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How the COVID-19 pandemic lowered life expectancy in Canada last year
COVID-19 deaths led to a five-month decrease in life expectancy at birth last year, recent data released by Statistics Canada suggest, potentially putting the...
Canada is easing its travel restrictions. Here’s what you need to know
After more than a year of travel restrictions that have impacted most Canadians, the federal government has finally begun to ease the rules....
Ethics committee calls for sweeping reforms in wake of WE Charity scandal
A House of Commons committee is proposing a sweeping series of reforms to the way the federal government makes decisions on contracts after...
‘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...
Canada, Alberta sign deal for $1.3B hydrogen plant in Edmonton
The federal and Alberta governments have signed an agreement with a private company that could lead to a $1.3 billion hydrogen plant being...
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...
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...
Carpenter faces $15M lawsuit for criticizing sexual harassment comments in construction podcast
Two men who run a prominent construction industry podcast that aired remarks about cat-calling and trying to grab women have filed a $15...
$1,600 taken from customer’s account — and her bank won’t say why
Angel Pui was pleased when the business she started in the pandemic, selling luxury handbags online, made a sale in South Korea. The...
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...
Pope meets 2 Canadian cardinals as calls grow for Catholic Church apology for residential schools
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Pope Francis met with both Vatican-based Canadian cardinals on Saturday as Canada reels from the discovery of...
The House: Is it past time Canada had an Indigenous governor general?
The federal cabinet minister leading the search for a new governor general says background checks on the short list of candidates are nearly finished. But...
Canada secures more Pfizer shots as focus shifts to second doses
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that the government will buy three million more vaccine shots from Pfizer than originally planned — an...
Premier rejects calls to apologize to N.B. doctor after COVID-19-related charge withdrawn
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is rejecting calls to apologize to a family doctor who had been blamed for a COVID-19 outbreak in Campbellton last year...
Economy lost 68,000 jobs in May, unemployment rate rose slightly to 8.2%
Canada’s labour market shed 68,000 jobs last month as tighter public health restrictions continued or were introduced in many regions of the country...
Wealthy KPMG clients continued to dodge taxes for years after CRA detected offshore ‘sham’
After amassing a fortune selling scrap metal in South Africa, Peter Cooper immigrated to Canada in the mid-1990s with his sons Marshall and...
