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Wed, 13 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Some unvaccinated people are going public after getting COVID-19. Will it convince others to get the shot?
Vaccine hesitancy experts say appeals from those who have experienced the consequences of being unvaccinated could help counter frightening misinformation spread by anti-vaccine groups. ...

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
These Quebec nurses are willing to sacrifice their careers to avoid getting COVID-19 shots
CBC News spoke to three Quebec nurses who'd rather lose their jobs than be vaccinated against COVID-19. With the province imposing a strict Friday deadline for nurses to be vaccinated, some of them ar...

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Legal talks are dragging out Annamie Paul's departure from Green leadership
Annamie Paul's resignation as leader of the Green Party of Canada — which was expected to take effect this week — still isn't complete because her lawyer is in negotiations with party lawyers to s...

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
RCMP says it implemented 22 watchdog recommendations – but status of dozens of complaints still unknown
The RCMP says it has implemented about 22 recommendations made by its watchdog over the last fiscal year, but the status of dozens more recommendations regarding claims of Mountie misconduct remains u...

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:00:00 EDT
Alberta expands overdose prevention app to users in Edmonton amid rising opioid deaths
The Alberta government has made an overdose prevention app available to users in Edmonton as part of its response to increasing rates of opioid-related deaths in the city this year.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 06:00:17 EDT
Sask. COVID-19 long hauler and restaurant worker faces harassment enforcing proof-of-vaccination policy
A Regina restaurant worker is facing verbal abuse and threats of physical violence while trying to enforce the province’s proof-of-vaccination policy.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
Zellers returns as a pop-up inside an Ontario Hudson's Bay store, months after parent company HBC saw the discount department store's trademark removed from the government register.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:45:09 EDT
Bust of Harriet Tubman at St. Catharines, Ont., church shoved over, face smashed
Niagara police are investigating after a bust of Harriet Tubman was toppled over in St. Catharines, Ont., smashing the face of the famed abolitionist.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Hydro One wants to charge Ont. homeowner $60K to connect power to his new house
Allan Robinson says he and his wife, Debbie, saved for a lifetime to build their new home in Minden Hills, Ont. Even though construction is almost complete, he says they can’t move in because they c...

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:54:46 EDT
Northern lights put on dreamy show across British Columbia
The aurora borealis gave British Columbians a show on Monday, from Vancouver Island to Fort St. John and the Kootenays.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Still worried about getting a vaccine for COVID-19? Here's how to understand the rare, but real, risks
Some Canadians remain wary of getting vaccinated against COVID-19 or have lingering questions about the safety of vaccines. Here's what the research shows about the risks of getting vaccinated — and...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 05:00:00 EDT
$1 device developed in Halifax that helps detect COVID-19 in sewers drawing global interest
A $1 device developed at Dalhousie University that can help detect COVID-19 in wastewater has been shipped across Canada and around the world to help researchers and public health in the battle again...

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:22:00 EDT
Doctor wait-list nears 78,000 as N.S. government gets to work on health-care promises
Nova Scotia's wait-list for a new doctor has risen by 60 per cent over the last year, putting added pressure on politicians to act as they head to the House of Assembly Tuesday.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Brian Sinclair, Joyce Echaquan died years apart in hospitals. Only one of their inquests points to change
Two inquests with differing outcomes gives us hope, but a tidal change in the way health care professionals and hospital staff treat Indigenous people is still needed, write four members of the Brian ...

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 06:32:29 EDT
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Oct. 12
The pandemic has forced more than 100 million people into poverty and left over four billion people with little or no social support, health care or income protection, the United Nations says. ...

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Ontario coroners told to communicate more with families as First Nations leader says failing to adds to grief
A First Nations leader in northern Ontario says a new recommendation from a government oversight body, if implemented, would bring the standard of care for grieving Indigenous families to a bare minim...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 06:15:59 EDT
Canadian-born David Card among 3 winners of Nobel in economics
A Canadian is among the three U.S.-based economists awarded the 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize for pioneering research that showed an increase in minimum wage does not lead to less hiring and immigrants do...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 17:32:21 EDT
What does the future hold for Calgary's empty office towers?
After a year-and-a-half out of the office, many Canadians aren't ready to go back — and they might not ever be ready.

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:29:08 EDT
Destructive, invasive wild pigs in Alberta have breached national park boundary for 1st time
One of the most destructive and rapidly spreading invasive species on the continent has been found for the first time in a Canadian national park.

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:31:40 EDT
Canada urged to join allies in tougher China stance after Kovrig, Spavor release
Canada's relationship with China is in question following the release of two Canadians, and some analysts say Ottawa appears ready to take a somewhat tougher stance.



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