 | | Sep 28, 18:49 CTV News - Toronto | | | Toronto's ombudsman says he will be conducting an investigation into how the city handled clearing homeless encampments at a number of parks this summer after he said his office received complaints from citizens.
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| | Sep 28, 19:50 CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS | | | Canadians living in long-term care homes and other congregate-care settings should receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, Canada's vaccine advisory body recommended on Tuesday.
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| | Sep 28, 19:17 CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS | | | The Assembly of First Nations and other Indigenous advocates are skeptical of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops' $30-million pledge to residential school survivors, demanding the church be held accountable for its commitments.
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| | Sep 28, 19:02 CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS | | | A ceremony was held Tuesday marking the one-year anniversary of the death of Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous woman who was humiliated by staff in a hospital northeast of Montreal as she lay dying, sparking outrage across the country.
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| | Sep 28, 19:38 CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS | | | Syringes were reused for COVID-19 vaccines at a B.C. pharmacy, the Fraser Health Authority has confirmed.
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| | Sep 28, 20:23 CTVNews.ca - Canada - Public RSS | | | The family of a Canadian Uyghur advocate held in China believes winning his freedom is possible after seeing how Canadian officials worked with international counterparts, including the United States, to pressure the Chinese government to release Kovrig and Spavor.
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| | Sep 28, 19:38 CTVNews.ca - Canada - Public RSS | | | Syringes were reused for COVID-19 vaccines at a B.C. pharmacy, the Fraser Health Authority has confirmed.
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| | Sep 28, 19:17 CTVNews.ca - Canada - Public RSS | | | The Assembly of First Nations and other Indigenous advocates are skeptical of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops' $30-million pledge to residential school survivors, demanding the church be held accountable for its commitments.
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| | Sep 28, 19:02 CTVNews.ca - Canada - Public RSS | | | A ceremony was held Tuesday marking the one-year anniversary of the death of Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous woman who was humiliated by staff in a hospital northeast of Montreal as she lay dying, sparking outrage across the country.
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| | Sep 28, 20:42 | | | Trustees wrote a "strongly worded" letter to the province, asking it to bring back contact tracing, mandatory isolation for close contacts and sharing COVID-19 data with schools.
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| | Sep 28, 20:39 | | | The Winnipeg elementary school was named in 1972 for Egerton Ryerson, an educator and minister whose work was instrumental in creating Canada's residential school system.
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| | Sep 28, 20:37 | | | The health unit's Go Vaxx Bus will be at Lang Pioneer Village museum in Keene and at Lansdowne Place mall in Peterborough on Sunday for COVID-19 vaccination clinics.
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| | Sep 28, 20:37 | | | The Native Women's Shelter says it is suspending its participation in a joint committee with Batshaw over the latter's failure to take action on issues of systemic racism.
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| | Sep 28, 20:33 | | | The Saskatchewan government has announced they are moving to phase two of their COVID-19 booster program as the province recorded 10 more deaths on Tuesday.
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| | Sep 28, 20:28 | | | Police also said a number of long guns that were properly stored were seized from his residence.
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| | Sep 28, 20:27 | | | The plane lost power and the pilot was hoping to land at the airport outside Halifax, but didn't make it.
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| | Sep 28, 20:25 | | | High School sports may be coming back to the Kingston area, but student-athletes will be playing in front of empty stands, at least for the time being.
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| | Sep 28, 20:25 | | | With the school prohibiting alcohol in residence, 'they're going to find other places to go,' says the president of the student union.
