<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Music News - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/rss/1000/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Music News news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening!]]></description><language>en-ca</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:40:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Tax Tips For The Different Stages Of Your Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everyone lives life a little differently, and at a different pace. Getting your first job, getting married, buying a home, or starting a side hustle are all major life events. While we all have unique circumstances, what&rsquo;s for certain is that life events and taxes go hand in hand. A good rule of thumb is that for every milestone you hit, you can expect that it&rsquo;ll somehow affect your tax filing and might add to the complexity of your taxes.In partnership with H&amp;R Block, we breakdo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tax-tips-for-the-different-stages-of-your-life/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tax-tips-for-the-different-stages-of-your-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born And Raised Podcast Goes Home For 3rd Season About Second-Generation Canadians]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this special pandemic edition of &ldquo;Born And Raised,&rdquo; hosts Alisha Sahwney, Al Donato, and their guests explore themes of belonging and identity in immigrant families by heading where the heart is.&nbsp;Listen to &lsquo;Born And Raised&rsquo; on Apple Podcastsand Google Podcasts.We decided on our season three theme last year, after the COVID-19 pandemic sent us all home last March. The team figured episodes about this topic would be all too relatable for listeners. That, and the obv]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/born-and-raised-podcast-goes-home-for-3rd-season-about-second-generation-canadians/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2021 20:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/born-and-raised-podcast-goes-home-for-3rd-season-about-second-generation-canadians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Pension Plan-Owned U.K. Airport Will Wreak Havoc On Climate, Say Villagers]]></title><description><![CDATA[A long-time resident of the English village Butcombe, John Adams is fed up with the Ontario Teachers&rsquo; Pension Plan, or what he calls the &ldquo;corporate psychopath&rdquo; that&rsquo;s hellbent on expanding the nearby Bristol Airport.&nbsp;Teachers&rsquo;, one of Canada&rsquo;s largest pension funds, owns 100 per cent of the regional airport, which is surrounded by sacrosanct greenbelt land in North Somerset, just outside Bristol, U.K.&nbsp;For more than two years the airport has been push]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-pension-plan-owned-uk-airport-will-wreak-havoc-on-climate-say-villagers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2021 20:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-pension-plan-owned-uk-airport-will-wreak-havoc-on-climate-say-villagers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It Took The Government 36 Years To Tell Me What I Already Knew: I Am A Status Indian]]></title><description><![CDATA[It took Canada 36 years to acknowledge that I am a Status Indian.&nbsp;I grew up in Matachewan, Ont., a township near Matachewan First Nation. There were only seven houses on the First Nation, so most band members lived in town with French and English neighbours. There, nobody questioned that I was Indigenous. I didn&rsquo;t question it, because I knew who I was. Yet, according to the Indian Act, my siblings and I were anything but.In December 1952, my grandmother, Laura Flood, became one of mor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/it-took-the-government-36-years-to-tell-me-what-i-already-knew-i-am-a-status-indian/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/it-took-the-government-36-years-to-tell-me-what-i-already-knew-i-am-a-status-indian/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who’s Next In Line For The COVID Vaccine In Your Province Or Territory]]></title><description><![CDATA[As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks. Here&rsquo;s a list of their plans to date:Newfoundland and LabradorThe province says it is in Phase 1 of its vaccine rollout. Health-care workers on the front lines of the pandemic, staff at long-term care homes, people of &ldquo;advanced age&rdquo; and adults in remote or isolated Indigenous communities have priority.Newfoundland]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/whos-next-in-line-for-the-covid-vaccine-in-your-province-or-territory/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2021 17:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/whos-next-in-line-for-the-covid-vaccine-in-your-province-or-territory/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Doctors Applaud Decision To Prioritize Pregnant Women In COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout]]></title><description><![CDATA[The president of the Ontario Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is applauding the province&rsquo;s move to include pregnant women on its priority list of recipients in the next phase of its COVID-19 vaccination plan.Dr. Constance Nasello says that although pregnant women were excluded from initial trials of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, there is increasing evidence that the vaccines are safe for them.Ontario health authorities listed pregnancy as a factor putting someone at]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-doctors-applaud-decision-to-prioritize-pregnant-women-in-covid-19-vaccine-rollout/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2021 16:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-doctors-applaud-decision-to-prioritize-pregnant-women-in-covid-19-vaccine-rollout/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Liberal MP Fined $9.4K For Breaching Rules By Hiring Sister]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA _ Independent MP Yasmin Ratansi is being ordered to repay the House of Commons money given to her sister after she lost her job in Ratansi&rsquo;s Toronto riding office.Ratansi left the Liberal caucus in November after admitting she had employed her sister as a constituency assistant in her riding of Don Valley East, saying she &ldquo;made an error.&ldquo;The board of internal economy, the all-party body that sets spending guidelines for MPs, reviewed the matter and said Monday that it de]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/former-liberal-mp-fined-94k-for-breaching-rules-by-hiring-sister/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2021 14:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/former-liberal-mp-fined-94k-for-breaching-rules-by-hiring-sister/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Kids Like Archie Can Learn From Rescue Hens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meghan Markle&rsquo;s pups, Guy and Pula, are both rescue dogs. The former senior royal is on record as saying they&rsquo;ve been a great source of comfort&nbsp;this past year &#8213; a turbulent one, to say the least, since Meghan and husband Prince Harry stepped back from their official duties, fought multiple lawsuits with tabloids media outlets, and experienced heartbreaking baby loss.During a two-hour interview with Oprah that aired Sunday, Meghan and Harry invited the former talk show host]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/what-kids-like-archie-can-learn-from-rescue-hens/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/what-kids-like-archie-can-learn-from-rescue-hens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kim Kardashian Opens Up About Tabloid Body-Shaming During 1st Pregnancy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The tabloids can be vicious to pregnant bodies, a fact that Kim Kardashian knows first-hand.&nbsp;In a series of Instagram story posts last Friday, the media mogul and mom of four opened up about how traumatizing it was for her to endure body-shaming from the press eight years ago.&nbsp;After watching the documentary &ldquo;Framing Britney Spears,&rdquo; the 40-year-old celebrity parent said she related to the singer&rsquo;s struggles.&nbsp;&ldquo;No matter how public someone&rsquo;s life may se]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kim-kardashian-opens-up-about-tabloid-body-shaming-during-1st-pregnancy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kim-kardashian-opens-up-about-tabloid-body-shaming-during-1st-pregnancy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republican Senator Says U.S. Should Have Bought Canada For Cost Of Relief Bill]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A Nebraska Republican senator put U.S. President Joe Biden&rsquo;s $1.9 trillion USD relief bill into perspective over the weekend by comparing its price tag to the value of Canada&rsquo;s annual economy.&nbsp;The U.S. Senate passed the COVID-19 relief bill 50-49 Saturday along party lines. The bill, dubbed the American Rescue Plan, includes a proposal for another round of $1,400 USD stimulus cheques for people who earn less than $75,000 annual income and extended federal unemploy]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/republican-senator-says-us-should-have-bought-canada-for-cost-of-relief-bill/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 23:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/republican-senator-says-us-should-have-bought-canada-for-cost-of-relief-bill/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Kim’s Convenience’ Stars Are ‘Heartbroken’ Over The Show’s Abrupt End]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Kim&rsquo;s Convenience,&rdquo; the CBC sitcom about Korean immigrants who run a convenience store in Toronto and who sometimes clash with their Canadian-born children, will come to an end after the current season. The show&rsquo;s producers made the announcement on Twitter on Monday.&ldquo;At the end of production on Season 5, our co-creators confirmed they were moving on to other projects,&rdquo; the post read. The show was created by Ins Choi, who wrote the play the show is based on, a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kims-convenience-stars-are-heartbroken-over-the-shows-abrupt-end/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 23:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kims-convenience-stars-are-heartbroken-over-the-shows-abrupt-end/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethics Committee Summons Kielburgers To Testify After Brothers Reject Invite]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Members of the House of Commons ethics committee have unanimously voted to summon WE Charity co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger to testify.Should the brothers not appear by this Friday to testify for at least three hours, the ethics committee has declared, they may face potential censure by the whole of the House of Commons.The brothers had been scheduled to appear before the committee on Monday. It was originally meant to be the final day of testimony in the committee&rsquo;s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ethics-committee-summons-kielburgers-to-testify-after-brothers-reject-invite/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 22:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ethics-committee-summons-kielburgers-to-testify-after-brothers-reject-invite/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growth Of Extremist Groups Threatens Political Progress For Women: Kim Campbell]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Former prime minister Kim Campbell spoke frankly Monday about how increased representation of women in politics can sometimes be followed with pushback from extremist groups.Speaking virtually to delegates at Daughters of the Vote, an annual summit organized by Equal Voice Canada to encourage more women to get into politics, Campbell called the timing &ldquo;fortuitous&rdquo; for the 338 participants to apprentice as members of Parliament for the day.&nbsp;&ldquo;We see resurgent]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/growth-of-extremist-groups-threatens-political-progress-for-women-kim-campbell/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 22:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/growth-of-extremist-groups-threatens-political-progress-for-women-kim-campbell/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Bill 21 Has Affected These Quebec Women In The Workplace]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; In 2019, Quebec&rsquo;s secularism law &mdash;Bill 21 &mdash; became official. It prohibits certain public service workers from wearing religious symbols at work and has disproportionately affected women who wear the hijab, an Islamic headscarf. The law has faced several legal challenges since its inception, which claim it is a violation of human rights, perpetuates gender bias, and forces women to choose between their faith and careers. Bill 21 invoked a notwithstanding clause,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-bill-21-has-affected-these-quebec-women-in-the-workplace/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 20:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-bill-21-has-affected-these-quebec-women-in-the-workplace/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money Princess Diana Left Behind Supported Harry And Meghan: Oprah Interview]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prince Harry and Meghan Markle&rsquo;s interview with Oprah on Sunday still has us reeling from all the shockers&nbsp;shared, with one of the major ones being that the Royal Family&nbsp;took away Harry&rsquo;s access to their funds in early 2020 &#8213; and that if it weren&rsquo;t for his mother&rsquo;s inheritance fund, his family would be in dire circumstances.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police provided their protection services to the couple while they stayed in Canada, from November 2019 to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/money-princess-diana-left-behind-supported-harry-and-meghan-oprah-interview/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 20:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/money-princess-diana-left-behind-supported-harry-and-meghan-oprah-interview/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatives Accuse Liberals Of Seeking To ‘Engineer’ Pandemic Election]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal Conservatives are accusing the Liberals of seeking to &ldquo;engineer&rdquo; an election by blaming the Official Opposition for delays in the government&rsquo;s legislative agenda.Conservative House Leader G&eacute;rard Deltell charged in a statement Monday that Liberals are &ldquo;playing games&rdquo; at a time when the focus should be on the COVID-19 pandemic.&ldquo;Canadians don&rsquo;t want a risky pandemic election, but with every filibuster, delay in producing House-ordered documen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/conservatives-accuse-liberals-of-seeking-to-engineer-pandemic-election/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/conservatives-accuse-liberals-of-seeking-to-engineer-pandemic-election/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meghan Markle Opens Up About Her Dad's 'Betrayal']]></title><description><![CDATA[Meghan Markle&rsquo;s two-hour interview with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday night was so jam-packed with information that some of the big reveals had to wait until Monday morning.In a clip that didn&rsquo;t make Sunday&rsquo;s broadcast, Meghan spoke publicly about her difficult relationship with her father for the first time.&nbsp;&ldquo;There was such an obsession about anything in my world, including tracking down my parents,&rdquo; Meghan told Oprah. &ldquo;And I did everything I could to protect]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/meghan-markle-opens-up-about-her-dads-betrayal/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 17:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/meghan-markle-opens-up-about-her-dads-betrayal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's When Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Knew They Had To Leave Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meghan Markle and Prince Harry&rsquo;s two-hour sit-down with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday included multiple reveals about their mental health, the reported racial discrimination they faced from members within and surrounding the Royal Family and the British press, and much more, including the main driver behind their decision to leave Canada for California.First spotted in Victoria and Vancouver Island&nbsp;in November 2019, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived in British Columbia on their extende]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/heres-when-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-knew-they-had-to-leave-canada/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 16:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/heres-when-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-knew-they-had-to-leave-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aeroplan Teams Up With Starbucks For Loyalty Rewards Program]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL&nbsp;&mdash; Aeroplan is launching a partnership that will allow its users to earn and redeem points at Starbucks.The Air Canada loyalty program says members will need to link their Aeroplan account to a Starbucks Rewards account to allow them to earn both Aeroplan points and Starbucks stars.Once connected, Aeroplan users can earn points by loading money on their digital Starbucks card and can save when they redeem Aeroplan points for Starbucks gift cards.The new partnership follows a r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/aeroplan-teams-up-with-starbucks-for-loyalty-rewards-program/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 16:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/aeroplan-teams-up-with-starbucks-for-loyalty-rewards-program/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: March 7, 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: March 7, 2021]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-march-7-2021/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 13:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-march-7-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Most Shocking Moments From Harry And Meghan's Interview With Oprah]]></title><description><![CDATA[For years, as tabloid headlines veered more and more dramatic leading up to Prince Harry&nbsp;and Meghan Markle&rsquo;s exit from the Royal Family in 2020, many royal watchers wondered if we would ever actually find out what was going on behind closed doors.On Sunday, we did. A little more than a year after they decided they would step back, and just a few weeks after the announcement that they won&rsquo;t be returning as working members, the couple sat down with Oprah Winfrey for a highly antic]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-most-shocking-moments-from-harry-and-meghans-interview-with-oprah/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-most-shocking-moments-from-harry-and-meghans-interview-with-oprah/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meghan Markle Gives Oprah An 'Honest Answer' About Why Archie Doesn't Have A Title]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meghan Markle didn&rsquo;t hold back during her interview with Oprah on Sunday evening.Among them: Archie, her now nearly two-year-old son with husband Prince Harry, was not offered royal titles or protection.While she got pregnant with him, Meghan said, she was told the Royal Family didn&rsquo;t want the baby to have a prince/princess title. That meant he wouldn&rsquo;t receive any of the security that&rsquo;s usually afforded to royal children.&nbsp;The logic coming from The Firm (as the Royal]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/meghan-markle-gives-oprah-an-honest-answer-about-why-archie-doesnt-have-a-title/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 03:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/meghan-markle-gives-oprah-an-honest-answer-about-why-archie-doesnt-have-a-title/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theresa Tam Optimistic About COVID-19 Vaccines As Pandemic Anniversary Looms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Several provinces were preparing to loosen COVID-19 restrictions on Sunday, as Canada&rsquo;s chief public health officer expressed optimism over vaccines ahead of the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 crisis.The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic last March 11, and Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said it&rsquo;s been a difficult 12 months marked by hardship and sacrifice.&ldquo;Yet, as the months have gone by, I have also witnessed the remarkable courage, stre]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/theresa-tam-optimistic-about-covid-19-vaccines-as-pandemic-anniversary-looms/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/theresa-tam-optimistic-about-covid-19-vaccines-as-pandemic-anniversary-looms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatives To Summon Top Liberal Aides To Testify On Vance Allegations]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal Conservatives plan to summon two senior Liberal aides to testify on when they first learned of sexual misconduct allegations surrounding the military&rsquo;s former top soldier &mdash; and account for what they did about the accusations.The Tories said they will ask the House of Commons&rsquo; defence committee on Monday to have Zita Astravas and Elder Marques appear in the coming days, as opposition parties continue digging into the government&rsquo;s handling of the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/conservatives-to-summon-top-liberal-aides-to-testify-on-vance-allegations/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/conservatives-to-summon-top-liberal-aides-to-testify-on-vance-allegations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID-19 Pandemic Has Spurred Newcomers To Canada To Return To Their Home Countries]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The economic and life disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted some recent immigrants to leave Canada and return to their countries of origin, where they have more social and family connections.The number of permanent residents who have been in Canada for less than five years declined by four per cent to 1,019,000 by the end of 2020 from 1,060,000 the year before, according to an analysis of Statistics Canada&rsquo;s labour force survey that measures the number of w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-19-pandemic-has-spurred-newcomers-to-canada-to-return-to-their-home-countries/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-19-pandemic-has-spurred-newcomers-to-canada-to-return-to-their-home-countries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Do Canadian And U.S. Cities Stack Up On Length Of Lockdowns?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first day of spring is just a few weeks away, and for Canadians, that means the snow will be melting in just a few months...&nbsp;So of course, our thoughts turn naturally to the many exciting events that come with the arrival of springtime.Except maybe not so much this year, with the COVID-19 pandemic still raging and the country hunkered down, waiting for a vaccine. Some people are likelier than others to enjoy a &ldquo;normal&rdquo; spring this year, and it largely depends on where you ar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-do-canadian-and-us-cities-stack-up-on-length-of-lockdowns/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2021 17:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-do-canadian-and-us-cities-stack-up-on-length-of-lockdowns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Maddening': Faster Ontario Vaccine Rollout May Have Saved These Lives]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ian McMahon and his 10 siblings felt terrified as they watched the first wave of COVID-19 devastate nursing homes across Ontario in spring 2020. But no one got infected at the Windsor, Ont. home where their father, George Arthur McMahon Sr., lived.&nbsp;They celebrated George&rsquo;s 87th birthday in September with an outdoor party at his nursing home. George &mdash; who was also a grandfather to more than 25, great-grandfather to 12 and great-great-grandfather to two &mdash; had to stay behind]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/maddening-faster-ontario-vaccine-rollout-may-have-saved-these-lives/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/maddening-faster-ontario-vaccine-rollout-may-have-saved-these-lives/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Royal Family Has A Complicated Relationship With TV And Here's Why]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON &mdash; Britain&rsquo;s royal family and television have a complicated relationship.The medium has helped define the modern monarchy: The 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was Britain&rsquo;s first mass TV spectacle. Since then, rare interviews have given a glimpse behind palace curtains at the all-too-human family within. The fictionalized take of Netflix hit &ldquo;The Crown&rdquo; has moulded views of the monarchy for a new generation, though in ways the powerful, image-conscious r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-royal-family-has-a-complicated-relationship-with-tv-and-heres-why/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2021 01:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-royal-family-has-a-complicated-relationship-with-tv-and-heres-why/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario NDP Vow To Bring Back Cap And Trade In New Environmental Platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario&rsquo;s New Democrats say they would create a new cap-and-trade carbon pricing system if elected in 2022.The official Opposition made the promise in an environmental policy plank of their election platform, released today at a morning news conference.Party leader Andrea Horwath says the province needs the carbon pricing system to help fight climate change.She says the system would generate $30 billion in revenue, and the NDP would raise another $10 billion through the sal]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-ndp-vow-to-bring-back-cap-and-trade-in-new-environmental-platform/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2021 00:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-ndp-vow-to-bring-back-cap-and-trade-in-new-environmental-platform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walter Gretzky's 'Heart Of Gold' Remembered Fondly At Funeral]]></title><description><![CDATA[BRANTFORD, Ont. &mdash; Wayne Gretzky remembered his father, Walter, as a man with &ldquo;a heart of gold&rdquo; today at his funeral in Brantford, Ont.Known as Canada&rsquo;s hockey dad, Walter Gretzky died Thursday at age 82 after battling Parkinson&rsquo;s disease and other health issues in recent years.Wayne Gretzky, the oldest of the family&rsquo;s five children, delivered an emotional eulogy, saying of his late father, &ldquo;We&rsquo;d be a way better world if there was so many more peopl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/walter-gretzkys-heart-of-gold-remembered-fondly-at-funeral/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2021 23:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/walter-gretzkys-heart-of-gold-remembered-fondly-at-funeral/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Unseats U.S. As Top Destination For People Moving For Work In BCG Survey]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada has replaced the U.S. as the most desirable location for migrants moving for work, and the change seems to have everything to do with the COVID-19 pandemic.In a survey from Boston Consulting Group, respondents in 190 countries were most likely to pick Canada as their top destination choice, while the U.S. was in second place. The U.S. had placed first, and Canada third, in BCG&rsquo;s previous surveys carried out in 2014 and 2018.&nbsp;&ldquo;Hurt by an inconsistent pandemic response, the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-unseats-us-as-top-destination-for-people-moving-for-work-in-bcg-survey/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2021 19:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-unseats-us-as-top-destination-for-people-moving-for-work-in-bcg-survey/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Raya And The Last Dragon' Animator Focused On Cultural Accuracy In Disney Epic]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; When animating Disney&rsquo;s new film &ldquo;Raya and the Last Dragon,&rdquo; Vancouver-raised Benson Shum says he honed in on the subtle details to ensure cultural accuracy.Available in theatres and on Disney Plus with Premier Access on Friday, the epic adventure follows a Southeast Asian-inspired warrior and her pals as they battle an evil force in the fantasy world of Kumandra.It&rsquo;s the first Walt Disney Animation Studios film to have a Southeast Asia-inspired setting, a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/raya-and-the-last-dragon-animator-focused-on-cultural-accuracy-in-disney-epic/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2021 03:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/raya-and-the-last-dragon-animator-focused-on-cultural-accuracy-in-disney-epic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quebec Looking To Reopen Live Performance Venues Despite Curfew]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; Live theatre and music could soon return to Montreal for the first time since the fall but promoters say they are worried that the nighttime curfew in the city will dampen their plans.Still, representatives of Quebec&rsquo;s cultural industries say they&rsquo;re optimistic after meeting earlier this week with the province&rsquo;s culture minister, Nathalie Roy. The government is looking to reopen theatres and concert halls even in regions under the highest pandemic-alert level,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-looking-to-reopen-live-performance-venues-despite-curfew/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2021 03:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-looking-to-reopen-live-performance-venues-despite-curfew/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Police Officer Charged With Sexual Assault, Exploitation]]></title><description><![CDATA[An off-duty police detective in the Toronto area has been charged with sexual assault and sexual exploitation.York Regional Police say the charges were laid today against one of their officers following an investigation by the Toronto police force.They say the charges aren&rsquo;t related to any of the officer&rsquo;s on-duty activities.Police say the officer cannot be named in order to protect the identity of the victim.However, they say he has worked with York police since 2004.The force says]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-police-officer-charged-with-sexual-assault-exploitation/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2021 01:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-police-officer-charged-with-sexual-assault-exploitation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: March 5, 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[On this edition: Remembering Walter Gretzky.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-march-5-2021/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 23:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-march-5-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians Expected To Have Fewer Babies During Pandemic: Research]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many expected the year spent at home would lead to a baby boom.&nbsp;Turns out the opposite seems to be true, as early research indicates the pandemic has made people in the western world&nbsp;have fewer babies, not more.&nbsp;&nbsp;Last year, birth rates dropped around the world, according to reports by the Wall Street Journal. France, Japan, Germany, the U.K., and the U.S. reported fewer births, with the most significant decreases in Italy&nbsp;&mdash; the European country,&nbsp;that suffered]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-expected-to-have-fewer-babies-during-pandemic-research/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 23:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-expected-to-have-fewer-babies-during-pandemic-research/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 Wardrobe Must-Haves For Working Out As Winter Becomes Spring]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whether you&rsquo;ve already established a workout routine or are looking to get more active, having the right gear up is one way to stay motivated in achieving your fitness goals, especially when it&rsquo;s still chilly out.&nbsp;While a low-impact virtual fitness class streamed to your living room calls for comfort and ease of movement, an outdoor run will require some serious performance gear that&rsquo;s designed to keep you warm, safe and comfortable as you tackle slippery terrain and fluct]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/12-wardrobe-must-haves-for-working-out-as-winter-becomes-spring/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 23:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/12-wardrobe-must-haves-for-working-out-as-winter-becomes-spring/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orthodox Jewish Woman Claims Tories Unfairly Torpedoed Nomination Bid]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; An Othodox Jewish woman is accusing Conservative party members of asking &ldquo;unfair&rdquo; questions about her religious observance after her bid to seek a federal nomination in a Greater Toronto Area riding was rejected this week.Chani Aryeh-Bain, who previously ran in 2019 as the Conservative candidate in the Toronto riding of Eglinton-Lawrence, said she was told Wednesday her name would not appear on the nomination ballot for the riding of Thornhill alongside candidates Meli]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/orthodox-jewish-woman-claims-tories-unfairly-torpedoed-nomination-bid/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 22:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/orthodox-jewish-woman-claims-tories-unfairly-torpedoed-nomination-bid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pamela Anderson Sells Malibu Mansion, Will Live On Vancouver Island]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pamela Anderson is planning to sell her multi-million Malibu mansion and settle down in the Vancouver Island town she was born and raised in, the New York Post reports.The former &ldquo;Baywatch&rdquo; actor told the outlet that she decided to move back to Canada following her surprise wedding to her bodyguard,&nbsp;Dan Hayhurst, last Christmas Eve.&nbsp;&ldquo;I feel more settled on my sustainable ranch on Vancouver Island with space to rescue more animals. It&rsquo;s still beachfront. One foot]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pamela-anderson-sells-malibu-mansion-will-live-on-vancouver-island/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 22:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pamela-anderson-sells-malibu-mansion-will-live-on-vancouver-island/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Defends Sajjan Amid Fallout Over Military Sexual Misconduct Allegations]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he &ldquo;absolutely&rdquo; has confidence in the judgment of his defence minister while fallout continues over sexual misconduct allegations levied against Canada&rsquo;s former top soldier, Gen. Jonathan Vance.Testimony from the military&rsquo;s former ombudsman Gary Walbourne to the House of Commons&rsquo; defence committee this week described a &ldquo;hostile&rdquo; 2018 meeting with Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan about the allegations.. The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-defends-sajjan-amid-fallout-over-military-sexual-misconduct-allegations/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 22:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-defends-sajjan-amid-fallout-over-military-sexual-misconduct-allegations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walter Gretzky Invited Canada Into His Home, Because That's Just Who He Was]]></title><description><![CDATA[In memory of Walter Gretzky, who died today at age 82.I expected nothing as I knocked gently on the door of the two-story house on Varadi Avenue.It was Spring 2002. I was in Brantford, Ont., driving a university friend back to his home after a long journey from Ottawa. A long-time Wayne Gretzky fan, on a whim I asked if he knew where Wayne grew up. He did, and after a bit of convincing, my friend agreed to take me there so I could knock on his door.The door opened and the most famous hockey dad]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/walter-gretzky-invited-canada-into-his-home-because-thats-just-who-he-was/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 21:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/walter-gretzky-invited-canada-into-his-home-because-thats-just-who-he-was/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York Times Nanaimo Bar Recipe Dragged By Canadians]]></title><description><![CDATA[A custard-fuelled controversy is brewing on Canada&rsquo;s West Coast and one of the largest newspapers in the United States is to blame.The New York Times Cooking Instagram account shared a recipe and accompanying image for classic Canadian Nanaimo bars this week. But as many Canadians were quick to point out, something wasn&rsquo;t quite right with the bars pictured.&nbsp; View this post on InstagramA post shared by NYT Cooking (@nytcooking)&ldquo;What da f**k have u done to it,&rdquo; one use]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-york-times-nanaimo-bar-recipe-dragged-by-canadians/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 20:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-york-times-nanaimo-bar-recipe-dragged-by-canadians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Updates Vaccine Schedule: Over-60s To Be Done In May]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; The next phase of Ontario&rsquo;s COVID-19 vaccination plan will see shots administered based on risk factors including age, neighbourhood, existing health conditions and inability to work from home.Here's Ontario's new sped-up COVID-19 vaccination schedule.<br />
Over-60s should all be vaccinated by end of May. Essential workers will be eligible in June #onpolipic.twitter.com/R6fjYLFRU9&mdash; Emma Paling (@emmapaling) March 5, 2021Officials presented the updated vaccination timeline]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-updates-vaccine-schedule-over-60s-to-be-done-in-may/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-updates-vaccine-schedule-over-60s-to-be-done-in-may/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Lifts Stay-At-Home Lockdown Order For Toronto, Peel, North Bay]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Ontario government is lifting its stay-at-home order next week in Toronto, Peel Region and North Bay Parry Sound.The three regions were the last ones still under the order, while most of the province transitioned back to the government&rsquo;s colour-coded pandemic response framework last month.Toronto and Peel will go into the strictest &ldquo;grey lockdown&rdquo; category of the framework, as recommended by public health officials in those regions.The province says North Bay will be placed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-lifts-stay-at-home-lockdown-order-for-toronto-peel-north-bay/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-lifts-stay-at-home-lockdown-order-for-toronto-peel-north-bay/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada To Receive 1.5 Million Extra Pfizer Vaccine Doses This Month]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will get an extra 1.5 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech&rsquo;s COVID-19 vaccine delivered this month.Another one million doses will arrive in both April and May.Those doses were originally set to arrive in the summer.The federal government had a contract to buy 40 million doses of the vaccine, which requires two shots for full effectiveness.After the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech&rsquo;s vaccine arrived before the end of 2020, the nationa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-to-receive-15-million-extra-pfizer-vaccine-doses-this-month/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-to-receive-15-million-extra-pfizer-vaccine-doses-this-month/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Email From Sajjan Aide Suggests He Knew About Vance Allegations For 3 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A newly released email appears to support former military ombudsman Gary Walbourne&rsquo;s assertion that he told Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan about an allegation of sexual misconduct against then-defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance three years ago.The brief email was sent by Zita Astravas, who at the time was Sajjan&rsquo;s chief of staff, to Walbourne on March 5, 2018. That was four days after Walbourne says he notified the defence minister of the allegation against the military]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/email-from-sajjan-aide-suggests-he-knew-about-vance-allegations-for-3-years/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/email-from-sajjan-aide-suggests-he-knew-about-vance-allegations-for-3-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meghan Markle Alludes To Rigid Royal Rules In New Oprah Interview Clip]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meghan Markle opened up about why she and Prince Harry are speaking out now in a new preview clip of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex&rsquo;s upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey.Gayle King introduced the video on &ldquo;CBS This Morning&rdquo; Friday, saying it would show why Meghan and Harry &ldquo;did not feel free to speak candidly sooner.&rdquo;&nbsp;The clip shows Winfrey approaching the subject with Meghan: &ldquo;I called you either or February or March 2018 before the wedding asking, &ls]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/meghan-markle-alludes-to-rigid-royal-rules-in-new-oprah-interview-clip/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/meghan-markle-alludes-to-rigid-royal-rules-in-new-oprah-interview-clip/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health Canada Approves Johnson And Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine: Sources]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA&nbsp;&mdash; Health Canada is to announce approval of the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson and Johnson on Friday morning, according to multiple sources aware of the decision but not authorized to discuss it publicly.The federal regulator has found the evidence shows the vaccine is both safe and effective against the virus that causes COVID-19.It is the fourth vaccine to be approved in Canada and the first and only one Canada has purchased that requires just a single dose.Canada has pre-purch]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/health-canada-approves-johnson-and-johnson-covid-19-vaccine-sources/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 15:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/health-canada-approves-johnson-and-johnson-covid-19-vaccine-sources/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health Canada Approves Johnson And Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA&nbsp;&mdash; Health Canada&nbsp;has announced the approval of the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson and Johnson on Friday morning.&nbsp;The federal regulator has found the evidence shows the vaccine is both safe and effective against the virus that causes COVID-19.It is the fourth vaccine to be approved in Canada and the first and only one Canada has purchased that requires just a single dose.Canada has pre-purchased 10 million doses, with options to buy another 28 million.Joelle Paquette, th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/health-canada-approves-johnson-and-johnson-covid-19-vaccine/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 15:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/health-canada-approves-johnson-and-johnson-covid-19-vaccine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe Unites Behind Italy After Blocking Vaccine Shipment To Australia]]></title><description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS &#8213; Europe&rsquo;s vaccine solidarity got a shot in the arm Friday as France rallied to support Italy, saying it could follow suit in blocking exports of coronavirus vaccines outside the European Union if necessary to enforce its own contracts with drugs manufacturers.The European Union defended the Italian authorities&rsquo; decision to stop a large shipment of doses destined for Australia as part of a longstanding feud with drug manufacturer AstraZeneca, and Germany.The EU&rsquo;s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/europe-unites-behind-italy-after-blocking-vaccine-shipment-to-australia/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 15:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/europe-unites-behind-italy-after-blocking-vaccine-shipment-to-australia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How The Pandemic-Stressed Teens I Work With Got Their Sleep Back On Track]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s 7 a.m. on my alarm clock. But while the rest of us are getting ready to face a new day, Liam (name changed for confidentiality) is in bed facing his bedroom wall. He&rsquo;s been staring at it for hours, exhausted, but unable to fall asleep.Liam is 16. He&rsquo;s been struggling with insomnia for weeks. He&rsquo;s anxious, frustrated and just can&rsquo;t cope anymore. Like many of the teenagers I work with as a registered social worker specializing in sleep counselling, Liam feels lik]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-the-pandemic-stressed-teens-i-work-with-got-their-sleep-back-on-track/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 15:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-the-pandemic-stressed-teens-i-work-with-got-their-sleep-back-on-track/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince Philip Sent Back To Private Hospital After Heart Procedure]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON &mdash; Britain&rsquo;s Prince&nbsp;Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, has been transferred back to a private hospital after successfully undergoing a procedure to treat a heart condition, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh who has been hospitalized for more than two weeks, was moved to a London hospital with a specialized cardiac centre on Monday for treatment for a pre-existing heart issue.The Palace said he had now returned the private King]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-philip-sent-back-to-private-hospital-after-heart-procedure/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-philip-sent-back-to-private-hospital-after-heart-procedure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walter Gretzky, Father Of 'The Great One,' Dead At 82]]></title><description><![CDATA[Walter Gretzky, the ultimate Canadian hockey dad who taught and nurtured &ldquo;the Great One,&rdquo; has died. He was 82.The father of Wayne Gretzky became a name himself, a constant in Wayne&rsquo;s world. As Wayne&rsquo;s star ascended, Walter remained a blue-collar symbol of a devoted hockey parent in a country filled with them.Wayne Gretzky confirmed his father&rsquo;s death on Thursday night with a social media post.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s with deep sadness that Janet and I share the news of the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/walter-gretzky-father-of-the-great-one-dead-at-82/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 13:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/walter-gretzky-father-of-the-great-one-dead-at-82/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ottawa Ready To Agree To Unconditional Health Care Transfers With Provinces]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal government is ready to negotiate unconditional and recurring health care transfers after the pandemic is under control, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Thursday.&ldquo;If the economic recovery is clear, if COVID-19 &mdash; and, God, we all hope that&rsquo;s the case &mdash; is looking like it is in the rearview mirror this summer, that would be the time where the government of Canada would be in a position to say to [the provinces] this is the a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ottawa-ready-to-agree-to-unconditional-health-care-transfers-with-provinces/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 03:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ottawa-ready-to-agree-to-unconditional-health-care-transfers-with-provinces/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't Be Picky About Which COVID-19 Vaccine You Get Based On Efficacy Rates: Experts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Health experts are concerned the general public may be focusing on the wrong figures when analyzing the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.And they worry that will lead to unnecessary hesitancy at a time when Canada&rsquo;s inoculation rollout needs to ramp up.The recently approved Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, and the shot by Johnson &amp; Johnson that could be next in line for authorization, showed 62 and 72 per cent efficacy in preventing COVID-19 infections in their respective clinical trials.Compa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dont-be-picky-about-which-covid-19-vaccine-you-get-based-on-efficacy-rates-experts/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 02:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dont-be-picky-about-which-covid-19-vaccine-you-get-based-on-efficacy-rates-experts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario COVID Vaccine Pilot To Start At Some Pharmacies Next Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Pharmacies in three Ontario regions, including Toronto, will begin administering COVID-19 vaccines next week, although the province provided few details Thursday on how the pilot program would work.Health Minister Christine Elliott said pharmacies will receive doses of the recently approved Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The province has said those shots will go to residents aged 60 to 64 based on federal recommendations.&ldquo;A large number will be delivered through pharmacies bec]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-covid-vaccine-pilot-to-start-at-some-pharmacies-next-week/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 02:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-covid-vaccine-pilot-to-start-at-some-pharmacies-next-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals Set Aside $2.75B In Promised Spending For Zero Emission Buses]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal Liberals are setting aside some of the billions of dollars planned in short-term transit spending to help municipalities further green their bus fleets.The hope is that the $2.75 billion in traditional grant money will dovetail with the $1.5 billion an infrastructure-financing agency is supposed to invest toward the same cause.Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says the grant money is supposed to help cover the upfront cost of purchasing electric buses to replac]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/liberals-set-aside-275b-in-promised-spending-for-zero-emission-buses/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 23:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/liberals-set-aside-275b-in-promised-spending-for-zero-emission-buses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: March 4, 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: March 4, 2021]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-march-4-2021/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 23:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-march-4-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Showed No Empathy For Cancer Patient's Story, Pallister Claims]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not your banker.&rdquo;&nbsp;That&rsquo;s how Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau callously responded after the premier told him about one woman&rsquo;s lengthy wait for a cancer diagnosis.&nbsp;After multiple waits to see health professionals and get a test result, a specialist told the woman, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s too bad we couldn&rsquo;t have caught this sooner,&rdquo; Pallister said Thursday at a joint news conference with other provincial leader]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-showed-no-empathy-for-cancer-patients-story-pallister-claims/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 23:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-showed-no-empathy-for-cancer-patients-story-pallister-claims/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gabrielle Union, Stepdaughter Zaya Wade Bond Over &lsquo;10 Things I Hate About You']]></title><description><![CDATA[We can only assume that one of the great joys of parenthood is introducing your kids to great art from your youth. They might not appreciate it, of course &mdash; we all know that a key part of being young is rejecting your parents&rsquo; taste. But sharing it is still an important experience.And if the great art you&rsquo;re sharing is art you were involved in making yourself? That brings it to a whole new level.That&rsquo;s just what Gabrielle Union did this week with her stepdaughter Zaya Wad]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gabrielle-union-stepdaughter-zaya-wade-bond-over-lsquo10-things-i-hate-about-you/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 23:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gabrielle-union-stepdaughter-zaya-wade-bond-over-lsquo10-things-i-hate-about-you/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twitter Asks Why The Royal Family Is Investigating Meghan Markle, Not Prince Andrew]]></title><description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s no denying that Meghan Markle has been treated differently by tabloids, compared to her white royal counterparts.&nbsp;The difference has felt especially stark this week: in the days leading up to the Sussexes&rsquo; highly-anticipated Oprah special, Buckingham Palace announced they would investigate claims she bullied former staffers.Meghan denied the claims, calling them the &ldquo;latest attack on her character&rdquo; in a statement on Wednesday. Many on Twitter couldn&rsquo;t a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/twitter-asks-why-the-royal-family-is-investigating-meghan-markle-not-prince-andrew/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 21:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/twitter-asks-why-the-royal-family-is-investigating-meghan-markle-not-prince-andrew/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Introduces New 'Flat Rate' Deduction For Working From Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ottawa has come up with a simpler way to claim expenses for that spare room or corner that became a makeshift office last spring when pandemic lockdowns went into effect across the country.In addition to the detailed method for claiming home office costs, the federal government announced a new temporary flat rate method last year with the specific aim of making taxes a little easier in these trying times.Experts say the new flat rate method is quick and easy, but using the detailed method may yi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-introduces-new-flat-rate-deduction-for-working-from-home/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 20:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-introduces-new-flat-rate-deduction-for-working-from-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which Of These 2020 Tax Situations Apply To You]]></title><description><![CDATA[MORE ABOUT YOUR 2020 TAX RETURNTax Credits And Deductions To Look Out For On Your 2020 ReturnsHeads up, you may owe more taxes than you think.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/which-of-these-2020-tax-situations-apply-to-you/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 20:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/which-of-these-2020-tax-situations-apply-to-you/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Watch Oprah's Interview With Prince Harry And Meghan Markle In Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prince Harry and Meghan Markle&rsquo;s interview with Oprah Winfrey, airing this Sunday at 8 p.m., looks to be explosive. But Canadians watching the previews, as per usual, have had to wonder that perennial Canadian question: Can we watch it here?The answer, luckily for us, is yes.HuffPost Canada has confirmed that the interview will be airing live on Global on Sunday night. We can tune in Sunday at 8 p.m. ET, just like Americans watching it on CBS.In the U.S., viewers also have the option to wa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-watch-oprahs-interview-with-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 17:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-watch-oprahs-interview-with-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince Philip Has Successful Heart Procedure, Buckingham Palace Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON &mdash; Prince Philip has had a successful heart procedure at a London hospital and is expected to remain for several days of &ldquo;rest and recuperation,&rdquo; Buckingham Palace said Thursday.The palace said the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II &ldquo;underwent a successful procedure for a pre-existing heart condition at St Bartholomew&rsquo;s Hospital.&rdquo;&ldquo;His royal highness will remain in hospital for treatment, rest and recuperation for a number of days,&rdquo; the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-philip-has-successful-heart-procedure-buckingham-palace-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-philip-has-successful-heart-procedure-buckingham-palace-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: March 3, 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: March 3, 2021]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-march-3-2021/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 13:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-march-3-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C.'s Endangered Killer Whales Need Winter Chinook Salmon To Survive: Study]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Endangered southern resident killer whales would have a much better chance of survival if chinook were in their hunting grounds during winter off the coast of British Columbia, a new study says.The whales expand their menu and the distance they travel as they forage for food from October to March in the waters off California up to Alaska, which leaves them with little energy, says the study published Wednesday in the scientific journal Plos One.Brad Hanson, a wildlife biologist]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bcs-endangered-killer-whales-need-winter-chinook-salmon-to-survive-study/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 03:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bcs-endangered-killer-whales-need-winter-chinook-salmon-to-survive-study/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joint Canada-U.S. Rescue Operation Saves 31 People On Sinking Ship]]></title><description><![CDATA[HALIFAX &mdash; Canadian and American rescuers are describing a tightly choreographed effort in heaving Atlantic seas that saved 31 seafarers early Wednesday before an offshore scallop dragger sank off Nova Scotia.The hoisting of the crew aboard the 39-metre FV Atlantic Destiny onto helicopters began late Tuesday night and extended into the next morning after the ship caught fire at sea south of Yarmouth, N.S.Lt.-Cmdr. Edward Forys, commander of a United States Coast Guard fixed-wing aircraft th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/joint-canada-us-rescue-operation-saves-31-people-on-sinking-ship/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 02:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/joint-canada-us-rescue-operation-saves-31-people-on-sinking-ship/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Provinces Can Wait 4 Months To Give 2nd COVID Vaccine Dose: Advisory Panel]]></title><description><![CDATA[A national panel of vaccine experts recommended Wednesday that provinces extend the interval between the two doses of a COVID-19 shot to quickly inoculate more people, as the prime minister expressed optimism that vaccination timelines could be sped up.In laying out its new guidelines, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization said extending the dose interval to four months would create opportunities to protect the entire adult population against the virus within a short time frame.As many]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/provinces-can-wait-4-months-to-give-2nd-covid-vaccine-dose-advisory-panel/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 02:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/provinces-can-wait-4-months-to-give-2nd-covid-vaccine-dose-advisory-panel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doug Ford Refuses To Commit To Potentially Life-Saving Vaccination Strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Two ministers and the premier took a stab at answering the same question from NDP Leader Andrea Horwath at Queen&rsquo;s Park Wednesday. But none of them gave her what she was looking for &mdash; a commitment to prioritize COVID-19 vaccinations for people in the highest-risk neighbourhoods.Ontario&rsquo;s 34 local public health units have been charged with administering vaccines, but it&rsquo;s the provincial government that designed the rollout plan and identified priority popul]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-ford-refuses-to-commit-to-potentially-life-saving-vaccination-strategy/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 23:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-ford-refuses-to-commit-to-potentially-life-saving-vaccination-strategy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abortion Advocates In New Brunswick Score Another Small Victory]]></title><description><![CDATA[The fight for abortion access in New Brunswick has been a long one. But advocates just scored a big win: for the second time, the federal government is cutting funds to the province as retaliation for their treatment of abortion.Health Canada announced last week that it would withhold&nbsp;$140,216 in health transfers from New Brunswick. The reason, they stated explicitly, was because the province refused to cover the cost of abortions outside of hospitals, forcing those patients to to pay out-o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/abortion-advocates-in-new-brunswick-score-another-small-victory/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 23:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/abortion-advocates-in-new-brunswick-score-another-small-victory/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taste-Testing Ikea’s Meatballs, Veggie Balls And New Plant Balls]]></title><description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s a new plant-based meat alternative in town.&nbsp;While chains like A&amp;W have championed the Beyond Burger and other futuristic meat creations in Canada, one beloved animal product has remained largely untouched. Until now.Ikea&#65279;, the Swedish build-it-yourself furniture chain known for wordless instructions and 99-cent frozen yogurt is also well-known for its Swedish meatballs. According to the chain, they sell over one billion meatballs a year worldwide.&nbsp;The furniture]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/taste-testing-ikeas-meatballs-veggie-balls-and-new-plant-balls/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 23:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/taste-testing-ikeas-meatballs-veggie-balls-and-new-plant-balls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hilaria And Alec Baldwin’s 6th Baby Allegedly Carried By A Surrogate: People Magazine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finally, the mystery of Hilaria Baldwin&rsquo;s months-apart babies has been solved. Sort of.&nbsp;The mom &mdash; who made headlines last year when her fake Spanish heritage&nbsp; came to light &mdash; shared the news on Monday that she and husband Alec Baldwin had just welcomed a baby named Lucia. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Hilaria Thomas Baldwin (@hilariabaldwin)&ldquo;We are so in love with our daughter, Lucia,&rdquo; Baldwin wrote in an Instagram caption, accompanying a clo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/hilaria-and-alec-baldwins-6th-baby-allegedly-carried-by-a-surrogate-people-magazine/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 23:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/hilaria-and-alec-baldwins-6th-baby-allegedly-carried-by-a-surrogate-people-magazine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harjit Sajjan Knew About Vance Misconduct Allegations In 2018: Ex-Watchdog]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Former military ombudsman Gary Walbourne told a parliamentary committee Wednesday that he informed Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan of allegations of misconduct against Gen. Jonathan Vance during a &ldquo;hostile&rdquo; closed-door meeting three years ago.Walbourne&rsquo;s remarks appear to contradict Sajjan&rsquo;s own testimony to the same committee Feb. 19, when he said he was as surprised as anyone when Global News first reported Vance&rsquo;s alleged misconduct in early Februar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/harjit-sajjan-knew-about-vance-misconduct-allegations-in-2018-ex-watchdog/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 22:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/harjit-sajjan-knew-about-vance-misconduct-allegations-in-2018-ex-watchdog/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario's African Lion Safari Tops List Of Zoos Accused Of Elephant Mistreatment]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Canadian zoo&nbsp;known for its retro commercials is getting taken to task over the way it treats its elephants.Advocacy group In Defense of Animals gave African Lion Safari the number one spot on its 2020 list of the worst North American zoos for elephants to live in.&nbsp;The group maintains all elephants in zoos should be released into accredited wildlife sanctuaries.&nbsp;The zoo &mdash; which can be found on &ldquo;Highway 8, between Hamilton and Cambridge, Ontario&rdquo; as anyone in the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-african-lion-safari-tops-list-of-zoos-accused-of-elephant-mistreatment/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-african-lion-safari-tops-list-of-zoos-accused-of-elephant-mistreatment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Optimistic Canada’s September Vaccination Goal Can Move Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he&rsquo;s optimistic Canada&rsquo;s COVID-19 immunization timeline could be accelerated after President Joe Biden&rsquo;s announcement that the U.S. will have enough vaccines for all adults by the end of May.Trudeau said Canada reached a milestone this week with two million COVID-19 vaccines administered across the country. He repeated a promise that every Canadian adult who wants a vaccine will be able to receive a shot by the end of September.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-optimistic-canadas-september-vaccination-goal-can-move-up/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-optimistic-canadas-september-vaccination-goal-can-move-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively Donate $250K To Group Helping Indigenous Youth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have donated $250,000 to a Canadian group that mentors Indigenous youth.Influence Mentoring&nbsp;offers support to Indigenous students looking for job opportunities by matching them with mentors who will help them in their field. The mentors are not all Indigenous, but they act according to a &ldquo;spirit of reconciliation,&rdquo; chairperson Colby Delorme said.The organization says it&rsquo;s guided by the calls to action put forward by the Truth and Reconciliati]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ryan-reynolds-blake-lively-donate-250k-to-group-helping-indigenous-youth/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ryan-reynolds-blake-lively-donate-250k-to-group-helping-indigenous-youth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The U.S. Is Beating Canada In The COVID-19 Vaccine Race And Canadians Are Jealous]]></title><description><![CDATA[We Canadians love to compare ourselves to the United States. Whether it&rsquo;s mocking their cable news networks, celebrating our health-care system or just generally feeling high and mighty during the age of Donald Trump, saying &ldquo;at least we&rsquo;re not like the U.S.&rdquo; is basically a part of our national identity by now.&nbsp;But sometimes when you build your entire national identity based on comparing yourself favourably to you southern neighbours, the tables take a turn and you f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-us-is-beating-canada-in-the-covid-19-vaccine-race-and-canadians-are-jealous/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 20:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-us-is-beating-canada-in-the-covid-19-vaccine-race-and-canadians-are-jealous/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservative MP David Sweet Joins Ontario MPP Roman Baber's Fight Against Lockdowns]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash;&nbsp;Longtime Conservative MP David Sweet is joining a maverick Ontario MPP&rsquo;s controversial fight against lockdown measures.&nbsp;Restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19 have caused &ldquo;incalculable suffering for all Canadians,&rdquo; Sweet said at a press conference with MPP Roman Baber at Queen&rsquo;s Park Wednesday.&nbsp;&ldquo;These many restrictions are causing unparalleled risk to Canadians physically. Lockdowns, by their nature, are a threat to mental health,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/conservative-mp-david-sweet-joins-ontario-mpp-roman-babers-fight-against-lockdowns/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/conservative-mp-david-sweet-joins-ontario-mpp-roman-babers-fight-against-lockdowns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even Liberals Are Urging Trudeau To Rule Out Calling Pandemic Election]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A House of Commons committee is unanimously urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to promise he won&rsquo;t call a federal election while the COVID-19 pandemic rages across Canada.In a report by the procedure and House affairs committee, even Liberal members supported a recommendation calling for a commitment that there will be no election during the pandemic, unless Trudeau&rsquo;s minority Liberal government is defeated on a confidence vote.The committee makes no similar call for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/even-liberals-are-urging-trudeau-to-rule-out-calling-pandemic-election/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 18:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/even-liberals-are-urging-trudeau-to-rule-out-calling-pandemic-election/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alex Minassian, Driver In Toronto Van Attack, Found Guilty On All Counts At Trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO&nbsp;&mdash; A man who killed 10 people and injured 16 others by deliberately driving a van down a Toronto sidewalk has been found guilty on all counts at his trial.Alek Minassian had pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 of attempted murder.He argued he should be found not criminally responsible for his actions on April 23, 2018, due to his autism spectrum disorder.The 28-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., admitted to planning and carrying out the attack, leaving]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alex-minassian-driver-in-toronto-van-attack-found-guilty-on-all-counts-at-trial/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alex-minassian-driver-in-toronto-van-attack-found-guilty-on-all-counts-at-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alek Minassian, Driver In Toronto Van Attack, Found Guilty On All Counts At Trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO&nbsp;&mdash; A man who killed 10 people and injured 16 others by deliberately driving a van down a busy Toronto sidewalk was found guilty in the attack on Wednesday.Alek Minassian had admitted to planning and carrying out the attack on April 23, 2018, but had argued he should be found not criminally responsible for his actions because he is autistic.The 28-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder.Justice A]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alek-minassian-driver-in-toronto-van-attack-found-guilty-on-all-counts-at-trial/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alek-minassian-driver-in-toronto-van-attack-found-guilty-on-all-counts-at-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lockdown With My Teen Made Me Fall In Love With Music Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[When we first went into lockdown, a year ago the whole family struggled, but it was especially hard on my 18-year-old. On top of navigating a sea of loss in her final year of high school, she was desperately trying to become her own person &#8213; as you&rsquo;re biologically programmed to do at that age. But it&rsquo;s hard to answer questions like &ldquo;Who am I?&rdquo; when you&rsquo;re stuck in the house 24/7 with your mother. As much as she wanted her space, I was kind of all she had. She]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/lockdown-with-my-teen-made-me-fall-in-love-with-music-again/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/lockdown-with-my-teen-made-me-fall-in-love-with-music-again/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AstraZeneca Vaccine Lands In Canada With Questions Around Who Should Get It]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are set to arrive in Canada Wednesday as confusion persists over who should get it.Canada is to receive 500,000 doses of the vaccine, the third approved for use in Canada, from the Serum Institute of India.But questions about who should receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine continue amid conflicting guidance about its use.Health Canada last week authorized its use for all adult Canadians, but the National Advisory Committ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/astrazeneca-vaccine-lands-in-canada-with-questions-around-who-should-get-it/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/astrazeneca-vaccine-lands-in-canada-with-questions-around-who-should-get-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greater Toronto's Average House Price Passes $1 Million]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &#8213; The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says the housing market remained on fire in February with the average price surpassing $1 million for the first time.The real estate board says February home sales reached 10,970, a 52.5 per cent jump from the 7,193 homes sold in the same month last year.The average selling price was up by 14.9 per cent to $1,045,488, an increase from $910,142 in 2020 as price changes were higher in the 905 area code than in 416.Watch: Fire-damaged home sell]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/greater-torontos-average-house-price-passes-1-million/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/greater-torontos-average-house-price-passes-1-million/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greater Toronto&amp;#039;s Average House Price Passes $1 Million]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &#8213; The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says the housing market remained on fire in February with the average price surpassing $1 million for the first time.The real estate board says February home sales reached 10,970, a 52.5 per cent jump from the 7,193 homes sold in the same month last year.The average selling price was up by 14.9 per cent to $1,045,488, an increase from $910,142 in 2020 as price changes were higher in the 905 area code than in 416.Watch: Fire-damaged home sell]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/greater-torontoamp039s-average-house-price-passes-1-million/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/greater-torontoamp039s-average-house-price-passes-1-million/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Whistleblower Law Ranks Dead Last In International Rankings]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada is at the bottom of an international ranking of countries with whistleblower protection, lagging behind Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Botswana.&nbsp;A report released Tuesday by the U.S.-based Government Accountability Project and the U.K.-based International Bar Association surveyed whistleblowing frameworks in 37 countries with such laws to determine whether they are actually working.What they found is that they are not.&nbsp;&ldquo;Too often the rights that look impressive o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-whistleblower-law-ranks-dead-last-in-international-rankings/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 03:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-whistleblower-law-ranks-dead-last-in-international-rankings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada&amp;#039;s Whistleblower Law Ranks Dead Last In International Rankings]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada is at the bottom of an international ranking of countries with whistleblower protection, lagging behind Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Botswana.&nbsp;A report released Tuesday by the U.S.-based Government Accountability Project and the U.K.-based International Bar Association surveyed whistleblowing frameworks in 37 countries with such laws to determine whether they are actually working.What they found is that they are not.&nbsp;&ldquo;Too often the rights that look impressive o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadaamp039s-whistleblower-law-ranks-dead-last-in-international-rankings/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 03:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadaamp039s-whistleblower-law-ranks-dead-last-in-international-rankings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's Coming And Going From Netflix Canada In March 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s truly mind-blowing that it&rsquo;s been almost a full year since we all binged &ldquo;Tiger King.&rdquo; There are so many examples of how time is meaningless now, but the fact the documentary series dropped on Netflix last March is hard to comprehend.This March, we&rsquo;re looking forward to the documentaries. There are documentaries about murder in the Mormon community, about Biggie Smalls,&nbsp;about Blockbuster and about the college admissions scandal. Even without Joe Exotic, it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/whats-coming-and-going-from-netflix-canada-in-march-2021/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 02:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/whats-coming-and-going-from-netflix-canada-in-march-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What&amp;#039;s Coming And Going From Netflix Canada In March 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s truly mind-blowing that it&rsquo;s been almost a full year since we all binged &ldquo;Tiger King.&rdquo; There are so many examples of how time is meaningless now, but the fact the documentary series dropped on Netflix last March is hard to comprehend.This March, we&rsquo;re looking forward to the documentaries. There are documentaries about murder in the Mormon community, about Biggie Smalls,&nbsp;about Blockbuster and about the college admissions scandal. Even without Joe Exotic, it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/whatamp039s-coming-and-going-from-netflix-canada-in-march-2021/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 02:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/whatamp039s-coming-and-going-from-netflix-canada-in-march-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: March 2, 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: March 2, 2021]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-march-2-2021/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 23:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-march-2-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s Housing Market &lsquo;Far From Risk-Free,&amp;#039; RBC Says As Vancouver Sales Soar 73%]]></title><description><![CDATA[February looks to have been another red-hot month in Canada&rsquo;s housing markets, and as the bidding wars and price hikes pile up, some market observers are trying to cool the temperature a little.The market &ldquo;is far from risk-free,&rdquo; RBC Economics warned in a report issued Tuesday.Last year&rsquo;s predictions of a housing downturn may have proved wrong, but now&nbsp;&ldquo;the main near-term risk is overheating, not price collapse,&rdquo; economist Robert Hogue wrote. &ldquo;Super]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadarsquos-housing-market-lsquofar-from-risk-freeamp039-rbc-says-as-vancouver-sales-soar-73/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 23:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadarsquos-housing-market-lsquofar-from-risk-freeamp039-rbc-says-as-vancouver-sales-soar-73/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s Housing Market &lsquo;Far From Risk-Free,' RBC Says As Vancouver Sales Soar 73%]]></title><description><![CDATA[February looks to have been another red-hot month in Canada&rsquo;s housing markets, and as the bidding wars and price hikes pile up, some market observers are trying to cool the temperature a little.The market &ldquo;is far from risk-free,&rdquo; RBC Economics warned in a report issued Tuesday.Last year&rsquo;s predictions of a housing downturn may have proved wrong, but now&nbsp;&ldquo;the main near-term risk is overheating, not price collapse,&rdquo; economist Robert Hogue wrote. &ldquo;Super]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadarsquos-housing-market-lsquofar-from-risk-free-rbc-says-as-vancouver-sales-soar-73/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 23:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadarsquos-housing-market-lsquofar-from-risk-free-rbc-says-as-vancouver-sales-soar-73/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NDP Government Would Bring In Hiring Bonus For Small Businesses: Singh]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA _ Jagmeet Singh is promising a federal NDP government would provide more support for small businesses struggling during the pandemic, including paying bonuses to companies that hire new employees or bring back those who have been laid off.Singh unveiled the promises during a campaign-style event in British Columbia on Tuesday, less than a week after he said the New Democrats would not provoke an election as long as the COVID-19 pandemic persists.The federal NDP leader said last week that]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ndp-government-would-bring-in-hiring-bonus-for-small-businesses-singh/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ndp-government-would-bring-in-hiring-bonus-for-small-businesses-singh/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Family Captures Their Quarantine Hotel Journey In Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[When his mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer and his father fell and suffered a head injury, Dr. Ahmad Alkhatib saw no other choice but to travel to support them in Dubai.&nbsp;He, his wife Yasmin Al Hadithi and their three-year-old daughter Aline flew out of Toronto Pearson International Airport on Feb. 12 &mdash; the same day Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that all travellers entering Canada would soon be required to quarantine for three days in a hotel or until they got a negat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-family-captures-their-quarantine-hotel-journey-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-family-captures-their-quarantine-hotel-journey-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britney Spears Explains Why She Rarely Posts Photos Of Her 2 Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s a reason Britney Spears doesn&rsquo;t share photos of her two kids on social media, she said this week: She wants to protect their privacy.On Instagram on Monday, the singer shared a rare view into her family life. She posted two photos of herself with her sons Sean Preston, 15, and Jayden James, 14. Britney and the boys are standing in a field, the two boys wearing masks, and Britney has hers pulled down to her chin.In the caption, Spears explained her decision.&ldquo;I haven&rsqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/britney-spears-explains-why-she-rarely-posts-photos-of-her-2-kids/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/britney-spears-explains-why-she-rarely-posts-photos-of-her-2-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How CERB, EI and CRB Will Affect Your Taxes In The Age Of COVID-19]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s tax time in Canada. While the turning of the calendar pages to March and April usually brings a slew of questions around deductions, T4s and taxation, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown an additional wrench into the things.According to Statistics Canada, COVID-19 relief benefits put an extra $2,500 cash into the pockets of middle-income households. Between March 15 and Oct. 3, the federal government paid out more than $81.6 billion in Canada Emergency Response Benefits (CERB) to 8.9 mil]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-cerb-ei-and-crb-will-affect-your-taxes-in-the-age-of-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 20:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-cerb-ei-and-crb-will-affect-your-taxes-in-the-age-of-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Star Of ‘The Crown’ Thrilled By Prince Harry’s Reaction To The Show]]></title><description><![CDATA[Emma Corrin, who just won a Golden Globe for playing Princess Diana in the fourth season of &ldquo;The Crown,&rdquo; said she&rsquo;s &ldquo;incredibly moved&rdquo; by Prince Harry&rsquo;s reaction to the show.&ldquo;I saw the interview that he did with James Corden and ... I felt incredibly grateful to him. I actually am incredibly moved by what he said,&rdquo; Corrin told reporters after winning at Sunday&rsquo;s awards ceremony,&nbsp;according to People.