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Will a curfew help get the pandemic under control in Quebec?
Quebec parents bit their nails at the prospect of another extended school closure. Factory owners sounded the alarm over the heavy financial impact...
Black activists say double standard at play in response to pro-Trump rioters
The co-founder of Black Lives Matter in Canada said she believes police would have responded more aggressively if protesters storming the U.S. Capitol had...
Some Canadian snowbirds in Florida are already getting the COVID-19 vaccine
Snowbirds who headed to Florida this winter — despite Canada’s advisory not to travel abroad during the pandemic — have discovered an unexpected perk: They...
Ontario hospital CEO who vacationed in Dominican Republic resigns from health panels
The CEO of Ontario’s St. Joseph’s Health System and Niagara Health vacationed in the Caribbean over the holidays despite government advisories to stay home as...
Students struggle as school goes online only in four provinces after Christmas break
Ellen and Rafael Robles tried to have everything in order for Monday morning when their son, Bento, started school virtually after the holiday break rather than...
Are we all in this together? The political perils of pandemic travel
COVID-19 is a threat that requires collective action. Unfortunately, some Canadian politicians are demonstrating how hard it can be to marshal a response to...
These customers were promised shipping containers. Now they’re out thousands of dollars
Pattianne Hatfield, a businesswoman in Bridgewater, N.S., has been hearing a lot of expletives when she answers her phone these days. That’s because she’s the...
The Trans Mountain project faces a year of challenges and opportunity
After a hiatus of about two weeks, construction on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is expected to resume today. The return to work marks the beginning...
Here are the Canadian politicians facing questions over travel amid COVID-19 restrictions
As Canadians were urged to stay indoors and limit holiday celebrations to members of their households, a growing number of politicians across Canada...
Gatineau, Que., police issue fines over New Year’s Eve party that ended in heated altercation
Police in Gatineau, Que., said they arrested two people and fined six under the province’s public health act after breaking up a family party...
Ontario reports record high 3,328 new COVID-19 cases, 56 new deaths
Ontario reported a single-day record of 3,328 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and 56 new deaths related to the illness. The figure marks the first...
Alberta’s first 500 COVID deaths took nearly 9 months. The next 500 took just 34 days.
Alberta recently recorded its 1,000th COVID-19 death, a grim milestone that arrived in a flash. It took nearly nine months for Alberta to record...
2 teens arrested after death of Calgary Sgt. Andrew Harnett
Two teenagers sought in connection with the death of Calgary Sgt. Andrew Harnett have been arrested after they surrendered to police on Friday. Harnett died on...
Majority of borrowed books across Ontario libraries in 2020 weren’t published this year
In a year dominated by a global pandemic and American politics, some might find it fitting that the library book most likely to...
Dildo was hoping to cash in on a post-Kimmel boom — then came the pandemic
Sulagna Sanyal, left, and Rajesh Menon opened Yes B’y Indian Restaurant in the Newfoundland community of Dildo this past summer. (Chris O’Neill-Yates/CBC) When...
The dark side: 2020 was a boom year for horror on-screen — and that’s no accident
The meaning behind Netflix’s The Platform is hard to miss: “an accidentally timely political allegory,” the New York Times called it, “a brutal...
