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This 16-year-old is one of the youngest U of T grads — but she says it’s all been ‘pretty normal’

Vivian Xie has a lot to be proud of at the age of 16.  She’s skipped several grades, completed Grade 10 over a single summer,...

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Western Canada heat wave expected to break daily, all-time temperature records

A heat wave stretching across Western Canada, from B.C. into southern Saskatchewan and up through the Yukon and the Northwest Territories, is set to break...

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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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Calls to ‘Cancel Canada Day’ draw mixed reaction

Findings at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that indicate the remains of an estimated 215 children could be buried...

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What the TRC report tells us about the Marieval Indian Residential School

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The Marieval Indian Residential School operated on the windswept plains of Saskatchewan, about...

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Yukon River Quest paddlers hit the water despite cancelled race, safety concerns

They trained for months, even years, to compete in the epic Yukon River Quest — and they weren’t about to stay put on dry land...

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Incoming heat wave raises fears for people living on the streets

A potentially record-breaking heat wave forecast for B.C. this weekend spells particular danger for people living on the streets, advocacy groups say, as they...

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TIFF 2021: In-person and red carpet to return, but no popcorn

After a pandemic-savaged year, The Toronto International Film Festival is back.  On Wednesday, organizers announced that this year’s festival, which is scheduled to...

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Scientists, Homalco First Nation team up to probe massive B.C. landslide — and its impact on salmon

When the side of a B.C. mountain gave way on Nov. 28, 2020, crashing into a glacier fed lake and creating a 100-metre high...

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Tourism operators to Albertans: ‘We could really use some visitors’

In the span of 17 years, Jason Thornhill has transformed a flat section of prairie into a destination for gardeners, campers, adventure seekers...

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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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Biologist estimates helium balloons are ending up in Great Lakes by the hundreds of thousands

The plastic balloons we use to mark some of the biggest milestones in our lives — births, deaths, graduations, homecomings, engagements, gender reveal parties — are ending up in...

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Pandemic-era elopements, micro-weddings could be here to stay as couples find less is more

When Katey Mac thinks back to her large-scale wedding two years ago, she says one of her biggest regrets was not eloping. Unaware of a...

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5-year-old girl in life-threatening condition after birthday party shooting in Toronto

A five-year-old girl remains in life-threatening condition following a shooting during an outdoor children’s birthday party in the Rexdale neighbourhood of northwest Toronto...

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Syrian woman builds better life through unlikely friendship with Saint John retiree and his wife

If all of your friends look like you, talk like you and are the same age as you, you can have a good life. But...

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Families of victims of police violence call for action at rally outside Trudeau’s office

A group of Black and Indigenous families brought their case for defunding Canadian police forces to the steps of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s...