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Wed, 26 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
Are grocery stores running out of food? Here's what's really going on
The state of Canadian grocery store shelves has become something of a national obsession in recent weeks. While it's misleading to suggest the country is somehow running out of food, there are a lot o...

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
Omicron subvariant BA.2 raises new questions about puzzling evolution of virus behind COVID-19
Unlocking the mysteries behind Omicron's unique set of mutations will be key to understanding how this virus evolves and spreads — particularly as a tougher-to-detect subvariant called BA.2 is takin...

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
As Quebec moves to ease COVID-19 restrictions, daily death toll remains in double digits
The portrait of those dying in the current wave of COVID-19 is different than those who died last year. There are fewer seniors in institutions but more living on their own. Younger people who are not...

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
Hockey fans look to Olympics as rare chance to see 'underestimated' women's game
When Canada kicks off the women's hockey tournament at the Beijing Olympics on Feb. 2 against Switzerland, many hockey fans say they'll be soaking up the rare chance to watch televised coverage of t...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:45:47 EST
93 potential burial sites found near former B.C. residential school
A survey of a small segment of the land surrounding a former B.C. residential school has identified 93 sites of "potential human burials," according to representatives of a nearby First Nation. ...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 16:32:09 EST
Ontario's solicitor general requests investigation into Thunder Bay police leadership
Solicitor General Sylvia Jones has requested that the Ontario Civilian Police Commission investigate Thunder Bay police Chief Sylvie Hauth and Deputy Chief Ryan Hughes, along with the administration ...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 07:00:00 EST
Mom of 7-year-old girl allegedly abducted by anti-vaccine dad urges Sask. RCMP to issue Amber Alert
The mother of a seven-year-old girl allegedly abducted by her anti-vaccine father more than two months ago is urging Saskatchewan RCMP to issue an Amber Alert. But police say the case doesn't meet t...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:23:52 EST
$1B orphaned oil and gas well cleanup bill estimate leaves out 'most expensive part,' critics say
The parliamentary budget officer has found the cost of cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells in Alberta and Saskatchewan already dwarfs the money collected from industry to pay for it, but critics im...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:29:11 EST
Calgary Liberal MP George Chahal fined for election flyer controversy
Calgary’s lone Liberal MP says he has paid a fine after a doorbell camera captured him removing an opponent’s campaign flyer and replacing it with one of his own on the eve of the last federal ele...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:21:44 EST
Ontario officials tell Windsor's top doctor that now-rescinded pause on migrant workers was 'discriminatory'
Top Ontario officials say Windsor-Essex's acting medical officer of health went beyond his mandate and acted in a "discriminatory" manner when he ordered a halt to the arrival of temporary foreign wo...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:44:08 EST
Remains of man found in Banff 23 years ago still a mystery
The identity of a man whose remains were found in Banff National Park more than 23 years ago continues to elude police despite a treasure trove of found items, including an address.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
As the pandemic rages on, the political debate moves to the supermarket aisle
After a month which saw nearly 2,000 Canadians die of COVID-19, the fiercest political debate going on at the federal level concerns the state of the nation's store shelves.

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
Wednesday's double-barrelled attack on inflation may fall short as markets gyrate
A quarter-point rate hike seems like it would make such little difference. But signs of alarm in the world of finance shows why Jerome Powell and Tiff Macklem have been so reluctant to pull the trigge...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 10:37:38 EST
Former fugitive who hid in South America after N.S. killing released from prison
A man who spent five years on the run from police after shooting a man to death in Nova Scotia has been released on day parole. Steven Douglas Skinner has been released after serving two years of a s...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
Private Ontario zoo with 450 animals up for sale in Chatham-Kent
Greenview Aviaries Park and Zoo in Chatham-Kent in Ontario is up for sale for $4.5 million. While one of the owners says only serious offers will be considered, animal activists say better laws about ...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 10:53:54 EST
Court places publication ban on Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson's sexual assault case
A publication ban is now in effect on one of the most high-profile military sexual assault cases that's before a civilian criminal court. Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson, the military's former head of h...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:45:47 EST
93 potential burial sites found near former B.C. residential school
A survey of a small segment of the land surrounding a former B.C. residential school has identified 93 sites of "potential human burials," according to representatives of a nearby First Nation. ...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 05:00:00 EST
'Stop the spudpocalypse' campaign targets shoppers in Massachusetts
A new social media campaign is targeting shoppers in Massachusetts, warning them of rising prices and empty shelves as long as potatoes from Prince Edward Island are blocked from the United States. ...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 08:22:16 EST
6-year-old found safe after Amber Alert issued in Miramichi, N.B.
A six-year-old boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert issued Tuesday in Miramichi, N.B., has been found on foot with his mother, the suspect, in Whitney, N.B. The boy is safe and the mother has be...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 07:02:47 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday
Quebec is easing more pandemic restrictions as of Jan. 31. Premier François Legault, who said last week he could see light at the end of the tunnel, said Tuesday that he believes the province is now ...



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