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Death threats, overcrowding and few masks: A TTC driver speaks out about life during COVID-19
Usually it’s dirty looks or insults, but sometimes, bus drivers working in Toronto’s COVID-19 hot spots are subjected to much worse. One bus driver...
How local, online startups are hoping to snatch Black Friday away from the big boys amid COVID-19
Black Friday sales on now have traditionally been the domain of big, national chains with beefed-up advertising budgets. But this year, there’s a growing...
Toronto police officer says she faced years of sexist, racist retribution for reporting colleague
A Toronto police officer alleges she was subjected to years of intimidation and reprisals by fellow officers and supervisors after she intervened to...
Despite court order, landlords still trying to reclaim luxury homes turned into illegal rooming houses
A few Toronto-area landlords are still trying to reclaim their luxury homes after an Ontario Superior Court judge voided their leases two months...
Despite 30,000 pandemic-related price-gouging complaints, there have been few repercussions
Within weeks of the coronavirus pandemic being declared, one premier after another made tough promises to stop price gouging on essential products. Yet,...
Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world Friday
The latest: Faced with mounting COVID-19 case numbers, Quebec is considering temporarily closing schools as part of its efforts to “break” the second...
Remembering In Flanders Fields: Why John McCrae’s poignant WW I words still have power today
Like so many things in 2020, Canada’s Remembrance Day ceremonies will be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Communities will still commemorate their war...
Immigration detention centres emptied over fear of possible COVID-19 outbreaks
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is emptying out its detention centres and finding alternatives to keeping detainees behind bars until they can...
The comfort of strangers: how a British family kept a slain Canadian airman’s memory alive
As a child in the late 1940s, John Charlesworth would run through the military cemetery in Harrogate, a quiet, tidy community on the...
Case challenges ‘horrific’ prison surveillance some consider harsher than solitary confinement
Advocates for women in prison are heading to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Truro, N.S., on Monday, aiming to end a practice...
Opposing views of Ginsburg, Barrett reveal deep divisions over perceived role of Supreme Court judges
This column is an opinion by Brian Bird, an assistant professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. For...
Reducing light pollution has numerous benefits for the environment
Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more...
No changing clocks in Yukon this weekend, as territory scraps seasonal time change
Most of Canada is turning back the clocks this weekend — but Yukon is ticking forward. Yukon is ditching seasonal time changes this...
James Bond actor Sean Connery dead at age 90
Sean Connery, the charismatic Scottish actor who rose to international superstardom as suave, fearless secret agent James Bond and then abandoned the role...
Canadian Museum for Human Rights staff told not to mention abortion during some tours: email
Some staff at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights were told not to talk about pregnancy or abortion, in addition to censoring LGBT...
B.C. NDP will form decisive majority government, CBC News projects
The NDP will form a historic majority government in British Columbia for the first time in more than 20 years, CBC News projects, as...
