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Premier rejects calls to apologize to N.B. doctor after COVID-19-related charge withdrawn

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is rejecting calls to apologize to a family doctor who had been blamed for a COVID-19 outbreak in Campbellton last year...

July 12, 2021

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Manitoba officials didn’t heed warnings about a 3rd COVID-19 wave. Now hospitals are overwhelmed

Across Canada, most provinces are relaxing pandemic restrictions or planning on reopening their economies later this spring or in the early summer — but Manitoba...

July 12, 2021

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Lulu Anderson: The history and present of Black civil rights in Alberta

This story is part of the Black on the Prairies project, a collection of articles, personal essays, images and more, exploring the past,...

July 12, 2021

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B.C. mayor apologizes for U.S. trip to visit family, get vaccinated

The mayor of a West Kootenay town has apologized for what she now says was a wrong decision to travel to the United States...

July 12, 2021

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Group of Ontario police officers launches charter challenge of pandemic restrictions

A group of 19 Ontario police officers has launched a constitutional challenge against the provincial and federal governments and several police chiefs, claiming...

July 12, 2021

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Army probe of Ranger unit finds some members ‘vulnerable’ to extremism

A Canadian army investigation of a troubled reserve unit at the centre of allegations of right-wing extremism identified several members as “vulnerable” and “at risk” of being...

July 12, 2021

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‘More people are catching on’: Travellers using U.S.-Canada land border to avoid quarantine hotels

Greg Peacock walked across the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ont., and back into Canada with his three puppies in hand, pausing to...

July 12, 2021

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Winnipeg girls’ volleyball coach dismissed from role after telling players he’s allowed to use racial slurs

A Winnipeg volleyball player says she was disgusted after her coach said he should be allowed to use racial slurs while expressing his...

July 12, 2021

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Liberal delegates endorse a universal basic income, reject capital gain tax hike

Liberal delegates to the party’s policy convention have overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution calling for the establishment of a universal basic income (UBI) in...

July 12, 2021

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As Quebec’s economic recovery gallops ahead, many risk being left behind

Quebec’s economy is roaring back to life after a year of closures, restrictions and curfews, according to economists at the major banks. Finance...

July 12, 2021

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Nearly 200,000 Ontarians aged 80 and older have not signed up for a COVID-19 vaccination

A little under three-quarters of Ontarians age 80 and older have either been vaccinated against COVID-19 or have signed up for a shot, a proportion...

July 12, 2021

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CRA sending details of bank accounts to IRS that don’t have to be reported

The Canada Revenue Agency has been reporting hundreds of thousands of Canadian bank accounts to the Internal Revenue Service, despite the fact that they...

July 12, 2021

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Ontario to (finally) pull the plug on fax machines in public service

For the generation comfortable communicating using only emojis or through TikTok videos, it’s a baffling sight still found in many offices: a bulky...

July 12, 2021