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Edmonton to Host World Junior Championship With No Fans

Edmonton to Host World Junior Championship With No Fans

Edmonton will host another major hockey event with no fans after the International Ice Hockey Federation confirmed Rogers Place will be the site of the 2021 world junior… Read more »

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Gathering Rules Change Coming for Three Ontario Regions, Source Says

Premier Doug Ford will announce today the number of people permitted at social gatherings in three regions of Ontario will be lowered. A senior government source confirms that… Read more »

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From Beef and Hot Tubs to Shellfish, Cargo Theft a Growing Concern in Canada

People may have found it odd when thieves made off with truckloads of hot tubs and beef within days of each other in rural Alberta, but the… Read more »

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Ontario to Lower Limits on Social Gatherings After COVID-19 Cases Increase

Ontario will lower the limits on social gatherings in a bid to stem a recent increase in COVID-19 cases. Premier Doug Ford’s office has confirmed the move… Read more »

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2020 Fall Weather Forecast by Weather Network

The Weather Network says most Canadians can expect near or above normal temperatures during 2020 fall, but parts of northern B.C. and Alberta are at risk of… Read more »

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Toronto to Open Centre for Those With COVID-19 Who Can’t Isolate at Home

Toronto will be opening a centre for those with COVID-19 who cannot self-isolate at home. Toronto Public Health medical officer Dr. Eileen de Villa says the centre will have 140… Read more »

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Ontario Businessman to Pay $50K+ a Month in Spousal Support Despite No Home or Kids Together

A wealthy businessman will have to pay more than $50,000 a month in spousal support for 10 years to a woman with whom he had a long-term… Read more »

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Amazon to Create More Than 2,500 Jobs in Hamilton and Ajax

Amazon.com says it will open two new distribution centres in Ontario that will create more than 2,500 new full-time jobs. The warehouses are to be in Hamilton… Read more »

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Pillsbury Canada Rolls Out Eat Raw Cookie Dough Across Canada

Pillsbury Canada is rolling out Safe to Eat Raw Cookie Dough across Canada. As per the news release, Safe to Eat Raw Cookie Dough can be eaten… Read more »

Economy Added 246,000 Jobs in August, Unemployment Rate 10.2%

Economy Added 246,000 Jobs in August, Unemployment Rate 10.2%

Statistics Canada says the economy added 246,000 in August as the pace of job gains slowed compared with July, when 419,000 jobs were added. The figure marked… Read more »

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WestJet Increases Surcharges After Nav Canada Rate Hike

WestJet Airlines Ltd. is raising its surcharges on domestic flights in response to a 30 per cent rate increase by Nav Canada, which operates air navigation across the… Read more »

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Surgery Backlog in Ontario Due to COVID-19 Could Take 84 Weeks to Clear: Study

A new study suggests it could take more than a year and a half to clear the backlog of surgeries in Ontario hospitals caused by the COVID-19… Read more »

Trudeau Calls Out Vandals Who Toppled Montreal’s MacDonald Statue

Trudeau Calls Out Vandals Who Toppled Montreal’s MacDonald Statue

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is denouncing the vandals who toppled and defaced a Montreal statue of the first prime minister of Canada over the weekend, while the Quebec… Read more »

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Ontario Liberal Party Wants Education Workers Treated Like Front-Line Workers

The leader of the Ontario Liberal Party is asking businesses to treat education workers as front-line workers. Steven Del Duca says retailers and institutions have made life… Read more »

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Study Finds Chronic Health Issues More Common among Transgender People

New research finds transgender people in Ontario suffer more chronic physical and mental health problems than the general population. Researchers say the findings underscore the need to… Read more »

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Toronto-Area Woman Facing Terrorism Charges after Allegedly Trying to Join ISIS

RCMP say they’ve charged a woman from the Toronto area with terrorism-related offences after she allegedly travelled to join the Islamic State group. Police say 22-year-old Haleema… Read more »

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Halloween ComicFest 2020

Halloween ComicFest is an annual event where participating local comic shops across North America celebrate the Halloween season by giving away free comics to fans. Comic shops… Read more »

‘I Don’t Drop the Ball’: Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole Promises to Fight for West, Human Rights

‘I Don’t Drop the Ball’: Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole Promises to Fight for West, Human Rights

Newly elected Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said Tuesday that as leader, and as a prime minister, he will stand up for the rights of women and the LGBTQ… Read more »

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Winter of the Great Divide: Farmer’s Almanac Releases 2021 Winter Forecast

The Old Farmer’s Almanac has released the 2021 long-range winter weather forecast and is calling for frigid and frosty temperatures throughout most of Canada this winter. Dubbing… Read more »

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August 23: A Portion of Scarborough Bluffs Has Collapsed

A part of the Scarborough Bluffs near the lookout point at Bluffers Park collapsed on Sunday, August 23. Police say it was just luck no one was… Read more »

June 2020 Retail Sales Topped Pre-pandemic Levels in June, Statcan Reports

June 2020 Retail Sales Topped Pre-pandemic Levels in June, Statcan Reports

Canadian monthly retail sales topped their pre−pandemic levels for the first time in June as more parts of the country moved ahead with plans to reopen their… Read more »

Opposition Parties Decry Black Ink in WE Documents, Allege Continuing Coverup

Opposition Parties Decry Black Ink in WE Documents, Allege Continuing Coverup

Opposition parties are taking issue with the black ink applied to many of the thousands of pages of newly released documents about the WE Charity controversy. Prime Minister… Read more »

How COVID-19 Is Changing Back-To-School Shopping and Budgets

How COVID-19 Is Changing Back-To-School Shopping and Budgets

Vonny Sweetland has yet to decide if he will be sending his 12-year-old sister Josephine back to class in September, but just in case he does, he’s been… Read more »

Ontario Ends Police Access to COVID-19 Database after Legal Challenge

Ontario Ends Police Access to COVID-19 Database after Legal Challenge

Ontario has ended police access to a COVID-19 database after a legal challenge was filed by a group of human rights organizations. Aboriginal Legal Services, the Black… Read more »