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kingston to move sir john a macdonald statue from city park
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Kingston to move Sir John A. Macdonald statue from City Park

Numbered hearts are placed on the steps of the Sir John A. MacDonald statue in Kingston, Ont., on May 31. The hearts represent...

residential school survivors planned memorial wall about humanizing mohawk institute students
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Residential school survivor’s planned memorial wall about ‘humanizing’ Mohawk Institute students

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. For years, Geronimo Henry carried a folding “travelling wall” bearing some 1,500 names...

doctors worry they wont be able to help every cancer patient diagnosed treated late due to covid 19
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Doctors worry they won’t be able to help every cancer patient diagnosed, treated late due to COVID-19

Around the end of June last year, Karen Townsend started to experience abdominal pain. At the time, she could only book a phone...

torontos lgbtq community pushes to reclaim safe spaces following alleged hate crime
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Toronto’s LGBTQ community pushes to reclaim safe spaces following alleged hate crime

There’s a dwindling number of places LGBTQ community members feel safe in Toronto following an alleged hate-motivated attack near a Toronto Island beach last weekend, advocates...

how the covid 19 pandemic lowered life expectancy in canada last year
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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...

bank of canada keeps benchmark interest rate at record low
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Bank of Canada keeps benchmark interest rate at record low

The Bank of Canada decided to keep its benchmark interest rate steady at a record-low 0.25 per cent on Wednesday. The central bank...

liberal party triggers electoral urgency clause to speed up nominating candidates
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Liberal Party triggers ‘electoral urgency’ clause to speed up nominating candidates

The Liberal Party’s national campaign co-chairs have declared a “state of electoral urgency,” a procedural move that will allow the party to speed...

why its important for indigenous people to tell our own stories
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Why it’s important for Indigenous people to tell our own stories

This First Person article is the experience of Ossie Michelin, a Labrador Inuk journalist from the community of North West River. For more...

doug fords pcs enter final year before election in the lead but vulnerable
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Doug Ford’s PCs enter final year before election in the lead, but vulnerable

With exactly one year to go before the 2022 Ontario provincial election, Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives still have the upper hand in...

rain barrels a hot commodity as summer approaches
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Rain barrels a hot commodity as summer approaches

Last year’s hot, dry summer, an increased interest in home gardening, and a rising awareness of the effects of climate change have people...

doctors said this quebec man would die of covid 19 his family had other ideas
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Doctors said this Quebec man would die of COVID-19. His family had other ideas

Peter Simard squints into the bright spring sunshine as his wife, Céline Lafrenière, pushes his wheelchair through the front door and down the ramp...

customers call out banks for increasing fees during pandemic while profits are up
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Customers call out banks for increasing fees during pandemic while profits are up

Audrey Williams was more than a little miffed to learn that fees at TD Bank are going up on June 1. “I looked...

bank of canada reminds us of more things to worry about
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Bank of Canada reminds us of more things to worry about

Whether you are a teacher, a student, a medical professional or just coping with the COVID-19 crisis in your daily life, there are...

why these parents teachers want covid 19 vaccines to be mandatory for school staff
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Why these parents, teachers want COVID-19 vaccines to be mandatory for school staff

This story is part of a CBC News series examining the stresses the pandemic has placed on educators and the school system. For the series, CBC News sent...

new coast guard ship beset by malfunctions training delays 18 months after n s arrival
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New coast guard ship beset by malfunctions, training delays 18 months after N.S. arrival

A year and a half after Canada’s new offshore fisheries science vessel, the Capt. Jacques Cartier, was delivered to its Halifax-area base, the coast guard...