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Mon, 1 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Small business owners defrauded, then left by banks to take $23K loss
The owners of a B.C. mom-and-pop shop say they were hung out to dry twice — by a fraudster who took more than $23,000 worth of goods, and by the banks which left them to take the loss. Experts say b...

Mon, 1 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Why you should (only) talk to women about climate change
Watching the data roll in, I’m not alone in seeing an emerging and increasingly undeniable fact — the people we need to talk to most about the climate crisis are women, says climate communicator S...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 13:37:35 EDT
Compensation for Indigenous children removed from homes not justice, says AFN chief
Talks set to start Monday between Indigenous leaders and the federal government about a possible settlement over court-ordered compensation to First Nations children could signal the clearing of the r...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
This ruby is 2.5 billion years old and contains evidence of ancient life
A researcher at Ontario's University of Waterloo was part of an international team that discovered carbon residue that was once ancient life encased in a 2.5 billion-year-old ruby — the first time e...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Only 484 marijuana pardons have been granted since program started in 2019
It's been more than two years since the federal government launched a program to offer Canadians with criminal records for simple marijuana possession a fast, free pardon — but only 484 people have ...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:04:41 EDT
N.B. government locks out 3,000 CUPE workers as strike enters Day 3
The New Brunswick government on Sunday locked out all non-designated employees in CUPE locals 1253 and 2745, including custodians, bus drivers, school library assistants and administrative support, a...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 06:00:00 EDT
A sampling of highest and lowest-paid workers on N.B. picket lines
Wages are a central issue in the contract dispute between the Higgs government and 10 locals of the Canadian Union of Public Employees whose members went on strike Friday. Here's what some of the empl...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 04:00:12 EDT
Wave of Black studies programs at Canadian universities a long time coming, scholars say
Ryerson University announced last week that it would offer a Black studies minor to students as of Fall 2022, and similar programs are in the works at other universities. Scholars say that decades of ...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 12:49:25 EDT
Trudeau says climate progress made at G20 — but Canada wanted more ambitious plan
Canada wanted a stronger and more ambitious agreement on climate change to emerge from the G20 summit — but leaders still managed to make progress by committing to address some key issues, Prime Min...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 13:25:37 EDT
93-year-old London, Ont., runner breaks Canadian record, shows no signs of slowing down
A 93-year-old runner broke his own record Sunday morning, completing five kilometres in 36 minutes and 30 seconds.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
First Nations leader recalls unsuccessful 2017 effort to bring Pope Francis to Saskatchewan
The effort to bring Pope Francis to Canada for a long-awaited apology over the Catholic Church's role in running residential schools can be traced back to a 2016 conversation between two seemingly ...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 11:56:49 EDT
'Ambitious' but 'pragmatic': OECD head defends global tax deal after G20 approval
OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann says a global deal reached on taxing rights and a minimum corporate tax is a broad consensus that represents an ambitious but pragmatic approach to the issue. ...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 06:00:00 EDT
4 hair-raising Acadian stories to keep you awake on Halloween night
P.E.I.'s Acadian community has a rich culture of story-telling which has been passed down from generation to generation. 

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 07:00:00 EDT
Heather Stefanson grinds out a win in a Manitoba leadership race few expected to be close
Heather Stefanson was expected to easily win Manitoba's Progressive Conservative leadership race. But the party membership handed her a razor-thin victory that may yet be contested further by her riva...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 09:32:01 EDT
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Oct. 31
Australia eased its international border restrictions on Monday for the first time in the pandemic, allowing some of its vaccinated public to travel freely and many families to reunite, sparking emoti...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:27:47 EDT
All 6 people aboard EHS LifeFlight plane are safe following emergency landing at Halifax airport
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has sent investigators to the Halifax Stanfield International Airport after the main landing gear of a small LifeFlight plane collapsed Saturday. ...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 04:30:00 EDT
Here's how a vast subsea cable involving Norway could improve internet service in Inuit communities
A subsea network that would stretch from northern Canada to Norway could open a path for significantly better internet connectivity in Inuit communities.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 07:33:33 EDT
Canadian men's short track relay team wins gold at World Cup event in Japan
The Canadian men's short track relay team of Pascal Dion, Charles Hamelin, Steven Dubois, and Jordan Pierre-Gilles will bring home gold after winning the 5,000-metre final at the World Cup event in Na...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 14:56:20 EDT
Fully vaccinated Canadians won't need COVID-19 test to cross U.S. land border: congressman
U.S. Representative Brian Higgins said Saturday that U.S. Customs and Border Protection had confirmed to his office that fully vaccinated travellers entering the United States from Canada would not ne...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Hundreds of thousands of snowbirds expected to flock south after spending last winter hibernating
The Canadian Snowbird Association predicts most of Canada's one million snowbirds will head south this year now that they’re fully vaccinated and can drive across the border to the United States. ...



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