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Provinces, territories are owed more than $1.3B in unpaid fines, investigation shows

More than 12 years after a propane explosion in Toronto killed two people, levelled large parts of a neighbourhood and sent thousands running from...

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5 graphs that help tell the story of the pandemic

It’s been one year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, and Canada is just beginning to understand how the coronavirus has...

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Commanding officers interfered in sexual assault investigations, retired military police officer says

A former military police officer says he faced commanding officers who interfered in his sexual assault cases and prosecutors who were reluctant to...

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Vaccinated care home residents confined to rooms after workers test positive

A vaccinated resident at an Ottawa long-term care facility wants to know why he and everyone else living at the home have to remain in...

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Canada and New Zealand both have hot housing markets, but only 1 has plan to cool things down

The idea that Canadian residential real estate prices are rising at an unsustainable pace is no longer just a subject for Twitter rants...

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Botched no-knock raids prompt calls to limit police tactic

Police forces across Canada are conducting hundreds of no-knock raids each year to execute search warrants despite growing concern about the trampling of...

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Canadians shouldn’t shop around for vaccines with higher efficacy rates, experts say

The approval of a fourth vaccine in Canada should not give Canadians the green light to hold off on getting inoculated in order to wait...

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How the pandemic could create the flexible workplaces parents need

For Tendai Dongo, the stress and anxiety was just too much at times. A project manager at a digital education company based in...

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One year later, COVID-19 has left no part of Alberta untouched

It was inevitable, the premier said. Though there were only dozens of cases of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 reported in Canada, health officials were resigned...

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Gravity power? How to store wind, solar energy without batteries

Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more...

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Payday lender lines of credit and instalment loans at 47% create debt traps, critics say

Patricia Edwards of Toronto wanted to help her two adult daughters when they fell behind on bill payments at the rented townhouse they share.  ...

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People waste way more food than thought, UN finds. Here’s how Canada compares

Instead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy takeout. It’s a familiar routine for many — and indicative of...

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Benefits and risks of delaying 2nd doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Federal and provincial health officials are poring over emerging data on the advantages and disadvantages of extending the time between shots of two-dose...

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More signals of a Roaring ’20s rebound for Canadian economy when pandemic ends

Gloomy headlines about the collapse of the Canadian economy, which faced its worst retreat since records began, may have obscured some startling new...

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In face of deadly pandemic, Ontario long-term care homes continue breaking COVID-19 safety rules

Ten months into the COVID-19 pandemic, inspectors were still catching Ontario long-term care homes violating crucial infection prevention and control measures. A CBC...

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AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and seniors: Where Canada and other countries stand

Canadians now have a third option to protect against COVID-19 after Health Canada approved the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine last Friday. But questions remain about...