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Thu, 21 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
With Keystone XL back on the shelf, oilpatch pressure mounts on Trudeau and Trans Mountain
With U.S. President Joe Biden cancelling the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, attention turns to the Trans Mountain expansion project — from those for and against. It's owned by the federal gove...

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Little fear of rate hikes despite expected economic surge: Bank of Canada
Real estate industry and borrowers can likely count on low rates persisting as economy climbs out of deep hole, says central bank governor.

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
COVID-19 is hitting First Nations in Western Canada especially hard
While Ontario and Quebec are the epicentres of COVID-19 outbreaks in Canada, people in First Nations are being hit the hardest in Western Canada, where they make up half the number of hospitalizations...

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Life after curfew for Montreal's homeless means lineups, fear of fines and few empty beds
After 8 p.m., when most of the city shuts down due to Quebec's COVID-19 curfew, many homeless people are still trying to find a place to stay. Here is a look at one night outside the city's overwhelme...

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
How a criminal charge laid in Calgary was linked to a Toronto woman who's never been there
Last year Joyce Obaseki discovered that the RCMP's national police database listed her and another woman as the same person for nearly two decades and as a result had linked the other woman's criminal...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 10:32:25 EST
Alberta premier calls Biden's XL cancellation a 'gut punch' for U.S.-Canada trade relationship
U.S. President Joe Biden revoked the permit for Calgary-based TC Energy's Keystone XL pipeline after being sworn in as the 46th U.S. president on Wednesday, something Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:02:00 EST
Canada Post begins testing entire shift at Mississauga, Ont., site after outbreak infects 121
Canada Post says it has begun testing an entire shift of employees for COVID-19 at a Mississauga, Ont., facility after 121 workers there tested positive in the last three weeks.

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:22:25 EST
Hamilton city councillor got racist, threatening messages after deadly U.S. Capitol riot
Ward 3 Councillor Nrinder Nann's office reported violent and threatening messages to Hamilton police and is calling for a deeper investigations that includes local hate groups in Hamilton. ...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 22:06:12 EST
Doctor who caught COVID-19 variant vows to 'vigorously defend' against charge she obstructed contact tracing
An Ontario physician and her husband — the first people in Canada known to have caught the coronavirus variant originally detected in the U.K. — are vowing to fight public health charges alleging ...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
Inside a Windsor ICU, exhausted staff fight 2nd COVID wave knowing worse still ahead
Windsor Regional Hospital is being told to brace for more COVID-19 hospitalizations while treating an already huge wave of critical-care patients.

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:53:58 EST
Skier questions why Ontario travel agency won't cancel B.C. bookings during pandemic
A Kelowna, B.C., man is questioning why the ski trip he booked with several friends in Ontario to Sun Peaks Resort is being allowed to go ahead as pandemic numbers soar in other provinces and with t...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 12:43:05 EST
Trudeau, party leaders extend congratulations to new U.S. President Joe Biden
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other political leaders are offering congratulations to Joe Biden after his inauguration as the 46th U.S. president.

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:15:43 EST
'Anything is possible:' Women of colour inspired to dream big by Kamala Harris
Thousands of people on both sides of the border watched history in the making on Wednesday as Kamala Harris became the first woman of colour to be vice-president of the United States. ...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:49:59 EST
B.C. man wanted in connection with Manitoba murder arrested after months on the run
RCMP say a man wanted in connection with a murder investigation in Winnipeg and a kidnapping and assault probe in Surrey, B.C., has been arrested after months on the run.

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 12:03:03 EST
James Cross, British diplomat who survived FLQ kidnapping, dead at 99
A Polaroid taken by the FLQ of James Cross playing solitaire while sitting on a crate ostensibly full of dynamite is among the most iconic photos in Canadian history, representative of the moment whe...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:50:02 EST
Director out at Ontario hospital after vaccine queue jumped
A director at the Headwaters Health Care Centre (HHCC) in Orangeville, Ont. has retired after arranging to have a family member vaccinated during a clinic held at the hospital last week. ...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 07:00:00 EST
Female orcas more likely to stop feeding when close to boats, study finds, raising reproduction concerns
A study that examined how nearby boats disrupt endangered southern resident killer whales has found that female orcas are more likely to stop foraging when vessels are close than males — despite the...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 04:00:00 EST
What's different about the coronavirus 'variants of concern' flagged by WHO
​The seemingly more transmissible variants of the coronavirus first discovered in Britain, South Africa and Brazil are called "variants of concern" by the World Health Organization. Here's a look at...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:26:13 EST
International ski and snowboard bubble planned for Calgary cancelled
A proposed Calgary snow bubble is no longer going forward. On Wednesday morning, the international governing body for skiing and snowboarding (FIS), in consultation with Freestyle Canada and Canada S...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:43:20 EST
Economy hasn't hit bottom yet, but bounceback from COVID-19 coming, Bank of Canada says
The Bank of Canada elected to keep its benchmark interest rate steady at 0.25 per cent on Wednesday, reiterating its pledge to keep it there "until the recovery is well underway."



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