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How masks could affect speech and language development in children

A video of a one-year-old walking up to random objects, pressing on them and rubbing her hands together as she walks away went...

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From restaurant staff to pilots, pandemic is pushing people in hard-hit professions to retrain for new jobs

When COVID-19 hit, Ryan Sullivan was a pilot for Porter Airlines and he loved his job. These days, though, he spends his days...

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Canadian researchers to release recommendations for treating youth eating disorders online

Sarah White sets a timer to remind herself to eat. She sets it six times a day so that she eats three meals...

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Commanding officers interfered in sexual assault investigations, retired military police officer says

A former military police officer says he faced commanding officers who interfered in his sexual assault cases and prosecutors who were reluctant to...

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Vaccinated care home residents confined to rooms after workers test positive

A vaccinated resident at an Ottawa long-term care facility wants to know why he and everyone else living at the home have to remain in...

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Driver of 2nd boat in O’Leary crash convicted of failing to exhibit navigation light

The operator of one of the boats in a 2019 fatal crash involving a vessel driven by Linda O’Leary, wife of businessman and reality...

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Canadians shouldn’t shop around for vaccines with higher efficacy rates, experts say

The approval of a fourth vaccine in Canada should not give Canadians the green light to hold off on getting inoculated in order to wait...

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How the pandemic could create the flexible workplaces parents need

For Tendai Dongo, the stress and anxiety was just too much at times. A project manager at a digital education company based in...

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From Prairies to Bollywood: Record deal shows power of TikTok to get diverse artists noticed

Last year, a 25-year-old rapper, producer and musician from Canada checked the YouTube page of one of his remixes. In the comments section, someone...

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Advocates urge Liberals to cancel ‘devastating’ cut to services for Canadians with print reading disabilities

Advocates for Canadians with disabilities related to reading printed text have launched a protest campaign after the federal government abruptly announced it would cut their funding — a...

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One year later, COVID-19 has left no part of Alberta untouched

It was inevitable, the premier said. Though there were only dozens of cases of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 reported in Canada, health officials were resigned...

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The emotional toll of the COVID-19 battle inside a Quebec ICU

A mechanical whir fills the room as a sling slowly lifts a patient out of her hospital bed. “Wow, it’s fun to see...

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More signals of a Roaring ’20s rebound for Canadian economy when pandemic ends

Gloomy headlines about the collapse of the Canadian economy, which faced its worst retreat since records began, may have obscured some startling new...

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Ontario man battles Bell and contractor after worker uses power tool to clean his car

David Rooney couldn’t believe what he was seeing when he looked out his front window in June and saw a Bell Canada contract...

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So you got your COVID-19 shot. Does that mean life goes back to normal?

After Toronto family physician Dr. Tali Bogler received her final dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in January, she felt a newfound sense of...

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In the shadow of her killer’s verdict, Cindy Gladue’s family wants to reclaim her humanity

Donna McLeod held her great-grandson Dayton by a firepit crackling flames in an Edmonton backyard last week and spoke about a dream she...