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ontario special education classes can continue in person but concerns about safety persist
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Ontario special education classes can continue in person, but concerns about safety persist

With two young children enrolled in special education classes, Adriana Ferreira-Legault wrestles with a dilemma every morning over in-person schooling for her children. Her...

will a curfew help get the pandemic under control in quebec
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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...

court documents reveal more details about 2017 homicide of barry and honey sherman
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Court documents reveal more details about 2017 homicide of Barry and Honey Sherman

As the calendar flipped to 2021, the police investigation into the deaths of Canadian billionaire philanthropists Honey and Barry Sherman entered its fourth...

calgary judge to hear legal challenge of albertas covid 19 restrictions cancelling christmas
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Calgary judge to hear legal challenge of Alberta’s COVID-19 restrictions ‘cancelling Christmas’

A Calgary judge is set to hear an emergency application seeking a ruling that would nullify COVID-19-related public health orders, including restrictions on...

more than 7 million travellers have entered canada during the pandemic cbsa explains why
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More than 7 million travellers have entered Canada during the pandemic. CBSA explains why

Canada’s border closure to non-essential travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic — which is continuing until at least Jan. 21 — has sparked...

alberta tried to build a wall of defence around its most vulnerable citizens it has crumbled
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Alberta tried to build ‘a wall of defence’ around its most vulnerable citizens. It has crumbled

The Alberta Legislature was suspended in the spring due to COVID-19 and, when it resumed in late May, Premier Jason Kenney spoke at length...

genealogy buff delighted to find he helped solve jessop cold case but also learns hes killers cousin
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Genealogy buff delighted to find he helped solve Jessop cold case — but also learns he’s killer’s cousin

Ken, a retired software developer from Toronto, is the consummate genealogy buff. He wrote a book about his maternal family, is working on...

liberals accuse conservatives of disregarding court deadline filibustering maid bill
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Liberals accuse Conservatives of disregarding court deadline, filibustering MAID bill

Federal Liberals are accusing the Conservatives of thumbing their noses at a looming court deadline by filibustering a bill to expand access to...

why some travellers get permission to cross the canada u s border and others dont
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Why some travellers get permission to cross the Canada-U.S. border and others don’t

Kim Zavesky is desperate to return to her home in Golden, B.C. After retiring last year, she and her husband — both Americans...

albertas hospital system under significant strain says medical official scaled
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Alberta’s hospital system under significant strain, says medical official

The latest: November was the worst month for the pandemic in Alberta so far, with cases going from 6,002 active cases of COVID-19 Nov....

how local online startups are hoping to snatch black friday away from the big boys amid covid 19
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How local, online startups are hoping to snatch Black Friday away from the big boys amid COVID-19

Black Friday sales on now have traditionally been the domain of big, national chains with beefed-up advertising budgets. But this year, there’s a growing...

small retailers push back against lockdown policy that favours big box stores
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Small retailers push back against lockdown policy that favours big-box stores

Small businesses in Toronto and Peel Region say it’s not fair that they should be closed for in-person shopping while big-box stores can sell all...

b c womans death has been solved after 27 years but for some the wounds are still fresh
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B.C. woman’s death has been solved after 27 years, but for some, the wounds are still fresh

After 27 years, the circumstances surrounding the death of Vicki Black on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside has finally been solved.  Stephen Laroche pleaded guilty...

new business ventures help canadian snowbirds circumvent a closed u s land border
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New business ventures help Canadian snowbirds circumvent a closed U.S. land border

Despite the Canada-U.S. land border closure to non-essential traffic, Canadian snowbirds Bernard Loiselle and Sylvie Charbonneau are on their way to Florida — in...

rising covid 19 cases spark talk of widespread school closures extending holiday break
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Rising COVID-19 cases spark talk of widespread school closures, extending holiday break

The possibility of COVID-19 forcing another widespread school shutdown worries Theresa Morris, as her seven-year-old returned to her Surrey, B.C., school only about a month ago....