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10/3 podcast: How COVID-19 showed how unprepared Canada is for the 'grey tsunami' in long-term care

While COVID-19 cases have spread throughout the population, cases in continuing and long-term care have grabbed headlines due to the size of outbreaks, and the death toll among the elderly.

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Attacks on minority women in Pakistan spark calls to reopen Office of Religious Freedoms closed by Liberals

Human rights organizations estimate that over 1000 Christian and Hindu girls are kidnapped, raped, and forcibly converted each year in Pakistan

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Defence Minister Sajjan cancelled the majority of his meetings with military ombudsman, committee told

The details of the cancelled meetings are contained in Gary Walbourne’s calendar, now tabled with a House of Commons committee.

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Growing number of Canadians say Trudeau doing 'bad job' on vaccine rollout even as pace quickens

Respondents living in Alberta were most critical, with 71 per cent saying Trudeau did a bad job. Atlantic Canada was the least critical, with 43 per cent

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Premiers ask Ottawa for additional $28B in health-care funds in upcoming federal budget

'Canadians don’t need a banker, we need a partner on health care… this isn’t the prime minister’s fault, except if the ignores the problem'

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Doctor who said Canada doesn't need COVID vaccine calls online critics 'hyenas' in $6.8M libel suit

The legal action targets tweets that began after Gill wrote that society has existing COVID defences in the form of 'the Truth … T-cell immunity … Hydroxychloroquine'

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Kingston inmate as surprised as anyone (he says) that his new TV is stuffed with drugs

A federal inmate has been moved to a maximum-security after fentanyl, crystal meth, cannabis and cellphones were found inside a television mailed to him

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B.C. conservation officer fired for not killing two bear cubs sues for job reinstatement, back pay

B.C. appeals court ruled his firing was illegal, but a year on, he has not been given back his job

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Gripping video shows U.S, Canadian rescue of sinking ship's crew off N.S. coast

The Atlantic Destiny issued a mayday on Tuesday night after a fire broke out on-board

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'I see the court changing': Justice Aston Hall appointed Ontario's first Black associate chief justice

In 2011, Hall was the third Black judge to be appointed Regional Senior Judge after Hugh Fraser and Greg Regis

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Most Canadians believe the greater threat is from extremists here than from elsewhere: poll

The majority also says the new U.S. administration makes the world safer

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Restaurant renames menu items as office supplies so they can be expensed

We'll have a Memo Pad Deluxe and CMYK ink over a side of pencils, please

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Canada 'failed to protect whistleblowers,' ranks last among nations with protection laws: Report

The International Bar Association report considered whether or not whistleblower laws protect identity against harassment and prevent gag orders, showing that Canada did not succeed in any of those metrics

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Vilsack tackles climate change

In his first speech since his Senate confirmation, United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack told the U.S. National Farmers Union annual convention that he will be “very active” on climate change and is determined to create new streams of revenue for American farmers.

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On the map: The road to Eatonville

Some kids go wild for Hot Wheels, but growing up, Jordan Teperman was keen on the real deal. “Before I could talk, my bubbie would tell me, I’d say, ‘Look!’ whenever we passed a Teperman truck,” says the fifth-generation lawyer-turned-developer and executive vice-president of Haven Developments.

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Redacted Novavax COVID-19 vaccine contract for Canada released in U.S. regulatory filings

All of Canada’s seven vaccine contracts have been kept confidential since they were signed last year and the government has fought against their disclosure

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Corbella: The coming grey wave of boomers will overwhelm society if we don't act now

"Canadians need to understand what's heading our way because if we don't prepare, the coming wave of elderly Canadians will overwhelm the long term care system so I'm really hoping that we'll endeavour to face this reality with a sense of urgency." — Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald, National Institute on Ageing

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'Shock': Jewish groups react to NDP MP Niki Ashton event with ex-U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

A report found the Labour party had committed 'unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination' involving anti-Semitism during Corbyn's time as leader

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Trudeau 'very optimistic' vaccine rollout can be accelerated and move closer to U.S. goals

Trudeau held to his September target, but said with vaccine deliveries being moved up and new candidates being approved, the timeline could be moved up

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Canada could be shut out of Biden's $2-trillion infrastructure spending plans, Canadian negotiator warns

The concerns underscore the way in which the U.S. has stuck to a decidedly protectionist trade policy under the current administration

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Defence Minister Sajjan knew about Vance allegations in 2018 but refused to accept evidence, committee told

Harjit Sajjan was fully aware of serious allegations against then Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jon Vance, but went so far as to refuse to accept evidence that was offered, a Commons committee heard.

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Theft of millions of PPE masks from Hamilton warehouse was not disclosed by federal government

Last spring and early summer, with COVID cases spreading around the country, the government was scrambling to secure masks, gloves and other PPE

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Corey Hurren on Rideau Hall attack: 'I figured as soon as I got on the property, I would get shot down'

'I didn’t want to put my guns down because if I put them down they would stop listening,' Hurren said. 'They didn’t let me talk to anyone higher up'

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New definition of hate to be included in Liberal bill that might also revive contentious hate speech law

The bill will include the creation of a new regulator who will be responsible for enforcing the new statutory definition of hate

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What happens after my COVID shots? Masking, social-distancing, still recommended, but some experts want different approach

'The danger is always people might end up taking chances of their own, because a blanket set of prohibitions at this point ... is just too much to handle'

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10/3 podcast: How COVID-19 showed how unprepared Canada is for the 'grey tsunami' in long-term care

Attacks on minority women in Pakistan spark calls to reopen Office of Religious Freedoms closed by Liberals

Defence Minister Sajjan cancelled the majority of his meetings with military ombudsman, committee told

Growing number of Canadians say Trudeau doing 'bad job' on vaccine rollout even as pace quickens

Premiers ask Ottawa for additional $28B in health-care funds in upcoming federal budget