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| | Sep 28, 20:42 Toronto Sun | | | York Regional Police homicide detectives have issued a Canada-wide warrant for a suspect who they believe is connected with the murder of a Markham couple that vanished earlier this month. Quoc Tran, 37, and Kristy Nguyen, 25, were last seen on Sept. 18, around 5:30 p.m. at 111 Zenway Blvd., a commercial plaza in Vaughan. […]
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| | Sep 28, 20:34 Toronto Sun | | | OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says job No. 1 of his re-elected Liberal government is to implement a rule requiring most commercial travellers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The Liberals first announced the plan in the midst of a resurgence of the virus just days before Trudeau triggered an early election last month. […]
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| | Sep 28, 20:30 Toronto Sun | | | OTTAWA — Canada's decision on whether to ban Huawei 5G gear, as all the other members of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network have done, is likely to be made in "coming weeks," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday. His comments about the decision – which has been under study for some three years […]
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| | Sep 28, 20:28 Toronto Sun | | | Ten people were arrested in India for attempting to cheat during teacher exams by wearing Bluetooth-equipped flip-flops. Getting a teaching gig in India is highly competitive and people are desperate to do well on exams – so desperate that they're willing to cheat, no matter what the punishment. Internet access was cut in the area […]
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| | Sep 28, 20:20 Toronto Sun | | | OTTAWA — The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says seniors in long-term care homes need a COVID-19 vaccine booster immediately to protect them from the virus. The new guidance was released Tuesday after reviewing evidence about waning immunity from the vaccine, the latest safety data and the spread of COVID-19 across the country. The committee […]
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| | Sep 28, 20:10 Toronto Sun | | | Justin Trudeau spent the entire election campaign lecturing Canadians on vaccines but now that he's won power again, his government has decided that pro athletes can cross the border frequently without their shots. The Toronto Raptors announced Monday that visiting players who are unvaccinated will be allowed in under the "national interest exemption." Wait a […]
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| | Sep 28, 20:07 Toronto Sun | | | Jalen Smereck, an African-American player in the Ukrainian Hockey League, announced Tuesday he will sit out until the opposing player who made a racist gesture toward him is punished for his actions. During a game Sunday, Andrei Deniskin shouted at Smereck before miming unpeeling a banana and eating it. "These situations are very tough and […]
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| | Sep 28, 19:49 Toronto Sun | | | The curve of Ontario's fourth wave of the pandemic is flattening, but a high degree of uncertainty exists going forward, says new COVID-19 modelling. The Ontario Science Advisory Table released its latest projections Tuesday which included the observation that the number of new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and intensive care admissions are not increasing. "Today's modelling […]
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| | Sep 28, 19:34 Toronto Sun | | | OTTAWA — It wasn't until Tuesday morning, when Kamila Telendibaeva saw the footage and pictures of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor landing in Canada, that she started to picture her own reunion with her husband who has been in a Chinese prison for 15 years. As she watched the joyful scene, Telendibaeva said she was […]
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| | Sep 28, 19:33 Toronto Sun | | | Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children came out as the world's best in providing pediatric care, according to Newsweek's ranking of the planet's top centres for health care. Conducted by global research firm Statista, the magazine looked at all aspects of health to come up with the rankings. The media outlet in 2020 graded the best […]
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| | Sep 28, 20:10 CityNews Toronto | | | Premier Doug Ford's office has confirmed the throne speech will be delivered on Oct. 4 when MPPs return to the legislature after a months-long summer break. Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell will deliver the speech at 9 a.m. Monday morning that will lay out the Progressive Conservative government's priorities leading up to next year's provincial election […]
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| | Sep 28, 19:02 CityNews Toronto | | | Ontario seems to have a handle on COVID-19 for the time being, with no marked increases in cases, hospitalizations, and ICU occupancy, but the situation will be "fragile" as colder weather approaches, forcing more people indoors. That's the conclusion drawn by the province's science advisory table in its latest round of projections released Tuesday. The […]
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| | Sep 28, 20:16 Ottawa Citizen | | | We'd like to lay out the mandates that Ottawa's new and returning federal representatives have set for themselves.
