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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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Inside the Halifax high-rise at the centre of a Canadian COVID-19 tragedy

Gerald Jackson spent his final days with COVID-19 lying just centimetres from another man’s bed, separated by a curtain in an eighth-floor room....

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Trudeau says anti-black racism is alive in Canada and ‘we need to be better’ 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed today to do more to end anti-black racism in Canada after days of massive street protests in U.S. and...

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Crews pulled overnight from Nova Scotia brush fire where 174 homes evacuated

All crews have been pulled from the site of a brush fire in the Porters Lake area of Nova Scotia Saturday night, but Halifax...

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With overnight camp cancelled in Ontario, the industry fears day camps could be next

Who would have imagined “10 for two,” the unspoken summer camp bargain between parents and children, would be broken by Premier Doug Ford, the guy...

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Will COVID-19 lead to an exodus from crowded offices in downtown towers? Don’t count on it, experts say

Companies with offices in tall downtown towers across Canada face big challenges related to COVID-19. In addition to ensuring the cleanliness and safety...

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Province won’t seek outside help to investigate mass killing

The Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service won’t seek help from outside the province as it investigates the deaths of 22 people in last...

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Who was called to help and who was not: The police resources behind the Nova Scotia shooting

In the midst of dealing with a complicated active shooter investigation, Nova Scotia RCMP looked to New Brunswick for help, but not to...

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Ontario to reopen provincial parks for limited use, as COVID-19 cases near 20,000

Premier Doug Ford says provincial parks and conservation reserves will reopen for limited day use starting Monday, as cases of COVID-19 in Ontario near...

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Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world Tuesday

Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world TuesdayTwo provinces are extending their suspension of in-class learning for kindergarten to Grade 12 because...

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Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world March 14

Some of the latest developments: N.L. and P.E.I. announced their first cases on Saturday. Saskatchewan confirmed its first two presumptive cases. B.C. detected nine new cases, bringing...

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Iran’s sites of cultural importance

Donald Trump has threatened to respond to any Iranian attacks by targeting its cultural sites.

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Tiny home village for veterans opens in Calgary this week

Fifteen neat little houses, with exteriors covered in wood and neutral paint, have sprung up in southeast Calgary. The buildings will house veterans in need, part...

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‘Her future was snuffed out’: rooming house fire victim’s parents seek $5 million from landlord

The parents of Alisha Lamers, a young Toronto woman who died trapped in a rooming house inferno in 2013, are suing the landlord...

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Roger Taillibert, architect of Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, dead at 93

Roger Taillibert, the French architect who designed Montreal’s Olympic Stadium for the 1976 Olympic Games, has died in Paris. He was 93 years old....