Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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Canada 'must build back better' for Indigenous People after COVID-19: Bellegarde
OTTAWA - Canada must invest in closing the gap for Indigenous people as it emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the outgoing head of the Assembly of First Nations said Tuesday. "That gap amplifies ever...
Dec 07, 2020
Biden makes pitch for retired general to be Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday made his case for retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be secretary of defence, urging Congress to waive a legal prohibition against a recently serving m...
Dec 07, 2020
Five things to know about the rollout of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that a small number of the most vulnerable in Canada could get Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine before the holidays. Here are five things to know about the vaccine's rollou...
Dec 07, 2020
Environmental groups keep fighting KXL despite Biden's promise to block pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Critics of Canada's most controversial cross-border pipeline projects aren't taking their demise for granted under president-elect Joe Biden. A new report from the U.S.-based Rainfo...
Dec 07, 2020
Pandemic financial pressures deplete finances, spirits as festive season approaches
TORONTO - Pandemic restrictions and financial strain mean Christmas will look different than past years for Tia Cyr and her family, so she enlisted Santa in breaking the news to her son. The Alberta m...
Dec 07, 2020
Anti-Black racism case against school board heading to Quebec rights tribunal
MONTREAL - A Quebec mother and her two children have been awarded $65,000 by the province's Human Rights Commission, which found against a Montreal-area school board over allegations of racism, aggres...
Dec 07, 2020
Eight people test positive for COVID-19 at B.C. mink farm, outbreak declared
BURNABY, B.C. - A health authority has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a mink farm after eight people at the operation in British Columbia's Fraser Valley tested positive for the disease. Fraser Healt...
Dec 07, 2020
Speakers' Spotlight threatened after being caught up in WE affair: co-founder
OTTAWA - A small business that used to book speaking engagements for Justin Trudeau and his family has been caught in the partisan crossfire of the WE Charity affair. Martin Perelmuter, who co-founded...
Dec 07, 2020
Bob Woodward to take on final days of Trump's presidency
NEW YORK - Bob Woodward's next book finds him in the familiar world of documenting a presidency's ending. Woodward is teaming with Washington Post colleague Robert Costa on a book about the waning day...
Dec 07, 2020
Liberals set to kick-start talks on new child-care system and funding, Hussen says
OTTAWA - Two key federal cabinet ministers marked the anniversary of a landmark report on women's issues in Canada with a political push for a national daycare system, encouraging provinces and MPs to...
Dec 07, 2020
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Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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