&nbsp;&ldquo;The way he spoke about it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/star-of-the-crown-thrilled-by-prince-harrys-reaction-to-the-show/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/star-of-the-crown-thrilled-by-prince-harrys-reaction-to-the-show/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As A Black Man, It’s Time For Me To Look Beyond Loyalty To The Liberals]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the outset of my nomination campaign, I was brimming with optimism. I imagined myself winning in the 2022 provincial election, making speeches and writing my first private members bill. The last thing I expected was to be withdrawing my candidacy seven months later, and requesting for my application fees to be returned.As a nomination contestant for the Ontario Liberals, I had a front-row seat to unwelcoming and discouraging behaviour that changed my outlook on the party, and all of Canada&rs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/as-a-black-man-its-time-for-me-to-look-beyond-loyalty-to-the-liberals/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/as-a-black-man-its-time-for-me-to-look-beyond-loyalty-to-the-liberals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Minister Didn't Go Public With COVID Concerns Despite Early Insight]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario&rsquo;s long-term care minister said she didn&rsquo;t go public early last year with concerns about COVID-19 spreading in nursing homes because she didn&rsquo;t consider herself an authority on the emerging threat.Merrilee Fullerton faced criticism from all three opposition parties Monday after newly released transcripts showed she told Ontario&rsquo;s long-term care commission she was aware of the dangers the novel coronavirus posed to the sector long before it was decla]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-minister-didnt-go-public-with-covid-concerns-despite-early-insight/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-minister-didnt-go-public-with-covid-concerns-despite-early-insight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Minister Didn&amp;#039;t Go Public With COVID Concerns Despite Early Insight]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario&rsquo;s long-term care minister said she didn&rsquo;t go public early last year with concerns about COVID-19 spreading in nursing homes because she didn&rsquo;t consider herself an authority on the emerging threat.Merrilee Fullerton faced criticism from all three opposition parties Monday after newly released transcripts showed she told Ontario&rsquo;s long-term care commission she was aware of the dangers the novel coronavirus posed to the sector long before it was decla]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-minister-didnamp039t-go-public-with-covid-concerns-despite-early-insight/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-minister-didnamp039t-go-public-with-covid-concerns-despite-early-insight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most Canadians Optimistic About Federal Vaccine Rollout Plan, Poll Suggests]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A majority of Canadians believe Ottawa will follow through on its plan to provide enough COVID-19 vaccine doses for everyone who wants a shot by the fall, a new poll suggests.Fifty-six per cent of respondents are confident the federal government can buy enough vaccine to ensure inoculation for those who seek it by September, according to an online survey by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies.Canadians on both coasts and in Quebec were optimistic about their provinces&r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/most-canadians-optimistic-about-federal-vaccine-rollout-plan-poll-suggests/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/most-canadians-optimistic-about-federal-vaccine-rollout-plan-poll-suggests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Economy Off To Roaring Start After Worst Year On Record]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s economy posted a surprisingly strong January after clocking its worst year on record in 2020, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.The economy grew 0.5 per cent in the first month of the year, much faster than the 0.1 per cent seen in December, on the strength of manufacturing and construction, StatCan said in a preliminary estimate for the month. Final numbers will be released March 31.With final data in for December, the agency calculated that Canada&rsquo;s economy shrank 5.4 per cen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-economy-off-to-roaring-start-after-worst-year-on-record/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 15:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-economy-off-to-roaring-start-after-worst-year-on-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada&amp;#039;s Economy Off To Roaring Start After Worst Year On Record]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s economy posted a surprisingly strong January after clocking its worst year on record in 2020, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.The economy grew 0.5 per cent in the first month of the year, much faster than the 0.1 per cent seen in December, on the strength of manufacturing and construction, StatCan said in a preliminary estimate for the month. Final numbers will be released March 31.With final data in for December, the agency calculated that Canada&rsquo;s economy shrank 5.4 per cen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadaamp039s-economy-off-to-roaring-start-after-worst-year-on-record/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 15:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadaamp039s-economy-off-to-roaring-start-after-worst-year-on-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Shouldn’t Be Used On Seniors, Experts Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A national panel of vaccine experts says provinces should not use the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on seniors, opening the door for provinces to start vaccinating younger populations with the newly authorized vaccine much earlier than expected.But similar advice initially issued in Europe began to be revisited Monday, with France overturning its earlier decision against using it on seniors, and Germany in the midst of reconsidering it.The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was auth]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine-shouldnt-be-used-on-seniors-experts-say/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine-shouldnt-be-used-on-seniors-experts-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Mom Is TikTok Famous For Her Frozen Lake Dance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like many parents, Ontario mom Carly Stasko gets stressed out by the never-ending headache that is&nbsp;homeschooling.&ldquo;The daytime is always a juggle between helping them out, making lunch, and keeping them motivated,&rdquo; Stasko told HuffPost Canada.So when her children&rsquo;s screens are put away, Stasko has turned to a daily routine that has turned her into a TikTok star: Dancing on a frozen lake, in the middle of Canadian winter.&nbsp;The 43-year-old workshop facilitator and freelan]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-mom-is-tiktok-famous-for-her-frozen-lake-dance/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 02:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-mom-is-tiktok-famous-for-her-frozen-lake-dance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: March 1, 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: March 1, 2021]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-march-1-2021/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 01:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-march-1-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Immunization Centres Flooded With Calls As Vaccine Rollout On Horizon]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; COVID-19 vaccine booking portals and immunization centres in several Ontario regions were flooded with tens of thousands of calls and reservations Monday as they moved ahead with their plans to vaccinate the general public.In York Region, where those aged 80 and older could start scheduling and receiving their shots in the morning, vaccination clinics were fully booked just two hours after they started taking appointments.A spokesman said approximately 20,000 appointments were ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-immunization-centres-flooded-with-calls-as-vaccine-rollout-on-horizon/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 23:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-immunization-centres-flooded-with-calls-as-vaccine-rollout-on-horizon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID-19 Benefits Gave Households Up To $3,000 In Extra Cash: StatsCan]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A new Statistics Canada report Monday says the value of COVID-19-related support measures exceeded many Canadians&rsquo; loss in income, and put approximately $2,500 in extra cash into the pockets of middle-income households.&nbsp;Middle-income households averaged just over $71,000 in earnings in the year before the pandemic. Statisticians used 2019 data to forecast household well-being for the first three quarters of 2020, finding the pandemic and the related income support led t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-19-benefits-gave-households-up-to-3000-in-extra-cash-statscan/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 22:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-19-benefits-gave-households-up-to-3000-in-extra-cash-statscan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Residents Will Get 1st COVID-19 Vaccine Dose By July, As 2nd Doses Delayed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every British Columbian who wants it should have their first COVID-19 vaccine shot by the end of July.B.C. chief medical officer of health Dr. Bonnie Henry announced Monday that the province will delay second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by up to four months in order to get as many people their first jab as possible.Barring any complications with shipments or procurement, the province&rsquo;s entire adult population should be able to get their shots by the end of July, significantly moving up t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-residents-will-get-1st-covid-19-vaccine-dose-by-july-as-2nd-doses-delayed/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 22:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-residents-will-get-1st-covid-19-vaccine-dose-by-july-as-2nd-doses-delayed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reg&eacute;-Jean Page Continues Dan Levy&rsquo;s Sweet Host Gesture On 'SNL']]></title><description><![CDATA[Showrunner and actor Dan Levy &mdash; whose comedy series &ldquo;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek&rdquo;&nbsp;struck gold twice at the Golden Globes on Sunday&nbsp;&mdash; is responsible for late-night TV&rsquo;s newest tradition.Fresh off his &ldquo;Saturday Night Live&rdquo; debut on Feb. 6, Levy left a sticky note filled with words of encouragement for the upcoming host, actor Regina King.King came across the note on a mirror the following week. She shared what he wrote and how much she loved it on Insta]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/regeacute-jean-page-continues-dan-levyrsquos-sweet-host-gesture-on-snl/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 22:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/regeacute-jean-page-continues-dan-levyrsquos-sweet-host-gesture-on-snl/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reg&eacute;-Jean Page Continues Dan Levy&rsquo;s Sweet Host Gesture On &amp;#039;SNL&amp;#039;]]></title><description><![CDATA[Showrunner and actor Dan Levy &mdash; whose comedy series &ldquo;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek&rdquo;&nbsp;struck gold twice at the Golden Globes on Sunday&nbsp;&mdash; is responsible for late-night TV&rsquo;s newest tradition.Fresh off his &ldquo;Saturday Night Live&rdquo; debut on Feb. 6, Levy left a sticky note filled with words of encouragement for the upcoming host, actor Regina King.King came across the note on a mirror the following week. She shared what he wrote and how much she loved it on Insta]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/regeacute-jean-page-continues-dan-levyrsquos-sweet-host-gesture-on-amp039snlamp039/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 22:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/regeacute-jean-page-continues-dan-levyrsquos-sweet-host-gesture-on-amp039snlamp039/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 2021, Asian-Canadians Document Hate Crimes To Be Believed]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; At the start of the pandemic, Kyungseo Min alerted a journalist to the wave of anti-Asian hostility she experienced and observed. But without concrete data, she was told her story wasn&rsquo;t newsworthy.&nbsp;At the time, Montreal police claimed there was no uptick in hate crimes against Asians, Min told HuffPost Canada in an interview. Without statistics, it meant these incidents didn&rsquo;t officially exist.Frustrated, Min took it upon herself to gather incident reports in Q]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/in-2021-asian-canadians-document-hate-crimes-to-be-believed/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 22:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/in-2021-asian-canadians-document-hate-crimes-to-be-believed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians Can Expect A Mild Spring Across The Country: Weather Network]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadians across the country can look forward to a mild spring peppered with the odd winter flashback throughout the first part of the season, according to predictions from one prominent national forecaster.Chris Scott, chief meteorologist with The Weather Network, said Canadians can count on some sunny days to put a bounce in their step after a long winter.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s going to be some challenges. We&rsquo;re not out of the woods for winter, but we&rsquo;ve certainly put the worst behin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-can-expect-a-mild-spring-across-the-country-weather-network/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 16:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-can-expect-a-mild-spring-across-the-country-weather-network/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vaccine Boost Coming This Week With Newly Approved AstraZeneca Delivery]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal government hopes to start receiving doses of AstraZeneca&rsquo;s recently approved COVID-19 vaccine this week as the flood of shots that flowed into Canada from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna last week partially subsides.Health Canada announced on Friday that it had approved the AstraZeneca vaccine, the third COVID-19 shot to have received regulatory approval since the start of the pandemic.Canada has ordered 24 million doses of the vaccine, with the majority to be delive]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/vaccine-boost-coming-this-week-with-newly-approved-astrazeneca-delivery/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/vaccine-boost-coming-this-week-with-newly-approved-astrazeneca-delivery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince Philip Moved To London Hospital For Further Treatment]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON &mdash; Prince Philip has been transferred to another London hospital to continue treatment for an infection, Buckingham Palace said Monday.The palace says Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, was transferred from King Edward VII&rsquo;s Hospital to St. Bartholomew&rsquo;s Hospital. The Bart&rsquo;s Heart Centre is Europe&rsquo;s biggest specialized cardiovascular centre, the National Health Service said.In addition to treatment for an unspecified infection, he will also]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-philip-moved-to-london-hospital-for-further-treatment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 14:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-philip-moved-to-london-hospital-for-further-treatment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catherine O&rsquo;Hara's Golden Globes Speech Was Comedic Perfection, Of Course]]></title><description><![CDATA[Catherine O&rsquo;Hara sticks the landing once again, with her near-legendary commitment to Zoom theatre. The Canadian comedic legend won her first Golden Globe &mdash; seriously! &mdash; for Best Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy, for her splendiferous work as daytime TV actress and socialite-turned-local smalltown politician, Moira Rose, on &ldquo;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek&rdquo; on Sunday. But it&rsquo;s her acceptance speech which leaves a real impression.O&rsquo;Hara learned of h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/catherine-orsquoharas-golden-globes-speech-was-comedic-perfection-of-course/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 05:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/catherine-orsquoharas-golden-globes-speech-was-comedic-perfection-of-course/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catherine O&rsquo;Hara&amp;#039;s Golden Globes Speech Was Comedic Perfection, Of Course]]></title><description><![CDATA[Catherine O&rsquo;Hara sticks the landing once again, with her near-legendary commitment to Zoom theatre. The Canadian comedic legend won her first Golden Globe &mdash; seriously! &mdash; for Best Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy, for her splendiferous work as daytime TV actress and socialite-turned-local smalltown politician, Moira Rose, on &ldquo;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek&rdquo; on Sunday. But it&rsquo;s her acceptance speech which leaves a real impression.O&rsquo;Hara learned of h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/catherine-orsquoharaamp039s-golden-globes-speech-was-comedic-perfection-of-course/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 05:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/catherine-orsquoharaamp039s-golden-globes-speech-was-comedic-perfection-of-course/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Is La'Ron Hines From TikTok And The Golden Globes?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There were definitely some rough spots at Sunday night&rsquo;s Golden Globes: the tech issues, the jokes that acknowledged the HFPA&rsquo;s diversity problems, the &ldquo;Emily in Paris&rdquo; nomination.But there were some highlights, too. Along with the multiple wins for &ldquo;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek,&rdquo; one sweet moment involved La&rsquo;Ron Hines talking to little kids who definitely don&rsquo;t know what the Golden Globes are.The real stars of the #GoldenGlobespic.twitter.com/Il1h18KxIs&m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/who-is-laron-hines-from-tiktok-and-the-golden-globes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 04:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/who-is-laron-hines-from-tiktok-and-the-golden-globes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Is La&amp;#039;Ron Hines From TikTok And The Golden Globes?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There were definitely some rough spots at Sunday night&rsquo;s Golden Globes: the tech issues, the jokes that acknowledged the HFPA&rsquo;s diversity problems, the &ldquo;Emily in Paris&rdquo; nomination.But there were some highlights, too. Along with the multiple wins for &ldquo;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek,&rdquo; one sweet moment involved La&rsquo;Ron Hines talking to little kids who definitely don&rsquo;t know what the Golden Globes are.The real stars of the #GoldenGlobespic.twitter.com/Il1h18KxIs&m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/who-is-laamp039ron-hines-from-tiktok-and-the-golden-globes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 04:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/who-is-laamp039ron-hines-from-tiktok-and-the-golden-globes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting-Ready Pics Make For A Very Intimate Golden Globes Red Carpet]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pandemic-era Golden Globes&nbsp;were a little different than usual.&nbsp;Tina Fey and Amy Poehler co-hosted the 78th annual ceremony in a physically-distanced way: Fey from the Rockefeller Centre in New York, and Poehler from the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.As for the winners, most of them stayed in the comfort of their own homes, where they presented awards and delivered their speeches. There were a few rare celebrities who will walk the red carpet, though.Before the ceremony started,&nbs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/getting-ready-pics-make-for-a-very-intimate-golden-globes-red-carpet/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 02:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/getting-ready-pics-make-for-a-very-intimate-golden-globes-red-carpet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inuit Midwives Say They Quit Birthing Centre After Years Of Mistreatment]]></title><description><![CDATA[IQALUIT, Nunavut &mdash; Cas Augaarjuk Connelly and Rachel Qiliqti Kaludjak never wanted to stop working at a Nunavut birthing centre, but they say years of mistreatment, racism and a lack of support from their government left them no choice.Both are nationally certified midwives, the first Inuit in Canada to hold such credentials, and for the last six years were the only ones to offer labour support full time in Rankin Inlet.&ldquo;It was our dream and our passion. I really had visions of retir]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/inuit-midwives-say-they-quit-birthing-centre-after-years-of-mistreatment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/inuit-midwives-say-they-quit-birthing-centre-after-years-of-mistreatment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Quick Reminder That The Golden Globes Are A Scam]]></title><description><![CDATA[In normal, non-plague years, the Golden Globes are a fun awards show to watch. They honour movies and TV, so there are a lot of good categories and relatively little filler. (Sorry, sound-mixing enthusiasts.)Unlike the Oscars or the Emmys, the awards typically happen over dinner. That means the celebrities are drinking throughout, and often get looser and more fun towards the end of the night. Take, for instance, Emma Thompson presenting a screenplay award barefoot with a martini in her hand, to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-quick-reminder-that-the-golden-globes-are-a-scam/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 23:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-quick-reminder-that-the-golden-globes-are-a-scam/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Program Tackles Vaccine Hesitancy By Connecting Experts With Community]]></title><description><![CDATA[When it comes to vaccine hesitancy, misinformation and mistrust sparked by &ldquo;medical racism&rdquo; are among issues confronting scientists, doctors and community groups trying to provide assurance as immunization programs roll out across Canada.Dina Guarin, 56, hasn&rsquo;t decided if she&rsquo;ll get vaccinated but said her sister, a nurse in Seattle, has already been immunized.&ldquo;Will it be safe? Will it really keep us from getting COVID?&rdquo; Guarin said from Vancouver.She said she]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-program-tackles-vaccine-hesitancy-by-connecting-experts-with-community/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-program-tackles-vaccine-hesitancy-by-connecting-experts-with-community/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is A Federal Election Coming? The Way The Parties Are Acting Might Suggest So]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; All federal party leaders maintain they don&rsquo;t want an election in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic but the Conservatives appear to be pursuing a strategy that could give the Liberals justification for calling one.Liberals are accusing the Conservatives of systematically blocking the government&rsquo;s legislative agenda, including bills authorizing billions in pandemic-related aid and special measures for safely conducting a national election.The Conservatives counter that]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/is-a-federal-election-coming-the-way-the-parties-are-acting-might-suggest-so/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 21:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/is-a-federal-election-coming-the-way-the-parties-are-acting-might-suggest-so/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toronto’s Vaccine Plan Will Prioritize Homeless People]]></title><description><![CDATA[Toronto will begin vaccinating people experiencing homelessness against COVID-19 this week.&nbsp;The province gave the city the green light to prioritize people in its shelter system, as more doses of the vaccine are set to arrive soon, Toronto said in a statement Sunday. Doses will first be supplied to shelters facing the highest risk of COVID-19 outbreaks.&nbsp;Thank you to the provincial government for working with us to begin vaccinating our homeless population.<br />
I'm proud of the work being d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/torontos-vaccine-plan-will-prioritize-homeless-people/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 19:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/torontos-vaccine-plan-will-prioritize-homeless-people/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Households Are Sitting On $100 Billion In Extra Savings. Where Will The Money Go?]]></title><description><![CDATA[With little to do in the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada&rsquo;s households have run up an all-time record high cash pile, about $100 billion more in savings than they otherwise would have had, economists at CIBC say.&ldquo;The government of Canada is counting on you to ignite a strong recovery by spending that money when it&rsquo;s safe to do so,&rdquo; economists Benjamin Tal and Katherine Judge wrote in a report issued Friday.Of course, not everyone has shared equally in this new cash bonanza, and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-households-are-sitting-on-100-billion-in-extra-savings-where-will-the-money-go/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 15:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-households-are-sitting-on-100-billion-in-extra-savings-where-will-the-money-go/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Quebec River Has Been Granted Rights And Legal 'Personhood']]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; With its kilometres of rapids and deep blue waters winding through Quebec&rsquo;s Cote-Nord region, the Magpie river has long been a culturally significant spot for the Innu of Ekuanitshit.Now the river, a majestic, world-renowned whitewater rafting destination, has been granted legal personhood status in a bid to protect it from future threats, such as hydro development. Its new status means the body of water could theoretically sue the government.On Feb. 16, the regional munic]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-quebec-river-has-been-granted-rights-and-legal-personhood/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-quebec-river-has-been-granted-rights-and-legal-personhood/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Quebec River Has Been Granted Rights And Legal &amp;#039;Personhood&amp;#039;]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; With its kilometres of rapids and deep blue waters winding through Quebec&rsquo;s Cote-Nord region, the Magpie river has long been a culturally significant spot for the Innu of Ekuanitshit.Now the river, a majestic, world-renowned whitewater rafting destination, has been granted legal personhood status in a bid to protect it from future threats, such as hydro development. Its new status means the body of water could theoretically sue the government.On Feb. 16, the regional munic]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-quebec-river-has-been-granted-rights-and-legal-amp039personhoodamp039/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-quebec-river-has-been-granted-rights-and-legal-amp039personhoodamp039/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lady Gaga's Dogs Found Safe After Theft, Shooting]]></title><description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES &mdash; Lady Gaga&rsquo;s two French bulldogs, which were stolen by thieves who shot and wounded their walker, were recovered unharmed Friday, Los Angeles police said.A woman brought the dogs to the LAPD&rsquo;s Olympic Community Police Station, just northwest of downtown, around 6 p.m, said Capt. Jonathan Tippet, commanding officer of the department&rsquo;s elite Robbery-Homicide Division.Lady Gaga&rsquo;s representative and detectives went to the station and confirmed that they wer]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/lady-gagas-dogs-found-safe-after-theft-shooting/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/lady-gagas-dogs-found-safe-after-theft-shooting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lady Gaga&amp;#039;s Dogs Found Safe After Theft, Shooting]]></title><description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES &mdash; Lady Gaga&rsquo;s two French bulldogs, which were stolen by thieves who shot and wounded their walker, were recovered unharmed Friday, Los Angeles police said.A woman brought the dogs to the LAPD&rsquo;s Olympic Community Police Station, just northwest of downtown, around 6 p.m, said Capt. Jonathan Tippet, commanding officer of the department&rsquo;s elite Robbery-Homicide Division.Lady Gaga&rsquo;s representative and detectives went to the station and confirmed that they wer]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/lady-gagaamp039s-dogs-found-safe-after-theft-shooting/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/lady-gagaamp039s-dogs-found-safe-after-theft-shooting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's COVID-19 Death Toll Likely Higher Than Official Numbers: Experts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The number of people who would have died from a COVID-19 infection is likely to be much higher than recorded because death certificates don&rsquo;t always list the virus as the cause of a fatality, experts say.Dr. Nathan Stall, a geriatrician at Sinai Health in Toronto, said deaths that have been recorded as a result of COVID-19 only reflect those who were tested for it.&ldquo;But there are going to be people who died in excess of what we normally expected, who might have been infected and never]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-covid-19-death-toll-likely-higher-than-official-numbers-experts/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-covid-19-death-toll-likely-higher-than-official-numbers-experts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada&amp;#039;s COVID-19 Death Toll Likely Higher Than Official Numbers: Experts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The number of people who would have died from a COVID-19 infection is likely to be much higher than recorded because death certificates don&rsquo;t always list the virus as the cause of a fatality, experts say.Dr. Nathan Stall, a geriatrician at Sinai Health in Toronto, said deaths that have been recorded as a result of COVID-19 only reflect those who were tested for it.&ldquo;But there are going to be people who died in excess of what we normally expected, who might have been infected and never]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadaamp039s-covid-19-death-toll-likely-higher-than-official-numbers-experts/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadaamp039s-covid-19-death-toll-likely-higher-than-official-numbers-experts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cluster Of WWI Trench Fever Disease Highlights Extreme Poverty In Winnipeg]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was winter in Winnipeg when a 48-year-old man entered one of the city&rsquo;s hospitals and complained of sharp chest pains and trouble breathing. He was admitted into intensive care and intubated. Still early 2020, the city wasn&rsquo;t in a full pandemic lockdown just yet.The man had already been seeking regular medical help for a year and half at that point in February. Chest pains and bouts of body lice infection, contracted during a stay at one of the city&rsquo;s homeless shelters, made]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cluster-of-wwi-trench-fever-disease-highlights-extreme-poverty-in-winnipeg/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cluster-of-wwi-trench-fever-disease-highlights-extreme-poverty-in-winnipeg/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harper Gov't Approved Chinese Police-Owned Company Running Visa Centre: Blair]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says he assumes security authorities signed off on an arrangement to allow a company owned by a Chinese police force to run Canada&rsquo;s visa application centre in Beijing.Blair says he can only make assumptions because the arrangement was put in place in 2008, under the previous Conservative government.Still, he says he&rsquo;s been assured by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) that the personal information provided by visa app]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/harper-govt-approved-chinese-police-owned-company-running-visa-centre-blair/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 03:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/harper-govt-approved-chinese-police-owned-company-running-visa-centre-blair/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario's Vaccine Rollout Should Prioritize Both Neighbourhood And Age: Experts]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Prioritizing COVID-19 vaccinations based on neighbourhood, as well as age, could prevent thousands of cases and reduce the number of deaths due to the pandemic, Ontario&rsquo;s science advisors said in a new report Friday.The Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table said the virus has taken a disproportionate toll on older adults and residents of disadvantaged and racialized urban neighbourhoods.While the province is already prioritizing people for vaccines based on their age, tar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-vaccine-rollout-should-prioritize-both-neighbourhood-and-age-experts/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 02:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-vaccine-rollout-should-prioritize-both-neighbourhood-and-age-experts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investigation Underway After Vancouver Cops Allegedly Pose With Dead Body]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The conduct of two Vancouver police officers is under investigation after video footage emerged of the pair allegedly posing with a dead body at a popular beach.Police spokeswoman Const. Tania Visintin said the officers responded to calls about a deceased person at Stanley Park&rsquo;s Third Beach on Wednesday, and waited for the coroner to arrive.Visintin would not comment on the officers&rsquo; actions but said the police department does not condone, and strictly prohibits, o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/investigation-underway-after-vancouver-cops-allegedly-pose-with-dead-body/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 02:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/investigation-underway-after-vancouver-cops-allegedly-pose-with-dead-body/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gen-Z Fashion Trends Include Goblincore, Crochet Bucket Hats]]></title><description><![CDATA[Millenials already know Gen Z is cooler than us. Our defensiveness about our skinny jeans and side parts and laughing emojis&nbsp;are probably signs that we&rsquo;re uncomfortable with the aging process. Now we understand how people older than us felt we we made fun of their dated references &mdash; and it doesn&rsquo;t feel great.That&rsquo;s not to say that I&rsquo;m rushing to embrace the new trends. You can pry the laughing emoji from my cold dead hands, and the concept of wide-legged, low-r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gen-z-fashion-trends-include-goblincore-crochet-bucket-hats/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gen-z-fashion-trends-include-goblincore-crochet-bucket-hats/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clever Tricks To Save Money, Reduce Food Waste, And Make Better Meals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bob Blumer hates food waste. The Food Network host and cookbook author likes to imagine there&rsquo;s a surveillance camera in his kitchen, to keep him true to his values. The goal: to use up every last peel, stalk or jar scraping.&ldquo;Every time I&rsquo;m going to throw something, out even a tiny bit of an onion or the yogurt at the bottom of the container, I think, &rsquo;What would people think if they saw you throw that out?&rdquo; Blumer told HuffPost Canada.His new cookbook, Flavorbomb:]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/clever-tricks-to-save-money-reduce-food-waste-and-make-better-meals/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 23:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/clever-tricks-to-save-money-reduce-food-waste-and-make-better-meals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O’Toole Wants Pay Freezes, Independent Probe Into Military’s’ ‘Unsafe Culture’]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Conservative Leader Erin O&rsquo;Toole says the &ldquo;unsafe culture&rdquo; in the Canadian Armed Forces must change, and if he were prime minister, he would order a sweeping military-wide independent investigation and introduce a pay freeze during its duration.Former chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance faces allegations of sexual misconduct from two female subordinates. The allegations were first reported by Global News. The Canadian Forces National Investigative Serv]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/otoole-wants-pay-freezes-independent-probe-into-militarys-unsafe-culture/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/otoole-wants-pay-freezes-independent-probe-into-militarys-unsafe-culture/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World’s First Peppa Pig Theme Park To Open Next Year In Florida]]></title><description><![CDATA[For Canadian kids marathoning countless episodes of &ldquo;Peppa Pig&rdquo; during the pandemic, Florida might be their dream destination once families are allowed to travel freely again.Following the oinktacular show&rsquo;s success as the most-streamed kids&rsquo; series of 2020, the world&rsquo;s first Peppa Pig theme park is slated to open in the sunshine state&nbsp;in 2022, Hasbro announced on Thursday.&nbsp;Coming in 2022, the world's first-ever Peppa Pig Theme Park! Visit Peppa Pig and fr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/worlds-first-peppa-pig-theme-park-to-open-next-year-in-florida/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 21:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/worlds-first-peppa-pig-theme-park-to-open-next-year-in-florida/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince Harry Cusses, Mud Crawls On 'The Late Late Show With James Corden']]></title><description><![CDATA[Prince Harry&rsquo;s interview on James Corden&rsquo;s show did not disappoint. From how UK tabloids ruined his mental health to his dream casting for &ldquo;The Crown,&rdquo; his first TV interview since it was confirmed he and wife Meghan Markle wouldn&rsquo;t return to royal duties&nbsp;was chock full of updates on his Highness&rsquo;s life.&nbsp;Watch the video above&nbsp;to see how Prince Harry and James Corden spent an afternoon in Los Angeles.&nbsp;In between spilling tea (Literally. Whil]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-harry-cusses-mud-crawls-on-the-late-late-show-with-james-corden/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 21:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-harry-cusses-mud-crawls-on-the-late-late-show-with-james-corden/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How CERB Affects Your 2020 Tax Return]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pandemic took the whole world by surprise, and put many Canadians in a difficult, unforeseen situation. In response to COVID-19, the federal government issued a series of emergency response benefits to help Canadians out in the short term &ndash; one of which was the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB).If you were one of the many Canadians who received this benefit as a source of financial relief, you might now be wondering what the tax implications are.We want to help you feel confiden]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-cerb-affects-your-2020-tax-return/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 21:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-cerb-affects-your-2020-tax-return/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chelsea Handler Skis Topless In Whistler To Celebrate 46th Birthday]]></title><description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s turning 46 and then there&rsquo;s turning 46 like Chelsea Handler.&nbsp;The comedian and TV star took to the slopes of Whistler, B.C. this week to mark another year around the earth. And she did it in cross-border style. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler)Wearing a helmet with both Canada and U.S. flags, Canadian flag pasties and not much else, Handler shared a message of body positivity with people of every age and size with the post.&ldqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/chelsea-handler-skis-topless-in-whistler-to-celebrate-46th-birthday/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 20:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/chelsea-handler-skis-topless-in-whistler-to-celebrate-46th-birthday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In-Home Vaccinations Would Help Canada's At-Risk Seniors. Why Aren&rsquo;t They Happening?]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; At age 86, diagnosed with Parkinson&rsquo;s disease and prone to falls, John Bedborough would seem to be at the front of the line amid high-risk Canadians prioritized for a COVID-19 vaccine.But it&rsquo;s those frailties that make it unlikely he&rsquo;ll be able to visit a mass vaccination site, doctor&rsquo;s office, pharmacy, or any other locale expected to administer doses when Ontario begins its community rollout mid-March, says his daughter, Diane Tamblyn.The Peterborough, O]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/in-home-vaccinations-would-help-canadas-at-risk-seniors-why-arenrsquot-they-happening/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 19:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/in-home-vaccinations-would-help-canadas-at-risk-seniors-why-arenrsquot-they-happening/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Banks Urged To Cut Rates, Suspend Payments As Profits Soar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s major banks are making bigger profits today than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, and some consumer advocates say they should be carrying more of the cost of supporting struggling households and businesses.They are calling on Canada to follow Australia and Britain&rsquo;s lead in charging &ldquo;excess profit&rdquo; taxes on banks, while urging lenders to cut their customers a break in a time of crisis.As of midday Friday, nearly 80,000 people had signed a petition organize]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-banks-urged-to-cut-rates-suspend-payments-as-profits-soar/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 18:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-banks-urged-to-cut-rates-suspend-payments-as-profits-soar/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CPPIB CEO Mark Machin Resigns After Traveling To Dubai For Vaccine]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &#8213; The chief executive of the fund that manages Canada Pension Plan investments has resigned after it was revealed that he decided to travel to the United Arab Emirates, where he arranged to be vaccinated against COVID-19.CPP Investments says Mark Machin tendered his resignation to the board Thursday night.Machin joined CPP Investments in 2012 and was appointed president and chief executive in June 2016.Watch: Covid-19 vaccine holiday packages spark controversy. Story continues belo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cppib-ceo-mark-machin-resigns-after-traveling-to-dubai-for-vaccine/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cppib-ceo-mark-machin-resigns-after-traveling-to-dubai-for-vaccine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CPPIB CEO Mark Machin Resigns After Receiving Vaccine During Trip To Dubai]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &#8213; The chief executive of the fund that manages Canada Pension Plan investments has resigned after it was revealed that he decided to travel to the United Arab Emirates, where he arranged to be vaccinated against COVID-19.CPP Investments says Mark Machin tendered his resignation to the board Thursday night.Machin joined CPP Investments in 2012 and was appointed president and chief executive in June 2016.Watch: Covid-19 vaccine holiday packages spark controversy. Story continues belo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cppib-ceo-mark-machin-resigns-after-receiving-vaccine-during-trip-to-dubai/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cppib-ceo-mark-machin-resigns-after-receiving-vaccine-during-trip-to-dubai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AstraZeneca's COVID-19 Vaccine Approved By Health Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Health Canada has approved the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca, the third to be given the green light for national use.Canada has pre-ordered 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which was co-developed by researchers at the University of Oxford.It will also receive up to 1.9 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine through the global vaccine-sharing initiative known as COVAX by the end of June.Health Canada is also reviewing two other vaccines.Approval of Johnson and Joh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-approved-by-health-canada/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-approved-by-health-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arrests Made In Hamilton, Ont. After Infant's Body Found In Basement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hamilton police say they have arrested a man and woman after finding the body of a dead baby.Police say they were called early Wednesday morning with a tip about &ldquo;suspicious circumstances&rdquo; at a home.Investigators say that following that information they found a body of what appears to be a newborn child buried in the building&rsquo;s basement.A post-mortem examination will take place over the coming days to determine the cause of death.The 34-year-old man and 24-year-old woman were c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/arrests-made-in-hamilton-ont-after-infants-body-found-in-basement/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/arrests-made-in-hamilton-ont-after-infants-body-found-in-basement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Didn't Give Enough Support To End First Nations Water Advisories: Auditor]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The government did not provide the support needed to ensure First Nations communities have access to safe drinking water, says federal auditor general Karen Hogan in a report released Thursday.&ldquo;We are very concerned, and honestly, disheartened that this long-standing issue is still not resolved,&rdquo; Hogan told a news conference in Ottawa.Indigenous Services Canada won&rsquo;t meet its commitment to eliminate all long-term drinking water advisories by the end of March, som]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-didnt-give-enough-support-to-end-first-nations-water-advisories-auditor/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 03:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-didnt-give-enough-support-to-end-first-nations-water-advisories-auditor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hasbro's Potato Head Toys Get Gender-Neutral Rebrand]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &mdash; Is it Mr.&nbsp;Potato Head or not?Hasbro created confusion Thursday when it announced that it would drop the &ldquo;Mr.&rdquo; from the brand&rsquo;s name in order to be more inclusive and so all could feel &ldquo;welcome in the Potato Head world.&rdquo; It also said it would sell a new playset this fall without the Mr. and Mrs. designations that will let kids create their own type of potato families, including two moms or two dads.But in a tweet later that afternoon, Hasbro cla]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/hasbros-potato-head-toys-get-gender-neutral-rebrand/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 02:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/hasbros-potato-head-toys-get-gender-neutral-rebrand/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hasbro's Gender-Neutral Mr. Potato Head Rebrand Is Causing Confusion]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &mdash; Is it Mr.&nbsp;Potato Head or not?Hasbro created confusion Thursday when it announced that it would drop the &ldquo;Mr.&rdquo; from the brand&rsquo;s name in order to be more inclusive and so all could feel &ldquo;welcome in the Potato Head world.&rdquo; It also said it would sell a new playset this fall without the Mr. and Mrs. designations that will let kids create their own type of potato families, including two moms or two dads.But in a tweet later that afternoon, Hasbro cla]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/hasbros-gender-neutral-mr-potato-head-rebrand-is-causing-confusion/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 02:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/hasbros-gender-neutral-mr-potato-head-rebrand-is-causing-confusion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything You Need To Know About Canada’s Hard Butter Situation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you noticed anything strange about your butter lately?&nbsp;Many Canadians are reporting that their Canadian-made butter is actually harder than normal, or displays a strange watery or rubbery texture, even a room temperature.It&rsquo;s not the frigid February temperatures to blame. There actually might be a scientific explanation for what many Canadians are calling &ldquo;buttergate.&rdquo; On Thursday, the Dairy Farmers of Canada officially asked members to consider using alternatives to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/everything-you-need-to-know-about-canadas-hard-butter-situation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 01:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/everything-you-need-to-know-about-canadas-hard-butter-situation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: Feb. 25, 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: Feb. 25, 2021]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-25-2021/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 23:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-25-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberal MP Says Some Cabinet Ministers ‘Very Supportive’ Of Basic Income]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Liberal MP Julie Dzerowicz says her push for basic income has traction among her caucus colleagues, including a number of cabinet ministers.&nbsp;Dzerowicz introduced a private members&rsquo; bill this week, Bill C-273, which calls on the federal finance minister to study guaranteed basic income models and develop a national strategy to evaluate how a program could be implemented in Canada.&nbsp;&ldquo;I will tell you that I do know that there&rsquo;s cabinet ministers that are ve]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/liberal-mp-says-some-cabinet-ministers-very-supportive-of-basic-income/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/liberal-mp-says-some-cabinet-ministers-very-supportive-of-basic-income/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ford Government To Double Political Donation Limit]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario&rsquo;s Progressive Conservative government proposed changes to the election laws Thursday that it said were aimed at limiting third-party advertising and boosting voter participation.Attorney General Doug Downey introduced a package of election law reforms that if approved, would go into effect before the next provincial vote set to take place in the spring of 2022.Downey said one of the proposed changes would extend the $637,200 spending limit placed on third-party adve]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ford-government-to-double-political-donation-limit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ford-government-to-double-political-donation-limit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Immigration May Not ‘Return To Normal’ For A Long Time: Economists]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada is unlikely to meet its ambitious immigration target this year, and even after the pandemic ends, migration patterns may not return to what they were before COVID-19 hit, economic forecasts say.That could hold back the country&rsquo;s recovery, as well as the recoveries of other developed countries whose economies depend on migrants, recent economic reports warned.In an effort to make up for lost time in the pandemic, the federal government increased its target to 401,000 immigrants for 2]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-immigration-may-not-return-to-normal-for-a-long-time-economists/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 20:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-immigration-may-not-return-to-normal-for-a-long-time-economists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which Province Is The ‘Florida’ Of Canada? Twitter Users Need To Know.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is B.C. the Florida of Canada? It&rsquo;s a question many Canadians are asking on social media following a biting comparison from an American doctor.&nbsp;It all started when Harvard University epidemiologist Dr. Eric Fiegl-Ding tweeted about Quebec&rsquo;s school mask mandate compared to B.C.18 hours after my Quebec shaming tweet &#129525;... mask mandate now imposed in all elementary schools!!!<br />
Meantime, I&rsquo;m watching the Florida of Canada.... errrr British Columbia &#127464;&#127462; #CO]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/which-province-is-the-florida-of-canada-twitter-users-need-to-know/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 20:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/which-province-is-the-florida-of-canada-twitter-users-need-to-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Travellers Skipping Mandatory Hotel Quarantine For $880 Fine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Several international travellers arriving at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ont., have refused to comply with a new rule requiring a three-day hotel quarantine, local police said Wednesday.Peel Regional Police said that while most cases were resolved after conversations with officers, some people refused to follow the rules that took effect this week and were fined $880 under Ontario regulations.Police said they will not detain anyone for breaking the hotel quarantine rule]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/some-travellers-skipping-mandatory-hotel-quarantine-for-880-fine/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 19:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/some-travellers-skipping-mandatory-hotel-quarantine-for-880-fine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Low-Income Canadians Face 'Abusive' Lending Rates Even In Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[A single mother working the front desks at both a hospital and a nursing home, Donna Borden watched her debts grow.&nbsp;&nbsp;On top of Toronto&rsquo;s cost of living, Borden was juggling bills left behind when her mother died, plus helping her son buy university textbooks.&nbsp;&ldquo;I was trying to keep a roof over our heads,&rdquo; Borden told HuffPost Canada.&nbsp;Her bank refused to consolidate her debts and recommended she use the lender Fairstone Financial, then called CitiFinancial, Bo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/low-income-canadians-face-abusive-lending-rates-even-in-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/low-income-canadians-face-abusive-lending-rates-even-in-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Increasing Fossil Fuel Subsidies As U.S. Moves To End Them, Study Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada tripled its federal subsidies to the oil and gas industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, a sign the country could find itself at odds with the Biden administration on fossil fuels, a climate think tank is warning.In a new report, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) said the federal government funded oil and gas companies to the tune of $1.9 billion during the pandemic year of 2020, a more than 200-per-cent increase from the previous year.The report argued that ai]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-increasing-fossil-fuel-subsidies-as-us-moves-to-end-them-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-increasing-fossil-fuel-subsidies-as-us-moves-to-end-them-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 in 3 Canadians Support Increased Access To Assisted Dying, Poll Suggests]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A new poll suggests months of controversy has not dampened Canadians&rsquo; strong support for expanding access to medical assistance in dying.Sixty-nine per cent of respondents to the Ipsos web-based poll, commissioned by the advocacy group Dying with Dignity Canada, favoured removing the provision that allows assisted dying only for people whose natural deaths are &ldquo;reasonably foreseeable.&rdquo;That provision was struck down as unconstitutional in a 2019 Quebec Superior Co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/2-in-3-canadians-support-increased-access-to-assisted-dying-poll-suggests/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 16:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/2-in-3-canadians-support-increased-access-to-assisted-dying-poll-suggests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Was Flooded With Fan Art After I Stood Up To Trolls]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was born with Freeman-Sheldon syndrome, a genetic bone and muscular disorder, characterized by facial differences; I spent much of my childhood in hospitals and had some 25 surgeries by the time I turned 15.Otherwise, I was a pretty regular kid, who loved sleepovers with friends, family time and watching lots of TV. I discovered a passion for writing in high school, then got my start as a weekly columnist for my hometown newspaper. I went on to write for publications such as the New York Times]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/i-was-flooded-with-fan-art-after-i-stood-up-to-trolls/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/i-was-flooded-with-fan-art-after-i-stood-up-to-trolls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatives Back Bloc Québécois Push To Make French The Mandatory Language For Quebec Immigrants]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Conservatives MPs voted nearly unanimously with Bloc Qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois members Wednesday in favour of making French the mandatory language for all immigrants to Quebec.Bloc MP Sylvie B&eacute;rub&eacute;&rsquo;s private member&rsquo;s bill, however, was defeated &mdash; 147 in favour to 172 against &mdash; with the Liberals, NDP and Green Party members opposed.In a statement, the Bloc accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Official Languages Minister Melanie Joly of faili]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/conservatives-back-bloc-qubcois-push-to-make-french-the-mandatory-language-for-quebec-immigrants/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/conservatives-back-bloc-qubcois-push-to-make-french-the-mandatory-language-for-quebec-immigrants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Chief Of Defence Staff Is Under Investigation, Minister Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says Admiral Art McDonald has voluntarily stepped down as chief of the defence staff as he is being investigated on unspecific allegations.Sajjan said in a release late Wednesday that the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service is doing the investigation.Below is my statement in regards to Admiral Art McDonald. pic.twitter.com/Qlvtl8XdsM&mdash; Harjit Sajjan (@HarjitSajjan) February 25, 2021The minister said he takes all allegations of miscond]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-chief-of-defence-staff-is-under-investigation-minister-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-chief-of-defence-staff-is-under-investigation-minister-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vaccine Access Urgently Needed For Migrants, Undocumented Workers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Migrant and undocumented workers must have access to the COVID-19 vaccine as part of Canada&rsquo;s immunization effort, advocates said Wednesday, calling on all levels of government to ensure the workers are guaranteed the shots.The Migrant Rights Network, along with doctors and labour groups, voiced concerns that thousands of migrant and undocumented workers may not get the vaccine because of their immigration status.&ldquo;Concrete action is urgently necessary to ensure life-saving public hea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/vaccine-access-urgently-needed-for-migrants-undocumented-workers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 01:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/vaccine-access-urgently-needed-for-migrants-undocumented-workers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breastfeeding Moms Are Keeping Texas' Babies From Going Hungry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Among&nbsp;local heroes helping Texans in need, breastfeeding parents have stepped forward to help the Lone Star State in a way only they can.Texans weathered brutal winter storms&nbsp;without reliable heat or water&nbsp;last week, leaving desperate families scrambling to meet their basic needs. While the worst is over, many new moms had a hard time sourcing milk to feed their babies.&nbsp;Checking up on a friend that lives in Texas and wow my heart is so broken she can&rsquo;t find milk for her]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/breastfeeding-moms-are-keeping-texas-babies-from-going-hungry/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 22:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/breastfeeding-moms-are-keeping-texas-babies-from-going-hungry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NDP Calls Out Liberals For Voting To Kill MP’s Pharmacare Bill]]></title><description><![CDATA[New Democrats are questioning the Trudeau government&rsquo;s commitment to universal pharmacare after Liberal MPs helped torpedo an NDP MP&rsquo;s private member&rsquo;s bill to establish a legal framework for the national program.Bill C-213, the &ldquo;Canada Pharmacare Act&rdquo; tabled by veteran B.C. MP Peter Julian, was defeated Wednesday at second reading by a vote of 295-32, with the Conservatives, Bloc Qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois, and the vast majority of Liberals voting against the proposed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ndp-calls-out-liberals-for-voting-to-kill-mps-pharmacare-bill/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 22:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ndp-calls-out-liberals-for-voting-to-kill-mps-pharmacare-bill/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doug Ford Defends Vaccine Rollout By Pointing To Ontario’s Size]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash;&nbsp;Premier Doug Ford played defensive Wednesday, arguing that Ontario&rsquo;s COVID-19 vaccination rollout only seems slower than other provinces&rsquo; plans because of its large population.&ldquo;The population of Alberta is a little over 4 million. We&rsquo;re upwards to 15 million. It&rsquo;s as simple as that,&rdquo; he told reporters during a press conference at Queen&rsquo;s Park.&ldquo;If I had the numbers Alberta has, we&rsquo;d be done.&rdquo;Ontario has administered]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-ford-defends-vaccine-rollout-by-pointing-to-ontarios-size/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 22:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-ford-defends-vaccine-rollout-by-pointing-to-ontarios-size/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta’s COVID-19 Vaccine Booking System Is Overwhelmed And People Are Calling 911]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alberta&rsquo;s COVID-19 vaccine roll-out is off to a rocky start.Alberta Health Services opened appointment bookings for all residents born 1946 or earlier Wednesday. Within minutes of online applications opening, however, reports of jammed phone lines and website crashes quickly circulated on social media.&nbsp;According to both Calgary and Edmonton police, frustrated Albertans are even trying to call 911 to book a vaccine appointment.&nbsp;In a statement Wednesday morning, Edmonton police urg]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/albertas-covid-19-vaccine-booking-system-is-overwhelmed-and-people-are-calling-911/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/albertas-covid-19-vaccine-booking-system-is-overwhelmed-and-people-are-calling-911/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton’s 1st Novel Is A Collab With Canadian Mystery Writer Louise Penny]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton is set to write her first novel, a thriller set in the world of the American politics &mdash; and she&rsquo;s teaming up with a Canadian writer to do it.Louise Penny couldn&rsquo;t &ldquo;say yes fast enough&rdquo; when she was approached about the project, she said in a statement.&ldquo;What an incredible experience, to get inside the State Department. Inside the White House. Inside the mind of the Secretary of State as high-stake crises explode,&rdquo; the Quebec writer said.Th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/hillary-clintons-1st-novel-is-a-collab-with-canadian-mystery-writer-louise-penny/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/hillary-clintons-1st-novel-is-a-collab-with-canadian-mystery-writer-louise-penny/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Announces Vaccine Schedule For Adults Aged 60+]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash;&nbsp;Ontario announced the COVID-19 vaccination schedule for adults aged 60 and older Wednesday.The online reservation system and call centre will open and adults 80 years old and older will be allowed to book appointments starting March 15.&nbsp;Here&rsquo;s when the system will open up for other age groups:April 15 &mdash; 75 and older,May 1 &mdash; 70 and older,June 1 &mdash; 65 and over,&nbsp;July 1 &mdash; 60 and older.Retired Gen. Rick Hillier, who&rsquo;s leading Ontario&r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-announces-vaccine-schedule-for-adults-aged-60/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-announces-vaccine-schedule-for-adults-aged-60/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adamson Barbecue Owner’s $187K Bill Raises Civil Rights Concerns: Lawyer]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; A civil liberties lawyer says a decision by the City of Toronto to bill a restaurant owner nearly $200,000 to cover the cost of enforcing lockdown regulations raises concerns about people&rsquo;s constitutionally protected right to protest.Adam Skelly, the owner of Adamson Barbecue, opened his restaurant for indoor dining in November in violation of COVID-19 public health regulations, drawing dozens of anti-lockdown protesters.On the weekend, Skelly posted on social media that he]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/adamson-barbecue-owners-187k-bill-raises-civil-rights-concerns-lawyer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/adamson-barbecue-owners-187k-bill-raises-civil-rights-concerns-lawyer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos Taking Medical Leave]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos is stepping aside due to illness.Duclos says in a statement that he felt persistent chest pain over the past several days.He went to hospital on Sunday and was told he had a pulmonary embolism.He says he is home again and feeling well, but his doctor recommended he rest for a few days.Joyce Murray, the minister of digital government, will assume his duties for now.Duclos has been the Liberal MP for a Quebec City riding since 2015, and was]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/treasury-board-president-jean-yves-duclos-taking-medical-leave/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/treasury-board-president-jean-yves-duclos-taking-medical-leave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Choose The Right Probiotic For You]]></title><description><![CDATA[Probiotics are a great option for those who are finding it difficult to get enough &ldquo;good bacteria&rdquo; into their gut through food alone. But considering the vast amount of probiotics out there, it can be hard to know where to start when looking for the right supplement.&nbsp;<br />
In partnership with Renew Life&reg;, these are a few key areas to consider when shopping for a probiotic, because a healthy gut is a happy gut.MORE ABOUT GUT HEALTHYour Journey To Wellness Should Start In Your Gut]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-choose-the-right-probiotic-for-you/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-choose-the-right-probiotic-for-you/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tiger Woods ‘Fortunate’ To Be Alive After Major Car Crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES &#8213; In a career filled with remarkable comebacks, Tiger Woods faces his toughest recovery of all.Woods was driving through a sweeping, downhill stretch of road through coastal suburbs of Los Angeles when his SUV struck a sign, crossed over a raised median and two oncoming lanes before it toppled down an embankment, coming to a halt on its side.The airbags deployed. A sheriff&rsquo;s deputy poked his head through a hole in the windshield to see Woods, still wearing his seatbelt, s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tiger-woods-fortunate-to-be-alive-after-major-car-crash/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tiger-woods-fortunate-to-be-alive-after-major-car-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Salutes ‘Sorely Missed’ U.S. Leadership In 1st Meeting With Biden]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden unveiled a new &ldquo;partnership roadmap&rdquo; Tuesday to set aspirational goals and to formally mark a new era of relations between their two countries after Donald Trump left office last month.Trudeau was Biden&rsquo;s first call after his inauguration last month. The virtual meeting was the new president&rsquo;s first bilateral with a world leader. In his opening remarks, Trudeau made a comment that U.S. leadership on]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-salutes-sorely-missed-us-leadership-in-1st-meeting-with-biden/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 02:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-salutes-sorely-missed-us-leadership-in-1st-meeting-with-biden/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Joins Forces With Australia To Make Digital Giants Pay For News]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Justin Trudeau and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison have agreed to continue &ldquo;co-ordinating efforts&rdquo; to ensure the revenues of web giants are shared more fairly with creators and media, a Tuesday statement from Ottawa said.The two prime ministers spoke Monday on a range of topics including the need to address online harm and have social media companies pay for journalism, the statement said.The growing co-operation between Canada and Australia on the regulation]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-joins-forces-with-australia-to-make-digital-giants-pay-for-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-joins-forces-with-australia-to-make-digital-giants-pay-for-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Housing Market Showing Signs Of 'Excess Exuberance,' Bank Of Canada Warns]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &#8213; Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says the central bank is seeing early signs that people may be purchasing homes solely because they believe prices may go up.Macklem says rising prices in particular for single-family homes are still a long way from the heated market the country observed about five years ago.Fuelling the increase has been a combination of demand for more space as millions of workers do their jobs remotely, constrained supply and rock-bottom interest rates drive]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-housing-market-showing-signs-of-excess-exuberance-bank-of-canada-warns/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-housing-market-showing-signs-of-excess-exuberance-bank-of-canada-warns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians Will Finally Be Able To Stream ‘Framing Britney Spears’]]></title><description><![CDATA[All Canadians know the intense frustration that comes from seeing &ldquo;Streaming now on Hulu&rdquo; or &ldquo;This video cannot be displayed in your country&rdquo; on your screen. We&rsquo;re so often behind the U.S. when it comes to viewing big, headline-grabbing TV shows and movies.But finally &mdash; finally! &mdash; we&rsquo;re getting access to the Britney Spears documentary.&ldquo;Framing Britney Spears,&rdquo; a New York Times documentary that premiered on Hulu in the U.S. on Feb. 5, wi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-will-finally-be-able-to-stream-framing-britney-spears/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 22:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-will-finally-be-able-to-stream-framing-britney-spears/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World's Largest Snow Maze Now Open For Pandemic Visitors In Manitoba]]></title><description><![CDATA[Manitoba is home to the world&rsquo;s largest snow maze&nbsp;&mdash; and due to pandemic safety protocol, the frosty destination is now bigger than ever.&ldquo;A Maze In Corn&rdquo; in St. Adolphe, Manitoba, which earned a Guinness world record in 2019 for its unprecedented size,&nbsp;re-opened last weekend with a major renovation: its owners expanded the winter wonderland by 91 per cent, CBC reported, nearly doubling the maze in size. Watch the video above to see visitors wander the amazing att]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/worlds-largest-snow-maze-now-open-for-pandemic-visitors-in-manitoba/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 22:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/worlds-largest-snow-maze-now-open-for-pandemic-visitors-in-manitoba/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expectant Dad Dies After Gender-Reveal Device Explodes In His Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yet another gender reveal celebration has left someone dead, with the latest fatality occuring before the party even started.&nbsp;Mechanic and dad-to-be Christopher Pekny, 28, died on Sunday, after a gender-reveal device he was building for an upcoming party exploded in his upstate New York home. His younger brother Michael, 27, was present and suffered a serious knee injury, The Hill reported.&nbsp;Speaking to the New York Times, their oldest brother Peter called the blast &ldquo;the freakiest]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/expectant-dad-dies-after-gender-reveal-device-explodes-in-his-home/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 19:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/expectant-dad-dies-after-gender-reveal-device-explodes-in-his-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ruling On First Nations Children Could Cost Feds $15B, Budget Watchdog Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The parliamentary budget office (PBO) says it could cost the federal government up to $15 billion to compensate First Nations families and children impacted by the child welfare system, as well as denials or delays of essential services.The figure updates the budget office&rsquo;s initial estimate to include thousands more children, parents and grandparents who would qualify for the $40,000 payments under recent developments in the case.Jordan&rsquo;s Principle requires government]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ruling-on-first-nations-children-could-cost-feds-15b-budget-watchdog-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 19:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ruling-on-first-nations-children-could-cost-feds-15b-budget-watchdog-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RCMP, Armed Forces Pensions Invested In Private U.S. Immigrant Detention]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash;&nbsp;The crown corporation that controls pensions for Canadian public service workers, Canadian Armed Forces soldiers and RCMP officers invested millions of dollars last year in American companies that operate private prisons and immigrant detention centres.&nbsp;PSP Investments, which invests pensions for federal government employees, owns shares worth US$2.7 million in The GEO Group and about US$2 million in CoreCivic, according to a quarterly report filed with the U.S. Securit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/rcmp-armed-forces-pensions-invested-in-private-us-immigrant-detention/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/rcmp-armed-forces-pensions-invested-in-private-us-immigrant-detention/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disney Plus Launches New Star Streaming Hub As It Hikes Prices]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &#8213; Disney Plus is introducing viewers to its older sibling: a new streaming hub named Star.After establishing itself as the family-friendly home to Disney, Pixar and Marvel movies, the Disney Plus platform is opening the gates to a dedicated space for more grown-up tastes.Within its existing platform, more than 150 TV series and 500 movies will be available to Canadians on Star&rsquo;s Tuesday launch date &#8213; but it comes with a catch.Some buzzy titles from Disney-owned U.S. str]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/disney-plus-launches-new-star-streaming-hub-as-it-hikes-prices/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/disney-plus-launches-new-star-streaming-hub-as-it-hikes-prices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dilemma Of What To Do With Extra Embryos After IVF]]></title><description><![CDATA[Annie* and her sister Carla* both wanted to be moms. But it wasn&rsquo;t an easy path for either of them. Annie, who has endometriosis, had trouble with her uterus; Carla had trouble with her eggs. For years, while they were both in fertility treatments, they commiserated with one another&rsquo;s struggle. They both learned to talk the unhappy shared language of people having trouble with pregnancy.&ldquo;We were in constant contact with each other, going, &lsquo;It&rsquo;s my retrieval day&rsqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-dilemma-of-what-to-do-with-extra-embryos-after-ivf/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-dilemma-of-what-to-do-with-extra-embryos-after-ivf/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wrigley Gum Heir Moves Into Cannabis With Canadian Merger]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Reuters) &#8213; Billionaire William &ldquo;Beau&rdquo;&nbsp;Wrigley&nbsp;Jr. is taking&nbsp;cannabis&nbsp;producer Parallel public, in a merger due to complete this summer with Canadian-listed Ceres Acquisition Corp that values the Atlanta, Georgia-based firm at $1.88 billion.Parallel, the first firm&nbsp;Wrigley&nbsp;has led since selling his family&rsquo;s chewing gum business for US$23 billion in 2008, will take on Ceres&rsquo; listing on the NEO exchange as expectations of an easing of U.S]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/wrigley-gum-heir-moves-into-cannabis-with-canadian-merger/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/wrigley-gum-heir-moves-into-cannabis-with-canadian-merger/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gum To Gummies: Heir To Wrigley Fortune Jumps Into Cannabis Retail]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Reuters) &#8213; Billionaire William &ldquo;Beau&rdquo;&nbsp;Wrigley&nbsp;Jr. is taking&nbsp;cannabis&nbsp;producer Parallel public, in a merger due to complete this summer with Canadian-listed Ceres Acquisition Corp that values the Atlanta, Georgia-based firm at $1.88 billion.Parallel, the first firm&nbsp;Wrigley&nbsp;has led since selling his family&rsquo;s chewing gum business for US$23 billion in 2008, will take on Ceres&rsquo; listing on the NEO exchange as expectations of an easing of U.S]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gum-to-gummies-heir-to-wrigley-fortune-jumps-into-cannabis-retail/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gum-to-gummies-heir-to-wrigley-fortune-jumps-into-cannabis-retail/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians With Mental Illness Should Have Access To Assisted Dying: Feds]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The Trudeau government has agreed with the Senate that Canadians suffering solely from grievous and irremediable mental illnesses should be entitled to receive medical assistance in dying &mdash; but not for another two years.The two-year interlude is six months longer than what was proposed by senators.It is one of a number of changes to Bill C-7 proposed by the government in response to amendments approved last week by the Senate.The government has rejected another Senate amendm]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-with-mental-illness-should-have-access-to-assisted-dying-feds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 17:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-with-mental-illness-should-have-access-to-assisted-dying-feds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Translate’s Exclusion Of Indigenous Languages A ‘Squandered’ Opportunity]]></title><description><![CDATA[A petition requesting Google add one of Canada&rsquo;s most common Indigenous languages to its Translate app is gaining traction.&nbsp;The petition had more than 1,600 signatures as of Tuesday.Montreal publisher Joseph John is behind the petition. He tried to use Google&rsquo;s app to translate his comic book about an Indigenous superhero into Cree, when he realized it wasn&rsquo;t an option. He said that&rsquo;s unacceptable.&nbsp;&ldquo;Google&rsquo;s exclusion of the most widely spoken First]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/google-translates-exclusion-of-indigenous-languages-a-squandered-opportunity/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 17:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/google-translates-exclusion-of-indigenous-languages-a-squandered-opportunity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau, Biden To Meet Virtually In President's 1st Bilateral Meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; The White House isn&rsquo;t leaving much wiggle room for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to escape U.S. President Joe Biden&rsquo;s Buy American rules.The two leaders are set to meet virtually on Tuesday in Biden&rsquo;s first bilateral meeting since taking over as U.S. president.Trudeau is likely to ask Biden for help in procuring COVID-19 vaccines, since Canada has been squeezed by production problems in Europe.The two leaders will also talk about China, where Canadians Michae]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-biden-to-meet-virtually-in-presidents-1st-bilateral-meeting/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 14:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-biden-to-meet-virtually-in-presidents-1st-bilateral-meeting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario's COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Will Look Different Across Health Units]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario&rsquo;s COVID-19 vaccine rollout could look different in each of its 34 public health units as the province receives more doses in the coming weeks, the government said Monday.Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said Ontario is &ldquo;empowering&rdquo; local health units to draw up their own specific plans to distribute the vaccine, and all have been submitted to the government for approval.Vaccines will be distributed to health units based on population, Jones said, and while]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-will-look-different-across-health-units/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 01:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-will-look-different-across-health-units/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 Hacks Parents Will Love For IKEA's BEKV&Auml;M Spice Rack]]></title><description><![CDATA[The BEKV&Auml;M spice rack is a favourite among DIYers, because of its low price point, aesthetically appealing design and versatility. It&rsquo;s not just great for wrangling little jars of turmeric and cinnamon bark, it can be re-purposed, embellished and even hung upside down for all kinds of storage, play and display uses.IKEA Canada retails the aspen spice rack for just $6.99, and it&rsquo;s easy to paint, stencil, paper or stain to fit in with an existing decor scheme. So if you&rsquo;re l]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/12-hacks-parents-will-love-for-ikeas-bekvaumlm-spice-rack/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/12-hacks-parents-will-love-for-ikeas-bekvaumlm-spice-rack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quarantine Hotels: Where They Are, How Much They Cost And Everything You Should Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[All returning international travellers to Canada will have to go through new quarantine protocols at the border as of Monday to stop the spread of COVID-19. Chief among those protocols: a stay of up to three days at one of the country&rsquo;s new approved quarantine hotels.Despite online misinformation, these aren&rsquo;t &ldquo;quarantine camps&rdquo; or any sort of internment. They&rsquo;re just your run-of-the-mill airport hotel. All returning travellers must stay at one of the approved hotel]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quarantine-hotels-where-they-are-how-much-they-cost-and-everything-you-should-know/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 23:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quarantine-hotels-where-they-are-how-much-they-cost-and-everything-you-should-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Schitt's Creek' Star Annie Murphy To Star In Dark Comedy Kevin Can F**k Himself']]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek&rdquo; actress Annie Murphy&rsquo;s latest role is a little less Alexis Rose, a little more Wanda Maximoff.AMC released the first trailer for &ldquo;Kevin Can F*** Himself&rdquo; last Thursday, in which the performer takes a leading role. As the show&rsquo;s protagonist Allison, Murphy plays a character worlds away from the hilarious socialite character that brought her fame (and an Emmy) on the hit CBC series.&nbsp;&ldquo;It&rsquo;s about a woman who keeps playing th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/schitts-creek-star-annie-murphy-to-star-in-dark-comedy-kevin-can-fk-himself/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 23:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/schitts-creek-star-annie-murphy-to-star-in-dark-comedy-kevin-can-fk-himself/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Of Commons Votes To Recognize China's Treatment Of Uighurs As A Genocide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Members of Parliament overwhelmingly passed a Conservative motion Monday declaring that China is committing genocide against its minority Muslim Uighur population, though Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet abstained from the vote.The non-binding motion, tabled by Tory foreign affairs critic Michael Chong, cleared the House of Commons by a vote of 266-0, with the support of the Bloc Qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois, NDP, Green Party, and more than 80 Liberal MPs, who were given a free vote on t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/house-of-commons-votes-to-recognize-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-as-a-genocide/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 22:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/house-of-commons-votes-to-recognize-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-as-a-genocide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID-Ridden Canada Post Facility Not Included In Ontario’s Inspections]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario labour inspectors are homing in on warehouses and distribution centres, but the site of a major workplace COVID-19 outbreak isn&rsquo;t included in the ongoing inspections: Canada Post.More than 300 employees at the postal service&rsquo;s Gateway facility in Mississauga, Ont., have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the year and one employee has died. Canada Post advised customers across the country to expect delivery delays as the outbreak impacted operation]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-ridden-canada-post-facility-not-included-in-ontarios-inspections/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 22:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-ridden-canada-post-facility-not-included-in-ontarios-inspections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Domestic Violence Calls In Canada Almost Doubled During COVID-19 Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Important: If your online activity is possibly being monitored,&nbsp;here&rsquo;s how to clear your browsing history&nbsp;on most browsers. Should you be logged into a Google account,&nbsp;here&rsquo;s how to wipe your activity.&nbsp;Canadian social service agencies are fielding almost double the number of domestic abuse reports&nbsp;as they did a year ago.When the pandemic began last March, anti-violence advocates warned that abusers worldwide would use confinement to isolate people.&ldquo;Thos]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/domestic-violence-calls-in-canada-almost-doubled-during-covid-19-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 21:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/domestic-violence-calls-in-canada-almost-doubled-during-covid-19-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People Judging Pregnant Hilary Duff For Dyeing Her Hair Are Wrong, Kinda]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hilary Duff is pregnant and has blue hair. So, naturally, people on the internet have opinions about it.On Saturday, the singer and actress posted several photos of herself with baby-blue waves, including a photo of the dyeing process.