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Ontario seniors ‘living in fear’ of COVID-19 feel forgotten in vaccine rollout plan

When the first COVID-19 vaccine was approved in Canada, Ketty Samel and her 76-year-old husband Morris believed the end to the long months...

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2,000 more Canadians could die from COVID-19 in the next 10 days: PHAC

New modelling released by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) suggests the number of daily COVID-19 cases could more than triple to...

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Ontario special education classes can continue in person, but concerns about safety persist

With two young children enrolled in special education classes, Adriana Ferreira-Legault wrestles with a dilemma every morning over in-person schooling for her children. Her...

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What you need to know about getting both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine

Getting vaccinated to protect yourself from the virus behind COVID-19 isn’t a one-and-done process in Canada right now. The two approved options, from...

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Thunder Bay police try to exclude footage of officers dragging an Indigenous man from inquest evidence

WARNING: This story contains content that some readers may find disturbing. Lawyers for a northern Ontario police force are trying to have video...

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Smaller cities suffer the economic brunt of Air Canada’s pandemic exit

As the airlines and the federal government battle it out over an industry bailout, a new round of service cuts this week has left...

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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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Defence lawyer says police should not be using Quebec curfew as excuse to search personal property

Sarah Vresk was heading to work at around 4 a.m. Tuesday when she was stopped near her home by Montreal police and asked...

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Canadian internet sleuths, anti-hate group helping to identify Capitol rioters

As more and more cellphone videos surface of the storming of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., last week, Canadians are leading some of...

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Military medical intelligence warnings gathered dust as public health struggled to define COVID-19

Public health officials failed to cite early warnings about the threat of COVID-19 gathered through classified military intelligence as the pandemic crisis emerged a year ago,...

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RCMP launch criminal probe into COVID-19 death tied to massive Alberta meat plant outbreak

Ariana Quesada, 16, walked into the RCMP detachment in High River, Alta., on Friday and filed a formal complaint asking police to investigate...

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Father-son team allege Tim Hortons took their COVID-safe lid applicator idea

Father-and-son team Yoland and Shaun Talbot thought they’d hit the jackpot with Yoland’s very first invention.   But instead of a massive, almost million-dollar...

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How a ‘hotshot whiz-kid’ ensnared a Sask. company in a $97.5M deal riddled with red flags

Input Capital, a publicly traded company based in Regina, says it is investigating after its $97.5-million proposed sale to smooth-talking American businessman Eric...

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Canada monitoring spread of coronavirus variants, says chief public health officer

The latest: Canada’s chief public health officer says the federal government is closely monitoring the spread of coronavirus variants that have been discovered...

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Manitoba approves NHL in Winnipeg, clearing way for play across Canada

The NHL’s one-time-only, all-Canadian division has cleared its final hurdle. Next stop, puck drop. The Manitoba government said Friday it will allow the...

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Black activists say double standard at play in response to pro-Trump rioters

The co-founder of Black Lives Matter in Canada said she believes police would have responded more aggressively if protesters storming the U.S. Capitol had...