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over 1 year ago
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Ontario is buying three massive nuclear reactors. The province won’t say how much they cost

Taken together, the three new small modular reactors at Darlington and the new full size reactors at Bruce would add ...

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over 1 year ago
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‘Folks are feeling pretty bleak’: Academic community on edge after ‘hate-motivated’ attacks on U ...

University leaders described an atmosphere of fear and resilience in the wake of the attack and are calling for safer...

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over 1 year ago
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Honey and Barry Sherman’s son donates $52M to build NHL-sized rink complex to honour his murdered...

In addition to providing rink space for hockey teams, the complex will host figure skating, learn-to-skate programs a...

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over 1 year ago
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‘Gone in an instant’: RCMP name 16 seniors killed in Manitoba bus crash

RCMP superintendent mourns “mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, grandparents, whose decades of contributions helped ...

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over 1 year ago
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Use our climate calculator to see how much you could save from electrifying your home

Switching to an EV, heat pump, heat pump water heater and induction stove could cut your carbon emission by more than...

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over 1 year ago
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These four changes to your home can save you lots of cash. Use our tools to see how much

Taking up these technologies that are already catching on would cut the average Canadian household’s carbon footprint...

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over 1 year ago
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Justin Trudeau will be remembered for his ‘leadership’ — not ‘the trash and the rumours,’ Brian M...

The two politicians met onstage in Antigonish at the opening of an Atlantic economic forum Monday night.

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over 1 year ago
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This government department saw the most complaints about handing over information

The Office of Information Commissioner received 4,658 complaints against this department, which made up more than hal...

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over 1 year ago
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They thought they’d found an affordable place to live. They were never told about the radioactive...

Recent testing at four houses in Elliot Lake reveal elevated levels of gamma radiation and concentrations of radon ga...

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over 1 year ago
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David Suzuki has retired from the CBC. He talks about being an elder, being ‘biased’ — and not ha...

A Canadian icon weighs in on nuclear power, critical mineral and more.

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over 1 year ago
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Toronto city council voted against more gas-plant production. The province is making it happen an...

‘It’s really frustrating to see Toronto’s climate plans completely undermined,’ says one activist.

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over 1 year ago
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A staged plane crash tests Pearson Airport’s emergency response — aided by volunteers in gory makeup

About 400 volunteers, from members of the public to paramedics, police and fire department spent a day participating ...

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over 1 year ago
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‘Game changer’: Ontario engineers remove Canadian work experience requirement for immigrants

Ontario’s professional regulatory bodies have been given a Dec. 2 deadline to remove Canadian work experience as a li...

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over 1 year ago
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How a downtown Toronto condo defied the odds to save energy and money

Large-scale heat pumps at first presented a huge logistical challenge. “Everything that could go wrong did go wrong …...

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over 1 year ago
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Judge rejects youths’ climate lawsuit — but rebukes Ford government: ‘Ontario is bringing a glass...

Justice Marie-Andrée Vermette ultimately ruled that Ontario’s emission reduction targets are not unconstitutional.

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over 1 year ago
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I won a birth lottery on caste, but learned fortune need not mean cruelty

I won a birth lottery on caste, but learned fortune need not mean cruelty

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over 1 year ago
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Ottawa launching study that could delay some of Doug Ford’s Greenbelt plans

The federal government will study Rouge National Urban Park to better understand the impacts of housing developments ...

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over 1 year ago
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‘I can’t be silent’: The inside story of one woman’s losing battle to keep her kids in Canada

International custody cases “are harder than murder cases,” says family law expert Nicholas Bala.

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over 1 year ago
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How the Cochrane Review went wrong. Report questioning COVID masks blows up, prompts apology

While the editor-in-chief of the Cochrane Library said it was ‘inaccurate’ to say they’d said masks don’t work, exper...

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over 1 year ago
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These oilsands companies raked in $35B last year. Now, they’re asking for public money to help fi...

Canadian oilsands companies in the Pathways Alliance were in the black to the tune of $35 billion last year, but the ...

