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Ski Hills Closed: Outdoor Recreational Activities Allowed During Ontario Lockdown Starting Dec 26th

All of Ontario will go into lockdown on Boxing Day as the province tries to bring soaring COVID-19 cases under control. The lockdown will remain in place… Read more »

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Lockdown: Ontario Delays Opening for In-person Learning in Schools After Winter Break

Ontario has announced that all of Ontario will go into lockdown on Boxing Day as the province tries to bring soaring COVID-19 cases under control. The measures… Read more »

Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, Dubbed ‘Christmas Star,’ Visible Tonight

Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, Dubbed ‘Christmas Star,’ Visible Tonight

A rare celestial event is making an already unique holiday season even more unusual, as what’s been dubbed the “Christmas Star” is set to appear over Canada… Read more »

Premier Doug Ford to Announce New Public Health Measures as Hamilton Enters Lockdown

Premier Doug Ford to Announce New Public Health Measures as Hamilton Enters Lockdown

Premier Doug Ford is set to announce new public health measures this afternoon, as another region of Ontario heads into lockdown in a bid to curb the… Read more »

Canada Has ‘Significant’ Concerns About China: Defence Minister

Canada Has ‘Significant’ Concerns About China: Defence Minister

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is taking aim at what he describes as China’s unpredictability, refusal to play by the rules and expanding footprint around the world, saying… Read more »

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NHL/NHLPA Reach Tentative Deal for 2020-21 Season

The NHL and the NHL Players’ Association have settled on a framework for the upcoming season, pending the approval of each side’s executive board and Canadian health… Read more »

Feds Throw Support Behind Development of Mini Nuclear Reactors; Action Plan Released

Feds Throw Support Behind Development of Mini Nuclear Reactors; Action Plan Released

Nuclear power is essential to meeting Canada’s climate-change goals, and developing portable mini nuclear reactors is a key part of that strategy, the federal energy minister said… Read more »

Moderna Ends Frozen Requirements for Vaccine, Easing Logistics of Shipping

Moderna Ends Frozen Requirements for Vaccine, Easing Logistics of Shipping

American biotech firm Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine can now be shipped locally without it needing to be frozen at all. The messenger RNA vaccine from the… Read more »

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Bell Offering Unlimited Internet for Customers Until January 4th

Bell Canada has announced that it will be waiving residential Internet overage fees from December 18 until January 4 while also offering a variety of free television… Read more »

As Vulnerable Youth Face CERB Clawbacks, Trudeau Says Liberals Looking Over Options

As Vulnerable Youth Face CERB Clawbacks, Trudeau Says Liberals Looking Over Options

Marie Christian recalls the confusion that reigned as the young people she works with tried to navigate government aid at the onset of the pandemic. The program… Read more »

Ministry Tells Ontario School Boards to Prepare for Remote School in January

Ministry Tells Ontario School Boards to Prepare for Remote School in January

Ontario’s education ministry has told school boards to prepare for the possibility of fully remote learning next year. Education Minister Stephen Lecce has told board chairs they… Read more »

Honda Recalls 130,000 Vehicles in Canada: Fit, Accord, Civic, Insight and Acura ILX

Honda Recalls 130,000 Vehicles in Canada: Fit, Accord, Civic, Insight and Acura ILX

Honda says it will recall 130,000 vehicles in Canada, including certain Fit, Civic, Accord, Insight and Acura ILX models, after announcing a similar recall of 1.4 million… Read more »

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‘Expensive, Extreme:’ These Are the Top 10 Weather Stories by Environment Canada

It was another year of record-breaking disasters and crazy, dangerous weather from coast to coast, says Environment Canada’s senior climatologist. A vicious hailstorm in Calgary wrote off… Read more »

Right-Wing Extremist Activity on the Rise in Atlantic Canada: UNB Researchers

Right-Wing Extremist Activity on the Rise in Atlantic Canada: UNB Researchers

Researchers at the University of New Brunswick found an alarming recent spike in right-wing extremism in Atlantic Canada, and the data indicates the activity is increasing.

Hamilton, Moncton Becoming Highly Vulnerable to Housing Bubble, CMHC Says

Hamilton, Moncton Becoming Highly Vulnerable to Housing Bubble, CMHC Says

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the jumping home prices seen in many cities this summer and fall was beyond what could be justified by Canadian income levels and population growth.

What Are the Side Effects? Is It Safe? Doctors Answer Common COVID Vaccine Questions

What Are the Side Effects? Is It Safe? Doctors Answer Common COVID Vaccine Questions

As the first batch of vaccinations target groups most at risk of COVID-19 exposure and illness, many Canadians have questions about how the broader rollout will look when it’s their turn for a shot

As Anxieties Grow Over CERB Notices, Qualtrough Says No Requirement to Repay Now

As Anxieties Grow Over CERB Notices, Qualtrough Says No Requirement to Repay Now

Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough says federal notices to emergency aid recipients are an attempt to verify information and avoid making tax time next year overly complicated. The… Read more »

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Ontario Reports 2,275 New COVID-19 Cases on Dec 15th, Setting New Single Day Record

Ontario is reporting a new single day record of 2,275 new cases of COVID-19 today. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 711 in Toronto, 586 in Peel Region,… Read more »

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What You Need to Know About Canada’s First COVID 19 Vaccine Doses as Rollout Begins

A COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer has arrived in Ontario and Quebec, with the first inoculations rolling out Monday in Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec City. Canada is set… Read more »

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Watch the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn this Holiday Season

You will be able to view the two planets together daily between December 12 and December 28. The closest approach of the great conjunction is on December 21, 2020.

Disney Plus to Hike Monthly Price by $3 in Canada, Introduces New Star Service

Disney Plus to Hike Monthly Price by $3 in Canada, Introduces New Star Service

The Walt Disney Co.-owned streaming platform will raise its monthly subscription price in Canada by $3 in February 2021, while introducing Star, a new selection of TV series and films.

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Public Health Unit Orders Windsor-Essex Schools to Close as COVID Cases Rise

Public health officials have ordered all schools in the Windsor-Essex region to close due to the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases in the area. The Windsor-Essex County… Read more »

Revised Rules for Running Federal Election During Pandemic Proposed in New Bill

Revised Rules for Running Federal Election During Pandemic Proposed in New Bill

A federal government bill to ensure safer voting during a pandemic election will likely not come into force until May at the earliest, potentially jeopardizing Canadians’ health… Read more »

Woman Says She’d Clean Toilets to Work at B.C. Care Home and See Husband

Woman Says She’d Clean Toilets to Work at B.C. Care Home and See Husband

Smith has applied for a job at a long-term care facility in Abbotsford, B.C., and says she’ll even clean toilets so she can see her husband.