Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland urges Senate to fast-track approval of COVID-19 pandemic aid bill

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Fisheries Department official says young fin whale likely killed by vessel strike

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After months of speculation, Florida governor Ron DeSantis declared last week that he was running to be president of the United States on something called Twitter Spaces, a glitchy audio service that one New York Times reporter compared to 'a glorified conference call.' This was definitely not politics as usual. A campaign launch is typically the one chance a candidate has to make a first impression, with red-white-and-blue bunting hanging just so and a telegenic crowd carefully assembled. Twitter of late is a far cry from all that, a chaotic mess, with angry comments drowning out reasonable discussion and persistent questions about the platform's reliability because of the deep cuts made to its technical staff.

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Canada’s women’s junior field hockey team took off from Johannesburg on Wednesday, and was on a flight through Frankfurt, Germany

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The arrests of Amber Bracken and Michael Toledano, who were covering an Indigenous protest at the company’s construction site, sparked an outcry over press fr...

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B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry at a news conference in Vancouver, on Jan. 30. In testimony she offered to an inquiry into hate during the pandemic, Dr. Henry said she was receiving between 10 and 50 abusive or threatening calls a day. DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press There was a point during the pandemic when Bonnie Henry was receiving between 10 and 50 abusive or threatening calls a day. By April 1, 2022, the day she spoke to an inquiry into hate during the pandemic, conducted by British Columbia's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner, Dr.

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Plus, a Toronto school board won’t send students to a book-club event for teenagers featuring Marie Henein

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Protest at Ambassador Bridge preventing traffic from entering Canada could hurt auto sector and supply lines for fresh produce

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If you haven't shopped for a credit card in a while, you may see some unfamiliar names in the offerings.Companies like Brim Financial, Float Inc., Caary Capital Ltd., Jeeves Inc., and Neo Financial are part of a growing crop of tech-enabled lenders that are looking to snag a share of the lucrative credit card market from the big banks.'We've never had more choices,' said Mikael Castaldo, general manager of everyday banking at Ratehub.ca.On the personal credit card side, companies like Brim and Neo are trying to lure customers with promises of more seamless, app-based digital experience, as well as creative rewards programs that partner with specific brands and perks like no foreign transaction fees.

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Green space helps people feel less depressed and fatigued, and science is still exploring all the other ways it lifts our spirits. In a global crisis, we could ...

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Protect them and improve them by all means, but don’t spoil their otherworldly nature

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As the pandemic hit, people have been investing in their homes, buying plants to create more habitable living spaces

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Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard facing sex trafficking, racketeering charges in U.S. has extradition hearing moved up to Oct. 1

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