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Fri, 28 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
Why some unvaccinated Canadian travellers are still able to board a plane
With Canada's vaccine requirement for travellers, air passengers may presume everyone over 12 on their flight is fully vaccinated. But that’s not necessarily the case, as some travellers, such as un...

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:17:00 EST
Large number of donations to protest convoy came from aliases, unnamed donors

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 04:00:46 EST
People say they want COVID-19 to become 'endemic.' But what does that really mean?
Canada is not yet at a stage where people can live with the coronavirus and return to normal activities and it's dangerous to misuse the word "endemic" to suggest that, infectious disease experts and ...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 04:00:26 EST
Businesses weigh options as convoy, other protests set to roll into Ottawa
While some Ottawa businesses are wondering whether to shut their doors this weekend as a convoy of truckers makes its way to Parliament Hill, others are rolling out the welcome mat.

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
Inquiry into N.S. mass shootings has cost $13M before public hearings have even started
The inquiry examining the circumstances surrounding the killing of 22 people in April of 2020 has cost the federal and provincial government about $13 million so far and public proceedings have yet to...

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:06:27 EST
Bodies found frozen near Canada-U.S. border confirmed to be family from India

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 18:21:21 EST
5 children, including 1 in critical condition, among 9 hospitalized after Winnipeg house fire
Nine people are in hospital, including one child in critical condition, after a house fire on Thursday morning.

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 01:01:27 EST
Yukon to set up First Nations school board after historic vote
Yukon will soon have a First Nations school board, which supporters say will give them a greater say over education matters with the territorial government.

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:13:57 EST
Former Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen charged with sexual assault
Jake Virtanen, a former Vancouver Canucks forward, has been charged with one count of sexual assault following an investigation, according to the Vancouver Police Department.

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 15:06:48 EST
4 dead in Richmond, B.C., shooting were from same family, homicide investigators say
The identities of the two women and two men who died in the shooting earlier this week have not been released by the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, though police did confirm they were all fro...

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 19:10:40 EST
Windsor-Essex paramedics' union tweets opposition to vaccine mandates; says they are based on lies
In a series of tweets, the union representing Windsor-Essex paramedics suggest that people who support a vaccine mandate are "authoritarian" and have a "propensity for evil." 

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 12:23:24 EST
He ran a neighbourhood hardware store for decades. Now, the nostalgia is bringing him back
Lee Helmkay worked at Argyle Hardware in London, Ont., for 40 years, from the day it opened in 1947 until it closed in 1986, after purchasing the store from his father in the late '50s. Now 92 and liv...

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 07:00:00 EST
Ontario teen urges people to sign onto her Kindness Pledge against bullying, community hate
A Fergus, Ont., high school student is urging her community to be kinder and more inclusive following a series of bullying incidents at her school.

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 10:52:28 EST
Interior Fraser steelhead face extinction, fishery and conservation groups warn
Fishery and conservation groups in British Columbia warn a unique species of ocean-going trout faces a "severe conservation crisis'' and must be added to Canada's Species at Risk Act.

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:40:16 EST
Trudeau says he's isolating after exposure to COVID-19
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's isolating for five days after he was exposed to COVID-19.

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:00:00 EST
Human rights complaint filed against B.C. health-care authority over N95 respirator ban
A class complaint has been filed at the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal against Fraser Health, the province's largest health authority, over their policy prohibiting hospital patients and visitors from usi...

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 10:29:02 EST
Early physical activity helps children after concussions, study finds
New research from Ottawa’s pediatric hospital could have significant implications for older children suffering from a concussion as it encourages physical activity within days of a brain injury. ...

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:00:00 EST
New post-pandemic standards for long-term care proposed to federal government
As hundreds of long-term care homes across the country grapple with new outbreaks of COVID-19, highly-anticipated draft national standards for these facilities were released Thursday.

Sun, 23 Jan 2022 15:34:23 EST
'Freedom Convoy' heading to Ottawa to protest trucker vaccine mandate
On Jan. 23, a 'Freedom Convoy' rolled out from British Columbia as well as other parts of Canada en route to the capital for a demonstration this Saturday against the vaccine mandate for truckers. ...

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 18:56:44 EST
Truckloads of P.E.I. potatoes arriving at food banks across Canada 
Hundreds of truckloads of P.E.I. potatoes will be heading to food banks from coast to coast to coast over the next six months, part of efforts to make use of surplus potatoes sitting in Island warehou...



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