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Seller beware: Real estate agents can collect their fee even when a buyer defaults on a sale, B.C. man learns
Three years ago, a man who’d signed a contract to buy Mike Armstrong’s rustic cabins on B.C.’s Lake Errock suddenly dropped off the...
7 Manitoba churches challenging province’s COVID-19 pandemic powers in court
Seven rural Manitoba churches hope to convince a judge that the province’s lockdown measures are unjustified violations of Charter-protected freedoms of conscience, religion,...
Ontario’s political parties gear up for next spring’s election in the shadow of COVID-19
Mark your calendars: Ontario’s next provincial election campaign officially begins one year from Tuesday. Ontario’s fixed-date election law sets voting day as June 2,...
A Harper dynasty and the end of the Liberals? How the 2011 election didn’t change everything
In just a few weeks, Canadian politics changed forever. Or so everyone thought. The Liberals, once the country’s “natural governing party,” were reduced to a...
Your free speech is at risk with Ottawa’s push to regulate online content, experts warn
The federal government is facing an uproar over controversial changes to a bill that would bring videos and other content posted to social...
Hugh Jackman Speaks Out In All Caps Regarding A Controversy With His Latest Project
Hugh Jackman released a statement about Scott Rudin in all caps, shared on The New York Times reporter Michael Paulson’s Twitter. “I want...
Quebec Superior Court upholds most of religious symbols ban, but English-language schools exempt
Quebec’s secularism law violates the basic rights of religious minorities in the province, but those violations are permissible because of the Constitution’s notwithstanding...
Airline deal means taxpayers once again take a risk on corporate Canada
Once again taxpayers have stepped in to throw a multibillion-dollar lifeline to corporate Canada, but this time it looks as though Canadians may actually make...
How parts of Canada are going about vaccinating teachers against COVID-19
This weekend, teachers and school staff in Ontario’s Niagara region are getting their first chance at a COVID-19 vaccine, thanks to the recommendation of...
Crown accuses Meng Wanzhou’s lawyers of denying facts in bid to toss extradition
A lawyer for Canada’s attorney general says Meng Wanzhou’s defence team is ignoring basic facts of the case against their client by accusing...
Ford to impose Ontario-wide shutdown as 3rd wave of COVID-19 hits hard
With a record number of COVID-19 patients in Ontario’s intensive care units and its highest-ever rate of new cases in schools, multiple sources...
Canadian Screen Awards: Schitt’s Creek leads nominations for 3rd year running
Well into its third year of topping awards shows, comedy Schitt’s Creek led the nominations for this year’s Canadian Screen Awards with 21 nods. The...
Prince Edward makes royal visit to Canada — pandemic-style
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Hundreds of ICU patients transferred between Ontario hospitals as COVID-19 admissions rise
For Toronto critical care physician Dr. Jamie Spiegelman, nearly every workday involves sending a handful of COVID-19 patients to other intensive care units. Sometimes that...
After COVID-19 outbreak in retirement home, families want mandatory vaccines for staff
Even though Susan Asa-Katz’s mother is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the 92-year-old spent last week isolated in her room after unvaccinated staff at...
