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Wed, 28 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
The fashion industry's 'plus-size' label shames women to fit an unhealthy standard
All women, and people for that matter, deserve to feel comfortable and beautiful in the clothes they wear. This means offering the same clothes to women of all sizes and shaming no one for the number ...

Wed, 28 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
COVID-19 spreading faster in Alberta than during peak of 3rd wave
Health and infectious disease experts say the rate at which COVID-19 cases are growing in Alberta is alarming, as it spreads faster than it during the height of the pandemic's third wave.  ...

Wed, 28 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Lac La Ronge Indian Band begins search for residential school graves, with 'a lot of work ahead'
Seventy per cent of the cemetery site being searched for residential school graves in La Ronge, Sask., still needs to be combed, the First Nation says.

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 21:49:07 EDT
B.C. responds to double the average annual number of wildfires, halfway into fire season
Since April 1, 2021, the B.C. Wildfire Service has responded 1,231 wildfires, which have burned 4,250 square kilometers. 

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 19:56:55 EDT
First Nations coalition demands top Sask. judge resign over residential school file dispute
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is demanding the resignation of one of Saskatchewan's top judges after he did not immediately release a residential school file.

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:27:02 EDT
Wildfires in Canada are creating their own weather systems, experts say
A combination of intense heat and drought conditions is causing wildfires in Western Canada to generate their own weather systems, experts say.

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:19:07 EDT
Ottawa, P.E.I. strike new child-care deal aiming for $10 daily fees within 3 years
The federal government and Prince Edward Island have agreed to a new funding deal that aims to reduce child-care fees on the island to $10 per day by the end of 2024.

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 14:51:52 EDT
Toronto man charged after posting photo of Alberta judge taken during court hearing for COVID-19 rule breakers
Charges have been laid against an Ontario man who posted photos of an Alberta judge who convicted four anti-mask, COVID-19-denying men who repeatedly breached public health restrictions and judges' or...

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:22:03 EDT
Indigenous leader grateful to survive after finding herself 'hanging upside down' in flipped floatplane
A Cessna A185F floatplane with four passengers flipped in the water near the Tofino shore on Monday, forcing people to scramble out on a sandbar.

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 17:46:37 EDT
Remains identified as missing man at centre of Manitoba homicide investigation
Human remains found in rural Manitoba last week have been identified as Clifford Joseph, who has been the subject of a homicide investigation since his disappearance in June. 

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:30:00 EDT
Ottawa to give N.L. billions of dollars to offset Muskrat Falls costs
The federal government is finalizing a multi-billion-dollar agreement with Newfoundland and Labrador to financially restructure the over-budget and behind-schedule Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project,...

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 05:00:00 EDT
Surprise find in Halifax harbour anchors diver's theory on 1917 explosion
A Halifax scuba diver has found something that could shed a little new light on one aspect of a dark chapter in Nova Scotian history.

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:17:33 EDT
RCMP reveals decade-old probe into sex abuse allegations at Manitoba residential school
Manitoba RCMP say they have been investigating allegations of sexual abuse at a former residential school in Sagkeeng First Nation for more than a decade. 

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 07:00:00 EDT
Dry conditions in Saskatchewan have been baking fields this summer. Many farmers are stressed
Saskatchewan farmers are feeling the financial burden from crops stunted by continuing dry conditions — and it's taking a toll on their mental health.

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 09:24:03 EDT
'Justice was served,' says Cindy Gladue's mother after Bradley Barton sentenced to 12.5 years for manslaughter
Ontario trucker Bradley Barton was convicted in February of manslaughter in the death of Cindy Gladue, a 36-year-old Metis and Cree woman, who died in his room at the Yellowhead Inn in June 2011. His ...

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Trans woman says getting gender-affirming ID in Ontario is an 'impossible struggle'
Ever since Diana Bosco transitioned to female four years ago, she's been attempting to get proper identification that accurately reflects her gender — a process she describes as invasive and s...

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:38:18 EDT
Weightlifting gold for Canada and other highlights from Tokyo 2020
Canada's Maude Charron has won a gold medal in the women's 64-kilogram weightlifting event, and Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard has captured bronze in the women's under-63 kg judo category. Plus, a visual...

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Alberta's Bearspaw First Nation fighting federal government for right to manage own savings
The Bearspaw First Nation is demanding the federal government no longer collect any money on its behalf and return about $50 million collected from oilpatch activity on its traditional territory. ...

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Health Canada dragging feet on approving magic mushrooms for therapeutic use, patients and advocates say
A group of patients question why their applications for an exemption to use psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in what are commonly called magic mushrooms, for therapeutic purposes have gone unanswe...

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
'It's time': Inuit celebrate Mary Simon as first Inuk governor general
Ottawa has the largest Inuit population outside of the North and that community is celebrating the swearing in of Mary Simon as the first Inuk governor general. 



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