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Fri, 7 May 2021 11:51:18 EDT
This critical care paramedic worked a week of 12-hour shifts to help keep Ontario's ICUs from overflowing
In order to make room in crowded hospitals in the Greater Toronto Area, critical care paramedics with Ornge are transferring COVID patients to facilities in Kingston, London, St. Catharines, Barrie, P...

Fri, 7 May 2021 10:41:11 EDT
Trudeau non-committal on waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is committed to making COVID-19 vaccines readily available around the world and will consider waiving intellectual property (IP) rights enjoyed by vaccine ma...

Fri, 7 May 2021 19:46:35 EDT
These South Asians in Toronto are helping with India's COVID-19 crisis — while managing their grief from afar
As India grapples with a deadly surge in COVID-19 cases, many South Asians in the Toronto area are rallying together to help. 

Fri, 7 May 2021 12:48:44 EDT
Sexual assault training now required for new federally appointed judges
A long-awaited bill requiring that new judges undergo training on sexual assault and systemic racism before they're appointed to the bench has become law.

Fri, 7 May 2021 10:45:13 EDT
Supreme Court upholds sexual assault conviction in case involving teens, alcohol
The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the conviction of a youth found guilty of sexually assaulting another teenager in a case involving alcohol and capacity to consent.

Fri, 7 May 2021 20:15:25 EDT
Catholic church unveils new system for reporting sexual abuse committed or covered up by bishops
Victims and advocates say a new system for reporting sexual abuse and cover-ups by Catholic bishops appears to be a case of "optics over substance" and may not go far enough to protect those at risk ...

Fri, 7 May 2021 08:50:09 EDT
Canada's economy lost 207,000 jobs last month
Canada's economy lost 207,000 jobs in April, as a new round of government-ordered lockdowns forced businesses to lay off workers.

Fri, 7 May 2021 04:00:00 EDT
When will we stop working from home?
Millions of non-essential workers have been doing their jobs from home since the early days of the pandemic. But with vaccinations spreading among Canadians many may now wonder — when will I stop...

Fri, 7 May 2021 11:22:56 EDT
Alberta's cross-border truckers to be vaccinated by Montana
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province has signed an agreement with Montana to provide Johnson & Johnson shots to Canadian truckers crossing the border.

Fri, 7 May 2021 04:00:00 EDT
The complicated legacy of Régis Labeaume, Quebec City's strongman mayor who reinvented himself
Régis Labeaume, once an aspiring actor, is theatrical, quotable and never seems to back down from a fight. He added colour to the beige world of municipal politics.

Fri, 7 May 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Former player details alleged sexual assault by junior hockey coach Bernie Lynch
More than 30 years after the night he says changed his life, a former junior hockey player went to police in Saskatchewan to allege he was sexually assaulted by a coach. He shares his story with CBC N...

Fri, 7 May 2021 07:00:00 EDT
'It felt like I had been buried alive': Langley woman recounts her battle with COVID-19
As a healthy dance teacher, Sandy Rosen thought she would beat COVID-19 in no time. Nine days after her diagnosis, she was in hospital, with doctors saying her lungs were failing.

Fri, 7 May 2021 07:00:00 EDT
Regina man who lost parents to COVID-19 channels grief into food drive supporting hundreds
After his father died from COVID-19 in January, Haris Khan decided he would expand a drive to collect and distribute food to dozens of community members during Ramadan.

Fri, 7 May 2021 04:00:00 EDT
DNA used to ID sailor from doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition with living relative
The 1845 Franklin Expedition to find the fabled Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic resulted in the deaths of nearly 130 sailors, and left more questions than answers. But 176 years later, a DNA ...

Fri, 7 May 2021 11:51:01 EDT
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Friday
Manitoba is closing a number of business and services and limiting gatherings in order to address the third wave of COVID-19 in the province, while Nova Scotia tightened its border restrictions am...

Thu, 6 May 2021 21:13:37 EDT
Crude-texting Yukon Party members will receive anti-bullying training, leader says
Two members of the Yukon Party who engaged in a vulgar text chat about some of their political opponents will receive anti-bullying and anti-harassment training, their party leader says. ...

Fri, 7 May 2021 06:00:00 EDT
Anyone who says they enjoy every moment of motherhood is flat-out lying
If you complain about hating a job, your friends might tell you to quit. If you complain about motherhood, the world will tell you that you're ungrateful and that children are a gift.

Fri, 7 May 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Should Canadians get vaccinated abroad? Liberals, Tories skirt the issue but health experts encourage it
CBC News asked four federal parties and health experts whether Canadians abroad who have access to a COVID-19 vaccine should get it. While the Liberals and Conservatives were evasive, other federal le...

Fri, 7 May 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Tourism in Ontario's Prince Edward County is booming. If only staff could afford to live there
Small business owners in Prince Edward County are now routinely arranging or offering housing to try to secure summer staff who would otherwise be priced out of its booming housing market. ...

Fri, 7 May 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Maxime Bernier uttered racist slur about Jagmeet Singh, according to statement filed in court
An affidavit filed in a defamation case accuses People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier of expressing a racist slur regarding Jagmeet Singh's chances of winning a seat in 2018. Bernier says he'...



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