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Fri, 11 Nov 2022 20:08:03 EST
France honours 100-year-old B.C. veteran with Legion of Honour medal
Fernand Labrie's contributions toward liberating France will be recognized on Nov. 17, when the veteran from Duncan, B.C., is due to be made a Knight of the French National Order of the Legion of Hon...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 10:13:43 EST
Mattea Roach loses in Jeopardy! tournament of champions semifinal
Mattea Roach lost Friday in the semifinals of the Jeopardy! tournament of champions, losing to a contestant who had a runaway victory.

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 13:27:55 EST
Canadian flight crew detained in Dominican Republic since April now free to leave
The Canadian crew of a passenger plane that has been unable to leave the Dominican Republic since April is finally being allowed to come home.

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 13:55:26 EST
Emergency supply of kids' meds is coming amid national shortage
Emergency supplies of pain and fever medication are expected to arrive soon at hospitals overwhelmed by respiratory illnesses but observers say more can be done to guard against future drug shortages....

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
National Remembrance Day ceremony marks 80th anniversary of Dieppe raid
This year's national Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa marks the first time since 2019 that veterans and Canadian Armed Forces members were able to gather in the nation's...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:10:07 EST
SickKids to reduce number of surgeries to focus on critical care amid influx of ICU patients
Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children says it will reduce the number of surgeries it performs starting on Monday in an effort to preserve its ability to provide critical care.

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 11:32:14 EST
1 suspect arrested, lockdown lifted at Quebec college
Students and staff received a message from the school shortly after 9 a.m. Friday morning ordering them to barricade themselves into closed rooms and keep the lights off. 

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
Canada is seeing an early rise in flu cases. Is a 'tidal wave' of infection coming?
Canada is on track to face its first full flu season in several years — one that’s starting earlier than usual, all while the country’s healthcare system is already grappling with respiratory in...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
Woman risking homelessness because tenant won't leave gets eviction hearing date
Elsie Kalu says that after going public with her situation, Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board granted her an expedited hearing. Twice before, the board had denied her requests.

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 13:36:18 EST
Lettuce fans tossed by soaring prices, leading to expensive salads, substitutions
A look at the prices in Canada's grocery stores can be a turnoff recently, and that's especially the case when it comes to lettuce. Experts say the spike in prices is due to drought conditions and cro...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 07:00:00 EST
Health-care providers 'woefully ill-prepared' to treat chronic pain, says advocate
The federal government is hoping $5 million in funding will provide relief to people struggling with chronic pain, and reduce the amount of people looking to those potentially toxic street drugs as an...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 06:00:00 EST
Do you know these 6 N.B. soldiers? Why a history group wants photos for an Italian cemetery
Last year in Sicily, some cemetery gardeners went to work and found themselves on the verge of tears. For the first time, they saw photographs to match the graves they had tended for years. ...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
'She didn't hesitate': The untold story behind a Black Canadian woman's wartime portrait
Thousands of people have seen it over the past 70-plus years: a dramatic oil portrait from 1946 of a Black Canadian woman in a military uniform, standing behind a canteen counter. But almost no one ...

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:09:12 EST
Ontario mom whose son was 'nearly lifeless' in hospital with RSV wants others to know the warning signs
Keri Graham knew it was time to bring her son Tyler to the emergency room when he was struggling to breathe and Tylenol would no longer break his fever. But the hospital in Oakville, Ont., said it cou...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 09:00:00 EST
Future of B.C. salmon farms up in the air, as deadline to phase out open-net pen farms looms
Those in favour of and opposed to salmon farms in B.C. are worried time is running out: environmental groups say depleted salmon stocks can't afford to wait for the transition, while the industry wor...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
Who are the GTA developers set to benefit from Ford government's Greenbelt land swap?
Several well-established developers are among the owners of the 15 parcels of land the Ford government is proposing to open up for development in the protected Greenbelt in the Greater Toronto Area, a...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
Veterans Affairs Canada has been overestimating the number of veterans for decades
Veterans Affairs Canada has been overestimating the number of Canadian veterans for decades — and newly released census numbers suggest there may be 25 per cent fewer veterans than the federal gov...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
Why a woman in Thunder Bay created this 'poppy tree' as a way to honour veterans this Remembrance Day
If you walk near Thornloe Park, on Thunder Bay's south side today, you will see a tree on the street that stands out from all the rest. The tree is covered with 300 large red poppies, each one hand cr...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST
Remembrance Day brings 107-year-old veteran and great-grandson closer together
Nathan Donald and his great-grandfather, Burdett Sisler of Fort Erie, Ont., might be 100 years apart in age, but they've formed a close bond, and Remembrance Day has brought them closer together. For ...

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 14:16:41 EST
Natural disasters, pregnancy and baby health are linked. Should Canadians be worried?
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how climate disasters can affect children in utero and why electric rickshaws are so important to India's transition from fossil fuels. ...



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