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Newsletter adventures of ‘sassy’ toddler bring joy to seniors

A newsletter featuring the adventures and observations of a toddler in Kingsville, Ont., has been bringing joy to seniors in a Toronto retirement residence...

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No charges in death of Ejaz Choudry, 62-year-old shot and killed by police while in crisis

Ontario’s police watchdog has ruled there will be no criminal charges against police in the death of a 62-year-old father of four who was...

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Alberta MLAs quit coalition against public health restrictions after Ontario MPP invokes Hitler

Two members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party caucus have quit a national coalition against public health restrictions, after the group’s founder...

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Welcoming visitors is what Whistler does, but for the next 3 weeks the town wants you to stay away

The manager of Whistler Search and Rescue says anyone making plans to visit the Sea to Sky corridor over the next three weeks...

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Small towns dig deep during pandemic to save their rinks and halls, one cheesecake at a time

As a national news reporter for CBC, I usually cover the most pressing stories from my province — and there have been plenty...

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Manitoba First Nations race to deliver 100,000 shots in 100 days

First Nations leaders in Manitoba are racing against an early spring melt and the onset of new COVID-19 variants to vaccinate all adults in all...

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Jews in Russian city scarred by WWII massacre watch Canada’s decision on Nazi interpreter

As the evening light falls over the gentle slope of the ravine, Natalia Yefimushkina, her head tightly bound in a red scarf, stares...

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In nurses’ firing, union calls for due process, while First Nations leaders hope broader concerns aren’t lost

The two nurses accused of racist treatment against an Atikamekw woman should not have been fired before the incident was investigated fully, a...

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Lawyer for ex-Nazi interpreter Helmut Oberlander files motion to permanently end deportation proceedings

The lawyer representing former Nazi interpreter Helmut Oberlander has filed a motion to permanently stay the immigration proceedings against his client. Oberlander, 97, came...

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CP Rail leaves mountain train parked without crew or handbrakes near site of deadly 2019 runaway crash

WARNING: This story contains language that some readers may find offensive. Canadian Pacific Railway is under fire after leaving a 2.5-kilometre-long grain train...

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Yukon voters will head to the polls on April 12

Yukon Liberal Leader Sandy Silver ended weeks of speculation Friday, announcing he’s asked Commissioner Angelique Bernard to dissolve the Legislative Assembly, setting an...

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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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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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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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COVID-era school design takes lessons from Indigenous educators

A Saskatoon-based architect is already applying lessons learnt from the pandemic to the schools he is designing, and said the First Nations clients...