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Wed, 30 Mar 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Do you need a 4th dose of a COVID-19 vaccine? There's no one-size-fits-all answer
In multiple countries, fourth doses are being explored as a way to ward off waning immunity. So does that mean you should rush out and get another shot if the opportunity arises? Not necessarily. ...

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Canada's new climate plan demonstrates the price we pay for procrastination
Addressing unnamed politicians who would say that the current moment — with the war in Ukraine stoking inflation and driving up gas prices — is a bad time for fighting climate change, Prime Minis...

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Ice volcanoes on Pluto suggest dwarf planet may not be so cold after all
After the New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto in 2015, astronomers were surprised by several discoveries, including the possibility of ice volcanoes. Now, new evidence has found supporting evidence ...

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Ford government appeals to Canada's top court to keep premier's mandate letters secret
The Ontario government has asked the Supreme Court of Canada to weigh in on the province’s nearly four-year fight to keep Premier Doug Ford’s mandate letters to his cabinet ministers secret. ...

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Federal official blocked residential school survivor group's search to name missing children 
A federal official blocked a request by a survivor's organization seeking access to a key register in a search for 100-year-old records they hope could identify four children who died at the Shingwauk...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:28:48 EDT
B.C. university student injured in alleged homophobic assault at off-campus party
A student at Vancouver Island University was injured Saturday evening in what he says was an unprovoked homophobic assault at an off-campus party in Nanaimo.

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 13:16:22 EDT
Canada releases plan for a 40 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2030
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault today released the government's plan to dramatically curb greenhouse gas emissions over the next eight years to meet ambitious 2030 reduction targets. It's a pla...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 15:27:13 EDT
B.C.'s funding system 'broken' for Indigenous children in provincial care: report
British Columbia's child and youth representative says trying to follow the money trail when it comes to ministry funding for the welfare of Indigenous children in provincial care revealed a "jarring"...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:35:25 EDT
Two senior female officers quitting the navy over military's handling of sexual misconduct case
Two senior female officers say they are leaving the military because the commander of Canada's Atlantic fleet refused to hold three key subordinates to account for mismanaging and attempting to cover ...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 13:31:23 EDT
20 arrested, $70M in drugs seized after years-long international investigation: RCMP
A multi-year police investigation that originated in Manitoba has led to the arrests of 20 people, including a full-patch Hells Angels member, who RCMP say were working for an international drug and w...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 15:41:01 EDT
Greater Toronto Hockey League committee suggests 44 changes to combat racism, discrimination
An independent committee, formed by the Greater Toronto Hockey League, has found racism and discrimination do exist in the GTHL and there is a need to put greater efforts into promoting a culture of a...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 19:05:33 EDT
NEXUS screening interviews to resume next month — but only in the U.S.
People hoping to speed up their cross-border travel with the NEXUS and FAST programs will be able to book screening interviews starting next month in the United States, the Canada Border Services Agen...

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:01:11 EST
Ukrainians fleeing Russian invasion arrive in Edmonton

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:55:01 EDT
Federal government to release budget on April 7
The federal government will table its next annual budget on Thursday, April 7.

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:00:00 EDT
'I made the right decision,' says Yukon musher penalized by Iditarod for sheltering dogs in storm
After being penalized by the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog for sheltering her dogs during a fierce storm, Yukon musher Michelle Philipps said she has no regrets about what she did.

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 16:36:41 EDT
Halifax director Ben Proudfoot celebrates his first Academy Award
Proudfoot directed 'The Queen of Basketball,' which won an Oscar for best documentary short subject Sunday night in Los Angeles.

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 08:00:00 EDT
Alberta sees fewest divorces in over 40 years after COVID-19 hit, data shows
COVID-19 has forced many Albertans apart, but may have kept many married couples together — at least for now.

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 12:10:16 EDT
N.S. budget sees big jump in health spending, $500M deficit
Health care dominated the Progressive Conservative election campaign last summer and so it should come as no surprise that it does the same with the party’s first budget since forming government in ...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:00:00 EDT
Footage of therapists spooning and pinning down patient in B.C. trial for MDMA therapy prompts review
Newly released videos that show two B.C. therapists cuddling, spooning, blindfolding and pinning down a distressed PTSD patient during clinical trials using MDMA have prompted a review of their work a...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 04:00:00 EDT
New Quebec health plan promises better access to care, improved working conditions for nurses
On Tuesday morning, the CAQ government officially unveiled its plan to revamp its ailing health network with a promise to prioritize access to front-line services, eliminate mandatory overtime for nur...



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