&ldquo;The minute I got home from New York I needed a change,&rdquo; she wrote in the caption. She was filming the show &ldquo;Younger&rdquo; in New York until recently.Duff, who&rsquo;s eight months pregnant, specified that the blue hair doesn&rsquo;t mean she&rsq]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/people-judging-pregnant-hilary-duff-for-dyeing-her-hair-are-wrong-kinda/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 21:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/people-judging-pregnant-hilary-duff-for-dyeing-her-hair-are-wrong-kinda/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boeing Calls For Airlines To Ground Dozens Of Planes After Denver Engine Fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Boeing has recommended that airlines ground all 777s with the type of engine that blew apart after takeoff from Denver this weekend, and most carriers that fly those planes said they would temporarily pull them from service.The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration ordered United Airlines to step up inspections of the aircraft after one of its flights made an emergency landing at Denver International Airport Saturday as pieces of the casing of the engine, a Pratt &amp; Whitney PW4000, rained down]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/boeing-calls-for-airlines-to-ground-dozens-of-planes-after-denver-engine-fire/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/boeing-calls-for-airlines-to-ground-dozens-of-planes-after-denver-engine-fire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record Number Of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Bound For Canada This Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA&nbsp;&mdash; Canada is poised to receive a record number of COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks to scheduled deliveries from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, as the country looks to speed up its vaccination efforts.The Public Health Agency of Canada says it expects more than 640,000 shots from the pharmaceutical giants this week, which would represent the largest number of deliveries in a single week.The previous record was set last week when Pfizer and BioNTech delivered more than 400,00]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/record-number-of-covid-19-vaccine-doses-bound-for-canada-this-week/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/record-number-of-covid-19-vaccine-doses-bound-for-canada-this-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mandatory Hotel Quarantine Now In Effect For Most Travellers To Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A mandatory three-day hotel quarantine for most travellers landing at Canadian airports comes into effect Monday, along with a suite of measures meant to prevent contagious COVID-19 variants from entering the country.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said the tighter border controls are meant to keep everyone safe, not punish travellers.Anyone flying into the country will be required to foot the bill for their hotel stays. They will also have to complete multiple COVID-19 tests in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mandatory-hotel-quarantine-now-in-effect-for-most-travellers-to-canada/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mandatory-hotel-quarantine-now-in-effect-for-most-travellers-to-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['My Old Apartment' Wants Renters To Know If Their Landlords Illegally Hiked Rent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you ever rented an apartment that seemed expensive, and wondered what the people who lived there before you were paying?Advocates on Prince Edward Island think you have a right to know.In mid-February, My Old Apartment sent out its first card to a tenant who didn&rsquo;t realize their landlord had increased their rent by an illegal amount. The tenant, who was paying $1,500 a month in rent, received a card that read: &ldquo;Welcome to my old apartment. Are you paying too much rent? When I mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/my-old-apartment-wants-renters-to-know-if-their-landlords-illegally-hiked-rent/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 01:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/my-old-apartment-wants-renters-to-know-if-their-landlords-illegally-hiked-rent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China's Ambassador Calls Out Canada For 'Interfering In Our Domestic Affairs']]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; China&rsquo;s envoy to Canada is telling Canadian parliamentarians to butt out of his country&rsquo;s internal affairs through their pending vote on declaring a genocide against ethnic Muslim Uighurs in its Xinjiang province.Cong Peiwu, the Chinese ambassador to Canada, reiterated his government&rsquo;s view that there is no mistreatment of Uighurs, labelling accusations from the United Nations and others that millions of people in detention camps are being subjected to forced lab]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/chinas-ambassador-calls-out-canada-for-interfering-in-our-domestic-affairs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 01:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/chinas-ambassador-calls-out-canada-for-interfering-in-our-domestic-affairs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman-Owned Businesses Taking Twice As Long To Recover From Pandemic: Study]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amanda Munday&rsquo;s business had just become profitable and hired its ninth staffer when the pandemic hit.Overnight, revenues at her drop-in coworking and childcare space in Toronto&rsquo;s East End, fell to zero.Since then, the entrepreneur has juggled trying to keep her business afloat while caring for her two children, aged four and six.&ldquo;It feels like I&rsquo;m drowning and there&rsquo;s no one to offload anything to,&rdquo; said Munday, the founder and CEO of The Workaround and a sin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/woman-owned-businesses-taking-twice-as-long-to-recover-from-pandemic-study/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/woman-owned-businesses-taking-twice-as-long-to-recover-from-pandemic-study/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Is What Canada Can Learn From The U.S. Vaccine Rollout]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadians perusing social media may be coming across photos of their American peers bearing wide smiles and vaccination cards that show they&rsquo;ve been inoculated against COVID-19.A recent ramping up of the United States&rsquo;s vaccine rollout has it vastly outpacing its northern neighbour, and some Canadians are wondering why distribution here is lagging so far behind.Dr. Krutika Kuppalli, an infectious disease doctor in South Carolina, says that while the speed of the American rollout has]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/this-is-what-canada-can-learn-from-the-us-vaccine-rollout/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/this-is-what-canada-can-learn-from-the-us-vaccine-rollout/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Is What It’s Like To Have A Baby During A Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[People often say there&rsquo;s no &ldquo;perfect time&rdquo; to have a baby. Having a child &mdash; whether it&rsquo;s your first, or your fifth &mdash; is a life-changing experience, and when you make that decision, you have to factor in fertility, money, timing, career, housing, and about a billion other factors. It&rsquo;s pretty close to impossible for all of those things to be at an ideal place at the exact same time.But what about when there&rsquo;s a pandemic going on?&ldquo;When the pand]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/this-is-what-its-like-to-have-a-baby-during-a-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2021 22:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/this-is-what-its-like-to-have-a-baby-during-a-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Government Slammed For ‘Utterly Ignorant’ COVID-19 Self-Care Bingo Card]]></title><description><![CDATA[The B.C. government is getting heat for a &ldquo;tone deaf&rdquo; self-care bingo card that recommends people build a blanket fort, drink tea or dance to manage pandemic stress.&nbsp;The province tweeted out the game on Friday, encouraging people to complete a row, column or diagonal to make sure they&rsquo;re taking care of their mental health.Self-care can help manage some stress &amp; anxiety during #CovidBC. Identify how you've taken care of yourself so far this week with the goal to complet]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-government-slammed-for-utterly-ignorant-covid-19-self-care-bingo-card/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-government-slammed-for-utterly-ignorant-covid-19-self-care-bingo-card/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Trucker Bradley Barton Found Guilty In Death Of Cindy Gladue]]></title><description><![CDATA[EDMONTON &mdash; A mother bent over and wept with other loved ones in an Edmonton courtroom Friday night as a jury declared a man guilty of manslaughter in the death of her daughter.Two trials and a decade after police were called to the bloody crime scene, Bradley Barton, a former trucker from Mississauga, Ont., was found responsible for the death of Cindy Gladue, a 36-year-old Metis and Cree woman at the Yellowhead Inn in 2011.Barton slouched and looked down as the jury revealed its decision f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-trucker-bradley-barton-found-guilty-in-death-of-cindy-gladue/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 21:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-trucker-bradley-barton-found-guilty-in-death-of-cindy-gladue/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau And Biden To Hold First Meeting Virtually On Tuesday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will hold his first meeting with newly minted U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday.Trudeau&rsquo;s office issued a statement saying the two leaders will hold their first bilateral meeting virtually, but provided few other details.A statement from the White House says members of the two cabinets will also convene on Feb. 23.It will be the first official meeting between the two countries since Biden took office on Jan. 20.Trudeau&rsquo;s office says the leaders intend]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-and-biden-to-hold-first-meeting-virtually-on-tuesday/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 19:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-and-biden-to-hold-first-meeting-virtually-on-tuesday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada-U.S. Border Closure Extended To March 21]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The border between Canada and the United States will remain closed to non-essential travel for at least another month.Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced late Friday that the closure has been extended to March 21 &mdash; precisely one year after the world&rsquo;s longest undefended border was first shut down to curb the spread of COVID-19.Since then, the closure has been extended month by month.With more contagious variants of the coronavirus spreading across the continent]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-us-border-closure-extended-to-march-21/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 19:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-us-border-closure-extended-to-march-21/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince Charles Visits His Father Prince Philip In Hospital]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, on Saturday visited the hospital where his father Prince Philip is being kept as a precaution after feeling ill, a Reuters photographer at the hospital said.Charles arrived at the back of the London hospital where Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, has spent four nights. Charles was at the hospital for just over half an hour before departing.Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday as a prec]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-charles-visits-his-father-prince-philip-in-hospital/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 18:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-charles-visits-his-father-prince-philip-in-hospital/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals Accuse Conservative MP Cheryl Gallant Of Promoting 'Deranged Conspiracy Theories']]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Federal Liberals are accusing a Conservative MP of promoting &ldquo;deranged conspiracy theories&rdquo; akin to those promulgated by supporters of former U.S. president Donald Trump.They&rsquo;ve pounced on video of a virtual meeting eastern Ontario MP Cheryl Gallant held earlier this month with a group of young Conservatives at Queen&rsquo;s University in Kingston.In the video, Gallant says Liberals have become &ldquo;radicals&rdquo; who want &ldquo;all illicit drugs to be legal&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/liberals-accuse-conservative-mp-cheryl-gallant-of-promoting-deranged-conspiracy-theories/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 18:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/liberals-accuse-conservative-mp-cheryl-gallant-of-promoting-deranged-conspiracy-theories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Job Losses In 2020 Were All In Low-Paid Work: CIBC]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadians who lost their jobs due to the recession sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic all had something in common: They made $27.81 a year or less.But the biggest decline in work was among the country&rsquo;s very bottom wage earners, with an hourly wage under $13.91.Those findings are included in a report by CIBC Economics based on Statistics Canada data that shows that all the jobs lost in 2020 were among workers who earned below average wages.Watch: 2021&prime;s most in-demand remote jobs. Stor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-job-losses-in-2020-were-all-in-low-paid-work-cibc/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 17:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-job-losses-in-2020-were-all-in-low-paid-work-cibc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta Man Who Killed Girlfriend's 2 Kids Sentenced To Life In Prison]]></title><description><![CDATA[EDMONTON &mdash; A man who admitted to assaulting his girlfriend and killing her two daughters in &ldquo;an act of extreme violence&rdquo; has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years.The 31-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the children, pleaded guilty in Court of Queen&rsquo;s Bench last month to two counts of second-degree murder, aggravated assault and breach of probation.One of the children was three and the other was just over six mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alberta-man-who-killed-girlfriends-2-kids-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 02:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alberta-man-who-killed-girlfriends-2-kids-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facebook's Australian News Ban Is 'Highly Irresponsible': Heritage Minister]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault&rsquo;s promise to introduce legislation that would force tech giants like Facebook to pay Canadian media companies for their content is taking far too long, experts say.Guilbeault blasted Facebook earlier this week after the company blocked Australian users from posting or seeing links to local or international news websites in response to the country&rsquo;s plans to make social media companies negotiate payments to publishers there.Facebook&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/facebooks-australian-news-ban-is-highly-irresponsible-heritage-minister/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 02:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/facebooks-australian-news-ban-is-highly-irresponsible-heritage-minister/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: Feb. 19, 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[On this edition: Harry and Meghan are officially out as working members of the Royal Family.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-19-2021/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 01:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-19-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ford Recalls 8,800 Vehicles In Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ford Motor Co. says it will recall about 8,800 vehicles in Canada after the automaker lost track of some older Takata air bags that can explode and hurl shrapnel.Ford says 8,762 Ford Ranger pickup trucks with model years between 2004 and 2006 will be recalled in Canada as the automaker searches for 45 obsolete air bag parts that may have been used in crash or theft repairs.The automaker is also recalling 49 other Ford, Mercury and Lincoln vehicles from across Canada that may have been repaired w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ford-recalls-8800-vehicles-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 01:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ford-recalls-8800-vehicles-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Hair-Care Products That Undo Winter Damage And Dryness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Winter weather isn&rsquo;t just hard on your skin: Your hair is also at risk from the drying effects of the wind, freezing temperatures, and our heated homes.&nbsp;So how can you keep your locks smooth and nourished?Check out the round-up below for beauty must-haves &#8213; from moisturizing leave-in products to a silk-lined sleeping cap &#8213; that will help your hair stay shiny through these colder months.If you&rsquo;re spending all of your time indoors (thanks pandemic life), central heatin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/10-hair-care-products-that-undo-winter-damage-and-dryness/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/10-hair-care-products-that-undo-winter-damage-and-dryness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quebec Movie Theatre Operator Says He Won’t Take Public ‘Popcorngate’ Funds]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Quebec Premier Fran&ccedil;ois Legault&rsquo;s attempt to cool a controversy that has been dubbed &ldquo;popcorngate&rdquo; surprised Vincenzo Guzzo, the president of largest chain of independent theatres in the province.Legault announced Thursday that movie theatres would be compensated for lost snack sales due to provincial COVID-19 rules that will allow theatres to reopen, but not sell food in order to ensure patrons wear masks. The policy has forced some venues to temporarily]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-movie-theatre-operator-says-he-wont-take-public-popcorngate-funds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 23:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-movie-theatre-operator-says-he-wont-take-public-popcorngate-funds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals Seek To Add Extra Weeks To EI, Emergency COVID-19 Benefits]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The Trudeau Liberals sought Friday to get ahead of a looming benefits panic, announcing plans to add extra weeks of income support for unemployed workers and parents at home with children because of the pandemic.The government plans to add 12 weeks of eligibility to the Canada Recovery Benefit and the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit, raising the maximum number of weeks available to 38 from 26.The federal sickness benefit will be expanded to four weeks from two so workers can st]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/liberals-seek-to-add-extra-weeks-to-ei-emergency-covid-19-benefits/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 22:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/liberals-seek-to-add-extra-weeks-to-ei-emergency-covid-19-benefits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians Share Winter Tips With Texan Families For Surviving Brutal Cold]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deadly winter weather in Texas&nbsp;this week continues to leave millions in dire straits, with families in particular struggling to keep warm.&nbsp;Parents and kids have gone days without heat or running water due to outages and burst pipes caused by the unprecedented freeze; with power slowly being restored across the state for some and ongoing water shortages, many families have shared the drastic measures they&rsquo;ve gone to on Twitter:Desperate parents are burning belongings for warmthAs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-share-winter-tips-with-texan-families-for-surviving-brutal-cold/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 21:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-share-winter-tips-with-texan-families-for-surviving-brutal-cold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Extends Lockdown In Toronto, Peel, North Bay]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; The COVID-19 hot spots of Toronto and Peel Region, as well as a northern community dealing with a spike in cases, will remain under a stay-at-home order for at least two more weeks, the Ontario government said Friday.The decision followed calls from Toronto and Peel to keep strict measures in place to prevent more illness and death.The province said it made the decision based on public health indicators and consultations with local medical officers of health.&ldquo;These are diff]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-extends-lockdown-in-toronto-peel-north-bay/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 20:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-extends-lockdown-in-toronto-peel-north-bay/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Could Hit 20,000 COVID Cases A Day If Restrictions Eased: Forecast]]></title><description><![CDATA[New federal forecasts project that COVID-19 variants could fuel a surge of 20,000 new cases per day by mid-March if public health restrictions are relaxed further.The Public Health Agency of Canada released modelling Friday suggesting that while infections continue to decline nationally, the spread of virus mutations threatens to reverse that progress.Canada&rsquo;s chief public health officer says there are currently fewer than 33,000 active cases in Canada, a 60-per-cent drop compared to a mon]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-could-hit-20000-covid-cases-a-day-if-restrictions-eased-forecast/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-could-hit-20000-covid-cases-a-day-if-restrictions-eased-forecast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Journey To Wellness Should Start In Your Gut]]></title><description><![CDATA[Talk to any random group of people, and you&rsquo;ll likely find that they&rsquo;re actively taking steps towards improving their health. Maybe they&rsquo;ve cut down on caffeine, maybe they&rsquo;ve started taking daily walks, or maybe they&rsquo;re incorporating more plant foods into their meals.&nbsp;The journey to a healthy lifestyle looks different for everybody, but one component that can&rsquo;t be overlooked during this process is your gut.When we say &ldquo;gut&rdquo;, we&rsquo;re talki]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/your-journey-to-wellness-should-start-in-your-gut/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 17:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/your-journey-to-wellness-should-start-in-your-gut/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Agrees To Boost Vaccine Funding For Lower-Income Countries]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &#8213; The federal government has agreed to top up its funding for vaccine rollouts in lower-income countries, pledging $75 million more to the COVAX international vaccine-sharing program as other wealthy countries step up their commitment.The announcement comes as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosts Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and their G7 counterparts for a virtual leaders&rsquo; summit aimed at bringing renewed momentum to COVID-19 vaccine distribution.Johnson confirmed Brita]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-agrees-to-boost-vaccine-funding-for-lower-income-countries/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 17:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-agrees-to-boost-vaccine-funding-for-lower-income-countries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How The New COVID-19 Variants Are Different From The Original]]></title><description><![CDATA[Emerging COVID-19 variants have dominated international headlines in recent months. This highlights a reality that has been clear to physicians and researchers well versed in viruses, but not necessarily to the rest of us:&nbsp;SARS-CoV-2 has been mutating&nbsp;since the pandemic began.While media reports sometimes use words like &ldquo;mutation,&rdquo; &ldquo;strain&rdquo; and &ldquo;variants&rdquo; interchangeably, there are differences.&ldquo;Mutations are changes that are basically typos tha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-the-new-covid-19-variants-are-different-from-the-original/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-the-new-covid-19-variants-are-different-from-the-original/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Won’t Resume Royal Duties, Palace Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON&nbsp;&mdash; Buckingham Palace confirmed Friday that Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, will not be returning to royal duties, and Harry will give up his honorary military titles.When Harry and Meghan stepped away from full-time royal life in early 2020, it was agreed the situation would be reviewed after a year. The palace said in a statement &ldquo;that they will not be returning as working members of The Royal Family.&rdquo;It said Harry&rsquo;s appointment as captain general of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-harry-meghan-markle-wont-resume-royal-duties-palace-says/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 14:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-harry-meghan-markle-wont-resume-royal-duties-palace-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Will Likely Allow Toronto, Peel To Keep Current Restrictions In Place]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario Premier Doug Ford suggested Thursday that his government would grant a request from Toronto and Peel Region to remain under a stay-at-home order for two more weeks.The two COVID-19 hot spots are set to have their strict pandemic restrictions loosened on Monday but top local health officials have asked for a delay, saying easing measures next week could lead to more illness and death.A decision on those two regions, as well as York Region and North Bay, which also remain u]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-will-likely-allow-toronto-peel-to-keep-current-restrictions-in-place/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 03:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-will-likely-allow-toronto-peel-to-keep-current-restrictions-in-place/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Are Up 717% In Vancouver]]></title><description><![CDATA[LANGFORD, B.C. &mdash; Data released by Vancouver police showing a surge in anti-Asian hate crimes last year reinforces the need to treat violence against people of colour as a hate crime, British Columbia&rsquo;s premier says.Vancouver police data shows anti-Asian hate crimes rose from a dozen in 2019 to 142 incidents in 2020, a 717 per cent increase, while general hate incidents doubled.Vancouver police said last year that the spike in anti-Asian hate crimes coincided with the increases in COV]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/anti-asian-hate-crimes-are-up-717-in-vancouver/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 03:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/anti-asian-hate-crimes-are-up-717-in-vancouver/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Considering Evidence That  1 Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine Is Almost As Good As 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; There is compelling evidence that a single dose of COVID-19 vaccines may provide almost as much protection as giving two doses, Canada&rsquo;s deputy chief public health officer said Thursday.Dr.Dr. Howard Njoo said said the advisory committee of federal and provincial public health officers is having an active discussion about whether Canada would be better served to delay the second doses of vaccines in a bid to give protection to more vulnerable people quicker.``These are what]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-considering-evidence-that-1-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine-is-almost-as-good-as-2/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 02:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-considering-evidence-that-1-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine-is-almost-as-good-as-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: Feb. 18, 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: Feb. 18, 2021]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-18-2021/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 02:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-18-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Corporate Canada Unsurprisingly Failed To Show Up For Black History Month]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think back to June 1, 2020 often. We were collectively grieving the loss of yet another innocent life when members of the company&rsquo;s Black employee resource group received an invitation to a video call. My employer at the time wanted to know how we were feeling, and offered her support. She also asked what the company should do next to address the growing racial tensions and protests.I logged on, clad in the armour that I had forged over seven years of corporate communications and a lifet]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/why-corporate-canada-unsurprisingly-failed-to-show-up-for-black-history-month/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/why-corporate-canada-unsurprisingly-failed-to-show-up-for-black-history-month/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[’Black-ish’ Star Tracee Ellis Ross Had Hilarious Fashion Tiff With Mom Diana Ross]]></title><description><![CDATA[If a shirt your mom owned could pay off your student loans, you&rsquo;d likely be shocked to find out she completely forgot about it.But when you&rsquo;re Tracee Ellis Ross and your mom is music legend Diana Ross, that shirt becomes a hilarious anecdote to share with a supermodel.On the latest episode of Naomi Campbell&rsquo;s online series &ldquo;No Filter With Naomi,&rdquo; the &ldquo;Black-ish&rdquo; star shared a cheeky story involving her famous parent&rsquo;s blas&eacute; attitude towards]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/black-ish-star-tracee-ellis-ross-had-hilarious-fashion-tiff-with-mom-diana-ross/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/black-ish-star-tracee-ellis-ross-had-hilarious-fashion-tiff-with-mom-diana-ross/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Perseverance Mars Rover’s First Images Are Perfect Meme Material]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is a universally acknowledged truth that a news event experienced by many people in possession of social media accounts will inevitably be memed.Like clockwork Thursday, the landing of the Perseverance Mars rover inspired just that.What was a scientific triumph, the once-in-a-decade success of space exploration and discovery was quickly, as all things are, turned into internet jokes. The rover touched down just before 4 p.m. EST, broadcasting its first fish-eyed look at Mars a few minutes lat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-perseverance-mars-rovers-first-images-are-perfect-meme-material/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 23:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-perseverance-mars-rovers-first-images-are-perfect-meme-material/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals Move To Scrap Mandatory Minimum Sentences For Some Drug Charges]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The Trudeau government is moving to repeal mandatory minimum penalties for drug offences and some gun-related crimes, saying they do not make Canadians safer and unfairly affect Indigenous and Black offenders.Legislation introduced Thursday would also allow for greater use of conditional sentences, such as house arrest, counselling or treatment, for people who do not pose a threat to public safety.In addition, it would require police and prosecutors to consider alternative measure]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/liberals-move-to-scrap-mandatory-minimum-sentences-for-some-drug-charges/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 22:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/liberals-move-to-scrap-mandatory-minimum-sentences-for-some-drug-charges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Heritage Minute Celebrates Montreal Jazz Icon Oscar Peterson]]></title><description><![CDATA[If the Civil Rights movement had a soundtrack, &ldquo;Hymn to Freedom&rdquo; by Montreal musician Oscar Peterson would be on it. Inspired by Black church songs from his childhood, Peterson&rsquo;s music was &ldquo;swiftly embraced by people over the world&rdquo; as the anthem of the movement, according to the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.It&rsquo;s just one of countless cultural contributions made by the jazz visionary, whose life story is feted in the latest Heritage Minute.&nbsp;Watch the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-heritage-minute-celebrates-montreal-jazz-icon-oscar-peterson/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-heritage-minute-celebrates-montreal-jazz-icon-oscar-peterson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta-Born Ted Cruz Embarrasses Canada With Mexico Trip]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another Canadian-born politician is under fire for taking a vacation to a sunny destination while his constituents suffer through a crisis.No, we&rsquo;re not talking about Alberta cabinet ministers or Ontario&rsquo;s former finance minister.&nbsp;This time, it&rsquo;s Calgary-born Texas senator Ted Cruz who was spotted boarding a plane to Cancun, Mexico Wednesday, while his state remains locked in a disastrous deep freeze with accompanying power outages.&nbsp;Cruz was born in Calgary and spent]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alberta-born-ted-cruz-embarrasses-canada-with-mexico-trip/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alberta-born-ted-cruz-embarrasses-canada-with-mexico-trip/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WestJet Suspends Flights To 4 Canadian Cities]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALGARY &#8213; WestJet says it is suspending service to four Canadian cities amid slumping demand due to COVID-19 restrictions.Starting March 19, the airline plans to suspend all flights to St. John&rsquo;s, London, Ont., Lloydminster, Alta. and Medicine Hat, Alta. until June 24.Flights between St. John&rsquo;s and Halifax will stop as of March 21 and flights between London and Toronto will be suspended on March 22, WestJet says.Watch: Canada is behind on airline refund policies. Story continue]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/westjet-suspends-flights-to-4-canadian-cities/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/westjet-suspends-flights-to-4-canadian-cities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatives Urge House Of Commons To Declare China’s Treatment Of Uighurs A Genocide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal Conservatives are calling on the House of Commons to recognize China&rsquo;s treatment of its Uighur population as a genocide and for the Liberal government to formally adopt that position.Tory Leader Erin O&rsquo;Toole revealed Thursday that his party is tabling an opposition motion asking the House to declare that &ldquo;a genocide is currently being carried out by the People&rsquo;s Republic of China against Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims.&rdquo;&nbsp;Though non-binding, the motion&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/conservatives-urge-house-of-commons-to-declare-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-a-genocide/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/conservatives-urge-house-of-commons-to-declare-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-a-genocide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Accused Of Turning 'Blind Eye' To 25 Canadian Children In Syria]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A United Nations rights advocate and Human Rights Watch Canada say the Trudeau government isn&rsquo;t living up to its new international campaign against arbitrary detention because it is abandoning 25 Canadian children trapped in northern Syria.Fionnuala Ni Aolain, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights while Countering terrorism, says Canada is one of 57 countries on a &ldquo;list of shame&rdquo; because it won&rsquo;t take active steps to rep]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-accused-of-turning-blind-eye-to-25-canadian-children-in-syria/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 17:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-accused-of-turning-blind-eye-to-25-canadian-children-in-syria/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senators Pass Expanded Medically Assisted Dying Bill With Amendments]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Senators overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday to expand access to medical assistance in dying with amendments that would relax access even more than proposed by the government.A revised version of Bill C-7 was passed in the Senate by a vote of 66-19, with three abstentions.The bill is intended to extend eligibility for assisted dying to people whose natural deaths are not reasonably foreseeable, in compliance with a 2019 Quebec Superior Court ruling.But senators approved five]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/senators-pass-expanded-medically-assisted-dying-bill-with-amendments/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 16:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/senators-pass-expanded-medically-assisted-dying-bill-with-amendments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BMO: ‘Your House Makes More Than You Do’]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you own a home in Montreal, B.C.&rsquo;s Fraser Valley or just about anywhere in Ontario, there&rsquo;s a good chance your house is earning more money than you are.With home sales on a tear across Canada this winter, &ldquo;house prices are not only rising faster than family income, they are rising more than total annual income,&rdquo; Bank of Montreal senior economist Sal Guatieri wrote in a client note Wednesday, titled &ldquo;Your house earns more than you.&rdquo;That&rsquo;s not necessari]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bmo-your-house-makes-more-than-you-do/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 16:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bmo-your-house-makes-more-than-you-do/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BMO: ‘Your House Earns More Than You’]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you own a home in Montreal, B.C.&rsquo;s Fraser Valley or just about anywhere in Ontario, there&rsquo;s a good chance your house is earning more money than you are.With home sales on a tear across Canada this winter, &ldquo;house prices are not only rising faster than family income, they are rising more than total annual income,&rdquo; Bank of Montreal senior economist Sal Guatieri wrote in a client note Wednesday, titled &ldquo;Your house earns more than you.&rdquo;That&rsquo;s not necessari]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bmo-your-house-earns-more-than-you/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 16:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bmo-your-house-earns-more-than-you/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opposition MPs Push Liberals To Reform Weak Whistleblowing Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash;&nbsp; MPs attempted Wednesday to stop the Liberal government&rsquo;s foot-dragging on reforming the whistleblower law, demanding changes that could make public servants more comfortable coming forward with allegations of wrongdoing.Conservative MP Kelly McCauley introduced a motion at the House of Commons&rsquo; government operations committee to retable a 2017 report that recommended more than 25 changes to the law. At the time, the Treasury Board president, Scott Brison, had agr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/opposition-mps-push-liberals-to-reform-weak-whistleblowing-law/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 15:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/opposition-mps-push-liberals-to-reform-weak-whistleblowing-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opposition MPs Push Liberals To Reform Weak Whistleblower Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash;&nbsp; MPs attempted Wednesday to stop the Liberal government&rsquo;s foot-dragging on reforming the whistleblower law, demanding changes that could make public servants more comfortable coming forward with allegations of wrongdoing.Conservative MP Kelly McCauley introduced a motion at the House of Commons&rsquo; government operations committee to retable a 2017 report that recommended more than 25 changes to the law. At the time, the Treasury Board president, Scott Brison, had agr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/opposition-mps-push-liberals-to-reform-weak-whistleblower-law/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 15:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/opposition-mps-push-liberals-to-reform-weak-whistleblower-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demi Lovato Says 2018 Drug Overdose Left Her With Lasting Brain Damage]]></title><description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES&nbsp;&mdash; Demi Lovato&rsquo;s drug overdose in 2018 resulted in the singer having three strokes and a heart attack, leaving her with physical limitations that still affect her.Lovato reveals publicly for the first time details about the near-fatal incident in &ldquo;Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil,&rdquo; a four-part docuseries debuting March 23 on YouTube Originals.In the trailer, Lovato says doctors told her family she had five to 10 minutes to live.&ldquo;I was left with br]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/demi-lovato-says-2018-drug-overdose-left-her-with-lasting-brain-damage/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/demi-lovato-says-2018-drug-overdose-left-her-with-lasting-brain-damage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travis Patron, Leader Of The Canadian Nationalist Party, Charged With Hate Speech]]></title><description><![CDATA[REGINA &mdash; RCMP in Saskatchewan have charged the leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party with wilfully promoting hate against Jewish people.Police say officers began investigating Travis Patron after a report in June 2019 from the Canadian Anti-Hate Network about an alleged anti-Semitic video posted on YouTube.Police say the video, called &ldquo;Beware the Parasitic Tribe,&rdquo; featured the party leader from Redvers, Sask., in the province&rsquo;s southeast.A video under the same name pos]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/travis-patron-leader-of-the-canadian-nationalist-party-charged-with-hate-speech/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 03:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/travis-patron-leader-of-the-canadian-nationalist-party-charged-with-hate-speech/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Announces Plans To Expand Greenbelt Protected Area]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash;&nbsp;Ontario said it plans to expand the province&rsquo;s Greenbelt by adding a moraine south of Toronto and a series of urban river lands to the protected zone.Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark said Wednesday the proposed expansion will mean adding the Paris Galt Moraine, which runs approximately from Caledon to Brantford, to the Greenbelt.The plan would also add lands around the Don River in Toronto and land around Duffins Creek in Ajax and Pickering to the protected area.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-announces-plans-to-expand-greenbelt-protected-area/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 02:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-announces-plans-to-expand-greenbelt-protected-area/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MP Causes New Stir With 'Inflammatory' Claim About Extremism]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Former Liberal MP Ramesh Sangha was chastised Wednesday for making an &ldquo;inflammatory&rdquo; statement after he accused the federal government of pandering to Sikh separatists in Canada.Sangha was kicked out of Liberal caucus in January after he made &ldquo;baseless and dangerous accusations against a number of his caucus colleagues,&rdquo; according to a statement by government whip Mark Holland.In a Punjabi-language interview with Y Media&nbsp;and reported by Baaz News last]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mp-causes-new-stir-with-inflammatory-claim-about-extremism/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mp-causes-new-stir-with-inflammatory-claim-about-extremism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: Feb. 17, 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: Feb. 17, 2021]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-17-2021/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 23:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-17-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doug Ford Called Sexist After Dismissing Criticism As ‘Nails On A Chalkboard’]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Opposition politicians are calling Ontario Premier Doug Ford misogynistic for a comment he flung at NDP Leader Andrea Horwath in the legislature Wednesday.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s like listening to nails on a chalkboard, listening to you,&rdquo; Ford said.&nbsp;Horwath had been talking about the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, which she said the premier is &ldquo;determined to rush into.&rdquo; She noted that the associate chief medical officer of health said Tuesday there is no criter]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-ford-called-sexist-after-dismissing-criticism-as-nails-on-a-chalkboard/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 21:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-ford-called-sexist-after-dismissing-criticism-as-nails-on-a-chalkboard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Owe More Than $200M To Canadians In Carbon Tax Rebates]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal government owes Canadian families in three provinces more than $200 million after underestimating how much it would raise from the carbon tax during the first year of the program.Finance Canada thought the new price on pollution would bring in about $2.3 billion in 2019. When the final tallies were counted however, the program raised $2.42 billion.By law, all revenued from the carbon price are to be returned to the province in which they were raised, with 10 per cent g]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-owe-more-than-200m-to-canadians-in-carbon-tax-rebates/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-owe-more-than-200m-to-canadians-in-carbon-tax-rebates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince Philip In U.K. Hospital As A 'Precautionary Measure']]></title><description><![CDATA[By Chris YorkPrince Philip has been admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital in London.The Queen&rsquo;s husband was taken to hospital on Tuesday as a precautionary measure on the advice of his doctor after feeling unwell, Buckingham Palace has said.In a statement, the palace said: &ldquo;His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital in London, on Tuesday evening.&ldquo;The duke&rsquo;s admission is a precautionary measure, on the advice of His Royal Highn]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-philip-in-uk-hospital-as-a-precautionary-measure/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-philip-in-uk-hospital-as-a-precautionary-measure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust Survey Finds Canadians Losing Faith In Scientists, CEOs, Media Amid Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &#8213; A new survey says eroding trust in scientists, CEOs and journalists could hamper the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in Canada.The survey by communications firm Edelman found that trust in scientists was down six points compared with last year&rsquo;s survey, while trust in academic experts declined 16 points, CEOs fell five points and journalists edged down four points.It also found that half of Canadians say business leaders are purposely trying to mislead people by saying thin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trust-survey-finds-canadians-losing-faith-in-scientists-ceos-media-amid-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trust-survey-finds-canadians-losing-faith-in-scientists-ceos-media-amid-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-Vax Family Drank Their Own Urine Due To COVID-19 Misinformation]]></title><description><![CDATA[PSA: If someone on WhatsApp tells you that going number one in a cup and drinking it can cure COVID-19, they&rsquo;re probably full of number two.&nbsp;The unfortunate reason this needs to be said goes back to an anonymous mom in the U.K.&nbsp;She and her family made headlines for drinking their own urine for four days, because she believed it was a natural remedy to the novel coronavirus.&nbsp;There&rsquo;s no proof anything but the vaccine is effective against the virus.&nbsp;A British health]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/anti-vax-family-drank-their-own-urine-due-to-covid-19-misinformation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 23:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/anti-vax-family-drank-their-own-urine-due-to-covid-19-misinformation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prorogation Amid WE Charity Affair ‘Saved’ Trudeau, Opposition MPs Claim]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Opposition parties accused the federal Liberals Tuesday of pulling the plug on Parliament last summer to save Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from further WE Charity controversy.Alain Therrien, the House leader for the Bloc Qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois, noted that Bill Morneau &mdash; who was embroiled in the WE affair &mdash; had stepped down as finance minister and MP on Aug. 17.&nbsp;&ldquo;On Aug. 18, you prorogue Parliament &mdash; you stop the committee focused on WE Charity, to sa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prorogation-amid-we-charity-affair-saved-trudeau-opposition-mps-claim/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 23:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prorogation-amid-we-charity-affair-saved-trudeau-opposition-mps-claim/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['We Aren&rsquo;t Reopening The Province' Says Ford, As Stay Home Order Lifts]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario&rsquo;s premier defended the lifting of a stay-home order for the majority of the province&rsquo;s regions Tuesday despite warnings it could lead to a third wave.Premier Doug Ford said the government won&rsquo;t hesitate to use an &ldquo;emergency brake&rdquo; to swiftly move regions back into lockdown if COVID-19 cases spike.&ldquo;We aren&rsquo;t reopening the province,&rdquo; Ford said as Ontario&rsquo;s legislature began its spring session.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re transitio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/we-arenrsquot-reopening-the-province-says-ford-as-stay-home-order-lifts/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 22:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/we-arenrsquot-reopening-the-province-says-ford-as-stay-home-order-lifts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Explains Reluctance To Call China’s Treatment Of Uighurs A Genocide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave some insight Tuesday into his reluctance to call China&rsquo;s treatment of its Uighur minority a genocide, even as federal Conservatives ramp up Olympic-sized pressure on the government to make the declaration.Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, Trudeau said the international community takes the term &ldquo;very, very seriously&rdquo; and must ensure it is only used when it is &ldquo;clearly and properly justified.&rdquo; Anything less, he suggested, threatens we]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-explains-reluctance-to-call-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-a-genocide/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 21:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-explains-reluctance-to-call-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-a-genocide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-Mask Disney Princess Page Targeted At Kids Abruptly Shuts Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian social media accounts aimed at spreading anti-mask misinformation and conspiracy theories to kids through Disney princesses have gone dark following a media report Tuesday.In an email to HuffPost Canada, Ottawa-based cosplayer Mary-Jean Harris, the operator of the &ldquo;Freedom Princess&rdquo; Facebook and Instagram pages confirmed that the accounts will be taking a break for the &ldquo;foreseeable future.&rdquo;&nbsp;The move follows a Vice World News report on their links to both the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/anti-mask-disney-princess-page-targeted-at-kids-abruptly-shuts-down/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 21:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/anti-mask-disney-princess-page-targeted-at-kids-abruptly-shuts-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why My Métis Grandfather Spent A Lifetime Denying His Heritage]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was seven years old, I listened as my father questioned my grandfather over the kitchen table about rumours he had heard growing up that hinted at &ldquo;Indian blood&rdquo; in our family. My grandfather, unmoved, rejected any such notion. He emphatically declared: he was not M&eacute;tis, but rather was French, &ldquo;through and through.&rdquo;After his passing in 1975, however, once-whispered family stories and oral histories emerged that contradicted my grandfather&rsquo;s categorical]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/why-my-mtis-grandfather-spent-a-lifetime-denying-his-heritage/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/why-my-mtis-grandfather-spent-a-lifetime-denying-his-heritage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long-Promised Liberal Bill Would Give Cities Power To Ban Handguns]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Newly tabled gun legislation would allow municipalities to ban handguns through bylaws restricting their possession, storage and transportation.The Liberal government said Tuesday the measures would be backed up with serious penalties to enforce these bylaws, including jail time for people who violate municipal rules.Many gun control advocates have pressed for a national handgun ban, warning that leaving it up to municipalities would create an ineffective patchwork of regulations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/long-promised-liberal-bill-would-give-cities-power-to-ban-handguns/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/long-promised-liberal-bill-would-give-cities-power-to-ban-handguns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Weird Ways The Pandemic Is Messing With Your Sleep]]></title><description><![CDATA[Having trouble sleeping? If anxieties, fears and a disrupted routine arising from the COVID-19 pandemic are keeping you up at night, welcome to the club. So many us have lost sleep over the past year that medical experts have dubbed the phenomenon COVID-somnia.&nbsp;A study published in the Journal of Sleep Research in November revealed just how common sleep issues were during the early months of the pandemic. A survey of 5,525 Canadians found that half experienced significant sleep disturbances]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/5-weird-ways-the-pandemic-is-messing-with-your-sleep/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/5-weird-ways-the-pandemic-is-messing-with-your-sleep/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singh Wants Military Help In Canada’s COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling for a quicker, clearer vaccination plan that would see Canada&rsquo;s military deployed across the country to speed up provincial COVID-19 inoculation efforts.The federal government should engage military personnel along with more medical and nursing students and retired health-care workers to ramp up Canada&rsquo;s faltering vaccine rollout, Singh said Tuesday.The announcement, presented as a campaign-style pledge ahead of a possible election t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/singh-wants-military-help-in-canadas-covid-19-vaccination-campaign/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/singh-wants-military-help-in-canadas-covid-19-vaccination-campaign/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Supply Of Homes For Sale Lowest On Record As Prices Jump 23%]]></title><description><![CDATA[House price growth in Canada is out of control, and the chief economist at the country&rsquo;s real estate association says that won&rsquo;t change until the pandemic lets up, and more people list their homes for sale.The average resale price for all property types in January was $621,525, up 22.8 per cent from a year ago, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) said Tuesday.The number of home sales was up 35.2 per cent from a year ago, to the highest total for a January on record. Meanwhile]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-supply-of-homes-for-sale-lowest-on-record-as-prices-jump-23/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-supply-of-homes-for-sale-lowest-on-record-as-prices-jump-23/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most Canadians Blame Ottawa For COVID-19 Vaccine Delays, Poll Suggests]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The vast majority of Canadians blame Ottawa rather than provincial governments for delays in COVID-19 vaccine delivery, a new poll suggests.Sixty-nine per cent of respondents believe Canada is behind on deliveries due to federal challenges obtaining doses on the global market, according to an online survey by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies.Only 14 per cent of respondents point the finger at provincial governments.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says all Canadians who]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/most-canadians-blame-ottawa-for-covid-19-vaccine-delays-poll-suggests/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/most-canadians-blame-ottawa-for-covid-19-vaccine-delays-poll-suggests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tim Hortons' 'Roll Up The Rim' Ditches The Rim, Goes All Digital]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of Canada&rsquo;s most recognized marketing campaigns is going fully digital as Tim Hortons swaps out printed messages under rolled up coffee rims for scanning a loyalty card or app.The chain&rsquo;s annual spring prize contest is now simply Roll up to Win &#8213; rather than Roll Up The Rim To Win &#8213; eliminating the fiddly work of rolling up a coffee cup rim with your hands or teeth to reveal a message like &ldquo;win donut.&rdquo;Customers will now scan the Tim Hortons app on their sm]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tim-hortons-roll-up-the-rim-ditches-the-rim-goes-all-digital/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tim-hortons-roll-up-the-rim-ditches-the-rim-goes-all-digital/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau’s Words On Federal Whistleblower Law An ‘Illusion,’ Warns Former Whistleblower]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rather than being disappointed, former government whistleblower Joanna Gualtieri says she resents Prime Minister Justin Trudeau&rsquo;s non-committal response as to why he won&rsquo;t beef up protections for public servants brave enough to flag what they believe to be wrongdoing.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s even more dangerous than keeping his mouth shut,&rdquo; she said of Trudeau&rsquo;s response to HuffPost Canada&rsquo;s queries last week about the much-criticized whistleblower law.&nbsp;&ldquo;I resen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeaus-words-on-federal-whistleblower-law-an-illusion-warns-former-whistleblower/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 05:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeaus-words-on-federal-whistleblower-law-an-illusion-warns-former-whistleblower/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Revises COVID-19 Vaccination List To Prioritize Racialized Adults]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Adults from racialized communities disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic should be prioritized for shots in the second stage of the vaccination campaign, says new guidance from Canada&rsquo;s national advisory committee on immunization.The advice also would see all essential workers who can&rsquo;t do their jobs from home moved into the second stage, instead of focusing on health workers with lower-risk jobs.The second stage is expected to start this spring after pr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-revises-covid-19-vaccination-list-to-prioritize-racialized-adults/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 03:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-revises-covid-19-vaccination-list-to-prioritize-racialized-adults/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri Says We Have An ‘Obligation’ To Fight Racial Injustice]]></title><description><![CDATA[The legal battle between Masai Ujiri and Alameda County sheriff&rsquo;s deputy Alan Strickland over events following the Toronto Raptors&rsquo; 2019 NBA championship win may be over, but the Raptors president says his fight for racial justice on and off the court will continue.&nbsp;Strickland dropped his lawsuit against Ujiri last week. On Monday, Ujiri responded with a pledge to continue fighting racial injustice. He said in a statement that his fight is &ldquo;not a legal one.&rdquo;&nbsp;&ld]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/toronto-raptors-president-masai-ujiri-says-we-have-an-obligation-to-fight-racial-injustice/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 23:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/toronto-raptors-president-masai-ujiri-says-we-have-an-obligation-to-fight-racial-injustice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[57 Nations Sign Canadian Declaration Against ‘Immoral’ Arbitrary Detentions]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada and a coalition of 57 other countries offered vocal support Monday for a new international declaration denouncing state-sponsored arbitrary detention of foreign nationals for political purposes.The new declaration was born out of a year of behind-the-scenes diplomacy, spearheaded by former foreign affairs minister Fran&ccedil;ois-Philippe Champagne, and was the result of a campaign to free Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who spent their 798th day in Chinese prisons on Mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/57-nations-sign-canadian-declaration-against-immoral-arbitrary-detentions/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 20:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/57-nations-sign-canadian-declaration-against-immoral-arbitrary-detentions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Pfizer Vaccine Doses On The Way In Coming Weeks: Feds]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada&rsquo;s sluggish COVID-19 vaccination efforts are expected to get a big boost starting this week as the federal government prepares for a ramp up in the delivery of shots from Pfizer-BioNTech following a month-long lull.The Public Health Agency of Canada says it expects the two pharmaceutical companies to deliver more than 400,000 doses this week and another 475,000 following a slowdown as Pfizer expanded a production plant in Belgium.The health agency says Canada will then]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/more-pfizer-vaccine-doses-on-the-way-in-coming-weeks-feds/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 19:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/more-pfizer-vaccine-doses-on-the-way-in-coming-weeks-feds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meghan Markle’s Pregnancy Announcement Has A Sweet Princess Diana Connection]]></title><description><![CDATA[A royal baby is on the way. On Sunday, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced they are expecting their second child with a socially distanced photo that looked straight out of a rom-com.&nbsp;But the timing of the announcement is even more special in that it shares a royal connection &mdash; and proof that the apple doesn&rsquo;t fall far from the tree.Exactly 37 years ago, Princess Diana and Prince Charles announced they were expecting their second child, a red-haired tot that would grow up t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/meghan-markles-pregnancy-announcement-has-a-sweet-princess-diana-connection/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 19:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/meghan-markles-pregnancy-announcement-has-a-sweet-princess-diana-connection/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World’s Longest Hockey Game Raises $1.8 Million For Cancer Research]]></title><description><![CDATA[SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. &mdash; The world&rsquo;s longest hockey game has broken multiple records this year.Forty people took turns playing hockey on an outdoor rink 24 hours a day, seven days a week since Feb. 4 to raise $1.5 million for cancer research at the University of Alberta.They hit the 252-hour goal around 6 a.m. Monday and will break their own Guinness World Record.Organizers said on the event&rsquo;s Facebook page that they have raised a record $1.84 million so far.WATCH: Seven Black Ca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/worlds-longest-hockey-game-raises-18-million-for-cancer-research/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 17:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/worlds-longest-hockey-game-raises-18-million-for-cancer-research/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CERB Data Reveals Rural-Urban Split Among 8.9 Million Recipients]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Kelly Ernst recalls standing on sidewalks, waving to needy families in Calgary&rsquo;s northeast as they opened their doors to pick up food hampers.Ernst, vice-president for vulnerable populations at Calgary&rsquo;s Centre for Newcomers, said the memory speaks to how COVID-19 hurt the community, socially and economically.Ernst said the Skyview Ranch neighbourhood is one of the most diverse in the country, with a high proportion of visible minorities and newcomers. Residents are of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cerb-data-reveals-rural-urban-split-among-89-million-recipients/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cerb-data-reveals-rural-urban-split-among-89-million-recipients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retirement home operator investigating after residents' door handles removed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A retirement home operator says it&rsquo;s launched an investigation after a senior staff member at a southern Ontario facility allegedly removed the handles from some residents&rsquo; doors.&nbsp;A statement from Verve Senior Living says the removals took place at White Cliffe Terrace home in Courtice, Ont., noting they were removed from &ldquo;a small number&rdquo; of suites belonging to assisted living residents.&nbsp;The statement did not specify why the handles were removed, but several med]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/retirement-home-operator-investigating-after-residents-door-handles-removed/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/retirement-home-operator-investigating-after-residents-door-handles-removed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Contagious U.K. COVID-19 Variant Now In All 10 Provinces]]></title><description><![CDATA[A contagious variant of COVID-19 has now made its way to all 10 provinces in Canada, officials announced Saturday as the nation&rsquo;s top doctor warned yet again of the dangers of lifting public health restrictions at this stage of the pandemic.&nbsp;Prince Edward Island confirmed its first case of the variant that originated in the United Kingdom on Saturday in a patient who was first diagnosed on Feb. 4 and has a history of international travel.&nbsp;&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been bracing for this]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/more-contagious-uk-covid-19-variant-now-in-all-10-provinces/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/more-contagious-uk-covid-19-variant-now-in-all-10-provinces/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's Room For Canada-U.S. Collaboration As Companies Turn To Electric Cars]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; The storied North American automotive industry, the ultimate showcase of Canada&rsquo;s high-tensile trade ties with the United States, is about to navigate a dramatic hairpin turn.But as the Big Three veer into the all-electric, autonomous era, some Canadians want to seize the moment and take the wheel.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a long shadow between the promise and the execution, but all the pieces are there,&rdquo; says Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturer]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/theres-room-for-canada-us-collaboration-as-companies-turn-to-electric-cars/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/theres-room-for-canada-us-collaboration-as-companies-turn-to-electric-cars/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anderson Cooper Explains ‘Weird’ Co-Parenting Relationship With His Ex]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anderson Cooper still lives with and co-parents with his ex-boyfriend, he told Ellen DeGeneres &mdash; but the CNN anchor was clear that they didn&rsquo;t plan to get back together.On an appearance on the talk show on Thursday, Cooper discussed his parenting relationship with his ex-boyfriend Benjamin Maisani, a French-born nightclub owner. The two share custody of nine-month-old son Wyatt.&ldquo;We actually still live in the same house because we get along really well,&rdquo; Cooper told DeGene]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/anderson-cooper-explains-weird-co-parenting-relationship-with-his-ex/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 22:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/anderson-cooper-explains-weird-co-parenting-relationship-with-his-ex/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['The Great Canadian Baking Show' Contenders Share The Dish That Says 'I Love You']]></title><description><![CDATA[The fourth season of &ldquo;The Great Canadian Baking Show&rdquo; debuts Sunday night on CBC and CBC Gem, with 10 new contestants, two new judges, and a whole lot of eggs, flour, sugar and vanilla in the tent for Cake Week.&nbsp;For the show&rsquo;s&nbsp;Valentine&rsquo;s Day premiere, we got to know some of the new bakers by asking what dish they make to express love. Their revelations are a peek into childhood memories, cultural roots and family bonds.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mahathi Mundluru,&nbsp;Markham]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-great-canadian-baking-show-contenders-share-the-dish-that-says-i-love-you/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 21:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-great-canadian-baking-show-contenders-share-the-dish-that-says-i-love-you/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family Day 2021: 3 Unexpected Ways You Can Make The Most Of The Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Any other year, you might be planning a bunch of activities together with your kids for Family Day, to make the most of the bonus time together. But this year, many of us have been staying home a lot more than usual, in close quarters with our kids, so every day has basically become Family Day.Even if we did want to mix things up and go out together, say for brunch or a movie, in many parts of Canada non-essential businesses are closed or restricted in what they can offer too, so options are lim]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/family-day-2021-3-unexpected-ways-you-can-make-the-most-of-the-day/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 21:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/family-day-2021-3-unexpected-ways-you-can-make-the-most-of-the-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meghan Markle And Prince Harry Are Having Another Baby]]></title><description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s a new royal baby on the way!Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are expecting their second child, a spokesperson confirmed to HuffPost on Sunday.&ldquo;We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to be expecting their second child,&rdquo; the spokesperson said in a statement.They couple welcomed their first child, son Archie Harrison, in May 2019. He&rsquo;s seventh in line to the throne, but does not have a title.This November,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-are-having-another-baby/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 20:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-are-having-another-baby/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Deal With Being Around Your Romantic Partner 24/7]]></title><description><![CDATA[We&rsquo;re all spending way&nbsp;more time at home than we ever thought we&rsquo;d have to. That&rsquo;s led to a few realities we&rsquo;re all extremely familiar with at this point: our pets are happy. No one wears jeans anymore. And couples who live together are finding their relationships ... tested.&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t have the outlets for stress relief that we might have had before. The little things get big,&rdquo; said Bronwyn Singleton, a Toronto therapist who works with individual cli]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-deal-with-being-around-your-romantic-partner-247/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 18:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-deal-with-being-around-your-romantic-partner-247/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: Feb. 14, 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[On this episode: How do you survive being with your romantic partner 24/7? With a little space, a little self-care and a lot of understanding.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-14-2021/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-14-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homebuying Intentions Soar As Canadians Redesign Their Lives For An Era Of Remote Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the world moves into the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadians are showing a distinct nesting instinct, with owners rearranging their priorities for home life and renters increasingly determined to get onto the property ladder.The exodus from urban centres to suburbs and rural areas is well-documented at this point, but what&rsquo;s only becoming clear is how many renters are jumping into the housing market despite the economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic.A survey from Mortga]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/homebuying-intentions-soar-as-canadians-redesign-their-lives-for-an-era-of-remote-work/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/homebuying-intentions-soar-as-canadians-redesign-their-lives-for-an-era-of-remote-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MMIWG Report Commissioner Calls For Government Transparency On Response]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; A commissioner who served on the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls implored the federal government for more transparency on its response to the final report&rsquo;s calls for change.&nbsp;Michele Audette&rsquo;s remarks came on Saturday during what she and other advocates described as a time when Indigenous women are facing heightened risks of violence in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.&ldquo;Tell us where you are at. Give us some information,&rdqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mmiwg-report-commissioner-calls-for-government-transparency-on-response/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mmiwg-report-commissioner-calls-for-government-transparency-on-response/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're Looking At The COVID-19 Pandemic In Waves When 'It's A Forest Fire': Experts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Infectious disease experts and COVID-19 modelers are sounding alarm bells of an approaching third wave expected to be driven by more contagious variants of the virus.But while we brace for Wave 3, some are wondering if we ever actually cleared Wave 2, especially in populous areas of the country where transmission has remained more steady.Experts say the definition of what constitutes a &ldquo;wave&rdquo; and pinpointing when it&rsquo;s passed isn&rsquo;t so clear.Some say we&rsquo;re on the tail]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/were-looking-at-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-waves-when-its-a-forest-fire-experts/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/were-looking-at-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-waves-when-its-a-forest-fire-experts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Montreal's Chinatown Restaurants Fight To Survive A Year Into The Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; As the Lunar New Year begins, many in Montreal&rsquo;s Chinatown hope the year of the Ox will bring a better fortune than the last.&nbsp;But restauranteur Benny Shek doesn&rsquo;t dare to hope for the future.&nbsp;&ldquo;Today is an exception,&rdquo; he said, bluntly, pointing at his temporary staff of eight scrambling to put together orders for poon choi, a Cantonese dish made with carefully layered abalone, mushrooms, shrimp, fish, pork and chicken and eaten during Chinese New]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/montreals-chinatown-restaurants-fight-to-survive-a-year-into-the-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2021 21:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/montreals-chinatown-restaurants-fight-to-survive-a-year-into-the-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Telecom Lobbied Trudeau Government 577 Times In Past Year, TekSavvy Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal government officials met with lobbyists for Canada&rsquo;s big telecom firms &ldquo;an average of twice every business day&rdquo; over the past year, independent internet provider TekSavvy says.The Chatham, Ont.-based company argued in a blog post this week that Canada is on the verge of &ldquo;regulatory capture&rdquo; in its telecom industry &#8213; a situation where regulators &ldquo;come to be dominated by the industries or interests they are charged with regulating.&rdquo;TekSavvy a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/big-telecom-lobbied-trudeau-government-577-times-in-past-year-teksavvy-says/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/big-telecom-lobbied-trudeau-government-577-times-in-past-year-teksavvy-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian LTC Operator Revera Faces 'Troubling' Tax Avoidance Allegations In U.K.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Revera Inc., the long-term care home company owned by the Canadian Public Sector Pension (PSP) Investment Board that has seen hundreds of resident deaths during the pandemic, appears to shift taxable profits out of the United Kingdom into subsidiaries in countries with more favourable tax laws, according to a new analysis.&nbsp;The private company, headquartered in Mississauga, Ont., owns and operates more than 500 retirement and long-term care homes in Canada, the United States and the U.K.&nbs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-ltc-operator-revera-faces-troubling-tax-avoidance-allegations-in-uk/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-ltc-operator-revera-faces-troubling-tax-avoidance-allegations-in-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pandemic Restrictions Will Loosen In 27 Ontario Health Regions Next Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Pandemic restrictions will loosen in 27 Ontario health units next week as the province moves ahead with a reopening plan criticized in light of projections showing a likely third wave of COVID-19 in the near future without strict protections in place.The province announced Friday what restrictions would take effect in public health units leaving the provincewide stay-at-home order on Feb. 16.&nbsp;Niagara Region will be the only region in the grey-lockdown zone, which allows busi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pandemic-restrictions-will-loosen-in-27-ontario-health-regions-next-week/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2021 04:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pandemic-restrictions-will-loosen-in-27-ontario-health-regions-next-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newfoundland Cancels In-Person Election Due To U.K. COVID Variant Spike]]></title><description><![CDATA[ST. JOHN&rsquo;S, N.L. &mdash; Newfoundland and Labrador&rsquo;s chief electoral officer has called off all voting set for Saturday because of the province&rsquo;s COVID-19 outbreak.Bruce Chaulk says voting in the provincial election will now be exclusively by mail, and ballots must be received by March 1.His announcement tonight came shortly after health officials announced they&rsquo;d confirmed the U.K. variant was behind the COVID-19 outbreak that hit the St. John&rsquo;s region this week.Vo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/newfoundland-cancels-in-person-election-due-to-uk-covid-variant-spike/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2021 03:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/newfoundland-cancels-in-person-election-due-to-uk-covid-variant-spike/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toronto Moms Take Gen Z To Task For Mocking Skinny Jeans And Side Parts]]></title><description><![CDATA[These past weeks on TikTok, Gen-Z upstarts have had the audacity to mock women of a certain age (moms in their late 30s) for their side parts and tight jeans. Apparently, these style choices are giveaways that one is &ldquo;old.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibit A&nbsp;@speedforcecosplay#stitch with @blushliz I'm 24 but apparently I'm 100 &#128580;#middlepart#millennial#genz#adulting#GEICOLipSync#emophase#30plusontiktok#oldface#hair&#9836; middle parts are back apparently - SpeedforcecosplayExhibit B@bi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/toronto-moms-take-gen-z-to-task-for-mocking-skinny-jeans-and-side-parts/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2021 01:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/toronto-moms-take-gen-z-to-task-for-mocking-skinny-jeans-and-side-parts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gabrielle Union Says Diverse Schools Help Affirm Her Children's Blackness]]></title><description><![CDATA[As good as watching &ldquo;Black Is King&rdquo; on a loop sounds, Gabrielle Union knows that&rsquo;s not enough to make her kids feel proud of who they are.The actress opened up in a recent personal essay about how she and her husband, NBA legend Dwyane Wade,&nbsp;are making sure their three kids get more than a crash course in &ldquo;shameless self-love,&rdquo; as she calls it.&ldquo;Something happened around my 40s where I just fell in love with myself. I emptied my basket of fucks. And that&r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gabrielle-union-says-diverse-schools-help-affirm-her-childrens-blackness/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gabrielle-union-says-diverse-schools-help-affirm-her-childrens-blackness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Sex Workers Share Their Valentine’s Day Wish List]]></title><description><![CDATA[When we think about Valentine&rsquo;s Day, heart-racing associations come to mind: romance, gifts, boxes of chocolate,&nbsp;flowers, and bedroom activities.This year is driving many Canadians up the wall, because they&rsquo;re missing out on touch and intimacy. For Canadians who make their livings off&nbsp;sex work&nbsp;in particular, the COVID-19 pandemic&nbsp;has made the last several months a particularly challenging time.In provinces such as Ontario, lockdowns have put strippers out of work,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-sex-workers-share-their-valentines-day-wish-list/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-sex-workers-share-their-valentines-day-wish-list/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Deer School Board Pride Week Proposal Scrapped For ‘Diversity Week’]]></title><description><![CDATA[A proposal to implement an annual Pride Week celebration in the Red Deer Public School District has been shot down in favour of a &ldquo;Diversity Week&rdquo; aimed at celebrating broader diversity in the community.On Wednesday night, school trustee Dianne Macaulay brought forward a motion to declare an annual Pride Week in the district, celebrating LGBTQ+ pride in the first week of June. The motion came following a similar move by the Edmonton Public School Board in 2018.However, Macaulay&rsquo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/red-deer-school-board-pride-week-proposal-scrapped-for-diversity-week/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/red-deer-school-board-pride-week-proposal-scrapped-for-diversity-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: Feb. 12, 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[On this episode: Canada's snowbirds would like an exemption from the country's travel restrictions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-12-2021/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 23:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-12-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tighter Border Controls For Travellers To Kick In On Feb. 22: PM]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Tighter border controls will come into effect Feb. 22, the prime minister said Friday, not to punish travellers but to try to keep everyone safe.&nbsp;Forcing new arrivals into a mandatory three-day hotel quarantine &mdash; at their own expense &mdash; and requiring a COVID-19 test when they get here is meant to help ward off new and more transmissible variants of COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.&nbsp;Nobody wants a third wave to start, Trudeau said at a news conferen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tighter-border-controls-for-travellers-to-kick-in-on-feb-22-pm/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 22:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tighter-border-controls-for-travellers-to-kick-in-on-feb-22-pm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't Tell Me The Isolating Struggle Of Online Learning's Worth A Full University Tuition]]></title><description><![CDATA[I reluctantly dragged myself out of bed and put on a pair of sweatpants to attend my first lecture of the semester, which took place on my clutter-filled desk about four feet from the edge of my bed. I opened Zoom only to be greeted by 40 blank screens with the names of other sociology students who had their cameras turned off, and a professor who unenthusiastically recited notes from his slides. I spent half the class trying to stay awake, and the other half resisting the pull of my Instagram f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dont-tell-me-the-isolating-struggle-of-online-learnings-worth-a-full-university-tuition/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dont-tell-me-the-isolating-struggle-of-online-learnings-worth-a-full-university-tuition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario’s COVID Outlook Summed Up In Brutally Honest Press Conference]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; &ldquo;Am I missing something here or is this presentation actually predicting a disaster?&rdquo; the TVO reporter asked.