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Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:17:00 EST
Protesters urged to behave as convoy rolls into Ottawa

Sat, 29 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
Quebec's Muslim community to honour victims on 5th anniversary of deadly mosque attack
Five years after an attack at a Quebec City mosque that claimed the lives of six people and injured 19, survivors and Muslim community members will gather on Saturday to close off a week of events mar...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 19:38:49 EST
Bodies of Indian family found frozen near U.S.-Canada border won't be flown back home
The bodies of a family of four found frozen in a Manitoba field near the Canada-U.S. border last week will not be flown back to their home in India, a relative says.

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:16:59 EST
Why the price of gas keeps going up in most provinces
The price of gas continues to go up in Canada and, in some regions, is breaking records. 

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 12:08:52 EST
Omicron infections have peaked nationally, Canada's top doctor says
Canada's chief public health officer said Friday that cases of the Omicron variant have peaked nationwide and the number of new infections has dropped significantly over the past week.

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 16:17:34 EST
Deputy chief of Thunder Bay, Ont., police suspended pending internal investigation
Deputy Chief Ryan Hughes of the Thunder Bay Police Service has been suspended pending an internal investigation, according to a police board statement. It's the latest in a series of events that have...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:48:56 EST
Driver charged 2 months after vehicle struck and killed girl guide, injured others in London, Ont.
The driver of a vehicle that struck pedestrians, including an eight-year-old girl guide who died and other members of the troop on Nov. 30 in London, Ont., now faces eight charges, including criminal ...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:30:19 EST
Scrap 'dangerous' hospital policy allowing workers with COVID-19 back on the job, unions tell Ontario
Unions are pressing the Ontario government to reverse a pandemic policy that allows hospital workers to return to their jobs while infected with COVID-19 if a facility's staffing situation becomes dir...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:11:20 EST
'My absolute dream job': Unique program brings physicians to housebound seniors
Last week, as Toronto faced its first major snowstorm, photojournalists spent some time with doctors as they saw patients and gave them booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:30:08 EST
Vulnerable adolescents 12 to 17 years old should get COVID-19 booster shots, NACI says
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization now recommends an mRNA booster shot for adolescents with several underlying medical conditions, those living in congregate housing and those who are rac...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 08:00:00 EST
Student nurses joining Alberta hospitals are eager to ease Omicron pressure
Student nurses joining the front lines of Alberta’s strained health-care system during the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic are eager to help ease the pressure on provincial hospitals. ...

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:43:43 EST
As Canada tackles building emissions, what's a natural gas utility to do?
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the challenges of meeting net zero goals without natural gas and hear from one Ontario town that a year ago banned single-use plastic. ...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
Woman assaulted by husband awarded $800K in civil lawsuit. He received an absolute discharge in criminal case
The outcomes in two B.C. cases involving the same couple highlight differences in how incidents of intimate partner violence are handled in the criminal court system, where the case is brought forward...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
'We're here to stay': Quebecers who fought to get Muslim cemeteries built say they're a sign of progress
Two community leaders tried for years to establish cemeteries for Muslims in Quebec City and the Eastern Townships. On the fifth anniversary of a deadly attack on a mosque in the provincial capital, t...

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 05:00:00 EST
Hundreds of books ready for display at new Black Community Library in London, Ont.
An all-new Black library is opening in London, Ont., at the end January. It will feature books written by Black authors from Canada and around the world.  

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 08:24:22 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Friday
Premier Jason Kenney says he wants to eliminate Alberta's COVID-19 vaccine passport program as soon as it's safe to do so, but he noted that it's not yet the right time, as hospitals continue to feel ...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 05:00:00 EST
Snow kicksleds from Finland catching on in rural N.B. community
Residents of Beaubassin-Est and Cap-Pelé can now borrow kicksleds to slide on packed snow after winter storms. Similar to a dogsled, but human-propelled, the sleds have two skis and a seat in the fro...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 05:00:00 EST
Investigation over alleged racist incidents at P.E.I. hockey tournament wraps up
Sixteen-year-old Mark Connors says he was the target of racist slurs at a tournament on the island late last year.



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