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Police Issue More Than 400k Worth of Fines at Weekend Anti-Lockdown Rally in Montreal

Police Issue More Than 400k Worth of Fines at Weekend Anti-Lockdown Rally in Montreal

Police say they issued more than $400,000 worth of tickets to anti-lockdown protesters during a demonstration outside the Quebec premier’s office in Montreal on Sunday. Const. Julien… Read more »

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Dec 21: Snowfall Warning Issued for Calgary and Southern Alberta

Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Calgary and Southern Alberta on the first official day of winter.

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 »

Federal Health Minister Asked to Review Alberta’s Use of Strychnine as Wolf Control

Federal Health Minister Asked to Review Alberta’s Use of Strychnine as Wolf Control

Animal advocates have asked the federal health minister to review a decision that allows Alberta to keep using strychnine to poison wolves in an ongoing effort to… 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 »

Cargill Idles Meat Plant in Guelph Following COVID-19 Outbreak

Cargill Idles Meat Plant in Guelph Following COVID-19 Outbreak

A meat-processing plant in Guelph, Ont., is closing for now following a COVID-19 outbreak. Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph’s public health unit says at least 82 people at the Cargill plant… 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 »

91-Year-Old Woman Dies After Being Found Outside Long-Term Care Home in Calgary

91-Year-Old Woman Dies After Being Found Outside Long-Term Care Home in Calgary

Calgary police say they are investigating the death of a 91-year-old woman who was found in freezing temperatures outside a long-term care home in the city. Police… Read more »

Edmonton Field Hospital Ready by January, to Be Used as Last Resort: Health Minister

Edmonton Field Hospital Ready by January, to Be Used as Last Resort: Health Minister

A field hospital being set up on the University of Alberta campus will be operational by January, but Health Minister Tyler Shandro says it remains a last-ditch… Read more »

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Two Options on Table to Replace George Massey Tunnel in Metro Vancouver

The British Columbia government says it has received a business case outlining two options to replace the 61-year-old George Massey Tunnel in Metro Vancouver. The 629-metre, four-lane… Read more »

Prince Edward Island to Ease COVID-19 Restrictions, Allow Larger Indoor Gatherings

Prince Edward Island to Ease COVID-19 Restrictions, Allow Larger Indoor Gatherings

Prince Edward Island is planning to ease COVID-19 restrictions starting tomorrow.

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 »

Scallop Dragger Sinking: Another Wave of Grief Hits Nova Scotia

Scallop Dragger Sinking: Another Wave of Grief Hits Nova Scotia

After a year that has brought so much suffering to Nova Scotia, six families in a remote corner of the province are having to cope yet another… 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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B.C. Expanding Enforcement Measures in Effort to Crack Down on COVID-19 Rule Breakers

New enforcement measures are coming into effect as part of British Columbia’s crackdown on those who refuse to follow COVID-19 restrictions. Mike Farnworth, minister of public safety… Read more »

Edmonton Police Charge Woman After Assault on Black Muslim Woman

Edmonton Police Charge Woman After Assault on Black Muslim Woman

Police in Edmonton say they have made an arrest after a Black Muslim woman wearing a hijab was assaulted at a light-rail transit station while her attacker… 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.