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over 1 year ago
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Is Pierre Poilievre taking a page out of Donald Trump’s playbook? Justin Trudeau seems to think so

The prime minister made rare candid comments on Tuesday in Vaughan about the Conservative leader.

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almost 2 years ago
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Barry and Honey Sherman’s daughter pleads for help to solve parents’ murder

In her statement, Alexandra Krawczyk noted that the Sherman family’s $10 million reward “for information leading to a...

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about 2 years ago
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Ontario’s climate plan is more of a ‘glossy brochure’ than a law. So says the government itself

“It is not a law that allows, authorizes, permits, prohibits or requires any emissions,” the province’s lawyer told c...

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over 2 years ago
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They found out their loving dad was an accused war criminal. After 31 years in Canada, he’s facin...

Jaime Carrasco Varela is accused of crimes against humanity. To family and community here, he’s a “good Canadian.” Af...

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over 2 years ago
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Chateau Lake Louise workers face deportation after CBSA finds ‘improper’ documentation

Chateau Lake Louise workers face deportation after CBSA finds ‘improper’ documentation

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over 2 years ago
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Almost 300,000 Canadians got their passports late. Here’s why none of them will be compensated

In 2021, the immigration department started a fee remission policy to ensure service standards are met. Here are what...

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over 2 years ago
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New types of COVID vaccines are being tested, including an inhalable mist. Here’s where we stand

Next generation — with some expected to roll out in coming months — includes variant-targeted shots and, if testing s...

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over 2 years ago
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These theft victims tracked down their stolen cars. But the police didn’t show up

It’s a tale of high-tech tools and low-speed getaways: frustrated owners say they directed police to their stolen veh...

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over 2 years ago
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A Canadian pipeline dream? Canada this country’s LNG really help Europe amid Russia’s war on Ukra...

Justin Trudeau and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson’s plan to export natural gas to Europe runs up again...

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over 2 years ago
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‘Quite a transformation’: Why this Toronto Community Housing green retrofit is coming with unexpe...

TCHC’s mission to retrofit every unit in the city will bring unexpected benefits for residents, including AC, startin...

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over 2 years ago
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Desperate for COVID vaccine, some parents of children under 5 are making the trek to the U.S. border

As Health Canada examines data, some Canadians are taking advantage of the shots’ U.S. approval as they seek to resum...

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over 2 years ago
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5 asylum bids. 17 aliases. Why a judge says one man showed ‘blatant disrespect’ for Canada’s laws

A man came here and was granted asylum using an alias. It took 21 years for border agents to deport him to Nigeria. H...

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over 2 years ago
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Canada’s COVID-spurred immigration backlog is hurting its economic growth, survey suggests

Sixty-seven per cent of Canadian employers told a survey that immigration processing delays has become the top barrie...

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over 2 years ago
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When should ‘extreme intoxication’ be a legitimate criminal defence? Explaining the controversy b...

Everything else you need to know about why the new law is important, and so controversial.

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over 2 years ago
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Canada’s racist social norms — and how we can change them

A groundbreaking study into the social norms around racist demeanours may lie the secret of tackling racism by addres...

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over 2 years ago
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Why Canada’s plastics ban is about more than litter

Global use of plastics is skyrocketing, and their production is projected to take up a rapidly growing share of the d...

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over 2 years ago
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Detained at Pearson airport. Searched for drugs. X-rayed. All he had were apples and milk. ‘I’m t...

Border agents flagged this Newmarket man for secondary inspection at Pearson Airport on suspicion of smuggling narcot...

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over 2 years ago
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Why a new international vaccine deal is being called a ‘devastating global failure’

Last week, a group of high profile Canadians publicly called on Canada to do more to make COVID vaccines available ar...

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over 2 years ago
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Is Canada about to close the door on Afghans looking to flee the Taliban?

Advocacy groups say they fear the federal government is set to close its intake of at-risk Afghans as Canada inches i...

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