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‘An ugly stain for years to come’: Laurentian University interests reeling from staff, program cuts

Monday was one of the worst days on record for the Laurentian University community, with the news roughly 100 professors lost their jobs...

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New federal budget needs to deliver on government’s social finance and innovation commitments

This column is an opinion by Victor Beausoleil, Marie J. Bouchard and Carole Anne Hilton. Beausoleil is the founder and CEO of Social Economy Through...

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More than 60 programs to be cut as Laurentian University moves through insolvency process

The pace of change at Laurentian University, which is in the midst of insolvency negotiations, is speeding up as termination notices for faculty...

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When exercise was taking over my life, this is how I forged a new perspective

This First Person article is by Jacqueline Chen, a Grade 11 student in the TOPS Program at Toronto’s Bloor Collegiate Institute. It won...

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Liberal delegates endorse a universal basic income, reject capital gain tax hike

Liberal delegates to the party’s policy convention have overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution calling for the establishment of a universal basic income (UBI) in...

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‘If you’re sick, stay home’ is a non-starter for many Canadians

The debate around paid sick leave has grown louder and more urgent in the past several weeks as COVID-19 cases have continued to soar...

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Canada is touting hydrogen as crucial to its climate action plan, but how green is it?

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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‘It would give us closure’: Family struggles to get body of Windsor university student to India amid pandemic

As grief mounts during the pandemic, for those separated by geography, the struggle to bring home loved ones who have passed away abroad...

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Woman who was raped on Plenty of Fish first date is relieved attacker was deported

Warning: This story contains graphic language and disturbing content. A Regina woman who was sexually assaulted on a first date five years ago...

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Parents of Humboldt Broncos player long to connect with son’s organ, tissue recipients

The mother of former Humboldt Broncos defenceman Logan Boulet would give anything to hear his heartbeat again. “I would love to meet the heart recipient...

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Brian Nadler recounted troubled times at Saskatoon hospital to Nevada medical board

The doctor charged with first-degree murder in the death of an Ontario hospital patient — and who once told a U.S. medical board how...

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Scientists, First Nations team up in fresh attempt to revive struggling B.C. herring stocks

Vancouver’s Coal Harbour hardly looks like a setting for a potential wildlife refuge. Noisy float planes skitter to and from a nearby dock,...

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‘It excites people’: First Nations artists give beadwork a modern twist

The longstanding tradition of beadwork is taking on a new twist among young First Nations artists who’ve developed a long string of social media...

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StatsCan says it’s ready to conduct census despite pandemic’s resurgence

Canada’s national statistics agency says it’s ready to conduct the 2021 census next month despite concerns about the course of the COVID-19 pandemic...

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Canadian explorer to attempt 1st human-powered crossing of Turks and Caicos Islands

Toronto-based explorer Mario Rigby spent two years crossing the African continent on foot. Last summer, he paddled the length of Lake Ontario in...

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Federal Court approves class-action lawsuit claiming RCMP doctors sexually assaulted recruits

Sylvie Corriveau has spent decades trying to sound the alarm over reports that some of the RCMP’s designated doctors have sexually abused patients. She said...