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Thu, 17 Feb 2022 04:00:00 EST
Several provinces are dropping vaccine passports, but some businesses aren't on board
Some provinces are dropping COVID-19 vaccine mandates for restaurants, gyms and other venues. Businesses in these areas are essentially being allowed to decide for themselves if they want to keep the ...

Sun, 18 Jul 2021 15:02:33 EDT
Canada beats rival U.S. to reclaim Olympic women's hockey supremacy

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 04:00:00 EST
Some immunocompromised Canadians face anxious future with lifting of COVID-19 restrictions
Some Canadians are at risk of severe complications in case of a coronavirus infection because of their medical conditions. And some of those people say they now face a more anxious future as many prov...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 04:00:00 EST
As Ontario lifts COVID-19 restrictions, northern First Nations are still grappling with Omicron surge
Ontario is lifting more COVID-19 restrictions as over 30 communities in the province's north are still managing an Omicron surge, a discrepancy that's led to calls for better representation in reopeni...

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 13:46:44 EST
Ottawa has secured exit routes for Canadians still in Ukraine, minister's office says
The federal government says it has secured escape routes through four neighbouring countries to allow Canadians to evade a Russian military incursion into Ukraine.

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 04:00:00 EST
'You must leave the area now,' police warn remaining protesters
On Wednesday, Ottawa police began distributing written notices to remaining protesters telling them to leave the downtown area immediately.

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:50:08 EST
Banks are moving to freeze accounts linked to convoy protests. Here's what you need to know
Using powers granted under the Emergencies Act, the federal government has directed banks and other financial institutions to stop doing business with people associated with the anti-vaccine mandate c...

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:44:06 EST
Thawing permafrost can expose northerners to cancer-causing gas, study says
Radon is an odourless, tasteless gas that comes from the ground. A new study out of the U.K. says people in the Arctic might be exposed to plumes of the cancer-causing gas as a protective layer of per...

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 10:44:25 EST
Manitoba border blockade ends as RCMP escort protesters away
The last of the protesters involved in the week-long Canada-U.S. border blockade at Emerson, Man., have been escorted away by RCMP and all lanes have been reopened to traffic.

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:16:29 EST
Search ends for 12 missing crew members of Spanish fishing vessel off Newfoundland coast
The search for the missing crew members of the Spanish fishing vessel Villa de Pitanxo, which sank 460 kilometres off the eastern coast of Newfoundland early Tuesday morning, has been called off. ...

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:06:12 EST
Ontario science table shows COVID-19 levels dropping in wastewater, except in the north
Ontario’s Science Advisory Table shows COVID-19 levels in wastewater data are steadily declining in all regions except in northern areas of the province.

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 07:00:00 EST
Student pleads guilty to filming woman in campus washroom after RCMP allegedly hesitated to pursue charge
A student at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus has admitted he filmed a fellow student in a campus washroom, pleading guilty to a criminal charge the victim believes might not ha...

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 10:36:02 EST
Death of Pierre Coriolan shows police lack training, Quebec coroner finds
A report by Coroner Luc Malouin into the 2017 death of the 58-year-old, who was shot and killed by Montreal police in his apartment building while in the midst of a mental-health crisis, found that of...

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:00:00 EST
Woman faces removal from Canada after college admission letter turned out to be fake
An immigrant who has lived and worked in Edmonton since 2018 is facing removal from Canada after officials discovered a college admission letter that helped her get a study permit turned out to be fak...

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 08:41:29 EST
Canada's inflation rate rises to 5.1% — highest since 1991
Canada's inflation rate hit 5.1 per cent in January, its highest level since 1991.

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 23:09:24 EST
Peter Sloly takes the hit for loss of public trust in Ottawa police
Many have questioned Peter Sloly’s ability to end the downtown occupation and Tuesday he took the fall for this loss of trust in police. Whether that’s fair is almost beside the point at the momen...

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 06:00:00 EST
Discovery of 54 potential graves at Keeseekoose a sad reminder of truth of residential schools: leaders
First Nations leaders and politicians called Tuesday a "sombre" day, following the announcement that what are believed to be 54 unmarked graves were found at two former residential school sites in ...

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 EST
Inside this 1840s N.B. barn is a dream hockey rink
Overlooking fields in Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, an unassuming 1840s barn has wowed young hockey players, who appreciate the elaborate ice rink tucked inside.

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 04:00:00 EST
My 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 EST
Toronto 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. 



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