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Why some travellers get permission to cross the Canada-U.S. border and others don’t

Kim Zavesky is desperate to return to her home in Golden, B.C. After retiring last year, she and her husband — both Americans...

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Tenant who turned 12 luxury homes into rooming houses ordered to pay $36K or spend time in jail

A Markham, Ont. man who rented a dozen luxury homes and turned them into rooming houses has been ordered to pay $36,000 in...

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COVID-19 has sucked the oxygen out of the room on the climate economy

The Niagara Falls of news releases into any journalist’s in-box attest that there is always plenty of contention for the moving spotlight of media...

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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...

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NATO holds its breath as Trump plans for January withdrawal from Afghanistan

The NATO principle of one-for-all and all-for-one was the reason it — and by extension Canada — went into Afghanistan, but that assumption is...

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Pandemic is making life even more perilous for the 420 million children in conflict zones

This column is an opinion by Bill Chambers, the president and CEO of Save the Children in Canada. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please...

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The Real Reason why Thomas Gibson left Criminal Minds

Thomas Gibson’s character on Criminal Minds constantly attempted to stay calm, cool, and gathered while handling extreme circumstances. Nevertheless, the star relatively wasn’t...

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Fines issued in Manitoba as more than 100 protesters gather in Steinbach to protest COVID-19 restrictions

Less than an hour after Manitoba announced its highest single-day jump in COVID-19 deaths, dozens of people gathered in Steinbach to protest heightened...

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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...

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Scaled-down ceremonies mark Remembrance Day across Canada

The boom of a gun rang out in the sky above Ottawa at 11 a.m. ET to mark the start of a moment...

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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...

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Western provinces report new highs in number of people hospitalized with COVID-19

The latest: BREAKING: Ontario reports record high of 1,426 new COVID-19 cases. Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan set new records for COVID-19 hospitalizations. Manitoba moving to red alert level,...

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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...

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How Canada’s track and field Olympians are navigating pandemic

You could feel the excitement and pure joy on the other end of the phone. Alysha Newman, full of life and energy, is...

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Trial begins for Thunder Bay man accused in trailer-hitch death of First Nations woman

More than three years after Barbara Kentner’s death, her sisters are hoping for justice in a case that hundreds of First Nations chiefs from across...

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COVID-19 cases in Ontario top 1,000 for 2nd time in a week

Ontario reported 1,015 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the second-highest number recorded since the outbreak began in late January. The new numbers also mark...