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Aviation workers call for federal plan as COVID-19 cases continue to surge in parts of Canada
The latest: Canadian aviation workers continue to urgently press the federal government for a plan to rescue the industry as the spread of...
How dissecting superspreading events can help people take COVID-19 measures seriously
It’s a snapshot of a superspreading event: one person unknowingly infected with COVID-19 transmitted the contagion to 23 other passengers scattered on a tour...
Whether it’s Joe Biden or Donald Trump, America’s choice will alter Alberta’s future
Less than three weeks remain before American voters head to the polls to choose four more years of U.S. President Donald Trump or...
Trudeau says the federal government wants fixes, not control, of long-term care system
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has no intention of trying to assert federal jurisdiction over long-term care facilities but still believes there...
Government calls on private sector to come up with compostable, recyclable pandemic gear
Worried about the environmental damage done by growing consumption of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic, the federal government is asking the private...
Man wields concrete statue to save young woman from bear mauling in Hay River, N.W.T.
A young woman from Hay River, N.W.T., was flown to hospital in Edmonton after she was attacked and injured by a bear early Friday morning....
Feds to meet Indigenous leaders Friday to discuss racism in health system
The federal government is ready to use its financial leverage over the health system to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care, Indigenous Services...
Dinosaur skeleton found by 12-year-old near Drumheller, Alta., hailed as ‘significant discovery’
Nathan Hrushkin and his father have hiked through the Drumheller, Alta., area for years. The Calgary boy has always loved dinosaurs, so it’s natural that the...
WestJet shuts down most of its operations in Atlantic Canada
WestJet will soon no longer fly to Moncton, Fredericton, Sydney, Charlottetown and Quebec City and drastically cut back its service to St. John’s...
Vehicle torched, lobster pounds storing Mi’kmaw catches trashed during night of unrest in N.S.
The ongoing tensions surrounding the First Nations lobster harvest in southwest Nova Scotia erupted Tuesday night when several hundred commercial fishermen and their...
An Innu teen died in care. Now a fired social worker is speaking out
Wally Rich, a 15-year-old from Natuashish, took his own life in a Labrador group home in May. (Submitted by Innu Nation) The system...
As COVID-19 cases climb in long-term care homes, experts hope to avoid locking down residents
As the number of people infected with COVID-19 continues to climb, the virus has crept back into long-term care and retirement homes across the...
As parts of Canada tighten COVID restrictions, experts say rapid testing offers a way forward
With some regions now in the grips of a second pandemic shutdown, some scientists are saying the deployment of rapid tests is the best way to...
Canada added 378,000 jobs in September, even more than in August
Canada’s economy added 378,000 new jobs in September, Statistics Canada says, almost all of which were full-time positions. September’s job gains mean that...
Ontario experiencing spike in new COVID-19 ICU admissions not seen since June, data shows
A new daily increase in COVID-19 patients admitted into critical care this week is a spike not seen in Ontario since June, according to...
Patients launch lawsuit over pending closure of Alberta opioid treatment program
Shane Monette describes his addiction to opioids as an obsession, a fatal attraction. A survivor of childhood abuse, he began using drugs and...
