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Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:12:30 EDT
Ready to reopen: Alberta set to lift almost all health restrictions by July 1
Almost all COVID-19 public health restrictions will be lifted in Alberta on Canada Day as the province prepares to enter the final stage of its COVID-19 reopening plan. 

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 18:03:44 EDT
Canadian government approves modified quarantine for Olympic athletes
The federal government has approved a travel exemption for Canada's Olympic hopefuls that will allow them to train on home soil without undergoing a 14-day quarantine after returning to the country. ...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 15:01:47 EDT
Sask. commits $2M for searches of residential school sites for unmarked graves
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission identified 20 residential school sites in Saskatchewan.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Her Name was Margaret: New book explores life and death of homeless Hamilton woman
A woman who grew up playing piano and accordion in Barbados and died after years of experiencing homelessness in Hamilton is at the heart of Denise Davy's new book, Her Name Was Margaret: Life an...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:11:08 EDT
Habs coach Dominique Ducharme confirmed positive for COVID-19, in isolation
Canadiens interim head coach Dominique Ducharme missed Game 3 of Montreal's third-round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights after testing positive for COVID-19.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 17:21:51 EDT
Canada to admit 45,000 refugees this year, speed up permanent residency applications
Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced plans to expedite applications and increase the number of refugees coming to Canada at a news conference today.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 14:42:44 EDT
Canada expects to have enough doses by the end of July to fully vaccinate everyone eligible
Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand announced today that Canada will have enough product on hand by August to fully vaccinate every person eligible for a shot.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:30:57 EDT
Suspect, RCMP dog dead after High Prairie police operation
A 29-year-old man and an RCMP police dog are dead after a police operation in the High Prairie area that concluded Friday.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Canada's largest transplant centre slowly marches toward normal after weeks of 'wasted' organs
Hundreds of Canadians who need a new organ saw their lives jeopardized by the pandemic, as hospitals stopped doing life-saving transplants and experienced organ shortages.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:16:33 EDT
Montreal police filmed kneeling on Black teen's neck, prompting calls for investigation
A Quebec legislator is calling for an investigation into a video that shows a Montreal police officer kneeling on the neck of a young Black teen, his face pressed into the sidewalk, in an image remini...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:46:43 EDT
Ford shuffles cabinet, Rod Phillips replacing Merrilee Fullerton as long-term care minister
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is shuffling his cabinet, with former finance minister Rod Phillips — who resigned from his post following a Caribbean vacation during the COVID-19 pandemic — returning...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 14:46:08 EDT
Canadian mortgage debt grew by $18 billion in April, biggest monthly gain ever, StatsCan says
Canadians took out almost $18 billion worth of new mortgage debt in April, the fastest monthly increase on record and enough to bring total housing debt to almost $2 trillion, according to Statistics ...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:12:59 EDT
Connecticut aquarium to auction off chance to rename 3 beluga whales moved from Marineland
A Connecticut aquarium plans to auction off the chance to name three of its five recently arrived beluga whales to raise money for their care and to offset the cost of transporting them from Canada. ...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:25:37 EDT
Trudeau says AstraZeneca recipients will 'not be disadvantaged' when they travel
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today his government is working with the U.S. and other international partners to ensure that AstraZeneca vaccine recipients face few barriers when they travel abroa...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 14:13:46 EDT
'Very frightening' plan by developer to buy $1B in homes will price renters out: anti-poverty group
An anti-poverty group is calling a Toronto-based developer's plan to buy $1 billion worth of single-family homes and turn them into rental properties a "frightening" example of how even more people wi...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Universities and colleges wrestle with mandating COVID-19 vaccines for return to campus
Heated discussions are ramping up over whether certain settings, like colleges and universities, should require COVID-19 vaccination to return to campus. While hundreds of U.S. institutions are doin...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 05:00:00 EDT
Delivery-app drivers and other gig workers fear loss of income as restaurants, stores reopen
Meal and grocery couriers in New Brunswick are concerned about how reopening after COVID-19 will affect their income.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 05:00:00 EDT
Skyrocketing building costs delay critical housing projects in Nunavut
Thirty-six public housing units will not be built in Nunavut this summer because of high construction costs due to COVID-19. 'Every housing unit we postpone represents a great burden for a family that...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 12:57:53 EDT
Canada leads international coalition calling on China to allow investigators free access to Xinjiang
Canada is leading an international effort at the United Nations to demand that China allow "meaningful and unfettered access" to investigate "credible reports" of widespread human rights violations a...

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Outrage over developer's plan to buy single-family homes reveals a Canadian fixation
The business of owning and renting out homes has a long history in Canada and around the world. But in the current era of house envy, plans to corporatize single-family rentals have sparked a backlash...



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