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Sat, 28 Aug 2021 06:00:00 EDT
School supplies — check. But have you looked into children's back-to-class mental health?
From an anxious child who's hesitant to leave home, to a teen with underlying depression that's worsened due to social isolation and online schooling pressures, young people's mental health has suffer...

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Completion of 1st fast-charging network 'just the beginning' for electric car owners in N.L.
The first electric vehicle fast-charging network is now up and running across Newfoundland, which N.L. Hydro hopes will make road trips easier for electric car owners and encourage more drivers to go ...

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Alberta feed stores inundated with calls for ivermectin over false claims livestock dewormer treats COVID
At least one Alberta feed store has taken the livestock dewormer off its shelves because misinformation suggests it can be used to treat COVID-19 in humans is leading to a surge in demand. ...

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
You can take time off work to vote. Here's what you need to know
The Canada Elections Act says employers should ensure workers have three consecutive hours to vote at a polling station on election day, but there are exceptions for those in the transportation indust...

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
How interested outsiders use 'third party' status to promote causes, influence election
Third parties will be organizing and spending in order to get their issue prioritized or into the national conversation this election. But what are these groups, and what role do they play in campaign...

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 14:12:19 EDT
Trudeau says he won't back down after protesters hurl death threats, racist and sexist slurs
For the second time in a week, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has had a campaign event disrupted by protesters shouting obscenities, uttering death threats against the prime minister and hurling racist...

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 16:42:25 EDT
Protests over old-growth logging on Vancouver Island have sparked change, expert says
In the year since the first camp was set up to prevent old-growth logging around the Fairy Creek watershed on southern Vancouver Island, an expert in Canadian environmental movements says the protests...

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
BookTok's novel approach to books is helping Canadian authors, retailers attract new audiences
BookTok is an online community and hashtag on TikTok where readers post videos of book recommendations, talk about writing novels and make reading-related jokes. With more than 18 billion views, #Book...

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Students pay the price for hybrid model of schooling, say parents, experts
The hybrid learning model appeared in K-12 schools last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Now as students head into a new school year, the hybrid model is back on the table in Ontario, despite opposi...

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 12:53:21 EDT
Economic aid is Canada's leverage against Taliban: Garneau
Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says Canada will use economic aid as leverage with the Taliban to ensure safe passage for those trying to flee Afghanistan.

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 07:00:00 EDT
12-year-old's friends didn't celebrate after he came out as gay. So a park full of strangers did.
A crowd full of strangers filled a northwest Calgary park on Saturday to celebrate a boy's rainbow-themed birthday.

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 16:49:37 EDT
Canadian Para cyclist Tristen Chernove announces sudden retirement
Canadian Para cyclist Tristen Chernove withdrew from the Tokyo Paralympics on Monday in Japan, effectively beginning his retirement early.

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 08:00:00 EDT
B.C. Court of Appeal finds 'honest and sincerely held religious belief' grounds for avoiding sex
B.C.’s top court has annulled the marriage of a Sikh couple who failed to consummate their relationship in the months between their civil wedding and a religious ceremony planned to consecrate their...

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Invasive earthworms are remaking our forests, and climate scientists are worried
As earthworms silently devour leaf litter across the country, they are changing soils, restructuring ecosystems and depleting our forests' carbon stocks.

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 06:00:00 EDT
Kids in Elsipogtog, N.B. sponsored to play hockey in honour of late fisherman
Beloved fisherman Captain Craig Sock believed to have died after his fishing vessel capsized last spring.

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 05:00:00 EDT
Parks Canada plans to protect Keji's hemlocks with insecticides, cutting
Parks Canada is taking steps to tackle an insect that's poised to decimate 80 per cent of the eastern hemlocks at Kejimkujik National Park and Historic Site over the next 10 years.

Sat, 28 Aug 2021 17:34:21 EDT
How a life-altering accident led Canada's Kate O'Brien from 2016 Olympics to Paralympic podium
It was a long journey to the Paralympic podium for Canada's Kate O’Brien, who competed in the 2016 Olympics before suffering a life-altering crash a year later. She's says it's still hard to believe...

Sat, 28 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Why Canadians need to keep their guard up in the 4th wave — even if they're fully vaccinated
The delta variant has changed the rules of the game — raising the immunity threshold we need to hit, increasing risk in our day-to-day lives and requiring even fully vaccinated Canadians to keep the...

Sat, 28 Aug 2021 22:34:31 EDT
Alberta protestors share disappointment, frustration over relatives trapped in Afghanistan
Hundreds of people rallied at the Alberta Legislature grounds to show their support for the people of Afghanistan while pressuring the Canadian government to do more to help.

Sat, 28 Aug 2021 16:10:44 EDT
Falling rock hits and kills 3-year-old at mini golf course
Mount Washington Resort on Vancouver Island says a three-year-old girl has died after she was hit by a dislodged rock at a mini golf course Friday afternoon. 



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