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Canada Day: Big parties give way to online shows amid coronavirus pandemic
Canadians celebrated a Canada Day like no other as they marked the national holiday under unprecedented circumstances. Canada Day 2020 took place amid both a...
‘RHOC’ Alum Heather Dubrow’s Daughter Max, 16, Comes Out as Bisexual
Sharing her truth! Heather Dubrow’s 16-year-old daughter, Max, came out as bisexual on the last day of Pride Month. “I always knew i...
Hannah Brown Is ‘Thankful for Home’ After ‘Messy’ N-Word Controversy
Learning and moving forward. Hannah Brown is opening up about her happiness and what home means to her after her past controversial comment....
From QB to cop: Ex-CFLer Brandon Bridge hopes to change perception of police
As a Canadian quarterback, Brandon Bridge helped change a CFL rule. The 28-year-old lobbied for a rule change governing the ratio of Canadians...
Military confirms 40 per cent of COVID-positive troops deployed to long-term care homes were asymptomatic
Up to 40 per cent of Canadian troops infected with the novel coronavirus may have been carrying the virus symptom-free while they were deployed to...
Sisters cross Canada-U.S. border, camp in parents’ backyard to be with dying father
Carmen and Lara Messerlian only have one more sleep to go until they can finally squeeze their dad simultaneously in a giant bear hug. ...
How one of Toronto’s COVID-19 hot spots is struggling through the pandemic
The community of Thorncliffe Park has the highest rate of COVID-19 infection compared to all the adjacent neighbourhoods, yet it has managed to...
Ontario police watchdog investigating after man, 62, shot and killed by police
The province’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a 62-year-old man who was shot by a Peel Region police officer in Mississauga on...
It’s been 72 years since Thomas Falls was killed in custody. His family says it’s time for justice
When retired lance-corporal Thomas Falls died in solitary confinement at Montreal’s Bordeaux jail in 1948, 10 days after being severely beaten by police, there...
New StatsCan data reveals hundreds of ‘excess’ deaths in Canada amid pandemic
Hundreds more Canadians died in the early weeks of the pandemic than in the same period in previous years — but not all were directly...
‘It matters to families’: Canada does not keep track of probable cases of COVID-19
This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of eclectic and under-the-radar health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you...
Video captures residents wandering into woman’s room at Ottawa long-term care home hit hard by COVID-19
A camera installed by a woman concerned about her mother’s health inside an Ottawa long-term care home overwhelmed by COVID-19 shows several residents...
CAMH survey shows pandemic affecting mental health, but anxiety levels may be easing
Findings from a new survey by Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) indicate the pandemic has had a significant impact on...
Nursing home told families hospital wouldn’t accept sick residents during pandemic. That wasn’t true
The long-term care home where more people have died during the coronavirus pandemic than anywhere else in Ontario is facing new scrutiny. Families...
Erin O’Toole asks to be ‘second choice’ of social conservatives in leaked video
Working to lift himself past rival Peter MacKay, Conservative leadership candidate Erin O’Toole is asking social conservatives to make him their second choice, a...
Witness video captures violent takedown of elderly Black couple at GTA hospital
An elderly Black couple are alleging that Durham Regional Police and staff at an Ajax, Ont., hospital, assaulted and abused them during a fall...
