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How Kahnawake’s cross-border ironworkers are dealing with isolation from their families, community

Like many Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) families, Hogan Gilbert’s has a rich history in ironwork, and the trade has taken him far from home. Gilbert...

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Hopeful buyers stand in line for chance to snag townhomes in Vancouver suburb

A line stretched up a newly poured sidewalk in Langley, B.C. on Saturday as hopeful home buyers queued for a chance to get into Metro Vancouver’s...

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Toronto mom spent her severance pay on car insurance, but ended up uninsured

Yasmine Sharaf thought she had scored a great deal on car insurance. The 48-year-old Toronto mother of three needed a lucky break; she had been...

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B.C. health minister says it’s time to ‘dig in’ to obey COVID-19 safety rules as cases mount

B.C. Minister of Health Adrian Dix has defended measures in place to limit the spread of COVID-19, even as his province set one-day case counts...

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Scientists, First Nations team up in fresh attempt to revive struggling B.C. herring stocks

Vancouver’s Coal Harbour hardly looks like a setting for a potential wildlife refuge. Noisy float planes skitter to and from a nearby dock,...

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‘It excites people’: First Nations artists give beadwork a modern twist

The longstanding tradition of beadwork is taking on a new twist among young First Nations artists who’ve developed a long string of social media...

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Crew member missing after fishing boat capsizes off Cape Breton coast

One crew member of the capsized FV Tyhawk fishing vessel is missing after an unsuccessful overnight search off the coast of Cape Breton, according to a...

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StatsCan says it’s ready to conduct census despite pandemic’s resurgence

Canada’s national statistics agency says it’s ready to conduct the 2021 census next month despite concerns about the course of the COVID-19 pandemic...

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CRA has found 35 cases of tax dodging in the Panama Papers leak, 5 years later

Five years after one of the world’s biggest leaks of financial records exposed the tax-haven dealings of politicians, athletes, celebrities and mobsters, the Canada...

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Federal court judge rules in favour of Acho Dene Koe First Nation member’s complaint about election delay

A federal court judge has ruled that the N.W.T. Acho Dene Koe First Nation chief and council overstepped their powers when they extended...

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Protesters must clear Vancouver Island blockade or risk arrest after logging company wins injunction

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has granted an injunction against protesters who have been blocking a forestry company for eight months from operating on Vancouver...

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Record-high lumber prices add as much as $30K to the cost of building a house

As if Canada’s housing sector wasn’t already irrational enough, a pandemic-induced lumber shortage is pushing the price of building a home even higher....

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Canadian Olympic wrestler turned pro fighter loses finger during MMA match

Canadian MMA fighter Khetag Pliev had his finger surgically re-attached after it was severed during his co-main event bout with Devin Goodale at...

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N.W.T. confirms 1st COVID-19 variant of concern

A case of COVID-19 reported earlier this week at the Diavik Diamond Mine —about 300 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife — has been confirmed as the B.1.1.7...

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Crown accuses Meng Wanzhou’s lawyers of denying facts in bid to toss extradition

A lawyer for Canada’s attorney general says Meng Wanzhou’s defence team is ignoring basic facts of the case against their client by accusing...

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Welcoming visitors is what Whistler does, but for the next 3 weeks the town wants you to stay away

The manager of Whistler Search and Rescue says anyone making plans to visit the Sea to Sky corridor over the next three weeks...