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| | Sep 28, 20:16 Ottawa Citizen | | | Engineering firm STV will not conduct the independent third-party safety review of Ottawa's LRT return to service, city manager Steve Kanellakos said in a memo Tuesday. The selection of the firm last week had brought criticism that STV had been involved in pre-launch work on the rail system. "STV has familiarity with the Confederation Line […]
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| | Sep 28, 20:16 Ottawa Citizen | | | Kingston Police and city Bylaw Enforcement issued roughly $118,500 in fines at one party in the University District last Friday night. Police said in a news release that at about 11:30 p.m., a police supervisor noticed a large house party in the 100 block of Alfred Street, just south of Johnson Street. Police said there […]
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| | Sep 28, 20:15 Ottawa Citizen | | | Singer-songwriter Jill Barber, Quebecois innovators Les Grands Hurleurs and Cape Breton traditionalists Beòlach kick off Canada's participation at Expo 2020 Dubai, the pandemic-delayed world expo taking place in the United Arab Emirates from Oct. 1 to March 31. The three acts are part of a contingent of Canadian artists that will perform in Dubai over […]
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| | Sep 28, 20:15 Ottawa Citizen | | | The number of eligible residents who have received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine has inched up to 80.48 per cent.
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| | Sep 28, 20:15 Ottawa Citizen | | | Ottawa police collision investigators are seeking witnesses to a collision between a car and a motorcycle in Orléans Monday night that left the motorcycle driver with life-threatening injuries. The crash occurred at about 6:30 p.m., when a 2013 black Hyundai Elantra collided with a 1997 blue Suzuki motorcycle. The driver of the motorcycle, a 21-year-old […]
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| | Sep 28, 20:14 Ottawa Citizen | | | Ottawa's Escapade Music Festival is celebrating the fact no documented cases of COVID-19 transmission occurred at the event, which took place Sept. 4-5. "We are thrilled to be able to help pave the way for the industry and show that live events can return safely," said festival director Ali Shafaee in a statement. The sold-out […]
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| | Sep 28, 19:14 Ottawa Citizen | | | An Ottawa woman is pleading for the safe return of her dog after the animal was taken from inside a parked car on Sunday. "She's been my best friend. She's been through everything with me," Charlotte Hanington, 27, said of her dog Ellie, a toy Manchester terrier who disappeared from Hanington's car while she shopped […]
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| | Sep 28, 20:00 The Georgia Straight | | | The Edmonton-born, Toronto-based rapper won the $50,000 music prize for his album Parallel World and didn't waste his moment.
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| | Sep 28, 19:00 The Georgia Straight | | | These devoted parents will do anything to save their child from terminal cancer, but they
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| | Sep 28, 18:48 The Georgia Straight | | | The exhibition runs until March 27, 2022.
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| | Sep 28, 20:40 Windsor Star | | | This area's drinking water and environmental quality of the Detroit River received a little better protection Tuesday after Detroit's city council unanimously approved new legislation designed to improve safeguards against industrial spills and ramp up inspections of business operators on the waterfront. The Detroit River Protection Ordinance was developed through the lead of Detroit Coun. […]
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| | Sep 28, 19:50 Windsor Star | | | No internet? No computer? No problem. Windsor Public Library is offering up staff at all its city branches to assist residents in printing out copies of their vaccination status. It's free, including getting the printouts laminated. Those who also want that information in digitalized form can visit the Riverside branch, 6305 Wyandotte St. E. In […]
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| | Sep 28, 19:45 Ottawa Sun | | | In the search for another impact European player in June, the Ottawa 67's went back to a place that has paid outstanding dividends in the past. That would be Feldkirch, Austria, home of former 67's star centre Marco Rossi, now bidding to crack the Minnesota Wild lineup after missing most of last season with COVID-19 […]
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| | Sep 28, 20:11 Saskatoon StarPhoenix | | | Paul Merriman asked the feds to "expedite" approval of off-label rapid tests Saskatchewan's government has been independently buying and testing.
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| | Sep 28, 19:58 Saskatoon StarPhoenix | | | Lisa Thomaidis's long tenure with the Canadian women's basketball team has ended.
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| | Sep 28, 19:53 Saskatoon StarPhoenix | | | Going forward, when there's a storm with 25 centimetres or more of snow and when light vehicles can't navigate city streets, people can expect their local, residential streets to be graded.
