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Why winter exercise can be especially hard on the lungs
Canadian Olympic hopeful Katherine Stewart-Jones can’t remember when she first started experiencing a cough she and other cross-country skiers call “race hack,” but...
2020 was the worst year on record for Canada’s economy. It shrank by 5.4%
Canada’s economy shrank by 5.4 per cent last year, official data from Statistics Canada showed Monday, making 2020 the worst year for the...
The Unsaid Truth of Trisha Yearwood’s COVID-19 Diagnosis
Garth Brooks admitted that he was worried about the toll COVID-19 might take on Trisha Yearwood’s vocal ability and her overall health. “Living...
New Brunswicker living in Texas says winter blast has caused ‘true chaos’
When a massive winter storm struck Texas, Karen Christensen was glad she still had her winter clothes more than two decades after leaving...
Outdoor hockey players in Alberta break records, raise $1.8M for cancer research
The world’s longest hockey game in Alberta broke multiple records this year. Forty people took turns playing hockey on an outdoor rink near...
Help for dying woman was 2 minutes away, but took 80 minutes to arrive
A grieving Nova Scotia husband wants to know why it took 80 minutes for help to come as his wife lay dying in...
Video shows Edmonton police forcing people out of LRT station into –21 C weather
The leader of an Indigenous community watch group is livid after a video emerged showing Edmonton police officers ordering people who were sheltering in a...
Ice coverage in Gulf of St. Lawrence at historic low for midwinter
Just over one per cent of the Gulf of St. Lawrence is covered in ice this week — much less than in a normal...
Why geothermal is a hot trend in new condos
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B.C. woman dies in extreme cold trying to get home from next-door neighbour’s
RCMP in Dawson Creek, B.C., say a woman died of exposure early Sunday after failing to make it back to her house from her next-door...
Riding out the pandemic on Lake Ontario
The pandemic has driven many Canadians deeper into their winter burrows to binge watch shows until warmer weather returns, but some have decided...
Canada lost 213,000 jobs in January as lockdowns took a giant bite out of the job market
Canada’s economy lost 213,000 jobs in January, about five times more than what economists were expecting, as retail lockdowns forced more businesses to...
Natural gas vs. methane: How the name influences our view of this fossil fuel
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Life after curfew for Montreal’s homeless means lineups, fear of fines and few empty beds
It’s well past 8 p.m., and despite the provincial curfew for COVID-19, there is still a lineup outside Hotel Place Dupuis, one of...
21-year-old woman found dead after getting lost while snowshoeing in B.C.’s North Shore Mountains
A 21-year-old woman who went missing Thursday after she went snowshoeing in B.C.’s North Shore Mountains has been found dead. CBC has identified her...
On the beach: Changes in weather patterns affect creatures big and small
When Jeremy Coffin, owner of North Shore Surf Rescue, first became a surf guard on P.E.I. beaches 15 years ago, his primary concern...