&ldquo;No, I don&rsquo;t think you&rsquo;re missing anything,&rdquo; the official answered.&nbsp;The exchange, from Ontario&rsquo;s latest update for media on COVID-19 modelling, was unusually frank. A video clip of the moment shared widely on Twitter Thursday.&nbsp;Here's a question posed to Ontario public health officials after they gave a modelling update."A]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-covid-outlook-summed-up-in-brutally-honest-press-conference/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-covid-outlook-summed-up-in-brutally-honest-press-conference/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young Canadians Aren't Just Watching The Indian Farmers' Protest. We're Living It.]]></title><description><![CDATA[An old Massey Ferguson farm tractor sits on our driveway. Decades have weathered its bright red paint into a muted, rusty hue. Mechanically, it is in great shape and starts on the first turn of the key. It is very similar to the tractors my father remembers seeing around our small, rural village in central Punjab, India &mdash; the kind, at the time, my family could never afford. Here in Canada, it is ridiculously impractical for all the reasons we tell ourselves we need it &mdash; mostly cuttin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/young-canadians-arent-just-watching-the-indian-farmers-protest-were-living-it/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/young-canadians-arent-just-watching-the-indian-farmers-protest-were-living-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snowbirds Want Exemption From Canada's Latest Travel Rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The latest rules for travellers arriving in Canada are ruffling feathers among snowbirds wintering south of the border, while those who stayed home wonder why thousands opted to travel during the pandemic.Valorie Crooks, Canada research chair in health service geographies, said everyone has had access to the same public health information and snowbirds who flocked south &ldquo;did what they felt was allowable.&rdquo;There is no ban on travel and snowbirds don&rsquo;t think of t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/snowbirds-want-exemption-from-canadas-latest-travel-rules/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/snowbirds-want-exemption-from-canadas-latest-travel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Former Top Soldier Was Investigated By Police In 2015: DND]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The Department of National Defence says military police opened an investigation in 2015 into then-general Jonathan Vance&rsquo;s conduct while he was serving in Italy the previous year, but no charges were laid.The Defence Department says the investigation was launched before Vance&rsquo;s appointment as defence chief in July 2015, but did not reveal the specific allegations that were investigated.&ldquo;An allegation against Gen. Vance was investigated by the military police in 2]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-former-top-soldier-was-investigated-by-police-in-2015-dnd/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-former-top-soldier-was-investigated-by-police-in-2015-dnd/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada To Receive Biggest Pfizer Vaccine Shipment To Date Next Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A month-long slowdown in Canada&rsquo;s COVID-19 vaccine deliveries should end next week, with the single biggest shipment of vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech to date and almost two million doses expected in the next month.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re approaching something we&rsquo;re calling the big lift,&rdquo; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday in a virtual roundtable with nurses and doctors from around Canada.Trudeau acknowledged the struggle with deliveries, and how frustrati]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-to-receive-biggest-pfizer-vaccine-shipment-to-date-next-week/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-to-receive-biggest-pfizer-vaccine-shipment-to-date-next-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tory Climate Plan Will Hit Goals Faster Than Liberals: O'Toole]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The Conservative election platform will contain a climate-change plan that could cut greenhouse-gas emissions faster than the Liberals&rsquo; plan will, party leader Erin O&rsquo;Toole said Thursday.O&rsquo;Toole told a virtual audience of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade that he &ldquo;loves&rdquo; the net-zero approach to carbon emissions, though not the wide-ranging federal carbon tax, and his party is working on a plan that would get Canada to its emissions goals.&ldquo;Yo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tory-climate-plan-will-hit-goals-faster-than-liberals-otoole/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 02:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tory-climate-plan-will-hit-goals-faster-than-liberals-otoole/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Casual Sex And Vaccines: What Single People Are Doing And What Experts Recommend]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Fuck yes. And vaccinated? Even better.&rdquo;When a Facebook friend propositioned Alejandro* for a hook-up, it was an instant yes: Their friend, a frontline worker in Toronto, had received the second COVID-19 vaccine dose the week prior.Like most of the world, Alejandro is eagerly awaiting the vaccine. But until it becomes widespread, being vaccinated is becoming a major perk that singles are listing on their dating app profiles and telling their prospective partners. Just saw a bumble pr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/casual-sex-and-vaccines-what-single-people-are-doing-and-what-experts-recommend/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/casual-sex-and-vaccines-what-single-people-are-doing-and-what-experts-recommend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians Increasingly Stuck In The Economic Conditions They Were Born In: StatCan]]></title><description><![CDATA[The &ldquo;Canadian dream&rdquo; &#8213; the ideal of improving your material well-being and giving your children a shot at a better life than you had &#8213; is becoming harder to achieve, and the COVID-19 economic crisis could make things worse, new research suggests.Canada hasn&rsquo;t exactly developed a caste system just yet, but a new study from Statistics Canada shows it&rsquo;s increasingly difficult to move up the economic ladder.StatCan looked at the tax records of five &ldquo;cohorts&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-increasingly-stuck-in-the-economic-conditions-they-were-born-in-statcan/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-increasingly-stuck-in-the-economic-conditions-they-were-born-in-statcan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cineplex Wants To Turn Theatres Into Vaccination Sites]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &#8213; The head of Cineplex Inc. is ready to turn Canada&rsquo;s multiplexes into temporary COVID-19 vaccination sites.Ellis Jacob, CEO of the country&rsquo;s largest movie theatre chain, says he&rsquo;s reached out to provincial public health agencies nationwide to suggest his company &ldquo;could help in a big way&rdquo; as a space for distributing shots.In Ontario, those talks have also involved Premier Doug Ford, Jacob said in an interview.And he says while no decisions have been ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cineplex-wants-to-turn-theatres-into-vaccination-sites/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cineplex-wants-to-turn-theatres-into-vaccination-sites/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Minister Merrilee Fullerton 'Regrets' Falsely Saying Vaccinations Done In Nursing Homes]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario&rsquo;s minister of long-term care is apologizing for an earlier statement that claimed all residents in the province&rsquo;s long-term care homes had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.The province had promised to achieve that goal by Feb. 10, and this morning Long-term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton said in a statement that the goal had been met.But a spokeswoman for Fullerton issued a statement this afternoon that says residents in a few long-term car]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-minister-merrilee-fullerton-regrets-falsely-saying-vaccinations-done-in-nursing-homes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-minister-merrilee-fullerton-regrets-falsely-saying-vaccinations-done-in-nursing-homes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quebec Body-Hair Activist Esther Calixte-Béa Rocks The Cover Of Glamour UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 24-year-old Quebecer is on the cover of Glamour UK&rsquo;s January issue.Esther Calixte-B&eacute;a, known as Queen Esie on Instagram, is of Haitian and Ivorian descent and was born in Longueuil, on Montreal&rsquo;s south shore. She&rsquo;s a recent graduate in painting and drawing from Concordia University in downtown Montreal. And she&rsquo;s on a mission: to shatter the taboo around women&rsquo;s body hair.&ldquo;I had never seen a woman with chest hair on the cover of a magazine before,&rdq]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-body-hair-activist-esther-calixte-ba-rocks-the-cover-of-glamour-uk/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-body-hair-activist-esther-calixte-ba-rocks-the-cover-of-glamour-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newfoundland And Labrador Poll Workers Quitting Over COVID Fears Forces Election Delays]]></title><description><![CDATA[ST. JOHN&rsquo;S, N.L. &mdash; Amid climbing COVID-19 case numbers, Newfoundland and Labrador election officials have postponed voting in Saturday&rsquo;s provincial election for nearly half the province&rsquo;s ridings.Elections NL said in a news release Thursday that with community spread in the St. John&rsquo;s region, polling station workers were backing out in droves over fears of contracting and spreading COVID-19.News Release - Postponement of Polls &amp; Extension of Special Ballot Votin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/newfoundland-and-labrador-poll-workers-quitting-over-covid-fears-forces-election-delays/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/newfoundland-and-labrador-poll-workers-quitting-over-covid-fears-forces-election-delays/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fans Reeling After TikTok Star Dazharia Shaffer Dies By Suicide At Age 18]]></title><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;Trigger warning: This story addresses suicide and the deaths of children and youth.Tik Tok personality Dazharia Shaffer, known as Dee on the social media platform, where she had 1.4 million followers, died on Tuesday.&nbsp;She was 18 years old. Shaffer&rsquo;s father, Joseph Santiago, shared a video montage of his daughter over the years on Wednesday and wrote:&nbsp;&ldquo;I just want to thank everyone for their love and support of my daughter. Unfortunately she is no longer with us]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/fans-reeling-after-tiktok-star-dazharia-shaffer-dies-by-suicide-at-age-18/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/fans-reeling-after-tiktok-star-dazharia-shaffer-dies-by-suicide-at-age-18/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fans Reeling After TikTok Star Dazharia Shaffer Dies By Suicide At 18]]></title><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;Trigger warning: This story addresses suicide and the deaths of children and youth.Tik Tok personality Dazharia Shaffer, known as Dee on the social media platform, where she had 1.4 million followers, died on Tuesday.&nbsp;She was 18 years old. Shaffer&rsquo;s father, Joseph Santiago, shared a video montage of his daughter over the years on Wednesday and wrote:&nbsp;&ldquo;I just want to thank everyone for their love and support of my daughter. Unfortunately she is no longer with us]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/fans-reeling-after-tiktok-star-dazharia-shaffer-dies-by-suicide-at-18/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/fans-reeling-after-tiktok-star-dazharia-shaffer-dies-by-suicide-at-18/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID-19 Variants In Canada: How Should It Change Your Pandemic Habits?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The COVID-19 variants are here.&nbsp;Nearly a year since the COVID-19 pandemic first took hold of the world, many countries are still grappling with undulating lockdowns and case rates as vaccines are rushed into development. And while vaccines are promising &mdash; Canada aims to vaccinate everyone who wants the shot by the end of 2021 &mdash; a new wrench has been thrown into the mix in the form of COVID-19 variants.These mutations of the original virus can be more transmittable and may even r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-19-variants-in-canada-how-should-it-change-your-pandemic-habits/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-19-variants-in-canada-how-should-it-change-your-pandemic-habits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario To Postpone March Break Until April, Lecce Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash;&nbsp;Ontario is postponing schools&rsquo; annual March break until the week of April 12, Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced Thursday.&ldquo;Postponing March Break, not cancelling it,&rdquo; is an important way for schools to limit transmission of COVID-19 and its emerging variants, he said.&ldquo;The decision to postpone March Break has not been an easy one &hellip; Nothing matters more than the health and safety of students.&rdquo;Schools have reopened in all areas excep]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-to-postpone-march-break-until-april-lecce-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-to-postpone-march-break-until-april-lecce-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[1 In 4 Canadians Smoked Weed At Least Once In Past Year: Survey]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new survey has found one in four Canadian adults reported using cannabis at least once within the period of one year.The Commonwealth Fund survey compares Canada&rsquo;s health systems to 10 other peer countries.&nbsp;An average of nine per cent of people in the other countries reported the same pot use.Tracy Johnson, director of health systems analysis for the Canadian Institute for Health Information, says it is not surprising considering Canada is the only country in the survey where cannab]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/1-in-4-canadians-smoked-weed-at-least-once-in-past-year-survey/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 17:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/1-in-4-canadians-smoked-weed-at-least-once-in-past-year-survey/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MPs Mull Giving Themselves The Power To Hear From Government Whistleblowers]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; As they look for ways to oversee the government&rsquo;s COVID-19 response, MPs may consider giving themselves the power to hear from and protect whistleblowers.&nbsp;&ldquo;When you have a crisis like this, where hundreds of billions of dollars are being distributed throughout the country and [there are] no critical oversight measures, without any real accountability internally, that&rsquo;s a problem,&rdquo; NDP MP Matthew Green told HuffPost Canada.&ldquo;[But] if we provide peo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mps-mull-giving-themselves-the-power-to-hear-from-government-whistleblowers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 16:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mps-mull-giving-themselves-the-power-to-hear-from-government-whistleblowers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green Party Leader Annamie Paul Will Run Again In Liberal Stronghold]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Annamie Paul is doubling down on Toronto Centre.The Green Party leader plans to announce her candidacy for the nomination there Thursday ahead of a possible federal election, setting her up for a rematch in the riding she failed to win in a byelection less than four months ago.Paul came in second to Liberal newcomer Marci Ien in October after former finance minister Bill Morneau resigned the seat, but she garnered a healthy one-third of the votes cast.The decision ends speculation]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/green-party-leader-annamie-paul-will-run-again-in-liberal-stronghold/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 16:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/green-party-leader-annamie-paul-will-run-again-in-liberal-stronghold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Double Masking Appears Twice As Effective At Stopping COVID-19: CDC]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &mdash; U.S. government researchers found that two masks are better than one in slowing coronavirus spread, but health officials stopped short of recommending that everyone double up.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday reported the results of a lab experiment that spaced two artificial heads 6 feet (1.83 metres) from each other and checked to see how many coronavirus-sized particles spewed by one were inhaled by the other.The researchers found that wearing one ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/double-masking-appears-twice-as-effective-at-stopping-covid-19-cdc/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/double-masking-appears-twice-as-effective-at-stopping-covid-19-cdc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last-Minute Valentine's Gifts For Your Pandemic Boo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every night is couple night in COVID times, so maybe Valentine&rsquo;s Day slipped your mind this year. Fear not: If you and your partner do gifts, we&rsquo;ve found some not-terrible things you can still dash out and grab, because nobody wants the silent treatment under stay-home orders.Click through the slideshow below to see images of last-minute Valentine&rsquo;s Day gifts you still have time to buy for the one you love.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hearts Crew Socks&nbsp; $8.50A black heart on ivory wh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/last-minute-valentines-gifts-for-your-pandemic-boo/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/last-minute-valentines-gifts-for-your-pandemic-boo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy Watch Asks Ontario Court To Stop 'Biased' Watchdog From Letting PC Insiders Lobby]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash;&nbsp;Advocacy group Democracy Watch is asking a court to overturn three decisions by Ontario&rsquo;s integrity watchdog, arguing the commissioner allows unethical lobbying by connections to Premier Doug Ford and his ministers.&ldquo;Dozens of people who have helped or worked for Doug Ford or his Cabinet ministers or the [Progressive Conservative] PC Party have set themselves up in lobbying firms and, even though many of them have never lobbied before, big businesses are hiring th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/democracy-watch-asks-ontario-court-to-stop-biased-watchdog-from-letting-pc-insiders-lobby/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 23:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/democracy-watch-asks-ontario-court-to-stop-biased-watchdog-from-letting-pc-insiders-lobby/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heavily-Indebted Boomers Increasingly The Ones Going Bankrupt: Study]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amid the COVID-19 economic crisis, a lot of attention has focused on younger working Canadians, who have been disproportionately hit by job losses. But a new survey of consumer bankruptcies suggests it&rsquo;s aging Canadians &#8213; those over 50 &#8213; who are increasingly ending up insolvent.People aged 50-plus have seen their share of insolvencies jump since the start of the pandemic, from 28.3 per cent in 2019 to 31.4 per cent immediately after last year&rsquo;s lockdowns, according to a s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/heavily-indebted-boomers-increasingly-the-ones-going-bankrupt-study/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 22:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/heavily-indebted-boomers-increasingly-the-ones-going-bankrupt-study/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet The Quebec Dads Making Beautiful Black And Mixed-Race Dolls]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ymma&rsquo;s website&nbsp;prominently features a Nelson Mandela quote:&nbsp;&ldquo;It is in your hands to make a better world for all who live in it.&rdquo;Ga&euml;tan Etoga and Yannick Nguepdjop take that literally. The two Quebec dads founded the company, which makes Black and mixed-race dolls, to inspire children and expose them to difference.Startling lack of diversity in the toy worldEtoga said the idea has been floating around in his head for a while now.He and his business partner, Nguepd]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/meet-the-quebec-dads-making-beautiful-black-and-mixed-race-dolls/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 22:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/meet-the-quebec-dads-making-beautiful-black-and-mixed-race-dolls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Names Get Behind India Farmers’ Protest As Government Silences Supporters]]></title><description><![CDATA[As hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers charge ahead with their monthslong protests of new agricultural laws on the outskirts of New Delhi, the movement has spilled over to the internet.&nbsp;Like on the ground where police have arrested at least eight journalists and dozens of demonstrators, the Indian government is attempting to silence dissent online.&nbsp;Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh described the situation to talk show host Lilly Singh on Tuesday, &ldquo;farmers are just asking for t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/big-names-get-behind-india-farmers-protest-as-government-silences-supporters/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/big-names-get-behind-india-farmers-protest-as-government-silences-supporters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tragically Hip Sue Mill Street Brewery Over ‘100th Meridian’ Beer]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Toronto-based brewery is in hot water with one of Canada&rsquo;s most beloved bands.&nbsp;The Tragically Hip has announced a lawsuit against Mill Street Brewery, alleging that the company produced and marketed a Hip-inspired beer called &ldquo;100th Meridian&rdquo; without the band&rsquo;s permission.&ldquo;We tried to sort it out with Mill Street for months but were unsuccessful. They didn&rsquo;t take us seriously and were frankly disrespectful,&rdquo; the band wrote in a letter to fans.&nbs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-tragically-hip-sue-mill-street-brewery-over-100th-meridian-beer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-tragically-hip-sue-mill-street-brewery-over-100th-meridian-beer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pierre Poilievre Out As Conservative Finance Critic As O’Toole Shuffles Shadow Cabinet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conservative Leader Erin O&rsquo;Toole has freshened up his front benches, shuffling veteran Ontario MP Pierre Poilievre out as the party&rsquo;s finance critic at a time of unprecedented government spending due to the COVID-10 pandemic.O&rsquo;Toole has moved Poilievre to become the Tory critic for jobs and industry, one of several changes to his shadow cabinet unveiled Wednesday.The Conservative leader has tapped veteran British Columbia MP Ed Fast to take over as the party&rsquo;s point perso]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pierre-poilievre-out-as-conservative-finance-critic-as-otoole-shuffles-shadow-cabinet/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 18:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pierre-poilievre-out-as-conservative-finance-critic-as-otoole-shuffles-shadow-cabinet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indigenous Workers Survey Finds 60% Feel Emotionally Unsafe At Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &#8213; As Krystal Abotossaway navigated corporate Canada over the last decade, the Toronto woman with Anishinaabe Kwe heritage always paid always took care to be on time, to watch her drinking at after-work events and to be agreeable in meetings.&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t want to show when I was angry or that I disagreed with my peers,&rdquo; said Abotossaway, TD Bank Group&rsquo;s senior manager of diversity and inclusion and the president of the Indigenous Professional Association of Canad]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/indigenous-workers-survey-finds-60-feel-emotionally-unsafe-at-work/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/indigenous-workers-survey-finds-60-feel-emotionally-unsafe-at-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kenney Faces Pushback From Members Of His Party On COVID Restrictions]]></title><description><![CDATA[EDMONTON &mdash; Two members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney&rsquo;s caucus are challenging the province&rsquo;s COVID-19 economic restrictions and have joined a national coalition pushing against lockdowns.Drew Barnes, the United Conservative Party (UCP) legislature member for Cypress-Medicine Hat, and Angela Pitt, the Airdrie-East MLA who is also the deputy speaker of the House and chair of committees, say Albertans have not been given adequate evidence to justify the rules and real hardship a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kenney-faces-pushback-from-members-of-his-party-on-covid-restrictions/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kenney-faces-pushback-from-members-of-his-party-on-covid-restrictions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Spending $14.9B On Public Transit, But Most Money Won’t Flow For Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will provide nearly $15 billion for public transit projects across the country &mdash; though most of the money won&rsquo;t arrive until later in the decade.Trudeau says the promised $14.9 billion in new public transit funding will be spread over eight years, though most of the money won&rsquo;t start flowing until 2026.The government says the new funds will provide cities with predictable funding to plan for their long-ter]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-spending-149b-on-public-transit-but-most-money-wont-flow-for-years/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-spending-149b-on-public-transit-but-most-money-wont-flow-for-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa Opts For Unapproved J&amp;J Vaccine In Fight Against Variant]]></title><description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG &mdash; South Africa will give the unapproved Johnson &amp; Johnson (J&amp;J) vaccine to its front-line health workers beginning next week as a study to see what protection it provides from COVID-19, particularly against the variant dominant there, the health minister said Wednesday.Zweli Mkhize said South Africa has scrapped plans to use the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine because it &ldquo;does not prevent mild to moderate disease&rdquo; of the variant.The one-shot J&amp;J vaccine is s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/south-africa-opts-for-unapproved-jampj-vaccine-in-fight-against-variant/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/south-africa-opts-for-unapproved-jampj-vaccine-in-fight-against-variant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twitter Comes For Justin Timberlake After Watching Britney Spears Documentary]]></title><description><![CDATA[If Twitter users could write a mass thesis for the recent swell of loathing towards &ldquo;Sexyback&rdquo; singer Justin Timberlake, it would probably go like this: dude has had it too good for too long, and it&rsquo;s time him to own up to humiliating&nbsp;Britney Spears and scapegoating Janet Jackson.Most of the outrage comes from viewers of &ldquo;Framing Britney Spears,&rdquo; a recent documentary about the pop superstar Spears&rsquo; career, health struggles, and the troubled state of her c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/twitter-comes-for-justin-timberlake-after-watching-britney-spears-documentary/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/twitter-comes-for-justin-timberlake-after-watching-britney-spears-documentary/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: Feb. 9, 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: Feb. 9, 2021]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-9-2021/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-9-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Or Soon-To-Be Parent? Talk To Us About Having A Kid During The Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the pandemic started in March, there were lots of jokes about a &ldquo;baby boom.&rdquo; We&rsquo;re all stuck inside for an indeterminate amount of time, people would say &mdash; surely, nine months from now, there will be a whole lot more babies in the world.Of course, we know now the opposite is true: there was actually a pandemic baby bust. In December, a Modern Fertility study found that 30 per cent of families said the pandemic caused them to change their family planning decisions, wi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-or-soon-to-be-parent-talk-to-us-about-having-a-kid-during-the-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 23:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-or-soon-to-be-parent-talk-to-us-about-having-a-kid-during-the-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Clearview AI Did Was Illegal, But Don't Play Down The RCMP's Role In It]]></title><description><![CDATA[Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien released&nbsp;a damning statement&nbsp;Wednesday about controversial technology company Clearview AI&rsquo;s collection and analysis of facial photos of Canadians posted online. He, alongside his provincial counterparts, concluded that &ldquo;What Clearview does is mass surveillance and it is illegal.&rdquo; Canada is not the first country to take issue with Clearview&rsquo;s technology. Similar&nbsp;investigations&nbsp;are ongoing in Britain and Au]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/what-clearview-ai-did-was-illegal-but-dont-play-down-the-rcmps-role-in-it/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 22:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/what-clearview-ai-did-was-illegal-but-dont-play-down-the-rcmps-role-in-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man Killed After Baby Shower Cannon Explodes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gender reveal parties have led to&nbsp;multipledevastating wildfires,&nbsp;serious injuries,&nbsp;the death of a firefighter, and possibly for the second time in history, death by explosion.Michigan resident Evan Thomas Silva, 26, is dead after attending a baby shower on Saturday, the Associated Press reported. Silva was struck by shrapnel from a malfunctioning cannon,&nbsp;ABC-affiliated local news reported that the cannon was meant to fire harmless coloured smoke that revealed the gender of hi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/man-killed-after-baby-shower-cannon-explodes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 22:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/man-killed-after-baby-shower-cannon-explodes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Read Live Updates On Donald Trump's Impeachment Trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s second impeachment trial starts Tuesday in the U.S. Senate.The trial will examine the events leading up to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6 and whether Trump acted alone in encouraging his supporters to storm the Capitol.&nbsp;Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives one week after the riot, becoming the first president to be impeached twice.If convicted by the Senate, Trump would not be allowed to hold office in the future, keeping him from running for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/read-live-updates-on-donald-trumps-impeachment-trial/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 21:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/read-live-updates-on-donald-trumps-impeachment-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drunk Driver Marco Muzzo Who Killed 3 Children And Their Grandfather Granted Full Parole]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Toronto-area drunk driver who killed three children and their grandfather has been granted full parole.The decision was made as Marco Muzzo appeared before the Parole Board of Canada via videoconference.The board also imposed a number of conditions, including that he not consume alcohol or go into bars and strip clubs.Muzzo was previously denied full parole last April, though he was granted day parole at that time.He was sentenced to 10 years behind bars after pleading guilty in 2016 to four c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/drunk-driver-marco-muzzo-who-killed-3-children-and-their-grandfather-granted-full-parole/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 21:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/drunk-driver-marco-muzzo-who-killed-3-children-and-their-grandfather-granted-full-parole/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Won’t Commit To Strengthening Federal Whistleblower Law, Despite Calls For Transparency]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused to commit Tuesday to updating the federal whistleblowing law &mdash; a law that makes it illegal for civil servants to flag wrongdoing to the public.While Trudeau said it is &ldquo;extremely important&rdquo; that every Canadian has a safe and secure workplace free from harassment and inappropriate behaviour, he declined to state why his government won&rsquo;t fix a law that has been criticized by whistleblowers, union leaders, and even its own]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-wont-commit-to-strengthening-federal-whistleblower-law-despite-calls-for-transparency/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 20:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-wont-commit-to-strengthening-federal-whistleblower-law-despite-calls-for-transparency/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Self-Employed Canadians Who Wrongly Received CERB Won’t Have To Repay: Trudeau]]></title><description><![CDATA[Self-employed Canadians who wrongly claimed the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) based on their gross income but met all other eligibility criteria will not need to repay the federal government the money they received.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement Tuesday at a press conference outside his Ottawa residence, where he conceded there were some &ldquo;inaccuracies&rdquo; in the information his government shared about the CERB&rsquo;s eligibility rules that led to confusi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/some-self-employed-canadians-who-wrongly-received-cerb-wont-have-to-repay-trudeau/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 20:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/some-self-employed-canadians-who-wrongly-received-cerb-wont-have-to-repay-trudeau/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax Credits And Deductions To Look Out For On Your 2020 Returns]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a year where many Canadians experienced a change in their financial situation, owing money on taxes is the last thing anyone needs. This makes the upcoming tax season stressful &mdash; if not downright terrifying.Luckily, there are a myriad of federal and provincial credits and deductions that can help, and even get some extra cash in your pocket! Understanding which benefits you qualify for and how they can work for you is the key to getting the most out of your 2020 tax returns.In partnersh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tax-credits-and-deductions-to-look-out-for-on-your-2020-returns/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 20:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tax-credits-and-deductions-to-look-out-for-on-your-2020-returns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Land Borders Will Require Negative COVID-19 Tests By Mid-February: Feds]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says starting next week, anyone arriving in Canada by land will also need to show a recent negative COVID-19 test.Trudeau says the new measure will kick in Feb. 15, the latest move to keep COVID-19 from spreading within Canada from people who travelled outside it.That is particularly relevant with multiple, more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus now circling, many of them already within Canada.The government began requiring all people arriv]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-land-borders-will-require-negative-covid-19-tests-by-mid-february-feds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 18:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-land-borders-will-require-negative-covid-19-tests-by-mid-february-feds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Will Let NHL Players, Staff Eat In Restaurants Despite Lockdown Rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &ndash; NHL staff will be allowed to eat in designated Ontario restaurants while much of the province remains in lockdown and under stay-at-home orders, the chief medical officer of health confirmed Monday.&ldquo;The rules with the NHL are very much strict with their protocols, with their frequent testing, their isolation of their players &hellip; very tight transport within Canada,&rdquo; Dr. David Williams said at a Queen&rsquo;s Park press conference.&nbsp;&ldquo;There are some player]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-will-let-nhl-players-staff-eat-in-restaurants-despite-lockdown-rules/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 18:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-will-let-nhl-players-staff-eat-in-restaurants-despite-lockdown-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Say 'I Love You' Without Giving A Gift]]></title><description><![CDATA[The key to a great Valentine&rsquo;s Day isn&rsquo;t what you buy. It&rsquo;s how you feel about the person you&rsquo;re with.&nbsp;Of course, that can easily get lost in the rush to find the perfect gift and all the pressure to get the holiday &ldquo;right.&rdquo; But all that really matters is that you make your partner feel loved in a way that will resonate with them.A really effective way to do this is to find out your partner&rsquo;s love language &mdash; and, even more importantly, your ow]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-say-i-love-you-without-giving-a-gift/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 18:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-say-i-love-you-without-giving-a-gift/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pfizer Vaccine Contains More Doses Than Previously Thought: Health Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Health Canada regulators agree with Pfizer and BioNTech that you can regularly get six doses out of each vial of their COVID-19 vaccine.Health Canada&rsquo;s chief medical adviser, Dr. Supriya Sharma, says Canada is amending the label on the vials in Canada, which previously indicated the vials contained five doses.Now it will say there are six.The change won&rsquo;t affect how many doses Canada gets as Pfizer already began allocating vials for Canada&rsquo;s shipments based on ea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pfizer-vaccine-contains-more-doses-than-previously-thought-health-canada/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pfizer-vaccine-contains-more-doses-than-previously-thought-health-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Extremely Unlikely' Coronavirus Came From Wuhan Lab, WHO Team Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[WUHAN, China &mdash; The coronavirus most likely first appeared in humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists looking for the origins of COVID-19 said Tuesday, dismissing as unlikely an alternate theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese lab.A closely watched visit by World Health Organization (WHO) experts to Wuhan &mdash; the Chinese city where the first coronavirus cases were discovered &mdash; did not dramatically change the current understanding of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/extremely-unlikely-coronavirus-came-from-wuhan-lab-who-team-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/extremely-unlikely-coronavirus-came-from-wuhan-lab-who-team-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Vaccine Nationalism' Will Cost World Trillions, Including Rich Countries: OECD]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &#8213; As the Trudeau government is forced to explain delays rolling out COVID-19 vaccines, some of the world&rsquo;s economic and health leaders are warning of catastrophic financial consequences if poorer countries are shortchanged on vaccinations.At a video meeting convened by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Monday, Secretary-General Angel Gurria predicted that rich countries would see their economies shrink by trillions of dollars if t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/vaccine-nationalism-will-cost-world-trillions-including-rich-countries-oecd/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/vaccine-nationalism-will-cost-world-trillions-including-rich-countries-oecd/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump's 2nd Impeachment Trial Kicks Off With Effort To Dismiss]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. &mdash; Former U.S. president Donald Trump&rsquo;s second impeachment trial begins on Tuesday, a solemn proceeding that will force U.S. lawmakers to relive the violent events of Jan. 6 as House Democrats prosecute their case for &ldquo;incitement of insurrection.&rdquo;The nine Democratic impeachment managers for the House, which impeached Trump last month, argue that he alone was responsible for inciting the mob of supporters who broke into the U.S. Capitol and interrupted the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trumps-2nd-impeachment-trial-kicks-off-with-effort-to-dismiss/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trumps-2nd-impeachment-trial-kicks-off-with-effort-to-dismiss/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Capture Sibling Love In Candid Photographs]]></title><description><![CDATA[My kids should be wrestlers. If not pro wrestlers, at least on the high school team. They can&rsquo;t help themselves &#8213; they are constantly wrapping their arms and legs around one another until one topples to the ground, someone&rsquo;s victorious or someone is crying. As sisters, entangling limbs and getting in each other&rsquo;s space is their natural way of communicating.Some siblings show their love by whispering secrets, some with looks of undying devotion. There can be kicking and sc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-capture-sibling-love-in-candid-photographs/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-capture-sibling-love-in-candid-photographs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario NDP Calls For Investigation Into Vaccine Line-Jumping]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; The Ontario NDP is calling for an investigation into allegations that COVID-19 vaccines are going into the wrong arms while Canada grapples with a shortage.&ldquo;The limited supply of vaccines Ontario has received to date is jarring; what is even more concerning is the possibility that individuals are jumping the queue and using vaccine for themselves, instead of the seniors who desperately need them,&rdquo; NDP deputy leader and long-term care critic Sara Singh wrote in a lette]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-ndp-calls-for-investigation-into-vaccine-line-jumping/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 23:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-ndp-calls-for-investigation-into-vaccine-line-jumping/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GTA Home Prices Will Eclipse $1M In 2021: Toronto Regional Real Estate Board]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Homebuyers in the Greater Toronto Area better prepare to spend more than they ever have before.The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board said Monday that the average selling price for homes in the area will top $1 million for the first time later this year.The board predicts by the time 2021 ends the average selling price in the region will be $1.025 million, up from an average $929,692 in 2020.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve reverted back to the scenario that really we&rsquo;ve been talking abo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gta-home-prices-will-eclipse-1m-in-2021-toronto-regional-real-estate-board/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gta-home-prices-will-eclipse-1m-in-2021-toronto-regional-real-estate-board/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Polar Vortex Plunges Prairies Into Record-Breaking Deep Freeze]]></title><description><![CDATA[How cold is too cold?&nbsp;It&rsquo;s a question many Canadians asked this weekend as temperatures plunged into the deep negative double-digits, shattering records along the way.A mass of cold air descended across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, prompting the coldest days on record in at least 22 communities.The coldest of the cold? Wekweeti in the Northwest Territories recorded a temperature of &ndash;51.9 C, which Environment Canada says is Canada&rsquo;s coldest temperature in nearly four]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/polar-vortex-plunges-prairies-into-record-breaking-deep-freeze/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/polar-vortex-plunges-prairies-into-record-breaking-deep-freeze/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jen Gunter Calls Out Vagisil For Marketing 'Predatory' Teen Line]]></title><description><![CDATA[Word to the wise: when Dr. Jen Gunter comes after your company&rsquo;s junk science, listen to her.The Canadian gynecologist known for debunking Gwenyth Paltrow&rsquo;s Goop&nbsp;is now taking on Vagisil, calling out the brand&rsquo;s new line of products for teens as &ldquo;predatory&rdquo; for profiting off of young people&rsquo;s insecurities about how their vulvas smell.&nbsp;&nbsp;In series of tweets, starting on Feb. 4, Gunter took aim at pressuring Vagisil to pull its brand OMV!, which ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jen-gunter-calls-out-vagisil-for-marketing-predatory-teen-line/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 20:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jen-gunter-calls-out-vagisil-for-marketing-predatory-teen-line/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jen Gunter Calls Out Vagisil For Marketing &amp;#039;Predatory&amp;#039; Teen Line]]></title><description><![CDATA[Word to the wise: when Dr. Jen Gunter comes after your company&rsquo;s junk science, listen to her.The Canadian gynecologist known for debunking Gwenyth Paltrow&rsquo;s Goop&nbsp;is now taking on Vagisil, calling out the brand&rsquo;s new line of products for teens as &ldquo;predatory&rdquo; for profiting off of young people&rsquo;s insecurities about how their vulvas smell.&nbsp;&nbsp;In series of tweets, starting on Feb. 4, Gunter took aim at pressuring Vagisil to pull its brand OMV!, which ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jen-gunter-calls-out-vagisil-for-marketing-amp039predatoryamp039-teen-line/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 20:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jen-gunter-calls-out-vagisil-for-marketing-amp039predatoryamp039-teen-line/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ottawa Public Health's Viral Super Bowl Tweet Has A Misinformation Twist]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the midst of Super Bowl Sunday when everyone from brands with multi-million-dollar commercials to a porn-site streaker in pink spandex to the novel coronavirus was trying to go viral, an unlikely star emerged into infamy on Twitter: Ottawa Public Health.The public health agency in Canada&rsquo;s capital city is no stranger to online fame, having won kudos throughout the pandemic for its easy-to-read graphics and relatable &ldquo;hello fellow kids&rdquo; pandemic sex tips.Following Sunday&rsqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ottawa-public-healths-viral-super-bowl-tweet-has-a-misinformation-twist/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 19:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ottawa-public-healths-viral-super-bowl-tweet-has-a-misinformation-twist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ottawa Public Health&amp;#039;s Viral Super Bowl Tweet Has A Misinformation Twist]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the midst of Super Bowl Sunday when everyone from brands with multi-million-dollar commercials to a porn-site streaker in pink spandex to the novel coronavirus was trying to go viral, an unlikely star emerged into infamy on Twitter: Ottawa Public Health.The public health agency in Canada&rsquo;s capital city is no stranger to online fame, having won kudos throughout the pandemic for its easy-to-read graphics and relatable &ldquo;hello fellow kids&rdquo; pandemic sex tips.Following Sunday&rsqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ottawa-public-healthamp039s-viral-super-bowl-tweet-has-a-misinformation-twist/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 19:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ottawa-public-healthamp039s-viral-super-bowl-tweet-has-a-misinformation-twist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Princess Anne Has A Surprisingly Chill Living Room]]></title><description><![CDATA[Princess Anne, the Queen&rsquo;s only daughter, values her privacy. In the seven decades she&rsquo;s been in the public eye, we haven&rsquo;t learned all that much about her personal life, aside from the two public marriages and her 1992 divorce&nbsp;from her first husband. So when she shared a rare glimpse into her private home in Gloucestershire on Sunday, many people were interested.The Royal Family&rsquo;s social media accounts posted a photo of Anne and her second husband, Sir Timothy Laure]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/princess-anne-has-a-surprisingly-chill-living-room/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 19:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/princess-anne-has-a-surprisingly-chill-living-room/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario To End Lockdown For 3 Regions, Retail Stores]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario will begin to gradually reopen its economy on Wednesday but the government could use an &ldquo;emergency brake&rdquo; to move regions back into lockdown if cases spike.Premier Doug Ford said Monday that a state of emergency will be allowed to expire as scheduled on Tuesday, but most regions will remain under a stay-at-home order until they transition back to the province&rsquo;s colour-coded restrictions system.Three regions where COVID-19 cases are low will move to the r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-to-end-lockdown-for-3-regions-retail-stores/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 19:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-to-end-lockdown-for-3-regions-retail-stores/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Second Cup Coffee Chain Sold To Quebec-Based Buyer In Cash Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[MISSISSAUGA, Ont. &mdash; Aegis Brands Inc. has signed a deal to sell its Second Cup Coffee Co. operations to Quebec-based Foodtastic Inc.&nbsp;The Mississauga-based company said Monday the coffee chain&rsquo;s sale price includes $14 million in cash, plus a post-closing earn-out.Aegis Brands said the deal will strengthen its balance sheet and allow it to accelerate its growth strategy through acquisitions.&ldquo;We are pleased that the Second Cup brand and franchisees have the opportunity to ev]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/second-cup-coffee-chain-sold-to-quebec-based-buyer-in-cash-deal/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/second-cup-coffee-chain-sold-to-quebec-based-buyer-in-cash-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal Whistleblower Law Must Be Expanded Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Spending, Experts Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[A nurse fired for speaking up about shocking conditions in an Ontario long-term care home.A leaked Canadian Armed Forces report outlining abuse in some of that province&rsquo;s long-term care residences that forced the federal government to respond and led to questions for the provincial government about its failing oversight system.An employer who cheated his workers out their full wages by failing to abide by the emergency wage-subsidy program.&nbsp;Nursing home managers stealing vaccines mean]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/federal-whistleblower-law-must-be-expanded-amid-covid-19-pandemic-spending-experts-say/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/federal-whistleblower-law-must-be-expanded-amid-covid-19-pandemic-spending-experts-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vaccine Rollout Halted In South Africa As AstraZeneca Shot Eludes Variant]]></title><description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG &mdash; South Africa is considering giving a COVID-19 vaccine that is still in the testing phase to health-care workers, after suspending the rollout of another shot that preliminary data indicated is not effective at preventing mild to moderate illness from the variant dominant in the country.The country is scrambling to come up with a new vaccination strategy after it halted use of the AstraZeneca vaccine &mdash; which is cheaper and easier to handle than others and which many had]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/vaccine-rollout-halted-in-south-africa-as-astrazeneca-shot-eludes-variant/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 16:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/vaccine-rollout-halted-in-south-africa-as-astrazeneca-shot-eludes-variant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shania Twain Salutes Women In NFL On 26th Anniversary of ‘The Woman in Me’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shania Twain &ldquo;returned&rdquo; to the Super Bowl on Sunday to take in the big game, and cheer on the fact that &ldquo;there will be more women in on-field roles&rdquo; than ever before.LET&rsquo;S GO GIRLS!! https://t.co/ETbPZbNcTE&mdash; Shania Twain &#128142; (@ShaniaTwain) February 7, 2021Watching from the Las Vegas Raiders suite at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Fl., Canada&rsquo;s country-music crossover champion witnessed down judge Sarah Thomas become the first woman to officiat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/shania-twain-salutes-women-in-nfl-on-26th-anniversary-of-the-woman-in-me/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 16:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/shania-twain-salutes-women-in-nfl-on-26th-anniversary-of-the-woman-in-me/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As The Virus Mutates, The World Is In A Race To Vaccinate Against COVID-19]]></title><description><![CDATA[To date, more than 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, spanning 67 countries across the world.&nbsp;In Canada,&nbsp;a total of about 1.07 million doses have been administered as of Sunday night. Despite multiple delays, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated last week that every Canadian seeking inoculation would be vaccinated by September.In the U.K.,&nbsp;more than 10 million people&nbsp;have already received their first dose and the government aims to offer a vacc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/as-the-virus-mutates-the-world-is-in-a-race-to-vaccinate-against-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/as-the-virus-mutates-the-world-is-in-a-race-to-vaccinate-against-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weeknd's Super Bowl Show Prompts Sweetest Toronto Throwback Photos]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s not every year a Torontonian performs at the Super Bowl. In fact, Scarborough, Ont.&rsquo;s own The Weeknd is the first-ever solo Canadian to headline the halftime show, which reached 99.9 million viewers last year.Naturally, local institutions were feeling proud of their hometown boy &mdash; particularly places in Scarborough, the east Toronto neighbourhood where&nbsp; The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) grew up.how it startedhow it's going pic.twitter.com/9fgWU0l2iz&mdash; Universit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-weeknds-super-bowl-show-prompts-sweetest-toronto-throwback-photos/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 04:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-weeknds-super-bowl-show-prompts-sweetest-toronto-throwback-photos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weeknd&amp;#039;s Super Bowl Show Prompts Sweetest Toronto Throwback Photos]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s not every year a Torontonian performs at the Super Bowl. In fact, Scarborough, Ont.&rsquo;s own The Weeknd is the first-ever solo Canadian to headline the halftime show, which reached 99.9 million viewers last year.Naturally, local institutions were feeling proud of their hometown boy &mdash; particularly places in Scarborough, the east Toronto neighbourhood where&nbsp; The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) grew up.how it startedhow it's going pic.twitter.com/9fgWU0l2iz&mdash; Universit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-weekndamp039s-super-bowl-show-prompts-sweetest-toronto-throwback-photos/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 04:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-weekndamp039s-super-bowl-show-prompts-sweetest-toronto-throwback-photos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weeknd’s Phenomenal, Eerie Super Bowl Halftime Show]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite the limitations of pandemic protocols,&nbsp;The Weeknd put on an impressive, eerie and ultra-creative performance during the Super Bowl halftime show.The Scarborough, Ont. singer spent nearly CAD$9 million of his own money putting together the show, which featured fireworks, light displays, background musicians and dozens of dancers in face bandages.The Weeknd &mdash; real name Abel Tesfaye &mdash; performed most of his show on the stands, transformed into a cityscape with lighting and s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-weeknds-phenomenal-eerie-super-bowl-halftime-show/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 03:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-weeknds-phenomenal-eerie-super-bowl-halftime-show/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Records First Case Of COVID-19 Variant That Emerged In Brazil]]></title><description><![CDATA[Toronto Public Health is reporting Ontario&rsquo;s first case of a highly transmissible variant of COVID-19 that first emerged in Brazil.&nbsp;The agency says the patient recently returned from travelling to the country.It says the person is now hospitalized with the virus.&nbsp;The city is also reporting its first case of a variant of COVID-19 that was first discovered in South Africa, though that variant has previously been identified elsewhere in Ontario.&nbsp;It says the patient did not rece]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-records-first-case-of-covid-19-variant-that-emerged-in-brazil/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 23:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-records-first-case-of-covid-19-variant-that-emerged-in-brazil/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Couriers Say 'Demoralizing' New Uber Eats Pay System Is Cutting Their Wages]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; $3.99.It&rsquo;s enough to buy a loaf of bread or two litres of milk, but far from Ontario&rsquo;s $14.25 minimum hourly wage.And yet Uber Eats couriers working in the province say they&rsquo;re earning as little as $3.99 per trip before tips, months after the food delivery service implemented a new pay policy in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m making so little now that I&rsquo;m thinking what is the point of even getting out there if I&rsquo;m just going to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/couriers-say-demoralizing-new-uber-eats-pay-system-is-cutting-their-wages/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 22:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/couriers-say-demoralizing-new-uber-eats-pay-system-is-cutting-their-wages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Couriers Say &amp;#039;Demoralizing&amp;#039; New Uber Eats Pay System Is Cutting Their Wages]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; $3.99.It&rsquo;s enough to buy a loaf of bread or two litres of milk, but far from Ontario&rsquo;s $14.25 minimum hourly wage.And yet Uber Eats couriers working in the province say they&rsquo;re earning as little as $3.99 per trip before tips, months after the food delivery service implemented a new pay policy in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m making so little now that I&rsquo;m thinking what is the point of even getting out there if I&rsquo;m just going to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/couriers-say-amp039demoralizingamp039-new-uber-eats-pay-system-is-cutting-their-wages/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 22:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/couriers-say-amp039demoralizingamp039-new-uber-eats-pay-system-is-cutting-their-wages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Super Bowl Ads: The Best Of 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[The party may be a little smaller this year, but the Super Bowl is still barreling on.On Sunday evening, the Kansas City Chiefs, led by Patrick Mahomes, will face off against Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.As is now tradition, many of the companies that invested huge sums of money to broadcast advertisements during the big game have already released their ads, in full or in part, on YouTube.One notable change, though, is that several of the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/super-bowl-ads-the-best-of-2021/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 22:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/super-bowl-ads-the-best-of-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valentine's Day Gifts For Singles (You Absolutely Deserve One)]]></title><description><![CDATA[We&rsquo;ve been social distancing for almost a year now. That&rsquo;s a long time for people riding out the pandemic solo to be deprived of hugs and human touch. And now Valentine&rsquo;s Day is coming up. It can be an annoying holiday at the best of times for singles, but in 2021, it may feel kind of cruel.Skin hunger is a thing, and at this point in time, a pretty common thing. It&rsquo;s the feeling that&nbsp;occurs when a person experiences little to no touch from other living beings,&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/valentines-day-gifts-for-singles-you-absolutely-deserve-one/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 19:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/valentines-day-gifts-for-singles-you-absolutely-deserve-one/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valentine&amp;#039;s Day Gifts For Singles (You Absolutely Deserve One)]]></title><description><![CDATA[We&rsquo;ve been social distancing for almost a year now. That&rsquo;s a long time for people riding out the pandemic solo to be deprived of hugs and human touch. And now Valentine&rsquo;s Day is coming up. It can be an annoying holiday at the best of times for singles, but in 2021, it may feel kind of cruel.Skin hunger is a thing, and at this point in time, a pretty common thing. It&rsquo;s the feeling that&nbsp;occurs when a person experiences little to no touch from other living beings,&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/valentineamp039s-day-gifts-for-singles-you-absolutely-deserve-one/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 19:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/valentineamp039s-day-gifts-for-singles-you-absolutely-deserve-one/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nova Scotia Liberals Vote Iain Rankin To Become Leader, Next Premier]]></title><description><![CDATA[HALIFAX &mdash; Nova Scotia&rsquo;s Liberals named a youthful former cabinet minister and self-described agent of generational change to take the helm as they voted Saturday for Iain Rankin to become party leader and the province&rsquo;s next premier.Rankin, 37, edged out two of his fellow former cabinet ministers in the three-man race to succeed Premier Stephen McNeil, whose retirement announcement last summer triggered the leadership contest that played out virtually due to the COVID-19 pandem]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/nova-scotia-liberals-vote-iain-rankin-to-become-leader-next-premier/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 18:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/nova-scotia-liberals-vote-iain-rankin-to-become-leader-next-premier/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dan Levy Hosts 'SNL' With Surprise Appearance By His Proud Dad Eugene]]></title><description><![CDATA[The&nbsp;Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated&nbsp;Dan Levy&nbsp;of &ldquo;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek&rdquo; hosted &ldquo;Saturday Night Live&rdquo; for the first time &mdash; 35 years after his dad very nearly did.Then his pop showed up.First, Levy, 37, gushed in his monologue about the exciting, late-blooming super popularity of &ldquo;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek,&rdquo; which has fans spotting him on the street and going: &ldquo;Ew.&rdquo;Dan Levy's Monologue! &#11088; pic.twitter.com/oUFIljXTQ4&mdash]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dan-levy-hosts-snl-with-surprise-appearance-by-his-proud-dad-eugene/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 17:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dan-levy-hosts-snl-with-surprise-appearance-by-his-proud-dad-eugene/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dan Levy Hosts &amp;#039;SNL&amp;#039; With Surprise Appearance By His Proud Dad Eugene]]></title><description><![CDATA[The&nbsp;Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated&nbsp;Dan Levy&nbsp;of &ldquo;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek&rdquo; hosted &ldquo;Saturday Night Live&rdquo; for the first time &mdash; 35 years after his dad very nearly did.Then his pop showed up.First, Levy, 37, gushed in his monologue about the exciting, late-blooming super popularity of &ldquo;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek,&rdquo; which has fans spotting him on the street and going: &ldquo;Ew.&rdquo;Dan Levy's Monologue! &#11088; pic.twitter.com/oUFIljXTQ4&mdash]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dan-levy-hosts-amp039snlamp039-with-surprise-appearance-by-his-proud-dad-eugene/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 17:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dan-levy-hosts-amp039snlamp039-with-surprise-appearance-by-his-proud-dad-eugene/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: Feb. 6, 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[On this edition: Earning the trust of Indigenous communities in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-6-2021/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 04:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-6-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's COVID Case Count Passes 800,000]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada has recorded more than 800,000 cases of COVID-19 since the onset of the global pandemic.&nbsp;The national tally crossed the disheartening threshold on Saturday, led by daily reports from Quebec and Ontario that added 1,204 and 1,388 respectively to the national count.Federal government data shows Canada has logged 801,057 total infections and 20,702 deaths over the course of the pandemic.&nbsp;Watch: Seeing others get their shots boosts confidence in COVID-19 vaccinations. Story continue]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-covid-case-count-passes-800000/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 01:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-covid-case-count-passes-800000/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada&amp;#039;s COVID Case Count Passes 800,000]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada crossed another disheartening threshold in the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday, even as the country&rsquo;s top doctor said there are hopeful signs with case counts and hospitalizations gradually trending downward.The national tally of total cases since the onset of the global health crisis surpassed 800,000, led by daily reports from Quebec and Ontario that added 1,204 and 1,388 respectively to the overall count. Federal government data shows Canada has logged 801,057 total infections and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadaamp039s-covid-case-count-passes-800000/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 01:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadaamp039s-covid-case-count-passes-800000/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If 3 More Vaccines Approved, Spring Inoculations Could Double In Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The number of Canadians vaccinated in the spring could double if Health Canada gives the green light to all three vaccines it is currently reviewing.But Canada is unlikely to get any doses from those three companies directly until at least April, and confusion about deliveries of vaccines has thrown Canadian confidence in the Liberal government&rsquo;s vaccine rollout into a tailspin.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added to the confusion directly Friday when he said at a news confer]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/if-3-more-vaccines-approved-spring-inoculations-could-double-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 00:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/if-3-more-vaccines-approved-spring-inoculations-could-double-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Montreal Police Apologize To Man Wrongfully Detained For Trying To Kill Cop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Montreal&rsquo;s police chief publicly apologized Friday to the man wrongfully arrested, charged and detained for almost a week in connection with an attack on a city police officer.Chief Sylvain Caron said results from DNA analyses &ldquo;allow us to exonerate&rdquo; Mamadi III Fara Camara, who was arrested Jan. 28 after a police officer was allegedly disarmed and attacked following a traffic stop in Montreal&rsquo;s Parc Extension borough.Caron said he spoke with Camara Friday. &ldquo;We agree]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/montreal-police-apologize-to-man-wrongfully-detained-for-trying-to-kill-cop/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 00:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/montreal-police-apologize-to-man-wrongfully-detained-for-trying-to-kill-cop/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Banks Should Be Required To Reveal Race-Related Data, Groups Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &#8213; Canadian banks should have to disclose data related to race, gender, income and neighbourhoods to ensure more equitable access to credit and loans, say organizations representing racialized and Indigenous business owners who want Ottawa to step in.Nadine Spencer, president of Black Business and Professional Association, says Black business owners grapple with microaggressions, unconscious bias and discrimination in banking, and both tracking and releasing this data would help hold]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-banks-should-be-required-to-reveal-race-related-data-groups-say/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-banks-should-be-required-to-reveal-race-related-data-groups-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada&amp;#039;s Banks Should Be Required To Reveal Race-Related Data, Groups Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &#8213; Canadian banks should have to disclose data related to race, gender, income and neighbourhoods to ensure more equitable access to credit and loans, say organizations representing racialized and Indigenous business owners who want Ottawa to step in.Nadine Spencer, president of Black Business and Professional Association, says Black business owners grapple with microaggressions, unconscious bias and discrimination in banking, and both tracking and releasing this data would help hold]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadaamp039s-banks-should-be-required-to-reveal-race-related-data-groups-say/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadaamp039s-banks-should-be-required-to-reveal-race-related-data-groups-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 Muslim Women Targeted In Separate Hate-Motivated Attacks In Edmonton: Police]]></title><description><![CDATA[EDMONTON &mdash; Police in Edmonton say they are investigating two separate hate-motivated attacks against Muslim women on the same day.The first took place around noon on Wednesday at the University of Alberta transit centre when a 19-year-old woman wearing a hijab was approached by an unknown man.Police say the suspect made racial comments, then became aggressive toward her, but a transit employee intervened and the man left before any assault occurred.The second attack took place just over an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/2-muslim-women-targeted-in-separate-hate-motivated-attacks-in-edmonton-police/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/2-muslim-women-targeted-in-separate-hate-motivated-attacks-in-edmonton-police/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Villa Leonardo Gambin Doctor Removed Vaccines For Personal Use, Union Alleges]]></title><description><![CDATA[A nurse at a Woodbridge, Ont. nursing home gave COVID-19 vaccinations&#65279; to a member of the facility&rsquo;s board of directors and &ldquo;family members and friends of several managers,&rdquo; a letter sent Friday by her union to Ontario&rsquo;s Ministry of Health alleges.&nbsp;The union also says the nurse reported that a doctor at Villa Leonardo Gambin (VLG) &ldquo;removed some doses of the vaccine for what appeared to be his personal use,&rdquo; the letter says.&nbsp;Shane Martinez, the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/villa-leonardo-gambin-doctor-removed-vaccines-for-personal-use-union-alleges/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2021 22:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/villa-leonardo-gambin-doctor-removed-vaccines-for-personal-use-union-alleges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[&amp;#039;Absolute Icon&amp;#039; Christopher Plummer Remembered By Canadians]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beloved Canadian actor Christopher Plummer died peacefully at home, in Connecticut, on Friday.&nbsp;He was 91.Plummer started out his several-decades-long acting career on the stage in the 1940s and appeared in more than 200 films, television shows and plays. He won two Tony awards and after being nominated for Academy Awards three times, became the oldest ever Oscar winner at the age of 82. He was best known for his performances in The Sound of Music &#8213; a musical that Plummer later refused]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/amp039absolute-iconamp039-christopher-plummer-remembered-by-canadians/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2021 18:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/amp039absolute-iconamp039-christopher-plummer-remembered-by-canadians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Absolute Icon' Christopher Plummer Remembered By Canadians]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beloved Canadian actor Christopher Plummer died peacefully at home, in Connecticut, on Friday.&nbsp;He was 91.Plummer started out his several-decades-long acting career on the stage in the 1940s and appeared in more than 200 films, television shows and plays. He won two Tony awards and after being nominated for Academy Awards three times, became the oldest ever Oscar winner at the age of 82. He was best known for his performances in The Sound of Music &#8213; a musical that Plummer later refused]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/absolute-icon-christopher-plummer-remembered-by-canadians/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2021 18:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/absolute-icon-christopher-plummer-remembered-by-canadians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Home-Sales Boom Doesn't Even Notice COVID-19's Second Wave]]></title><description><![CDATA[The unstoppable juggernaut that is Canada&rsquo;s residential real estate market showed no signs of letting up in January, even as renewed pandemic lockdowns kept buyers searching from home and many sellers on the sidelines.Numbers for Greater Toronto aren&rsquo;t in yet, but most other major metro areas in Canada reported a record-breaking month, with Greater Vancouver clocking a 52.1-per-cent spike in the number of home sales, compared to last January. The benchmark price for all property type]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-home-sales-boom-doesnt-even-notice-covid-19s-second-wave/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2021 16:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-home-sales-boom-doesnt-even-notice-covid-19s-second-wave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada&amp;#039;s Home-Sales Boom Doesn&amp;#039;t Even Notice COVID-19&amp;#039;s Second Wave]]></title><description><![CDATA[The unstoppable juggernaut that is Canada&rsquo;s residential real estate market showed no signs of letting up in January, even as renewed pandemic lockdowns kept buyers searching from home and many sellers on the sidelines.Numbers for Greater Toronto aren&rsquo;t in yet, but most other major metro areas in Canada reported a record-breaking month, with Greater Vancouver clocking a 52.1-per-cent spike in the number of home sales, compared to last January. The benchmark price for all property type]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadaamp039s-home-sales-boom-doesnamp039t-even-notice-covid-19amp039s-second-wave/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2021 16:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadaamp039s-home-sales-boom-doesnamp039t-even-notice-covid-19amp039s-second-wave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Nations Leaders Fight Vaccine Hesitancy With Social Media Savvy]]></title><description><![CDATA[A typical post from Neskantaga Chief Chris Moonias pairs personality with uncomfortable truth.&ldquo;Good morning,&rdquo; he wrote on Twitter Monday, &ldquo;today is 9,497 days from February 1, 1995 ... That&rsquo;s 26 friggen years of Neskantaga [First Nation] Boil Water Advisory.&rdquo;And on Thursday: &ldquo;Day 9500 of Neskantaga First Nation Boil Water Advisory. How&rsquo;s your water situation? Have a good day eh.&rdquo;Good morning, today is 9,497 days from February 1, 1995 &ndash; Februa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/first-nations-leaders-fight-vaccine-hesitancy-with-social-media-savvy/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/first-nations-leaders-fight-vaccine-hesitancy-with-social-media-savvy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dutch Suspect Accused Of Harassing Amanda Todd Extradited To Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A Dutch man accused of extorting and criminally harassing British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd, who ultimately killed herself, has been extradited to Canada.The B.C. Prosecution Service says Aydin Coban is in custody and made his first appearance in a courtroom in the province on Dec. 8.Coban is charged with extortion, criminal harassment, communication with a young person to commit a sexual offence and two counts of possession of child pornography.&nbsp;He has not entered any]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dutch-suspect-accused-of-harassing-amanda-todd-extradited-to-canada/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2021 02:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dutch-suspect-accused-of-harassing-amanda-todd-extradited-to-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aydin Coban, Dutch Man Accused Of Harassing Amanda Todd, Extradited To Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A Dutch man accused of extorting and criminally harassing British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd, who ultimately killed herself, has been extradited to Canada.The B.C. Prosecution Service says Aydin Coban is in custody and made his first appearance in a courtroom in the province on Dec. 8.Coban is charged with extortion, criminal harassment, communication with a young person to commit a sexual offence and two counts of possession of child pornography.He has not entered any pleas]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/aydin-coban-dutch-man-accused-of-harassing-amanda-todd-extradited-to-canada/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2021 02:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/aydin-coban-dutch-man-accused-of-harassing-amanda-todd-extradited-to-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Defends Accepting COVAX Vaccines Despite Pushback From Anti-Poverty Groups]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada is committed to helping poor countries obtain &nbsp;COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday as he rebutted criticism over Canada&rsquo;s decision to draw from an international fund designed to help poor countries.Oxfam Canada and the ONE Campaign say it is wrong for the federal government to agree to accept almost 1.9 million doses of vaccine from the COVAX Facility by the end of June. &nbsp;But as Trudeau noted on Friday, Canada is one of the leading d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-defends-accepting-covax-vaccines-despite-pushback-from-anti-poverty-groups/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-defends-accepting-covax-vaccines-despite-pushback-from-anti-poverty-groups/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NDP Pledges To End For-Profit Long-Term Care In Pre-Election Pitch]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The NDP is calling for the elimination of for-profit long-term care by 2030 in a multibillion-dollar plan presented as a potential election promise.New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh said an NDP government would convene provincial and territorial leaders, experts and workers to set national standards for nursing homes, and tether those benchmarks to $5 billion in federal funding.Speaking at a virtual news conference Friday, Singh said the federal government should work with provinc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ndp-pledges-to-end-for-profit-long-term-care-in-pre-election-pitch/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 22:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ndp-pledges-to-end-for-profit-long-term-care-in-pre-election-pitch/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drivers License’ Gets Haunting TV Debut On Jimmy Fallon]]></title><description><![CDATA[As if &ldquo;Drivers License&rdquo; could be any more emotionally devastating, singer Olivia Rodrigo&rsquo;s just took it up a notch with the latest version of her lovesick chart-topper. She mesmerized viewers tuning into the latest episode of &ldquo;The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon,&rdquo; with a stripped-down rendition of the epic teen heartbreak anthem.The song made its TV debut on Fallon&rsquo;s show Thursday.&nbsp;Watch the video below to see 17-year-old Rodrigo&rsquo;s performance.Betwee]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/olivia-rodrigos-drivers-license-gets-haunting-tv-debut-on-jimmy-fallon/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 21:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/olivia-rodrigos-drivers-license-gets-haunting-tv-debut-on-jimmy-fallon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Military Reservist Who Rammed Rideau Hall Gate Pleads Guilty]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A man accused of ramming through a gate at Rideau Hall and heading toward Justin Trudeau&rsquo;s home while heavily armed pleaded guilty to eight charges in court Friday.Corey Hurren, a 46-year-old Manitoba military reservist and sausage-maker, had faced 21 weapons charges and one of threatening the prime minister.However, he pleaded guilty to seven weapons charges related to possession of prohibited or restricted firearms &ldquo;for a purpose contrary to the public peace&rdquo; a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/military-reservist-who-rammed-rideau-hall-gate-pleads-guilty/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 21:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/military-reservist-who-rammed-rideau-hall-gate-pleads-guilty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beloved Canadian Actor Christopher Plummer Dies At 91]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beloved Canadian Actor Christopher Plummer Dies At 91]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/beloved-canadian-actor-christopher-plummer-dies-at-91/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 19:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/beloved-canadian-actor-christopher-plummer-dies-at-91/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter Nygard Denied Bail By Winnipeg Judge, Remains In Jail While Awaiting Extradition]]></title><description><![CDATA[WINNIPEG &mdash; A Canadian fashion king facing charges of sex trafficking and racketeering in the United States will remain in jail after a Manitoba judge denied his bail request.Peter Nygard, 79, was arrested in December in Winnipeg under the Extradition Act and faces nine counts in the Southern District of New York.Justice Shawn Greenberg said Friday she has concerns about Nygard&rsquo;s history of not showing up to court and about using employees to tamper with evidence.&ldquo;It appears he]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/peter-nygard-denied-bail-by-winnipeg-judge-remains-in-jail-while-awaiting-extradition/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/peter-nygard-denied-bail-by-winnipeg-judge-remains-in-jail-while-awaiting-extradition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada, HuffPost Québec Win 9 Canadian Online Publishing Awards]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; HuffPost Canada and HuffPost Qu&eacute;bec collected nine Canadian Online Publishing Awards&nbsp;(COPA) at a virtual ceremony on Thursday.&nbsp;2020 was an unprecedented year for the news cycle and for Canadians&rsquo; daily lives, and both the COPA&rsquo;s awards online presentation format and the work acknowledged reflected the pandemic reality that permeated so many outlets&rsquo; coverage, including HuffPost&rsquo;s.&nbsp;The COPA recognize outstanding achievement in Canada&r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-huffpost-qubec-win-9-canadian-online-publishing-awards/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-huffpost-qubec-win-9-canadian-online-publishing-awards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruises Banned From Docking In Canada Until At Least March 2022]]></title><description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) &mdash; The Canadian government has extended a ban on cruise ships through February 2022, which is expected to block trips from visiting Alaska this year.Transport Canada on Thursday announced the extension of the ban enacted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Canada blocked cruise ships of more than 100 passengers starting in spring 2020. Vessels carrying more than 12 people are banned from entering Arctic coastal waters, including Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, and the Labrador Co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cruises-banned-from-docking-in-canada-until-at-least-march-2022/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 17:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cruises-banned-from-docking-in-canada-until-at-least-march-2022/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Unemployment Rate Soars To 9.4% As Ontario, Quebec See Large Job Losses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s job recovery took a major step backwards in January, with the country losing 213,000 jobs as renewed pandemic restrictions took a bite out of economic activity.Part-time work in Central Canada accounted for much of the job loss. Ontario and Quebec together lost 251,000 jobs, which was partly offset by small job gains in all other provinces, except Newfoundland, where job levels were statistically unchanged in January.The January losses were far worse than the 40,000 to 50,000 job]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-unemployment-rate-soars-to-94-as-ontario-quebec-see-large-job-losses/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 16:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-unemployment-rate-soars-to-94-as-ontario-quebec-see-large-job-losses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barrie Police Investigating After Violent Arrest Video Spreads On Social Media]]></title><description><![CDATA[BARRIE, Ont. &mdash; The mayor and police in Barrie, Ont., say they will investigate the arrest of a man on a downtown street caught on video.In the video, the officer is seen struggling with the man on the ground, and holds what appears to be a stun gun to his shoulder, threatening to &ldquo;light (him) up.