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Air Canada, WestJet to drop physical distancing policies as air travel ticks up
MONTREAL – The country's two largest airlines are ending their on-board seat distancing policies starting…
Most know little about prominent Indigenous, racialized Canadians: survey
TORONTO – Indigenous and other racialized Canadians have been shaping the country's history and culture…
iN VIDEO: Country music reckons with racial stereotypes and its future
NASHVILLE – When country singer Rissi Palmer was working on her debut album, she wanted…
iN VIDEO: Spacewalking astronaut loses mirror, newest space junk
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A spacewalking astronaut added to the millions of pieces of junk…
B.C. First Nations keeping COVID-19 cases down: health officials
VICTORIA – First Nations in British Columbia have been largely successful in keeping COVID-19 out…
WE Charity only organization capable of running COVID-19 volunteer program: Prime Minister
OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau defended Friday employing WE Charity to administer a $900-million federal student…
UPDATE: Supreme Court sides with Uber driver seeking better pay, benefits
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the way for Uber drivers to…
UPDATE: Air Canada, WestJet to resume sales of middle seats as air travel ticks up
MONTREAL – The country's two largest airlines are ending their on-board seat distancing policies starting…
TRENDING NOW: Dog gets a new smile after stealing dentures
This dog got ahold of some dentures just as his owner got her camera. Somehow…
Extradition cases never dropped for political or diplomatic reasons, Prime Minister was advised
OTTAWA – The section of Canada's extradition law that the federal government is being urged…
Canada almost self-sufficient in PPE as Canadian businesses step up: PM
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadian companies are now producing so much personal…
Museum of Human Rights CEO resigns after allegations of systemic racism
WINNIPEG – The president and CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights has resigned…
TRENDING NOW: Anti-maskers in Florida create unintentional ‘Parks and Rec’ episode
Some of the residents of West Palm Beach, Florida appeared before a commissioner's meeting clearly…
Canadians outfitting backyards with pools to deal with COVID-19 pandemic
TORONTO – Seven-year-old Stanley has been donning a wet suit to swim in his pool…
A box of teeth and scientific serendipity unveil the lives of bottlenose whales
HALIFAX – The walnut-sized teeth taken from northern bottlenose whales slaughtered in the 1960s and…
‘A disaster waiting to happen’: MLB plan for 60-game season sparks concern
John Axford loses track when trying to recall the number of people he would come…
University says it’s making changes after crash that killed two students
VICTORIA – A report into a bus crash that killed two University of Victoria students…
Bowing to Beijing would put ‘an awful lot more Canadians’ at risk, Trudeau says
OTTAWA – Bowing to pressure from Beijing to secure the release of two Canadians would…
‘The noose was real’ – NASCAR releases photo from Talladega
Declaring “the noose was real,” NASCAR officials on Thursday released a photo of the rope…
iN VIDEO: Dixie Chicks drop ‘dixie’ from name, now known as The Chicks
NASHVILLE – Grammy-winning country group The Dixie Chicks have dropped the word Dixie from their…
More than a dozen great blue heron fledglings found dead in B.C.
VANCOUVER – More than a dozen great blue heron fledglings were found dead this week…
Air Canada quietly offers refunds to some passengers with cancelled flights
MONTREAL – Air Canada has quietly changed its refund policy to allow some customers whose…
Study finds Canada’s proportion of long-term care deaths double the average of other nations
TORONTO – A new study finds the proportion of Canadian COVID-19 deaths that have occurred…
TRENDING NOW: Baby squirrels make the cutest sounds, ever
There's no doubt, rodents have a cuteness factor, especially the wee ones. It turns out,…