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Porsha Williams Has Something To Say About Her New Relationship

Porsha Williams took to Instagram on May 10 to give fans an insight into her new relationship — which began a month earlier...

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Racist mayoral candidate Kevin J. Johnston is about to have all Calgary voters’ names, addresses

In the not-so-distant future, a man who has a history of racist, hateful, allegedly violent behaviour and is attempting to publish the private information...

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Parents, experts worry about ‘snowball effect’ of literacy, development lags amid pandemic schooling

Jon Bahen finds the more people in his work-from-home Zoom meetings, the less effective they can be. Imagine then how difficult it is...

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These South Asians in Toronto are helping with India’s COVID-19 crisis — while managing their grief from afar

As India grapples with a deadly surge in COVID-19 cases, many South Asians in the Toronto area are rallying together to help.  “Our heart...

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This critical care paramedic worked a week of 12-hour shifts to help keep Ontario’s ICUs from overflowing

When cases of COVID-19 surged as the pandemic’s third wave hit Ontario, Joanne Skinner told her 11-year-old son she’d soon need to go...

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DNA used to ID sailor from doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition with living relative

When Sir John Franklin, two ships and some 130 sailors left a British port in 1845, they hoped to successfully navigate the fabled Northwest...

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Black activists across the Prairies are calling for defunding of police. Is anyone in power listening?

This story is part of the Black on the Prairies project, a collection of articles, personal essays, images and more, exploring the past,...

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Tree poaching on Vancouver Island prompts spike in forest patrols

The municipality of North Cowichan is stepping up patrols of the region’s forest reserve, after an increase in timber theft in the area,...

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When will the Canada-U.S. border reopen?

Travel across the Canada-U.S. border could resume by late summer or fall, according to the cautious estimates of some experts, but they say the...

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We probably won’t reach herd immunity against COVID-19 any time soon, but it’s OK, experts say

Every day, more and more Canadians are vaccinated against COVID-19. It has often been suggested that as this trend continues, we will soon reach...

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Vaccination rates lagging in poor Montreal areas, but outreach workers see surge in interest at pop-up clinic

Shahista Hussein walks along the lineup stretching around the corner of Hutchison Street and Jean-Talon Boulevard in Montreal’s Parc-Extension neighbourhood.  Public health officials seemed to...

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B.C. mayor apologizes for U.S. trip to visit family, get vaccinated

The mayor of a West Kootenay town has apologized for what she now says was a wrong decision to travel to the United States...

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Not available in Canada: A look at COVID-19 vaccine tech from China, India and Cuba

COVID-19 vaccines developed in China are already being used in several countries around the world. And some developed in India, Kazakhstan and Cuba...

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Fire, flood, COVID and the oil crash: Fort McMurray businesses aim to bounce back from hard luck

Anyone who buys a restaurant knows the business is not for the faint of heart. In an oil town, where fortunes can rise...

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Group of Ontario police officers launches charter challenge of pandemic restrictions

A group of 19 Ontario police officers has launched a constitutional challenge against the provincial and federal governments and several police chiefs, claiming...

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7 Manitoba churches challenging province’s COVID-19 pandemic powers in court

Seven rural Manitoba churches hope to convince a judge that the province’s lockdown measures are unjustified violations of Charter-protected freedoms of conscience, religion,...