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Left out of the COVID-19 pay bump, Manitoba ER nurses say they feel abandoned by province, union

An emergency room nurse at Winnipeg’s St. Boniface Hospital is struggling to provide care to three patients with COVID-19. Two of them are...

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Injured woman secretly videotaped by insurer, then wrongly accused of fraud

Alicia Micallef tears up when she talks about how she was secretly followed and videotaped, accused of lying, then dragged through the legal...

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Some snowbirds still flying south despite travel rules — because they can

Despite tough new measures imposed by Ottawa to curb travel abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic, some snowbirds are still flying to U.S. sun destinations....

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How does N.L. avoid economic ruin? A leaders’ debate offered some answers

How can Newfoundland and Labrador avoid total economic ruin? Amid fleeting moments of levity — and plenty of accusations across the board — the province’s...

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Disrupted schooling, learning loss will have effects long after pandemic, say education experts

Compared to last spring’s nationwide school shutdown, Monica Belyea and her kids children having a slightly easier time with remote learning this winter term....

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B.C. ordered to pay $964K to former correctional officer targeted for being Black

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ordered the province to pay compensation of almost a million dollars to a former corrections officer who...

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Can’t afford a luxury playhouse? An Alberta builder is opening a ‘play cottage’ resort

For anyone who’s ever dreamed of escaping reality to live in a fairytale for a little while, Tyson Leavitt is hoping to take...

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Layoffs from Cenovus-Husky oilpatch merger expected to begin today

The fallout from the merger of two oilpatch majors — Cenovus Energy and Husky Energy — is expected to land in downtown Calgary...

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Doctors failed mentally ill Ontario man who killed his mother day after seeing psychiatrist, says family

Family members of an Ontario man diagnosed with schizophrenia say his doctors didn’t do “their due diligence” when they failed to admit him to...

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Copycat pot edibles that look like candy are poisoning kids, doctors say

Dr. Jane Pegg couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw the pot edibles that had poisoned a two-year-old who had been rushed to the emergency room in...

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Who Is Gossip Girl Star Thomas Doherty?

Though love bloomed for Thomas Doherty and actress Dove Cameron on The Descendants’ set, the relationship wasn’t meant to last. On Dec. 10,...

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‘They call us every day’: COVID-19 case monitors are a lifeline for those waiting out illness at home

When Shaleen Erwin became sick with COVID-19 in November, the pregnant mother from Springside, Sask., wasn’t surprised that she had a hacking cough and...

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Airlines face stiff public relations headwind as they prepare Boeing 737 Max for return to passenger service

As they prepare for the return of the Boeing 737 Max to Canadian skies for the first time in almost two years, Canada’s...

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Hidden camera reveals ‘appalling’ conditions in overseas PPE factory supplying Canadian hospitals, expert says

The wall of noise is constant as the workers manually check, sort and pack a seemingly endless supply of disposable gloves into boxes...

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American chaos offers Canadians a chance to reflect on their own democracy

Concluding debate on a resolution to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump for “incitement of an insurrection,” Rep. Steny Hoyer invoked one of the...

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With new stay-at-home order, Ontario admits previous COVID-19 lockdown was too weak

The Ontario government is ordering everyone in the province to stay at home except for essential reasons, while also allowing non-essential businesses to keep operating....

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