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Wealthy KPMG clients continued to dodge taxes for years after CRA detected offshore ‘sham’

After amassing a fortune selling scrap metal in South Africa, Peter Cooper immigrated to Canada in the mid-1990s with his sons Marshall and...

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Teacher who came out as transgender at school inspires students and colleagues to live their truths

Michael Megenbir was someone who generally kept his personal life separate from work. That is, until one June day in 2017. Sitting among...

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Erin O’Toole isn’t breaking through — and Jason Kenney and Doug Ford aren’t helping

Unable to make any headway in the polls against the Liberals, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole could use a little help from his friends...

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U.S. law allowing cruise ships to skip B.C. ports would set risky precedent: harbour authority

When the U.S. House of Representatives swiftly passed legislation amending a historical law that some say could have severe consequences for British Columbia’s...

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How urban gardening could be at the forefront of climate change adaptation in Canada’s cities

Jewel Gomes is getting ready for another growing season in her tiny Toronto backyard, home to her many experiments in agronomy. This summer,...

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TD Bank accused of losing customers’ RSPs — again

More TD Canada Trust customers are accusing the bank of losing tens of thousands of dollars in Retirement Savings Plan contributions they deposited with...

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With Bill 101 reforms, François Legault risks upending Quebec’s hard-won linguistic peace

The Charter of the French Language, better known as Bill 101, had a difficult birth. Its childhood and adolescence were equally tumultuous, and...

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Alberta’s oil producers feel recovery — but analysts aren’t predicting a repeat of the last boom

When Alberta’s oil sector was thriving a decade ago, thousands of workers beat a path to Fort McMurray, Alta., as companies pumped cash...

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Woman who had breast implants removed urges Ottawa to mandate registry of medical devices

A British Columbia woman who learned second-hand that her breast implants had been linked to a rare form of cancer is demanding that...

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Lulu Anderson: The history and present of Black civil rights in Alberta

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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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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Stalled project reveals archaeological conflict between First Nations and B.C. government

An expansion of a popular Hornby Island pub that stalled this spring with the discovery of Indigenous human remains is threatening to become...

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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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Why beef is off the menu for some climate-conscious foodies

Growing up on a farm in southern Ontario, Toronto chef Ikeila Wright says she ate enough beef as a child to last her a...

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A Harper dynasty and the end of the Liberals? How the 2011 election didn’t change everything

In just a few weeks, Canadian politics changed forever. Or so everyone thought. The Liberals, once the country’s “natural governing party,” were reduced to a...

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Canada’s music festivals in 2021: What’s cancelled this summer?

The vaccine rollout across the country had many filled with hope for a return to a pre-pandemic summer music festival scene. On Thursday,...