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American couple who retired in Nova Scotia leave $4.8M to local hospital

An American couple who found peace in a small, seaside Nova Scotia town will continue serving the community for years to come. Tim...

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Business travel isn’t expected to return to pre-pandemic levels anytime soon

Kacey Siskind recently took her first business trip to the U.S. since the pandemic began.  The vice-president of business development at Honk Mobile, a parking...

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Smoke headed for Metro Vancouver, Stanley Park closed overnight as 241 wildfires burn across B.C.

Wildfire smoke is in the forecast for B.C.’s south coast this weekend, in addition to a heat wave, which in the wake of...

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ArcelorMittal Dofasco getting $400M from Ottawa to cut greenhouse gas emissions

The federal government has announced $400 million for a project at ArcelorMittal Dofasco that the company says will help it cut carbon emissions by more...

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Worried your COVID-19 vaccine won’t be accepted abroad? Here’s what you need to know

Fully vaccinated and ready to travel? Before booking your trip, make sure your destination recognizes your COVID-19 vaccine. As some Canadian travellers have already...

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Supply bottlenecks leave U.S. Fed watching for persistent inflation

By American standards, Canadian inflation looks pretty tame. But the picture painted by U.S. Federal Reserve chair  Jerome Powell suggests we should expect price rises...

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Washington’s reasons for keeping border closed to Canadians still murky a week later

A week after the U.S. government surprised many by announcing the land border with Canada would remain closed for the time being, the...

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Extreme drought in southern B.C. taking devastating toll on life in water and on land

What was once a steady stream of cool, clear water had become a patch of shallow, muddy puddles. Inside these remaining pools not...

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Wildfires in Canada are creating their own weather systems, experts say

A combination of intense heat and drought conditions is causing wildfires in Western Canada to generate their own weather systems, experts say. Michael Fromm, a...

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Canada’s Maggie Mac Neil wins gold in women’s 100m butterfly

Maggie Mac Neil won Canada’s first gold medal of these Olympics, capturing the women’s 100-metre butterfly in a Canadian record of 55.59 seconds...

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These adventure cats bring joy to their owners — and social media followers

Canadians have embraced the outdoors in droves over the past year-and-a-half due to pandemic-related lockdowns — and their fluffy, tree-climbing, bird-watching feline companions have been tagging along....

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Alex Trebek honoured with Geographical Society grant program for emerging explorers

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society in Canada and the National Geographic Society in the U.S. are honouring the late Alex Trebek with a special grant...

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Canada’s building codes don’t focus on tornadoes — even though we see 2nd most in the world

Fran Ferguson said she often doesn’t take severe weather warnings very seriously, but something — maybe a feeling or the way the wind...

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Former Syrian refugee stuck in an airport for 7 months finds a new side of Canada in B.C.’s north

A former Syrian refugee — who achieved a certain amount of international recognition after being stranded in a Malaysian airport for months —...

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WestJet drops out of talks with government on pandemic aid

Calgary-based WestJet said today that after months of negotiations, it has officially ended talks with the federal government on a financial aid package to...

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Stock markets fall, oil prices plummet as COVID-19 fears rise again

The Toronto Stock Exchange had its worst day in months on Monday as rising COVID-19 infections around the world gave investors a sobering...