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Thu, 12 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Why some climate change impacts are 'irreversible' — and how to deal with them
The latest UN climate report this week raised the alarm over “irreversible,” long-term impacts of climate change that will continue for centuries even if we stop emitting CO2 now. The good news is...

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 04:00:46 EDT
Health Canada says Cord Blood Bank of Canada removed all samples from storage before surprise inspection
A Toronto company that was paid to store potentially life-saving stem cells from the children of roughly 3,000 clients across Canada removed the samples from storage before providing Health Canada acc...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 19:44:18 EDT
Crown claims Meng Wanzhou's 'dishonesty' sits at the heart of fraud alleged in extradition request
A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says Meng Wanzhou's "dishonesty" lies at the heart of the fraud allegations that resulted in a request for the Huawei executive's extradition to the United State...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:25:59 EDT
Admiral Art McDonald won't immediately return to his job leading the military, Sajjan says
Admiral Art McDonald has said he plans to return to his position as chief of the defence staff after a five-month investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct ended with no criminal charges ag...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 19:15:15 EDT
Officer tells court he didn't intend to hurt Indigenous man he kneed in back
The screams of a man in terrible pain echoed through an Edmonton courtroom Wednesday as a Crown prosecutor played a bystander’s cellphone video of the violent arrest of Indigenous man Elliot McLeod....

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 16:33:31 EDT
Ottawa promises vaccine passport for international travel this fall
The federal government says it plans to create proof-of-vaccination documentation for international travel by early fall.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 21:05:35 EDT
Harassment rooted in race, religion and gender to become illegal under Edmonton bylaw
Edmonton is prepared to get tough on harassment based on race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity, with an updated public places bylaw that makes harassment an offence. ...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:35:22 EDT
Hot weather followed by wind and thunderstorms could hamper wildfire suppression efforts
Another heat wave will move through B.C. this week, with temperatures reaching the high 30s in parts of the province.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:57:59 EDT
Nurses march on day of action at hospitals across Alberta to amplify staffing, salary concerns
Alberta nurses took part in simultaneous information pickets across the province on Wednesday in an effort to amplify their concerns that understaffing, closed hospital beds and salary rollbacks will ...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:32:29 EDT
Helicopter lands near Sask. Dairy Queen to pick up ice cream cake
RCMP say a 34-year-old man has been charged with dangerous operation of an aircraft after a helicopter landed near a local Dairy Queen.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Sask. farmers using trees, winter crops to combat climate change-driven heat
As drought has made for a poor growing season, farmers in the Prairies are struggling to combat the hotter weather that science suggests could worsen with climate change.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 12:08:35 EDT
O'Toole says all Canadians should get a shot as Conservative MP calls mandatory vaccination 'tyrannical'
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole said today that all Canadians should get vaccinated so that the country can turn the page on COVID-19 — but at least one member of his caucus is spoiling for a fight...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 11:09:42 EDT
No classroom bubbles or masks in class when Quebec students return this fall
Quebec won't require students in primary and secondary schools to wear masks once they are sitting at their desks this fall as the province seeks to create a more normal classroom setting for the com...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 11:21:05 EDT
7 years later, 2 engineers face discipline for actions that led to Mt. Polley mine disaster
Seven years after Canada's largest mining disaster, the two engineers who were involved have been found in breach of their professional codes of conduct.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:59:18 EDT
Garneau denounces China's 'sham trial' of Michael Spavor
Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said today that the 11-year sentence a Chinese court gave Michael Spavor — one of two Canadians detained in China in what are widely seen as acts of retali...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDT
'No doubt' Canada now in 4th wave of COVID-19 as cases spike across much of the country
With COVID-19 cases rising after a summer lull, more signs point to Canada entering an expected fourth wave of the pandemic — one which could be dramatically different from earlier surges, thanks to...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 12:20:12 EDT
3 people attacked by polar bear in Sanirajak expected to make recovery
One man has been medevaced to Ottawa and two women were taken to hospital in Iqaluit following a polar bear attack in Sanirajak, Nunavut. RCMP said the polar bear was found dead near some cabins. ...

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 22:00:48 EDT
An appeal for calm as tensions rise again over N.S. Mi'kmaw lobster fishery
Fisheries and Oceans says its monitoring and enforcement activities this summer in southwestern Nova Scotia are likely at their highest levels since the dispute surfaced four years ago. ...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:31:23 EDT
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Wednesday
The U.S. government said Wednesday it will deliver nearly 837,000 Pfizer vaccines to Caribbean nations as the region with limited resources struggles with a spike in COVID-19 cases amid violent anti-v...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 06:00:00 EDT
Charges stayed against accused child sex offender after 8 years of police, Crown delays
A man accused of raping a 14-year-old girl a decade ago won't face trial because of years of delays by police and the Crown, a Manitoba judge has decided.



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