&rdquo;The officer then hits the man on the head with the bright yellow device.The cellphone video, shot by a bystander, ends after a second police officer arrives and helps flip the man on h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/barrie-police-investigating-after-violent-arrest-video-spreads-on-social-media/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/barrie-police-investigating-after-violent-arrest-video-spreads-on-social-media/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gary Bath, B.C. Man Who Drove American Family To Border, Gifted New Car]]></title><description><![CDATA[A B.C. man who gained widespread attention for helping drive a stranded American family to the Alaska-Canada border will soon be able to do that trip in a new car.Gary Bath, a Canadian ranger and military veteran in Fort St. John, helped Lynn Marchessault and her family after they were stranded in a November snowstorm on their way to join her husband.That good deed has been recognized by Planters, the American nut company, which is giving both Bath and Marchessault a new car and a lifetime suppl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gary-bath-bc-man-who-drove-american-family-to-border-gifted-new-car/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gary-bath-bc-man-who-drove-american-family-to-border-gifted-new-car/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google, Facebook Will Need To Pay For News Under New Legislation: Minister]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault is promising legislation this year to ensure tech giants like Google and Facebook pay for the news content they disseminate on their platforms.The promise comes as newspapers across the country are displaying blank front pages in a bid to highlight the &ldquo;urgent&rdquo; need for news media companies to be paid for their work.News Media Canada, which represents newspaper publishers, organized the campaign; it saw some 105 daily and co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/google-facebook-will-need-to-pay-for-news-under-new-legislation-minister/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 03:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/google-facebook-will-need-to-pay-for-news-under-new-legislation-minister/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia, China, Others Interfering In Canada's Affairs: Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A groundbreaking new report details how countries such as Saudi Arabia, China and Rwanda are meddling in democratic countries, including Canada, to harass, threaten and commit violence against their citizens living abroad.The report by Freedom House on &ldquo;transnational repression&rdquo; is believed to be the first broad attempt to provide a global overview the threat of foreign interference by hostile regimes.The American-based organization says a worldwide pattern of violence]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/saudi-arabia-china-others-interfering-in-canadas-affairs-report/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 03:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/saudi-arabia-china-others-interfering-in-canadas-affairs-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pandemic Drop In Cancer Screenings Will Have Lasting Effects, Doctors Warn]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; While the prospect of mass vaccination has raised hopes of the COVID-19 crisis soon waning, oncologists and cancer researchers say one of its grim legacies may be a lingering increase in cancer mortality rates.The pandemic caused a &ldquo;dramatic&rdquo; drop in cancer screenings such as mammograms and colonoscopies, leading to fewer diagnoses, according to Dr. Gerald Batist, the head of the Segal Cancer Centre at Montreal&rsquo;s Jewish General Hospital.&ldquo;It just looks lik]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pandemic-drop-in-cancer-screenings-will-have-lasting-effects-doctors-warn/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 03:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pandemic-drop-in-cancer-screenings-will-have-lasting-effects-doctors-warn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fewer Sexual Assault Patients At Hospital During 1st Wave ‘Majorly Concerning’]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Ontario emergency department saw a &ldquo;drastic drop&rdquo; in sexual assault victims in the first months of the pandemic, more evidence of a concerning trend that the lockdown, social isolation and fear of COVID-19 has stopped some women from getting help.&nbsp;The Ottawa Hospital saw 50 per cent fewer patients who&rsquo;d suffered injuries from sexual violence or domestic abuse between March 4 to May 5, 2020 compared to the same period in 2018, found a study published Thursday.&nbsp;That]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/fewer-sexual-assault-patients-at-hospital-during-1st-wave-majorly-concerning/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 02:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/fewer-sexual-assault-patients-at-hospital-during-1st-wave-majorly-concerning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: Feb. 4, 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada Splash: Feb. 4, 2021]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-4-2021/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 23:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canada-splash-feb-4-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scam Phone Calls Promising COVID-19 Vaccinations For A Fee Circulating In Alberta]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alberta health officials are warning residents about scam phone calls promising appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine &mdash; for a price.In a social media statement Wednesday, Alberta Health Services (AHS) warned that residents over the age of 75 are being targeted by a phone scam claiming they can book their COVID-19 immunization for a fee.But the province will never charge for COVID-19 vaccines, they said.We are receiving reports of a phone scam where Albertans over 75 are told they can book]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/scam-phone-calls-promising-covid-19-vaccinations-for-a-fee-circulating-in-alberta/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 21:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/scam-phone-calls-promising-covid-19-vaccinations-for-a-fee-circulating-in-alberta/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Annamie Paul: Canada’s Global Image Hurt By Accepting COVAX Vaccines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Green Party Leader Annamie Paul says it is a low moment for Canada to be accepting COVID-19 vaccines from a global initiative largely meant to help poorer countries.At a virtual press conference Thursday, Paul criticized the Liberal government for accessing doses from the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) Facility, a multi-nation, vaccine-sharing alliance that pools funds from wealthier countries to buy vaccines for themselves and for 92 low- and middle-income countries.&nbsp;The move comes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/annamie-paul-canadas-global-image-hurt-by-accepting-covax-vaccines/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 20:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/annamie-paul-canadas-global-image-hurt-by-accepting-covax-vaccines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Falling Rents Are An Opportunity To Negotiate With The Landlord]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, tenants in many parts of the country are witnessing something they haven&rsquo;t seen in years: falling rent prices.The recession brought about by the virus and governments&rsquo; response to it presents an opportunity to negotiate a better place or a better price, if tenants play their cards right, experts say.Average rent for all property types across the country was $1,723 in December, down 7.1 per cent from a year ago, based on listings on Rentals.ca, which r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-falling-rents-are-an-opportunity-to-negotiate-with-the-landlord/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-falling-rents-are-an-opportunity-to-negotiate-with-the-landlord/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tried And Tested Self-Care Tips For New Moms At The End Of Their Rope]]></title><description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;ve been a mom for just over a year now, but I still have this irrational fear that someone, somewhere will figure out I don&rsquo;t have all my shit together. I worry that maybe they&rsquo;ll think my kid needs a more competent mom.&nbsp;&nbsp;This mom would give him food made from scratch instead of from jars. She would never let him eat a Cheerio off the floor. (GUILTY!) And she would baby-wear him until he gets to high school, instead of getting him the first available spot in daycare]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tried-and-tested-self-care-tips-for-new-moms-at-the-end-of-their-rope/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 18:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tried-and-tested-self-care-tips-for-new-moms-at-the-end-of-their-rope/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O’Toole Calls For Creation Of Special Canada-U.S. Relations Committee]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal Conservatives are calling for a special House of Commons committee devoted to Canada-U.S. relations.Conservative Leader Erin O&rsquo;Toole said Thursday that Canada&rsquo;s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is linked to the United States, and more needs to be done to protect Canadian workers and families from policies of the new administration under U.S. President Joe Biden.&nbsp;Their motion would see the committee focus on the economic relationship between]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/otoole-calls-for-creation-of-special-canada-us-relations-committee/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 17:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/otoole-calls-for-creation-of-special-canada-us-relations-committee/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Makes It Easier For Hong Kong Students To Stay After Graduation]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA&nbsp;&mdash; Canada&nbsp;said on Thursday that Hong Kong graduates of Canadian universities could apply for a new category of three-year work permit next week and expressed fresh concern about China&rsquo;s clampdown on the former British territory.The announcement marks the latest step in&nbsp;Canada&rsquo;s campaign to help Hong Kong after China imposed a new national security law in late June 2020, aimed at anything Beijing regards as subversion, secession or terrorism. About 300,000 C]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-makes-it-easier-for-hong-kong-students-to-stay-after-graduation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 16:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-makes-it-easier-for-hong-kong-students-to-stay-after-graduation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child Labour Is Involved In Every Canadian's Grocery Haul, World Vision Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[MISSISSAUGA, Ont. &#8213; A World Vision report warns Canadians could be contributing to child labour with every grocery trip.The &ldquo;Risky Goods&rdquo; report estimates more than $3.7 billion in goods involved child labour in 2019 &#8213; a 63-per-cent increase from 10 years ago.The report says imports from Mexico account for the largest value of risky products, with $965 million in 2019.The report also says economic pressures of the pandemic are forcing more children to harvest and produce]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/child-labour-is-involved-in-every-canadians-grocery-haul-world-vision-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 16:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/child-labour-is-involved-in-every-canadians-grocery-haul-world-vision-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers Face Over 4,000 COVID-19 Variants In Race To Bolster Vaccines]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON &mdash; The world faces around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, prompting a race to improve vaccines, Britain said on Thursday, as researchers began to explore mixing doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca shots in a world first.Thousands of variants have been documented as the virus mutates, including the so-called British, South African and Brazilian variants, which appear to spread more swiftly than others.British Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi said it was very]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/researchers-face-over-4000-covid-19-variants-in-race-to-bolster-vaccines/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/researchers-face-over-4000-covid-19-variants-in-race-to-bolster-vaccines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assisted-Dying Bill Accepted By Senate Committee But Amendments Still To Come]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying has emerged intact from a Senate committee but it&rsquo;s not likely to remain unscathed for long.The Senate&rsquo;s legal and constitutional affairs committee accepted the bill Wednesday in a matter of minutes, without amendment.But it did so only because members agreed in advance to hold off proposing amendments until the legislation returns next week to the Senate for final debate.And several senators made it clear they ful]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/assisted-dying-bill-accepted-by-senate-committee-but-amendments-still-to-come/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 01:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/assisted-dying-bill-accepted-by-senate-committee-but-amendments-still-to-come/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID-19 Vaccine Delays Leading To New Variants ‘Realistic’: Experts]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; Experts say delaying the second dose of some COVID-19 vaccines could lead to the emergence of new variants of the virus &mdash; but there&rsquo;s no sign it has happened yet.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a theoretical, realistic possibility, but there is no evidence so far,&rdquo; said Dr. Andre Veillette, a professor at the Universite de Montreal and the director of the Molecular Oncology Research Unit at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute.&nbsp;Veillette, who is a member of the fede]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-19-vaccine-delays-leading-to-new-variants-realistic-experts/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 23:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-19-vaccine-delays-leading-to-new-variants-realistic-experts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Death Threat Letters With White Powder Are A Scam: RCMP]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cut brake lines. Poisoned packages. Drive-by shootings. Death to you and all your family members.&nbsp;Those are some of the terrifying threats enclosed in a series of letters sent to Metro Vancouver residents in recent weeks. Police are alerting the public after several people in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam received letters threatening death if they didn&rsquo;t pay an amount of Bitcoin to an anonymous QR code address.&nbsp;But police say the letters, while alarming, are just a scam.The letter]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-death-threat-letters-with-white-powder-are-a-scam-rcmp/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 22:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-death-threat-letters-with-white-powder-are-a-scam-rcmp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Saving For A Down Payment Has Never Been Worse,’ Says National Bank Of Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[The threshold every buyer has to meet to own a home &#8213; the minimum down payment &#8213; has reached Canada&rsquo;s highest level on record, a new report says.With house prices rising at their fastest pace in 11 years, it would take a median-earning household 60 months to save up a minimum down payment on a house today, according to National Bank of Canada&rsquo;s latest housing affordability monitor.That&rsquo;s the longest it has been in 40 years of home-affordability records, topping the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/saving-for-a-down-payment-has-never-been-worse-says-national-bank-of-canada/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 22:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/saving-for-a-down-payment-has-never-been-worse-says-national-bank-of-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario To Reopen Schools In All But 3 Regions Monday, Lecce Announces]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Students in COVID-19 hot zones Toronto, Peel Region and York Region will have to wait a little longer to get back to class.&nbsp;The Ontario government announced Wednesday that schools will reopen in 13 more regions on Feb. 8. Schools in Toronto, Peel and York, however, will not be open until Feb. 16.These areas will see schools open on Feb. 8:&nbsp;Brant County,Chatham-Kent,&nbsp;Durham Region,&nbsp;Haldimand-Norfolk,Halton Region,Hamilton,Huron Perth,Lambton,Niagara Region,Simc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-to-reopen-schools-in-all-but-3-regions-monday-lecce-announces/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 22:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-to-reopen-schools-in-all-but-3-regions-monday-lecce-announces/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'Schitt&rsquo;s Creek' Cast&rsquo;s Very Canadian Reactions To Golden Globe Nominations]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Wednesday morning, the nominees for the 78th annual Golden Globes were announced, and &ldquo;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek&rdquo; landed five nominations. Here&rsquo;s how the Canadian cast of the wildly popular pandemic-binge show reacted:Eugene Levy got lyrical about cups that runneth over and signs:My Cup Runneth Over was the title of our very first episode in 2015. How prophetic a title it was. Thanks HFPA for the 5 #GoldenGlobes nominations!! @SchittsCreek@SchittsCreekPop&mdash; Eugene Levy (@Rea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-schittrsquos-creek-castrsquos-very-canadian-reactions-to-golden-globe-nominations/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-schittrsquos-creek-castrsquos-very-canadian-reactions-to-golden-globe-nominations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Schitt's Creek' Star Auctions Off Paper Plate To Support Homeless Toronto Youth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian obsession &ldquo;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek&rdquo; has given us plenty of iconic TV moments over six seasons, with the hilarious song &ldquo;A Little Bit Alexis&rdquo; chief among them.&nbsp;&nbsp;Superfans still singing along to actress Annie Murphy&rsquo;s catchy la-la-las can now bid on a paper plate that helped her make the track, with proceeds supporting homeless youth in Toronto.&nbsp;The performer served up a photo of the keepsake on Saturday, along with its backstory.&nbsp;&ldquo;This]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/schitts-creek-star-auctions-off-paper-plate-to-support-homeless-toronto-youth/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/schitts-creek-star-auctions-off-paper-plate-to-support-homeless-toronto-youth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love Led Me To End My Wanted Pregnancy. Fear Stops Me From Discussing It.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I discovered I was pregnant on Mother&rsquo;s Day, at the beginning of a roaring global pandemic. Alone at home in rural British Columbia, I was overjoyed, terrified and instantly in love with this tiny, very-wanted embryo.Five months later, I would be sobbing in a hospital bed at BC Women&rsquo;s Hospital, staring at my silent baby daughter. She lay motionless in a clear, plastic bassinet on a mound of ice, snugly bundled in the gingham blanket we had chosen for her 10 hours earlier. A white kn]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/love-led-me-to-end-my-wanted-pregnancy-fear-stops-me-from-discussing-it/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/love-led-me-to-end-my-wanted-pregnancy-fear-stops-me-from-discussing-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clearview AI’s Mass Surveillance Of Canadians ‘Clear Violation’ Of Privacy Laws: Watchdog]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Privacy watchdogs say U.S. firm Clearview AI&rsquo;s facial-recognition technology resulted in mass surveillance of Canadians and violated federal and provincial laws governing personal information.In a report Wednesday with three provincial counterparts, federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien said the New York-based company&rsquo;s scraping of billions of images of people from across the internet was a clear violation of Canadians&rsquo; privacy rights.Clearview AI&rsquo;s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/clearview-ais-mass-surveillance-of-canadians-clear-violation-of-privacy-laws-watchdog/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/clearview-ais-mass-surveillance-of-canadians-clear-violation-of-privacy-laws-watchdog/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clearview AI’s Mass Surveillance Of Canadians A ‘Clear Violation’ Of Privacy Laws: Watchdog]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Privacy watchdogs say U.S. firm Clearview AI&rsquo;s facial-recognition technology resulted in mass surveillance of Canadians and violated federal and provincial laws governing personal information.In a report Wednesday with three provincial counterparts, federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien said the New York-based company&rsquo;s scraping of billions of images of people from across the internet was a clear violation of Canadians&rsquo; privacy rights.Clearview AI&rsquo;s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/clearview-ais-mass-surveillance-of-canadians-a-clear-violation-of-privacy-laws-watchdog/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/clearview-ais-mass-surveillance-of-canadians-a-clear-violation-of-privacy-laws-watchdog/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violent Extremist Group Proud Boys Added To Canada’s Terrorist List]]></title><description><![CDATA[The federal government has named 13 new groups as terrorist organizations, including far-right extremists the Proud Boys.Public Safety Canada listed the Proud Boys as an &ldquo;ideologically motivated violent extremist group&rdquo; along with neo-Nazi groups Atomwaffen Division and The Base, and Russia-based nationalist group the Russian Imperial Movement.&nbsp;Three Al Qaida, five Islamic State affiliates and Islamist militant group Hizbul Majahideen were also added to the list.&ldquo;Violent a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/violent-extremist-group-proud-boys-added-to-canadas-terrorist-list/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/violent-extremist-group-proud-boys-added-to-canadas-terrorist-list/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homeless People Need To Be Prioritized For Vaccinations, Advocates Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALGARY &mdash; Advocates say homeless people should get priority to COVID-19 vaccines given how at risk they are to the virus and how much more likely they are to get severely ill if infected.&ldquo;We as a society set the moral tone by who we provide supports for and who we prioritize,&rdquo; says a position statement released Wednesday by two national groups who work with street populations.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s imperative that we include the most vulnerable who can benefit most from the protecti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/homeless-people-need-to-be-prioritized-for-vaccinations-advocates-say/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/homeless-people-need-to-be-prioritized-for-vaccinations-advocates-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Could Get Vaccine Delivery Boost Through Global Sharing Program]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada could get more than one million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of March through a global vaccine sharing initiative known as COVAX.But as with most things COVID-19, vaccine-related deliveries are mired in the uncertainty of regulatory reviews and potential production delays.The COVAX Facility, co-ordinated by the World Health Organization and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, pools funds from wealthier countries to buy vaccines for themselves and for 92 low- and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-could-get-vaccine-delivery-boost-through-global-sharing-program/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-could-get-vaccine-delivery-boost-through-global-sharing-program/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Ex-Top Soldier Accused Of Inappropriate Relationship With Subordinate]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada&rsquo;s top defence officials say they are troubled by allegations that former defence chief Jonathan Vance engaged in inappropriate behaviour with female subordinates.Global News reported on Tuesday that Vance allegedly had an ongoing relationship with a woman he significantly outranked.Vance is also alleged to have made a sexual comment to a second, much younger soldier in 2012, before he was appointed chief of the defence staff.Vance could not be reached for comment on T]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-ex-top-soldier-accused-of-inappropriate-relationship-with-subordinate/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-ex-top-soldier-accused-of-inappropriate-relationship-with-subordinate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History Shows That Social Bubbles Burst. Let's Find New Ways Of Pandemic Living.]]></title><description><![CDATA[When COVID-19 first hit, many of us quickly created social bubbles to provide some sense of normalcy in the months ahead. My provincial health agency urged us on, suggesting everyone identify a few people &ldquo;you can hug and touch&rdquo; while keeping the rest of the world at bay.The dream was that we could somehow teleport ourselves back to some fictive, long-ago era of independent households. Yet as I sealed up my first bubble, it was already failing because of the dense web of interactions]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/history-shows-that-social-bubbles-burst-lets-find-new-ways-of-pandemic-living/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 13:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/history-shows-that-social-bubbles-burst-lets-find-new-ways-of-pandemic-living/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Gifts That Are Perfect For A Pandemic Valentine's Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[This Valentine&rsquo;s Day is a little different from previous years. The pandemic means no weekends away, no fancy meals out, no concert or sports event tickets.But celebrating at home doesn&rsquo;t have to be boring. You can still decorate, make a nice dinner, put on your best mood lighting and give your husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend/partner/best friend a thoughtful gift that celebrates the holiday in a sweet, special way.Here are our suggestions for Canadian-made gifts for this year&rsquo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-gifts-that-are-perfect-for-a-pandemic-valentines-day/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-gifts-that-are-perfect-for-a-pandemic-valentines-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Kids' Books About Love That Are Perfect For Valentine's Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our kids could all use a little extra love &#8213; and perhaps a little less screen time &#8213; during these wintry pandemic months. These books are great for exploring love in many forms, whether that&rsquo;s self-love, a first crush, or the emotional bonds that define&nbsp;families. We&rsquo;ve selected&nbsp;books, for kids of all ages, that would make thoughtful Valentine&rsquo;s presents. Give the gift of love&nbsp;(or borrow one of these new titles from your local library), so your child o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/10-kids-books-about-love-that-are-perfect-for-valentines-day/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 23:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/10-kids-books-about-love-that-are-perfect-for-valentines-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Dismiss Doug Ford’s Idea To Produce Vaccines In Ontario’s ‘Endless Buildings’]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; The federal government is shooting down Ontario Premier Doug Ford&rsquo;s suggestion that made-in-Canada vaccines could be available more quickly if production was done in Ontario instead of Quebec.&nbsp;Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that U.S. company Novavax will produce its COVID-19 vaccine in Montreal if it gets approved. But the production facility is still under construction and won&rsquo;t be finished until late summer. Then it has to be certified.&nbsp;Ministe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-dismiss-doug-fords-idea-to-produce-vaccines-in-ontarios-endless-buildings/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 23:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-dismiss-doug-fords-idea-to-produce-vaccines-in-ontarios-endless-buildings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internal Emails Show Minister’s Staff Helped Water Down MP’s Question On PPE]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; How many government staffers do you need to polish a Liberal backbencher&rsquo;s &ldquo;friendly&rdquo; question for a government minister? The answer, according to internal emails released by the House of Commons&rsquo; health committee, is at least 10.The emails were part of a new batch of documents released to the committee in its study of the government&rsquo;s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The House approved a special production order in October that requested the ongoin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/internal-emails-show-ministers-staff-helped-water-down-mps-question-on-ppe/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 22:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/internal-emails-show-ministers-staff-helped-water-down-mps-question-on-ppe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rogers Class Action Lawsuit Means Telecom Might Owe You More Than $300]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did you pay a big cell phone cancellation fee to Rogers a decade ago? You might be eligible for over $300 in reimbursement thanks to a class-action lawsuit.And time is running out to claim the money.&nbsp;The Quebec Superior Court ruled Dec. 5, 2014 that Rogers Wireless Communications must reimburse former customers for early cancellation fees paid between February 2008 and June 2013.The fees were paid by people who cancelled their Rogers plans early, but the court ruling deemed the cancellation]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/rogers-class-action-lawsuit-means-telecom-might-owe-you-more-than-300/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/rogers-class-action-lawsuit-means-telecom-might-owe-you-more-than-300/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[End Of The Rebellion? GameStop, AMC Stocks Crater]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stocks were broadly higher in afternoon trading Tuesday, though shares of closely watched companies like GameStop and AMC Entertainment were falling sharply.While the broader market was solidly higher, Wall Street was still closely focused on a set of beaten-down companies that have seen their shares surge due to intense online interest.GameStop dropped 53.9 per cent to roughly US$103 a share, and AMC Entertainment lost 42.3 per cent to US$7.70 a share. Both companies have been in the spotlight]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/end-of-the-rebellion-gamestop-amc-stocks-crater/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/end-of-the-rebellion-gamestop-amc-stocks-crater/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soaring Supply Of Canadian Dollars Could Mean Higher Borrowing Costs Ahead, Experts Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you&rsquo;re looking at maxing out the credit limit on your next house purchase, you may want to reconsider. Mortgage rates are likely to head higher sooner than expected, experts say.The low-interest party could soon be over for deficit-spending governments as well.That&rsquo;s because the economy stands to recover faster from the pandemic than forecasts had projected, which could force central banks to cut back on the emergency support. Data from Statistics Canada last week showed the econo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/soaring-supply-of-canadian-dollars-could-mean-higher-borrowing-costs-ahead-experts-say/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 19:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/soaring-supply-of-canadian-dollars-could-mean-higher-borrowing-costs-ahead-experts-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver ‘Hobbit House’ For Rent At A Cool $6,200 A Month]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ever dreamed of moving to New Zealand, digging a hole in a hill and living that Hobbit lifestyle?The pandemic certainly has a lot of us feeling that, and part of that dream is more achievable for Vancouver renters now that the city&rsquo;s famous &ldquo;hobbit house&rdquo; is back on the market.&nbsp;The 80-year-old iconic property at 587 West King Edward Ave. entered the rental market this week at a cool $6,200 per month. That gets you the unique 80-year-old outdoor visage, and a fully renovate]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/vancouver-hobbit-house-for-rent-at-a-cool-6200-a-month/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/vancouver-hobbit-house-for-rent-at-a-cool-6200-a-month/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Makes Deal With Novavax To Produce COVID-19 Vaccine In Montreal]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a deal Tuesday with Novavax to produce doses of its new COVID-19 vaccine at a new National Research Council (NRC) biomanufacturing facility in Montreal.More details are expected on making some COVID-19 therapeutic drugs at other facilities in Canada.The deal could help Trudeau tamp down the political headache caused by Canada&rsquo;s skeletal vaccine production capacity.But Novavax&rsquo;s vaccine is likely at least two months away from bein]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-makes-deal-with-novavax-to-produce-covid-19-vaccine-in-montreal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 17:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-makes-deal-with-novavax-to-produce-covid-19-vaccine-in-montreal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most Canadians Would Support Ban On International Travel, Poll Suggests]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The vast majority of Canadians support tighter restrictions on international travel imposed by the federal government, a new poll suggests.Eighty-six per cent of respondents agree with stricter measures that suspend flights to most sun destinations and require quarantining at a hotel at the passenger&rsquo;s expense upon arrival in Canada, according to an online survey by L&eacute;ger and the Association for Canadian Studies.The poll also found that 87 per cent of respondents thin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/most-canadians-would-support-ban-on-international-travel-poll-suggests/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/most-canadians-would-support-ban-on-international-travel-poll-suggests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Groundhog Day 2021: Wiarton Willie, Shubenacadie Sam Call Early Spring]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s best-known weather-predicting groundhogs called for an early spring Tuesday as they delivered their annual forecasts over video due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though one was missing in action.Nova Scotia&rsquo;s most famous groundhog, Shubenacadie Sam, was the first to make his prediction, hesitantly emerging from his pint-sized barn and apparently failing to see his shadow.&nbsp;In Val d&rsquo;Espoir on Quebec&rsquo;s Gaspe peninsula, Fred La Marmotte was also reluctant to leave h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/groundhog-day-2021-wiarton-willie-shubenacadie-sam-call-early-spring/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/groundhog-day-2021-wiarton-willie-shubenacadie-sam-call-early-spring/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Talked ‘Buy America’ Policies, Access To Vaccines In Call With Kamala Harris]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke by phone today with U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris, her first call with a foreign leader since taking office.The Prime Minister&rsquo;s Office says the two discussed the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada-U. S. relations and Harris&rsquo;s time as a high schooler in Montreal.They also discussed what a PMO readout of the call describes as &ldquo;avoiding the unintended consequences&rdquo; of President Joe Biden&rsquo;s protectionist Buy American po]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-talked-buy-america-policies-access-to-vaccines-in-call-with-kamala-harris/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 03:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-talked-buy-america-policies-access-to-vaccines-in-call-with-kamala-harris/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home-Decor Tips For When There’s A Pandemic And You’re On A Solo Budget]]></title><description><![CDATA[How To Be Alone&nbsp;is a HuffPost Canada series about how to make the most of life when you live by yourself.Your home should be a place where you feel comfortable and happy, where the chaos of the world can&rsquo;t get to you.This is always true, but it&rsquo;s even more significant now, nearly a year (sob) into the pandemic. For many of us, home is where we work, &ldquo;socialize,&rdquo; exercise, eat, sleep, cut our hair, watch movies and do everything else &mdash; often in a pretty small sp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/home-decor-tips-for-when-theres-a-pandemic-and-youre-on-a-solo-budget/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 02:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/home-decor-tips-for-when-theres-a-pandemic-and-youre-on-a-solo-budget/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peppa Pig Goes On A U.S. Road Trip, In Four New Special Episodes]]></title><description><![CDATA[No non-essential travel during a pandemic? Sorry, not Peppa Pig&rsquo;s problem!The queen of kids&rsquo; TV is celebrating a decade of ruling the U.S. airwaves&nbsp;and giving kids across North America a British accent&nbsp;to boot, with a well-deserved vacation.Starting on March. 5, Nickelodeon will air four new special episodes featuring Peppa&rsquo;s road trip across the U.S., with her brother, George, and their oinky parents in tow.&nbsp;&nbsp;And of course, there is no COVID-19 in the land]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/peppa-pig-goes-on-a-us-road-trip-in-four-new-special-episodes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 22:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/peppa-pig-goes-on-a-us-road-trip-in-four-new-special-episodes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Confirms First Case Of South African COVID-19 Variant]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario is reporting its first case of a new COVID-19 variant that emerged in South Africa late last year.The province&rsquo;s chief medical officer says the case was found in Peel Region and the local public health unit is investigating.Dr. David Williams says the person does not have a known history of travel or any known contact with someone who has travelled.Williams says data from South Africa shows the variant has a higher viral load, meaning it may be more infectious.It&rs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-confirms-first-case-of-south-african-covid-19-variant/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 21:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-confirms-first-case-of-south-african-covid-19-variant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Gross Negligence’ By Roberta Place Led To U.K. Variant Outbreak: Lawsuit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A $50-million class-action lawsuit against the owners of Roberta Place alleges gross negligence led to a devastating COVID-19 outbreak that infected all but one resident and claimed more than 60 lives in January.&nbsp;Jarlette Health Services failed to address a pattern of mismanagement, short staffing and repeated health and safety violations, says the statement of claim filed Friday.&nbsp;&ldquo;They were reckless, irresponsible, and neglectful of their responsibilities to provide high quality]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gross-negligence-by-roberta-place-led-to-uk-variant-outbreak-lawsuit/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 21:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gross-negligence-by-roberta-place-led-to-uk-variant-outbreak-lawsuit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Prepared To Change Plans If Europe Breaks Promise To Keep Vaccines Flowing]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada is putting together possible options for leverage if Europe breaks its promise not to cut off Canada&rsquo;s shipments of COVID-19 vaccines.International Trade Minister Mary Ng said Monday that multiple European leaders have promised Canada that new export controls on vaccines will not prevent Canada&rsquo;s shipments from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna from going out as planned.The European Union threw down the new policy last week, mostly amid a fight with AstraZeneca over i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-prepared-to-change-plans-if-europe-breaks-promise-to-keep-vaccines-flowing/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 21:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-prepared-to-change-plans-if-europe-breaks-promise-to-keep-vaccines-flowing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doug Ford Says Goal Is Still To Open All Ontario Schools By Feb. 10]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his goal is still to open all schools by Feb. 10, even though his education minister hasn&rsquo;t formally announced that yet.&nbsp;&ldquo;I know the minister will be coming out in the next day or two to announce that,&rdquo; Ford said during a photo opportunity in Scarborough, Ont. Monday.Video: Premier Ford says goal is to get all students back in class Feb 10th and an announcement will be made in next day or so. He adds this is as long as numbers don't skyrocket]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-ford-says-goal-is-still-to-open-all-ontario-schools-by-feb-10/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 20:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-ford-says-goal-is-still-to-open-all-ontario-schools-by-feb-10/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Food Delivery Service Offers Brand Names In Reusable Containers]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Canada&rsquo;s first modern-day milkman service that delivers brand-name groceries and household goods to doorsteps in reusable packaging is set to launch in the Toronto region on Monday.Loop, an online shopping platform started by U.S.-based recycling company TerraCycle, has teamed up with grocery giant Loblaw Companies Ltd. and leading consumer goods companies like Kraft Heinz Canada to roll out the service in the city.Everyday essentials such as Heinz ketchup, Nature&rsquo;s P]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-food-delivery-service-offers-brand-names-in-reusable-containers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 18:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-food-delivery-service-offers-brand-names-in-reusable-containers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Air Canada, Rogers Among Companies Pushing For Rapid Testing At Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Some of Canada&rsquo;s top airlines, banks and sports teams have united to pilot rapid tests identifying COVID-19 in hopes that they can find a way to reopen workplaces.The pilot is being run by the University of Toronto&rsquo;s Creative Destruction Lab, which has partnered with 12 companies including Air Canada and Rogers Communications Inc. to experiment with antigen tests that take about 15 minutes to deliver results.Those behind the project believe it could give Canada&rsquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/air-canada-rogers-among-companies-pushing-for-rapid-testing-at-work/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 17:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/air-canada-rogers-among-companies-pushing-for-rapid-testing-at-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silver Soars To 8-Year High As Redditors Turn To Precious Metals]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON &mdash; The price of silver is rallying as the online trading movement fuelling the rise of unloved shares like GameStop took a shine to the precious metal.Silver rose almost 12 per cent to US$30.07 in London after novice traders who drove up GameStop turned their attention to metals. The price is silver&rsquo;s highest since December 2012.On Twitter, #silversqueeze was trending as investors turned their attention to the latest market strategy to emerge from the &ldquo;WallStreetBets&rdqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/silver-soars-to-8-year-high-as-redditors-turn-to-precious-metals/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 16:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/silver-soars-to-8-year-high-as-redditors-turn-to-precious-metals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donald Trump Hires New Legal Team For Impeachment Trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; Former U.S. president Donald Trump announced a new impeachment legal defence team just one day after it was revealed that he had parted ways with an earlier set of attorneys with just over a week to go before his U.S. Senate trial.The two representing Trump will be defence lawyer David Schoen, a frequent television legal commentator, and Bruce Castor, a former district attorney in Pennsylvania who has faced criticism for his decision to not charge actor Bill Cosby in a sex cri]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/donald-trump-hires-new-legal-team-for-impeachment-trial/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/donald-trump-hires-new-legal-team-for-impeachment-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K.'s Capt. Sir Tom Moore In Hospital After Testing Positive For COVID-19]]></title><description><![CDATA[Capt. Sir Tom Moore has tested positive for Covid-19 and has been admitted to hospital where he is being treated for pneumonia, his daughter Hannah said in a statement.The Second World War veteran raised more than &pound;32 million (CAD $56.1 million) for the British National Health Service (NHS) by walking laps of his Bedfordshire, England garden last year.He also broke two Guinness World Records,&nbsp;scored a number one single&nbsp;and was&nbsp;knighted by the Queen.His daughter wrote in a st]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/uks-capt-sir-tom-moore-in-hospital-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 02:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/uks-capt-sir-tom-moore-in-hospital-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Host, Guests Receive $17,000 In Fines At Makeshift Home 'Nightclub']]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Police have arrested a man who allegedly operated a makeshift nightclub at his Vancouver penthouse and issued fines against him and his suspected guests totaling more than $17,000.Sgt. Steve Addison says the case should be a lesson to anyone caught hosting a party in violation of provincial measures imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.He says police launched an investigation a week ago after a witness called police to report a large party inside the downtown apartment.Addison]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-host-guests-receive-17000-in-fines-at-makeshift-home-nightclub/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-host-guests-receive-17000-in-fines-at-makeshift-home-nightclub/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince William Condemns Racism After Soccer Players Targeted]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the weekend Prince William spoke out against racism on the social media channels he shares with his wife,&nbsp;Kate Middleton, following racist abuse aimed at a several soccer players over the last week.&ldquo;Racist abuse - whether on the pitch, in the stands, or on social media - is despicable and it must stop now,&rdquo; he wrote in a Twitter thread signed &ldquo;W&rdquo; for William. The Duke of Cambridge holds the ceremonial title of president of the U.K.&rsquo;s Football Association.&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-william-condemns-racism-after-soccer-players-targeted/</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 21:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-william-condemns-racism-after-soccer-players-targeted/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Babies Suffering Severe Head Trauma Amid Lockdown: Ottawa Hospital]]></title><description><![CDATA[Children&rsquo;s Aid workers in Ottawa are sounding the alarm over an increase in infants being treated in hospital for head injuries in the last year &mdash; a worrying trend that has also been observed in other parts of the country.The Children&rsquo;s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) said there has been a &ldquo;disturbing trend&rdquo; since September of a rise in infants under the age of one presenting to hospitals with fractures and head trauma, both of which are signs of maltreatment. Th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/more-babies-suffering-severe-head-trauma-amid-lockdown-ottawa-hospital/</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 21:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/more-babies-suffering-severe-head-trauma-amid-lockdown-ottawa-hospital/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indigenous Woman Turned Away From B.C. Hospital Has Stillbirth: Uncle]]></title><description><![CDATA[KITIMAT, B.C. &mdash; The uncle of an Indigenous woman who gave birth to a stillborn baby after allegedly being turned away from a hospital in British Columbia says she is traumatized by the experience of racism.Dustin Gaucher said his 21-year-old niece, who does not wish to be identified, was two weeks overdue when she started having contractions and went to a hospital in Kitimat.He said staff checked the baby&rsquo;s heart rate and determined she did not need to be in hospital despite her conc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/indigenous-woman-turned-away-from-bc-hospital-has-stillbirth-uncle/</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 21:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/indigenous-woman-turned-away-from-bc-hospital-has-stillbirth-uncle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sexual Assault Centre Slams Upcoming Event Named After Serial Killer]]></title><description><![CDATA[A &ldquo;Jack the Ripper&rdquo; detective geogame coming to Ontario cities this spring goes too far in glorifying an infamous serial killer who brutally murdered women, says one sexual assault centre.&ldquo;He killed women thought to be sex workers, showed an extreme hatred against women and committed the worst crimes,&rdquo; Sara Casselman told HuffPost Canada. She&rsquo;s executive director of the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region, which is concerned that naming the event after]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/sexual-assault-centre-slams-upcoming-event-named-after-serial-killer/</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/sexual-assault-centre-slams-upcoming-event-named-after-serial-killer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 20,000]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s official COVID-19 death toll surpassed 20,000 today, after dozens of deaths were reported in Quebec and Ontario.The sobering figure emerged after Quebec reported 31 new fatalities related to the virus and Ontario reported 43.Canada has now recorded 20,016 deaths since the first case of COVID-19 surfaced in the country just over a year ago.An average of 138 people with COVID-19 have died each day over the past week.&nbsp;Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada&rsquo;s chief public health officer,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-covid-19-death-toll-surpasses-20000/</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 19:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-covid-19-death-toll-surpasses-20000/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Groundhog Day 2021: Wiarton Willie, Shubenacadie Sam, Others Will Be Making Predictions Online]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pandemic is forcing the country&rsquo;s famous furry forecasters to take their festivities online.&nbsp;Groundhog Day predictions from Ontario&rsquo;s Wiarton Willie and Nova Scotia&rsquo;s Shubenacadie Sam will be broadcast widely next week, but no crowds will gather as the critters emerge to carry on a long-running tradition.Folklore has it that if a groundhog sees its shadow on Feb. 2, it will retreat into its burrow, heralding six more weeks of cold weather. No shadow is said to foretell]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/groundhog-day-2021-wiarton-willie-shubenacadie-sam-others-will-be-making-predictions-online/</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/groundhog-day-2021-wiarton-willie-shubenacadie-sam-others-will-be-making-predictions-online/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Should Reopen Schools Before Tackling Other Sectors: Top Docs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario&rsquo;s regional public health officials are asking the government to prioritize opening schools before lifting other public health restrictions aimed at reducing high levels COVID-19 infection and hospitalizations across the province.&nbsp;The chair of the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health wrote to the provincial health and education ministers asking for deployment of extra measures that would help children get back into classrooms safely.&nbsp;&ldquo;Upon careful review and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-should-reopen-schools-before-tackling-other-sectors-top-docs/</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-should-reopen-schools-before-tackling-other-sectors-top-docs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pandemic Proves Canada Needs To Ramp Up Vaccine Manufacturing: Expert]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A leading Canadian health expert on the federal government&rsquo;s COVID-19 Task Force says the pandemic should be viewed as a wake-up call for Canada to create its own domestic vaccine manufacturing capacity.&nbsp;Dr. Alan Bernstein says that with new variants of the novel coronavirus emerging, Canadians might need multiple vaccines for several years.&ldquo;The government&rsquo;s made hints of doing it. But I think the sooner we get on with it, the better,&rdquo; Bernstein, who i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pandemic-proves-canada-needs-to-ramp-up-vaccine-manufacturing-expert/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2021 22:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pandemic-proves-canada-needs-to-ramp-up-vaccine-manufacturing-expert/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Airports, Airlines At Risk Of Collapse, Unions And Industry Warn]]></title><description><![CDATA[New restrictions on flights from the Caribbean and Mexico announced Friday are likely to trigger bankruptcies in Canada&rsquo;s airline sector and force permanent closures for airports and travel agencies, aviation experts say.&ldquo;Today&rsquo;s announcement really was the nail in the coffin for the airline and tourism business,&rdquo; said Robert Kokonis, founder and managing director of aviation consulting firm AirTrav Inc. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to see bankruptcy filings, you might even s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-airports-airlines-at-risk-of-collapse-unions-and-industry-warn/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2021 21:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-airports-airlines-at-risk-of-collapse-unions-and-industry-warn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bigger Parties Are Blocking Greens From Asking Trudeau Questions: May]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The Green Party is accusing mainstream parties of freezing it out of chances to question Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Parliament.The Greens&rsquo; parliamentary leader, Elizabeth May, raised the alarm this week on what she described as an undemocratic practice that leaves the 1.1 million Green Party voters in the country with less of a voice in the House of Commons.The Liberals, Conservatives, Bloc Qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois and NDP have conspired to &ldquo;block&rdquo; the Green]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bigger-parties-are-blocking-greens-from-asking-trudeau-questions-may/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2021 18:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bigger-parties-are-blocking-greens-from-asking-trudeau-questions-may/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Payette And Beyak Will Keep Pensions Thanks To A Law And A Loophole]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The recent resignations of former governor general Julie Payette and former senator Lynn Beyak, and the circumstances under which they stepped down, have renewed a discussion about morality with pension eligibility.If precedents set by former senators, who have resigned from their roles in disgrace, are any kind of indication: the two are not mutually exclusive.&nbsp;Payette, the former chief astronaut for the Canadian Space Agency, resigned as the Queen&rsquo;s representative ove]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-payette-and-beyak-will-keep-pensions-thanks-to-a-law-and-a-loophole/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2021 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-payette-and-beyak-will-keep-pensions-thanks-to-a-law-and-a-loophole/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hudson's Bay Permanently Lays Off More Than 600 Employees]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hudson&rsquo;s Bay Co. is permanently laying off more than 600 workers across Canada amid ongoing store closures due to COVID-19 lockdowns.&nbsp;Nearly half the company&rsquo;s department stores remain temporarily closed, said Tiffany Bourre, a spokeswoman for the iconic retailer.&ldquo;The pandemic continues to have a significant impact on non-essential retailers,&rdquo; she said in an emailed statement.&nbsp;&ldquo;Due to these circumstances beyond our control, the company has had to make adju]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/hudsons-bay-permanently-lays-off-more-than-600-employees/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2021 02:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/hudsons-bay-permanently-lays-off-more-than-600-employees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facebook Would 'Welcome' Canadian Regulations On Content: Public Policy Head]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; It&rsquo;s no longer sustainable for social media companies to self-police content and time for governments to step in, the head of public policy for Facebook Canada said Friday.&nbsp;That&rsquo;s why the social media giant is welcoming ongoing work by the federal Liberal government to roll out a plan, Kevin Chan told the House of Commons heritage committee.&ldquo;Right now, it&rsquo;s private companies like Facebook that are deciding what is and isn&rsquo;t allowed on Facebook an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/facebook-would-welcome-canadian-regulations-on-content-public-policy-head/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2021 01:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/facebook-would-welcome-canadian-regulations-on-content-public-policy-head/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Quick Guide To Alberta For Potential ‘Bachelorette’ Contestants]]></title><description><![CDATA[When news broke that a mystery guest had booked the entire Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge in Alberta for nine weeks this spring, speculation began. Was it The Royals? An A-list celebrity keeping international travel under wraps? A local star looking for a getaway?It appears the answer is equally intriguing: the lodge is reportedly the site of filming for the next season of &ldquo;The Bachelorette.&rdquo;&nbsp;&ldquo;The Bachelorette&rdquo; is a spin-off of the popular &ldquo;Bachelor&rdquo; franchis]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-quick-guide-to-alberta-for-potential-bachelorette-contestants/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-quick-guide-to-alberta-for-potential-bachelorette-contestants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These Amazing Quilters Will Inspire You To Take Up A New Pandemic Hobby]]></title><description><![CDATA[Winter&rsquo;s always a good time to try that new hobby you&rsquo;ve been dreaming of, and this year that&rsquo;s especially true: Between social-distancing rules, stay-home orders &#8213; and, in some parts, curfews &#8213; we&rsquo;ve all been spending a lot more time staring at our own four walls. It&rsquo;s no surprise that, along with toilet paper and flour, sewing machines were selling out everywhere, in the early months of the pandemic.A lot of crafty types dusted off their sewing machine]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/these-amazing-quilters-will-inspire-you-to-take-up-a-new-pandemic-hobby/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 23:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/these-amazing-quilters-will-inspire-you-to-take-up-a-new-pandemic-hobby/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario's Mandatory Traveller Testing Will Kick In On Monday]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario will make all international travellers take a COVID-19 test on arrival starting Monday.A senior government source says the province will move forward with the traveller testing despite a similar federal program announced today that&rsquo;s set to ramp up in the coming weeks.The source says Ontario&rsquo;s chief medical officer will use authority granted to him under public health legislation to impose the mandatory tests.RELATEDNew Travel Restrictions For Canada Include M]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-mandatory-traveller-testing-will-kick-in-on-monday/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 22:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-mandatory-traveller-testing-will-kick-in-on-monday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amanda Gorman Reacts To Late Cicely Tyson's Love For Her Poetry]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the world reels from the death of legendary actress Cicely Tyson, many are taking heart in what the late visionary has said and done &#8213; including 22-year-old poet Amanda Gorman, who Tyson praised before passing.Like many who heard Gorman&rsquo;s powerful Inauguration Day performance on Jan. 20, Tyson was struck by the power in the young writer&rsquo;s verses. She shared a touching note of thanks to Gorman on Wednesday &rdquo;[Amanda Gorman], your words remind us that we will rise, rebuil]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/amanda-gorman-reacts-to-late-cicely-tysons-love-for-her-poetry/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 21:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/amanda-gorman-reacts-to-late-cicely-tysons-love-for-her-poetry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subway's Tuna Salad Isn't Tuna, Lawsuit Claims]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO &#8213; Two San Francisco Bay Area residents have sued the fast-food chain Subway alleging that its tuna is &ldquo;anything but tuna&rdquo; and calling it &ldquo;tuna salad&rdquo; constitutes fraud and false advertising.Plaintiffs Karen Dhanowa and Nilima Amin, two Alameda County residents, claim in their lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California that Subway has been trying to &ldquo;capitalize on the premium price consumers are willing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/subways-tuna-salad-isnt-tuna-lawsuit-claims/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/subways-tuna-salad-isnt-tuna-lawsuit-claims/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jill Biden To Lead Task Force To Reunite Separated Immigrant Families]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three years after Donald Trump officially stopped separating migrating families at the border, hundreds of kids have yet to be reunited with their parents. Now that U.S. president Joe Biden is in office, he&rsquo;s taking steps towards undoing the former administration&rsquo;s inhumane policy. But unfortunately, a big hurdle to making happy reunions are the challenges in finding deported parents.Watch the video above&nbsp;to find out why it&rsquo;s hard to locate the missing parents.&nbsp;Enter]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jill-biden-to-lead-task-force-to-reunite-separated-immigrant-families/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jill-biden-to-lead-task-force-to-reunite-separated-immigrant-families/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Autism Is Taboo In Our Culture. Our Daughter’s Diagnosis Made Us Face It.]]></title><description><![CDATA[For a long time, our daughter&rsquo;s lack of understanding about personal space caused my wife and I extreme anxiety. Her apparent tantrums at malls and family gatherings made it difficult for us to go out into public. We became accustomed to receiving judgmental stares from other parents. My wife remembers parents yelling at her when our daughter veered too close to their kids or acted pushy on the playground. The best she could do is apologize and leave the park as soon as she could.I admit,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/autism-is-taboo-in-our-culture-our-daughters-diagnosis-made-us-face-it/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/autism-is-taboo-in-our-culture-our-daughters-diagnosis-made-us-face-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GameStop Stock Rebellion Lets Ontario Teachers, Canadian Cannabis Firm Cash In]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wall Street&rsquo;s hedge funds are on track to lose tens of billions of dollars in the &ldquo;short squeeze&rdquo; caused by traders on Reddit, but some Canadian entities affected by the frenzy are cashing in &#8213; while they still can.The Ontario teachers&rsquo; pension plan and a small Calgary cannabis company are among the Canadian entities seemingly making bank on surging stock prices amid an epic run driven by the r/WallStreetBets subreddit.The Ontario Teachers Pension Plan sold its 16.4]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gamestop-stock-rebellion-lets-ontario-teachers-canadian-cannabis-firm-cash-in/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gamestop-stock-rebellion-lets-ontario-teachers-canadian-cannabis-firm-cash-in/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderna Slashing Number Of Vaccines For Canada By 25% Next Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada&rsquo;s other vaccine supplier has to cut back on its deliveries next week.Moderna will ship only about three-quarters of the expected supply, cutting Canada&rsquo;s next shipment by more than 50,000 doses.Similar cuts are being made to Europe&rsquo;s deliveries, with Italy, France and Switzerland all reporting they, too, are getting less than 80 per cent of their expected doses.It is more bad news for Canada&rsquo;s already troubled vacci]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/moderna-slashing-number-of-vaccines-for-canada-by-25-next-week/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/moderna-slashing-number-of-vaccines-for-canada-by-25-next-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Travel Restrictions For Canada Include Mandatory Testing At Airports: Trudeau]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; To deter the potential import of new COVID-19 variants into the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new restrictions and measures Friday to make the cost of travel more expensive.New actions to discourage non-essential trips will come into effect Sunday, which will see the immediate suspension of flights by major Canadian air carriers to sunny destinations.&ldquo;The government and Canada&rsquo;s main airlines have agreed to suspend service to sun destinations right a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-travel-restrictions-for-canada-include-mandatory-testing-at-airports-trudeau/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 17:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-travel-restrictions-for-canada-include-mandatory-testing-at-airports-trudeau/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Economy Shrank By Most On Record In 2020, But Ended Year Surprisingly Strong]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s economy outperformed expectations in the final months of 2020, despite a pandemic year that saw the economy shrink by the largest percentage on record.Based on preliminary December numbers, Canada&rsquo;s economy will likely have shrunk 5.1 per cent in 2020, Statistics Canada estimated, making it the steepest one-year drop in records going back to 1961.By comparison, the U.S. economy shrank 3.5 per cent last year, the largest drop since the Second World War, according to prelimina]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-economy-shrank-by-most-on-record-in-2020-but-ended-year-surprisingly-strong/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-economy-shrank-by-most-on-record-in-2020-but-ended-year-surprisingly-strong/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside The Outbreak That Made Ontario Care Home ‘Ground Zero’ For U.K. Variant]]></title><description><![CDATA[January would bring good news, Jeremy Taggart had hoped. His 73-year-old mother Beryl would be vaccinated against COVID-19. No longer would he stand in the parking lot of her long-term care home and wave to her through a window for a few moments. Soon, after more than a year apart, he&rsquo;d walk through Roberta Place&rsquo;s glass doors and hold her close.&nbsp;&nbsp;Throughout the fall, Taggart heard politicians and public health officials say vaccines were headed into the arms of Ontario&rsq]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/inside-the-outbreak-that-made-ontario-care-home-ground-zero-for-uk-variant/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/inside-the-outbreak-that-made-ontario-care-home-ground-zero-for-uk-variant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Double-Masking Might Be Better Than Wearing 1 Face Mask, Experts Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Increasing concerns over more infectious COVID-19 variants has led some to wonder whether our face masks need an upgrade.Should we layer two masks on top of each other, as politicians and spectators at the U.S. presidential inauguration did earlier this month? Should we replace cloth masks with medical-grade ones, like some countries in Europe are now recommending? And should we wear masks even when outside?The Canadian Press asked medical experts these common questions.Double-maskingDr. Anthony]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/double-masking-might-be-better-than-wearing-1-face-mask-experts-say/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/double-masking-might-be-better-than-wearing-1-face-mask-experts-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Announce Day Of Remembrance For Victims Of Quebec Mosque Attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal government intends to make Jan. 29 a day to honour victims of the deadly 2017 attack on a Quebec City mosque.Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault made the announcement Thursday, the day before the fourth anniversary of the attack.&nbsp;Six people were killed and 19 seriously injured when a gunman burst into the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, an attack that stunned the country and was condemned as an act of terrorism.&nbsp;The day will be officially cal]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-announce-day-of-remembrance-for-victims-of-quebec-mosque-attack/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 03:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-announce-day-of-remembrance-for-victims-of-quebec-mosque-attack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberal Plan To Plant 2 Billion Trees Will Cost $2.78B More Than Expected: PBO]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The parliamentary budget office says a pledge by the Trudeau Liberals to plant two billion trees could cost almost double what the government says.The tree-planting spree, spread over a decade, is supposed to start in the spring and cost $3.16 billion over that time, based on federal estimates.Getting to the 2030 target means planting about 200 million trees a year more than the usual 600 million or so.The spending watchdog&rsquo;s analysis suggests getting there is also going to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/liberal-plan-to-plant-2-billion-trees-will-cost-278b-more-than-expected-pbo/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 03:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/liberal-plan-to-plant-2-billion-trees-will-cost-278b-more-than-expected-pbo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perry Bellegarde: It's Time For Canada's First Indigenous Governor General]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; With a growing sentiment that Julie Payette&rsquo;s abrupt departure from Rideau Hall provides an opportunity for Canada to have its first Indigenous governor general, Perry Bellegarde laughs when asked if he&rsquo;s been taking French lessons.&ldquo;Maybe,&rdquo; Bellegarde said Thursday in an interview with The Canadian Press.Bellegarde, who is not seeking re-election as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations next July, said he has not been formally approached by &ldquo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/perry-bellegarde-its-time-for-canadas-first-indigenous-governor-general/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 02:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/perry-bellegarde-its-time-for-canadas-first-indigenous-governor-general/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Just Got Her 1st Major Acting Nomination]]></title><description><![CDATA[Looking at old photos of yourself can be a sobering experience. Often it&rsquo;s cringey. Occasionally it&rsquo;s shocking. Sometimes it&rsquo;s wild how differently you remember an outfit or a haircut from what it actually looked like.Or sometimes, you find an old photo that fully encapsulates who you are, hilarious haircut and all.That&rsquo;s what Canadian actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan did, and she shared it with the world to celebrate her first major acting nomination. The 19-year-old is up]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/maitreyi-ramakrishnan-just-got-her-1st-major-acting-nomination/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 23:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/maitreyi-ramakrishnan-just-got-her-1st-major-acting-nomination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Switch Up Valentine’s Day Roses For These Heart-Shaped Plants]]></title><description><![CDATA[If the pandemic has taught us one thing, it&rsquo;s that bringing plants into our home makes it a happier place. And who wouldn&rsquo;t want that for their significant other?Heart-shaped plants last longer than roses (and typically have a kinder environmental impact in how they are grown and shipped), and they will be a constant reminder to your Valentine of your love &#8213; OK as long as your SO does all the right nurturing things to keep it healthy, which is kind of a metaphor for any relatio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/switch-up-valentines-day-roses-for-these-heart-shaped-plants/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 23:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/switch-up-valentines-day-roses-for-these-heart-shaped-plants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ottawa's Trump Avenue Name Change More Likely Now Because Of New U.S. President]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ottawa residents who live on &ldquo;Trump Avenue&rdquo; may see their street&rsquo;s name change, now that former U.S. president Donald Trump is no longer in office.The street is in Ottawa&rsquo;s quiet Central Park neighbourhood, an area with other New York-inspired locations, like &ldquo;Manhattan Crescent&rdquo; and &ldquo;Gotham Private.&rdquo;Since Trump&rsquo;s presidential campaign in 2016, the 62 homeowners living on Trump Avenue have endured ridicule; some have decided not to tell other]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ottawas-trump-avenue-name-change-more-likely-now-because-of-new-us-president/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ottawas-trump-avenue-name-change-more-likely-now-because-of-new-us-president/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ottawa’s Trump Avenue May Finally Get A Name Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ottawa residents who live on &ldquo;Trump Avenue&rdquo; may see their street&rsquo;s name change, now that former U.S. president Donald Trump is no longer in office.The street is in Ottawa&rsquo;s quiet Central Park neighbourhood, an area with other New York-inspired locations, like &ldquo;Manhattan Crescent&rdquo; and &ldquo;Gotham Private.&rdquo;Since Trump&rsquo;s presidential campaign in 2016, the 62 homeowners living on Trump Avenue have endured ridicule; some have decided not to tell other]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ottawas-trump-avenue-may-finally-get-a-name-change/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ottawas-trump-avenue-may-finally-get-a-name-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's Coming And Going From Netflix Canada In February 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Of all of Netflix&rsquo;s offerings in February,&nbsp;we&rsquo;re most excited about &ldquo;Malcolm and Marie,&rdquo; a black-and-white romantic drama starring Zendaya and John David Washington. They&rsquo;re both powerhouse young actors, and early reviews&nbsp;say their chemistry is something to behold. It hits the streaming service on Feb. 5.For rom-com lovers, the third instalment of the &ldquo;To All The Boys I&rsquo;ve Loved Before&rdquo; series is out Feb. 12, just in time for Valentine&rs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/whats-coming-and-going-from-netflix-canada-in-february-2021/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/whats-coming-and-going-from-netflix-canada-in-february-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amanda Gorman Will Be Super Bowl's First Poet]]></title><description><![CDATA[We&rsquo;re calling it: 2021 is the year of Amanda Gorman.Earlier this month she mesmerized millions with a powerful performance at the U.S. presidential inauguration. In February, the 22-year-old is following up her achievement with a similarly historic one: Gorman will take the stage at this year&rsquo;s Super Bowl, making her the first ever poet to perform at the sports event.The young writer is set to recite original poetry inspired by three pandemic heroes who were dubbed honorary &ldquo;Su]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/amanda-gorman-will-be-super-bowls-first-poet/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/amanda-gorman-will-be-super-bowls-first-poet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta Blind Dog And Cat Companion Up For Adoption]]></title><description><![CDATA[Friends can help you through the toughest times in life.&nbsp;For Spike, a dog in central Alberta, that lifelong friend and companion is his best buddy Max the cat.&nbsp;Spike and Max aren&rsquo;t just any dynamic duo. Spike is blind due to severe cataracts in his eyes, and Max provides support to him and helps him get around. The pair have been together for eight years but were recently surrendered to the Saving Grace Animal Society in Alix, Alta. and will be put up for adoption in two weeks.&n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alberta-blind-dog-and-cat-companion-up-for-adoption/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alberta-blind-dog-and-cat-companion-up-for-adoption/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Counting Error Halves Number Of COVID-19 Vaccinations In Ontario]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The Ontario government announced Thursday that it botched reporting its own vaccination data by misinterpreting the total number of doses administered as the number of people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.A statement released by the Ministry of Health blamed the double-counting error on officials.&nbsp;&ldquo;As a result, the number of people who have been fully vaccinated is half of what is currently listed,&rdquo; it reads.&nbsp;&nbsp;The two approved vaccines]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/counting-error-halves-number-of-covid-19-vaccinations-in-ontario/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 21:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/counting-error-halves-number-of-covid-19-vaccinations-in-ontario/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bindi Irwin's Nursery Blooms With Floral Designs, Bunny Art]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bindi Irwin is expecting her first child this spring, and when the&nbsp;&ldquo;Baby Wildlife Warrior&rdquo; comes into the world,&nbsp;the sweetest of digs await.The 22-year-old daughter of late &ldquo;Crocodile Hunter&rdquo; Steve Irwin shared an Instagram photo on Wednesday of her daughter&rsquo;s future nursery.&nbsp;Blooming pink flowers, a big crescent moon, and pastel butterflies decorate the wall beside a floral patterned change table. The real stars? Two lovable rabbits wearing flower cr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bindi-irwins-nursery-blooms-with-floral-designs-bunny-art/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bindi-irwins-nursery-blooms-with-floral-designs-bunny-art/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Gamestop Stock Soared As Part Of A Reddit Forum's Quest To Take Down Hedge Funds]]></title><description><![CDATA[A David and Goliath fight is being waged in the stock prices of seemingly failing businesses like GameStop and BlackBerry.&nbsp;In this case, Goliath is a group of Wall Street hedge fund investors and David is an online community of individual investors who frequent Reddit and TikTok looking to stick it to the man.Stocks for previously floundering companies like video game retailer GameStop, movie theatre company AMC and original smartphone company BlackBerry have skyrocketed exponentially this]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/why-gamestop-stock-soared-as-part-of-a-reddit-forums-quest-to-take-down-hedge-funds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/why-gamestop-stock-soared-as-part-of-a-reddit-forums-quest-to-take-down-hedge-funds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gun Advocates, Social Conservatives Question Place In O’Toole’s Party]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A decision by Conservative Leader Erin O&rsquo;Toole to boot an MP from his caucus has factions of the conservative movement in Canada wondering about their own futures in the party.Among them: some firearms advocates, who say they&rsquo;re concerned about what the move may signal for their members who backed O&rsquo;Toole in last year&rsquo;s leadership race in part on promises to advocate for their cause.&nbsp;Ontario MP Derek Sloan was removed last week for what O&rsquo;Toole c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gun-advocates-social-conservatives-question-place-in-otooles-party/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 17:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gun-advocates-social-conservatives-question-place-in-otooles-party/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travel To Canada Behind Recent Uptick Of Coronavirus Infections: Data]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; As the federal government prepares to slap new restrictions on international travel, Health Canada data suggests a worrying uptick of infections directly connected to foreign arrivals.While travel exposures account for less than two per cent of all Canada&rsquo;s COVID-19 cases, the number of cases in recent travellers, and people they came into close contact with after arriving, shows continual growth in recent months.In December, 486 cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in recent tr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/travel-to-canada-behind-recent-uptick-of-coronavirus-infections-data/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 15:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/travel-to-canada-behind-recent-uptick-of-coronavirus-infections-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Who Is A Health-Care Worker?': The Big Question We Must Ask In Vaccine Planning]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of my patients works in an emergency room at a local hospital. Like many other doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, personal support workers and other &ldquo;front-line heroes&rdquo; in medicine, she has not yet received the COVID-19 vaccine and does not know when she will. Like other hospitals, hers used a lottery to decide who would receive the vaccine and she drew the short straw.I am a family doctor in Ottawa. As a primary care provider without a hospital affiliation, there&rsquo;s no v]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/who-is-a-health-care-worker-the-big-question-we-must-ask-in-vaccine-planning/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 13:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/who-is-a-health-care-worker-the-big-question-we-must-ask-in-vaccine-planning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breaking Down What We Know About The COVID-19 Variants Now In Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[Genomic sequencing will be key in determining the prevalence of new, more transmissible variants of COVID-19 in Canada, experts say, but the process is too laborious and time-consuming to run on every positive swab.While that means we likely can&rsquo;t know the exact number of cases stemming from the &ldquo;variants of concern,&rdquo; first identified in the U.K., South Africa and Brazil, experts say genomic sequencing can unlock useful information about where and how quickly spread may be happ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/breaking-down-what-we-know-about-the-covid-19-variants-now-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 03:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/breaking-down-what-we-know-about-the-covid-19-variants-now-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metepenagiag First Nation Chief Bill Ward Says It's 'Infuriating' That Nobody Charged In RCMP Shooting Of Rodney Levi]]></title><description><![CDATA[FREDERICTON &mdash; The chief of a New Brunswick First Nation that was home to a man killed by the RCMP last year says it was &ldquo;infuriating&rdquo; to learn Tuesday that no criminal charges would be laid in the case.In a post on Facebook, Chief Bill Ward of the Metepenagiag First Nation, said his heart is with the Levi family.