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Wed, 16 Feb 2022 04:00:00 ESTMy husband was diagnosed with dementia at 48, and I felt like fleeing
We watched his mother break under the burden of caring for his father. Then John was diagnosed, writes Cindy McCaffery.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 04:00:00 ESTToronto author's bestselling novel The Maid started as an idea on a napkin
Canadian author Nita Prose's debut novel The Maid became a New York Times and Canadian bestseller just a few weeks after its release on January 4.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 00:46:04 ESTAnti-mandate protest outside B.C. high school leads to confrontation, protester hurling insults at student
An anti-mandate protest outside a South Okanagan high school resulted in a verbal confrontation between adults and students and, in one case, a protester yelling a racially charged insult and profani...
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 04:00:00 ESTEconomic development officials invited Reptilia to London, Ont., despite zoo ban, says zoo boss
Brian Child, president of Reptilia, said he was invited to London by the Ontario city's economic development corporation even though private zoos have been banned within city limits since 2011.
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Wed, 16 Feb 2022 04:00:09 ESTThis Montreal gym owner uses kickboxing to promote kindness
The owner of Hard Knox Gym in Montreal's Saint-Henri district encourages women to take up boxing and gives back to the neighbourhood in any way he can.
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:55:59 ESTB.C. lifts most COVID-19 restrictions as long as masks and vaccine cards are used
B.C. will lift most COVID-19 restrictions Wednesday at 11:59 p.m., B.C. health officials announced Tuesday.
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 13:21:13 EST4 Alberta border protesters charged with conspiring to murder RCMP officers
The first 11 protesters to be arrested in connection to the Coutts, Alta., border blockade made their first court appearance Tuesday afternoon on charges that include conspiracy to murder, mischief ...
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 11:59:13 ESTVictim identified, boy charged with 1st-degree murder after Scarborough school shooting
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder after a shooting at a Scarborough high school where an 18-year-old was killed Monday.
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 11:57:08 ESTKeeseekoose First Nation in Sask. announces 54 'hits' in ground-penetrating radar surveys at former schools
Ground-penetrating radar survey efforts at former residential school sites around Keeseekoose First Nation in Saskatchewan found 54 potential gravesites, the community announced Tuesday.
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Tue, 15 Feb 2022 09:00:00 ESTHong Kong protest film sells out within minutes in Vancouver
All 2,400 tickets for a controversial protest film screening in Vancouver were quickly sold out in an apparent show of solidarity with Hong Kong residents whose freedom is being chipped away under ...
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 09:33:38 ESTAverage house price hit record $748,450 in January — up 21% in past year
Cold weather did little to chill out Canada's red-hot housing market in January, with the Canadian Real Estate Association reporting that average house prices have increased by 21 per cent in the past...
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 20:20:40 ESTAlberta to toughen oilsands emissions standards that reward big Canadian polluters
The province of Alberta will toughen its greenhouse gas emissions standards for oilsands mines, closing a loophole that rewarded some of Canada's highest-emitting facilities with millions of dollars ...
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 16:05:03 ESTCharges in Ambassador Bridge protests hit 90 as officials hope Emergencies Act protects international crossing
Dozens of charges have now been laid in relation to pandemic mandate protests in Windsor, Ont., that blocked Ambassador Bridge traffic for a week, police said in releasing new figures a day after the ...
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 04:00:00 ESTLawyer says families 'ignored' as Broken Trust final report on death reinvestigations expected within weeks
A lawyer says families are being left in the dark about the final report on reinvestigations of the deaths of Indigenous people in northwestern Ontario. The report, which is expected to be released wi...
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 08:29:43 EST10 killed, 11 missing after Spanish fishing boat sinks off Newfoundland coast
Three crew members have been rescued and 10 have been found deceased as of 8 p.m. NT, with a search on to find the rest of the crew, according to the Join Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax.
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Tue, 15 Feb 2022 07:00:00 ESTFetch the black bag! Calgary doctors now make house calls for home-bound seniors
The house calls are a throwback to another era — "slow medicine," as one doctor calls it.
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 04:00:00 ESTJoint command centre to run protest response as Ottawa police chief resigns
In the wake of the Ottawa police chief's resignation, three levels of policing have come together to jointly run the response to the protests, now in their third week, in the capital.
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Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:42:55 ESTN.B. business owner says he donated $75,000 to Freedom Convoy
A Sussex Corner business owner has confirmed he made what appears to be one of the largest donations to the Freedom Convoy that has gridlocked the streets of Ottawa around Parliament Hill.
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Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:46:35 EST3 northern First Nations in Ontario see spike in COVID-19 cases, prompting federal support
Three First Nations in northwestern Ontario are experiencing a spike in COVID-19 cases, prompting response from government agencies and neighbouring communities.
Tue, 15 Feb 2022 04:00:00 ESTDoug Ford acknowledges division in his family over COVID-19 rules
Ontario Premier Doug Ford acknowledged division in his family over COVID-19 public health measures, at the same time as he announced his government's plan for ending the province's vaccine passport sy...