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3.9 magnitude earthquake shakes Banff, Alta.
A 3.9 magnitude earthquake hit Banff, Alta., on Saturday evening. Taimi Mulder, an earthquake seismologist with the Geological Survey of Canada, confirmed the earthquake...
Vancouver woman waits as mom’s ‘miracle’ DNA goes MIA on way to lab
It wasn’t until the last half hour of an extraordinarily long life that Florence Beytin was able to produce the DNA sample her...
Ex-wife of Christine Jessop’s killer talks about coming to grips with the awful truth
Heather Hoover still has the last photo Christine Jessop gave her in 1984. It’s a school picture of the nine-year-old in a white...
Bracing for ‘a tax season like no other,’ CRA hires private firm to answer Canadians’ questions
Preparing for what promises to be an extraordinarily busy tax season, the federal government is taking the unusual step of hiring a private company to...
Iceland’s ‘COVID-19 passport’ offers preview of debate over post-vaccine travel
Iceland recently became the first country in Europe to issue and recognize COVID-19 vaccination certificates, which it hopes will allow vaccinated individuals to travel freely...
Why $2,000 for a hotel quarantine? Your questions answered about Ottawa’s tough new travel rules
Confused about Ottawa’s strict new rules designed to discourage travel during the COVID-19 pandemic? You’re not alone. After the federal government announced the...
Canada might have too much party discipline, but that’s at least better than too little
It is difficult to feel good about the overwhelming power and discipline that political parties exert over the democratic process in Canada. But...
Some snowbirds still flying south despite travel rules — because they can
Despite tough new measures imposed by Ottawa to curb travel abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic, some snowbirds are still flying to U.S. sun destinations....
What is COVAX and why is Canada getting backlash for receiving vaccines from it?
Amid a massive immunization effort, the Canadian government is finding itself on the defensive for its decision to receive COVID-19 vaccines from the...
Special Forces pulls new pistols from service after soldier injured in misfire
A member of Canada’s elite special forces counterterrorism unit was wounded last fall when a newly-purchased handgun, with a history of misfires and...
Pandemic’s tough job market could hurt new graduates for life, says report
With Friday’s jobs data expected to indicate a pandemic employment shortage extending into a second year, new research shows that a protracted dearth of...
Justin Trudeau contends with the uncertainty of Canada’s vaccine supply
In his last two appearances before reporters, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asserted that the unpredictable messiness of vaccinating the globe against a novel...
Arriving in Ontario from another country by plane? You’ll need to take a COVID-19 test starting today
The latest: Ontario is reporting its first case of the more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus first discovered in South Africa, as new rules...
COC has spoken to federal government about COVID-19 shots for Canadian Olympians
The Canadian Olympic Committee has spoken to the federal government about having Team Canada vaccinated prior to going to the Tokyo Olympics. In...
Appalling incidents like the Keyon Harrold Jr. case happen to Black kids here too
This column is an opinion by Phillip Dwight Morgan, a Toronto-based freelance writer of Jamaican heritage. He is a director of the Conn Smythe...
Trudeau set to speak with Biden in U.S. president’s first call with a foreign leader
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will speak with newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden this afternoon — the first opportunity for the two leaders...
