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Toronto, Peel to close businesses with 5 or more COVID-19 cases linked to the workplace
Toronto and Peel Region are issuing orders to force businesses with five or more cases of COVID-19 in the past two weeks to...
With one budget, Freeland overturned 3 decades of political orthodoxy
Nearly seven years ago, a rookie politician surveyed the political landscape across the democratic world and saw the outlines of a new era....
Quebec Superior Court upholds most of religious symbols ban, but English-language schools exempt
Quebec’s secularism law violates the basic rights of religious minorities in the province, but those violations are permissible because of the Constitution’s notwithstanding...
Charges laid against 5 from Ontario seen at Walmart less than an hour after arriving on P.E.I.
Summerside police say five people have been charged for failing to self-isolate less than an hour after their arrival in P.E.I. on Friday...
Woman with dementia locked into 10-year home-heating contract — with a $15K lien on her property
When Matt Fuchs needed money to hire a home-care worker for his 82-year-old mother, who has dementia, he figured getting a line of credit...
What you can and cannot do now that Ontario has tightened its stay-at-home order
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced new public health measures on Friday that tighten the stay-at-home order already in place and include new restrictions on travel...
Moderna to slash vaccine deliveries to Canada
Moderna will send far fewer coronavirus shots to Canada this month than originally planned as the company grapples with production issues at its facilities in Europe,...
More than 200 travellers fined for refusing to quarantine in hotels after landing in Canada
Len Desharnais says he believes Canada’s hotel quarantine requirement for international travellers during the pandemic is a fair idea. But shortly after arriving in...
Ontario’s pharmacy vaccine rollout leaves some hard-hit communities with limited access to shots
A month after Ontario began shipping COVID-19 vaccines to pharmacies around the province, an analysis by CBC News shows some of the hardest-hit...
Vulnerable Inuk man left homeless as public guardian argues it is not responsible for housing
An Iqaluit man under the protection of Nunavut’s public guardian is being forced into homelessness while government officials struggle to figure out how...
Biden calls a halt to America’s war in Afghanistan — but it’s a long way from over
In diplomatic circles it’s being described, somewhat pejoratively, as “pulling an Obama.” The formal announcement on Wednesday of U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to...
Here’s how Labrador Inuit are leading the way by adapting to the curveballs of climate change
The social enterprise SmartICE has been internationally recognized for its ability to combine traditional knowledge with technology in order to help people adapt...
Courier giant DHL padded own pockets with ‘hidden fees,’ class action alleges
A Vancouver law firm is going to court against DHL, alleging the courier giant profited by misrepresenting some of the fees it charges...
Airline deal means taxpayers once again take a risk on corporate Canada
Once again taxpayers have stepped in to throw a multibillion-dollar lifeline to corporate Canada, but this time it looks as though Canadians may actually make...
Lessons from Quebec City’s gym outbreak, one of Canada’s largest COVID-19 superspreading events
We still don’t know exactly how it started — a runner on a treadmill, or perhaps someone lifting weights — but an outbreak...
