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Tue, 31 Aug 2021 19:20:00 EDT
Anti-vaccine protesters staked out Education Minister Stephen Lecce’s house, looked at hiring private eye to ‘dig up dirt’
A group organizing protests outside Stephen Lecce’s house discussed pooling cash to hire private detectives to “dig up dirt” on the education minister, took pictures of his backyard and mused about gaining access to his daily schedule. the Star...

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 22:48:54 EDT
(Almost) back to normal for universities, colleges with vaccine mandates, province says

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 18:02:00 EDT
‘I have a target on my back’: Liberal candidates say they’re encountering anti-Trudeau vitriol in their ridings
Several Liberal candidates have noticed a swell of vitriol and vandalism within their ridings, as Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau contends with unrest from anti-vaccine and anti-lockdown protesters that have plagued his own campaign over the past week.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 20:39:39 EDT
Vancouver’s housing crisis woes go national
A hat-trick of blockbuster news stories could make Vancouver’s housing crisis anger a federal force in the election.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:58:00 EDT
If the border was about to reopen, would the U.S. be telling its citizens not to visit Canada?
Advising Americans to “reconsider travel” to Canada doesn’t seem like a sign the U.S. government is on the verge of opening the doors wide to travellers from there, Edward Keenan writes.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 19:51:38 EDT
‘We have done it before and we can do it again’: Organizers who helped resettle Syrian refugees launch new campaign amid Afghan crisis
Building on the lessons learned from the 2015 campaign to resettle Syrian refugees, advocates and community groups hope to replicate that success with Lifeline Afghanistan in response to the world’s latest humanitarian crisis.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:35:00 EDT
Susan Delacourt: ‘He is a bad, bad man’: On the campaign trail with Justin Trudeau, I saw an ugly new vision of Canada
The demonstrations popping up as the Liberal leader makes his way across the country are dragging Canadian politics down a perilous path, Susan Delacourt writes.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 19:40:38 EDT
Erin O'Toole slams Liberals as new statistics reveal a shaky economy
The costs of COVID-19 were top of mind for federal party leaders Tuesday as new data suggested Canada was on shaky fiscal footing heading into the fourth wave of the pandemic.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 18:37:49 EDT
Economists say NDP plan to hike tax on heavy emitters would cost Canadian jobs
Experts say the policy proposal would accomplish nothing in the global push to reduce emissions that cause climate change while damaging the Canadian economy.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 18:59:38 EDT
Liberal candidate denies allegations of inappropriate behaviour toward female staffers
Liberal candidate Raj Saini denies inappropriate behaviour toward his female staffers in a statement issued after news of allegations against him surfaced on Tuesday.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:32:00 EDT
Ontario scrambling on vaccination passports after Doug Ford rejects initial proposals
Ontario is scrambling to pull a promised COVID-19 vaccination passport plan together after Premier Doug Ford sent proposals back to the drawing board.

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 05:48:00 EDT
Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reporting 525 new cases of COVID-19; Alberta Health Services to require employees to be fully vaccinated
Meanwhile, disarray over Ontario’s vaccination passports has prompted the cancellation of the regularly weekly news conference on COVID-19 from chief medical officer Dr. Kieran Moore



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