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Trudeau, O’Toole and Singh aren’t all talking about the same problems

Speaking to the Liberal convention on Saturday afternoon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau argued that politics should be about finding “real solutions” for the...

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Canadian Museum of History’s CEO resigns amid probe into allegations of workplace harassment

The CEO of the Canadian Museum of History, who was at the centre of a workplace harassment investigation, has resigned just two months before his...

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Asian Canadians see flaws in federal anti-racism strategy

Advocates for Asian Canadians are calling for improvements to the federal government’s anti-racism strategy to confront a surge in anti-Asian racism. Avvy Go,...

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The Unsaid Reason Oprah And Stedman Aren’t Married

Nearly 30 years ago, Stedman Graham, then 41, actually did pop the question to the 38-year-old Oprah Winfrey Show host by telling her...

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Despite calls for change, Canada’s RBC is one of world’s top bankers to fossil fuel industry

Canadian banks have a serious fossil fuel addiction. But it is not just a Canadian problem. The latest study of corporate data from...

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Advocates urge Liberals to cancel ‘devastating’ cut to services for Canadians with print reading disabilities

Advocates for Canadians with disabilities related to reading printed text have launched a protest campaign after the federal government abruptly announced it would cut their funding — a...

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Hockey world paying tribute to the Great One’s late father, Walter Gretzky

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says Walter Gretzky “embodied all that is great about being a hockey parent.” Bettman released a statement on Friday...

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Canada’s pipeline regulator says it’s taking a stand against systemic racism

Rueben George says he’s not at all surprised that, in an era of racial reckoning, Canada’s top pipeline regulator is signalling it wants to...

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‘It’s not their fault’: Nunavut students who act violently let down by lack of counselling, educators say

This is Part 2 of a three-part series on violence in Nunavut’s schools. Teachers getting books thrown at their heads, punched in the...

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N.S. gunman’s spouse feared killing started while looking for her, documents say

The partner of a man who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia last April confided in a friend that she feared the gunman had...

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‘We did the best we could’ — a conversation with the co-chair of Canada’s vaccine task force

Dr. Joanne Langley is a pediatric infectious disease physician and a professor in the departments of Pediatrics and Community Health and Epidemiology at...

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Left out of the COVID-19 pay bump, Manitoba ER nurses say they feel abandoned by province, union

An emergency room nurse at Winnipeg’s St. Boniface Hospital is struggling to provide care to three patients with COVID-19. Two of them are...

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Why small businesses say they need Ottawa’s help to get some relief on credit card fees

The way Giancarlo Trimarchi tracks the numbers, you might think he was a sports fanatic scrutinizing the stats of his favourite teams. He...

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If we’re serious about building a healthy post-pandemic society, we can’t do it without addressing poverty

This column is an opinion by Richard Matern, the director of research at Food Banks Canada. His past work includes leading large-scale community-based research projects...

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Here’s why COVID-19 numbers have dropped among B.C.’s South Asian population

Community organizers in British Columbia are being credited with helping to bring down the spread of COVID-19 within the South Asian community. “There’s...

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Lights still on in federal buildings in National Capital Region even as civil servants work from home

The lights remain on at some federal government buildings in Canada’s capital region, even though most civil servants have been working at home for...