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With camps, summer programs awaiting the go-ahead, what are kids in for this summer?

Growing up in Quebec, Gaëtane Verna attended summer camps from the age of eight, eventually becoming a counsellor and section leader at Camp Kanawana,...

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‘More people are catching on’: Travellers using U.S.-Canada land border to avoid quarantine hotels

Greg Peacock walked across the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ont., and back into Canada with his three puppies in hand, pausing to...

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Hugh Jackman Speaks Out In All Caps Regarding A Controversy With His Latest Project

Hugh Jackman released a statement about Scott Rudin in all caps, shared on The New York Times reporter Michael Paulson’s Twitter. “I want...

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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...

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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...

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Alta., Ont., Sask. and N.B. signing agreement to explore small nuclear reactors

Alberta is to join three other provinces to explore the feasibility of small modular nuclear reactors as a clean energy option. Premier Jason...

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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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COVID-19 and N.L.’s election results probably killed the idea of a spring federal election

If rising COVID-19 caseload numbers and the spread of more contagious and deadlier variants of the virus were not enough already to close the door on a...

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What a Legault-Trudeau detente might mean for the Liberals in Quebec

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ventured into Quebec twice in the past two weeks to make joint announcements with Premier François Legault. If their...

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Supreme Court carbon tax ruling: The last ride of the resistance?

This column is an opinion from Andrew Leach, an energy and environmental economist at the University of Alberta. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section,...

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Despite calls for change, Canada’s RBC is one of world’s top bankers to fossil fuel industry

Canadian banks have a serious fossil fuel addiction. But it is not just a Canadian problem. The latest study of corporate data from...

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After 230-year fight, Caldwell First Nation has reserve status; begins to build a new community

Caldwell First Nation has finally achieved reserve status, ending a decade-long bureaucratic struggle that included environmental assessments and various approvals from both provincial and municipal...

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Alberta MLA was monitored by 5 different police officers, documents show

Over the last four years, Lethbridge NDP MLA Shannon Phillips has had suspicions that some members of the city’s police force have been monitoring...

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NASA’s Perseverance rover — sporting the latest bells and whistles — set to land on Mars today

It’s a big day for space exploration. NASA’s mission controllers are expecting to confirm the Perseverance rover’s landing on the surface of Mars at 3:55...

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Hamilton police investigating video of officer lunging at woman

Hamilton police are investigating a video that surfaced on social media Thursday and appears to show an officer lunging at a woman. In a news release Friday...

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Alberta pandemic danger pay program causes confusion among workers, unions

A new program that will pay some frontline workers $1,200 for risking their health during the COVID-19 pandemic is leaving some employees and...

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