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Ontario’s hair school standards still ignore Black hair 4 years after work began to include it
Deanne Simms remembers walking into a salon as a teen and being met by a woman who was frantically running toward her from...
Canada’s Maggie Mac Neil wins gold in women’s 100m butterfly
Maggie Mac Neil won Canada’s first gold medal of these Olympics, capturing the women’s 100-metre butterfly in a Canadian record of 55.59 seconds...
Residential schools: How the U.S. and Canada share a troubling history
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. A member of the U.S. federal cabinet says she wept when she heard news from Canada about...
Scientists fear for wildlife in Ontario’s boreal forest as wildfires get more frequent and intense
As wildfires continue to burn through northern Ontario’s great expanse of boreal forest, smothering the deep greens and blues of the land, experts...
Alex Trebek honoured with Geographical Society grant program for emerging explorers
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society in Canada and the National Geographic Society in the U.S. are honouring the late Alex Trebek with a special grant...
Man charged with uttering threats after comments targeting women and Winnipeg police
Police have arrested a Winnipeg man they say posted comments online that expressed contempt toward women and threatened to kill someone. Justin Peter...
Fully vaccinated tourists will soon be able to visit Canada again
The federal government announced today it plans to let fully vaccinated tourists visit Canada again soon. Ottawa now says that — starting Aug....
Sask. RCMP pilot embeds psychiatric nurses in 911 centre to handle mental health calls
Psychiatric nurses embedded inside the RCMP’s operational command centre in Regina are taking 911 calls from people in mental distress and coaching front-line officers...
Ontario weighing COVID-19 vaccination requirements for certain jobs
Ontario government officials are considering the pros and cons of requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for health-care workplaces, CBC News has learned. A draft provincial document...
Quebec ERs ‘on the verge of a breakdown’ and need help, emergency doctor says
A growing number of emergency rooms in Quebec are struggling to care for patients as hospitals deal with severe staffing shortages caused by...
How ‘choice’ in child care might play out in the coming federal election
In one respect, the summer of 2021 is a lot like the fall of 2005: with the possibility of an election looming, a minority Liberal...
U of T’s music program fosters culture of sexual harassment and fear, students, faculty claim
Students, faculty, staff and alumni are demanding that the University of Toronto address what they say is a toxic culture within the faculty...
Memorial University to double tuition to $6K a year, ending 22-year freeze
Memorial University president Vianne Timmons announced an unprecedented tuition hike on Friday for future students of Newfoundland and Labrador’s only university. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada)...
Insect poop can be used to make sustainable fertilizer — and help plants weather climate change
Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more...
Former generals join fight to bring endangered Afghan interpreters to Canada
Three distinguished, former task force commanders from Canada’s war in Afghanistan have written an urgent appeal to the immigration minister to restart a...
University of Calgary hits pause on bachelor’s program in oil and gas engineering
For more than two decades, the bachelor’s program in oil and gas engineering at the University of Calgary was popular with students seeking...
