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Education experts slam leaked Alberta curriculum proposals

Curriculum advisers hand-picked by the Alberta government are recommending changes to the kindergarten-to-Grade 4 curriculum for fine arts and social studies that would eliminate...

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Quebec premier warns of ‘censorship police’ after Ottawa professor suspended for saying N-word

The Quebec government has accused the University of Ottawa of violating a professor’s freedom of expression when it suspended her for using the N-word...

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How dissecting superspreading events can help people take COVID-19 measures seriously

It’s a snapshot of a superspreading event: one person unknowingly infected with COVID-19 transmitted the contagion to 23 other passengers scattered on a tour...

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A closer look at Canada’s homegrown COVID-19 vaccine candidates

More than 100 groups around the world are racing to produce a vaccine against COVID-19, with most of the attention focused on front-runners...

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NDP, Liberal cabinet ministers call for emergency debate over mounting N.S. fishery dispute

Four Liberal cabinet ministers called for an emergency debate in the House of Commons after a dispute between commercial fishermen and Mi’kmaw fishers...

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Can Quebec find a balance between a lockdown and freedom?

Having tasted something like freedom over the summer, most Quebecers are back living under a complex array of public health rules, wondering if the rest of...

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Judge tosses B.C. dads’ application for stricter COVID-19 protocols in schools

A bid by two dads to force the provincial government to implement mandatory masks and strict physical distancing in classrooms has been rejected...

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An Innu teen died in care. Now a fired social worker is speaking out

Wally Rich, a 15-year-old from Natuashish, took his own life in a Labrador group home in May. (Submitted by Innu Nation) The system...

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Give young people alternatives, not lectures, to manage COVID-19 spread, say experts

Young people are among the most prolific spreaders of COVID-19, and while health authorities and schools continue to issue heavy-handed warnings, some experts...

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As COVID-19 cases climb in long-term care homes, experts hope to avoid locking down residents

As the number of people infected with COVID-19 continues to climb, the virus has crept back into long-term care and retirement homes across the...

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This is what Melania Trump prepares her own smoothie each morning

During an interview with Refinery29 in 2012, first lady Melania Trump revealed that she usually opts for a smoothie for breakfast. And no...

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Man, 30, charged with 2nd-degree murder in deaths of boys from Wendake, Que.

A 30-year-old man has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder as residents of Wendake, Que., mourn the deaths of two boys from...

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Technical glitches briefly mar first day of applications for Canada Recovery Benefit

Canadians seeking to access new financial support after missing work because of COVID-19 appeared to briefly run into technical glitches as applications opened for...

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After 37 years, convicted B.C. child killer to argue wrongful conviction

On an October day in 1983 in the coastal B.C. town of Prince Rupert, a first-degree murder trial began for a 17-year-old named...

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Syrian refugees finish quarantine in time for first Canadian Thanksgiving

The Al Khalif family is just grateful to finally be in Canada, even if the pandemic delayed their arrival and quashed their much-anticipated airport...

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Alberta has highest rate of mortgage deferrals as bank programs wind down

Alberta continues to have the highest rate of mortgage deferrals in the country. According to numbers shared by the Canada Mortgage and Housing...