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Life after curfew for Montreal’s homeless means lineups, fear of fines and few empty beds

It’s well past 8 p.m., and despite the provincial curfew for COVID-19, there is still a lineup outside Hotel Place Dupuis, one of...

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Little fear of rate hikes despite expected economic surge: Bank of Canada

What a difference a day makes in the outlook for the Canadian economy. Earlier this week, some economists were predicting that the Bank...

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Biden indicates plans to cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit on 1st day in office, sources confirm

U.S. president-elect Joe Biden has indicated plans to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit via executive action on his first day in office,...

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21-year-old woman found dead after getting lost while snowshoeing in B.C.’s North Shore Mountains

A 21-year-old woman who went missing Thursday after she went snowshoeing in B.C.’s North Shore Mountains has been found dead. CBC has identified her...

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Smaller cities suffer the economic brunt of Air Canada’s pandemic exit

As the airlines and the federal government battle it out over an industry bailout, a new round of service cuts this week has left...

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What the cabinet shuffle does (and doesn’t) say about the next election

A cabinet shuffle in January (to borrow phrasing one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s predecessors) doesn’t necessarily mean an election — but this one does help position the...

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RCMP launch criminal probe into COVID-19 death tied to massive Alberta meat plant outbreak

Ariana Quesada, 16, walked into the RCMP detachment in High River, Alta., on Friday and filed a formal complaint asking police to investigate...

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Father-son team allege Tim Hortons took their COVID-safe lid applicator idea

Father-and-son team Yoland and Shaun Talbot thought they’d hit the jackpot with Yoland’s very first invention.   But instead of a massive, almost million-dollar...

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How I spent a year learning to respect my body instead of wishing for a different one

This is an opinion piece by Martha Neovard, a childbirth and infant feeding educator — and a mother of three — in southern Saskatchewan. For...

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Canadian travel agents call for bailout after being forced to repay commissions on cancelled vacations

When borders around the world started to close in the spring, travel agents hustled to get their clients home. Cathy Cordy stayed on...

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Knitting is helping this Canadian in Italy make sense of the COVID-19 pandemic

When Canadian lawyer Sarah McLean first took up knitting in 2017, she was drawn to the craft her grandmother loved as a way...

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How daily work is changing on P.E.I. as wind and temperature patterns shift

Look out your window. Is there a tree there that provides a shady spot in your yard in the summer, a splash of...

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Lingering complications from COVID-19 still haunt some Nova Scotians months later

On paper, Kelly Marshall of Stellarton, N.S., officially recovered from COVID-19 months ago. In reality, the dividing line between sick and recovered isn’t so...

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How much COVID-19 risk is there in these common winter activities?

As Saskatchewan’s winter continues, you may be wondering if it’s safe to partake in some classic seasonal activities during the pandemic. So which activities put...

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12 more die of COVID-19 in B.C. as 2nd mink farm confirms cases

There are 582 new cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia, according to a release issued by Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix,...

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With Canada-U.S. border closed, snowbirds pack B.C. campsites to wait out winter

On a small island in British Columbia’s Fraser River is a campsite packed with Canadian snowbirds who found refuge when the border with...