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The Unsaid Meaning Behind ‘Lost Cause’ By Billie Eillish

The lyrics to “Lost Cause” begin with Billie Eilish musing, “I wondered if you were aware that day was the last straw for...

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Binge or watch live? Viewing habits change as pandemic recedes

Adjust your calendars accordingly, Wednesday is the new Friday.  According to Disney.  The studio recently announced that it will begin releasing all its original...

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Residential school survivor’s planned memorial wall about ‘humanizing’ Mohawk Institute students

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. For years, Geronimo Henry carried a folding “travelling wall” bearing some 1,500 names...

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Doctors worry they won’t be able to help every cancer patient diagnosed, treated late due to COVID-19

Around the end of June last year, Karen Townsend started to experience abdominal pain. At the time, she could only book a phone...

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False sightings, reports of gunfire: Court documents reveal details of RCMP response to N.S. mass shooting

The first RCMP officers to arrive in Portapique, N.S., during last year’s shooting rampage thought they had spotted the gunman, but learned hours later...

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MP Yasmin Ratansi found in conflict of interest over employing foster sister

Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion has found MP Yasmin Ratansi violated the Conflict of Interest Act while a Liberal by furthering her family member’s...

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Protesters prevent Israeli container ship from docking in Prince Rupert

An Israeli container ship was prevented from docking Monday at the Prince Rupert, B.C., port after a group of about 10 protesters —...

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N.B. doctor accused in COVID-19 outbreak plans to sue province, RCMP

The doctor who was accused of breaking COVID-19 rules and being the source of an outbreak in northern New Brunswick last year plans to...

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B.C. First Nation organizes 3-day healing walk in wake of Kamloops residential school discovery

WARNING: This story contains distressing details Hundreds of people have embarked on a trek along the South Thompson River from Kamloops to B.C.’s Shuswap,...

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Neighbours come together to carry elderly woman to safety during Vancouver highrise fire

Neighbours carried an elderly woman down 15 flights of stairs to safety on Thursday evening after an apartment in their West End Vancouver...

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Tŝilhqot’in Nation slams ‘failure’ to condemn B.C. lawyer for misconduct on residential school file

The head of the Tŝilhqot’in National Government says the body governing B.C.’s law profession has failed to “appropriately condemn” a lawyer who hired...

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‘He just felt hopeless,’ widow says after partner went to hospital 3 times in 24 hours before his death

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The wife of an Indigenous man from Alberta says a B.C. hospital failed to treat him last...

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National Indigenous leaders plan Vatican visit to appeal for long-awaited papal apology

National Indigenous leaders are planning a visit to the Vatican this November to seek a papal apology for the Catholic Church’s role in...

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Renewed calls for Pope to visit Sask. to apologize for residential schools after 2017 effort failed

For a brief period in 2016, Chief Felix Thomas allowed himself to believe that Pope Francis would come to Saskatchewan. “We were very...

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Statue of Egerton Ryerson ‘will not be restored or replaced’ after it was toppled at Toronto rally

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The statue of Egerton Ryerson that stood outside the university that bears his...

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$1,600 taken from customer’s account — and her bank won’t say why

Angel Pui was pleased when the business she started in the pandemic, selling luxury handbags online, made a sale in South Korea. The...