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Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Canada was already desperately short of nurses before COVID-19. Now nurses say they're hanging on by a thread
The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened Canada’s already critical nursing shortage, and experts say it’s going to take strategic planning, incentives and a lot of effort to make work life more sustaina...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Face to Face 2021: Jagmeet Singh met 4 undecided voters. Here's what happened
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is not ruling out working with a minority government led by Erin O'Toole, marking a break with his commitment in the 2019 federal election not to work with a minority Conserva...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
First Nations vote a potential 'kingmaker' in federal election outcomes for northern Ontario
Candidates and party leaders are criss-crossing their ridings and Canada seeking every last vote in the final days of election campaigning. In the 10 federal ridings that make up northern Ontario, Fir...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Disabled inmate was forced to sleep on cell floor for 3 weeks, lawsuit alleges
An Indigenous inmate in a federal women's prison who uses a wheelchair is suing the attorney general of Canada for $10 million because she says she was forced to sleep on the bare floor of her cell wh...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Conservatives wouldn't meet Canada's new UN climate target. Here's what that could mean
If the Conservatives are elected next week, they’ve indicated they won’t meet Canada’s updated greenhouse gas emissions target under the Paris Agreement. How much does that matter? ...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Ottawa is lending billions to developers. The result: $1,500 'affordable' rents
The federal government has lent developers billions of dollars to jump-start rental construction, all with affordability requirements. But data released under access-to-information shows that more tha...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Disgust growing over vaccine protesters' Holocaust comparisons
Opponents of COVID-19 vaccine mandates protesting outside hospitals across Canada have been seen wearing yellow stars and holding pictures of Anne Frank. Jewish Canadians say such comparisons are not ...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
'It was either me or him,' says Niagara police sergeant who shot fellow officer, as trial begins
Det.-Sgt. Shane Donovan testified Tuesday it was "either me or him" when he fired at least 10 shots at his fellow Niagara Regional Police officer, Const. Nathan Parker, in November 2018. ...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
After nearly 100 years of delivering babies, Simcoe, Ont., hospital closes birth ward
Expectant parents in Norfolk County will now have to drive to Brantford to give birth, after Norfolk General Hospital shut down its labour and delivery ward on Monday.

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 23:09:20 EDT
Canada's largest school board says staff must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1
The Toronto District School Board says its employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1, 2021.

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:01:29 EDT
Alberta's 'open for summer' plan set trajectory of COVID's 4th wave, Hinshaw now says
Alberta's chief medical officer of health now says the province's controversial lifting of all COVID-19 public health restrictions in early July set the trajectory for the explosive fourth wave of...

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:07:11 EDT
Marc Serré, Liberal candidate for Nickel Belt in northern Ontario, assaulted in campaign office
The Liberal federal election candidate for Nickel Belt in northern Ontario was assaulted in his campaign office, and a 56-year-old woman has been charged, Greater Sudbury police say.

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:53:05 EDT
Comedian and actor Norm Macdonald dead at 61
Norm Macdonald, the Canadian-born comedian who became an influential cast member of Saturday Night Live after he joined in 1993, has died. He was 61.

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:53:42 EDT
Police probing Western University sexual violence allegations work to separate fact from social media fiction
London, Ont., police are working with Western University officials and interviewing students after reports that up to 30 women were drugged and sexually assaulted at a first-year residence over the we...

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 18:20:04 EDT
Manitoba Conservative candidate Ted Falk apologizes for vaccine misinformation
Manitoba federal Conservative candidate Ted Falk is apologizing after he was quoted in a local newspaper spreading misinformation about the dangers of COVID-19 vaccines, suggesting they may do more ha...

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 02:00:00 EDT
I moved to Canada in my Grade 12 year in the middle of the pandemic. It was a lesson in perseverance
Upamanyu Dasgupta immigrated to Saskatoon from India in summer 2020, in the midst of the pandemic. Now, as his university career begins, he is reflecting back on his first year in Canada. ...

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
A Muslim family was killed in Canada 3 months ago. Many wonder why party leaders are 'silent' on Islamophobia
As Canada enters the final week of an election, months after a deadly attack on a Muslim family in London, Ont., in a year marked by a so-called racial reckoning, many Canadians say racism and anti-Mu...

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:35:02 EDT
Nova Scotia community reeling after young family of 6 killed in fire
Residents of a town in northern Nova Scotia are struggling to come to grips with the death of a young family — including 4 children — after the travel trailer they were staying in caught fire. ...

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:04:50 EDT
Alabama health officials warn Saskatchewan: Don't repeat our mistakes in COVID-19 battle
Health-care workers in Alabama say Saskatchewan could learn from the tragic consequences of their state's inaction in the battle against COVID-19.

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 06:12:52 EDT
Linda O'Leary found not guilty in fatal boat crash
Linda O'Leary has been found not guilty of careless operation of a vessel in a boat crash that killed two people in central Ontario two years ago.



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