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Tue, 30 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
As omicron piles on economic fears, Canadian outlook offers glimmer of bland optimism
With the new omicron variant, market instability, inflation and supply chain fears, Canada expects a pleasantly bland economic outlook on jobs and GDP.

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Ontario doctor leaving practice after unfounded claims she denied care to unvaccinated patients
The only full-time family physician in a small northern Ontario town says she feels personally attacked after a spate of COVID-19 misinformation and anti-vaccination sentiment set off by a town counci...

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
New Indigenous healing space offers 'a place where people can talk about their brokenness,' founder says
Clarence Cachagee founded Crow Shield Lodge, an Indigenous land-based education and healing space in southwestern Ontario, and says there's such a need for healing in the Waterloo region that he wants...

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
As Canada's coat of arms turns 100, is it time for an overhaul?
Canada's coat of arms was adopted by royal proclamation 100 years ago. But some say its design, which is based on the four "founding nations" of European setters - England, Scotland, Ireland and Franc...

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Hundreds have tried to enter Canada with fake COVID-19 test results, proof-of-vaccine documents: CBSA
The Canada Border Services Agency says it has intercepted hundreds of suspected fake COVID-19 test results and vaccination records from people trying to enter the country.

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 20:19:07 EST
B.C. store owner who offered employee cash for sex and then fired her ordered to pay $99K
A shopkeeper in a small B.C. community has been ordered to pay nearly $99,000 to a former employee he repeatedly harassed and offered cash for sex.

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 19:19:10 EST
B.C. extends fuel rationing with more rain expected in flood-soaked regions
The British Columbia government has extended a 30-litre fuel purchase limit until Dec. 14 in order to preserve supplies for emergency and essential vehicles responding to the heavy rains and severe fl...

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:25:29 EST
Defence minister and Canada's top soldier to apologize to sexual misconduct victims
Canada’s defence minister will join the country’s top soldier in delivering a formal apology to survivors of sexual misconduct in the armed forces on December 13.

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 21:10:31 EST
Two more arrests at new Wet'suwet'en blockade near Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern B.C.
Less than two weeks after RCMP arrested dozens of people at blockades and cleared access to pipeline work camps, there have been two more arrests at a new blockade.

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:26:11 EST
Challenging racism in health care should be part of Desmond inquiry's legacy: witnesses
The province must invest in culturally specific health-care services for Black communities, the Lionel Desmond inquiry has heard.

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:23:20 EST
Universities across Canada addressing Indigenous identity fraud in wake of Carrie Bourassa investigation
Universities across Canada are taking steps to address the issue of Indigenous identity fraud in the wake of a CBC investigation about Carrie Bourassa and her false claims of Métis, Anishnaabe and Tl...

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 04:00:50 EST
If the way we work is going to change, offices are going to change, too
At organizations across Canada, decision-makers are looking at how their physical workspaces need to function as they plan how their employees will make use of them in the future — even if their sta...

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:23:35 EST
Christmas turkeys expected to be harder to find and pricier
Canadians appear to be scrambling to secure that perfect poultry well in advance of Christmas dinner. Industry experts say the country's turkey stocks are at 30-year-lows, a fact that is being complic...

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 16:19:39 EST
Edmonton man sentenced to 10 years for killing Montreal woman in 2017
An Edmonton man who admitted strangling a Montreal woman in his north-side basement apartment four years ago has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for manslaughter.

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Got something in self storage? What you need to know amid rising thefts
A Vancouver woman says she trusted a big self-storage company to keep her cherished belongings safe. Instead, they disappeared with no sign of a break-in. A security expert warns that theft at storage...

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 05:00:00 EST
Sask. parents 'terrified' after son with autism was missing for 1 hour after bus driver left without him
A Saskatoon mom and dad are angry that their nine-year-old son with autism went missing for an hour after they say his bus driver “abandoned” him.

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 04:00:29 EST
For BIPOC employees, remote work meant a welcome break from office microaggressions
Working from home throughout the pandemic has provided some employees who are Black, Indigenous or people of colour a mental break from dealing with microaggressions in the workplace.

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 07:36:28 EST
G7 health ministers agree to closely monitor omicron variant after virtual meeting
Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says Canada supports the development of a new global convention on pandemic preparedness and response that will be debated at a special meeting of the World He...

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:12:03 EST
Constance Lake First Nation chief confirms 2 deaths due to blastomycosis
The chief of Constance Lake First Nation confirmed in a live video with community members that two individuals have died of blastomycosis infection.

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 06:26:40 EST
P.E.I. Jewish community celebrating Hanukkah with 3-metre electric menorah
It was a historic moment for the P.E.I. Jewish community as they lit their first public menorah on the lawn of the provincial legislature to celebrate 120 years as part of the province, and to mark th...



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