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Blue roofs could help reduce the flooding effects of big storms

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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Parents juggle Wi-Fi woes, time crunches and constant change this school year

Across Canada, COVID-19 has changed what school looks like for students this year, with the pandemic continuing to disrupt learning and upend classrooms...

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B.C. pharmacy vaccine rollout leading to frustration over lack of central booking system

B.C.’s multi-pronged rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has left frontline workers and eligible adults wondering why there isn’t a centralized system that allows them...

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More than 1,500 tree planters prepare to head west to reforest B.C. Interior

More than 1,500 tree planters from Quebec and Ontario are expected to travel across the country to the B.C. Interior in the next...

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Prince George, B.C., was once a city of affordable homes. Now, it’s home to bidding wars

A B.C. city that once sold ads on Vancouver’s SkyTrain promising affordable home ownership is now dealing with bidding wars and same-day sales —...

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As ICUs fill up, doctors confront grim choice of who gets life-saving care

Hospitals are shifting critically ill patients around, looking for any empty bed. Nurses and doctors are putting in exhaustion-defying amounts of overtime. Some...

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Award-winning teen birdwatcher launches mobile game in which players explore birding hotspots

One of the small pleasures of this pandemic spring for some British Columbians has been getting to know their local birds — and now...

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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...

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Students, graduates, politicians decry ‘devastating’ cuts at Laurentian University

Students at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., continue to react to news the school is cutting dozens of programs and laying off about...

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Red Cross distributes nearly $6.2M to families after N.S. mass shooting

Karen Dean knew her friend Gina wouldn’t want her to be frozen in grief.  In the days after Dean learned Gina Goulet and...

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School custodian refuses to download phone app that monitors location, says it got her fired

Michelle Dionne was excited about her new job, helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by doing extra cleaning in an elementary school...

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Ontario reports 4,227 new cases of COVID-19, nearly topping single-day record

Ontario reported another 4,227 cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the second-most on a single day at any point during the pandemic. The province logged...

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Vancouver Canucks says ‘no culprit’ in team’s COVID-19 outbreak

The Vancouver Canucks team physician said the player who first contracted COVID-19 and then brought it into the team acted within NHL and...

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Liberals, NDP could use a bump in the polls — at each other’s expense

The Liberals and New Democrats are holding duelling virtual conventions this week, with party activists debating which policies will appeal the most to...

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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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Canadian Museum of History’s CEO resigns amid probe into allegations of workplace harassment

The CEO of the Canadian Museum of History, who was at the centre of a workplace harassment investigation, has resigned just two months before his...