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Canadian firm’s proposed gold mine in Amazon rainforest a step closer to reality, CEO says
A Canadian company is one step closer to building a controversial gold mine in the Amazon rainforest, after its study on how the...
Former soldier pleads guilty in high-profile military sexual assault case
A Canadian ex-soldier at the centre of a high-profile case of sexual assault in the military has pleaded guilty. Former warrant officer André Gagnon was charged...
Marketplace attended a COVID-19 conspiracy boot camp to see how instructors are targeting vaccine skeptics
While Canadian health authorities fight back against what Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam has called “an infodemic” — the spread of false information...
Hundreds of ICU patients transferred between Ontario hospitals as COVID-19 admissions rise
For Toronto critical care physician Dr. Jamie Spiegelman, nearly every workday involves sending a handful of COVID-19 patients to other intensive care units. Sometimes that...
Cruise ships would bypass B.C. under proposed Alaska law, prompting worries for battered tourism sector
There are fears British Columbia’s tourism industry could be in jeopardy with newly tabled U.S. legislation that would allow cruise ships to sail around current...
Nearly 200,000 Ontarians aged 80 and older have not signed up for a COVID-19 vaccination
A little under three-quarters of Ontarians age 80 and older have either been vaccinated against COVID-19 or have signed up for a shot, a proportion...
The Most Controversial Oprah Interviews Ever
By February 1988, two-time Academy Award winner Elizabeth Taylor wasn’t the major movie star she once was. She appeared in the occasional TV...
Here’s How Titus Makin Describes His Music – Exclusive
While Titus Makin seems to love being an actor, it’s clear that music is his true passion. Describing what listeners can expect from...
Anand says AstraZeneca doses could arrive from the U.S. this week
Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Ottawa could take delivery of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine doses from the United States as early as this week. Ottawa’s...
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...
The Real Reason Elizabeth Holmes’ Trial Has Been Delayed
According to a March 17, 2021 report by CNBC, Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Leach, leading the prosecutorial group’s case versus Elizabeth Holmes, was...
Ontario to (finally) pull the plug on fax machines in public service
For the generation comfortable communicating using only emojis or through TikTok videos, it’s a baffling sight still found in many offices: a bulky...
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...
New Brunswick monitoring more than 40 cases of unknown neurological disease
Public Health is closely monitoring a cluster of more than 40 New Brunswick patients with symptoms similar to those of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a...
Peter Nygard has phone in jail cell for constant contact with legal team, court documents reveal
Peter Nygard has been given what no other inmate at Manitoba’s Headingley Correctional Centre has access to: a phone in his cell that he...
Senate’s new harassment policy ‘a gift’ for would-be abusers, senator says
The Senate’s new harassment policy is “a gift” for would-be harassers because it creates a culture of secrecy that will shield wayward senators...
