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Wed, 22 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Air Miles hits turbulence after Sobeys and Safeway pull out of program
The long-running Air Miles rewards system is facing turbulence after the withdrawal of one of its only remaining national grocery chains from the program, say experts in the Canadian loyalty points in...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Returning to work and worried about catching COVID? You're not alone
Some people who are returning to their workplaces are worried about being exposed to COVID-19 by being in spaces that might not have adequate ventilation and no longer require masking or vaccination.Â...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
FINA trans swim policy shows 'equal but separate' is actually exclusion
On Sunday night, the international governing body of water sports (FINA) effectively banned transgender women from competition. FINA labelled it a "gender inclusion policy," but what it actually does...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
With a war raging and food prices soaring, Trudeau attends Commonwealth summit in Rwanda
The war in Ukraine will cast its shadow over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other Commonwealth national leaders as they arrive in Kigali, Rwanda on Wednesday for their first meeting since the on...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Umbrella Academy Season 3 takes on too many characters, too much complexity — and the kugelblitz
The Umbrella Academy's third season — which premiered on Netflix Wednesday — is a compelling, but overly complicated, sequel for the superhero family drama.

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 04:30:00 EDT
'Mass exodus' of psychologists from N.L. health authority leaves high vacancy rate and patients waiting
Eastern Health is facing a near 45 per cent vacancy rate in psychology positions after a “mass exodus” of specialists for private practice. Some psychologists say the provincial government and hea...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Where are all the Black astronomers and physicists? Racism, isolation keeping many away
While Canada produces many talented astronomers, astrophysicists and physicists, few of them are Black. The question is: Why?

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
As water sources dry up, towns in southern Quebec sound the alarm
As farmers haul water to their livestock and homeowners are ordered to restrict water use, rural municipalities try to plan for a future where the resource is even more scarce. Is the province doing e...

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:52:23 EDT
Suburban real estate vulnerable if demand shifts post-pandemic, Bank of Canada warns
The gap between downtown real estate and houses in the suburbs narrowed significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, a development that may make markets outside big cities even more vulnerable to a slo...

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Mom had no idea Indigenous daughter was in jail until staff told her she was dead, Ontario inquest told
Selina McIntyre of Hay River, N.W.T. says she only learned her daughter was in a Windsor, Ont., jail when staff called to let her know she had died. McIntyre testified at the inquest into the death of...

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 16:53:18 EDT
Frustrated by passport wait 'chaos,' would-be travellers in Montreal take matters into their own hands
Montrealers who need their travel documents say they're fending for themselves in unruly lineups at the passport office, while across the country, Services Canada scrambles to hire more clerks to meet...

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 14:29:46 EDT
Canadians found dead of knife wounds in Mexican resort
Two Canadians — one of them sought by Interpol — have been found dead of knife wounds in Mexico's Caribbean coast resort of Playa del Carmen, the state prosecutor's office said Tuesday. ...

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 21:18:02 EDT
Northern Quebec Cree community moves forward with radar search of former residential school sites
Cree officials in Chisasibi say that after extensive consultations with families and survivors, several sites associated with the first two residential schools in Quebec will be searched over the next...

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 11:57:05 EDT
Edward Lake, father of 3 children killed by drunk driver Marco Muzzo in 2015, dies
Edward Lake, the father of three children killed by a drunk driver in a Greater Toronto Area collision almost seven years ago, has died.

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:44:33 EDT
RCMP name 2 suspects they're searching for in connection with La Ronge shooting
The two men are considered armed and dangerous, public told not to approach them

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 04:00:46 EDT
Break bread, laugh and learn: How to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 05:00:00 EDT
Scientists head to one of the foggiest places on Earth to study mysterious phenomenon
Fog can be predicted only a few hours in advance, if at all, because it's not well understood what causes it. A new study aims to change that.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 14:31:35 EDT
Andre De Grasse has COVID, won't compete this week at track and field nationals in B.C.
Reigning Olympic men's decathlon champion Damian Warner of London, Ont., has a sore knee and has withdrawn from the Canadian track and field championships, set to begin Thursday in Langley, B.C. Sprin...

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Solutions to Ontario emergency room waits are found beyond hospital ERs
If you've spent hours waiting to see a doctor in an Ontario emergency room, or days in the ER waiting to get admitted to hospital, you likely didn't see the real factors driving those delays. ...

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 05:00:00 EDT
Ukrainian doctors find new life on P.E.I. as resident care workers 
Two doctors from Ukraine say they are grateful to have found jobs in health care after moving to P.E.I. in March. They are trained as an opthalmologist and emergency physician, but say their work at a...



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