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‘He just felt hopeless,’ widow says after partner went to hospital 3 times in 24 hours before his death

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The wife of an Indigenous man from Alberta says a B.C. hospital failed to treat him last...

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Renewed calls for Pope to visit Sask. to apologize for residential schools after 2017 effort failed

For a brief period in 2016, Chief Felix Thomas allowed himself to believe that Pope Francis would come to Saskatchewan. “We were very...

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Verdict expected in trial of 2 former Hamilton medics accused in teen’s death

An Ontario Superior Court judge is expected to render his verdict today in the trial of two former Hamilton paramedics accused of not properly caring...

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MPs call on Nav Canada to give up $7M in bonuses paid out during pandemic

Politicians are calling on executives and management at Nav Canada to pay back $7 million in bonuses they received last year during the pandemic, while the private non-profit...

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Photographer captures ‘odd but exciting’ crow behaviour known as anting

Photographer Tony Austin recently captured a peculiar image of a crow with its wings covered in dozens of tiny black ants and in the throes of...

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Alberta cabinet minister says premier should apologize for Sky Palace dinner, cancel culture remarks

Alberta cabinet minister Leela Aheer says Premier Jason Kenney should apologize to Albertans after photos circulated of a dinner he held with three ministers...

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More Shoppers Drug Mart customers complain they were pushed to use self-checkout

Michael Kerwin said he was furious when at two Toronto-area Shoppers Drug Marts last month, he was told he must purchase his goods using...

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Fully vaccinated rotational workers will no longer need to self-isolate upon entry to N.S.

Effective Tuesday, rotational workers who have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine will no longer need to self-isolate upon entering Nova Scotia....

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With reports of a labour shortage, can the pandemic recovery help raise wages?

As Canadians wait for Friday’s latest jobs numbers, there are growing reports that a shortage of labour will lead to rising wages as...

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Why it’s important for Indigenous people to tell our own stories

This First Person article is the experience of Ossie Michelin, a Labrador Inuk journalist from the community of North West River. For more...

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Craft beer industry faces reckoning as claims of sexism, misogyny and assault pour out online

As Jake Clark watched the #MeToo-style reckoning unfolding in the craft beer industry she went through a range of emotions — from heartbreak, to anger, to...

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Rain barrels a hot commodity as summer approaches

Last year’s hot, dry summer, an increased interest in home gardening, and a rising awareness of the effects of climate change have people...

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Mi’kmaq, supporters hold vigil for 215 residential school victims at Sir John A statue

About 80 P.E.I Mi’kmaq and other Indigenous and non-Indigenous supporters gathered in downtown Charlottetown Monday morning at a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald for...

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Opposition pushing Liberals to act following discovery of children’s remains at Kamloops residential school

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the federal government to search the grounds of other former residential schools following the discovery of remains...

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Joyce Echaquan’s death lays bare, once again, problems in Quebec’s health-care system

At the courtroom in Trois-Rivières, Que., family and friends of Joyce Echaquan have listened, at times in tears, at others in stunned silence,...

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The Transformation Of Courteney Cox From Childhood To 56 Years Old

If the producers of “Friends” had followed through on their original plans, Jennifer Aniston would not have been cast as Rachel Green; Courteney...