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Students burnt out by pandemic learning push more universities toward longer winter breaks
When McMaster University student Elisa Do learned last week that her school would be delaying the start of classes in January following the...
Why the federal government lets Canadians travel abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic
News reports that many snowbirds are heading south this winter — despite the COVID-19 pandemic — have angered some fellow Canadians who feel they shouldn’t be...
Toronto police officer says she faced years of sexist, racist retribution for reporting colleague
A Toronto police officer alleges she was subjected to years of intimidation and reprisals by fellow officers and supervisors after she intervened to...
RCMP took 19 hours to find parents, daughter killed in Nova Scotia mass shooting in April
Tammy Oliver-McCurdie lost her younger sister, Jolene Oliver, in last April’s mass shooting in Portapique, N.S., and her worst fear remains that the 39-year-old...
A surge in bitcoin in the COVID-19 era outshines gold, but can it last?
A return of bitcoin to its stratospheric highs has top financial experts scratching their heads and cryptocurrency boosters saying I told you so....
What Canada’s hardest-hit provinces can learn from those that handled COVID-19 best
When epidemiologist Susan Kirkland opened a Halifax newspaper on Saturday, she was stunned. “Three protest rallies planned,” the Chronicle Herald headline read, in part....
100 UBC students accused of cheating on math midterm
The University of British Columbia has launched an investigation after more than 100 entry-level math students were accused of cheating on their midterm exam several days...
Small retailers push back against lockdown policy that favours big-box stores
Small businesses in Toronto and Peel Region say it’s not fair that they should be closed for in-person shopping while big-box stores can sell all...
Erin O’Toole’s Conservatives are not immune from the struggles of pandemic-rattled premiers
Alberta is now one of Canada’s worst COVID-19 hotspots and Premier Jason Kenney’s handling of the pandemic in his province is getting low...
Nav Canada looking at cutting air traffic controller jobs at 7 towers across Canada
NAV Canada, hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, is considering cutting air traffic controller jobs at seven towers across Canada in an effort to...
Despite court order, landlords still trying to reclaim luxury homes turned into illegal rooming houses
A few Toronto-area landlords are still trying to reclaim their luxury homes after an Ontario Superior Court judge voided their leases two months...
NATO holds its breath as Trump plans for January withdrawal from Afghanistan
The NATO principle of one-for-all and all-for-one was the reason it — and by extension Canada — went into Afghanistan, but that assumption is...
Doug Fung was released from hospital. 9 days later, he died from COVID-19 complications
When Doug Fung was released from North Vancouver’s Lion’s Gate Hospital, where he was being treated for cancer, his wife Bronwyn James knew something was...
Reginae Carter’s transformation is turning heads
Reginae Carter informed People that breast augmentation was something she had actually desired for a long time; however, her mama, Antonia “Toya” Johnson,...
90 Day Fiance: Why Ariela is having doubts about moving to Ethiopia
Soon after satisfying Biniyam, whom she crossed courses within Ethiopia 3 years after her divorce from an Argentinian guy, Ariela got the news...
Why Keri Hilson can’t stand Beyonce
The accusations against Keri Hilson shading Beyoncé only got worse in 2011 when she refused to hold the newest issue of Juicy Magazine...
