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Ontario changing child-welfare system to stop teens from aging out of care unprepared

Unlike many teenagers, Abdoulaye Diakhaby was petrified to turn 18. He had spent the previous four years in the child-welfare system living first in...

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Ontario man battles Bell and contractor after worker uses power tool to clean his car

David Rooney couldn’t believe what he was seeing when he looked out his front window in June and saw a Bell Canada contract...

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Every household to get prepaid blank postcard courtesy of Canada Post

In an effort to encourage Canadians to keep in touch during the pandemic, Canada Post is sending every household a free postcard to...

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Student says RCMP officer talked her out of laying charges against alleged serial voyeur on campus

WARNING: This story contains language that might be offensive to some readers. It also contains descriptions of voyeurism that might be upsetting. Taylor...

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Driver killed 2 in crash, admitted drinking, but police didn’t test him and charges were never laid

After his car struck two people in a crosswalk, the driver of a Volkswagen Jetta told a Calgary police officer he’d been speeding,...

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Colleges stress public responsibilities as MD, nurse set to speak at rally against COVID-19 measures

As a B.C. doctor and a registered nurse get set to speak at a Vancouver “freedom rally” this weekend, their regulatory colleges say...

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Freeland presses Tories to speed up passage of COVID-19 relief bill

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is appealing to the Official Opposition Conservatives to hasten passage of a COVID-19 relief bill through the House...

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5 cases of variant first found in South Africa confirmed at Mississauga, Ont., condo, on-site testing ordered

Widespread testing for all residents at a condominium in Mississauga, Ont., will start on Monday after five cases of the coronavirus variant first detected...

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‘Meant to be’: How this WW II veteran cheated death 4 times to find love

Reg Harrison slides his leather wallet out of his pocket and removes a weathered black-and-white photo of a beautiful woman. “I’ve been carrying...

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Hotel quarantine measures for travellers come into effect Feb. 22: sources

Air travellers landing in Canada will have to quarantine in a hotel, at their own expense, starting Feb. 22, according to government sources....

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Mom who lost son to tainted drugs disgusted by business-led push to move potential supervised consumption site

A Barrie, Ont., mother whose son died from consuming tainted drugs says she was disgusted to discover the city’s business leaders are paying...

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Left out of the COVID-19 pay bump, Manitoba ER nurses say they feel abandoned by province, union

An emergency room nurse at Winnipeg’s St. Boniface Hospital is struggling to provide care to three patients with COVID-19. Two of them are...

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Retirement home manager suspended amid accusations his wife got vaccine instead of front-line worker

An Ottawa retirement home manager has been suspended after accusations that he allowed his wife to receive a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine intended...

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Calgary judge to hear challenge of inquiry into oil and gas foes

A judge is to hear arguments this week over whether Alberta’s public inquiry into the purported foreign funding of environmental charities is a...

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Why small businesses say they need Ottawa’s help to get some relief on credit card fees

The way Giancarlo Trimarchi tracks the numbers, you might think he was a sports fanatic scrutinizing the stats of his favourite teams. He...

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Golden Globe nominations: Films focused on people of colour conspicuously absent from top race

Every year the cycle begins again.  The Golden Globes are announced and then industry works itself into a fine froth over the predictable and...