&ldquo;We can never forget or stop fighting for Rodney. It is infuriating to hear the results of the report when we all know how caring and kind Rodney was,&rdquo; he w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/metepenagiag-first-nation-chief-bill-ward-says-its-infuriating-that-nobody-charged-in-rcmp-shooting-of-rodney-levi/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 03:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/metepenagiag-first-nation-chief-bill-ward-says-its-infuriating-that-nobody-charged-in-rcmp-shooting-of-rodney-levi/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report On Rideau Hall Under Julie Payette Details Hostility, Humiliation In Workplace]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The review of Rideau Hall that led governor general Julie Payette to resign found dozens of people who called the working conditions there hostile, negative, toxic or poisoned.The government released the findings of the review, conducted by Quintet Consulting Corp., on Wednesday evening.It&rsquo;s heavily redacted, primarily to protect participants&rsquo; privacy, and whole pages of details are blacked out or removed.But the report says representative descriptions told to Quintet]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/report-on-rideau-hall-under-julie-payette-details-hostility-humiliation-in-workplace/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 02:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/report-on-rideau-hall-under-julie-payette-details-hostility-humiliation-in-workplace/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Julie Payette Report Alleges Hostility, Humiliation At Rideau Hall]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Julie Payette&rsquo;s resignation as governor general was prompted by a scathing review of the work environment she presided over at Rideau Hall, described by dozens of people as hostile, toxic, or poisoned.The government released the findings of the independent review conducted by Quintet Consulting Corp. on Wednesday evening.The report is heavily redacted, primarily to protect participants&rsquo; privacy, and whole pages of details are blacked out or removed.Still, the report sa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/julie-payette-report-alleges-hostility-humiliation-at-rideau-hall/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 02:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/julie-payette-report-alleges-hostility-humiliation-at-rideau-hall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Naming Proud Boys A Terror Group Has Extremism Experts Worried]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s Parliament passed a motion this week unanimously declaring that the far-right extremist Proud Boys&nbsp;should be designated a terrorist group,&nbsp;in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. It has become increasingly clear that the Proud Boys played a central role in that violence. At least six members of the group, including one of its most prominent, have been arrested in the U.S. in connection with the riot.The Canadian legislature&rsquo;s largely symbolic mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-naming-proud-boys-a-terror-group-has-extremism-experts-worried/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 01:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-naming-proud-boys-a-terror-group-has-extremism-experts-worried/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Time To Talk About Death With Your Aging Parents]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thinking about the death of an aging parent is often sad and scary, and talking with your parent about it can feel like a daunting task. But especially now, during a global pandemic, where we&rsquo;re seeing higher rates of illness and death among seniors, it&rsquo;s a conversation that needs to happen.Toronto-based death doula Sandra Brunner says &ldquo;You&rsquo;re never really taught that it&rsquo;s OK to have these conversations about things like people&rsquo;s remains or their money or thei]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/its-time-to-talk-about-death-with-your-aging-parents/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/its-time-to-talk-about-death-with-your-aging-parents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver, Feds Take Next Step Towards Decriminalizing Illicit Drug Possession]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The City of Vancouver has received a signal from the federal government to start formal discussions around its plan to decriminalize simple possession of illicit drugs.&nbsp;In a statement Wednesday, Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart called the step &ldquo;another hopeful and critical milestone on the path towards fully embracing a health-focussed approach to substance use&rdquo; in the city.&ldquo;This news comes at a time when the overdose crisis in our city has never been worse,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/vancouver-feds-take-next-step-towards-decriminalizing-illicit-drug-possession/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/vancouver-feds-take-next-step-towards-decriminalizing-illicit-drug-possession/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easy Tips For Motivating Yourself To Work Out At Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[We already have a hard time mustering the motivation to work out in the cosy winter months.&nbsp;Add the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic&nbsp;and that&rsquo;s kryptonite for even the most diehard fitness lovers.&nbsp;But don&rsquo;t worry: If your desire to get active has been sapped, there are ways to trick yourself into following through with a home workout.&nbsp;Watch the video above to find out what some TikTok users recommend.&nbsp;First off, you&rsquo;ll need to dress for success. Putting on gym]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/easy-tips-for-motivating-yourself-to-work-out-at-home/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/easy-tips-for-motivating-yourself-to-work-out-at-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mom Shares Extremely Candid List Of Postpartum Body Changes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sarah Nicole Landry, the Canadian influencer known as The Birds Papaya, has gained a massive following through her refreshing honesty about the shape,&nbsp;size and changes human bodies go through.Earlier this month, she had a baby girl. And naturally, she&rsquo;s sharing an extremely honest list of the changes her postpartum body went through in the week since since she gave birth. She talks hunger, thirst, pain, stitches, poop &mdash; everything. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Sar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mom-shares-extremely-candid-list-of-postpartum-body-changes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 21:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mom-shares-extremely-candid-list-of-postpartum-body-changes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Air Transat Cancels All Flights Out Of Toronto Flights Until April]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; Transat A.T. Inc. says it will suspend all Air Transat flights out of Toronto until April 30, effective tomorrow.Transat spokeswoman Debbie Cabana says the airline will also suspend some routes from Montreal for the same period.The travel company says the Canadian government&rsquo;s new and stricter border entry requirements caused a decline in bookings, forcing the airline to revise its flight schedule.Watch: Canada is behind on airline refund policies. Story continues below.&n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/air-transat-cancels-all-flights-out-of-toronto-flights-until-april/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 21:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/air-transat-cancels-all-flights-out-of-toronto-flights-until-april/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marc Miller Slams Ex-Senator Lynn Beyak For ‘Sickening’ Defence Of Residential Schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller left little doubt Wednesday that he has little regard for former senator Lynn Beyak, who abruptly retired this week and used her parting words to defend the &ldquo;good&rdquo; of Canada&rsquo;s shameful residential school system.&nbsp;&ldquo;I want to say how I feel. There&rsquo;s a number of cameras in front of me so I&rsquo;ll stay polite,&rdquo; Miller told a CTV journalist when asked to comment on Beyak at an Ottawa press conference on COVID-19 and In]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/marc-miller-slams-ex-senator-lynn-beyak-for-sickening-defence-of-residential-schools/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/marc-miller-slams-ex-senator-lynn-beyak-for-sickening-defence-of-residential-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kellyanne And Claudia Conway Spur Conversations About Child Abuse And Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[Content warning: Story contains mentions of alleged abusive conduct.Calls to support Kellyanne Conway&rsquo;s teenage daughter Claudia, who alleges she is being abused by her mother, are growing stronger after a topless photo of the 16-year-old was allegedly posted on Conway&rsquo;s Twitter account&nbsp;on Monday.A Twitter Fleet &mdash; a feature which allows users to make a post that expires in 24 hours&nbsp;&mdash; by Kellyanne Conway, who served as former U.S. president Donald Trump&rsquo;s c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kellyanne-and-claudia-conway-spur-conversations-about-child-abuse-and-power/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kellyanne-and-claudia-conway-spur-conversations-about-child-abuse-and-power/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homeless People To Be Exempt From Quebec's Provincewide Curfew]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; The Quebec government said Wednesday it will not challenge a temporary court order granted Tuesday that exempts the homeless from a provincewide curfew imposed to limit the spread of COVID-19.Lionel Carmant, Quebec&rsquo;s junior health minister, said in a tweet that the government will modify its curfew decree to ensure those without shelter will not be subject to the measure.&ldquo;We are aware of the ruling last night and do not intend to challenge it,&rdquo; he wrote. &ldquo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/homeless-people-to-be-exempt-from-quebecs-provincewide-curfew/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/homeless-people-to-be-exempt-from-quebecs-provincewide-curfew/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Disability Is Not A Burden,’ UN Experts Say As Assisted Dying Laws Adopted]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; United Nations (UN) human rights experts are alarmed by what they see as a growing trend to enact legislation allowing medical assistance in dying for people suffering from non-terminal, disabling conditions.Three experts, including the UN&rsquo;s special rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, say such legislation tends to be based on &ldquo;ableist&rdquo; assumptions about the quality and worth of the life of a person with a disability.In a statement issued earlie]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/disability-is-not-a-burden-un-experts-say-as-assisted-dying-laws-adopted/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/disability-is-not-a-burden-un-experts-say-as-assisted-dying-laws-adopted/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Vaccination Rollout Will Lag 6 Months Behind U.S., Europe: Forecast]]></title><description><![CDATA[The majority of Canadians may have to wait six months longer than Americans and Europeans for their COVID-19 vaccine, a new forecast says.In a report released Wednesday, the U.K.-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) warned it will take longer to immunize the world against the novel coronavirus than expected, with many middle-income countries not seeing a COVID jab until 2023, and lower-income countries waiting until 2024, &ldquo;if it happens at all.&rdquo;Wealthy countries, including Canada,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-vaccination-rollout-will-lag-6-months-behind-us-europe-forecast/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-vaccination-rollout-will-lag-6-months-behind-us-europe-forecast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian-Made COVID-19 Vaccine Begins Human Clinical Trials In Toronto]]></title><description><![CDATA[A prospective COVID-19 vaccine touted as a Canadian-made response has begun human clinical trials in Toronto, and the company says it&rsquo;s already preparing a follow-up that will target more infectious variants.Providence Therapeutics of Calgary says if all goes well, it could start manufacturing millions of doses of its first prospective vaccine by the end of the year, guaranteeing a Canadian stockpile that wouldn&rsquo;t be subject to global supply pressures or competition.That&rsquo;s if t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-made-covid-19-vaccine-begins-human-clinical-trials-in-toronto/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-made-covid-19-vaccine-begins-human-clinical-trials-in-toronto/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery Guest Books Entire Jasper Park Lodge For 9 Weeks]]></title><description><![CDATA[JASPER, Alta. &mdash; The Jasper Park Lodge has been booked out from the end of February until the end of April, but hotel management isn&rsquo;t disclosing who will be staying at the well-known Rocky Mountain retreat during the nine-week block.&nbsp;All 446 rooms at the sprawling Alberta hotel are unavailable to book online between Feb. 23 and April 29.A hotel spokesperson says there is a private booking, but could not comment further for privacy reasons.Guests who previously made bookings for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mystery-guest-books-entire-jasper-park-lodge-for-9-weeks/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 02:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mystery-guest-books-entire-jasper-park-lodge-for-9-weeks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Richest 44 People Add $63.5B In Wealth As 20% Of Low-Income Jobs Vanish]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada is facing the spectre of &ldquo;the greatest rise in inequality on record&rdquo; as investors&rsquo; portfolios soar in value while hundreds of thousands of people join the ranks of the unemployed, anti-poverty group Oxfam Canada says in a new report.The country&rsquo;s 44 billionaires &#8213; as listed by Forbes magazine &#8213; have collectively added $63.5 billion in wealth since stock and bond markets began recovering in March of 2020, Oxfam found. Worldwide, the ultra-rich have recov]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-richest-44-people-add-635b-in-wealth-as-20-of-low-income-jobs-vanish/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-richest-44-people-add-635b-in-wealth-as-20-of-low-income-jobs-vanish/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Richest 44 People Add $53.6B In Wealth As 20% Of Low-Income Jobs Vanish]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada is facing the spectre of &ldquo;the greatest rise in inequality on record&rdquo; as investors&rsquo; portfolios soar in value while hundreds of thousands of people join the ranks of the unemployed, anti-poverty group Oxfam Canada says in a new report.The country&rsquo;s 44 billionaires &#8213; as listed by Forbes magazine &#8213; have collectively added $63.5 billion in wealth since stock and bond markets began recovering in March of 2020, Oxfam found. Worldwide, the ultra-rich have recov]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-richest-44-people-add-536b-in-wealth-as-20-of-low-income-jobs-vanish/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-richest-44-people-add-536b-in-wealth-as-20-of-low-income-jobs-vanish/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blanchet Stands by Remarks About Transport Minister Omar Alghabra]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Bloc Qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois Leader Yves-Fran&ccedil;ois Blanchet is standing by comments he made about Transport Minister Omar Alghabra earlier this month that sparked criticism he was trying to tar the new cabinet member with Islamophobic innuendo.Blanchet addressed the blowback nearly two weeks after what Alghabra dubbed a harmful and &ldquo;dangerous game&rdquo; of insinuation by the Bloc.Blanchet released a statement Jan. 13 that pointed a finger at Alghabra&rsquo;s associati]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/blanchet-stands-by-remarks-about-transport-minister-omar-alghabra/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/blanchet-stands-by-remarks-about-transport-minister-omar-alghabra/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blanchet Doubles Down On Remarks About Transport Minister Omar Alghabra]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Bloc Qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois Leader Yves-Fran&ccedil;ois Blanchet is standing by comments he made about Transport Minister Omar Alghabra earlier this month that sparked criticism he was trying to tar the new cabinet member with Islamophobic innuendo.Blanchet addressed the blowback nearly two weeks after what Alghabra dubbed a harmful and &ldquo;dangerous game&rdquo; of insinuation by the Bloc.Blanchet released a statement Jan. 13 that pointed a finger at Alghabra&rsquo;s associati]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/blanchet-doubles-down-on-remarks-about-transport-minister-omar-alghabra/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/blanchet-doubles-down-on-remarks-about-transport-minister-omar-alghabra/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baby Dinosaur Fossil Discoveries In Alberta And Montana Provide New Insights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Forget Baby Shark, there&rsquo;s an adorable new baby creature in town &mdash; or at least its fossil remains.&nbsp;Researchers have discovered the first baby tyrannosaur fossils in Alberta and Montana, and they provide a glimpse into what the babies were actually like. Plot twist: they&rsquo;re super cute.&nbsp;While you&rsquo;re likely familiar with the tyrannosaurus rex (a.k.a. T-Rex), tyrannosaurs encompass a broader range of large carnivorous predatory dinosaurs including the T-Rex, Alberto]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/baby-dinosaur-fossil-discoveries-in-alberta-and-montana-provide-new-insights/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/baby-dinosaur-fossil-discoveries-in-alberta-and-montana-provide-new-insights/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experts’ Scathing Letter Decries ‘Humanitarian Crisis’ In Ontario Care Homes]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; More than 200 doctors and researchers are calling for immediate action to quell COVID-19 outbreaks in Ontario&rsquo;s nursing homes, describing current conditions as &ldquo;a grave humanitarian crisis.&rdquo;&ldquo;We&rsquo;re just so appalled by what&rsquo;s going on,&rdquo; Dr. Amit Arya, a palliative care physician who works in long-term care in the Greater Toronto Area, told HuffPost Canada. He&rsquo;s the first signatory to a letter outlining the doctors&rsquo; concerns.&ldq]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/experts-scathing-letter-decries-humanitarian-crisis-in-ontario-care-homes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/experts-scathing-letter-decries-humanitarian-crisis-in-ontario-care-homes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amid COVID-19, The Things That Can Get You Fired Are Growing Fast]]></title><description><![CDATA[One year ago, hosting a pizza party with co-workers or showing up to work with stomach bug symptoms were unthinkable in terms of fireable offences.But legal suits based on such incidents are now before the courts as COVID-19 upends the way managers enforce health mandates and discipline employees.Like politicians and other high profile individuals who have recently been caught travelling in defiance of regional health orders, rank and file employees are now facing career consequences for risky b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/amid-covid-19-the-things-that-can-get-you-fired-are-growing-fast/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/amid-covid-19-the-things-that-can-get-you-fired-are-growing-fast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Teases New Travel Rules, Says ‘Nothing Is Off The Table’]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he&rsquo;ll be making an announcement in the coming days about new travel restrictions to control COVID-19 transmissions, stating Tuesday that &ldquo;nothing is off the table.&rdquo;Trudeau offered little detail on what measures Canadians can expect to see in due course. His remarks follow increasing pressure from provincial leaders, including Ontario&rsquo;s premier, to close the country&rsquo;s borders to all non-Canadian residents. He set expe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-teases-new-travel-rules-says-nothing-is-off-the-table/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-teases-new-travel-rules-says-nothing-is-off-the-table/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill Morneau Drops Out Of OECD Secretary-General Race]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former federal finance minister Bill Morneau is ending his bid for the top job in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).Morneau announced in a statement Tuesday he is dropping out of the race to become the next secretary-general of the OECD because he doesn&rsquo;t have &ldquo;support from enough members to move on to the third round of the campaign.&ldquo;I am proud to have used this opportunity to talk about issues that matter to Canadians and to the world &mdash; t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bill-morneau-drops-out-of-oecd-secretary-general-race/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bill-morneau-drops-out-of-oecd-secretary-general-race/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. Bonnie Henry Says Couple Who Travelled To Yukon For Vaccine ‘Should Be Ashamed’]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Columbia&rsquo;s chief medical officer had some strong words Monday for a couple that travelled from her province to the Yukon in order to jump the vaccine line.Dr. Bonnie Henry says the vaccine line-hoppers are shameful.&nbsp;&ldquo;They should be ashamed of themselves, they put a community at risk for their own benefit and that to me is appalling,&rdquo; she said.Media reports have identified former Great Canadian Gaming Corp. president Rodney Baker and his wife Ekaterina Baker as the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dr-bonnie-henry-says-couple-who-travelled-to-yukon-for-vaccine-should-be-ashamed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dr-bonnie-henry-says-couple-who-travelled-to-yukon-for-vaccine-should-be-ashamed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Could See More Vaccine Delays As Europe Considers Export Limits]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash;&nbsp;Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he remains confident in Canada&rsquo;s vaccine supplies coming out of Europe despite warnings from the European Commission that it is going to impose an &ldquo;export transparency mechanism.&rdquo;Speaking to reporters outside his Ottawa residence Tuesday morning, Trudeau said he is &ldquo;very confident&rdquo; Canada is going to get all the doses promised by the end of March. And despite the sharp decline in deliveries of a vaccine from Pfi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-could-see-more-vaccine-delays-as-europe-considers-export-limits/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-could-see-more-vaccine-delays-as-europe-considers-export-limits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most Provinces Haven’t Spent All Of Their Federal Pandemic Money: Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A new report on billions of dollars the federal government has sent to provinces to help safely reopen the economy suggests much of the money is sitting unused.The report published Tuesday also suggests that federal efforts to stretch the financial impact of those dollars is falling short as many provinces have bucked cost-matching requests.The analysis by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says six out of 10 provinces haven&rsquo;t spent all the money the federal governm]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/most-provinces-havent-spent-all-of-their-federal-pandemic-money-report/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 16:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/most-provinces-havent-spent-all-of-their-federal-pandemic-money-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Casino CEO Resigns After Allegedly Travelling To Yukon For Vaccine]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Officials with the Yukon government have confirmed the identities of a couple from Vancouver who allegedly travelled to a remote community last week to receive doses of COVID-19 vaccine amid media reports that the former president of the Great Canadian Gaming Corp. was one of those charged with breaching the territory&rsquo;s Civil Emergency Measures Act.&nbsp;Tickets filed with a court registry in Whitehorse last Thursday show 55-year-old Rodney Baker and Ekaterina Baker, who is]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/casino-ceo-resigns-after-allegedly-travelling-to-yukon-for-vaccine/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/casino-ceo-resigns-after-allegedly-travelling-to-yukon-for-vaccine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MPs Return To House With Bluster, Few Signs Of Wanting To Work Together]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The House of Commons resumed Monday amid weeks of mounting COVID-19 death tolls, provincial lockdowns, disappointing vaccine delays, a new U.S. president who dealt a crushing blow to a controversial pipeline project, and an ex-governor general whose vetting left the prime minister with egg on his face.&nbsp;After a six-week winter break, MPs returned to work in a sitting mostly marked by political posturing and few signs of a willingness to work together.&nbsp;The tone was set ear]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mps-return-to-house-with-bluster-few-signs-of-wanting-to-work-together/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 04:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mps-return-to-house-with-bluster-few-signs-of-wanting-to-work-together/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indigenous Woman Left With Concussion After Violent RCMP Arrest In Saskatchewan]]></title><description><![CDATA[REGINA &mdash; An RCMP professional responsibility unit is investigating a complaint after an Indigenous woman says she was tackled and hit by officers at a hospital in northern Saskatchewan.&nbsp;Emily Kammermayer said she took her two-year-old son to the La Ronge Health Centre last month in hopes of getting an X-ray done of his arm after he injured it about two weeks earlier.&nbsp;She said she took him to the hospital on the advice of her mother, who is a nurse, and other nurse practitioners a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/indigenous-woman-left-with-concussion-after-violent-rcmp-arrest-in-saskatchewan/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/indigenous-woman-left-with-concussion-after-violent-rcmp-arrest-in-saskatchewan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Is Canada's Chance To Break Away From The British Monarchy For Good]]></title><description><![CDATA[Julie Payette&rsquo;s abrupt resignation after an external review found Rideau Hall was a toxic workplace is an opportunity to transform the role of Canada&rsquo;s Governor General.The patriation of the Constitution 40 years ago under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau gave Canada complete sovereignty as an independent country. However, it left the Queen&rsquo;s role as monarch of Canada untouched.The Governor General represents the monarch in Canada and the duties of the office include giving royal]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/this-is-canadas-chance-to-break-away-from-the-british-monarchy-for-good/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/this-is-canadas-chance-to-break-away-from-the-british-monarchy-for-good/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MP Booted From Caucus Over ‘Dangerous Accusations’ Against Fellow Liberals]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Brampton Centre MP Ramesh Sangha has been kicked out of the Liberal caucus for allegedly levelling unsubstantiated accusations against fellow Liberal MPs.Government whip Mark Holland said in statement Monday he was made aware late last week that Sangha had made &ldquo;baseless and dangerous accusations against a number of his caucus colleagues.&rdquo;Holland did not specify what those accusations entailed. He said he consulted with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and took the &ldquo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mp-booted-from-caucus-over-dangerous-accusations-against-fellow-liberals/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mp-booted-from-caucus-over-dangerous-accusations-against-fellow-liberals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Cervical Cancer Awareness Ad Asks For Cat Pics That Look Like Pubic Hair]]></title><description><![CDATA[A health campaign from the U.K.&nbsp;went Twitter viral for terrible reasons last Monday, after people shared its tasteless ask for cat photos.Sounds innocent enough, right?Not exactly. For some reason, the healthcare app myGP wanted people to share photos of cats .. that resembled their pubic hair.&nbsp;&ldquo;Bushy, bare, or halfway there,&rdquo; the ad states, beside photos of three cats representing hair growth (or lack thereof) on vulvas. Or &ldquo;undercarriage,&rdquo; &ldquo;flower,&rdquo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/uk-cervical-cancer-awareness-ad-asks-for-cat-pics-that-look-like-pubic-hair/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 22:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/uk-cervical-cancer-awareness-ad-asks-for-cat-pics-that-look-like-pubic-hair/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freeland Hints At Mandatory Hotel Quarantine For Returning Travellers]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is &ldquo;looking seriously&rdquo; at tougher travel measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, including mandatory hotel quarantines for air travellers returning from non-essential trips abroad.Freeland&rsquo;s remarks build on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau&rsquo;s leaving the door open earlier this month to tighter restrictions, sparking questions about how a stricter isolation regime would roll out relative to ot]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/freeland-hints-at-mandatory-hotel-quarantine-for-returning-travellers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 22:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/freeland-hints-at-mandatory-hotel-quarantine-for-returning-travellers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kate Hudson Tells Kids Of Estranged Parents It's OK If Reconnecting Isn't Doable]]></title><description><![CDATA[Parenting during the COVID-19 pandemic&nbsp;has been an emotional rollercoaster of highs and lows for everyone. That includes actress and mom Kate Hudson, who opened up about her family&rsquo;s special arrangements in a recent interview.Hudson spoke to Today about two dad-related topics close to her heart: What it&rsquo;s like raising three kids by three different dads and how she feels about her own estranged father.As with many caregivers, the mom of three finds some days are harder than other]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kate-hudson-tells-kids-of-estranged-parents-its-ok-if-reconnecting-isnt-doable/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kate-hudson-tells-kids-of-estranged-parents-its-ok-if-reconnecting-isnt-doable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince William And Kate Middleton's Kids Picked Out Their New Puppy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Add Prince William and Kate Middleton to the long list of people who got a new pet to get them through lockdown.According to the Mail on Sunday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge received a very special gift from Kate&rsquo;s brother James Middleton a few months ago: a cocker spaniel puppy with a family connection.The Cambridge kids &mdash; Prince George, seven Princess Charlotte, five, and Prince Louis, two, reportedly helped pick out the dog from a litter of puppies that James had bred.The new]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-william-and-kate-middletons-kids-picked-out-their-new-puppy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-william-and-kate-middletons-kids-picked-out-their-new-puppy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Church Facing Charges After Holding Service For Hundreds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Police in Waterloo Region say a church allegedly held an in-person service yesterday despite a court order compelling it to comply with provincial pandemic rules.Investigators say they are working with public health officials to ensure &ldquo;appropriate action&rdquo; is taken regarding the Trinity Bible Chapel in Woolwich, Ont.They say the church already faces &ldquo;numerous&rdquo; charges under the Reopening Ontario Act.During a press conference on Monday, Waterloo&rsquo;s chief of police Bry]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-church-facing-charges-after-holding-service-for-hundreds/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-church-facing-charges-after-holding-service-for-hundreds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Delays Vaccines For Nursing Home Workers Due To Shortage]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario is pausing COVID-19 vaccinations of long-term care staff and essential caregivers so that it can focus on administering the shots to all nursing home residents amid a shortage of doses.&nbsp;The province announced the change of focus on its vaccination plan Monday as it deals with delays in deliveries of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, with no shots expected to arrive this week.The government said the shift will mean some of the most vulnerable seniors will receive the first]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-delays-vaccines-for-nursing-home-workers-due-to-shortage/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-delays-vaccines-for-nursing-home-workers-due-to-shortage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nickelback’s Sea Shanty Version Of ‘Rockstar’ With U.K. Band Lottery Winners Totally Slaps]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been a great week for fans of mid-aughts Canadian rock music.In addition to Avril Lavigne&rsquo;s pop-punk comeback &mdash; complete with iconic smudged black eyeliner &mdash; we also got a new version of a classic Nickelback hit for the TikTok generation.Frontman Chad Kroeger and the rest of the band collaborated with U.K. music group Lottery Winners for a TikTok sea shanty version of their 2005 hit &ldquo;Rockstar&rdquo;.&nbsp;And this new version is definitely worthy of sailing the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/nickelbacks-sea-shanty-version-of-rockstar-with-uk-band-lottery-winners-totally-slaps/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/nickelbacks-sea-shanty-version-of-rockstar-with-uk-band-lottery-winners-totally-slaps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lynn Beyak Announces Retirement, Defends ‘Freedom Of Expression’ In Letter]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Independent Sen. Lynn Beyak announced her immediate retirement Monday, eight years to the day she was first appointed to the Senate by former prime minister Stephen Harper.&nbsp;The Ontario senator said in a statement the timing reflects a promise she made, which she said was contingent on her appointment, to respect Harper&rsquo;s ideation of eight-year term limits for all senators.&ldquo;The opportunity to serve Canadians, and Her Majesty the Queen, in this country that has give]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/lynn-beyak-announces-retirement-defends-freedom-of-expression-in-letter/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/lynn-beyak-announces-retirement-defends-freedom-of-expression-in-letter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Largest Seafood Firm In Maritimes Now Partly Owned By First Nations]]></title><description><![CDATA[HALIFAX &mdash; A billion-dollar deal that marks the single biggest investment in Canada&rsquo;s seafood industry by an Indigenous group was finalized on Monday, with one First Nation&rsquo;s chief calling it a &ldquo;significant achievement for the Mi&rsquo;kmaq.&rdquo;Vancouver-based Premium Brands Holdings Corp. and a coalition of First Nations in Atlantic Canada have each acquired half ownership of Clearwater through a new partnership, FNC Holdings Ltd., at a price of $8.25 a share.The $1-bi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/largest-seafood-firm-in-maritimes-now-partly-owned-by-first-nations/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/largest-seafood-firm-in-maritimes-now-partly-owned-by-first-nations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O’Toole: Trudeau In ‘Conflict’ Picking Next Governor General Without Consulting Opposition Parties]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conservative Leader Erin O&rsquo;Toole claims Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in a &ldquo;conflict of interest&rdquo; by choosing a new governor general at the same time the Tory leader believes Trudeau is &ldquo;planning&rdquo; for an election.The Tory leader made the accusation Monday at an Ottawa press conference to mark the return of the House of Commons from winter break.O&rsquo;Toole said Trudeau must discuss the matter with opposition parties before selecting a replacement for Julie Paye]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/otoole-trudeau-in-conflict-picking-next-governor-general-without-consulting-opposition-parties/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/otoole-trudeau-in-conflict-picking-next-governor-general-without-consulting-opposition-parties/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Lives Have Changed In The Year Since Canada’s 1st Case Of COVID-19]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; On Jan. 25, 2020, Canadians were still living their lives like they always had: commuting to the office, visiting friends, dining out, hugging loved ones, vacationing. But the announcement that day of Canada&rsquo;s first COVID-19 case set in motion a chain of events that would soon change everything.By March, with cases climbing, health officials began implementing a series of measures that would fundamentally alter how many Canadians live. Lockdowns and calls for physical dist]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-lives-have-changed-in-the-year-since-canadas-1st-case-of-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-lives-have-changed-in-the-year-since-canadas-1st-case-of-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photographer Captures The Abandoned Ghost Towns Of Canada's Prairies]]></title><description><![CDATA[These photos may not seem like they were taken in this century, but they&rsquo;re all practically brand new.Saskatchewan photographer Chris Attrell has been exploring abandoned sites since 2003. His passion for the Prairies and interest in night photography led to a perfect combination of capturing Canadian ghost towns through his unique perspective.Attrell typically spends about 45 to 60 minutes at each location for his photo shoots. It&rsquo;s a hobby that keeps him away from other people, whi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/photographer-captures-the-abandoned-ghost-towns-of-canadas-prairies/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/photographer-captures-the-abandoned-ghost-towns-of-canadas-prairies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BMO Uncovers Simple Reason Canadian House Prices Now 46% Higher Than U.S.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new report from the Bank of Montreal highlights just how intensely dependent on the housing market Canada&rsquo;s economy has become.&nbsp;Unfazed by a global pandemic, Canada&rsquo;s residential real estate sector has soared from strength to strength and now accounts for 9 per cent of the country&rsquo;s economic output, BMO chief economist Douglas Porter found.&ldquo;To say &lsquo;that&rsquo;s an all-time high&rsquo; would be an understatement,&rdquo; Porter wrote.That&rsquo;s well above the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bmo-uncovers-simple-reason-canadian-house-prices-now-46-higher-than-us/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bmo-uncovers-simple-reason-canadian-house-prices-now-46-higher-than-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spartan Bioscience Rapid COVID-19 Test Approved By Health Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; The federal government has approved an Ottawa company&rsquo;s made-in-Canada rapid COVID-19 test, Health Canada confirmed Saturday as the nation&rsquo;s top doctor warned the virus&rsquo;s impact on the health-care system showed no signs of abating.The test developed by Spartan Bioscience is performed by a health-care professional and provides on-site results within an hour, a spokeswoman for the federal agency said.Spartan bills the test as the first &ldquo;truly mobile, rapid P]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/spartan-bioscience-rapid-covid-19-test-approved-by-health-canada/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 04:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/spartan-bioscience-rapid-covid-19-test-approved-by-health-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senator Dennis Patterson Peeved About ‘No Action’ On Nunavut’s Bad Internet]]></title><description><![CDATA[IQALUIT, Nunavut &mdash; In Nunavut, it&rsquo;s not unusual for the internet to cut out, slow down or stop working altogether.&nbsp;Unlike most jurisdictions in Canada, there is no option for unlimited internet. Instead, residents are faced with high prices and heavy fees for higher monthly data caps.Amy Matychuk, who lives in Iqaluit, says each month she and her fianc&eacute; wait for the notice from their internet service provider telling them they&rsquo;ve reached their data limit.&nbsp;Matyc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/senator-dennis-patterson-peeved-about-no-action-on-nunavuts-bad-internet/</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2021 23:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/senator-dennis-patterson-peeved-about-no-action-on-nunavuts-bad-internet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Pandemic Pet Owners Are Exacerbating Canada's Vet Shortage]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALGARY &mdash; Dr. Liz Ruelle says it was a difficult decision to close her veterinary practice to first-time patients after being swamped with requests by new pet owners who turned to animal companionship during the pandemic.For Ruelle, who operates the Wild Rose Cat Clinic in Calgary, everything takes two to three times longer with COVID-19 safety protocols, so providing timely medical attention to animals can be challenging.She&rsquo;s six months behind on regular checkups and so decided las]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-pandemic-pet-owners-are-exacerbating-canadas-vet-shortage/</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2021 22:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-pandemic-pet-owners-are-exacerbating-canadas-vet-shortage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 Years After Leaving NXIVM, Sarah Edmondson Is Still Questioning Everything]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sarah Edmondson didn&rsquo;t get much sleep the night before I talked to her. &ldquo;My kids got up so fucking early this morning,&rdquo; she tells me over the phone from her home in Vancouver, between sips of coffee. &ldquo;4:55.&rdquo;You&rsquo;d never know she was tired, though. Edmondson is a fast talker, one of those people with a lot of chipper energy, clever, quick to punctuate a story with sharp, funny observations. Anyone who&rsquo;s seen &ldquo;The Vow,&rdquo; the HBO documentary serie]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/4-years-after-leaving-nxivm-sarah-edmondson-is-still-questioning-everything/</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2021 22:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/4-years-after-leaving-nxivm-sarah-edmondson-is-still-questioning-everything/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 Years After Leaving NXIVM, Sarah Edmondson Is Still Questioning Everything]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sarah Edmondson didn&rsquo;t get much sleep the night before I talked to her. &ldquo;My kids got up so fucking early this morning,&rdquo; she tells me over the phone from her home in Vancouver, between sips of coffee. &ldquo;4:55.&rdquo;You&rsquo;d never know she was tired, though. Edmondson is a fast talker, one of those people with a lot of chipper energy, clever, quick to punctuate a story with sharp, funny observations. Anyone who&rsquo;s seen &ldquo;The Vow,&rdquo; the HBO documentary serie]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/3-years-after-leaving-nxivm-sarah-edmondson-is-still-questioning-everything/</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2021 22:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/3-years-after-leaving-nxivm-sarah-edmondson-is-still-questioning-everything/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe Calls Out 'Idiots' Protesting At Medical Officer's Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is condemning what he calls a &ldquo;misguided protest&rdquo; outside the Regina home of the province&rsquo;s chief medical officer of health.Moe says Dr. Saqib Shahab has worked tirelessly to protect the province&rsquo;s residents throughout the pandemic and should not be subjected to harassment from a &ldquo;group of idiots.&rdquo;In a written statement released late Saturday, he says those who disagree with his government&rsquo;s decisions should take their issu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/saskatchewan-premier-scott-moe-calls-out-idiots-protesting-at-medical-officers-home/</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2021 20:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/saskatchewan-premier-scott-moe-calls-out-idiots-protesting-at-medical-officers-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID Cases Dropping But Too Early To Ease Restrictions: Tam]]></title><description><![CDATA[COVID-19 cases are beginning to decline across the country but the situation remains too precarious to ease restrictions, says Canada&rsquo;s top doctor.The hardest hit provinces, Ontario, Quebec and Alberta, reported a decline in cases over the last week. They all have strict lockdown measures in place, including a curfew in Quebec and closed schools in Ontario.&nbsp;&ldquo;While this suggests that community-based measures may be starting to take effect, it is too soon to be sure that current m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-cases-dropping-but-too-early-to-ease-restrictions-tam/</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2021 19:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-cases-dropping-but-too-early-to-ease-restrictions-tam/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rural Canada Is ‘Getting Its Mojo Back,’ And Here Are The Top Boomtowns]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you want to know where people are moving these days, just ask U-Haul. The do-it-yourself moving company has developed a system for tracking migration patterns by looking at the pick-up and drop-off locations of its trucks and trailers.It&rsquo;s &ldquo;an effective gauge of how well cities are attracting and maintaining residents,&rdquo; the company says, and in the pandemic year of 2020, it seems the Canadian city that saw the biggest growth on that front was North Bay.&nbsp;Yes, that North]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/rural-canada-is-getting-its-mojo-back-and-here-are-the-top-boomtowns/</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2021 15:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/rural-canada-is-getting-its-mojo-back-and-here-are-the-top-boomtowns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Erin O'Toole: A 'Pattern Developed' In Derek Sloan's Behaviour That Led To His Ousting]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Conservative Leader Erin O&rsquo;Toole says he was once willing to give his former leadership rival Derek Sloan the benefit of the doubt, but no longer.&nbsp;And he dismissed the idea that kicking Sloan out of caucus this week has pitted him against one of the party&rsquo;s most powerful wings, social conservatives, whose support O&rsquo;Toole courted directly during the leadership race last year in part by backing Sloan at the time.&nbsp;In an interview with The Canadian Press, O]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/erin-otoole-a-pattern-developed-in-derek-sloans-behaviour-that-led-to-his-ousting/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2021 22:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/erin-otoole-a-pattern-developed-in-derek-sloans-behaviour-that-led-to-his-ousting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dan Levy To Host Saturday Night Live]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hopefully Dan Levy inherited his father&rsquo;s sketch comedy chops.The &ldquo;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek&rdquo; co-creator is set to host &ldquo;Saturday Night Live&rdquo; next month.Levy will make his hosting debut on Feb. 6, joined by singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers.The Emmy winner can get tips from his father, Eugene Levy, who starred on legendary skit show &ldquo;SCTV,&rdquo; which some have called Canada&rsquo;s &ldquo;SNL.&rdquo;RELATEDDan Levy Slams Catholic School Board For Removing 'Life-S]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dan-levy-to-host-saturday-night-live/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2021 21:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dan-levy-to-host-saturday-night-live/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using Blood Thinners To Treat COVID Could Reduce Strain On ICUs: Trials]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Canadian scientists say blood thinners appear to prevent some COVID-19 patients with moderate illness from deteriorating further, offering a &ldquo;massive&rdquo; advance in treatment they expect will ease suffering and lesson strain on hospital ICUs.University Health Network scientist Ewan Goligher said Friday that blood thinners could soon be part of standard care after the interim results of global trials showed Heparin reduced the probability of requiring life support by abou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/using-blood-thinners-to-treat-covid-could-reduce-strain-on-icus-trials/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2021 21:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/using-blood-thinners-to-treat-covid-could-reduce-strain-on-icus-trials/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Variant Of Coronavirus May Be More Deadly, Boris Johnson Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK new variant of&nbsp;coronavirus&nbsp;that helped drive increased infections in December is thought to be more deadly,&nbsp;Boris Johnson&nbsp;has revealed.The prime minister told a Downing Street briefing: &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been informed today that, in addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant, the variant that was first identified in London and the south-east, may be associated with a higher degree of mortality.&rdquo;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/uk-variant-of-coronavirus-may-be-more-deadly-boris-johnson-says/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/uk-variant-of-coronavirus-may-be-more-deadly-boris-johnson-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Larry King, Legendary TV And Radio Interviewer, Dies At 87]]></title><description><![CDATA[The man who literally wrote the book on how to talk to anyone, anytime, anywhere has died.Larry King, the legendary TV host and radio personality recognized by his trademark suspenders and black-rimmed glasses, died Saturday morning at the age of 87&nbsp;after a&nbsp;weekslong battle with COVID-19.&nbsp;He was hospitalized with the disease in late December. He had several health scares in recent years, including multiple heart attacks, a lung cancer diagnosis and a stroke.King&rsquo;s death at t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/larry-king-legendary-tv-and-radio-interviewer-dies-at-87/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2021 14:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/larry-king-legendary-tv-and-radio-interviewer-dies-at-87/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families Slam 'S**t On A Plate' Food In Long-Term Care Homes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Raw hot dogs served with undercooked fries.&nbsp;Cold soup residents beg to have warmed up.Fish so overcooked it feels like jerky.These are some of the meals served to residents of a Chartwell&nbsp;long-term care home in the Greater Toronto Area, according to a family member.&ldquo;Even before the pandemic, the food was awful,&rdquo; Sean Chiasson told HuffPost Canada.&nbsp;Chiasson visited his 97-year-old grandmother at the home every day at lunchtime before the pandemic hit last March.&ldquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/families-slam-st-on-a-plate-food-in-long-term-care-homes/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2021 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/families-slam-st-on-a-plate-food-in-long-term-care-homes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Shares Plans For Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia&rsquo;s oldest residents will be able to pre-register for COVID-19 vaccinations starting in March after the most vulnerable groups have been immunized under a plan announced Friday as the premier joined health officials in urging residents to remain committed to reducing transmission of the virus.Premier John Horgan said &ldquo;unprecedented hardship&rdquo; and grief have continued a year after the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in Canada, though the rollo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-shares-plans-for-mass-covid-19-vaccination-campaign/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2021 03:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-shares-plans-for-mass-covid-19-vaccination-campaign/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Send Mobile Health Units To Toronto-Area To Help With Hospital Strain]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; The federal government is sending two mobile health units to the Greater Toronto Area to help address the strain COVID-19 is placing on hospitals, as the facilities ramp up patients transfers to address a serious capacity crunch.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday the units will bring an additional 200 hospital beds to the area to help free up space for people who need intensive care and &nbsp;provide medical equipment and supplies.&ldquo;The spike in COVID-19 cases this mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-send-mobile-health-units-to-toronto-area-to-help-with-hospital-strain/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2021 03:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-send-mobile-health-units-to-toronto-area-to-help-with-hospital-strain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau's Phone Call With Biden 'Overwhelmingly Positive,' Despite Keystone XL: Source]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; Joe Biden&rsquo;s White House has a lot in common cause with Canada, Justin Trudeau said Friday as he urged people to look past the new U.S. president&rsquo;s decision to kill off the Keystone XL pipeline project.The two countries have great partnership potential in the Biden era, particularly when it comes to a shared vision of tackling climate change while fuelling economic growth, the prime minister said.&nbsp;&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not always going to be perfect alignment with]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeaus-phone-call-with-biden-overwhelmingly-positive-despite-keystone-xl-source/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2021 02:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeaus-phone-call-with-biden-overwhelmingly-positive-despite-keystone-xl-source/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Next Governor General? Here’s 11 Serious And Not So Serious Picks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Julie Payette is out as Canada&rsquo;s Governor General.&nbsp;Canada&rsquo;s vice-regal representative of the British monarchy resigned this week following a scathing report into workplace harassment and bullying in her office. Payette&rsquo;s departure leaves Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with the key role of selecting a new person to put forward to Queen Elizabeth II for approval to fill the role.The type of people selected to be governor general have varied throughout history. For a long time]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-next-governor-general-heres-11-serious-and-not-so-serious-picks/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 23:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-next-governor-general-heres-11-serious-and-not-so-serious-picks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Next Governor General? Here are 11 Serious And Not So Serious Picks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Julie Payette is out as Canada&rsquo;s Governor General.&nbsp;Canada&rsquo;s vice-regal representative of the British monarchy resigned this week following a scathing report into workplace harassment and bullying in her office. Payette&rsquo;s departure leaves Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with the key role of selecting a new person to put forward to Queen Elizabeth II for approval to fill the role.The type of people selected to be governor general have varied throughout history. For a long time]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-next-governor-general-here-are-11-serious-and-not-so-serious-picks/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 23:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-next-governor-general-here-are-11-serious-and-not-so-serious-picks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twitter Users Are Cringing Over These Photos Of Grimes And Dave Chappelle]]></title><description><![CDATA[How does that joke go? Dave Chapelle, Elon Musk and Grimes walk into a bar...The U.S. comedian, Space-X founder and Canadian musician are an unlikely trio, but were seen together in two star-studded backstage photos from Chappelle&rsquo;s residency in Austin, Tx, posted Tuesday. And the photos have fans cringing for a few reasons.&nbsp;For one, both Chappelle and Grimes have recently tested positive for COVID-19. And in the photos, none of the celebrities is wearing a mask, nor are they social d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/twitter-users-are-cringing-over-these-photos-of-grimes-and-dave-chappelle/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 23:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/twitter-users-are-cringing-over-these-photos-of-grimes-and-dave-chappelle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singh Says Conservative Premiers 'Completely Failed People' On Paid Sick Days]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh aired his grievances Friday about the link between COVID-19 outbreaks and ineffective paid sick-day policies, claiming conservative premiers have &ldquo;completely failed people&rdquo; on this file during the pandemic.Singh and members of his party have continually pressed the federal government for months to take stronger measures on paid sick leave, despite provincial and territorial governments&rsquo; jurisdiction on labour codes and employment]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/singh-says-conservative-premiers-completely-failed-people-on-paid-sick-days/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 22:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/singh-says-conservative-premiers-completely-failed-people-on-paid-sick-days/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Frills 'Anime' Ad Sparks Awe, Frustration Among Canadians]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is part of an ongoing HuffPost Canada series on food insecurity and how it&rsquo;s affecting Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this edition, we delve into the marketing behind a viral supermarket ad, the criticism that followed, and ways budget-minded Canadians can shop ethically during the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp;Ask any Canadian who&rsquo;s bought&nbsp;groceries at No Frills and they can probably confirm that, unlike what&rsquo;s shown in the supermarket&rsquo;s latest viral ad,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/no-frills-anime-ad-sparks-awe-frustration-among-canadians/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/no-frills-anime-ad-sparks-awe-frustration-among-canadians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Apologies From Trudeau After Julie Payette Resignation Fiasco]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wouldn&rsquo;t say Friday if he regrets having named Julie Payette as Canada&rsquo;s governor general after her extraordinary resignation from the viceregal post amid allegations of a toxic workplace at Rideau Hall.At a press briefing outside his Ottawa residence, Trudeau told reporters in French that Payette brought &ldquo;enormous positives&rdquo; to the job with her emphasis on science and service, but said all Canadians deserve a &ldquo;safe and healthy workplac]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/no-apologies-from-trudeau-after-julie-payette-resignation-fiasco/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/no-apologies-from-trudeau-after-julie-payette-resignation-fiasco/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rick Mercer Conjures Cringe Doug Ford Scenario In New ‘Stay Home’ Video]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; If the video of Premier Doug Ford saying &ldquo;stay at home&rdquo; in 21 languages didn&rsquo;t convince you to do it, the Ontario government is hoping a, um, different image of the premier will.&nbsp;Rick Mercer kicked off the government&rsquo;s #StayHomeON influencer campaign with a video Friday. In it, he points out that 18 to 29-year-olds have been the most likely to catch COVID-19 since Jan. 15.&nbsp;#StayHomeOnpic.twitter.com/RnsLKBrvZJ&mdash; Rick Mercer (@rickmercer) Jan]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/rick-mercer-conjures-cringe-doug-ford-scenario-in-new-stay-home-video/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 20:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/rick-mercer-conjures-cringe-doug-ford-scenario-in-new-stay-home-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hilariously Honest Obituary Will Make You Wish You Knew This New Brunswick Mom]]></title><description><![CDATA[New Brunswicker&nbsp;Michael de Adder is well known for his political cartoons, which are syndicated across North America and read by more than a million readers a day. But it&rsquo;s his latest work &#8213; a&nbsp; hilariously honest obituary for his mother &#8213; that has been getting all the attention since it went viral yesterday.&nbsp;The editorial cartoonist&rsquo;s mother, Margaret Marilyn DeAdder, died on Jan. 21, after a long illness with Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease. Her son began her ob]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/hilariously-honest-obituary-will-make-you-wish-you-knew-this-new-brunswick-mom/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/hilariously-honest-obituary-will-make-you-wish-you-knew-this-new-brunswick-mom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[P.E.I. Lozenge Plant Lays Off 30 Staff Because Of 'Almost Nonexistent' Cough And Cold Season]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTETOWN &#8213; A lozenge plant in Prince Edward Island has laid off 30 workers, citing an &ldquo;almost non-existent&rdquo; cold and cough season amid COVID-19 restrictions.Island Abbey Foods says sales of its Honibe cough and cold lozenges have declined in the first two quarters of fiscal 2021.The Charlottetown company says in a statement it made the difficult decision to eliminate 30 temporary positions from its production operation.Watch: These jobs will be in big demand in the post-pa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pei-lozenge-plant-lays-off-30-staff-because-of-almost-nonexistent-cough-and-cold-season/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pei-lozenge-plant-lays-off-30-staff-because-of-almost-nonexistent-cough-and-cold-season/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Julie Payette Debacle Shows Need For Better Vetting Process: Minister]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc concedes Julie Payette&rsquo;s resignation as governor general shows a need to strengthen the process for vetting vice-regal appointments.Payette resigned Thursday, about a week after the government received the damning findings of an independent investigation into allegations that she presided over a toxic work environment at Rideau Hall.LeBlanc says the report, commissioned by the Privy Council Office which he oversees, came to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/julie-payette-debacle-shows-need-for-better-vetting-process-minister/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/julie-payette-debacle-shows-need-for-better-vetting-process-minister/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There Were 'Shortcomings' In Case Of Offender On Day Parole Who Killed Woman: Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Correctional authorities will change how federal offenders on day parole are managed in Quebec following recommendations in a report released Thursday into the murder of Marylene Levesque nearly one year ago.A joint investigation by corrections and parole officials into the management of Eustachio Gallese&rsquo;s case found there were warning signs his case management team did not properly assess.Levesque, 22, was found dead Jan. 22 in a Quebec City hotel room, stabbed numerous times by Gallese.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/there-were-shortcomings-in-case-of-offender-on-day-parole-who-killed-woman-report/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 04:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/there-were-shortcomings-in-case-of-offender-on-day-parole-who-killed-woman-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Calls Pfizer CEO Amid News That Vaccine Delays Will Be Worse Than Expected]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla by phone Thursday, the same day the company informed Canada delays to its shipments of COVID-19 vaccines are going to be even worse than previously thought.Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the military commander now overseeing the vaccine logistics for the Public Health Agency of Canada, said last week a factory expansion at Pfizer&rsquo;s Belgium plant was going to slow production, cutting Canada&rsquo;s deliveries over four w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-calls-pfizer-ceo-amid-news-that-vaccine-delays-will-be-worse-than-expected/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 03:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-calls-pfizer-ceo-amid-news-that-vaccine-delays-will-be-worse-than-expected/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kamala Harris's Inauguration Meant A Lot To Girls Of Colour]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inauguration day in the U.S. was an especially big deal in 2021, with Kamala Harris being sworn in as the first Black, South Asian and female vice-president. And many kids who shared one or more of those identities were delighted to see someone who looked like them in such an important role.Mindy Kaling was not home to see her daughter Kit&rsquo;s reaction, but she was thrilled to learn that the 3-year-old mistook the new VP for another very important person. &ldquo;I was at work, but apparently]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kamala-harriss-inauguration-meant-a-lot-to-girls-of-colour/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 02:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kamala-harriss-inauguration-meant-a-lot-to-girls-of-colour/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[1 In 3 Canadian Seniors May Refuse The Vaccine. My Grandma Is 1 Of Them.]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Well, I heard that those scientists and doctors are just guessing! They don&rsquo;t know what they&rsquo;re doing yet! Who knows what they&rsquo;ll put in you with that injection.&rdquo;That&rsquo;s my beloved grandmother, who is nearly 95 years old. She lives in a retirement home and had always followed the advice of her doctors. When her doctor told her to take two 30-minute walks every day, she laced up. She was diligent in her cataract aftercare routine, no matter the discomfort it ca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/1-in-3-canadian-seniors-may-refuse-the-vaccine-my-grandma-is-1-of-them/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 23:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/1-in-3-canadian-seniors-may-refuse-the-vaccine-my-grandma-is-1-of-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rio Theatre In Vancouver Pivots To Sports Bar To Skirt COVID-19 Restrictions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Any sports fan knows that when the going gets tough, sometimes you have to get creative.&nbsp;While movie theatres in British Columbia remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic until at least early February, one Vancouver institution has found a way to reopen &mdash; and all it took was a little teamwork, hustle and sportsmanship.&nbsp;The Rio Theatre in East Vancouver has rebranded as a sports bar and plans to reopen for business Saturday. The theatre announced the move Tuesday with a blunt ch]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/rio-theatre-in-vancouver-pivots-to-sports-bar-to-skirt-covid-19-restrictions/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 23:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/rio-theatre-in-vancouver-pivots-to-sports-bar-to-skirt-covid-19-restrictions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's OK To Have Questions About COVID-19 Vaccines. Here Are Doctors' Answers]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; It&rsquo;s totally normal to have questions about any aspect of your health care. But when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine, scientists and doctors don&rsquo;t want the public to turn to random Facebook, Instagram and YouTube accounts for answers. So they&rsquo;re stepping in.&nbsp;Krishana Sankar is a doctoral researcher at the University of Toronto&rsquo;s Faculty of Medicine. She and Tara Moriarty, who directs an infectious diseases research laboratory at the university, have]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/its-ok-to-have-questions-about-covid-19-vaccines-here-are-doctors-answers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 22:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/its-ok-to-have-questions-about-covid-19-vaccines-here-are-doctors-answers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governor General Julie Payette Resigns After Workplace Harassment Probe]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Julie Payettehas resigned as governor general following the completion of an investigation of workplace harassment allegations at Rideau Hall.Payette issued a statement Thursday confirming earlier reports that she would step down as the Queen&rsquo;s representative in Canada.&ldquo;I am a strong believer in the principles of natural justice, due process and the rule of law, and that these principles apply to all equally,&rdquo; she wrote.&nbsp;&ldquo;Notwithstanding, in respect fo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/governor-general-julie-payette-resigns-after-workplace-harassment-probe/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/governor-general-julie-payette-resigns-after-workplace-harassment-probe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governor General Julie Payette Resigning After Workplace Harassment Probe]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Gov. Gen. Julie Payette&nbsp;is resigning following the completion of an investigation of workplace harassment allegations at Rideau Hall, HuffPost Canada has confirmed.The development follows a report by The Globe and Mail and the CBC that an independent third-party probe of allegations, hired by the Privy Council Office last summer, had been completed. Sources told the newspaper the review painted a negative image of Payette.Allegations Payette fostered a &ldquo;toxic&rdquo; wor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/governor-general-julie-payette-resigning-after-workplace-harassment-probe/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/governor-general-julie-payette-resigning-after-workplace-harassment-probe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governor General Julie Payette Is Resigning After Workplace Harassment Probe]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Gov. Gen. Julie Payetteis resigning following the completion of an investigation of workplace harassment allegations at Rideau Hall, HuffPost Canada has confirmed.The development follows a report by The Globe and Mail and the CBC that an independent third-party probe of allegations, hired by the Privy Council Office last summer, had been completed. Sources told the newspaper the review painted a negative image of Payette.Allegations Payette fostered a &ldquo;toxic&rdquo; workplace]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/governor-general-julie-payette-is-resigning-after-workplace-harassment-probe/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/governor-general-julie-payette-is-resigning-after-workplace-harassment-probe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seth Rogen Goes After ‘Fascist’ ‘F**king Clown’ Ted Cruz]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seth Rogen is known for being goofy and affable, with an easy charm and an infectious laugh. But don&rsquo;t underestimate his ability to effectively cut down sleazy, disingenuous political posturing.Canadian-born Texas Sen. Ted Cruz found that out the hard way on Wednesday night. Cruz took issue with President Joe Biden&rsquo;s decision to re-join the Paris Agreement, a pact to combat climate change that&rsquo;s been agreed to by almost every country in the world. Former president Donald Trump]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/seth-rogen-goes-after-fascist-fking-clown-ted-cruz/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 20:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/seth-rogen-goes-after-fascist-fking-clown-ted-cruz/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders Memes Go International With Google Maps Tool]]></title><description><![CDATA[The evolution of a meme is a beautiful thing to watch.In the 24-hours since the image of a mitten-clad senator Bernie Sanders first drew attention at U.S. President Joe Biden&rsquo;s inauguration, the meme has naturally changed and evolved. At first the Internet was simply obsessed with Sanders&rsquo; &ldquo;Vermont grandpa-core&rdquo; look, remarking on how he looked like he was on his way to the post-office, or like a chilly parent at their frigid kids&rsquo; outdoor sports game.Now, the meme&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bernie-sanders-memes-go-international-with-google-maps-tool/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 20:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bernie-sanders-memes-go-international-with-google-maps-tool/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Groups Opposing LGBTQ Rights, Abortion Received Federal Wage Subsidy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Organizations that oppose LGBTQ+ rights, spread false information about abortions and push pandemic conspiracy theories are among the recipeints of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy.&nbsp;HuffPost Canada reviewed Canada Revenue Agency&rsquo;s wage subsidy registry of businesses, non-profit organizations and associations that received taxpayer money to help them pay workers during the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp;&nbsp;Third Day Worship Centre, Journey Canada, Real Wome]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/groups-opposing-lgbtq-rights-abortion-received-federal-wage-subsidy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 20:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/groups-opposing-lgbtq-rights-abortion-received-federal-wage-subsidy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moving To A More Affordable City? Canadian Employers Are Planning Pay Cuts For Those Who Relocate]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &#8213; More than one-fifth of Canadian companies say they will adjust their employee&rsquo;s pay if they move to a different location, according to a recent survey.Staffing firm Robert Half&rsquo;s survey of 500 workers and 180 human resources managers found that roughly 22 per cent of employers say they&rsquo;d adjust the salary of employees who relocate.The survey found 44 per cent of workers would consider relocating, but only 16 per cent would be willing to move if it involved takin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/moving-to-a-more-affordable-city-canadian-employers-are-planning-pay-cuts-for-those-who-relocate/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 20:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/moving-to-a-more-affordable-city-canadian-employers-are-planning-pay-cuts-for-those-who-relocate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long-Term Care Home Residents’ Firsthand Accounts Of ‘Inhumane’ Isolation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Residents in Ontario&rsquo;s long-term care homes say they are depressed, suffering in isolation without social activities or family visits and watching their friends&rsquo; health decline.In a January interview with the province&rsquo;s long-term care commission, they called for facilities&rsquo; management and other decision makers to &ldquo;walk a mile in our shoes.&rdquo;&ldquo;They get to go home at the end of their so-called eight hours a day. We stay here all the time. They don&rsquo;t kn]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/long-term-care-home-residents-firsthand-accounts-of-inhumane-isolation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 19:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/long-term-care-home-residents-firsthand-accounts-of-inhumane-isolation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Tips To Increase Your Chances Of Getting A Mortgage Approved]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you&rsquo;re planning to buy a home, you&rsquo;ll probably need to get a mortgage. Comparing mortgage rates is a good first step, but applying and getting approved for a mortgage is the most important part of the process. While it may seem difficult and daunting, with the right preparation, getting a mortgage approval can be a relatively smooth process.&nbsp;There are a lot of factors that can affect your mortgage approval and the final amount you&rsquo;ll be allowed to borrow. While there ar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/5-tips-to-increase-your-chances-of-getting-a-mortgage-approved/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/5-tips-to-increase-your-chances-of-getting-a-mortgage-approved/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TC Energy Cuts 1,000 Jobs After Biden Rescinds Keystone XL Pipeline Permit]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALGARY &#8213; TC Energy Corp. is planning to eliminate more than 1,000 construction jobs related to its decision to halt work on its Keystone XL pipeline expansion project.The company suspended work on the project Wednesday as U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled a key presidential permit for the pipeline border crossing.TC Energy had earlier warned that blocking the project would lead to the layoffs of thousands of union workers building the pipeline.Watch: Alberta&rsquo;s Kenney urges trade sa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tc-energy-cuts-1000-jobs-after-biden-rescinds-keystone-xl-pipeline-permit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tc-energy-cuts-1000-jobs-after-biden-rescinds-keystone-xl-pipeline-permit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biden’s 1st Presidential Call To A Foreign Leader Will Be To Trudeau]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; If Joe Biden&rsquo;s decision to kill off Keystone XL is supposed to sound the death knell for Canada-U.S. relations, you wouldn&rsquo;t know it from the newly minted president&rsquo;s call sheet.&nbsp;The 46th president&rsquo;s first phone call with a foreign leader comes Friday and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be on the other end of the line.&ldquo;I expect they will certainly discuss the important relationship with Canada, as well as his decision on the Keystone pipel]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bidens-1st-presidential-call-to-a-foreign-leader-will-be-to-trudeau/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bidens-1st-presidential-call-to-a-foreign-leader-will-be-to-trudeau/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CFIB Report Says 2.4 Million Jobs At Risk As 1 In 6 Businesses Mull Closing]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &#8213; The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is raising its estimate for the number of businesses that are considering closing permanently.The organization says one in six or about 181,000 Canadian small business owners are seriously contemplating permanently closing, based on a survey of its members done last week.Based on the forecast it says that means more than 2.4 million jobs are at risk.Watch: Pandemic takes devastating toll on Black-owned businesses. Story continues be]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cfib-report-says-24-million-jobs-at-risk-as-1-in-6-businesses-mull-closing/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cfib-report-says-24-million-jobs-at-risk-as-1-in-6-businesses-mull-closing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CFIB Report Says 2.4 Million Jobs At Risk As 1 In 5 Businesses Mull Closing]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &#8213; More than 200,000 Canadian businesses could close permanently during the COVID-19 crisis, throwing millions of people out of work as the resurgence of the virus worsens across much of the country, according to new research.The Canadian Federation of Independent Business said Thursday one in six or about 181,000 Canadian small business owners are now seriously contemplating shutting down.The latest figures, based on a survey of its members done between Jan. 12 and 16, come on top]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cfib-report-says-24-million-jobs-at-risk-as-1-in-5-businesses-mull-closing/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cfib-report-says-24-million-jobs-at-risk-as-1-in-5-businesses-mull-closing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Post Says 121 Workers Tested Positive For COVID-19 At Facility]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada Post says 121 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 at a facility in Mississauga, Ont., since the start of the new year.A spokesman says the testing was done on a voluntary basis at the Dixie Road site, where more than 4,500 people work, up until Tuesday.Phil Legault says that&rsquo;s when Canada Post began mandatory testing of one shift of employees at the direction of Peel Public Health.READ MORECanada Post Reduces Hours, Suspends Service To 60 CountriesCanada Post Pays Nearly]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-post-says-121-workers-tested-positive-for-covid-19-at-facility/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-post-says-121-workers-tested-positive-for-covid-19-at-facility/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools In 7 Ontario Regions To Return To In-Person Classes On Monday]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Schools in just seven public health units in southern Ontario will reopen to in-person learning on Monday while the rest will continue teaching students online, the province announced Wednesday.&nbsp;The government did not say how long online learning would continue for the remaining public health units, which include Ottawa, London, Ont., Halton Region and Durham Region.&nbsp;Education Minister Stephen Lecce said the government made its decision based on advice from the province]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/schools-in-7-ontario-regions-to-return-to-in-person-classes-on-monday/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 02:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/schools-in-7-ontario-regions-to-return-to-in-person-classes-on-monday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe Biden Cancels Keystone XL Pipeline Permit Hours After Taking Office]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALGARY &mdash; Newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden carried out his campaign promise to tear up the presidential permit keeping the Keystone XL expansion alive on Wednesday, hours after the pipeline owner said it would halt work on the project.Calgary-based TC Energy Corp. said Biden&rsquo;s action would overturn extensive regulatory reviews that found the pipeline would transport needed energy in an environmentally responsible way and bolster North American energy security.It also warned]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/joe-biden-cancels-keystone-xl-pipeline-permit-hours-after-taking-office/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/joe-biden-cancels-keystone-xl-pipeline-permit-hours-after-taking-office/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maya Harris Sobs With Pride On Big Sis Kamala's Big Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[The bond between Kamala Harris and her younger sister,&nbsp;Maya, is a strong one. And it&rsquo;s captured perfectly in an&nbsp;emotional image snapped during the inauguration ceremony and shared on Twitter, accompanied by a throwback pic.&nbsp;In the right-hand-photo, in the background of the shot,&nbsp;you can spot Maya bawling her eyes out, as her elder sibling became the first woman, first Black and first South-Asian vice-president of the United States.&nbsp;&nbsp;Maya in the background afte]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/maya-harris-sobs-with-pride-on-big-sis-kamalas-big-day/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/maya-harris-sobs-with-pride-on-big-sis-kamalas-big-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Trump’s Legacy Will Haunt New Chapter Of Canada-U.S. Relations]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Joe Biden was sworn in as president Wednesday, exactly two weeks after Donald Trump incited insurrectionists at a rally on the National Mall to storm the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn election results.In his first speech as president, Biden asked Americans to end an &ldquo;uncivil war&rdquo; that has sown discord, pitting &ldquo;red against blue&hellip; rural versus urban, and conservative versus liberal.&rdquo; He pledged to international allies the U.S. will move forward]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-trumps-legacy-will-haunt-new-chapter-of-canada-us-relations/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 23:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-trumps-legacy-will-haunt-new-chapter-of-canada-us-relations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kamala Harris' Great-Nieces Adorably Pay Tribute To The New VP With Fun Fur]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anyone who says fashion is frivolous might rethink the matter when they&rsquo;re face-to-face with a photo of Kamala Harris&rsquo; great-nieces on Inauguration Day.&nbsp;The two young sisters, Amara and Leela, were in attendance at the ceremony on Wednesday, and they made sure their outfits were suitable for the occasion. Their mom, Meena Harris, who is the niece of the now first Black, South Asian female vice-president of the United States, posted an adorable photo on Instagram:&nbsp; View this]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kamala-harris-great-nieces-adorably-pay-tribute-to-the-new-vp-with-fun-fur/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 23:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kamala-harris-great-nieces-adorably-pay-tribute-to-the-new-vp-with-fun-fur/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let These Stories Of Front-Line Workers Getting Vaccinated Give You Hope]]></title><description><![CDATA[After almost a year of death and isolation, everyone could use a bit of hope.