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Sat, 26 Mar 2022 11:34:25 EDT
Residential school survivors push for papal visit to Kamloops, B.C., want input on expected apology

Sun, 29 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
20 years after they deployed to Afghanistan, Canadian soldiers ask: Was it worth it?
At their first reunion since the Afghanistan mission, this is how Canadian veterans say they view and value their role there in the wake of the Taliban's recent takeover.

Sun, 29 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Wastewater surveillance provides crucial COVID-19 data, but also carries privacy concerns: scientists
Wastewater surveillance has gone from niche science to mainstream public health tool over the course of the pandemic. But some experts caution that the data collected could lead to privacy concerns, e...

Sat, 28 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Montreal non-profits are buying up apartments to keep rents low
Community organizations are taking housing units off the speculative market, but advocates say the government still needs to take responsibility.

Sat, 28 May 2022 23:04:47 EDT
Vancouver vigil held for Chelsea Poorman as family, advocates hold out for more answers around death
The mother of an Indigenous woman whose remains were found a year and half after she went missing in Vancouver says she won’t give up trying to find out what happened.

Sat, 28 May 2022 20:57:02 EDT
Artist behind Vancouver shoe display commemorating residential school victims reflects on past year
Dozens of people marked the anniversary of the display of shoes on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery Saturday, placed there after suspected unmarked graves were discovered on the grounds of a fo...

Sat, 28 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
More Canadians could face late-stage cancer tied to diagnosis delays during COVID pandemic
More Canadians could experience late-stage cancer diagnoses in the years ahead, medical experts warn, forecasting a looming crisis tied to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 

Sat, 28 May 2022 06:00:00 EDT
P.E.I. mom thankful for girl who 'knew in her heart' to call 911 as others watched son be assaulted
The unprovoked beating her 13-year-old son endured from one of his peers in a Summerside park was bad enough. But what made it worse, his mother said, was that others stood around and watched. ...

Fri, 27 May 2022 23:36:59 EDT
B.C. ranch that refused vaccinated guest but kept their deposit now says they'll issue refund
A ranch owner in Kamloops, B.C., has been criticized by the province’s solicitor general for refusing to accept a vaccinated international traveller.

Sat, 28 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Montrealers open their homes to Ukrainian families fleeing war-torn country
Some Montrealers are turning their home upside down to house Ukrainian newcomers. About 400 Ukrainians are expected to arrive in the city on May 29.

Sat, 28 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
'It feels like a nightmare': Friends, family mourn Ottawa man killed by storm
Friends of Rob Hayami say he loved hockey, music and golf. He died Wednesday after being hit by a tree during Saturday's deadly derecho windstorm. Hayami was 49.

Fri, 27 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Quebec City mosque shooter must get chance at parole after 25 years, Supreme Court rules
Supreme Court of Canada justices examining the sentencing of Quebec City mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette decided unanimously on Friday that a sentencing provision allowing for consecutive, 25-yea...

Fri, 27 May 2022 15:15:25 EDT
B.C. spending $750K to expand access to free menstrual products
The B.C. government says it is providing $750,000 to expand access to free menstrual products for people who need them and to help the United Way establish a task force to consider how to end " peri...

Fri, 27 May 2022 10:47:46 EDT
Emergency alert system not good enough, says Bill Blair
Canada's emergency alert system is not working well enough when disaster strikes, Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair said Friday.

Fri, 27 May 2022 23:32:02 EDT
Winnipeg middle-school students find body during community cleanup exercise
Pembina Trails School Division superintendent Ted Fransen said a group of École South Pointe School students involved in a community cleanup day were doing service education when they came across the...

Fri, 27 May 2022 13:13:17 EDT
Western premiers demand 'sustainable' health-care funding from federal government at meeting in Regina
Canada's western premiers are meeting in Regina on Friday and they are demanding "sustainable" health-care funding from the federal government.

Fri, 27 May 2022 19:17:52 EDT
Police encounter people with pellet guns 'with regularity across Canada,' criminologist says
Investigators probing the fatal police shooting of a man in Toronto Thursday will have to factor in the recent mass murder at a school in Texas, and also encounters police have with people carryi...

Fri, 27 May 2022 15:30:25 EDT
Nunavut government shelves infrastructure, housing projects over construction costs
The Government of Nunavut has shelved plans for a park office, a hamlet office, a power plant and housing projects in three communities because contractors asked for more money than planned. ...

Fri, 27 May 2022 16:35:15 EDT
Price of natural gas in Canada could climb higher still after cresting multi-year highs
Analysts say natural gas could go even higher after breaking 14-year record this week.

Fri, 27 May 2022 11:01:55 EDT
Toronto lawyer says she's 'shaken up' after arrest outside Doug Ford rally near Hamilton airport
Hamilton police arrested and ticketed a Toronto-based lawyer for trespassing near a Progressive Conservative campaign stop on Thursday, but Caryma Sa'd says she was targeted for criticizing party l...



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