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Calls to ‘Cancel Canada Day’ draw mixed reaction

Findings at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that indicate the remains of an estimated 215 children could be buried...

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Saskatoon Catholic cathedral covered with paint after discovery of 751 unmarked graves

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The doors of a Roman Catholic cathedral in downtown Saskatoon were splattered with paint Thursday afternoon after...

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Priest under fire after sermon on the ‘good done’ by Catholic church on residential schools

A Mississauga, Ont., priest is under fire after a sermon referencing the “good done” by the Roman Catholic Church in residential schools, saying some...

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Maritime provinces report no new cases of COVID-19 yesterday

The latest: There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick or Prince Edward Island on Monday, as the...

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Families of victims of police violence call for action at rally outside Trudeau’s office

A group of Black and Indigenous families brought their case for defunding Canadian police forces to the steps of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s...

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Ontario health guidance downplays aerosol spread of COVID-19. Critics say this puts lives at risk

More than a year since she nearly died of COVID-19, registered nurse Rubina Khan is still not sure how she got infected, but...

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Ford shuffles cabinet, Rod Phillips replacing Merrilee Fullerton as long-term care minister

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is shuffling his cabinet, with former finance minister Rod Phillips — who resigned from his post following a Caribbean vacation...

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Canadian government approves modified quarantine for Olympic athletes

The federal government has approved a travel exemption for Canada’s Olympic hopefuls that will allow them to train on home soil without undergoing...

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Universities and colleges wrestle with mandating COVID-19 vaccines for return to campus

Andrew Mrozowski just graduated this week from McMaster University’s political science program, but the editor-in-chief of the school’s student-run newspaper has already turned his mind to...

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Canada’s largest transplant centre slowly marches toward normal after weeks of ‘wasted’ organs

Last July, Sarah Frazer learned she had two years at most before she would need to replace her failing kidneys. “I was 23 at...

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Outrage over developer’s plan to buy single-family homes reveals a Canadian fixation

In the current overheated dog-eat-dog race to buy a home in Canada, we probably shouldn’t have been shocked by the wave of outrage triggered...

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Average Canadian house price up 38% compared to last year, but down from March

The average selling price of a Canadian home was $688,000 last month, a figure that has risen by more than 38 per cent...

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G7 meeting ends with promises on COVID-19, climate, mentions of China

The G7 Summit has wrapped up with pledges from world leaders to take urgent action on the COVID-19 pandemic, climate and possibly China....

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B.C.’s capital cancels scheduled Canada Day programming in wake of Kamloops Residential School discovery

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Victoria city council has decided to cancel its scheduled Canada Day programming this year following the discovery...

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How the COVID-19 pandemic lowered life expectancy in Canada last year

COVID-19 deaths led to a  five-month decrease in life expectancy at birth last year, recent data released by Statistics Canada suggest, potentially putting the...

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MPs call on Nav Canada to give up $7M in bonuses paid out during pandemic

Politicians are calling on executives and management at Nav Canada to pay back $7 million in bonuses they received last year during the pandemic, while the private non-profit...