How the health system is addressing vaccine hesitancy, a looming hurdle in race to end pandemic
Tanya Hayles is not an anti-vaxxer. The Torontonian has made sure her eight-year-old son Jackson is up to date with the standard vaccines,...
RCMP took 19 hours to find parents, daughter killed in Nova Scotia mass shooting in April
Tammy Oliver-McCurdie lost her younger sister, Jolene Oliver, in last April’s mass shooting in Portapique, N.S., and her worst fear remains that the 39-year-old...
How COVID-19 has forged new friendships
Candice Makhan never accepts Facebook friends she doesn’t know. For some reason, she decided to accept a random request from Ruth Castellanos. Both got sick...
Ethics commissioner received complaint about Liberal MP hiring sister years ago
The office of Canada’s conflict of interest and ethics commissioner received a complaint about MP Yasmin Ratansi employing her sister using public funds...
Major Canadian mall operator cancels Santa visits, will offer virtual experiences instead
Canadian kids anxiously awaiting a visit with Santa Claus at their local mall will have to settle for a very different experience this...
US election 2020 results: Facebook, Twitter take action
Facebook and Twitter have announced decision to flag certain posts on United States election. The U.S. presidential poll holds today. President Donald Trump...
Police issued 77 fines, charged 7 people for breaking Canada’s COVID-19 quarantine rules
Over the past seven months, police have issued 77 fines and charged seven people for violating Canada’s Quarantine Act, according to the Public Health Agency of...
Quebec premier warns of ‘censorship police’ after Ottawa professor suspended for saying N-word
The Quebec government has accused the University of Ottawa of violating a professor’s freedom of expression when it suspended her for using the N-word...
Man wields concrete statue to save young woman from bear mauling in Hay River, N.W.T.
A young woman from Hay River, N.W.T., was flown to hospital in Edmonton after she was attacked and injured by a bear early Friday morning....
Why Gloria Estefan told her daughter not to come out to her grandmother
Gloria Estefan wants what is best for her family, even if the decision is controversial. “I was trying to protect both my ailing...
Canadians applying for new pandemic benefit report confusion, frustration
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that applying for the new Canada Recovery Benefit would be “simple” and that no Canadian would be left behind in the...
Give young people alternatives, not lectures, to manage COVID-19 spread, say experts
Young people are among the most prolific spreaders of COVID-19, and while health authorities and schools continue to issue heavy-handed warnings, some experts...
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon to lead the Parti Québécois
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, 43, is the new leader of the oldest sovereigntist party in Quebec’s legislature, taking over a caucus smaller than it’s...
John Turner remembered as principled politician, loyal friend, great Canadian
Former prime minister John Turner was honoured as a principled politician, a loyal friend and a passionate protector of the environment today as family,...
Sons of woman killed in 1997 collision with Scott Moe want personal apology
The sons of a woman killed in a 1997 highway collision with Scott Moe say they’re hurt and angry the leader of the...
Quebec launches public inquiry into death of Joyce Echaquan in Joliette hospital
The Quebec government is launching a public inquest into the death of Joyce Echaquan, who filmed hospital staff hurling racist comments at her...