&nbsp;Retired Gen. Rick Hillier, who&rsquo;s in charge of distributing Ontario&rsquo;s COVID-19 vaccines, said he&rsquo;s clinging to stories of people receiving their shots.&nbsp;&ldquo;This is the only light in the COVID-19 tragedy right now,&rdquo; he told reporters at Ontario Premier Doug Ford&rsquo;s press conference Tuesday.&nbsp;Last week, he said, a woman in her 90s had her entire extended family on Zoom to watc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/let-these-stories-of-front-line-workers-getting-vaccinated-give-you-hope/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 23:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/let-these-stories-of-front-line-workers-getting-vaccinated-give-you-hope/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe Biden's Inauguration Speech Full Text: 'It's Time For Boldness']]></title><description><![CDATA[Joe Biden&nbsp;was sworn in as U.S. president on Wednesday, assuming the helm of a country reeling from deep political divides, a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans.He vowed to end the &ldquo;uncivil&nbsp;war&rdquo;&nbsp;that has marked Donald Trump&rsquo;s presidency and noted that &ldquo;democracy has prevailed&rdquo; after&nbsp;taking the oath of office.&nbsp;Here&rsquo;s Biden&rsquo;s inauguration speech in full:Chief Justice Robert]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/joe-bidens-inauguration-speech-full-text-its-time-for-boldness/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 22:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/joe-bidens-inauguration-speech-full-text-its-time-for-boldness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Derek Sloan Booted From Conservative Caucus After Secret-Ballot Vote]]></title><description><![CDATA[A majority of Conservative members of Parliament have voted to expel controversial MP Derek Sloan from caucus, HuffPost Canada has learned.Party leader Erin O&rsquo;Toole called for a secret-ballot vote Wednesday to remove the Ontario MP after learning that Sloan&rsquo;s Tory leadership campaign accepted a donation from white nationalist Paul Fromm.O&rsquo;Toole, who days ago released a lengthy statement saying far-right politics have no place in his party, said Sloan&rsquo;s acceptance of a gif]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/derek-sloan-booted-from-conservative-caucus-after-secret-ballot-vote/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/derek-sloan-booted-from-conservative-caucus-after-secret-ballot-vote/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Deeper Meaning Behind Those Stunning Inauguration Outfits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did anyone else watch the U.S. presidential inauguration ceremony and remember how much they love fashion? This past year has meant no parties, no fancy dinners or cocktail bars, and very few occasions to dress up. It&rsquo;s also meant fewer red-carpet events, and very little in the way of celebrity style. Remember Cardi B&rsquo;s 2019 Grammys outfit? Or Rihanna in a Pope hat at the 2018 Met Gala? We miss that.Fashion at its best is art, creativity, personal expression, and often, political mes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-deeper-meaning-behind-those-stunning-inauguration-outfits/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-deeper-meaning-behind-those-stunning-inauguration-outfits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jennifer Lopez's 'This Land Is Your Land' Performance Criticized For Colonial Themes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pop star Jennifer Lopez&rsquo;s performance during&nbsp;U.S. president Joe Biden&rsquo;s inauguration&nbsp;on Wednesday delighted those who noticed her&nbsp;playful ad-lib&nbsp;and appreciated her Latina presence at the historic event, but left much to be desired for many Indigenous viewers.JLo sang a medley of &ldquo;This Land Is Your Land&rdquo; and &ldquo;America The Beautiful,&rdquo; before ending with a reference to her own hit &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s Get Loud.&rdquo; Sung in English, she briefl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jennifer-lopezs-this-land-is-your-land-performance-criticized-for-colonial-themes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 20:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jennifer-lopezs-this-land-is-your-land-performance-criticized-for-colonial-themes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders’ Inauguration Mittens And Practical Coat Were A Mood]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many of the attendees at U.S. President Joe Biden&rsquo;s inauguration Wednesday were praised for their fashion, from Vice-President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s stunning purple ensemble to Michelle Obama&rsquo;s rich wine pantsuit.Then there was 79-year-old Democratic senator Bernie Sanders&nbsp;from Vermont, who approached the chilly temperatures of Washington D.C. in a more practical way.&nbsp;The outspoken senator and former presidential candidate chose the cosy route for his inaugural wear, opting]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bernie-sanders-inauguration-mittens-and-practical-coat-were-a-mood/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bernie-sanders-inauguration-mittens-and-practical-coat-were-a-mood/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kamala Harris Becomes Vice-President Of The United States]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kamala Harris has officially been sworn in as vice-president of the United States in what is&nbsp;a historic moment,&nbsp;especially for women of colour across the country.Harris&rsquo; inauguration marks the first time&nbsp;that either a woman, a Black American or an Asian American has become vice-president of the U.S.Born to Indian and Jamaican immigrant parents, she has&nbsp;called herself &ldquo;a proud American&rdquo; whose Black and Indian heritages &ldquo;are of equal weight in terms of w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kamala-harris-becomes-vice-president-of-the-united-states/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kamala-harris-becomes-vice-president-of-the-united-states/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe Biden Sworn In As 46th President Of The United States]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president on Wednesday, bringing to an end one of the most unorthodox, turbulent presidencies in U.S. history.&ldquo;Today, we celebrate triumph not of a candidate but of a cause: the cause of democracy,&rdquo; Biden said moments after taking the oath of office. &ldquo;The people, the will of the people has been heard.&rdquo;&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve learned again that democracy is precious,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;At this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed.&rd]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/joe-biden-sworn-in-as-46th-president-of-the-united-states/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/joe-biden-sworn-in-as-46th-president-of-the-united-states/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Economy Will Shrink In Early Part Of 2021, But Brighter Days Ahead: Bank Of Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &#8213; The Bank of Canada says the national economy will go in reverse for the first quarter of 2021, hammering the hardest-hit workers again on the path to a recovery that rests on the rollout of vaccines.Workers in high-contact service industries will carry the burden of a new round of lockdowns, which the central bank warns will exacerbate the pandemic&rsquo;s uneven effects on the labour market.As a result, the bank announced it is keeping its key interest rate on hold at 0.25 per ce]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-economy-will-shrink-in-early-part-of-2021-but-brighter-days-ahead-bank-of-canada/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 17:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-economy-will-shrink-in-early-part-of-2021-but-brighter-days-ahead-bank-of-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legault Refuses Curfew Exception For Homeless After Man Dies In Montreal]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he won&rsquo;t grant a curfew exemption for Montreal&rsquo;s homeless population, telling reporters Tuesday he has confidence that police will use their good judgment in dealing with cases.Legault told reporters during a COVID-19 briefing in Montreal that altering the government&rsquo;s decree to exclude the homeless from the provincial curfew would be used as a loophole by others to flout the measure.Montreal&rsquo;s mayor had made the forma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/legault-refuses-curfew-exception-for-homeless-after-man-dies-in-montreal/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/legault-refuses-curfew-exception-for-homeless-after-man-dies-in-montreal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Environment Minister Says Canada-U.S. Opportunities Are ‘Bigger’ Than Keystone XL]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash;&nbsp;Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson signalled Tuesday that the Canadian government won&rsquo;t dwell on U.S. president-elect Joe Biden&rsquo;s decision to revoke the presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, and will instead seek to ensure there is no better ally to the United States on the climate file than Canada.Speaking on a panel with John Podesta, the former campaign chair to secretary Hillary Clinton, counsellor to president Barack Obama, and chief]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/environment-minister-says-canada-us-opportunities-are-bigger-than-keystone-xl/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/environment-minister-says-canada-us-opportunities-are-bigger-than-keystone-xl/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Pardons Steve Bannon, Lil Wayne And Dozens More]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump granted clemency to 143 people, including former aides, party loyalists and even a rapper early Wednesday morning, just hours before he was set to leave office.The list of those granted clemency includes:Former chief strategist Steve Bannon, who was facing trial and a possible conviction for his role in a coordinated scheme to fleece the president&rsquo;s supporters with a border wall fundraiser.Kwame Kilpatrick, the disgraced former mayor of Detroit.Republican fundra]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trump-pardons-steve-bannon-lil-wayne-and-dozens-more/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trump-pardons-steve-bannon-lil-wayne-and-dozens-more/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Melania Trump Won't Give Jill Biden White House Tour, Flouting Historic Tradition]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. First Lady Melania Trump urged Americans to &ldquo;be best&rdquo; during her years in the White House. But the news that she&rsquo;s bucked the century-old tradition of welcoming her successor into her home has the anti-bullying campaign front of mind for all the wrong reasons.Ashley Biden revealed Melania has yet to reach out to her mother, incoming first lady Dr. Jill Biden, in a Tuesday interview with NBC. It&rsquo;s customary for first ladies to invite the next-in-line on Inauguration D]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/melania-trump-wont-give-jill-biden-white-house-tour-flouting-historic-tradition/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 23:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/melania-trump-wont-give-jill-biden-white-house-tour-flouting-historic-tradition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Nurse Fired After Attending D.C. Rally On Day Of Riot]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; A Canadian neonatal intensive care nurse who spoke at an anti-lockdown rally in Washington, D.C., has been fired, her employer said on Tuesday.The London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ont., confirmed its termination of Kristen Nagle, who had been suspended since November after attending a similar rally in the city.Nagle was one of two Canadian nurses who drew attention for speaking in Washington on Jan. 6. before supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-nurse-fired-after-attending-dc-rally-on-day-of-riot/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 23:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-nurse-fired-after-attending-dc-rally-on-day-of-riot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Seeing ‘Dramatic Widening’ Of Income Gap Amid Pandemic: CIBC]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s income gap is growing rapidly amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report says &#8213; but it&rsquo;s not just because many low-wage jobs have been lost, it&rsquo;s also because of an unexpected surge in high-wage jobs.Canada ended 2020 with some 640,000 fewer jobs than it began the year with, but the loss of those jobs was not evenly spread.&ldquo;Not only did high-wage earners not experience job loss, but in fact they have gained almost 350,000 jobs over the past year,&rdquo; CIBC]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-seeing-dramatic-widening-of-income-gap-amid-pandemic-cibc/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 23:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-seeing-dramatic-widening-of-income-gap-amid-pandemic-cibc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Woman Leaves Glowing 4.5-Star Review Of Victoria-Area Jail]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jail may not be an AirBnB, but a B.C. woman who recently spent time in a Victoria-area facility felt the need to rate her stay &mdash; and the facility as well as the RCMP officers involved got a surprisingly high mark.This week, West Shore RCMP in Victoria, B.C. received a handwritten letter from a recent inmate thanking them for their service and rating her stay 4.5/5 stars &mdash; not too shabby.&nbsp;Police did not publicly identify the review-minded prisoner or what she was in jail for, but]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-woman-leaves-glowing-45-star-review-of-victoria-area-jail/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 22:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-woman-leaves-glowing-45-star-review-of-victoria-area-jail/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singer Michelle Williams Has A+ Response To Troll Who Told Her To Have Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are certain messages women in the public eye are forced to hear constantly. They&rsquo;re usually about their bodies in some way, and they&rsquo;re just about always unsolicited.One all-too-common criticism thrown at female celebrities is that their lives aren&rsquo;t really meaningful until they become mothers. It&rsquo;s an attitude many people clearly have about women in general,&nbsp;and one they sometimes feel comfortable saying out loud to women, especially to women who are famous.Fo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/singer-michelle-williams-has-a-response-to-troll-who-told-her-to-have-kids/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 22:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/singer-michelle-williams-has-a-response-to-troll-who-told-her-to-have-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe Biden’s Inauguration Playlist Includes Canadians Kaytranada And Charlotte Day Wilson]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kaytranada is used to seeing his music on popular playlists. But this week is a little different.One of the Quebec musician&rsquo;s songs has been chosen for the playlist put together for U.S. president-elect Joe Biden&rsquo;s inauguration on Wednesday.&ldquo;What You Need,&rdquo; featuring vocals from Canadian singer Charlotte Day Wilson, is one of 46 songs chosen for the 46th president&rsquo;s inauguration playlist.The playlist, which is on most major streaming services, was put together by th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/joe-bidens-inauguration-playlist-includes-canadians-kaytranada-and-charlotte-day-wilson/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 22:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/joe-bidens-inauguration-playlist-includes-canadians-kaytranada-and-charlotte-day-wilson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doug Ford Suggests Justin Trudeau Tries Shoving Firecracker Up Pfizer Exec's &lsquo;Ying Yang&rsquo;]]></title><description><![CDATA[We hope it was a metaphor.Premier Doug Ford stole his own government&rsquo;s thunder Tuesday when he offered some colourful advice on vaccine procurement to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.&ldquo;Nothing is more important than getting these vaccines. If I was in his shoes &hellip; I&rsquo;d be up that [Pfizer] guy&rsquo;s ying yang so far with a firecracker he wouldn&rsquo;t know what hit him,&rdquo; Ford said.&nbsp;&ldquo;I would be outside that guy&rsquo;s house every time he moved.&rdquo;I&rsqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-ford-suggests-justin-trudeau-tries-shoving-firecracker-up-pfizer-execs-lsquoying-yangrsquo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 21:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-ford-suggests-justin-trudeau-tries-shoving-firecracker-up-pfizer-execs-lsquoying-yangrsquo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Warns New Travel Restrictions Could Come ‘Without Advance Notice’]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set expectations for Canadians Tuesday, saying the federal government could impose new travel restrictions &ldquo;without advance notice&rdquo; at any time to curb the transmission of COVID-19.He cautioned Canadians against making non-essential travel plans and said the government is keeping a close watch on COVID-19 variants that have emerged in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Brazil.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not the time to be travelling abroad,&rdquo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-warns-new-travel-restrictions-could-come-without-advance-notice/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 20:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-warns-new-travel-restrictions-could-come-without-advance-notice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Canadians Can Watch The U.S. Inauguration And Everything Else To Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States Wednesday, with Kamala Harris set to become the next vice-president.&nbsp;The inauguration is going to look a lot different than it did four years ago when Donald Trump took office. Biden is hoping to draw one of the smallest in-person crowds ever in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week.&nbsp;Despite the unconventional moment, many of the ceremonies and traditions of inauguration wil]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/where-canadians-can-watch-the-us-inauguration-and-everything-else-to-know/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 20:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/where-canadians-can-watch-the-us-inauguration-and-everything-else-to-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Will Not Receive Any Pfizer Vaccine Doses Next Week: Fortin]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada is not going to get any vaccine doses from Pfizer-BioNTech next week.Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the Canadian military commander co-ordinating the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, says Canada&rsquo;s shipments of the vaccine will be cut by nearly one-fifth this week and then go down to zero next week.Pfizer told Canada last week its shipments would be affected because the production facility in Belgium is being upgraded to produce more doses overall.Fortin said last week that Canada ex]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-will-not-receive-any-pfizer-vaccine-doses-next-week-fortin/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 19:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-will-not-receive-any-pfizer-vaccine-doses-next-week-fortin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta's Coal Plan Up In Smoke As New Leases, Future Sales Cancelled]]></title><description><![CDATA[EDMONTON &mdash; Alberta has decided to cancel recently issued coal leases in the Rocky Mountains, as public opposition grows to the United Conservative government&rsquo;s plan to expand coal mining in the area.&nbsp;Late Monday afternoon, Energy Minister Sonya Savage issued a news release saying the sale of 11 recently purchased coal leases would be cancelled. Savage added that no further leases would be sold on lands that were protected from open-pit mines under a policy the government revoked]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/albertas-coal-plan-up-in-smoke-as-new-leases-future-sales-cancelled/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/albertas-coal-plan-up-in-smoke-as-new-leases-future-sales-cancelled/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toronto Apartment Vacancy Rate Hits Record High, Urbanation Report Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new report says Toronto&rsquo;s rental apartment vacancy rate hit a record high in the fourth quarter of last year.Urbanation said Monday its survey of newer purpose-built rental apartment projects that have been completed in the city of Toronto since 2005 reported a vacancy rate of 5.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year, up from 1.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2019.The consulting firm said the rate is a 50-year high when looking at Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. survey data]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/toronto-apartment-vacancy-rate-hits-record-high-urbanation-report-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/toronto-apartment-vacancy-rate-hits-record-high-urbanation-report-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most Canadians Support Curfews To Curb Spread Of COVID-19: Poll]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Almost two-thirds of Canadians would support a nightly curfew if necessary to curb the spread of COVID-19 &mdash; even though they&rsquo;re not convinced it would be effective, a new poll suggests.Sixty-five per cent of respondents to a poll by L&eacute;ger and the Association for Canadian Studies said they would support temporary curfews in their provinces if recommended by public health officials.In Quebec, where the government imposed a month-long curfew 10 days ago, 74 per cen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/most-canadians-support-curfews-to-curb-spread-of-covid-19-poll/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/most-canadians-support-curfews-to-curb-spread-of-covid-19-poll/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Derek Sloan Says He Won't Leave Conservative Party Without A Fight]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Ontario Conservative MP Derek Sloan says he&rsquo;ll fight efforts by his party&rsquo;s leader to boot him from caucus.&nbsp;Sloan says a decision by Conservative Leader Erin O&rsquo;Toole that he should be tossed out over a donation to his leadership campaign by a known white supremacist is ridiculous.&nbsp;O&rsquo;Toole announced he&rsquo;s launching the effort to remove Sloan late Monday, after news broke that Sloan&rsquo;s campaign had received a donation from Paul Fromm last]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/derek-sloan-says-he-wont-leave-conservative-party-without-a-fight/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/derek-sloan-says-he-wont-leave-conservative-party-without-a-fight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O&rsquo;Toole Wants Sloan Turfed From Tory Caucus After White Supremacist's Donation]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Conservative Leader Erin O&rsquo;Toole says he wants Ontario MP Derek Sloan kicked out of the party caucus over a donation to his leadership campaign from a white supremacist.In a statement Monday evening, O&rsquo;Toole said accepting the contribution is &ldquo;far worse than a gross error of judgment or failure of due diligence&rdquo; by his former leadership rival.It&rsquo;s up to Conservative MPs whether to eject Sloan from their number, but O&rsquo;Toole said he&rsquo;ll use h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/orsquotoole-wants-sloan-turfed-from-tory-caucus-after-white-supremacists-donation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 02:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/orsquotoole-wants-sloan-turfed-from-tory-caucus-after-white-supremacists-donation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Gilmore Girls' Actor: I Didn't Storm The Capitol And My Tweet On It Was A Joke]]></title><description><![CDATA[David Sutcliffe, the Canadian actor best known for his role as Rory&rsquo;s dad Christopher on &ldquo;Gilmore Girls,&rdquo; said he was being &ldquo;ironic&rdquo; when he wrote on Twitter that he would be proud to smoke with one of the insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol in early January.In a tweet pinned to his profile, Sutcliffe denied rumours that he was part of the pro-Trump mob who stormed the Capitol, adding, &ldquo;I would have been proud to share a smoke with this great Patriot]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gilmore-girls-actor-i-didnt-storm-the-capitol-and-my-tweet-on-it-was-a-joke/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 01:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gilmore-girls-actor-i-didnt-storm-the-capitol-and-my-tweet-on-it-was-a-joke/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Churches Flouting Pandemic Rules Need A Come-To-Jesus Moment]]></title><description><![CDATA[COVID-19 has been difficult on everyone, and the church and the people of God have certainly experienced the same hardships. I started my current pastorate at the height of the lockdown in April. It was three months before I preached to actual human beings instead of a camera.As 2020 has progressed, and the various restrictions have been strengthened and loosened, churches have not been immune to the challenges those restrictions have brought. Pastoral care and counselling presented new challeng]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/churches-flouting-pandemic-rules-need-a-come-to-jesus-moment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 23:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/churches-flouting-pandemic-rules-need-a-come-to-jesus-moment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Hospital Opening In Ontario To Relieve COVID-19 Capacity Crunch]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Premier Doug Ford says a new hospital set to open in Vaughan, Ont., will be used to relieve a capacity crunch because of rising COVID-19 rates.Ford says some patients from overcrowded Greater Toronto Area hospitals will be transferred to Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital when it opens on Feb. 7.The hospital will add 35 new critical care beds and 150 medical beds to the province&rsquo;s bed capacity.Health Minister Christine Elliott says some Toronto hospitals are already transferring]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-hospital-opening-in-ontario-to-relieve-covid-19-capacity-crunch/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 22:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-hospital-opening-in-ontario-to-relieve-covid-19-capacity-crunch/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jason Kenney: Joe Biden Owes Canada ‘Respect’ Of Hearing Case For Keystone XL]]></title><description><![CDATA[Incoming U.S. president Joe Biden will be making a &ldquo;serious economic and strategic error&rdquo; that will damage Canada-U.S. relations if he revokes the construction permit for the Keystone XL pipeline this week, the Alberta premier says.&ldquo;All we ask, at this point, is that president-elect Biden show Canada the respect to actually sit down and hear our case about how we can be partners in prosperity, partners in combating climate change, partners in energy security,&rdquo; Jason Kenne]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jason-kenney-joe-biden-owes-canada-respect-of-hearing-case-for-keystone-xl/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 21:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jason-kenney-joe-biden-owes-canada-respect-of-hearing-case-for-keystone-xl/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch Dwayne Johnson’s Childhood In NBC’s ‘Young Rock’ Trailer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before Dwayne &ldquo;The Rock&rdquo; Johnson was every Disney-loving kid&rsquo;s favourite character in &ldquo;Moana,&rdquo;&nbsp;he was professional wrestling&rsquo;s most charismatic star.&nbsp;But long before his iconic years in the ring, The Rock&rsquo;s childhood was filled with hilarious antics and big teaching moments from wrestling&rsquo;s finest &mdash; moments that viewers can see for themselves in &ldquo;Young Rock,&rdquo; an upcoming NBC show all about the Canadian-American performer]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/watch-dwayne-johnsons-childhood-in-nbcs-young-rock-trailer/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 21:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/watch-dwayne-johnsons-childhood-in-nbcs-young-rock-trailer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Ryan Reynolds Became Hollywood’s Most Likeable (And Bankable) Star]]></title><description><![CDATA[For a while, it looked like Ryan Reynolds was always going to be stuck in (forgettable) rom-com land, thanks to his turns in the likes of &ldquo;The Change-Up,&rdquo; &ldquo;Definitely Maybe&rdquo; and &ldquo;Just Friends.&rdquo;While it was never a problem landing roles, for years the Canadian-American actor always seemed to be on the periphery of the big time and bonafide household name status.But just as it was all looking a bit Channing Tatum, and after a false start in 2011&prime;s big budg]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-ryan-reynolds-became-hollywoods-most-likeable-and-bankable-star/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 21:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-ryan-reynolds-became-hollywoods-most-likeable-and-bankable-star/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Approve Return Of Boeing 737 Max To Canadian Airspace]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; The Boeing 737 MAX can return to Canadian airspace beginning Wednesday, Transport Canada says, concluding nearly two years of government review after the aircraft was involved in two deadly crashes that saw the planes grounded worldwide.&nbsp;The planes will be permitted to fly as long as they meet conditions specified by Transport Canada in December, including allowing pilots to disable a faulty warning system that was found to be central to two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-approve-return-of-boeing-737-max-to-canadian-airspace/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-approve-return-of-boeing-737-max-to-canadian-airspace/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Alex Trebek Will Be Honoured In Trump’s ‘American Heroes’ Statue Garden]]></title><description><![CDATA[The clue: the home to a new statue of late Canadian &ldquo;Jeopardy!&rdquo; host Alex Trebek.The answer: What is the United States National Garden of Heroes?Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday naming dozens of figures to be memorialized as statues in a park, and the notably Canadian Trebek made the list.According to Trump&rsquo;s order, the garden will serve as a testament to the country&rsquo;s &ldquo;greatness.&rdquo;&ldquo;The National Garden will be built to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-alex-trebek-will-be-honoured-in-trumps-american-heroes-statue-garden/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-alex-trebek-will-be-honoured-in-trumps-american-heroes-statue-garden/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Nova Scotians Are Now Considered Potential Organ Donors Under Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[HALIFAX &mdash; Nova Scotia is now the first jurisdiction in North America to implement presumed consent around organ donation, a move health officials believe could see a significant rise in the number of donors over the next few years.Legislation passed in April 2019 finally took effect Monday following more than 18 months of work to ensure provincial systems were equipped to handle the change.&nbsp;Under the Human Organ and Tissue Donation Act, all people in Nova Scotia will be considered pot]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/all-nova-scotians-are-now-considered-potential-organ-donors-under-law/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/all-nova-scotians-are-now-considered-potential-organ-donors-under-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justin Timberlake Reveals The Name Of His 2nd Child For 1st Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Justin Timberlake confirmed for the first time publicly that he and wife Jessica Biel welcomed a baby boy to their family in 2020. The couple, already parents to 5-year-old son Silas, named their second child Phineas.The singer and actor was speaking in an interview on &ldquo;The Ellen DeGeneres Show,&rdquo; set to air Jan. 18, and shared that his baby boy is &ldquo;awesome&rdquo; and &ldquo;so cute.&rdquo; He also added that in the Timberlake-Biel household right now, &ldquo;nobody is sleeping.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/justin-timberlake-reveals-the-name-of-his-2nd-child-for-1st-time/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 17:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/justin-timberlake-reveals-the-name-of-his-2nd-child-for-1st-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pipeline Operator Promises Keystone XL Will Have Net Zero Emissions]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALGARY &mdash; TC Energy Corp. has announced a plan for its Keystone XL project to achieve net zero emissions when it is placed into service, even as the future of the pipeline expansion appeared in doubt.Transition documents suggest Joe Biden will kill the controversial project as soon as Wednesday when he&rsquo;s sworn in as U.S. president, rescinding a construction permit granted in 2019 by his predecessor, U.S. President Donald Trump.However, TC Energy said late Sunday that it has a plan to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pipeline-operator-promises-keystone-xl-will-have-net-zero-emissions/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 17:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pipeline-operator-promises-keystone-xl-will-have-net-zero-emissions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Wanted Putin At Canada’s 2018 G7 Meeting, Chief Organizer Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; During his only supper on Canadian soil, U.S. President Donald Trump told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and their fellow G7 leaders that their table was incomplete. Come 2020, Trump promised to fix that by inviting Russia&rsquo;s Vladimir Putin to his G7 dinner.It was June 2018, four years since Russia had been expelled from what was then the G8 after the Kremlin&rsquo;s invasion and annexation of Ukraine&rsquo;s Crimean Peninsula in February 2014.&nbsp;The Russian occupation of C]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trump-wanted-putin-at-canadas-2018-g7-meeting-chief-organizer-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trump-wanted-putin-at-canadas-2018-g7-meeting-chief-organizer-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden To Rescind Keystone XL Pipeline Permit On Day 1: Transition Documents]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; One of Joe Biden&rsquo;s first actions once he becomes U.S. president Wednesday will be to slam the door yet again on Canada&rsquo;s politically fraught Keystone XL pipeline expansion, transition documents suggest. &nbsp;The documents, seen by The Canadian Press, feature a to-do list for inauguration day that includes signing an executive order to rescind the Keystone XL construction permit granted in 2019 by predecessor Donald Trump.They also suggest that despite its best eff]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/us-president-elect-joe-biden-to-rescind-keystone-xl-pipeline-permit-on-day-1-transition-documents/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 03:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/us-president-elect-joe-biden-to-rescind-keystone-xl-pipeline-permit-on-day-1-transition-documents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden Plans To Rescind Keystone XL Pipeline Permit On Day 1: Transition Documents]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; One of Joe Biden&rsquo;s first actions once he becomes U.S. president Wednesday will be to slam the door yet again on Canada&rsquo;s politically fraught Keystone XL pipeline expansion, transition documents suggest. &nbsp;The documents, seen by The Canadian Press, feature a to-do list for inauguration day that includes signing an executive order to rescind the Keystone XL construction permit granted in 2019 by predecessor Donald Trump.They also suggest that despite its best eff]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/us-president-elect-joe-biden-plans-to-rescind-keystone-xl-pipeline-permit-on-day-1-transition-documents/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 03:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/us-president-elect-joe-biden-plans-to-rescind-keystone-xl-pipeline-permit-on-day-1-transition-documents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtual 'Worldwide Prayer Rally' To Be Held For 'Canada's Rabbi']]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA, Ill. &mdash; For a man who has devoted his life to promoting kindness, a diagnosis of advanced-stage cancer in his pancreas and liver might seem the unkindest cut of all.&nbsp;But Rabbi Reuven Bulka, often dubbed &ldquo;Canada&rsquo;s rabbi,&rdquo; says he has no complaints.&ldquo;In terms of having complaints to God or complaints that life isn&rsquo;t giving me a fair shake, that doesn&rsquo;t enter my mind,&rdquo; the 76-year-old beloved spiritual leader in Ottawa&rsquo;s Jewish commun]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/virtual-worldwide-prayer-rally-to-be-held-for-canadas-rabbi/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 01:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/virtual-worldwide-prayer-rally-to-be-held-for-canadas-rabbi/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario To Up Inspections Of Big-Box Shops Amid Widespread Rule Breaking]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; An enforcement blitz that uncovered numerous violations of COVID-19 prevention protocols across big-box retailers in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas will broaden its scope to include the rest of the province in the weeks ahead, the province&rsquo;s labour minister said Sunday.&nbsp;Monte McNaughton said the initial wave of inspectors combing retailers for those eschewing masks and ignoring physical distancing guidelines found only 70 per cent of sites they visited were adh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-to-up-inspections-of-big-box-shops-amid-widespread-rule-breaking/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-to-up-inspections-of-big-box-shops-amid-widespread-rule-breaking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O'Toole: There's 'No Place For The Far Right' In The Conservative Party]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Federal Conservative Leader Erin O&rsquo;Toole says there is &ldquo;no place for the far right&rdquo; in the party.O&rsquo;Toole made the declaration in a statement today in which he lists the numerous ways that he has sought to make the Tories more inclusive and moderate since becoming leader in August."I am proud of Canada as a welcoming, modern, and inclusive country.&rdquo;&mdash; My statement. pic.twitter.com/Uu54A34T08&mdash; Erin O'Toole (@erinotoole) January 17, 2021The co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/otoole-theres-no-place-for-the-far-right-in-the-conservative-party/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2021 21:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/otoole-theres-no-place-for-the-far-right-in-the-conservative-party/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Montreal’s Best-Dressed Celeb Is Tika The Iggy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Montreal has a new fashion icon, and she&rsquo;s a seven-pound dog.Tika, the Italian greyhound whose video about all the outfits she didn&rsquo;t get to wear over the course of the pandemic went viral in December, lives in the southwest borough of Ville-&Eacute;mard with owner Thomas Shapiro and his husband (&ldquo;favourite dad&rdquo; and &ldquo;second-favourite dad,&rdquo; in Tika&rsquo;s Instagram captions). She&rsquo;s been shouted out by celebrities including Jennifer Aniston, Diane Keaton]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/montreals-best-dressed-celeb-is-tika-the-iggy/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2021 21:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/montreals-best-dressed-celeb-is-tika-the-iggy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Realtor Told To ‘Enjoy Prison’ As She’s Mistaken For Capitol Rioter]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Canadian real estate agent has received almost a thousand harassing calls, emails and messages from angry Americans mistaking her for a woman who stormed the U.S. Capitol and happens to share her name, occupation and even hair colour.&nbsp;Jenna Ryan in Sudbury, Ont. wants the world to know she is not the same Jenna Ryan from Texas whose Twitter profile brags that she took a private jet to Washington, D.C. to &ldquo;march&rdquo; for U.S. President Donald Trump, and was subsequently arrested by]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-realtor-told-to-enjoy-prison-as-shes-mistaken-for-capitol-rioter/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2021 20:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-realtor-told-to-enjoy-prison-as-shes-mistaken-for-capitol-rioter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best Cities To Move To Near Toronto, For Those Thinking Of Getting Out]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thinking of leaving Toronto? You&rsquo;re not alone. The city&rsquo;s soaring cost of living has been pushing young people out for years, and the pandemic has accelerated the trend.According to Statistics Canada, the country&rsquo;s two largest metro areas, Greater Toronto and Greater Montreal, saw a record outflow of people to nearby towns and cites between July 2019 and July 2020 &#8213; with much of it taking place even before the pandemic shut down so much of city life at the end of last win]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-best-cities-to-move-to-near-toronto-for-those-thinking-of-getting-out/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2021 16:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-best-cities-to-move-to-near-toronto-for-those-thinking-of-getting-out/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Provinces Tweak Vaccine Plans As Minister Urges Pfizer To Speed Up Shipments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s procurement minister is urging drugmaker Pfizer-BioNTech to get the country&rsquo;s COVID-19 vaccine delivery schedule back on track as soon as possible, as the two provinces hardest hit by the pandemic warned slower shipments will mean changes to their respective game plans.Anita Anand said she understands and shares Canadians&rsquo; concerns about the drug company&rsquo;s decision to delay international vaccine shipments for four weeks to upgrade production facilities in Europe.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/provinces-tweak-vaccine-plans-as-minister-urges-pfizer-to-speed-up-shipments/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2021 00:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/provinces-tweak-vaccine-plans-as-minister-urges-pfizer-to-speed-up-shipments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPP: 3 Officers Charged, 4 Others Suspended Over Corruption Allegations]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario Provincial Police say they&rsquo;ve charged three of their own veteran officers and suspended four others over allegations of corruption related to the province&rsquo;s tow truck industry.The force alleges the accused officers provided preferential treatment to towing companies within the Greater Toronto Area.The charges and suspensions stemmed from an investigation first launched in October 2019.RELATEDPlease Stop Calling 911 To Ask About Ontario's Stay-At-Home Order: OP]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/opp-3-officers-charged-4-others-suspended-over-corruption-allegations/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2021 00:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/opp-3-officers-charged-4-others-suspended-over-corruption-allegations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Traveller Dies After Getting Lost On Vancouver-Area Mountain]]></title><description><![CDATA[SQUAMISH, B.C. &mdash; A snowshoer who set out alone on a rugged mountain trail on Vancouver&rsquo;s north shore Thursday has died.Squamish RCMP say the 21-year-old woman from Ontario was removed from a steep gully Friday morning after an overnight search.She was found on the east side of the Howe Sound Crest Trail about five kilometres from the Cypress Mountain ski area.The Mounties say the woman was transported back to the base of North Shore Rescue and medical staff pronounced her dead.Offici]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-traveller-dies-after-getting-lost-on-vancouver-area-mountain/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2021 23:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-traveller-dies-after-getting-lost-on-vancouver-area-mountain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GM To Build Electric Delivery Vans At New Ontario Plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[INGERSOLL, Ont. &#8213; GM Canada says it has reached a tentative deal with Unifor that if ratified will see it invest $1 billion to transform its CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont., to make commercial electric vehicles.Unifor National President Jerry Dias says along with the significant investment the agreement will mean new products, new jobs and job security for workers.Dias says in a statement that more details of the tentative deal will be presented to Unifor Local 88 members at an online ratifi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gm-to-build-electric-delivery-vans-at-new-ontario-plant/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2021 18:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gm-to-build-electric-delivery-vans-at-new-ontario-plant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Please Stop Calling 911 To Ask About Ontario's Stay-At-Home Order: OPP]]></title><description><![CDATA[Provincial police are urging people not to call 911 with questions about Ontario&rsquo;s stay-at-home order.&nbsp;They say emergency dispatchers have seen an uptick in the number of callers looking for information about the province&rsquo;s latest public health measures.&nbsp;But officers say 911 is only to be used for emergencies.&nbsp;They say those with questions about the public health legislation should seek out information from the province.&nbsp;The stay-at-home order came into effect acr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/please-stop-calling-911-to-ask-about-ontarios-stay-at-home-order-opp/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2021 03:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/please-stop-calling-911-to-ask-about-ontarios-stay-at-home-order-opp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau 'Open' To Tighter Travel Restrictions As Feds Track COVID Variants]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaving the door open to tighter travel restrictions, including a possible ban on outbound air travel as COVID-19 case counts climb across the country.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re always open to strengthening them as necessary,&rdquo; Trudeau said, referring to measures restricting international flights.Officials are keeping a close eye on countries where more easily transmissible strains of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 have broken out, he said.The p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-open-to-tighter-travel-restrictions-as-feds-track-covid-variants/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2021 02:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-open-to-tighter-travel-restrictions-as-feds-track-covid-variants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Employers Say These Workers Are ‘Essential.’ But The Employees Disagree.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A family employed by a carpet business&nbsp;without mandatory mask policies. A retail employee&nbsp;questioning if the &ldquo;stretchy black pants&rdquo;&nbsp;they sell are necessary. Those working on&nbsp;film and TV crews,&nbsp;in&nbsp;car dealerships, and dozens with jobs done solely on laptops.&nbsp;These are just some of the anonymous Ontarians whom Dr. Yoni Freedhoff has featured in a viral Twitter thread, united by a common problem: Their employers say they&rsquo;re &ldquo;essential&rdquo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-employers-say-these-workers-are-essential-but-the-employees-disagree/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2021 02:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-employers-say-these-workers-are-essential-but-the-employees-disagree/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. Maya Angelou Barbie To Be Sold In Canada This Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the world&rsquo;s most phenomenal writers is being memorialized via the world of kids toys. And unsurprisingly, she&rsquo;s so popular the toy version of her is already sold out.Mattel announced Thursday that Dr. Maya Angelou, the late civil rights activist and author of &ldquo;I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings,&rdquo; is the latest inductee to their&nbsp;&ldquo;Inspiring Women&rdquo; collection, which so far has nine other doll replicas of noteworthy women like Ella Fitzgerald and Rosa Par]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dr-maya-angelou-barbie-to-be-sold-in-canada-this-year/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2021 01:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dr-maya-angelou-barbie-to-be-sold-in-canada-this-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newfoundland And Labrador's Premier Calls Election For Feb. 13]]></title><description><![CDATA[ST. JOHN&rsquo;S, N.L. &mdash; Newfoundland and Labrador will become the fourth province to go to the polls during the COVID-19 pandemic after Premier Andrew Furey called an election for Feb. 13.Furey&rsquo;s request to the province&rsquo;s chief justice Friday to dissolve the legislature follows two days of free-flowing funding announcements from the governing minority Liberals.The Liberal leader is hoping his party will continue the trend established in previous pandemic elections in Saskatche]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/newfoundland-and-labradors-premier-calls-election-for-feb-13/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2021 00:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/newfoundland-and-labradors-premier-calls-election-for-feb-13/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What My Job Caring For The Deceased Has Taught Me About Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s just past two in the morning, and someone has died.My phone chimes and instructions from my dispatcher appear on the screen: a name, an address and a quick description of the situation I&rsquo;m about to walk into, but I never really know what&rsquo;s waiting for me until I arrive. I drag myself out of bed. Normally I&rsquo;d dress in a pristine black suit, but I put on a crisp set of scrubs instead because of the pandemic. Then it&rsquo;s off to the scene with my work partner.I work]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/what-my-job-caring-for-the-deceased-has-taught-me-about-life/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 23:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/what-my-job-caring-for-the-deceased-has-taught-me-about-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pfizer-BioNTech Delays Vaccine Shipments To Canada Due To Production Hiccups]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada faces an &ldquo;unfortunate&rdquo; delay in vaccine deliveries due to Pfizer production issues in Europe, federal officials revealed Friday, chalking it up to the challenges of an unprecedented mass immunization effort while insisting most Canadians will still be vaccinated by fall.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Ottawa was &ldquo;working day in and day out to get vaccines delivered as quickly as possible&rdquo; but acknowledged that Pfizer-BioNTech doses have been derai]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pfizer-biontech-delays-vaccine-shipments-to-canada-due-to-production-hiccups/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 22:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pfizer-biontech-delays-vaccine-shipments-to-canada-due-to-production-hiccups/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kids Get Seasonal Affective Disorder Too. Here Are The Signs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let&rsquo;s face it, COVID life and the turbulent news cycle are bumming many of us out. But some people always struggle with depression at this time of year &#8213; regardless of what&rsquo;s going on in the world. And that includes kids and teens.&nbsp;Watch the video above, from Veuer, to learn what symptoms to look out for in kids and how to manage them.&nbsp;Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) affects about two to three per cent of Canadians, according to the Canadian Mental Health Associatio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kids-get-seasonal-affective-disorder-too-here-are-the-signs/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 21:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kids-get-seasonal-affective-disorder-too-here-are-the-signs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Dumps On Bloc Leader’s ‘Ridiculous’ Innuendos About New Minister]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused Bloc Qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois Leader Yves-Fran&ccedil;ois Blanchet of using dangerous language to pander to his base by raising suspicions about the Syrian Muslim identity of Canada&rsquo;s new transport minister.Omar Alghabra was appointed to the ministerial role in Tuesday&rsquo;s cabinet shuffle. The Mississauga MP previously served as the president of the Canadian Arab Federation (CAF) before he was first elected to the House of Commons]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-dumps-on-bloc-leaders-ridiculous-innuendos-about-new-minister/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 21:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-dumps-on-bloc-leaders-ridiculous-innuendos-about-new-minister/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Low Supply, High Demand Pushes Average Canadian House Price To $607K]]></title><description><![CDATA[Home sales in December hit an all-time record for the month to end what was also a record year, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) said Friday.December sales were up 47.2 per cent compared with December 2019, the largest year-over-year gain in monthly sales in 11 years, the association said.Sales for the month were also up 7.2 per cent compared with November.The record-shattering December marked the sixth consecutive month of year-over-year home sales hikes. This comes after the COVID-1]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/low-supply-high-demand-pushes-average-canadian-house-price-to-607k/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 17:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/low-supply-high-demand-pushes-average-canadian-house-price-to-607k/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ford Boots MPP From PC Caucus For 'Irresponsible' Anti-Lockdown Letter]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario Premier Doug Ford has removed a member of his government from caucus for speaking out against COVID-19 lockdowns.On Friday, Ford said legislator Roman Baber will no longer sit as a Progressive Conservative and cannot run for the party in the 2022 election.The move comes after Baber issued a public letter Friday calling on Ford to end the provincewide lockdown, calling it &ldquo;deadlier than Covid.&rdquo;Lockdowns are deadlier than Covid. I wrote a respectful letter to Pr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ford-boots-mpp-from-pc-caucus-for-irresponsible-anti-lockdown-letter/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ford-boots-mpp-from-pc-caucus-for-irresponsible-anti-lockdown-letter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Detects First Case Of South African Strain As U.K. Variant Cases Grow]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia&rsquo;s provincial health officer expressed concern as she reported the first South African strain of COVID-19 uncovered in the province.&nbsp;Dr. Bonnie Henry said Thursday the person who contracted the South African variant had neither travelled nor had contact with anyone who did, and officials are investigating where the person might have picked up the virus.&nbsp;Another person has also tested positive for the British variant of the virus, bringing that tot]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-detects-first-case-of-south-african-strain-as-uk-variant-cases-grow/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-detects-first-case-of-south-african-strain-as-uk-variant-cases-grow/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Examining Whether It Can Legally Limit Non-Essential Travel To Province]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; The B.C. government is seeking legal advice on whether it can limit non-essential travel to the province during the pandemic, the premier says.Premier John Horgan told a news conference Thursday there is concern about people coming from other provinces or territories and spreading COVID-19.&nbsp;Horgan said he and other premiers have made the case for Canadians to stay home during the pandemic, but people continue to travel. The issue has been discussed for months and it&rsquo;s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-examining-whether-it-can-legally-limit-non-essential-travel-to-province/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 03:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-examining-whether-it-can-legally-limit-non-essential-travel-to-province/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's COVID-19 Vaccine Program Not Expected To Ramp Up Before April]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada&rsquo;s vaccine deliveries are getting bigger almost every week but there won&rsquo;t be enough doses shipped to provinces and territories to &ldquo;ramp up&rdquo; the vaccination program for another few months, Maj. Gen. Dany Fortin outlined on Thursday.Fortin said deliveries of vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna will hit one million doses per week starting in April.The confirmation aligns with plans made public Thursday by the Ontario government that it won&rsquo;t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-covid-19-vaccine-program-not-expected-to-ramp-up-before-april/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 03:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-covid-19-vaccine-program-not-expected-to-ramp-up-before-april/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Minister Ravi Kahlon Shares Heartwarming Note His Son Received After Making A Friend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ravi Kahlon is well-regarded for his Olympic achievements&nbsp;in field hockey and role in provincial politics, but the Canadian&rsquo;s latest accomplishment isn&rsquo;t in the professional sector. Rather, the B.C. cabinet minister is making waves for a heartwarming tweet about his 10-year-old son.&nbsp;On Wednesday, Kahlon shared on the social media platform how his son&rsquo;s day at school had gone: During lunch, he and a friend saw a new classmate was sitting alone,&nbsp;so they decided to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-minister-ravi-kahlon-shares-heartwarming-note-his-son-received-after-making-a-friend/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-minister-ravi-kahlon-shares-heartwarming-note-his-son-received-after-making-a-friend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Biggest Cities Saw Fastest-Ever Exodus Of Residents, And It Began Before COVID-19]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s two largest metro areas have recorded their largest-ever outflow of residents according to new data from Statistics Canada, as a growing number of residents headed for the suburbs or nearby smaller cities.The Toronto metropolitan area saw a net loss of 50,375 residents to other parts of Ontario between July 2019 and July 2020, while the Montreal area lost a net 24,880 people to other parts of Quebec. In Vancouver, 12,189 more residents moved out to other parts of B.C. than moved i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-biggest-cities-saw-fastest-ever-exodus-of-residents-and-it-began-before-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 22:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-biggest-cities-saw-fastest-ever-exodus-of-residents-and-it-began-before-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nunavut Mayor Says $2,000 Draw Is Working To Get Residents Vaccinated]]></title><description><![CDATA[The mayor of a small Nunavut community hit hard by the novel coronavirus breathed a sigh of relief when hundreds of doses of the Moderna vaccine were delivered Wednesday.&nbsp;The fly-in hamlet of Arviat, on the western shore of Hudson Bay, has a population of 1,800 and reported 222 of the territory&rsquo;s 266 cases this fall. Due to a lack of housing, many people live together and aren&rsquo;t able to isolate properly.&nbsp;Now with enough doses to vaccinate most of its residents, Arviat will]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/nunavut-mayor-says-2000-draw-is-working-to-get-residents-vaccinated/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 21:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/nunavut-mayor-says-2000-draw-is-working-to-get-residents-vaccinated/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[General Motors Shows Off Plans For Flying Car]]></title><description><![CDATA[When someone calls something &ldquo;the Cadillac of&rdquo; whatever category it falls under, they&rsquo;re dubbing it the best of the best. We might need to change our phrasing, as even the Cadillac can be upgraded:&nbsp;General Motors revved up interest for a flying Cadillac on Wednesday, during a keynote at this year&rsquo;s Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Watch the video above&nbsp;to see the flying car pilot itself.&nbsp;While technically just a 3D rendering of the sci-fi-worthy project, th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/general-motors-shows-off-plans-for-flying-car/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 20:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/general-motors-shows-off-plans-for-flying-car/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police Can't Stop Cars, Enter Homes To Enforce New Ontario Lockdown]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; A stay-at-home order went into effect in Ontario on Thursday but the government said police would not have the authority to randomly stop residents on the street to ensure compliance.&nbsp;&nbsp;The measure, imposed in an effort to bring down soaring rates of COVID-19, means Ontarians are to venture out only for essential purposes such as health-care, food and exercise.A spokesman for Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said the order doesn&rsquo;t give police the power to enter homes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/police-cant-stop-cars-enter-homes-to-enforce-new-ontario-lockdown/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 20:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/police-cant-stop-cars-enter-homes-to-enforce-new-ontario-lockdown/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singh Wants Parliament Recalled Early To Pass More COVID-19 Relief]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wants Parliament recalled early so MPs can pass legislation, if necessary, and hold the Liberal government to account as regions introduce restrictions to control the surge of COVID-19 cases.Singh said Thursday that &ldquo;scary&rdquo; modelling data for the country&rsquo;s most populous provinces, Ontario and Quebec, show trend lines pushing hospital capacity closer to its breaking points.&nbsp;Shutdowns are vital but support and help also needs to be in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/singh-wants-parliament-recalled-early-to-pass-more-covid-19-relief/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 20:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/singh-wants-parliament-recalled-early-to-pass-more-covid-19-relief/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Says He Aims To Serve As Prime Minister For ‘A Number More Years’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn&rsquo;t planning his own walk in the snow any time soon.In an interview that aired at the Reuters Next conference Thursday, Trudeau gave a glimpse into his future political plans, making it clear he aims to stay in the Prime Minister&rsquo;s Office for years to come.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve still got a lot to do in terms of serving this country so I&rsquo;m looking forward to a number more years of serving Canadians,&rdquo; he said.Watch: Trudeau says he expects Biden]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-says-he-aims-to-serve-as-prime-minister-for-a-number-more-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 20:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-says-he-aims-to-serve-as-prime-minister-for-a-number-more-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jason Kenney Dumps MLA Pat Rehn After Alberta Riding Turns Against Him]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Alberta MLA who travelled to Mexico over the winter holidays and was the subject of a scathing letter from Slave Lake town council is out of Premier Jason Kenney&rsquo;s United Conservative Party caucus.&nbsp;On Thursday, Kenney announced that Lesser Slave Lake MLA Pat Rehn will be removed from the UCP caucus to sit as an independent, for making &ldquo;no meaningful effort to work in his constituency, or properly to represent his hard-working constituents.&rdquo;Rehn was one of several UCP ML]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jason-kenney-dumps-mla-pat-rehn-after-alberta-riding-turns-against-him/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 20:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jason-kenney-dumps-mla-pat-rehn-after-alberta-riding-turns-against-him/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Pauses Evictions While Stay-At-Home Order Is In Effect]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario has temporarily paused residential evictions during its current state of emergency.&nbsp;The province&rsquo;s municipal affairs minister says the pause will ensure people can stay safely in their housing while a stay-at-home order remains in place.&nbsp;The order, which came into effect today, requires all Ontario residents to stay home as much as possible, only leaving for essential trips.This is the second time the province has paused residential evictions during the CO]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-pauses-evictions-while-stay-at-home-order-is-in-effect/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-pauses-evictions-while-stay-at-home-order-is-in-effect/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2020 Was The Year I Stopped Trying To Live Up To Others' Definition Of Blackness]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;You&rsquo;re the whitest Black person I know.&rdquo;&nbsp;&ldquo;But you&rsquo;re not like Black Black. You may as well be white.&rdquo;&ldquo;[Insert name of white girl who loves Wu-Tang Clan] is way more Black than you.&rdquo;&nbsp;I got this a lot growing up. The words varied, but the message was the same &mdash; there&rsquo;s a right way to be Black, and I&rsquo;m doing it wrong.Growing up in Alberta as a Black, second-generation Canadian was isolating and confusing. With the exceptio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/2020-was-the-year-i-stopped-trying-to-live-up-to-others-definition-of-blackness/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/2020-was-the-year-i-stopped-trying-to-live-up-to-others-definition-of-blackness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Liberal Minister Hits Back At Bloc’s ‘Dangerous And Harmful Innuendo’]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says he feels let down by Bloc Qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois efforts to taint his past with &ldquo;dangerous and harmful innuendo.&rdquo;&ldquo;I am disappointed by the Bloc Qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois&rsquo; attempts to create divisions for mere political gain,&rdquo; he said Wednesday in a statement to The Canadian Press.&ldquo;I expected better &hellip; We know what such misinformation could lead to,&rdquo; he said, calling on the Bloc to reconsider its i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-liberal-minister-hits-back-at-blocs-dangerous-and-harmful-innuendo/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-liberal-minister-hits-back-at-blocs-dangerous-and-harmful-innuendo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Consider Using Border Data To Identify Travellers Applying For Benefit]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A federal official says the government is considering using data on incoming travellers to prevent vacationers from claiming a benefit for people who must quarantine or isolate due to COVID-19.The Canadian Press isn&rsquo;t identifying the source because the person was not authorized to speak publicly on behind-the-scenes discussions.The government promised earlier this week to introduce legislation to prevent anyone who returns to Canada after a vacation or another non-essential]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-consider-using-border-data-to-identify-travellers-applying-for-benefit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-consider-using-border-data-to-identify-travellers-applying-for-benefit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lea Michele Gets Real About Losing 'Massive Clumps Of Hair' Postpartum]]></title><description><![CDATA[As many postpartum birthing parents know &#8213; but few discuss &#8213; after gaining a family member, they often lose a ton of hair.In a recent Instagram story, former &ldquo;Glee&rdquo; actress and new mom Lea Michele revealed she was losing hair by the clump.&nbsp;&ldquo;Enjoying this long hair while it lasts because the mom bob is right around the corner,&rdquo; she shared in a candid mirror selfie.In another Instagram story, she showed a small handful of hair that had come out while she wa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/lea-michele-gets-real-about-losing-massive-clumps-of-hair-postpartum/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/lea-michele-gets-real-about-losing-massive-clumps-of-hair-postpartum/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents Paid Their Kids Big Bucks For These Chores In 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Staying at home continues to be a reality for many Canadian families, with those under Ontario&rsquo;s latest state of emergency expected to only venture outdoors for essential activities and those in Quebec living under a curfew. All this time inside makes for more housework &#8213; clutter accumulates when everyone&rsquo;s home and dirty dishes pile up in sinks a lot faster.&nbsp;You can teach kids the importance of chores at any age (even toddlers can hold a broom!), with some parents sweeten]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/parents-paid-their-kids-big-bucks-for-these-chores-in-2020/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 03:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/parents-paid-their-kids-big-bucks-for-these-chores-in-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dan Levy Slams Catholic School Board For Removing "Life-Saving Resource For Young People"]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pandemic has been an especially isolating time for LGBTQ youth. Stay-home orders, school closures and the cancellation of extra-curricular activities have impeded many from expressing their sexual or gender identity and accessing appropriate sexual health and mental health resources, according to a&nbsp;survey by the Trevor Project.&nbsp;As a result,&nbsp;homelessness, depression, anxiety and suicide rates are spiking&nbsp;among LGBTQ+ youth.&nbsp;And yet on Friday, the Toronto District Cath]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dan-levy-slams-catholic-school-board-for-removing-life-saving-resource-for-young-people/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 03:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dan-levy-slams-catholic-school-board-for-removing-life-saving-resource-for-young-people/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Can Delay Second Vaccine Dose If There's A Shortage: National Panel]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada&rsquo;s national panel of vaccine experts says a worsening pandemic and limited supplies of COVID-19 vaccines are good enough reasons to temporarily delay giving a second dose but would prefer the planned schedule is followed whenever possible.The two COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in Canada both require two doses, with Pfizer and BioNTech&rsquo;s vaccine label requiring two doses given 21 days apart, and Moderna&rsquo;s needing two doses 28 days apart.In new recommenda]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-can-delay-second-vaccine-dose-if-theres-a-shortage-national-panel/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 03:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-can-delay-second-vaccine-dose-if-theres-a-shortage-national-panel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta Surgeon Found Guilty Of Misconduct After Hanging Noose In Hospital]]></title><description><![CDATA[GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. &mdash; A surgeon in northwestern Alberta has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct for hanging a rope in the shape of a noose on an operating room door.&nbsp;The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta said in a decision released Wednesday that Dr. Wynand Wessels &ldquo;acted with the intention of sending a message that would be reasonably interpreted as intimidating or threatening.&rdquo;The decision did not determine the doctor was motivated by racism.&nbsp;&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alberta-surgeon-found-guilty-of-misconduct-after-hanging-noose-in-hospital/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 02:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alberta-surgeon-found-guilty-of-misconduct-after-hanging-noose-in-hospital/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Montreal Synagogue Vandalized With Swastikas In 'Vile Assault']]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; A major Montreal synagogue was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti Wednesday afternoon.Rabbi Adam Scheier of Shaar Hashomayim, one of the largest synagogues in Montreal, said in a letter to members of the congregation that a man had spray-painted swastikas on the doors of the temple around 2 p.m.Scheier said the man was quickly detained by a security guard, adding that police arrived soon afterwards and arrested him. The synagogue said the man was carrying a canister of gasoli]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/montreal-synagogue-vandalized-with-swastikas-in-vile-assault/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 02:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/montreal-synagogue-vandalized-with-swastikas-in-vile-assault/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sea Shanty TikTok Is The New Best Thing On The Internet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thank goodness for TikTok in these trying times.&nbsp;During the truly wild year that was 2020, TikTok brought us much needed levity, from longboarding with cranberry juice to &ldquo;Dreams&rdquo; to the &ldquo;Ratatouille&rdquo; Musical.&nbsp;In 2021, TikTok has taken an unexpectedly naval turn into sea-shanty obsession.Yes, that&rsquo;s sea shanties, as in the songs sailors used to sing back in the day while at sea. We&rsquo;re talking about the &ldquo;yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum&rdquo; of mu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/sea-shanty-tiktok-is-the-new-best-thing-on-the-internet/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 23:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/sea-shanty-tiktok-is-the-new-best-thing-on-the-internet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doug Ford Insists ‘There Is No Confusion’ About Ontario’s New Lockdown Rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario Premier Doug Ford says there&rsquo;s nothing confusing about his government&rsquo;s new COVID-19 lockdown measures, which enable police to ticket people out on non-essential trips but let non-essential retailers keep doing curbside pickup.&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Folks, there is no confusion here. It&rsquo;s very simple. Stay home. Stay home. That&rsquo;s it,&rdquo; he said at a press conference in Toronto. &ldquo;If you&rsquo;re questioning, &lsquo;Should I go out?&rsquo; You]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-ford-insists-there-is-no-confusion-about-ontarios-new-lockdown-rules/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 23:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-ford-insists-there-is-no-confusion-about-ontarios-new-lockdown-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians Crochet Mats From Plastic Bags To Help The Homeless]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have too many plastic bags to count? If you live in Ontario&rsquo;s Kitchener-Waterloo region, a Facebook group will happily take them off your hands and turn them into mats for people experiencing homelessness who sleep outdoors.&nbsp;Founded by Waterloo, Ont. resident Kathy Kibble, members of &ldquo;Bags To Sleeping Mats&rdquo;&nbsp;have been hard at work collecting and repurposing plastic bags since late last year. Kibble told HuffPost Canada that the group is still in its early stages, havin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-crochet-mats-from-plastic-bags-to-help-the-homeless/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-crochet-mats-from-plastic-bags-to-help-the-homeless/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lockdown Rules Will Prevent The Queen From Meeting Her New Great-Grandchild]]></title><description><![CDATA[Royal tradition says that Queen Elizabeth is usually among the first family members to meet new babies.&nbsp;But as Hello! reported, the U.K.&rsquo;s lockdown rules mean that won&rsquo;t be able to happen with her next great-grandchild.The Queen&rsquo;s granddaughter Princess Eugenie and Eugenie&rsquo;s husband, Jack Brooksbank, are having a baby,&nbsp;due &ldquo;in early 2021.&rdquo; Because the Queen can&rsquo;t travel or spend time with anyone she doesn&rsquo;t live with, she won&rsquo;t be a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/lockdown-rules-will-prevent-the-queen-from-meeting-her-new-great-grandchild/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/lockdown-rules-will-prevent-the-queen-from-meeting-her-new-great-grandchild/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Announce $1.2B More For Indigenous Communities To Help Fight COVID-19]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Ottawa will spend $1.2 billion in new funding to help Indigenous communities keep fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.That includes another $380 million for the Indigenous communities support fund to help First Nations deal with COVID-19, including providing support for elders, addressing food insecurity and supporting initiatives to help limit the spread of the coronavirus.It also includes $630 million for Indigenous communities to hire mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-announce-12b-more-for-indigenous-communities-to-help-fight-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-announce-12b-more-for-indigenous-communities-to-help-fight-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What You Can And Can’t Do Under Ontario’s New Lockdown]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario announced new COVID-19 lockdown rules Tuesday and everyone, from the mayor of Toronto to the cops tasked with enforcing them, says they&rsquo;re confusing.&nbsp;What are the most important points to know? According to Premier Doug Ford&rsquo;s office, it&rsquo;s simple: just stay home.Friends, Ontario&rsquo;s new stay-at-home order comes down to each of us asking ourselves a very simple question: is leaving home absolutely essential? If the answer isn&rsquo;t an immediate]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/what-you-can-and-cant-do-under-ontarios-new-lockdown/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 19:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/what-you-can-and-cant-do-under-ontarios-new-lockdown/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Air Canada Lays Off 1,700 People, Reduces Capacity Amid New Restrictions]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; Air Canada says it will cut 1,700 jobs as it scales down operations in response to a new wave of lockdown restrictions.The 25 per cent reduction in service for the first quarter of 2021 will also affect 200 employees at Air Canada&rsquo;s Express carriers, the company said Wednesday morning.&ldquo;We regret the impact these difficult decisions will have on our employees who have worked very hard during the pandemic looking after our customers, as well as on the affected communit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/air-canada-lays-off-1700-people-reduces-capacity-amid-new-restrictions/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 18:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/air-canada-lays-off-1700-people-reduces-capacity-amid-new-restrictions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal Appeal Of First Nations Children Ruling ‘A Slap In The Face’: AFN]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal government&rsquo;s appeal of a ruling that expanded First Nations children&rsquo;s rights to public services is &ldquo;a slap in the face,&rdquo; says the Assembly of First Nations.The November ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal widened the applicability of Jordan&rsquo;s Principle, a rule that says that when governments disagree about who&rsquo;s responsible for providing services to First Nations children, they must help a child in need first and argue over]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/federal-appeal-of-first-nations-children-ruling-a-slap-in-the-face-afn/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 17:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/federal-appeal-of-first-nations-children-ruling-a-slap-in-the-face-afn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starbucks Canada To Close 300 Stores By March]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &#8213; Starbucks says its plan to close up to 300 coffee shops across Canada will be complete by the end of March.The Seattle-based coffeehouse and roastery chain announced the acceleration of its five-year &ldquo;transformation strategy&rdquo; last year as it responded to changes in consumer habits during the COVID-19 pandemic.In a statement on Tuesday, the company says some of its locations closed last fall and it expects to complete its planned store closures by the end of its second]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/starbucks-canada-to-close-300-stores-by-march/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/starbucks-canada-to-close-300-stores-by-march/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women, Single Parents More Likely To Report Mental Health Drop In Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Aisha Addo was having a talk just the other day with a close friend about how they were faring as the COVID-19 pandemic stretched into 2021.She said her friend spoke candidly about feeling like she was falling into a state of depression and being unable to pull herself out of it.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re all experiencing the same things &mdash; some people more intensely than others,&rdquo; said Addo, who founded the non-profit Power To Girls Foundation.New polling from Leger and the Ass]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/women-single-parents-more-likely-to-report-mental-health-drop-in-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 15:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/women-single-parents-more-likely-to-report-mental-health-drop-in-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario's New Lockdown Rules Allow Amazon, Costco, Walmart To &lsquo;Rule The Retail Roost&rsquo;: CFIB]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the country&rsquo;s most prominent business groups is criticizing Ontario&rsquo;s new lockdown rules, which it says will allow big-box stores like Costco and Walmart, as well as e-commerce giant Amazon, to &ldquo;rule the retail roost&rdquo; while jeopardizing the existence of small shops.But the province says big retail chains are in a better position to handle commerce during a pandemic.Among Ontario&rsquo;s new restrictions, meant to tamp down escalating COVID-19 infections, is a manda]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-new-lockdown-rules-allow-amazon-costco-walmart-to-lsquorule-the-retail-roostrsquo-cfib/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 00:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-new-lockdown-rules-allow-amazon-costco-walmart-to-lsquorule-the-retail-roostrsquo-cfib/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paid Sick Days In Canada: What You Need To Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Ontario rolled out its latest wave of COVID-19 restrictions and moves to fight the spread of the virus Tuesday, one thing many experts have been repeatedly asking for was notably absent: paid sick days for workers.While cries for more sick leave have echoed across Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford&rsquo;s government has reiterated that the feds&rsquo; Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) is enough and he doesn&rsquo;t want to &ldquo;duplicate areas of support.&rdquo;&ldquo;They have that]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/paid-sick-days-in-canada-what-you-need-to-know/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 00:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/paid-sick-days-in-canada-what-you-need-to-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abandoning My Expectations Let Me Become The Mom My Kids Really Needed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just as the youngest of my six kids turned 13, I felt like I was giving up on parenting. At first I blamed it on &ldquo;pandemic fatigue,&rdquo; but the truth is, it had been bubbling inside me for over a year.&nbsp;I was done with baking brownies. I was done with planning family outings. I was done with dragging reluctant kids on holiday. I&rsquo;d started joking with friends that I no longer wanted to be called a mom, but instead a &ldquo;spiritual advisor.&rdquo; I used to be such a Type-A pa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/abandoning-my-expectations-let-me-become-the-mom-my-kids-really-needed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 23:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/abandoning-my-expectations-let-me-become-the-mom-my-kids-really-needed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every Working Parent Can Relate To This 6-Year-Old’s Drawing]]></title><description><![CDATA[On an early evening in mid-December, Priya Amin was working from home, as she has since the pandemic started in the spring.