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RCMP watchdog’s misconduct reports caught in limbo, stalling their release

The RCMP continues to mull over a number of high-profile investigations completed by its watchdog body involving allegations of Mountie misbehaviour — ultimately stalling their release and raising...

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Bike lanes installed on urgent basis across Canada during COVID-19 pandemic

Been meaning for years to bicycle to work, as a way to improve your fitness and save money on gas and parking? Now...

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5 green infrastructure projects engineers recommend to boost COVID-19 economic recovery

With at least two million jobs lost across Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economy officially in recession, more stimulus is expected...

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Anti-black racism protests, vigils take place across Canada

Canadians continued to rally and demonstrate against racism and police brutality on Saturday, a day after thousands attended protests and vigils across the country. The...

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Ontario extends emergency orders to June 19, as province reports 455 new COVID-19 cases

Ontario is extending its emergency orders for another 10 days, the same day the province reported an additional 455 cases, 68 of which were the...

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Here’s what different provinces, territories are planning for COVID-19 reopenings

Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here’s a look at...

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Ontario considering Stage 2 of reopening despite steady stream of new COVID-19 cases

Premier Doug Ford is signalling that he could announce the next phase of loosening Ontario’s pandemic restrictions as early as next week, despite...

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What might K-12 schools look like in the fall? Depends where you are, educators say

At École Constable Edward Finney School in Winnipeg, everyone from teachers and educational assistants to custodians welcomed students who returned to school on Monday. But it...

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Canada can hit climate targets without ruining economy, economists and climate experts say

Last November, the United Nations Environment Program released its annual Emissions Gap Report, which found that in order to limit global warming to...

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Time to ‘defund the police’? Outrage over brutality, racism in U.S. casts new light on Toronto’s police budget

Would Regis Korchinski-Paquet still be alive if a mental health nurse had turned up when her family called 911, instead of just police officers? What...

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Meng Wanzhou extradition hearings could extend into 2021

Legal arguments at the B.C. Supreme Court in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou may stretch into next year. Crown lawyer...

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Inside the Halifax high-rise at the centre of a Canadian COVID-19 tragedy

Gerald Jackson spent his final days with COVID-19 lying just centimetres from another man’s bed, separated by a curtain in an eighth-floor room....

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Why Winnipeg ought to be the pandemic envy of North America

Winnipeggers are used to looking around the world and wondering, on occasion, why they choose to live here. Winters bring biting cold. Every other spring...

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Family says ‘back and forth’ between N.S., Ottawa over shooting probe ‘unreal’

A Nova Scotia family has made a passionate appeal for the federal and Nova Scotia governments to end the “back and forth” over...

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Why Winnipeg ought to be the pandemic envy of North America

Winnipeggers are used to looking around the world and wondering, on occasion, why they choose to live here. Winters bring biting cold. Every other spring...

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In their own words: political leaders in Canada weigh in on Trump’s response to U.S. protests

Canadian political leaders are weighing in on U.S. President Donald Trump’s handling of anti-racism protests sweeping across the United States in the wake...