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Sun, 3 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
How 3 educators are inspiring students to learn during the COVID-19 pandemic
The pandemic has upended schools across Canada, but despite the odds, stories of innovation and connection have emerged. Here's a look at a few educators who have pushed forward and found new ways to ...

Sun, 3 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Knitting is helping this Canadian in Italy make sense of the COVID-19 pandemic
Each stitch on Sarah McLean's pandemic knitting project represents 100 deaths. For her, knitting in her family's own cases of COVID-19 into the project drove home the scope of the crisis. ...

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 17:48:10 EST
Canadian military leaves Shamattawa First Nation after providing COVID-19 support
About 55 military members have returned home after spending three weeks in a remote northern Manitoba community helping fight COVID-19.

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 19:05:13 EST
Here are the Canadian politicians facing questions over travel amid COVID-19 restrictions
As Canadians were urged to stay indoors and limit holiday celebrations to members of their households, a growing number of politicians across Canada have admitted to travelling outside the country des...

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 19:29:34 EST
Gatineau, Que., police issue fines over New Year's Eve party that ended in heated altercation
Gatineau, Que., police say they arrested two people and fined six under Quebec's public health act after breaking up a family party on New Year's Eve.

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 16:36:08 EST
Scores of people protest conditions at Toronto care home after 60 deaths due to COVID-19
Scores of people protested outside a Scarborough long-term care home on Saturday to draw attention to conditions inside the facility where 60 residents have died of COVID-19.

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 12:32:33 EST
Both teens accused of murdering Calgary police officer will seek bail as soon as possible
Both teens accused of murdering a Calgary police officer will seek bail as soon as possible, according to their lawyers.

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 10:22:00 EST
Ontario sees 5,839 new cases of COVID-19 and 95 deaths over 2 days
Ontario is reporting a two-day total of 5,839 new cases of COVID-19 and 95 additional deaths.

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 18:56:24 EST
Canada blanks Czech Republic, sets up semifinal against Russia at world juniors
Bowen Byram, Dylan Cozens and Connor McMichael each scored a goal in a 3-0 Team Canada victory over the Czech Republic in quarter-final action.

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 07:00:00 EST
Some like it cold: N.B. woman takes a dip in the Bay of Fundy every day, all year long
Ask Nadine Currie Jackson what her perfect day looks like, and she instantly gets a vision: It's wintertime, the sun is coming up, snow is coming down and she's outside, enjoying it. In her bathing su...

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 18:46:47 EST
In 2020, uplifting stories could be found amid the daily cycle of anxiety and heartache
The past year will be remembered for COVID-19 and its harmful impact on people's lives, health and economic well-being. But despite all of the challenges, Canadians still managed to create bright spot...

Fri, 1 Jan 2021 13:30:00 EST
Kenney orders MLAs not to leave Canada unless on government business after minister's vacation
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney took responsibility for not being clear about travel rules for MLAs after news of Municipal Affairs Minister Tracy Allard's Hawaii vacation was revealed.

Fri, 1 Jan 2021 16:53:48 EST
P.E.I.'s first baby of 2021 not first New Year's Day birth for family
P.E.I.'s first baby of 2021 was born at 2:22 p.m. at Prince County Hospital on Friday. It turns out she's not the first New Year's Day baby in her extended family. 

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 10:09:35 EST
Ontario reports record high 3,328 new COVID-19 cases, 56 new deaths
Ontario reported a single-day record of 3,328 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and 56 new deaths related to the illness. 

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 07:00:00 EST
Alberta's first 500 COVID deaths took nearly 9 months. The next 500 took just 34 days.
Alberta recently recorded its 1,000th COVID-19 death, a grim milestone that arrived in a flash in a marked turnaround for a province that seemed to have the disease under relative control for a time....

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 04:00:00 EST
Moms are welcoming the first wave of 'coronial' babies — but experts say to expect fewer births
Nearly 10 months after Alberta's first presumptive COVID-19 case was confirmed, mothers across the province are giving birth to what some have dubbed "the coronial generation."

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 05:30:00 EST
DFO has a new plan for northern cod stocks. It doesn't include more fishing
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has released its plan to boost northern cod numbers — a plan that the fisheries union in Newfoundland and Labrador blasts as being more about resettling commun...

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 17:12:29 EST
Customers fundraise to send Ontario Tim Hortons employee back to school
When customers at a Vaughan, Ont., Tim Hortons found out that their favourite employee, Vishnu Gopansothilingan, had dropped out of university due to financial constraints, they began to fundraise to ...

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 04:00:00 EST
Dildo was hoping to cash in on a post-Kimmel boom — then came the pandemic
Sulagna Sanyal and Rajesh Menon opened the first Indian restaurant in the coastal Newfoundland village of Dildo, tapping into a tourism boom heightened by interest from U.S. talk-show host Jimmy Kimme...

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 06:00:00 EST
How P.E.I.'s farming and fishing industries are adapting to the new normal
For good and ill, fishing and farming on P.E.I. are already different because of climate change.



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