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Fri, 23 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Heat waves are increasing across Canada — and hotter nights are also dangerous
As Earth warms, Canada is facing not only more frequent heat waves, but higher nighttime temperatures. That combination is potentially deadly.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Students stressed and anxious as universities deny residence spots due to COVID-19
Some Canadian universities are turning down residence applications by the hundreds this year, and the rejected students — who were hoping for an on-campus experience after the COVID-19 pandemic ate ...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Victims of communism memorial received donations honouring fascists, Nazi collaborators, according to website
A controversial monument being built in Ottawa to honour victims of communist regimes has received donations in honour of known fascists and Nazi collaborators, according to a list posted online by t...

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 04:00:31 EDT
A teenager threw a message in a bottle into the Pacific Ocean. 9 years later, a B.C. cleanup crew found it
Brittney Amundsen wrote the message in 2012, when she was 17. Layers of luck and coincidence are wrapped up in the find.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Ontario's COVID-19 paid sick day program getting little uptake
Ontario's long-awaited paid sick day program — created to protect vulnerable workers from COVID-19 — has seen far less uptake than anticipated, new figures reveal.

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 18:20:45 EDT
Dany Fortin says his 'career appears to be over' after his removal from vaccine campaign
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin says his career "appears to be over" after he was abruptly removed from his role overseeing Canada's COVID-19 vaccine rollout because of a decades-old allegation of sexual miscon...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:00:00 EDT
Report outlines 'violent, fraught' history of Wood Buffalo National Park and impact on First Nation
A new report details the "fraught" and "violent" history of Wood Buffalo National Park, which includes the removal of hundreds of members of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. Now, the First Nation...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Travelling to the U.S.? The rules are still in flux
Canadians are still waiting for the United States to reopen its side of the land border. Here are the current rules for crossing into the U.S. and what might soon change.

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 17:00:00 EDT
Former staffers say racism, sexual harassment rampant at Royal Canadian Mint
Female security guards at the Royal Canadian Mint operation in Ottawa faced constant sexual harassment and racial taunts while superiors either stood by or joined in, according to several former emplo...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Why mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for health-care workers could help Canada fight a 4th wave
The debate over mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for health-care workers is growing louder in Canada as more countries move forward with the controversial approach to safeguard health-care settings and fig...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 17:59:00 EDT
Unmarked grave findings in Canada prompt reckoning among U.S. churches
The discoveries of hundreds of unmarked graves at former residential schools for Indigenous children in Canada have prompted renewed calls for a reckoning over the traumatic legacy of similar schools ...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Canada's building codes don't focus on tornadoes — even though we see 2nd most in the world
Canada, on average, records more tornadoes annually than any other in the world except for the U.S. — about 60 per year. Yet the National Building Code of Canada puts little emphasis on requireme...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 07:00:00 EDT
B.C. man accused of stealing $200K in 2019 CRA phone scam has fled Canada, court documents say
A former resident of B.C.'s Lower Mainland allegedly fled Canada after posting a $10,000 release bond following his arrest by immigration officials investigating a scam that saw victims send more than...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
In Saskatchewan, the story of a Cold War-era Canadian-designed rocket comes to an end
More than 83,000 CRV7 rockets will be disposed of over six years, making the end of a weapon that dates back to the Cold War and was adopted by NATO allies.

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 17:00:22 EDT
Ottawa, provinces and territories not on track to meet new climate targets: report
The federal government, provinces and territories have failed to plan emissions cuts sufficient to achieve Canada's net-zero goals, according to a new climate report.

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Toronto police made 'series of mistakes' when investigating 2017 death of trans woman: interim chief
The investigation into the death of Alloura Wells, a transgender woman found in Toronto's Rosedale Ravine in 2017, was plagued by a "series of mistakes," the city's interim police chief conceded in t...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 08:00:00 EDT
N.W.T.'s 1st community safety officers will have 'zero enforcement powers' but could change policing
A pilot program in the Northwest Territories will eventually see three community safety officers respond to non-criminal safety concerns in the hamlet of Ford Liard, without carrying weapons. ...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 15:13:42 EDT
State actors could use blackmail, threats to influence voters, politicians in the next election, CSIS warns
Canada's spy agency says state actors may attempt to blackmail voters and pressure politicians in order to influence the outcome of the next election.

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:25:13 EDT
Linda O'Leary trial wraps after defence argues other boat's lights were off at time of crash
Linda O'Leary's lawyer said in the closing arguments of her Ontario provincial court trial that evidence showing another vessel's lights were off at the time his client crashed into it is too strong...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:33:06 EDT
Massive outage disrupts internet services in Canada and around the world
Thousands of websites and digital services around the world were unavailable on Thursday after cloud computing company Akamai said it has been experiencing a "service incident."



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