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N.S. gunman liquidated assets, stockpiled gas and food due to COVID-19 fears, RCMP say

The man who killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia stockpiled cash, food and fuel due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, but...

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How COVID-19 has changed Canada’s economy for the worse — but also for the better

Every facet of Canadian life has been changed by the current pandemic, from how and where we live, to how we shop, eat and...

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How one of Toronto’s COVID-19 hot spots is struggling through the pandemic

The community of Thorncliffe Park has the highest rate of COVID-19 infection compared to all the adjacent neighbourhoods, yet it has managed to...

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Witness video captures violent takedown of elderly Black couple at GTA hospital

An elderly Black couple are alleging that Durham Regional Police and staff at an Ajax, Ont., hospital, assaulted and abused them during a fall...

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From oxygen-level checks to no masks — customers face wide range of COVID-19 safety protocols

A Volkswagen owner goes into a dealership and is shocked to see that none of the employees are wearing masks. A dental patient...

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5 green infrastructure projects engineers recommend to boost COVID-19 economic recovery

With at least two million jobs lost across Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economy officially in recession, more stimulus is expected...

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Canada can hit climate targets without ruining economy, economists and climate experts say

Last November, the United Nations Environment Program released its annual Emissions Gap Report, which found that in order to limit global warming to...

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Canada’s economy shrank at 8% pace in the first three months of 2020, worst since 2009

Canada’s economy shrank at an 8.2 per cent annual pace in the first three months of 2020, as an already weak economy in...

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What the oilpatch thinks about the financial aid offered by Ottawa

Not long after oil prices started their plunge in March, the calls for financial aid for Canada’s oilpatch began — and continued as...

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Royal Bank and BMO profit cut in half as banks set aside 6 times more money for bad loans

Profits at Royal Bank and Bank of Montreal were cut in half from last year in the fiscal second quarter, the banks reported...

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18 months after Meng Wanzhou’s arrest, a judge will decide on the future of her extradition case

A B.C. Supreme Court judge will deliver a groundbreaking decision Wednesday in the extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. After four months...

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Scotiabank profit falls 40% as bad loans more than double amid COVID-19

Scotiabank posted a profit Tuesday morning of $1.32 billion in the three months up to the end of April, a fall of more than...

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COVID-19 may be the catalyst — not the cause — of a painful but useful economic transformation: Don Pittis

COVID-19, As people are thrown out of work, as businesses fail and as the oil and housing sectors weaken, there is a branch...

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Bank reports student loan holder to credit agency after federal government pauses loan repayments

Bank reports student loan holder to credit agency after federal government pauses loan repayments When the federal government announced in March it was...

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‘I don’t know how I’m gonna go back to the office’: COVID-19 forces women to rethink careers

Before COVID-19, Rachel Dei-Amoah would typically be asleep by 10 PM. Now, she’s often awake past midnight, reading or online window shopping.  The...

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COVID-19 pushed Canadian retail sales to their biggest ever plunge in March

Widespread lockdowns due to COVID-19 across the country pushed Canadian retail sales down by 10 per cent in March, the biggest plunge on...