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Thu, 18 Mar 2021 22:05:29 EDT
Lawyer for ex-Nazi interpreter Helmut Oberlander files motion to permanently end deportation proceedings
A 97-year-old Waterloo, Ont., man who worked as an interpreter for one of the Nazis' most brutal killing units is asking the federal government to stay immigration proceedings against him. ...

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Ontario's 3rd wave of COVID-19 could hit younger adults harder. Here's why
Despite rising vaccination rates, there's growing consensus among medical experts that Ontario's third wave of COVID-19 cases has already started. Clinicians and epidemiologists warn patients may be b...

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EDT
CP Rail leaves mountain train parked without crew or handbrakes near site of deadly 2019 runaway crash
Canadian Pacific Railway is under fire after leaving a 2.5-kilometre-long grain train parked without handbrakes last month high in the mountains of eastern B.C., above the site of a deadly runaway two...

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Ontario to (finally) pull the plug on fax machines in public service
The Ontario government says it's finally time to cut the cord on the fax machine. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is directing the province's public service to phase out its 1,500 traditional tele...

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EDT
If he's ever going to win, Erin O'Toole needs to start broadening the Conservative tent
The Conservatives can count on a rock-solid base of about 30 per cent of the electorate, but they'll need more than that to win an election.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Up up and away: Justice League and Marvel heroes soar to streaming platforms as digital demand grows
Your favourite superheroes are stuck at home too — on digital streaming services, instead of theatres. With Zack Snyder's newly revamped Justice League and Falcon and the Winter Soldier streaming fo...

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Why does Canada's foreign aid policy keep stumbling?
The killing of civilians has cast a pall over the government of Abiy Ahmed, the world's biggest recipient of Canadian aid. So far this century, Canada has already backed two countries as its top aid r...

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Ottawa set to launch $1B initiative for Indigenous community projects
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) is expected to launch a $1 billion Indigenous community infrastructure initiative today to spur investment in First Nation, Inuit and Metis communities, CBC News h...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:12:21 EDT
Atlantic bubble 2.0 expected to begin by April 19, premiers say
The second iteration of the Atlantic bubble is expected to begin by April 19, the Council of Atlantic Premiers announced on Thursday. The news sparked a cheery banter between Atlantic provinces govern...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 20:07:55 EDT
Meng Wanzhou lawyers attack 'unprecedented' refusal of key RCMP witness to testify
Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou want the judge overseeing the Huawei executive’s extradition proceedings to conclude that a key RCMP witness refused to testify because he would have undermined the Crown’...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:46:45 EDT
Violent deaths of women in Canada increased in 2020, study finds
Alongside COVID-19, another pandemic has wreaked havoc on the security and well-being of anyone it touches: violence against women and girls in this country.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 00:46:14 EDT
B.C. judge dismisses churches' petition against COVID 19 rules
A legal advocacy group that challenged COVID-19 rules in British Columbia says its argument that the restrictions unjustifiably infringed on religious freedoms has been dismissed by a judge. ...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:46:52 EDT
Justice advocates await Ottawa's promised national Indigenous justice strategy
The federal government is promising a new national justice strategy to counter the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the justice system. British Columbia's model suggests a place to start. ...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 14:16:16 EDT
Polytechnique victims' loved ones accuse Trudeau of 'betraying' them with new gun control bill
Survivors and family members of victims of the Polytechnique massacre say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has abandoned and betrayed them with his government's firearms legislation Bill C-21. ...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:05:27 EDT
York police seize 73 stolen vehicles worth $4.5M set to be shipped and sold overseas
York Regional Police have charged 18 people with more than 170 offences during a raid on Tuesday that recovered 73 high-end, stolen vehicles worth $4.5 million.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:37:17 EDT
Canadian mothers in ISIS detention camp fear their children are being judged on the actions of their parents
Canadian women being held in detention with families of ISIS militants in Syria fear that their children are now bound to their own fate and have little hope for life beyond the confines of the camp. ...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:00:00 EDT
Canadian nurse living in U.S. seeks permission to work in small B.C. hospital
A Canadian nurse living in the U.S. says two months is too long to wait for permission to provide care in a short-staffed B.C. hospital. She has been trying to get her a quarantine exemption to work ...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Shot putter Sarah Mitton sees gains in mental game, weight room during pandemic
Fresh off a personal-best throw, Canadian shot putter Sarah Mitton stayed active when the coronavirus pandemic hit a year ago. She worked diligently in the weight room and with a sports psychologist, ...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:44:51 EDT
States led by Texas, Montana sue Biden in bid to revive Keystone XL pipeline
Attorneys general from 21 states on Wednesday sued the administration of President Joe Biden over his decision to revoke a key permit for the contentious Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada. ...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:51:16 EDT
Police seize grenade launchers, drugs and guns in multi-city Ontario bust
Ontario police say they have dismantled four separate drug and weapons cartels with ties to biker gangs operating in multiple cities across the southwestern part of the province.



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