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From restaurant staff to pilots, pandemic is pushing people in hard-hit professions to retrain for new jobs

When COVID-19 hit, Ryan Sullivan was a pilot for Porter Airlines and he loved his job. These days, though, he spends his days...

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In a Regina retirement home, boxing and pool keep pandemic loneliness at bay

Like many other seniors, retired teacher Jim Nedelcov found himself trapped in his own apartment, bored and lonely when a lockdown was imposed about...

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Law prohibiting election misinformation struck down

A key section of Canada’s elections law designed to curb misinformation during elections has been struck down and declared unconstitutional. In a 15-page...

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Ford recalling nearly 275,000 vehicles in Canada, mainly over rupturing airbag concerns

Ford Motor Co. has issued two safety recalls involving airbags and tires and affecting more than 2.6 million vehicles in North America, including...

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Yukon voters will head to the polls on April 12

Yukon Liberal Leader Sandy Silver ended weeks of speculation Friday, announcing he’s asked Commissioner Angelique Bernard to dissolve the Legislative Assembly, setting an...

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Ontario moving Sarnia-Lambton into lockdown; N.B. reveals vaccine rollout details

The latest: Ontario will move the southwestern region of Sarnia-Lambton into lockdown on Monday after a recent spike in COVID-19 cases, making it the fifth...

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Canada Revenue Agency accused of blaming victims as ‘gross negligence’ cases drag on

Dozens of clients of a disgraced B.C. tax consultant who tried to bilk the Canada Revenue Agency out of millions of dollars are...

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Compressed air, flywheels and more: Energy storage solutions being tested in Canada

Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more...

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Canadian researchers to release recommendations for treating youth eating disorders online

Sarah White sets a timer to remind herself to eat. She sets it six times a day so that she eats three meals...

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Provinces, territories are owed more than $1.3B in unpaid fines, investigation shows

More than 12 years after a propane explosion in Toronto killed two people, levelled large parts of a neighbourhood and sent thousands running from...

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5 graphs that help tell the story of the pandemic

It’s been one year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, and Canada is just beginning to understand how the coronavirus has...

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Commanding officers interfered in sexual assault investigations, retired military police officer says

A former military police officer says he faced commanding officers who interfered in his sexual assault cases and prosecutors who were reluctant to...

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Driver of 2nd boat in O’Leary crash convicted of failing to exhibit navigation light

The operator of one of the boats in a 2019 fatal crash involving a vessel driven by Linda O’Leary, wife of businessman and reality...

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St. John’s firefighters grounded, as helicopter rescue team remains in ‘holding pattern’

The helicopter rescue team normally called in to pluck wayward wanderers from cliffs and transport injured hikers from remote inaccessible locations around St....

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Mental health charity reeling amid resignations over suspicions about leader’s alleged secret identity

An Ottawa charity focused on the well-being of Black, Indigenous and LGBTQ youth is in disarray after staff quit and speakers pulled out...

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New outbreak of COVID-19 in B.C. care home where residents and staff were already vaccinated

A new outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared at the Cottonwoods Care Centre in B.C.’s Interior Health region where staff and residents had already...