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Pauly Shore Opens Up About His Goodbyes To Fellow Comic Louie Anderson

On the night of January 20, prior to Louie Anderson’s death, his friend Pauly Shore took to social media to give fans an update...

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Border workers begin work-to-rule action as negotiations with government continue

Border service officers have begun work-to-rule action while unions and the government continue to negotiate a new contract. The Public Service Alliance of...

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Ontario’s hair school standards still ignore Black hair 4 years after work began to include it

Deanne Simms remembers walking into a salon as a teen and being met by a woman who was frantically running toward her from...

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Transgender woman says getting gender-affirming ID in Ontario is an ‘impossible struggle’

Ever since Diana Bosco transitioned to female four years ago, she’s been attempting to get identification that accurately reflects her gender — a process she describes as invasive...

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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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The lambda COVID-19 variant is now spreading in Canada — here’s what you need to know

Multiple variants of the virus behind COVID-19 are circulating in Canada, and lambda has now joined their ranks. While only a small number...

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Vaccine passports ignite debate over privacy vs. public health

As a steadily rising number of fully vaccinated Canadians emerge from hiding to test the gradual return to pre-pandemic normalcy, a conundrum looms: what...

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Shannon Beador Drops A Big Update On Her Relationship With John

Shannon Beador and John Janssen still have an undeniable spark, and we are happy that Shannon is happy. In late June, Shannon took...

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RCMP looking at legal options to remove serial sexual harassers from the ranks

The RCMP says it’s looking into whether it can automatically fire Mounties accused in multiple sexual harassment cases and stop other alleged perpetrators...

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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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Refugees plead with Ottawa to bring their children, spouses from war-ravaged Gaza

As Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza last month, rocking the city around him, Mohammad Jadallah’s 13-year-old son tried to shield his younger siblings, hoping to keep them...

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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...

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Canada secures more Pfizer shots as focus shifts to second doses

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that the government will buy three million more vaccine shots from Pfizer than originally planned — an...

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‘We survived, and we’ll do it again’: Aklavik, N.W.T., residents calm but prepared for possible flooding

Memories of a flood 15 years ago are top of mind for residents in Aklavik, as they prepare for a spring breakup that...

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With camps, summer programs awaiting the go-ahead, what are kids in for this summer?

Growing up in Quebec, Gaëtane Verna attended summer camps from the age of eight, eventually becoming a counsellor and section leader at Camp Kanawana,...