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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...
Canadians shouldn’t shop around for vaccines with higher efficacy rates, experts say
The approval of a fourth vaccine in Canada should not give Canadians the green light to hold off on getting inoculated in order to wait...
Princes Charles Was Just Asked About Harry And Meghan. Here’s How He Replied
Princes Charles, On March 9, 2021, simple days after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey initially aired, Prince Charles checked...
Alberta MLA was monitored by 5 different police officers, documents show
Over the last four years, Lethbridge NDP MLA Shannon Phillips has had suspicions that some members of the city’s police force have been monitoring...
Calgary mom accuses courier giant DHL of charging ‘hidden fees’
Michelle Sinclair knew her son Aodhan only wanted one thing for this 10th birthday — a football jersey from his favourite team in...
How the pandemic could create the flexible workplaces parents need
For Tendai Dongo, the stress and anxiety was just too much at times. A project manager at a digital education company based in...
COVID-19 has added to the educational barriers girls and women face around the world
This column is an opinion by Alexandra Chaves, a 19-year-old Plan Canada Youth Advocate who is passionate about gender equality and girls’ rights. She is also...
Multiple WE Charity donors raised money for same borehole well in Kenyan village
A fundraising drive in a tight-knit community about 150 kilometres northwest of Toronto. California philanthropists promoted by the Clinton Foundation. Hundreds of school-age...
Why winter exercise can be especially hard on the lungs
Canadian Olympic hopeful Katherine Stewart-Jones can’t remember when she first started experiencing a cough she and other cross-country skiers call “race hack,” but...
What’s an NFT? And why are people suddenly spending millions on them?
At first blush, Sheldon Corey’s Twitter avatar, shown above, isn’t the sort of thing you’d think is worth $20,000 US. But to the...
Prioritizing people with specific conditions for COVID vaccine slows race for herd immunity: N.S.’s top doctor
Amanda Robinson used to work part time five days a week for an organization that supports adults with disabilities. She went to bingo...
From Prairies to Bollywood: Record deal shows power of TikTok to get diverse artists noticed
Last year, a 25-year-old rapper, producer and musician from Canada checked the YouTube page of one of his remixes. In the comments section, someone...
Advocates urge Liberals to cancel ‘devastating’ cut to services for Canadians with print reading disabilities
Advocates for Canadians with disabilities related to reading printed text have launched a protest campaign after the federal government abruptly announced it would cut their funding — a...
Kanye West And Taylor Swift: Who Has The Higher Net Worth? $3.2 billion
While Taylor Swift may be one of the most recognizable names globally, it is Kanye West who is a multi-billionaire, as Celebrity Net...
Texas zoo cancels controversial deal to buy African Lion Safari elephants for $2M
Two elephants at the centre of a controversial sale between African Lion Safari and a Texas zoo will not be moving to the...
Hockey world paying tribute to the Great One’s late father, Walter Gretzky
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says Walter Gretzky “embodied all that is great about being a hockey parent.” Bettman released a statement on Friday...
