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Wed, 21 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Decades-long battle over 2 B.C. lakes shines light on public access to Crown lands
A legal battle that has pitted Canada's largest private ranch against a small recreation club in British Columbia has exposed the gaps in provincial legislation when it comes to access to public land...

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Top Canadian WHO adviser under fire after downplaying airborne threat of COVID-19
An influential Canadian doctor and top adviser to the World Health Organization has come under fire for controversial comments downplaying the risk of airborne spread of the coronavirus and claiming N...

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Quebec court decision on Bill 21 poses a conundrum for Justin Trudeau
With the Quebec government announcing it plans to appeal Tuesday's court ruling on a law that bans public servants from wearing religious symbols at work, the prime minister faces re-election concerns...

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 07:04:10 EDT
Toronto, Peel to close businesses with 5 or more COVID-19 cases linked to the workplace
Toronto and Peel Region are issuing orders to force businesses with five or more cases of COVID-19 in the last two weeks to close.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Prince George, B.C., was once a city of affordable homes. Now, it's home to bidding wars
Prince George once bought ads on Vancouver's SkyTrain promising affordable housing. Now it's dealing with its own real estate bubble, and locals fear they will be priced out of the market. ...

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 22:15:43 EDT
Ontario hospitals hit by COVID-19 transferring record number of patients around province
Ontario hospitals are transferring an unprecedented number of patients within the province as the COVID-19 pandemic puts intense pressure on the health-care system.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:30:00 EDT
150 pounds off and counting: N.L. man uses lockdown to slim down
In a year that has seen life turned upside down by the COVID-19 global pandemic, Kyle White made a 180-degree turn in his own life by dropping some bad habits and more than 150 pounds.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Quebec Superior Court upholds most of religious symbols ban, but English-language schools exempt
The Quebec Superior Court has struck down some sections of the province's secularism law but also ruled that its most controversial provisions are constitutional. The government plans to appeal the de...

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 21:49:42 EDT
Seafarers' union demands vaccine plan for 15,000 marine workers after COVID outbreak on Atlantic Huron
The union that represents 15,000 Canadian marine workers is demanding the government come up with a plan to vaccinate seafarers after the most recent COVID-19 outbreak on the Atlantic Huron, a Canada...

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDT
With one budget, Freeland overturned 3 decades of political orthodoxy
Most members of Parliament grew up in a political culture that embraced the Reagan-Thatcher school of low taxes, light regulation and small government. Thanks to the pandemic — and Finance Minister ...

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:54:05 EDT
OHL shuts down season after government doesn't approve return to play
The Ontario Hockey League has cancelled its 2020-21 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the lone Canadian major junior loop to not return.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:01:12 EDT
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday
Ontario's science table advisers say the province's hospitals are "buckling" under the weight of COVID-19 and stronger measures are urgently needed.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 08:00:00 EDT
Border towns, tourist destinations brace for B.C. travel restrictions
Communities on both sides of the Alberta-British Columbia border are bracing for incoming travel restrictions that the B.C. government says will be coming Friday.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Veterans Affairs won't release its review into former soldier who fatally shot his family, himself
Veterans Affairs conducted an internal review into the circumstances leading up to the day an Afghanistan veteran with severe post-traumatic stress disorder shot his family and himself — but never s...

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Federal budget resurrects 'economic harm' warning as fighter jet contract nears
Defence contractors, perhaps one in particular, were served notice in Monday's budget that the Liberal government will penalize companies that try to do the country economic harm. The policy was a fea...

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDT
5 things in the Trudeau government's budget that have nothing to do with spending
Despite the Liberal Party's 2015 promise not to table omnibus budgets, Monday's budget contains several potentially controversial provisions that have little or nothing to do with government spending ...

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 22:21:09 EDT
What you need to know about B.C.'s new travel restrictions
B.C. Premier John Horgan announced new travel restrictions on Monday to stop non-essential travel and reduce travel between health authorities. More details are expected to be announced later this w...

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 20:11:23 EDT
Budget goes big on green spending as environmentalists criticize tax credits for carbon capture
As the world confronts a warming climate, the federal Liberals are committing billions more dollars to a variety of measures meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the economy and help ...

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 09:39:47 EDT
Rogers says service starting to return after Canada-wide wireless outage
Rogers said wireless voice and data services have started returning to its customers Monday evening after a lengthy outage the company's chief technological officer said was caused by a software issue...

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:56:53 EDT
2 COVID-19 cases confirmed in Kinngait
New measures are in place as two new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Kinngait Monday evening.



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