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Fri, 24 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
'I feel more like a bouncer than a hostess': Front-line workers shoulder burden of vaccine mandates
Service industry workers in Canada say they're bearing the brunt of anger, frustration and general confusion from clients over new vaccine mandates that they had nothing to do with creating, but are n...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Researchers develop new way to determine age of lobsters
Scientists in England have come up with a new way of figuring out the age of lobsters. They say their findings could help maintain healthy lobster stocks and manage fisheries more sustainably. ...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
These students are taking action to improve climate change education in schools
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how climate change is being taught in Canadian classrooms and a study that says more birds flocked to cities during the pandemic. ...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Quebec Indigenous groups collecting stories of forced sterilization
Tired of waiting for Quebec to acknowledge reports of forced sterilizations, a group of Indigenous researchers and others are collecting testimonies from First Nations and Inuit women to document the ...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 05:00:00 EDT
Blame first-past-the-post for Canada's growing rural-urban divide
Canada’s rural-urban divide wasn’t nearly so pronounced in decades past. But our electoral system has progressively siloed rural and urban areas in their respective echo chambers, writes Colin Wal...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Britain offers Canada military help to defend the Arctic
Britain is signalling its interest in working with the Canadian military in the Arctic by offering to take part in cold-weather exercises and bring in some of its more advanced capabilities — suc...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 01:00:00 EDT
Residents, staff at 2 Vancouver Island long-term care homes say care has suffered due to poor management
Residents, staff and former employees at two Port Alberni long-term care homes say they’re at a breaking point after years of complaints alleging serious mismanagement in the workplace. ...

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 15:33:07 EDT
Conservatives divided on what to do about Erin O'Toole after election loss
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole failed to unseat his Liberal opponent in this pandemic election — a result that has frustrated party members who were eager to put Justin Trudeau out of a job. But...

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:11:38 EDT
Linda Evangelista says she was 'brutally disfigured' by cosmetic procedure, will sue company
The Canadian supermodel will sue Zeltiq Aesthetics, the parent company behind the CoolSculpting procedure that she says left her permanently deformed.

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:55:45 EDT
Alberta sees record number of ICU admissions as COVID-19 hospitalizations soar
Alberta hospitals are seeing their highest-ever number of patients being admitted for critical care — and part of the reason they're able to keep up is because of a high number deaths from COVID-...

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 14:30:42 EDT
Quebec to offer nurses bonuses of up to $18K to end staffing crisis
The Quebec government has announced it will provide nurses with financial bonuses of up to $18,000 as part of its emergency plan to fix the staffing crisis in the province's health-care network. ...

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 15:49:24 EDT
Former MP Marwan Tabbara gets 3 years' probation after pleading guilty to assault
Former Kitchener South-Hespeler MP Marwan Tabbara has received a conditional discharge and was placed on three years' probation after pleading guilty to two counts of assault and one of being unlaw...

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 15:51:18 EDT
Boppy baby loungers recalled in U.S. and Canada due to suffocation hazard
Health Canada and the Consumer Product Safety Commission are recalling more than 3.3 million baby loungers sold in the U.S. and Canada because the items may pose a suffocation risk to infants. ...

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:46:14 EDT
Premiers call for 'urgent' increase in health-care funding
The country's premiers stood united Thursday in calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to increase the federal government's share of health-care costs and to hold a first ministers' meeting to discu...

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:11:50 EDT
Man assaults Sherbrooke nurse after she vaccinated wife without his 'consent,' police say
Police in Sherbrooke, Que., are looking for a man they say assaulted a nurse at a pharmacy after he told her she needed his "consent" before administering a COVID-19 vaccine dose to his wife. ...

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 14:29:55 EDT
Ottawa promises to step up after Alberta asks for help with airlifting COVID-19 patients
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the federal government will pitch in after Alberta asked for help with airlifting COVID-19 patients, ICU-registered nurses and respiratory therapists. ...

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:13:35 EDT
Twitter restricted Bernier's account for 12 hours after he urged followers to 'play dirty' with journalists
Twitter restricted People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier's account, preventing him from posting any new messages for 12 hours after he used the platform to encourage his supporters to "play ...

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 16:34:01 EDT
Medical experts urge caution over use of acetaminophen-based painkillers during pregnancy
People who are pregnant should be cautious about taking acetaminophen as it may alter fetal development, according to a coalition of international public health experts.

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:11:38 EDT
Linda Evangelista says she was 'brutally disfigured' by cosmetic procedure, will sue company
The Canadian supermodel will sue Zeltiq Aesthetics, the parent company behind the CoolSculpting procedure that she says left her permanently deformed.

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
U.S. central bank rolls out plan for slowing stimulus this year and rate hikes in 2022
Canadian borrowers must pay attention as U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell announces plan to end pandemic stimulus, making borrowing money more expensive, including here in Canada. ...



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