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Employees’ claims of sales pressure spark shareholder lawsuit against TD Bank

A TD Bank teller who spoke out about the pressure to sell customers products and services they didn’t need says she feels vindicated...

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Masks mess with our brain’s ability to recognize faces, but research suggests there is a silver lining

Nearly a year into the pandemic, remembering to grab your mask before walking out the door may be getting easier, but recognizing your...

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Mom who lost son to tainted drugs disgusted by business-led push to move potential supervised consumption site

A Barrie, Ont., mother whose son died from consuming tainted drugs says she was disgusted to discover the city’s business leaders are paying...

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Iceland’s ‘COVID-19 passport’ offers preview of debate over post-vaccine travel

Iceland recently became the first country in Europe to issue and recognize COVID-19 vaccination certificates, which it hopes will allow vaccinated individuals to travel freely...

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Left out of the COVID-19 pay bump, Manitoba ER nurses say they feel abandoned by province, union

An emergency room nurse at Winnipeg’s St. Boniface Hospital is struggling to provide care to three patients with COVID-19. Two of them are...

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Vaccine wars: Nations race to win friends and influence through vaccine distribution

It all seems so long ago now, but as 2019 drew to a close there was a lot of talk about a new “space race.” In...

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Why small businesses say they need Ottawa’s help to get some relief on credit card fees

The way Giancarlo Trimarchi tracks the numbers, you might think he was a sports fanatic scrutinizing the stats of his favourite teams. He...

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Injured woman secretly videotaped by insurer, then wrongly accused of fraud

Alicia Micallef tears up when she talks about how she was secretly followed and videotaped, accused of lying, then dragged through the legal...

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Why cheap wind power is making Quebec’s big, old dams more valuable as a ‘battery,’ say experts

You might think that what with having Canada’s largest hydroelectric capacity, providing almost 100 per cent of its electricity, including exports, a new...

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Right place at the right time: Man rescues elk from B.C. mountain avalanche

A lucky elk will live to see another day thanks to a B.C. man who saw the animal become buried in an avalanche,...

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What makes a person a ‘fit’ for Governor General

Hello, royal watchers. This is your regular dose of royal news and analysis. Reading this online? Sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox....

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Iain Rankin will be next premier of Nova Scotia

Iain Rankin will be the next premier of Nova Scotia. Rankin was elected following a vote by Nova Scotia Liberal Party delegates, with...

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Corey Hurren pleads guilty to 8 charges tied to Rideau Hall incident

The Canadian Forces reservist who pleaded guilty today to eight charges related to his storming the gates of Rideau Hall with loaded firearms...

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Canada lost 213,000 jobs in January as lockdowns took a giant bite out of the job market

Canada’s economy lost 213,000 jobs in January, about five times more than what economists were expecting, as retail lockdowns forced more businesses to...

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Golden Globe nominations: Films focused on people of colour conspicuously absent from top race

Every year the cycle begins again.  The Golden Globes are announced and then industry works itself into a fine froth over the predictable and...

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Special Forces pulls new pistols from service after soldier injured in misfire

A member of Canada’s elite special forces counterterrorism unit was wounded last fall when a newly-purchased handgun, with a history of misfires and...