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COVID-19 has made reading next year’s real estate market harder than ever
Canadians are about to get an update on the state of the housing market and the latest resurgence of COVID-19 has only added...
NDP MP calls on Lametti to preserve St. Anne’s residential school abuse documents
NDP MP Charlie Angus is urging Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti to stop the destruction of key compensation claim documents from...
Holiday charity work in Canada a challenge for fundraisers and donors during pandemic
When Victoria’s Santa Claus parade had to be cancelled due to COVID-19, the Greater Victoria Festival Society came up with a Plan B...
Can employers make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory? The law isn’t clear
As Canadians await the arrival of the first batch of vaccine doses, employers and provincial leaders are grappling with the question of whether to make...
Which essential workers should get COVID-19 vaccine priority? Teachers want a place in line
As coronavirus cases spiked in Manitoba this fall, Winnipeg teacher Matt Fabbri shrunk his personal circle down to his wife and their three...
Tracking the not-so-clear trail of $240B in federal COVID-19 spending
This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during...
Canada reaches grim milestone of 400,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases
The latest: Long-term care workers, residents should be first in line for COVID-19 vaccine, committee says. Quebec reports 1,345 new COVID-19 cases and 28 more deaths, day after province cancels plans to allow...
Pandemic leaves students with disabilities disconnected from peers and short on support
Navigating school this fall has meant a host of new challenges for learners with disabilities, with both students and families often having to advocate...
Alberta planning COVID-19 field hospitals for 750 patients, internal document shows
An internal Alberta government document shows the province has been planning for more than a week to set up indoor field hospitals to...
Parents welcome asymptomatic COVID-19 tests in schools, even if the news isn’t always good
It’s been a bit of a roller-coaster weekend for Toronto father Yaser Nadaf, after Ontario’s new asymptomatic testing for schools in COVID-19 hot spots...
A robbery won’t keep this restaurant owner from serving up kindness
When Mithun Mathew opened his SpiceX restaurant in St. John’s, serving delicious Indian food wasn’t the only goal he had in mind. Mathew...
Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Monday
The latest: COVID-19 case numbers are continuing their slow but steady rise across most of Atlantic Canada. Health officials in New Brunswick reported 14...
Her classroom is a school change room. Here’s how she’s making online teaching work
There are no windows in Robyn O’Drowsky’s classroom. Her walls would usually be plastered with posters and kids’ art. Instead, she’s staring at drab...
Students burnt out by pandemic learning push more universities toward longer winter breaks
When McMaster University student Elisa Do learned last week that her school would be delaying the start of classes in January following the...
100 UBC students accused of cheating on math midterm
The University of British Columbia has launched an investigation after more than 100 entry-level math students were accused of cheating on their midterm exam several days...
Canada has turned back 4,400 asylum seekers in 5 years
Canada has turned away at least 4,400 asylum seekers at the U.S. border since 2016 — including some who were hoping to find refuge...