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| | Sep 28, 19:50 Saskatoon StarPhoenix | | | Yaremko's lawyer told court that he hadn't received prescribed medication to treat ailments stemming from a previous COVID-19 infection.
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| | Sep 28, 20:27 Regina Leader-Post | | | Hospitalization numbers again reached a record, and there are now no ICU beds available in six regions of Saskatchewan.
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| | Sep 28, 20:05 Regina Leader-Post | | | Proving vaccination status is again easy, just as the government reveals how laborious an out-of-pocket testing alternative will be.
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| | Sep 28, 20:32 Montreal Gazette | | | Paul St-Pierre Plamondon wants to attack the issue of anonymous accounts online: "There would be less hate if each person was identified."
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| | Sep 28, 20:30 Montreal Gazette | | | A faulty study that overstated the risks has been withdrawn — but only after it was shared widely on social media.
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| | Sep 28, 20:17 Montreal Gazette | | | Dubé says cases are on a plateau in Quebec at the moment, but last September there was also a plateau and it was followed by major increases in cases, hospitalizations.
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| | Sep 28, 20:17 Montreal Gazette | | | "He's a really focused guy," coach says of centreman. "He's having fun quietly with the guys, but he comes in and he's pretty much business."
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| | Sep 28, 20:02 Montreal Gazette | | | PQ calls for possible extension of vaccination deadline, warns of further disruption of health care services.
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| | Sep 28, 19:57 Montreal Gazette | | | Bill 96 uses an "outdated and odious" approach that will create barriers and mistrust, and tighten access to English services, QCGN says.
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| | Sep 28, 19:57 Montreal Gazette | | | The Montreal shelter says recommendations for helping Indigenous children and families in the youth protection system have not been acted upon.
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| | Sep 28, 19:56 Montreal Gazette | | | Service targeted at parents of child whose condition doesn't require a visit to an already-crowded emergency room.
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| | Sep 28, 19:28 Montreal Gazette | | | Atikamekw Grand Chief Constant Awashish deplores how little has been done in the fight against racism and discrimination within Quebec's health network toward Indigenous persons since Echaquan's death.
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| | Sep 28, 19:11 Montreal Gazette | | | Elections Canada confirms human error caused typo
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| | Sep 28, 20:38 Calgary Herald | | | Watch this page throughout the day for updates on COVID-19 in Calgary
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| | Sep 28, 19:31 Calgary Herald | | | Calgary Opera's new artistic director says he hopes to build on the company's commitment to creating a new and younger audience for future seasons. On Tuesday, the company announced that Italian-born conductor and classical musician Jonathan Brandani will take over as artistic director. Bramwell Tovey, who joined the opera in January 2019 as artistic director, […]
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| | Sep 28, 20:42 Vancouver Sun | | | Here's your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C.
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| | Sep 28, 20:35 Vancouver Sun | | | New rule will apply to people feeding birds and mammals in city parks.
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| | Sep 28, 19:57 Vancouver Sun | | | Bob Hansen, coordinator with the WildSafeBC Pacific Rim region, said the bears had lost their fear of humans and started relying on pet and livestock food, garden fruits, outdoor freezers, bird feeders, commercial dumpsters — even uncleaned barbecues.
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| | Sep 28, 19:56 Vancouver Sun | | | More than $50 million will be spent to attract industries to B.C. to run their businesses and reduce their carbon footprint by using hydroelectricity.
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| | Sep 28, 19:45 Vancouver Sun | | | The mask mandate in Vancouver public schools will now include students from Kindergarten to Grade 3.
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| | Sep 28, 19:37 Vancouver Sun | | | RCMP say in a news release that initial investigation suggests the motorcyclist ran a red light and struck the front of the pickup truck.
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| | Sep 28, 19:34 Vancouver Sun | | | The driver of the other bus is traumatized, says Unifor Local 111 president Balbir Mann. He says they are offering her and some of the other Vancouver drivers counselling.
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