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Wed, 10 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Those coalition government rumours came at the right time for Erin O'Toole
What should Canadians worry about more — the COVID-19 skeptics in the House of Commons or a theoretical governing arrangement that might eventually exist between the Liberals and NDP? Facing persist...

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
How some Canadian travellers are getting free COVID-19 tests in the U.S. to return home
Canada requires travellers to take a molecular COVID-19 test to enter the country, which can cost hundreds of dollars. But some Canadians report getting a free test in the U.S. that meets Canada's req...

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
I see Bollywood as a connection to home. It lately sees me as a villain
Indian films fill that void of language, sights, sounds, colours that I feel I have lost in Toronto after moving away from my home in Lahore. But I’m also deeply uncomfortable with the increasing an...

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Pandemic showed need for national physician licence, doctors argue
Some doctors say a need for a licence to practice in each province is an outdated concept that is hampering recruitment efforts. The issue nearly left a part of Newfoundland and Labrador without a med...

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Bikes took a back seat at COP26. Advocates urge Canada to make them a priority in its climate plan
The COP26 summit has ignored bicycles as one of the cheapest and most efficient tools to fight climate change by focusing almost entirely on promoting a global shift to electric cars, cycling advocate...

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 14:38:41 EST
More than 1,500 people have now died in 2021 due to B.C.'s illicit drug supply: coroner
More than 330 people are believed to have died as a result of illicit drugs in British Columbia in August and September, according to the B.C. Coroners Service.

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 07:36:05 EST
Search of Ontario residential school grounds begins with vow to find missing children and 'bring them home'
The search of more than 200 hectares of land once associated with the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ont., has begun, with the Six Nations police chief vowing to work "tirelessly"...

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 17:17:20 EST
Amid chronic staff shortage, many Yukon businesses struggle to stay open
Many Yukon businesses in the retail and service sectors are struggling to keep their doors open, but it’s not for lack of clients. Stores across the territory are reducing their operating hours beca...

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 14:39:00 EST
Mother sues school board for failing to protect her daughter amid rape threats, racial slurs
Having experienced anti-Black racism herself while growing up in the same area, Natasha Shakespeare feels heartbroken that her 13-year-old is suffering from the same 30 years later: targeted for abuse...

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 13:00:39 EST
Health Canada approves Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for use as booster
Health Canada has approved a booster of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for people 18 years of age and older.

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 14:09:34 EST
2 more Sask. COVID-19 patients transferred to Ontario have died
Saskatchewan officials say another two COVID-19 patients who had been transferred to Ontario for intensive care have died there, bringing the total number of deaths among transferred patients to five....

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 16:22:18 EST
Quebec's English school boards will have to apply secularism law until court hears challenge
Quebec's English school boards will have to abide by the province's secularism law, known as Bill 21, until a challenge to the law can be heard in court.

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 14:43:20 EST
Calgary surgeon saves 2 men with CPR, then performs their heart operations
Dr. Corey Adams, a cardiac surgeon at the University of Calgary's Libin Cardiovascular Institute, has saved two men in the past 18 months by performing CPR on them in public and, days later, operating...

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 10:10:05 EST
Power now mostly restored in Lower Mainland after powerful overnight windstorm hits B.C.
Tens of thousands of homes in southwest B.C. were without power Tuesday morning after a severe windstorm rolled through the region overnight. As of 6 p.m. PT, most of the outages have been resolved...

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 08:00:00 EST
Alberta's supply of high-dose flu vaccine running low, pharmacists say
For the first time, all Alberta seniors are being offered a high-dose flu vaccine but distribution problems are making it tricky for pharmacists to get their hands on it.

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 13:46:07 EST
Trudeau in talks to attend first Three Amigos summit since 2016, source says
Discussions are underway to arrange an in-person meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as soon as next week, acc...

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 08:00:00 EST
These Indigenous lawyers are vying to change the face of B.C.'s legal profession
Indigenous lawyers are running in an unprecedented campaign to serve as benchers for the Law Society of British Columbia in a bid to highlight the need for greater Indigenous representation at the bod...

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 09:00:00 EST
Alberta anti-abortion party brings in more than $200K after years of inactivity
An anti-abortion party in Alberta that in 2020 had just $30 in the bank has raised nearly $217,000 in contributions this year.

Mon, 8 Nov 2021 19:03:55 EST
Windsor mom 'overwhelmed with joy' after reuniting with kids abducted by their father in 2019
A Windsor, Ont., woman has been reunited with two of her children, two years after they were abducted by their father and taken to Lebanon.

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Doug Ford's hopes for Ontario's electric vehicle industry hinge on mining its Ring of Fire
Premier Doug Ford's government is touting Ontario as a future electric vehicle manufacturing hub, and dangling that as a reason to speed up mining development in the northern part of the province. ...



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