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Trudeau turns to the military to help with COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced that the federal government has chosen a senior military commander to lead its COVID-19 vaccine distribution effort as the...

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Her classroom is a school change room. Here’s how she’s making online teaching work

There are no windows in Robyn O’Drowsky’s classroom. Her walls would usually be plastered with posters and kids’ art. Instead, she’s staring at drab...

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Winter is already a trying time for some seniors. COVID-19 will make it worse

Georgiana Del Casino has spent most of the past eight months alone inside her one-bedroom apartment in New Westminster, B.C., but the 82-year-old...

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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...

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How the health system is addressing vaccine hesitancy, a looming hurdle in race to end pandemic

Tanya Hayles is not an anti-vaxxer. The Torontonian has made sure her eight-year-old son Jackson is up to date with the standard vaccines,...

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Students burnt out by pandemic learning push more universities toward longer winter breaks

When McMaster University student Elisa Do learned last week that her school would be delaying the start of classes in January following the...

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Why the federal government lets Canadians travel abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic

News reports that many snowbirds are heading south this winter — despite the COVID-19 pandemic — have angered some fellow Canadians who feel they shouldn’t be...

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RCMP took 19 hours to find parents, daughter killed in Nova Scotia mass shooting in April

Tammy Oliver-McCurdie lost her younger sister, Jolene Oliver, in last April’s mass shooting in Portapique, N.S., and her worst fear remains that the 39-year-old...

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100 UBC students accused of cheating on math midterm

The University of British Columbia has launched an investigation after more than 100 entry-level math students were accused of cheating on their midterm exam several days...

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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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90 Day Fiance: Why Ariela is having doubts about moving to Ethiopia

Soon after satisfying Biniyam, whom she crossed courses within Ethiopia 3 years after her divorce from an Argentinian guy, Ariela got the news...

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B.C. woman’s death has been solved after 27 years, but for some, the wounds are still fresh

After 27 years, the circumstances surrounding the death of Vicki Black on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside has finally been solved.  Stephen Laroche pleaded guilty...

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Landlords say poor tenants who received CERB can’t make rent after losing social assistance

Landlords in Saskatchewan say they are in a “morally tough spot,” forced to choose between evicting tenants whose social assistance payments have been...

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High school athletes struggle to score scholarships in COVID times

Madison Shanks dreams of getting a scholarship to play volleyball at a Canadian university. The 17-year old student’s athletic prowess helped her team...

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New business ventures help Canadian snowbirds circumvent a closed U.S. land border

Despite the Canada-U.S. land border closure to non-essential traffic, Canadian snowbirds Bernard Loiselle and Sylvie Charbonneau are on their way to Florida — in...

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What it is Alex Trebek’s final resting place,

According to a long-time Jeopardy! Host’s death certificate, per The Blast, Alex Trebek’s body was cremated, and his ashes will stay at the...