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Every Child Matters: Saskatoon Tribal Council to Host Concert on National Day of Truth and Reconciliation at SaskTel Centre

Saskatoon Tribal Council and SaskTel Centre will be hosting a concert on the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. The concert featuring Gord Bamford, Charlie Major and… Read more »

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Ontario to Give a Third Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine to Those in High Risk Settings

Ontario has announced that the province is planning to offer a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to those at the highest risk for this respiratory disease,… Read more »

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Ontario Makes COVID-19 Vaccinations Mandatory For Health, Education Workers

Ontario government has announced that COVID-19 vaccinations will be mandatory for those working in high-risk settings like hospitals, home and community care and schools. For Those In… Read more »

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Canada’s Olympic Medalists Stephanie Labbé and Georgia Simmerling Announce Engagement

Olympic medalists Georgia Simmerling and Stephanie Labbé have announced their engagement through social media yesterday. Simmerling and Labbé got engaged in Jasper during a camping trip after… Read more »

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Do a Digital Scavenger Hunt For a Chance to Win One Year of Free Ice Cream From Ben & Jerry’s

To celebrate the successful launch of Ben & Jerry’s Cores in Canada, the ice cream company is hosting a digital scavenger hunt, To the Core challenge –… Read more »

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2021 Federal Election: Dates Announced For Federal Party Leaders’ Debates

The Debate Broadcast Group has announced the dates for the leaders’ debates during the federal election campaign. A partnership of 10 news organizations, the Debate Broadcast Group,… Read more »

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Federal Elections 2021: Deadline to Apply For Mail-in Ballots is September 14th

Justin Trudeau officially set the stage for the 44th federal general election on September 20, 2021, when he dissolved the parliament on August 15th. Elections Canada has… Read more »

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This is the Number of Fully Vaccinated People in Ontario Hospitals Due to COVID-19

Ontario has started reporting the vaccination status of those with COVID-19. Ontario says the cases by vaccination status may not match the daily COVID-19 case count because… Read more »

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Canadians Pay More in Taxes Than Housing, Food, and Clothing Combined

Fraser Institute, an independent Canadian public policy research and educational organization in a new study says an average Canadian family spent over 36% of its income on… Read more »

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Canada to Make COVID-19 Vaccines Mandatory For Domestic Air, Train, Ship Travellers & Federal Public Employees

Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc and Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra announced today Federal government will require all federal public service employees to be fully vaccinated… Read more »

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Alberta Releases Back-to-School Health Guidelines For 2021-22 School Year

Alberta will be setting up temporary immunization clinics in schools, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced today. The province says though Alberta is… Read more »

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh Announces He’s Going to Be a Father

Jagmeet Singh and Gurkiran Kaur have announced through social media that they are having a baby. Posting an image of the happy couple shot by Harman Dulay… Read more »

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CineClub: Cineplex Launches Monthly Subscription Service in Canada

Cineplex has launched a first-of-its-kind movie subscription program in Canada called CineClub. The subscription service costs $9.99 (plus tax) a month and you will receive one movie… Read more »

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Canada to Introduce Vaccine Passports for International Travel by Fall

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marco Mendicino announced that Canada plans to create a standardized proof of vaccination for international travel. The federal government said in a… Read more »

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Albertans to Decide on Year Round Daylight Saving Time This October

Albertans will vote on making Daylight Saving Time permanent in conjunction with the 2021 Alberta Municipal Elections and the Alberta Senate Election on October 18, 2021. Elections… Read more »

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Quebec to Introduce Canada’s First Vaccine Passport Starting September 1st

Quebec Health Minister Christian Dube announced that the province will introduce a vaccine passport starting September 1 after testing a pilot project over the next two weeks…. Read more »

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Moderna to Build mRNA Vaccine Plant in Canada

Canada has announced that Federal Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S. COVID-19 vaccine developer Moderna, Inc. to build a… Read more »

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Canada Extends Flight Ban From India Until September 21, 2021

Canada has announced that Transport Canada is extending the ban on direct flights from India for one more month. All direct commercial and private passenger flights to… Read more »

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Alberta and B.C. Report 1000+ New COVID-19 Cases Over Three-Day Period

Both Alberta and British Columbia reported over 1,000 new COVID-19 cases since Friday, August 6th. Alberta reported a total of 1,017 new COVID-19 cases with 398 cases… Read more »

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You Can Now Apply to Be Part of Netflix Reality Shows

Netflix has announced the largest reality casting call ever for the streaming platform’s reality shows. 18+ residents of the US, Canada, Ireland and the UK can apply… Read more »

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Terry Fox: Power of One – Landmarks Across Canada to Light Up Red and Blue

Today, the Terry Fox Foundation in partnership with CBC is broadcasting a one-hour special entitled Terry Fox: The Power of One that will share diverse stories of… Read more »

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Frosty Flip-Flop: Farmer’s Almanac Releases 2022 Winter Forecast

The Old Farmer’s Almanac has released the 2022 long-range winter weather forecast and is calling for winter with near-normal snowfall, average amount from coast to coast. Dubbing… Read more »

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Top 20% of Income-Earning Families Pay More Than Half of All Taxes in Canada

A new study by Fraser Institute says high-income families pay a disproportionately large share of all Canadian taxes. The study, Measuring Progressivity in Canada’s Tax System, aimed… Read more »

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An Edmonton Park Washroom Wins Canada’s Best Restroom 2021 Contest

Cintas Canada has named Borden Park Pavilion washroom as Canada’s Best Restroom. The contest showcases businesses that have invested in maintaining exceptional washrooms that are accessible to the… Read more »