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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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Some Humboldt Broncos families angry over lawyer’s request to delay one lawsuit until another is ready

A battle between lawsuits related to the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is to be heard in a Regina courtroom this week. Eleven lawsuits...

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Ontario changing child-welfare system to stop teens from aging out of care unprepared

Unlike many teenagers, Abdoulaye Diakhaby was petrified to turn 18. He had spent the previous four years in the child-welfare system living first in...

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Manitoba RCMP say a First Nations man assaulted an officer. Court documents suggest that’s not what happened

On June 6, 2019, Brian Halcrow woke up in a jail cell in Thompson, Man., with four stitches across his forehead, a torn-up sweater and...

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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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Humboldt Broncos crash survivor Kaleb Dahlgren’s memoir tells the story of a hockey life interrupted

Kaleb Dahlgren says he still has no memory of the crash that changed his life. Dahlgren played right wing for the Humboldt Broncos...

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Woman loses $340K in wire transfer scam — alleges 4 banks did little to stop it

Vivien Zheng says she will never forget the phone call that led to losing her family’s entire life savings — $340,000. The 43-year-old...

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‘Everybody sees her exactly as a girl’: 9-year-old Sask. girl embraces identity through makeup, ribbon skirts

Reece Okemaysim was only four years old when she told her mother that she wanted to be a girl. Up until then, Reece,...

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Who Is Simona Brown, The Actress Who Plays Louise In Behind Her Eyes?

Some may just be getting to know Simona Brown, but the London-born actress has been hustling in the entertainment industry for some time...

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Anti-Chinese sign outside Ontario bar sparks calls for action

People in London, Ont., are calling for political action after seeing a sign at a downtown bar earlier this week that they say...

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None of Ottawa’s new travel rules apply to the largest group of people entering Canada — truckers

None of the federal government’s recently announced new travel measures — which include COVID-19 testing upon arrival — apply to the largest group of people regularly entering...

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5 cases of variant first found in South Africa confirmed at Mississauga, Ont., condo, on-site testing ordered

Widespread testing for all residents at a condominium in Mississauga, Ont., will start on Monday after five cases of the coronavirus variant first detected...

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‘Meant to be’: How this WW II veteran cheated death 4 times to find love

Reg Harrison slides his leather wallet out of his pocket and removes a weathered black-and-white photo of a beautiful woman. “I’ve been carrying...

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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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Left out of the COVID-19 pay bump, Manitoba ER nurses say they feel abandoned by province, union

An emergency room nurse at Winnipeg’s St. Boniface Hospital is struggling to provide care to three patients with COVID-19. Two of them are...

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For homeless people trying to stay safe in pandemic, federal housing program is a lifeline, say advocates

In the past year, the word “stay” has been repeated over and over as Canadians have been urged — even ordered at times...