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Cord Blood Bank of Canada owner claims in lawsuit all samples destroyed 3 years ago, but hasn’t told clients

A Toronto company that was paid to store potentially life-saving stem cells from the children of roughly 3,000 clients across Canada is now...

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Meet the unvaccinated: Why some Canadians still haven’t had the shot

Canada’s vaccine campaign has been crushing it lately, with an impressive 80 per cent of eligible Canadians having had at least one dose of...

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Television reboots are an easy sell — but are they crowding out BIPOC voices?

It seems like almost every day a new television reboot is announced, quelling audience desires for nostalgic content. Sex and the City, Frasier and...

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‘Sibling rivalry’ helps push sisters to top of P.E.I. tennis rankings

They were supposed to just hit the ball right back to each other. Keep the rally going. This was a practice drill, after...

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Scientists fear for wildlife in Ontario’s boreal forest as wildfires get more frequent and intense

As wildfires continue to burn through northern Ontario’s great expanse of boreal forest, smothering the deep greens and blues of the land, experts...

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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...

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Unmarked grave findings in Canada prompt reckoning among U.S. churches

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The discoveries of hundreds of unmarked graves at former residential schools for Indigenous...

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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...

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Canada’s building codes don’t focus on tornadoes — even though we see 2nd most in the world

Fran Ferguson said she often doesn’t take severe weather warnings very seriously, but something — maybe a feeling or the way the wind...

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Weeks after deadly attack in London, Ottawa hosts national summit on Islamophobia today

The federal government is set to host a national summit on Islamophobia today, one day after holding a similar summit on antisemitism. MPs...

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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 in...

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Man charged with uttering threats after comments targeting women and Winnipeg police

Police have arrested a Winnipeg man they say posted comments online that expressed contempt toward women and threatened to kill someone. Justin Peter...

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B.C. declares state of emergency as wildfires grow, forcing more evacuations

A provincewide state of emergency has been declared in B.C. as wildfires continue to grow, forcing hundreds from their homes and putting thousands more on...

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Vote on Annamie Paul’s leadership of Green Party cancelled, sources say

An imminent threat to Annamie Paul’s leadership of the Green Party of Canada has been eliminated, after a vote of non-confidence originally scheduled for...

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Nova Scotians head to the polls Aug. 17

Nova Scotia’s 41st general election campaign is officially underway. N.S. Liberal Party Leader Iain Rankin, who became premier in February, met Saturday with...

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Canadian voters are likely to face foreign cyber interference in the next election, say cyber spies

Canadian voters are likely to face some form of foreign cyber interference ahead and during the next federal election, warns Canada’s cyber spy...