WE Charity contract could have been worth up to $43.53 million, says Chagger
WE Charity could have received as much as $43 million for meeting the commitments it agreed to when it took on the administration of a $900 million…
Opposition calls for receipts from Trudeau family WE speeches as ethics committee meets
The House of Commons ethics committee is meeting in Ottawa to decide if it should launch its own probe of the WE Charity scandal that has prompted…
How Montreal’s health experts are dealing with the risks of daily life
Health experts in Montreal — including ER doctors, epidemiologists and infectious disease specialists — are getting haircuts again and hanging out with friends, but many say it…
Runner thankful to be alive after being swatted by bear in Riding Mountain National Park
A Dauphin woman is warning other outdoorsy Manitobans to be careful after she was hit in the face by a startled black bear while running in Riding…
Sidelined: For many Black coaches, the last step up the ladder can seem insurmountable
During his eight years as men's basketball coach at Red Deer College in Alberta from 2011-19, Clayton Pottinger compiled a record that would be enviable at any…
Toronto’s Pearson airport cuts 1/4 of staff due to reduced travel demand amid COVID-19 pandemic
The biggest airport in Canada is eliminating 500 jobs because of the dramatic reduction in demand for air travel due to COVID-19. The Greater Toronto Airports Authority,…
‘A miracle’: 20 years after deadly tornado, Alberta family thankful for survival
Twenty years after a tornado swept through a campground at a scenic tree-lined lake in central Alberta, killing a dozen people and turning trailers into kindling, Heather…
Why it may be harder to catch COVID-19 from surfaces than we first thought
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…
Justin Trudeau drops into another pitfall of his own making
Justin Trudeau and his government have shown a remarkable ability to find trouble in novel places — a Christmas vacation, the Shawcross doctrine and the possibility of…
How a Canadian woman pushed a popular South Asian matchmaking site to drop its skin-tone filter
When Meghan Nagpal decided to take her chances at finding love by signing up for a popular matchmaking website, she never expected to be asked to describe…
With the pandemic pinching the unregulated market, legal cannabis sales spike in N.L.
With the pandemic pinching off the supply of illicit drugs, the sale of legalized cannabis products in Newfoundland and Labrador appears to be filling some of the…