new COVID-19 vaccine card required for wide range of public activities
The B.C. government has announced a plan to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for anyone who wants to attend a concert, sporting event, movie, restaurant, nightclub, casino or fitness class. ...

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
How do Canada's political parties plan to prepare the country for future pandemics?
How should Canada prepare for the next pandemic it faces? There's no consensus among major political parties on that question during an election campaign taking place amid a fourth wave of a pandemi...

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:07:55 EDT
After 5 days in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, Ontario nurse returns home and shares what she saw
An Amherstburg, Ont., nurse has returned to Canada from Haiti, where she was part of a volunteer team helping people in the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation. She says she saw injuries "as bad or wo...

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:49:47 EDT
The pandemic has Canadians paying down non-mortgage debt at fastest pace since 1980s
Canadians paid down their non mortgage debts at the fastest pace in 30 years during the pandemic, new numbers from Statistics Canada show.

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 10:23:36 EDT
Trudeau promises billions in new health-care spending to hire 7,500 doctors, nurses
If voters return his party to government on Sept. 20, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau promised Monday to spend more than $3 billion more on health care to help the provinces hire 7,500 new family doct...

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:53:52 EDT
Canadian soccer star Alphonso Davies pens letter of support to Refugee Paralympic Team
Bayern Munich and Canada soccer star Alphonso Davies, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, shared words of encouragement with the six members of the Refugee Par...

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 14:08:12 EDT
Problems with Keystone pipeline's construction, manufacture and design outlined in U.S. report
A U.S. government watchdog found multiple problems with the construction, manufacture and design of the Keystone pipeline, validating President Joe Biden's decision to revoke the permit for a Keyston...

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 08:54:23 EDT
Residents of Quispamsis, N.B., discouraged over bee poop as town reviews beekeeping policy
The Town of Quispamsis, N.B. is looking to amend bylaws surrounding beekeeping policy after residents filed a complaint that bee excrement from neighbouring beehives was becoming a problem on their pr...

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:04:01 EDT
Twitter adds 'manipulated' warning label to tweet from Liberal candidate Chrystia Freeland
A video tweeted by incumbent Liberal candidate Chrystia Freeland, who served as deputy prime minister in Justin Trudeau's government, was given a warning label Sunday from Twitter, which marked it as ...



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