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High schoolers, educators worry condensed schedules will bring ‘information overload’
High schoolers After landing her best-ever grade in math last year, high school senior Kamaldeep Dhillon has struggled with the subject this year...
How Canada’s track and field Olympians are navigating pandemic
You could feel the excitement and pure joy on the other end of the phone. Alysha Newman, full of life and energy, is...
CHL leagues at mercy of pandemic, politics while formulating return-to-play plans
Knowing the Western Hockey League plans to begin play again on Jan. 8 has brought a sigh of relief from Zack Ostapchuk and some...
Caps on international flights leave hundreds of Australians stranded in Canada
After multiple cancelled flights, Georgia and Greg King’s dogs will be flying from Canada to their home in Australia before them. That’s because...
With no successful vaccine candidates yet, Canada signs deal to secure 20M more COVID-19 vaccine doses
Canada has signed an agreement to secure another 20 million vaccine doses as the global race for a COVID-19 vaccine intensifies. During a news conference in...
2-year-olds are getting kicked off planes for refusing to wear a mask. Is that fair?
Some parents are fuming over rules requiring toddlers to wear masks on airplanes — after they were turfed from flights in Canada and the...
Virtual schools face rocky start — with delays, confusion and technical problems
Some Canadian parents might have looked longingly at neighbouring provinces getting the option of distance learning this school year, but getting virtual schools...
NHL expected to announce Toronto, Edmonton as hub cities: reports
The NHL has seemingly decided on its hub cities for when the league returns to play, according to multiple reports on Wednesday: Toronto for the Eastern...
Air Canada cancels 30 domestic routes, closes 8 stations at regional airports
Air Canada is indefinitely suspending 30 domestic regional routes and closing eight stations at regional airports across Canada because of an unprecedented drop in...
Nursing home told families hospital wouldn’t accept sick residents during pandemic. That wasn’t true
The long-term care home where more people have died during the coronavirus pandemic than anywhere else in Ontario is facing new scrutiny. Families...
Canada’s airlines ease into expanded summer service with added safety protocols
Canada’s beleaguered airline industry is taking cautious steps to restart operations after travel restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic grounded much of...
NHL hub cities: Which are best equipped to host hockey in a pandemic
When the NHL first announced plans in May to salvage its season, it “only” had the health limitations of a global pandemic to...
Meng Wanzhou extradition hearings could extend into 2021
Legal arguments at the B.C. Supreme Court in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou may stretch into next year. Crown lawyer...
Inside the Halifax high-rise at the centre of a Canadian COVID-19 tragedy
Gerald Jackson spent his final days with COVID-19 lying just centimetres from another man’s bed, separated by a curtain in an eighth-floor room....
Debate over future of Parliament during COVID-19 resumes Monday
The battle over the future of Parliament in the age of COVID-19 will resume in earnest Monday when a small group of MPs...
Liberals propose more COVID-19 sittings, summer sessions in new motion
The Liberal government has tabled a motion that would see Parliament’s special committee on COVID-19 meet for an additional day each week —...
