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Binge or watch live? Viewing habits change as pandemic recedes

Adjust your calendars accordingly, Wednesday is the new Friday.  According to Disney.  The studio recently announced that it will begin releasing all its original...

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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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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...

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Justice Mahmud Jamal is first person of colour nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has nominated the Honourable Mahmud Jamal as the next member of the Supreme Court of Canada. “I know that...

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As a Muslim and a teacher, I hope to be part of the change needed to overcome racism and hatred

This First Person piece is by Aysha Yaqoob, a first-generation immigrant and a teacher in Regina. For more information about CBC’s First Person...

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David Bowie painting found in dump near North Bay, Ont., expected to fetch up to $12K

A painting by British musician David Bowie that was discovered in a northern Ontario landfill is expected to sell at auction for up...

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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...

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Burnaby School District apologizes for exam asking how First Nations benefited from colonial relationships

The superintendent of the Burnaby School District has issued an apology after a question on a Grade 9 social studies test asked students to...

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B.C. First Nation organizes 3-day healing walk in wake of Kamloops residential school discovery

WARNING: This story contains distressing details Hundreds of people have embarked on a trek along the South Thompson River from Kamloops to B.C.’s Shuswap,...

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Tŝilhqot’in Nation slams ‘failure’ to condemn B.C. lawyer for misconduct on residential school file

The head of the Tŝilhqot’in National Government says the body governing B.C.’s law profession has failed to “appropriately condemn” a lawyer who hired...

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When, where and how to see the June 10 annular solar eclipse

Just two weeks after the total lunar eclipse, there’s another celestial event on the horizon — but this time involving the sun. On Thursday,...

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Speakers denounce anti-Muslim hate at vigil for family killed in attack

Fourteen-year-old Hateem Amin was determined to attend the outdoor vigil in London, Ont., to honour her 15-year old friend Yumna Afzaal and three family members who were run down and...

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‘He just felt hopeless,’ widow says after partner went to hospital 3 times in 24 hours before his death

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The wife of an Indigenous man from Alberta says a B.C. hospital failed to treat him last...

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Renewed calls for Pope to visit Sask. to apologize for residential schools after 2017 effort failed

For a brief period in 2016, Chief Felix Thomas allowed himself to believe that Pope Francis would come to Saskatchewan. “We were very...

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Alberta cabinet minister says premier should apologize for Sky Palace dinner, cancel culture remarks

Alberta cabinet minister Leela Aheer says Premier Jason Kenney should apologize to Albertans after photos circulated of a dinner he held with three ministers...

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Fully vaccinated rotational workers will no longer need to self-isolate upon entry to N.S.

Effective Tuesday, rotational workers who have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine will no longer need to self-isolate upon entering Nova Scotia....