&nbsp;Her then-six-year-old son, Kirin, asked her if she was done. (He&rsquo;s since turned seven.) Amin, CEO of virtual childcare company Flexable, told him she still had work to do.About ten minutes later, he came back into the room where she was working and handed her a drawing of two figures. She congratulated him on the drawing &mdash; and then she looked closer. It was]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/every-working-parent-can-relate-to-this-6-year-olds-drawing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 23:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/every-working-parent-can-relate-to-this-6-year-olds-drawing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Nurses Under Investigation After Attending D.C. Rally On Day Of Riot]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Two Canadian nurses who spoke at an anti-lockdown rally in Washington, D.C., on the day of the deadly storming of the Capitol are under investigation by their regulatory body.One of them, who is already suspended from her work in neonatal intensive care, is also facing an investigation by her hospital in London, Ont. &nbsp;&nbsp;In a statement, the College of Nurse of Ontario acknowledged the investigation against Sarah Choujounian and Kristen Nagle.&ldquo;We are aware of the inf]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-nurses-under-investigation-after-attending-dc-rally-on-day-of-riot/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 23:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-nurses-under-investigation-after-attending-dc-rally-on-day-of-riot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Stay Warm Without Running Up Your Heating Bills]]></title><description><![CDATA[Winter weather can get expensive, fast. There are jackets and gloves and hats and scarves and boots, there are Christmas presents, there are winter tires &mdash; and, if you&rsquo;re anything like us, there are takeout and delivery fees. (Who wants to leave the house in the cold to go to the grocery store, even when there&nbsp;isn&rsquo;t&nbsp;a pandemic?)And then there are heating costs. Depending what your home setup looks like and what part of the country you live in, these can add up really]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-stay-warm-without-running-up-your-heating-bills/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 22:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-stay-warm-without-running-up-your-heating-bills/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ford Maintains Paid Sick Days Aren't Necessary In Ontario As COVID-19 Crisis Intensifies]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario Premier Doug Ford doubled down on his choice not to guarantee paid sick days to private sector workers Tuesday, even though one of his top health officials says it may be contributing to &ldquo;dangerous&rdquo; levels of COVID-19.&nbsp;The premier said the federal government already has a program for people who miss work because of COVID-19. That program pays people after the fact, providing $450 a week for a maximum of two weeks.&ldquo;We aren&rsquo;t going to duplicate]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ford-maintains-paid-sick-days-arent-necessary-in-ontario-as-covid-19-crisis-intensifies/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 22:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ford-maintains-paid-sick-days-arent-necessary-in-ontario-as-covid-19-crisis-intensifies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Declares Emergency, Orders Residents To Stay Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario is issuing an order requiring residents to stay at home starting Thursday, except for essential activities such as accessing health care or shopping for groceries.Premier Doug Ford says he is also declaring another state of emergency effective immediately in response to surging COVID-19 infection rates.The new measures also include restricting the hours of operation for non-essential retail stores such as hardware stores to between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m.The premier announced t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-declares-emergency-orders-residents-to-stay-home/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 19:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-declares-emergency-orders-residents-to-stay-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experts Estimate COVID-19 Immunity From Vaccine Could Last Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[The swift arrival of multiple COVID-19 vaccines has offered hope for the end of the global pandemic, but there&rsquo;s still a question of how long people are protected from the virus after they receive their shots.An exact timeframe of immunity, which will likely vary from person to person, won&rsquo;t be clear for some time, experts say. But there&rsquo;s reason to believe those inoculated against COVID could obtain a long-term level of protection.&nbsp;Steven Kerfoot, an associate professor i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/experts-estimate-covid-19-immunity-from-vaccine-could-last-years/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 19:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/experts-estimate-covid-19-immunity-from-vaccine-could-last-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Shuffles Cabinet In Wake Of Navdeep Bains’ Resignation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has shuffled his federal cabinet to fill a vacancy left by a key minister and to field the team that could take him into the next federal election.Tuesday&rsquo;s shuffle came shortly after the resignation of Mississauga MP Navdeep Bains, who has served as minister of industry, innovation, and science since Liberals came to power in 2015, and says he will not run again in the next election.&nbsp;Bains, who served as an MP between 2004 and 2011 before making a comeba]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-shuffles-cabinet-in-wake-of-navdeep-bains-resignation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-shuffles-cabinet-in-wake-of-navdeep-bains-resignation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Hospital CEO Fired For Trips Outside Canada During Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[The CEO of a hospital network in London, Ont., was ousted from his post Monday after concerns were raised about his international travel during the pandemic.&nbsp;Dr. Paul Woods travelled to the U.S. five times since March, including during the December holidays, the London Health Sciences Centre said in a statement that announced his immediate firing.&nbsp;Woods&rsquo; travel came to light on Friday and the hospital network at that time said it supported his continued leadership.On Monday, howe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-hospital-ceo-fired-for-trips-outside-canada-during-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-hospital-ceo-fired-for-trips-outside-canada-during-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘He Had Lost All Hope.’ Inside A COVID Outbreak At A Saskatchewan Prison.]]></title><description><![CDATA[When her boyfriend Christopher Yetman tested positive for COVID-19 during one of the worst Canadian prison outbreaks, Krystle Lapointe was beside herself with worry.A couple of inmates contracted COVID-19 mid-December, Lapointe said. A few days later, nearly every one of the 45 plus inmates on the medium security range tested positive for the virus.&nbsp;&nbsp;Yetman, who is serving a three-year sentence, experienced fever, fatigue, a loss of smell and taste, sores in his mouth and then began co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/he-had-lost-all-hope-inside-a-covid-outbreak-at-a-saskatchewan-prison/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 23:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/he-had-lost-all-hope-inside-a-covid-outbreak-at-a-saskatchewan-prison/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quebec Couple Fined After Woman Found ‘Walking’ Partner On Leash After Curfew]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quebec&rsquo;s new curfew inspired some doggone creative rule-breaking this past weekend.&nbsp;The province&rsquo;s 8 p.m. curfew went into effect Saturday night as part of the latest wave of restrictions targeting COVID-19&rsquo;s spread. Police reported a slew of tickets and fines issued over the weekend, including 200 tickets alone on Saturday night for Quebeckers found breaking curfew.&nbsp;Chief among them? A Sherbrooke couple who determined that &ldquo;walking your dog&rdquo; is roughly eq]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-couple-fined-after-woman-found-walking-partner-on-leash-after-curfew/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 23:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-couple-fined-after-woman-found-walking-partner-on-leash-after-curfew/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kim Cattrall Wants Nothing To Do With The Next Chapter Of 'Sex And The City']]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Sex and the City&rdquo; is officially being rebooted, but without one of its most iconic characters.Kim Cattrall, the Canadian actress who played the bold, pithy Samantha Jones on the show&rsquo;s six seasons and two movies, has made it clear in past interview that she will not be returning for the HBO Max series. Called &ldquo;And Just Like That...&rdquo; the series will &ldquo;follow Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and frie]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kim-cattrall-wants-nothing-to-do-with-the-next-chapter-of-sex-and-the-city/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kim-cattrall-wants-nothing-to-do-with-the-next-chapter-of-sex-and-the-city/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rupert Grint Talks Fatherhood And "Servant" Season Two In New Interview]]></title><description><![CDATA[So much has changed for Rupert Grint since he warmed our hearts as Ron Weasley in the &ldquo;Harry Potter&rdquo; movie franchise. We got a peek at his newfound life as a father in his Instagram-shattering post last year and recently, he&rsquo;s opened up about how parenthood has &ldquo;changed his perspective&rdquo; at work. Watch the video above&nbsp;to hear Grint&rsquo;s reflections.The actor joined the ranks of parents welcoming babies&nbsp;during a pandemic,&nbsp;following the birth of his d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/rupert-grint-talks-fatherhood-and-servant-season-two-in-new-interview/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 21:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/rupert-grint-talks-fatherhood-and-servant-season-two-in-new-interview/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Canadian City Quiz Will Put Your Geography Knowledge To The Test]]></title><description><![CDATA[Think you can name every Canadian city, town and human settlement? There&rsquo;s a quiz for that.Ian Fisher developed an online tool to test your knowledge of Canadian population centres &mdash; and this ain&rsquo;t your grandmother&rsquo;s Sporcle quiz.While he works as a Google software engineer by day, in his spare time Fisher has developed and coded custom cities quizzes online. He started with cities of the U.S. in 2019, then cities of Europe and in August of 2020 launched the cities of Can]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/this-canadian-city-quiz-will-put-your-geography-knowledge-to-the-test/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 20:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/this-canadian-city-quiz-will-put-your-geography-knowledge-to-the-test/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Grants $7.5M For Teacher Training To Support Students With Autism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario is providing $7.5 million to train teachers to support students with autism spectrum disorder better, the province announced this weekend.The funding will go to an online training program for Ontario&rsquo;s 72 publicly funded school boards, delivered by Sonderly, the training division of the Geneva Centre for Autism in Toronto.&nbsp;The additional funding comes after $6 million last year and will go toward an enhanced online training program for teachers with a live follow-up session, A]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-grants-75m-for-teacher-training-to-support-students-with-autism/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 20:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-grants-75m-for-teacher-training-to-support-students-with-autism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Remove Loophole From Sick Leave Benefit For Pandemic Travellers]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Anyone applying for three federal benefits will now need to say whether they are in quarantine because they travelled outside the country.The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced the new requirement following an uproar over the possibility of Canadians applying for the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit after ignoring public health advice to not engage in non-essential travel.The sickness benefit pays $500 per week for up to two weeks for anyone who has to quarantine because of COV]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-remove-loophole-from-sick-leave-benefit-for-pandemic-travellers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-remove-loophole-from-sick-leave-benefit-for-pandemic-travellers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside the Night Shift: Photos Show The ‘Thankless’ Jobs That Keep Society Running]]></title><description><![CDATA[For people who live in the constant 9-to-5 grind, the life of night-shift workers can be a mystery.Brian Douglas, a social worker and photographer in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., aims to capture the atmosphere through his 5 a.m. project.&ldquo;Every day, 5 a.m. passes me by. While I am asleep, there is a world that I am completely detached from. When I begin settling in for the evening, there are countless others getting themselves ready to start their day,&rdquo; he wrote in a post about his proje]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/inside-the-night-shift-photos-show-the-thankless-jobs-that-keep-society-running/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 01:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/inside-the-night-shift-photos-show-the-thankless-jobs-that-keep-society-running/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Mull Adding Proud Boys To Canada's List Of Terrorist Organizations]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal government is weighing whether to add the Proud Boys and other right-wing groups to Canada&rsquo;s list of terrorist organizations.Public Safety Minister Bill Blair&rsquo;s spokeswoman Mary-Liz Power says the Proud Boys are one of several hate groups that officials are monitoring and collecting information about with an aim to adding them to the list.The revelation follows last week&rsquo;s Capitol Hill riot in Washington, D.C., &nbsp;which reportedly involved members]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-mull-adding-proud-boys-to-canadas-list-of-terrorist-organizations/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2021 23:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-mull-adding-proud-boys-to-canadas-list-of-terrorist-organizations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harry And Meghan Are Reportedly Off Social Media For Good]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even now that it&rsquo;s a Trump-free zone, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle&nbsp;are off social media for good, The Times of London has reported.The paper quotes a source close to the couple who says they won&rsquo;t use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or any other social media platforms to promote their non-profit Archewell Foundation. They&rsquo;re also &ldquo;very unlikely&rdquo; to return to personal social media accounts, apparently.Their Sussex Royal Instagram account, which broke world record]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/harry-and-meghan-are-reportedly-off-social-media-for-good/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2021 21:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/harry-and-meghan-are-reportedly-off-social-media-for-good/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Help Older Kids Make Sense Of Scary News Stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&#65279;The news coming out of the U.S. Capitol this week has been overwhelming. Kids and teens with access to social media and who watch the news are inevitably seeing broadcasts, images, videos and posts that are a lot to unpack. As parents, we can draw the tragic conclusion from the rioters&rsquo; violent actions that media literacy is a crucial life skill. Right now, five people are dead, because a mob of grown-ups acted on disinformation.When stories like this break, we need to make s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-help-older-kids-make-sense-of-scary-news-stories/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2021 19:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-help-older-kids-make-sense-of-scary-news-stories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dozens Of Protesters Ticketed For Violating Quebec's COVID-19 Curfew]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; Police forces across Quebec handed out dozens of tickets to people protesting the province&rsquo;s new COVID-19-related curfew shortly after it went into effect at last night.&nbsp;Quebec City police spokesman Const. Etienne Doyon says approximately 20 people protesting the curfew were ticketed around 8:20 p.m. adding some of those individuals were detained after they refused to identify themselves.Montreal police spokeswoman Const. Caroline Chevrefils says 17 tickets were issue]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dozens-of-protesters-ticketed-for-violating-quebecs-covid-19-curfew/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dozens-of-protesters-ticketed-for-violating-quebecs-covid-19-curfew/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online School Is Forcing Single Parents To Make Choices Between Their Kids And Their Jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every day, Jessy Duncombe has to figure out how to put food on the table, help her two school-aged kids navigate the complexities of online learning, and keep her three-year-old daughter occupied and out of trouble.And that&rsquo;s all before lunch.As a single parent with three kids at home all day, there&rsquo;s no way for her to go to work as a chef, she said, so she&rsquo;s been forced to turn down job offers and manage her household on her recovery benefit cheques alone.&ldquo;I sometimes fe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/online-school-is-forcing-single-parents-to-make-choices-between-their-kids-and-their-jobs/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2021 16:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/online-school-is-forcing-single-parents-to-make-choices-between-their-kids-and-their-jobs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Vaccine Calculator Predicts When Canadians Can Expect Their Shot]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;How long until I get the COVID-19 vaccine?&rdquo;It&rsquo;s among the most pressing questions of 2021 as Canada ramps up vaccination efforts to stop&nbsp;the novel coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp;Two web developers found a way to offer Canadians a rough estimate, creating a calculator based on national guidelines. Users plug in their age and other details, such as whether they are in a long-term care home, health or essential worker, to see where they are in the vaccine queue and when they can]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/this-vaccine-calculator-predicts-when-canadians-can-expect-their-shot/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2021 16:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/this-vaccine-calculator-predicts-when-canadians-can-expect-their-shot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A ‘Rational Bubble’? Why Your Home’s Value, Stocks And Bitcoin Are Soaring In A Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[You may have noticed something strange is happening with the value of your investments these days: they&rsquo;re rising fast in a time of crisis.With the exception of condo owners in some big cities, homeowners in numerous countries have seen their property values rise since the pandemic began. There&rsquo;s also a good chance your retirement investments have done surprisingly well lately.All of this is happening despite a historic economic shock that doesn&rsquo;t seem to be over just yet; mill]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-rational-bubble-why-your-homes-value-stocks-and-bitcoin-are-soaring-in-a-crisis/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2021 15:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-rational-bubble-why-your-homes-value-stocks-and-bitcoin-are-soaring-in-a-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's Why Politicians In Atlantic Canada Avoided COVID Travel Scandals]]></title><description><![CDATA[HALIFAX &mdash; While much of the rest of Canada was consumed with stories about politicians ignoring pandemic protocols and jetting south to sunny climes, Atlantic Canadians this week were puzzling over a tepid scandal involving a New Brunswick cabinet minister who drove to Nova Scotia.Not Florida, Hawaii, Mexico, Arizona, St. Bart&rsquo;s or California &mdash; some of the sun-drenched vacation spots visited last month by other Canadian politicians.Nova Scotia.And the governing Progressive Cons]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/heres-why-politicians-in-atlantic-canada-avoided-covid-travel-scandals/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/heres-why-politicians-in-atlantic-canada-avoided-covid-travel-scandals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Expands List Of Essential Workers Who Qualify For Free Child-Care]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; RCMP officers, custodial and clerical education workers and postal staff are among the expanded list of essential workers cleared to receive free child-care while thousands of Ontario students attend school remotely in the coming weeks, the province&rsquo;s education minister announced Saturday.Stephen Lecce unveiled the expanded list during a rare weekend news conference, days after announcing online classes would continue for southern Ontario students until at least Jan. 25 ami]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-expands-list-of-essential-workers-who-qualify-for-free-child-care/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2021 23:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-expands-list-of-essential-workers-who-qualify-for-free-child-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quebec's 4-Week Curfew To Kick In On Jan. 9]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; A curfew set to take effect across Quebec on Saturday is necessary to prevent the health care system from reaching a tipping point that could leave the most seriously ill COVID-19 patients without necessary care, the province&rsquo;s premier warned as he called for compliance with the new measure.&nbsp;Francois Legault issued a Facebook post exhorting the province&rsquo;s residents to respect the new rules, which could see most residents facing police questions or stiff fines if]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebecs-4-week-curfew-to-kick-in-on-jan-9/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2021 21:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebecs-4-week-curfew-to-kick-in-on-jan-9/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indonesian Jet Carrying 62 People Goes Missing On Domestic Flight]]></title><description><![CDATA[JAKARTA, Indonesia &#8213; A Sriwijaya Air passenger jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers after taking off from Indonesia&rsquo;s capital on Saturday on a domestic flight, officials said.Indonesian Transportation Ministry spokesperson Adita Irawati said the Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta at about 1:56 p.m. and lost contact with the control tower at 2:40 p.m.A statement released by the airline said the plane was on an estimated 90-minute flight from Jakarta to Po]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/indonesian-jet-carrying-62-people-goes-missing-on-domestic-flight/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2021 14:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/indonesian-jet-carrying-62-people-goes-missing-on-domestic-flight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All 62 People On Indonesian Jet Presumed Dead After Crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) &mdash; Authorities said they determined the location of the crash site and black boxes of a Boeing 737-500 on Sunday, a day after the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board shortly after taking off from Indonesia&rsquo;s capital.The head of Indonesia&rsquo;s National Search and Rescue Agency, Bagus Puruhito, said officials believe they identified the location of the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder &mdash; the so-called black boxes &mda]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/all-62-people-on-indonesian-jet-presumed-dead-after-crash/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2021 14:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/all-62-people-on-indonesian-jet-presumed-dead-after-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South African Variant Of COVID-19 Reported In Alberta]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new variant of COVID-19 that first surfaced in South Africa was found in Alberta on Friday, the same day two Atlantic provinces tightened their boundaries and Ontario warned tough new measures may be on the way if surging infection rates aren&rsquo;t reined in.Alberta&rsquo;s chief medical health officer made the announcement about the new variant in a tweet late Friday afternoon. Dr. Deena Hinshaw said the person is believed to have contracted the illness while travelling and is in quarantine]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/south-african-variant-of-covid-19-reported-in-alberta/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2021 02:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/south-african-variant-of-covid-19-reported-in-alberta/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quebec Defends Decision To Reopen Schools Despite Imposing 8 p.m. Curfew]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; Quebec&nbsp;on Friday defended its decision to reopen schools despite soaring COVID-19 infections and related hospitalizations, with one public health official saying classrooms aren&rsquo;t the primary drivers of transmission.The government announced new measures this week to curb rising infections, including an 8 p.m. curfew beginning Saturday, but chose to reopen primary schools as scheduled Jan. 11 and high schools a week later.Education Minister Jean-Francois Roberge told a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-defends-decision-to-reopen-schools-despite-imposing-8-pm-curfew/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2021 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-defends-decision-to-reopen-schools-despite-imposing-8-pm-curfew/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A ‘Jeopardy’ Montage Of Alex Trebek Truly Deserving Of His Final Episode]]></title><description><![CDATA[Get the waterworks ready.Ahead of longtime &ldquo;Jeopardy&rdquo; host Alex Trebek&rsquo;s final episode on Friday, the show shared a touching tribute to the Canadian icon on social media set to Peter Allen&rsquo;s &ldquo;Once Before I Go.&rdquo;Simply the best.<br />
Thank you, Alex. pic.twitter.com/GgXbV4AWMt&mdash; Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) January 8, 2021Trebek died on Nov. 8 at the age of 80 after a battle with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He recorded his final episode on Oct. 29, just a week before hi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-jeopardy-montage-of-alex-trebek-truly-deserving-of-his-final-episode/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2021 00:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-jeopardy-montage-of-alex-trebek-truly-deserving-of-his-final-episode/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ottawa Shelter COVID-19 Outbreak Linked To Long Term Care Workers Who Couldn't Afford Rent]]></title><description><![CDATA[A COVID-19 outbreak at an Ottawa women&rsquo;s shelter was linked to two long-term care workers who were staying at the facility because their income couldn&rsquo;t cover their rent, an independent commission has heard.Dr. Jeff Turnbull, the medical director of Ottawa Inner City Health, described the situation in his testimony before the Long Term Care Covid-19 Commission in mid-December. The commission&rsquo;s hearings aren&rsquo;t open to the public but transcripts are typically posted online]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ottawa-shelter-covid-19-outbreak-linked-to-long-term-care-workers-who-couldnt-afford-rent/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2021 00:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ottawa-shelter-covid-19-outbreak-linked-to-long-term-care-workers-who-couldnt-afford-rent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Strip Club The Penthouse Can’t Resist A Dig At U.S. Capitol Security]]></title><description><![CDATA[The insurrection at the United States Capitol is the latest news story to inspire commentary from an unlikely source &mdash; a Vancouver strip club&rsquo;s marquee sign.A violent mob of Trump-supporters overwhelmed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday in an attempted insurrection of the U.S. government. The armed mob managed to get all the way into the senate chamber and the Capitol was locked down for several hours as security and police attempted to clear rioters out.Much has been said about how easy it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/vancouver-strip-club-the-penthouse-cant-resist-a-dig-at-us-capitol-security/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 23:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/vancouver-strip-club-the-penthouse-cant-resist-a-dig-at-us-capitol-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 Tips To Cope With Seasonal Depression In A Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every year, without fail, cold weather and a lack of sunlight makes the winter feel long and miserable. That&rsquo;s just science: people who are exposed to the sun tend to have higher serotonin levels, which can boost moods and make them feel calm and focused. A lack of sun exposure leads to lower serotonin.But for people with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), wintertime can cause depression, low energy and a loss of interest in the things they previously enjoyed. It&rsquo;s rarely diagnosed f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/6-tips-to-cope-with-seasonal-depression-in-a-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 22:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/6-tips-to-cope-with-seasonal-depression-in-a-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Does Canada's Vaccine Plan Compare Against The Rest Of The World?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been slow to gather momentum since it began weeks ago, causing some to wonder how other countries have shown such promising progress with their own immunization efforts in a shorter amount of time.Expert say it may be tempting to compare numbers and time frames from international examples, but they warn that direct country comparisons are usually &ldquo;fraught with error.&rdquo;Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti, an infectious diseases physician in Mississauga, On]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-does-canadas-vaccine-plan-compare-against-the-rest-of-the-world/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 21:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-does-canadas-vaccine-plan-compare-against-the-rest-of-the-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID-19 Pandemic ‘Getting Out Of Control’ In Ontario, Ford Warns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario is facing &ldquo;the most serious situation we&rsquo;ve ever been in&rdquo; as COVID-19 cases climb and intensive care unit (ICU) beds fill up, Premier Doug Ford warned Friday.He said the province will release new modelling early next week that will be a &ldquo;wake-up call&rdquo; to Ontarians and called for people to follow public health guidelines and not gather outside of their household.&nbsp;&ldquo;We&rsquo;re in a desperate situation, and when you see the modelling, you know, you&r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-19-pandemic-getting-out-of-control-in-ontario-ford-warns/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 19:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-19-pandemic-getting-out-of-control-in-ontario-ford-warns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Says Trump Incited An 'Assault On Democracy&rsquo; After U.S. Capitol Riot]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says U.S. President Donald Trump incited the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington this week.&ldquo;What we witnessed was an assault on democracy by violent rioters incited by the current president and other politicians,&rdquo; Trudeau said at a press briefing outside his Ottawa residence Friday.&ldquo;As shocking, deeply disturbing and frankly saddening as that event remains, we&rsquo;ve also seen this week that democracy is resilient in America,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-says-trump-incited-an-assault-on-democracyrsquo-after-us-capitol-riot/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 19:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-says-trump-incited-an-assault-on-democracyrsquo-after-us-capitol-riot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Woman Saw Cash Raining From The Sky And Returned It To Police]]></title><description><![CDATA[NANAIMO, B.C. &mdash; The Mounties say a woman out for a walk in Nanaimo, B.C., was surprised when cash began falling from the sky around her.&nbsp;Police say in a news release the woman was walking on a street in north Nanaimo on Monday when a car &ldquo;went flying past her.&rdquo;Seconds later, money started floating down around her.READ MORE2020 Ended With A Literal Dumpster Fire, Because Of CourseHow Canadians Started Community Fridges In Their CitiesHere's The Last Day You Can Pay Using Th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-woman-saw-cash-raining-from-the-sky-and-returned-it-to-police/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 17:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-woman-saw-cash-raining-from-the-sky-and-returned-it-to-police/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WestJet Announces Layoffs, Flight Cuts Amid New Restrictions]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALGARY &#8213; WestJet Airlines Ltd. says about 1,000 employees will be furloughed, temporarily laid off, put on unpaid leave or have their hours cut in the wake of new travel rules from the federal government.The airline also says it will cut about 30 per cent of its capacity for February and March and pull 160 domestic departures from its schedule.WestJet chief executive Ed Sims says the federal government&rsquo;s COVID-19 testing policy led to unprecedented travel cancellations, leaving the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/westjet-announces-layoffs-flight-cuts-amid-new-restrictions/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/westjet-announces-layoffs-flight-cuts-amid-new-restrictions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WestJet Announces Layoffs, Blaming 'Incoherent' Federal COVID Testing Rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[The CEO of WestJet Airlines Ltd. is laying the blame squarely on &ldquo;incoherent&Prime; policy from Ottawa as his carrier cuts staff and flights in response to new COVID-19 testing requirements for passengers returning to Canada.The Calgary-based airline announced Friday about 1,000 employees will be furloughed, temporarily laid off, put on unpaid leave or have their hours cut, and it will chop about 30 per cent of its capacity for February and March and pull 160 domestic departures from its s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/westjet-announces-layoffs-blaming-incoherent-federal-covid-testing-rules/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/westjet-announces-layoffs-blaming-incoherent-federal-covid-testing-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public Health Employee Removes Posts After 'Unacceptable' Jamaica Trip]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The president of the Public Health Agency of Canada says it is &ldquo;unacceptable&rdquo; that one of the agency&rsquo;s managers ignored advice and vacationed in Jamaica last fall.Iain Stewart says although the trip taken by Dominique Baker in November was not related to her work for the federal agency, its employees are expected to heed the public health advice not to travel.Baker has now removed a blog post from her personal style blog and videos from her Instagram account abou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/public-health-employee-removes-posts-after-unacceptable-jamaica-trip/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/public-health-employee-removes-posts-after-unacceptable-jamaica-trip/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Employment Recovery Ends In December, With 63,000 Jobs Lost]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was a good run while it lasted.After seven straight months of job gains, Canada&rsquo;s recovery from the spring lockdowns came to a grinding halt in December, according to Statistics Canada data released Friday.The country lost 63,000 jobs last month, considerably more than the 38,000 economists had been expecting, on average.Another measure of Canada&rsquo;s economy &#8213; the Ivey Purchasing Managers&rsquo; Index (PMI) &#8213; shrank for the first time since May, convincing many experts t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-employment-recovery-ends-in-december-with-63000-jobs-lost/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-employment-recovery-ends-in-december-with-63000-jobs-lost/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does Cold Weather Make COVID-19 Spread More Easily?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every day it seems we learn something new about the spread of COVID-19. From the effectiveness of mask-wearing to aerosol transmission, the past year has been filled with research and learning about the deadly virus.&nbsp;As the one of the most frigid times of the year is upon us, many Canadians have a new pressing concern about COVID-19 &mdash; the cold, and how the chilling temperatures could make the virus worse.One thing we do know for sure &mdash; cold weather and snow don&rsquo;t prevent C]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/does-cold-weather-make-covid-19-spread-more-easily/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 23:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/does-cold-weather-make-covid-19-spread-more-easily/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singh Calls Out Proud Boys In Push Against ‘Domestic Terrorism’]]></title><description><![CDATA[NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called the security breach at the U.S. Capitol an &ldquo;act of domestic terrorism,&rdquo; and warned Canada is not immune to the same kind of hate paraded by supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump.Singh&rsquo;s initial statement Wednesday, released shortly after rioters stormed the halls of Congress, blamed Trump by name for inciting the day&rsquo;s violence. The outgoing president, who repeatedly has made baseless claims of voter fraud after losing to Democrat J]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/singh-calls-out-proud-boys-in-push-against-domestic-terrorism/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 23:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/singh-calls-out-proud-boys-in-push-against-domestic-terrorism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Tweets About The Capitol Hill Insurrection That Show White Privilege In Action]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world watched in horror Wednesday as pro-Trump rioters took over the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Throughout the hectic, often surreal afternoon,&nbsp;politicians, Capitol staff and members of the press were evacuated or hid as the mob scaled walls, broke windows and looted in legislators&rsquo; empty personal offices, repeating the false claim that Trump actually won the November election.&nbsp;Four people died.American president Donald Trump, meanwhile, told rioters to go home and asked the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/10-tweets-about-the-capitol-hill-insurrection-that-show-white-privilege-in-action/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 22:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/10-tweets-about-the-capitol-hill-insurrection-that-show-white-privilege-in-action/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most Schools In Ontario To Remain Closed Until Jan. 25]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario says its schools will remain closed for in-person learning until Jan. 25.The province&rsquo;s chief medical officer of health says the move is being made to ensure students and staff in schools remain safe as rates of COVID-19 increase.All students are currently learning online as part of a provincial lockdown, but those in northern Ontario and elementary students in southern Ontario were supposed to return to schools next week.Premier Doug Ford says he received new data]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/most-schools-in-ontario-to-remain-closed-until-jan-25/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 21:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/most-schools-in-ontario-to-remain-closed-until-jan-25/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danish Kids’ Show Features Misadventures Of Man With Giant Penis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is a show about a man with a comically long penis appropriate for kids?That&rsquo;s the question being debated throughout Europe now, as it&rsquo;s the premise of a new animated show on the Danish network DR.John Dillermand, the titular protagonist of the claymation show, has a penis two or three times as long as his body. Diller is Danish slang for &ldquo;penis,&rdquo; the Guardian points out, so his name literally translates to John Penis-Man.&ldquo;Imagine if you had the world&rsquo;s longest]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/danish-kids-show-features-misadventures-of-man-with-giant-penis/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 20:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/danish-kids-show-features-misadventures-of-man-with-giant-penis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Past Year Made It Clear Why Harry And Meghan Wanted To Leave]]></title><description><![CDATA[It may be hard to remember through the fog of everything that followed, but when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle&nbsp;announced they were stepping down from their roles&nbsp;as senior members of the Royal Family last January, it was a shock.2020 was a year when the word &ldquo;unprecedented&rdquo; started to lose its meaning, but for such high-profile British royals to reject their position in favour of privacy and independence was something that had truly never happened before.This week marks on]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-past-year-made-it-clear-why-harry-and-meghan-wanted-to-leave/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 20:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-past-year-made-it-clear-why-harry-and-meghan-wanted-to-leave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statistics Canada Is Hiring 32,000 People For The 2021 Census]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amid Canada&rsquo;s ongoing pandemic-related job slump, there&rsquo;s one employer that desperately needs workers now: Statistics Canada.The federal agency is hiring 32,000 people for this spring&rsquo;s census, offering pay of $17.83 per hour for part-time, non-supervisory jobs, or $21.77 per hour for full-time, supervisory &ldquo;crew leader&rdquo; jobs. Pay rates are higher in Northern and remote communities.Candidates must be 18 years of age or older, and need to be Canadian citizens or othe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/statistics-canada-is-hiring-32000-people-for-the-2021-census/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 18:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/statistics-canada-is-hiring-32000-people-for-the-2021-census/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don’t Make Assumptions About Vaccine After Outbreak At Care Home: Experts]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; A growing COVID-19 outbreak in the first Quebec long-term care to receive Pfizer&rsquo;s vaccine is not a reason to question the shot&rsquo;s efficacy, an infectious diseases expert said Wednesday.As of Tuesday, there were 123 active cases of COVID-19 at the CHSLD Saint-Antoinein Quebec City, up from 98 cases two days earlier. The residence, which began vaccinating residents on Dec. 14, has reported 12 deaths from the disease during the pandemic&rsquo;s second wave.Local health]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dont-make-assumptions-about-vaccine-after-outbreak-at-care-home-experts/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 16:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dont-make-assumptions-about-vaccine-after-outbreak-at-care-home-experts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ralph Goodale Rejects Iran's Offer Of Compensation For Plane Crash Victims]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada&rsquo;s special adviser on the Iranian military&rsquo;s downing of a passenger jet one year ago this week is rejecting Tehran&rsquo;s offer to pay $150,000 to the families of those killed in the tragedy.Ralph Goodale, the former Liberal public safety minister, says Iran doesn&rsquo;t have the right to offer compensation to victims&rsquo; families unilaterally.Goodale told The Canadian Press the final amount will be subject to negotiations between Iran and Canada and the fou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ralph-goodale-rejects-irans-offer-of-compensation-for-plane-crash-victims/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ralph-goodale-rejects-irans-offer-of-compensation-for-plane-crash-victims/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Ban On Flights From The U.K. To Expire As New Testing Rules Kick In]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada&rsquo;s ban on flights from the United Kingdom is not being extended, replaced by a stringent COVID-19 testing program for air travellers.Canada halted most air travel from the U.K., where a mutated strain of COVID-19 had been discovered, on Dec. 20.New rules that require passengers returning from abroad to show proof of negative COVID-19 test results will prevent the virus from bleeding across borders, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said.Effective Thursday, passengers age]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-ban-on-flights-from-the-uk-to-expire-as-new-testing-rules-kick-in/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 02:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-ban-on-flights-from-the-uk-to-expire-as-new-testing-rules-kick-in/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quebec Imposes Province-Wide 8 P.M. Curfew Starting This Weekend]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; Quebec Premier Francois Legault is imposing a provincewide 8 p.m. curfew beginning Saturday as a way to halt surging COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations.The province will become the first in the country to impose such a drastic measure to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.Legault says the curfew will last between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. for four weeks, until Feb. 8.More coming.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-imposes-province-wide-8-pm-curfew-starting-this-weekend/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 23:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-imposes-province-wide-8-pm-curfew-starting-this-weekend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garneau Slams Airlines For Hiring Influencers To Promote Pandemic Travel]]></title><description><![CDATA[As scores of politicians and officials across Canada face backlash for taking tropical vacations amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, federal transportation minister Marc Garneau says it is irresponsible for airlines to promote travel abroad.During a press briefing Wednesday, Garneau announced new testing protocols for travellers, in response to reports that airlines like Air Canada have been hiring and paying influencers to promote international travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.&ldquo;I feel that i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/garneau-slams-airlines-for-hiring-influencers-to-promote-pandemic-travel/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 23:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/garneau-slams-airlines-for-hiring-influencers-to-promote-pandemic-travel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Hopeful U.S. Capitol Chaos ‘Will Return To Normal Shortly’]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Shortly after violent protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he&rsquo;s confident in the strength of America&rsquo;s democratic institutions and is hopeful &ldquo;everything will return to normal shortly.&rdquo;Trudeau made the comment in a radio interview with Vancouver&rsquo;s News 1130, saying he is &ldquo;obviously&rdquo; concerned about what&rsquo;s happening in Washington D.C., and is following the situation closely.&nbsp;&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-hopeful-us-capitol-chaos-will-return-to-normal-shortly/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 22:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-hopeful-us-capitol-chaos-will-return-to-normal-shortly/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Plan To Vaccinate 600 Inmates Met With Fierce Resistance]]></title><description><![CDATA[At least 600 federal inmates will receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting Friday, raising questions about whether Canadians who&rsquo;ve committed crimes should be protected from the virus before health-care workers, prison staff and the general population.&nbsp;Correctional Service Canada will distribute doses to 600 prisons across the country and target elderly inmates who are at an &ldquo;acute&rdquo; risk of developing severe symptoms if they contract the virus, said Minister of Public Safety]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-plan-to-vaccinate-600-inmates-met-with-fierce-resistance/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 22:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-plan-to-vaccinate-600-inmates-met-with-fierce-resistance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Plan To Vaccinate 1,200 Inmates Met With Fierce Resistance]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 1,200 federal inmates will receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting Friday, raising questions about whether Canadians who&rsquo;ve committed crimes should be protected from the virus before health-care workers, prison staff and the general population.&nbsp;Correctional Service Canada will distribute the doses to prisons across the country and target elderly inmates who are at an &ldquo;acute&rdquo; risk of developing severe symptoms if they contract the virus, said Minister of Public Safe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-plan-to-vaccinate-1200-inmates-met-with-fierce-resistance/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 22:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-plan-to-vaccinate-1200-inmates-met-with-fierce-resistance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Capitol Evacuated As Rioters Storm Building]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash;&nbsp;Hundreds of supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as a joint session of Congress met to certify the results of the election Trump lost.Capitol office buildings were evacuated, members of Congress sheltered in place, and the Capitol went on lockdown as Trump-supporting extremists clashed with law enforcement officials protecting the seat of the United States government.Vice President Mike Pence was quickly brough]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/us-capitol-evacuated-as-rioters-storm-building/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 21:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/us-capitol-evacuated-as-rioters-storm-building/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Urged To Call In Military As Long-Term Care Staff Die Of COVID-19]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two long-term care workers have died of COVID-19 in the past week in Ontario as calls grow for military intervention and accelerated vaccination of residents and staff.Maureen Ambersley, a registered practical nurse of 16 years and union steward with SEIU Healthcare, died at 57. She worked at a Mississauga, Ont. nursing home owned by the long-term care home operator Extendicare.&ldquo;Maureen represented everything good about what it means to serve your community,&rdquo; union president Sharleen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-urged-to-call-in-military-as-long-term-care-staff-die-of-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 21:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-urged-to-call-in-military-as-long-term-care-staff-die-of-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Child Benefit Policy Might Be Sexist, But ‘Saves Lives’]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2021, is child-rearing still a woman&rsquo;s job? Well yes, according to the federal government, which considers the female parent to be primarily responsible for the care and upbringing of a child, for the purposes of distributing the Canada Child Benefit (CCB). It&rsquo;s a policy which admittedly sounds sexist, but some experts say it might also save lives.&ldquo;When both a female and male parent live in the same home as the child, the female parent is usually considered to be primarily r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-child-benefit-policy-might-be-sexist-but-saves-lives/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 20:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-child-benefit-policy-might-be-sexist-but-saves-lives/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home Sales Hit All-Time Records In Many Canadian Cities Amid Holiday Shutdowns]]></title><description><![CDATA[With malls closed over the holidays in many places due to the pandemic, it seems Canadians went shopping for houses instead.Home sales in December &#8213; typically a dead zone for real estate transactions &#8213; hit all-time highs in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, the cities&rsquo; real estate boards reported this week.&ldquo;A strong economic rebound in many sectors of the economy, ultra-low borrowing costs and the enhanced use of technology for virtual open houses and showings fuelled and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/home-sales-hit-all-time-records-in-many-canadian-cities-amid-holiday-shutdowns/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 19:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/home-sales-hit-all-time-records-in-many-canadian-cities-amid-holiday-shutdowns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Caillou' Is Cancelled And Parents Are Thrilled]]></title><description><![CDATA[PBS Kids announced Tuesday, on Twitter, that &ldquo;Caillou&rdquo;&nbsp;has been cancelled.&nbsp;The broadcaster also shared a helpful article with tips on how to break it to the kids.While many kids will need some extra hugs to help them process this news&nbsp; &#8213; remember how you felt watching the series finale of your favourite show? &#8213; it looks like their grown-ups will be alright. Many are taking to social media to share their feelings. And it&rsquo;s not all nice.Alluding to Cail]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/caillou-is-cancelled-and-parents-are-thrilled/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 18:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/caillou-is-cancelled-and-parents-are-thrilled/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long Pandemic Could Lead To Rise In Right-Wing Extremism In Canada: Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A new research report by the Department of National Defence suggests the longer the COVID-19 pandemic rages, the stronger right-wing extremism and other threats in Canada and around the world are likely to become.The report prepared by the Defence Department&rsquo;s research arm lays out a range of political, economic and security challenges that could emerge &mdash; or become more prominent &mdash; depending on how long the pandemic remains.To that end, it looks at what may happe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/long-pandemic-could-lead-to-rise-in-right-wing-extremism-in-canada-report/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 18:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/long-pandemic-could-lead-to-rise-in-right-wing-extremism-in-canada-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maxime Bernier Joins List Of Politicians Who Travelled During The Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The one-time Conservative cabinet minister and MP who broke ranks to form his own political party is among the Canadians who&rsquo;ve headed south in recent months.&nbsp;Maxime Bernier, who leads the libertarian People&rsquo;s Party of Canada, went to Florida in November with his wife for a vacation.A spokesman says the pair did quarantine for the full 14 days required when they returned.Bernier has been vocal in his disagreement with COVID-19 lockdown measures, including restrict]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/maxime-bernier-joins-list-of-politicians-who-travelled-during-the-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/maxime-bernier-joins-list-of-politicians-who-travelled-during-the-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Hospital CEO Resigns From Health Panels After Caribbean Trip]]></title><description><![CDATA[A physician who travelled to the Dominican Republic over the holidays has resigned from a group of experts that help guide the Ontario government&rsquo;s response to COVID-19.Dr. Tom Stewart is chief executive officer of the Niagara Health System and the St. Joseph&rsquo;s Health System.In March, the Ministry of Health welcomed Stewart to the government&rsquo;s Command Table that was set up to provide strategic direction to the province about the novel coronavirus outbreak.Late Tuesday, the mini]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-hospital-ceo-resigns-from-health-panels-after-caribbean-trip/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-hospital-ceo-resigns-from-health-panels-after-caribbean-trip/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter Nygard To Seek Bail In Winnipeg Over Sex Trafficking Charges]]></title><description><![CDATA[WINNIPEG &mdash; Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard is expected to seek bail Wednesday following his arrest in Winnipeg last month over charges he faces in the United States of using his influence to lure women and girls for sex.Nygard, who is 79, was arrested in December under the Extradition Act and faces nine counts in the southern District of New York, including racketeering and sex trafficking.Documents from the U.S. Attorney&rsquo;s Office allege Nygard frequently targeted women and under]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/peter-nygard-to-seek-bail-in-winnipeg-over-sex-trafficking-charges/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/peter-nygard-to-seek-bail-in-winnipeg-over-sex-trafficking-charges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simu Liu Surprises Widowed Toronto Dad And Kids At Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Playstation 5s were a near-impossible-to-get-your-hands-on gift&#65279; this holiday season, but &ldquo;Kim&rsquo;s Convenience&rdquo;&nbsp;star Simu Liu wanted to be sure one single dad in Toronto was among the few to receive the newly launched gaming console for his kids.&ldquo;This year for Christmas, I really wanted to just spread good cheer and highlight the efforts of someone in the community who&rsquo;s doing real good, and the person we&rsquo;re visiting today is Stan,&rdquo; explained L]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/simu-liu-surprises-widowed-toronto-dad-and-kids-at-home/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 04:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/simu-liu-surprises-widowed-toronto-dad-and-kids-at-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is Vaccine Wastage And Is It Happening In Alberta?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Right now, the COVID-19 vaccine is equivalent to lifesaving, liquid gold.As vaccinations continue to roll out across Canada, speculation is swirling on social media about vaccine wastage, the worrying scenario that not all of the vaccine doses are going into the arms of Canadians that need it.This week, Alberta health officials took to social media to try and dispel rumours that doses there are being thrown out. But how concerned should you be about wasted vaccine?&nbsp;Here&rsquo;s what you nee]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/what-is-vaccine-wastage-and-is-it-happening-in-alberta/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 01:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/what-is-vaccine-wastage-and-is-it-happening-in-alberta/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Will Canada Start Vaccinating The General Population Against COVID-19?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The COVID-19 vaccine is here and every day thousands of doses are administered across Canada.While we know the key groups getting the shot now &mdash; long-term care residents and health-care workers &mdash; what about the rest of us? While details vary across the country, provincial health authorities are starting to give us an idea as to when vaccinations will be more widely available.B.C.&rsquo;s chief medical officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the rollout will constantly evolve in the coming mont]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/when-will-canada-start-vaccinating-the-general-population-against-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 23:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/when-will-canada-start-vaccinating-the-general-population-against-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds Shares His Cameo In One Of Alex Trebek's Last 'Jeopardy!' Episodes]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week will be the last time you can watch new &ldquo;Jeopardy!&rdquo; episodes of the late TV legend&nbsp;Alex Trebek, as the show airs his final episodes as their long-running host.It&rsquo;s bound to be an emotional watch for fans, including Ryan Reynolds: The &ldquo;Deadpool&rdquo; actor shared a clip on Twitter of one of the upcoming episodes, in which the two Canadians present a clue related to Reynolds&rsquo; upcoming film, &ldquo;Free Guy.&rdquo;&ldquo;It&rsquo;s an honour (and a litt]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ryan-reynolds-shares-his-cameo-in-one-of-alex-trebeks-last-jeopardy-episodes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 23:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ryan-reynolds-shares-his-cameo-in-one-of-alex-trebeks-last-jeopardy-episodes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Parents Should Do Instead Of A Time Out]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whether referred to as&nbsp;&ldquo;the naughty chair&rdquo; or &ldquo;corner time,&rdquo; time outs have long been used by parents and caregivers to discipline kids. But are time outs really all that effective?Leading child development experts, like Dr. Daniel Siegel,&nbsp;a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, are of the opinion that time outs are actually more harmful than effective for kids.&nbsp;&ldquo;Even when presented in a patient and loving manner, time-outs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/what-parents-should-do-instead-of-a-time-out/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 22:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/what-parents-should-do-instead-of-a-time-out/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nintendo Buys Next Level Games, B.C.-Based Maker Of 'Luigi's Mansion' Games]]></title><description><![CDATA[A well-known British Columbia video game studio is about to become an official part of gaming giant Nintendo.Japan-based Nintendo has announced it&rsquo;s buying Vancouver-based Next Level Games, which employs more than 100 people and is known for games such as &ldquo;Luigi&rsquo;s Mansion: Dark Moon,&rdquo; &ldquo;Luigi&rsquo;s Mansion 3,&rdquo; &ldquo;Super Mario Strikers&rdquo; and &ldquo;Captain America: Super Soldier.&rdquo;Nintendo will buy 100 per cent of the company&rsquo;s stock for an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/nintendo-buys-next-level-games-bc-based-maker-of-luigis-mansion-games/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 22:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/nintendo-buys-next-level-games-bc-based-maker-of-luigis-mansion-games/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Canadians Started Community Fridges In Their Cities]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is part of an ongoing HuffPost Canada series on food insecurity and how it&rsquo;s affecting Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this edition, we talk to the everyday people running community fridges in their cities and find out what it takes for an everyday Canadian to run one in their area.&nbsp;&ldquo;Is your refrigerator running?&rdquo; sounds like the start of a dad joke, but during a pandemic it&rsquo;s taken quite literally by hundreds who depend on community fridges; usually]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-canadians-started-community-fridges-in-their-cities/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 21:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-canadians-started-community-fridges-in-their-cities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WestJet Sells Its Boeing 767s To Amazon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon has bought all four of WestJet&rsquo;s Boeing 767 jets as part of its first aircraft purchase, the online retail giant announced Tuesday.The planes, which Amazon bought last March, are being converted and will join&nbsp;the retailer&rsquo;s&nbsp;air cargo fleet later this year, Amazon said in a statement.Seven other airplanes, which Amazon bought from United Airlines, will join the fleet in 2022.Calgary-based WestJet says it removed its Boeing 767s from service last year and shifted to Bo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/westjet-sells-its-boeing-767s-to-amazon/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/westjet-sells-its-boeing-767s-to-amazon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau: Vacationers Won’t Have Access To Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadians who ignore public health guidelines to vacation abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic will not have access to a new benefit meant for those with no choice but to quarantine at home, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says.At a press conference outside Rideau Cottage Tuesday, Trudeau said he shared Canadians&rsquo; frustration and anger about a loophole in his government&rsquo;s Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB), and pledged the situation would be corrected &ldquo;quickly.&rdquo;Watch: S]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-vacationers-wont-have-access-to-canada-recovery-sickness-benefit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 20:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-vacationers-wont-have-access-to-canada-recovery-sickness-benefit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popular Baby Names For 2021 Take Inspiration From Magic And Cottagecore]]></title><description><![CDATA[It makes sense, after the year we&rsquo;ve had, that many new parents searching for baby names are turning to nature or magic for inspiration.Those are two of the major baby-name trends identified by Nameberry&nbsp;for 2021.The site has predicted a rise in &ldquo;cottagecore&rdquo; names, given by parents who either dream of escaping confined urban areas for the great outdoors or have actually made the switch.&nbsp;&ldquo;Vintage and ethereal&rdquo; names like&nbsp;Faye, Flora and&nbsp;Maisie as]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/popular-baby-names-for-2021-take-inspiration-from-magic-and-cottagecore/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 19:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/popular-baby-names-for-2021-take-inspiration-from-magic-and-cottagecore/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq Says ‘Extreme’ Burnout Was A Reason For Leave Of Absence]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Nunavut MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq has returned to work after &ldquo;extreme burnout, depression, and anxiety&rdquo; prompted her to take a two-month leave of absence.The NDP MP&rsquo;s leave was announced on Oct. 23. In a statement at the time, Qaqqaq said her doctor recommended an eight-week break to address unspecified health issues.Qaqqaq clarified in a video Monday that she has been off work &ldquo;due to extreme burnout, depression, and anxiety.&rdquo;&nbsp;She said witnessing &ldqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ndp-mp-mumilaaq-qaqqaq-says-extreme-burnout-was-a-reason-for-leave-of-absence/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 18:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ndp-mp-mumilaaq-qaqqaq-says-extreme-burnout-was-a-reason-for-leave-of-absence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta Mom Slams Travelling Politicians After Postponing Make-A-Wish Trip]]></title><description><![CDATA[EDMONTON &mdash; An Alberta mother says she&rsquo;s outraged by various politicians and staff who decided to travel abroad over the holidays, while a dream trip to Hawaii for her terminally ill son had to be postponed.Lia Lousier of Airdrie, a bedroom community just north of Calgary, says nine-year-old Braeden is one of 100 people in the world to be diagnosed with a rare inherited connective tissue disease called Hajdu-Cheney syndrome.&ldquo;He has something going on with every major organ in hi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alberta-mom-slams-travelling-politicians-after-postponing-make-a-wish-trip/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 18:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alberta-mom-slams-travelling-politicians-after-postponing-make-a-wish-trip/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Opens 1st Field Hospital As Health-Care System Pushed To Limit]]></title><description><![CDATA[BURLINGTON, Ont. &mdash; Ontario&rsquo;s first field hospital built during the coronavirus pandemic is taking patients this week as COVID-19 infections strain the health-care system.&nbsp;The facility in Burlington, Ont., which was built on the grounds of Joseph Brant Hospital, was ready to treat patients as of Monday.&nbsp;The hospital says it&rsquo;s responding to increased pressure on hospital capacity across the southern Ontario region that includes Hamilton, Niagara, Haldimand County and Bu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-opens-1st-field-hospital-as-health-care-system-pushed-to-limit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 16:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-opens-1st-field-hospital-as-health-care-system-pushed-to-limit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Travel Industry 'In Tailspin' After Government Announces New COVID Test Rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALGARY &#8213; The travel industry in Canada has been thrown into a &ldquo;tailspin&rdquo; by new federal rules requiring a COVID-19 test before Canadians are allowed back into the country from most international travel, says the Association of Canadian Independent Travel Advisors.The timing of Transport Minister Marc Garneau&rsquo;s announcement of the new protocol last Thursday &#8213; New Year&rsquo;s Eve &#8213; could not have been worse because many agents had closed their offices for the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-travel-industry-in-tailspin-after-government-announces-new-covid-test-rules/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 15:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-travel-industry-in-tailspin-after-government-announces-new-covid-test-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CEO Bonuses Should Be Cancelled For Companies That Take Canada's Wage Subsidy: CCPA]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &#8213; The federal government is being urged to explicitly prevent Canada&rsquo;s highest-paid CEOs from getting bonuses if their companies obtained wage subsidies.&ldquo;The wage subsidy in Canada is being changed on an almost monthly basis to tweak it, to improve it, and one of those tweaks should absolutely be that going forward you cannot receive a wage subsidy and pay out big bonuses to your execs,&Prime; said David Macdonald, senior economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alte]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ceo-bonuses-should-be-cancelled-for-companies-that-take-canadas-wage-subsidy-ccpa/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 15:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ceo-bonuses-should-be-cancelled-for-companies-that-take-canadas-wage-subsidy-ccpa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[1 In 2 Canadians Broke COVID-19 Rules Over The Holidays, Poll Suggests]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A new survey suggests nearly half of Canadians visited with family or friends over the winter holiday period.The poll by L&eacute;ger and the Association for Canadian Studies found 48 per cent of those surveyed visited with people outside their households, compared to 52 per cent who said they did not.Public health officials had pleaded with Canadians to sharply limit their contacts during the holidays to avoid massive spikes in COVID-19 cases. But it appears something gave for Ca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/1-in-2-canadians-broke-covid-19-rules-over-the-holidays-poll-suggests/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 14:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/1-in-2-canadians-broke-covid-19-rules-over-the-holidays-poll-suggests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here’s A Bunch Of Politicians Who Travelled Abroad Telling Us Not To Travel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do as I say, not as I do.That&rsquo;s the resounding message from a growing number of Canadian political figures in hot water this week for international travel, despite COVID-19 guidelines against it.After it was revealed that Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips was vacationing in St. Barts over the winter holiday &mdash; despite sharing social media messages about the importance of making sacrifices to prevent the spread of the virus &mdash; the minister resigned from cabinet.&nbsp;It turns]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/heres-a-bunch-of-politicians-who-travelled-abroad-telling-us-not-to-travel/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 02:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/heres-a-bunch-of-politicians-who-travelled-abroad-telling-us-not-to-travel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hilaria Baldwin's Family Defends Her After Fake Spanish Heritage Scandal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like everything else from 2020, last year&rsquo;s biggest cancelled celebrities moments now feel like a blur. At this point it&rsquo;s hard to remember exactly when&nbsp;stars as big as Ellen DeGeneres and J.K. Rowling were rightfully called out for their conduct. But one controversial famous person was the holiday break&rsquo;s hottest topic: In late December, Alec Baldwin&rsquo;s Instagram influencer wife&nbsp;Hilaria Baldwin trended on Twitter after a user&nbsp;pointed out that she had preten]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/hilaria-baldwins-family-defends-her-after-fake-spanish-heritage-scandal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 01:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/hilaria-baldwins-family-defends-her-after-fake-spanish-heritage-scandal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bail To Be Denied For Teen Charged With Death Of Calgary Police Officer]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALGARY &mdash; Two teens accused in a police officer&rsquo;s death made their first court appearances Monday while a memorial of flowers and balloons continued to grow at the site where he was killed.Blue ribbons were tied to trees, light standards, mailboxes and onto police cars in Calgary in memory of Sgt. Andrew Harnett, who was hit and dragged late Thursday night while attempting to stop an SUV with plates that didn&rsquo;t match.Police say paramedics and fellow officers tried to revive Har]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bail-to-be-denied-for-teen-charged-with-death-of-calgary-police-officer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bail-to-be-denied-for-teen-charged-with-death-of-calgary-police-officer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bail Denied For Teen Charged With Death Of Calgary Police Officer]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALGARY &mdash; Two teens accused in a police officer&rsquo;s death made their first court appearances Monday while a memorial of flowers and balloons continued to grow at the site where he was killed.Blue ribbons were tied to trees, light standards, mailboxes and onto police cars in Calgary in memory of Sgt. Andrew Harnett, who was hit and dragged late Thursday night while attempting to stop an SUV with plates that didn&rsquo;t match.Police say paramedics and fellow officers tried to revive Har]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bail-denied-for-teen-charged-with-death-of-calgary-police-officer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bail-denied-for-teen-charged-with-death-of-calgary-police-officer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Busy Philipps Shares How She Plans To Support Her Non-Binary Kid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Busy Philipps hasn&rsquo;t totally gotten used to using her child&rsquo;s they/them pronouns yet, but she&rsquo;s getting there.On a recent episode of her podcast Busy Philipps is Doing Her Best, the actress opened up about Birdie, the eldest of her two children, coming out as gay and non-binary.Birdie, who gave their mom permission to talk about all of this this publicly, is 12 years old now. They were 10 when they first came out to Philipps and her husband, screenwriter Marc Silverstein. Recen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/busy-philipps-shares-how-she-plans-to-support-her-non-binary-kid/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 22:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/busy-philipps-shares-how-she-plans-to-support-her-non-binary-kid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta Minister, Top Kenney Aide Out After Holiday Travel Controversy]]></title><description><![CDATA[EDMONTON &mdash; The hammer has dropped on members of the Alberta government caucus and staff who recently travelled abroad during the COVID-19 crisis.Premier Jason Kenney, in a Facebook post, says he has accepted the resignation of Municipal Affairs Minister Tracy Allard and he has asked his chief of staff Jamie Huckabay to step down.Albertans have every right to expect that people in positions of public trust be held to a higher standard of conduct...Posted by Jason Kenney on&nbsp;Monday, Janu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alberta-minister-top-kenney-aide-out-after-holiday-travel-controversy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 21:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alberta-minister-top-kenney-aide-out-after-holiday-travel-controversy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario's Vaccine Rollout Will Ramp Up Significantly In Coming Weeks: Ford]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; An Ontario health-care worker is the first person in the province to receive both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.Anita Quidangen was given her second shot Monday at Toronto&rsquo;s University Health Network.Quidangen says she hopes others will follow in her footsteps as the province continues its rollout of two COVID-19 vaccines.Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who was present as Quidangen and four others were set to receive their second dose, acknowledged there have been &ldquo;a few b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-vaccine-rollout-will-ramp-up-significantly-in-coming-weeks-ford/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 19:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-vaccine-rollout-will-ramp-up-significantly-in-coming-weeks-ford/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Top CEOs Make 200 Times More Than The Average Worker: Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the average amount paid to the country&rsquo;s top chief executives in 2019 was down from 2018, but still more than 200 times the average worker compensation.The annual report says the average pay of a top-100 CEO in 2019 was $10.8 million, down from a record high of $11.8 million in 2018.It says the decline was largely accounted for by several CEOs receiving extremely high compensation packages in 2018, compared to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-top-ceos-make-200-times-more-than-the-average-worker-report/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 16:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-top-ceos-make-200-times-more-than-the-average-worker-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[1 In 3 Ontario Nursing Homes Now Have COVID-19 Outbreaks]]></title><description><![CDATA[A third of Ontario&rsquo;s long-term care homes are reporting COVID-19 outbreaks, marking a new record for the province, as advocates say spread among staff has forced some facilities to seek new sources of support to care for residents.&nbsp;According to provincial data, 207 of the 626 long-term care homes in Ontario are currently experiencing outbreaks of the virus, including 19 new ones reported Sunday.&nbsp;The CEO of the Ontario Long-Term Care Association, which represents nearly 70 per cen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/1-in-3-ontario-nursing-homes-now-have-covid-19-outbreaks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 15:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/1-in-3-ontario-nursing-homes-now-have-covid-19-outbreaks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Mull Cutting New $1K Sick-Leave Benefit For Canadians Who Travelled]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal Liberal government is weighing whether to bar people who have travelled overseas from a new sick-leave benefit that pays up to $1,000 to Canadians who have to quarantine due to COVID-19.The Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit was launched in the fall to help Canadians who are unable to work because they must quarantine during the pandemic. It pays $500 per week to a maximum of two weeks.&nbsp;But Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough says the government is &ldquo;actively]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-mull-cutting-new-1k-sick-leave-benefit-for-canadians-who-travelled/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 23:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-mull-cutting-new-1k-sick-leave-benefit-for-canadians-who-travelled/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here’s A List Of Canadian Politicians Caught Travelling Over Holidays]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than a dozen elected officials and political staffers travelled abroad over the Christmas break while public health officials pleaded with Canadians to remain home as COVID-19 cases surged.1/3 The safest way to celebrate the #holidayseason is with members of your immediate household and to avoid non-essential travel. This isn&rsquo;t easy and I encourage everyone to take care of your #MentalHealth and wellness.&mdash; Dr. Theresa Tam (@CPHO_Canada) December 6, 2020A growing number of federa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/heres-a-list-of-canadian-politicians-caught-travelling-over-holidays/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 18:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/heres-a-list-of-canadian-politicians-caught-travelling-over-holidays/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wondering When The Pandemic Will End? Here’s The Expected Timeline For Canadians.]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Once the pandemic is over.&rdquo;That&rsquo;s the caveat when making plans with friends, family and pretty much anyone else these days. We have two vaccines&nbsp;approved in Canada, and worldwide there are dozens of others in various trial stages.But it might be a while before everyone in the country is vaccinated. And, in the meantime, cases are spiking and hospitals in some provinces are dealing with worrying capacity issues.Where we go from here is complicated, experts say. There are s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/wondering-when-the-pandemic-will-end-heres-the-expected-timeline-for-canadians/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/wondering-when-the-pandemic-will-end-heres-the-expected-timeline-for-canadians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[$1,000 Federal Sickness Benefit Can Be Used To Quarantine After Non-Essential Travel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadians who must quarantine after returning from travelling abroad can apply for the federal government&rsquo;s Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) to quarantine, even if their trip was non-essential, Public Services Minister Carla Qualtrough&rsquo;s press secretary, Marielle Hossack, told La Presse in an interview published Saturday.&nbsp;The CRSB is meant to compensate employees for income they lose because they need to quarantine. The benefit is $500 per week for a maximum of two weeks.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/1000-federal-sickness-benefit-can-be-used-to-quarantine-after-non-essential-travel/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 02:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/1000-federal-sickness-benefit-can-be-used-to-quarantine-after-non-essential-travel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Larry King Fighting COVID-19 In Los Angeles Hospital: Reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Talk show host Larry King&nbsp;has been hospitalized in Los Angeles for more than a week with coronavirus symptoms, according to&nbsp;multiplereports.King, 87, is being treated in a region where health care resources have been stretched to the breaking point as patients with severe COVID-19 have filled intensive care units and spilled into hallways across Southern California. His family has not been allowed to visit him because of safety regulations, CNN reported.King has faced a number of healt]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/larry-king-fighting-covid-19-in-los-angeles-hospital-reports/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/larry-king-fighting-covid-19-in-los-angeles-hospital-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 Members Of Family Killed In Alberta Helicopter Crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[SPIRIT RIVER, Alta. &mdash; First responders and members of a tight-knit community in northwestern Alberta reacted with shock and sadness on Saturday after a deadly helicopter crash in their midst that killed four members of the same family.RCMP Sgt. Shawn French said the New Year&rsquo;s Day crash, which took place in a farmer&rsquo;s field about 500 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, killed two adults and two children under the age of 18. Their names and home towns have not yet been released.&l]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/4-members-of-family-killed-in-alberta-helicopter-crash/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/4-members-of-family-killed-in-alberta-helicopter-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calgary Teens Arrested Following Hit-And-Run Death Of Police Officer]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALGARY &mdash; The investigation into the hit-and-run death of an on-duty Calgary police officer continues today.&nbsp;Two teenaged suspects &mdash; one 17 and one 19 &mdash; were arrested yesterday afternoon after surrendering to police.&nbsp;They had been wanted on charges of first-degree murder in the death of Sgt. Andrew Harnett, who police have said was struck and dragged by an SUV he pulled over on New Year&rsquo;s Eve.&nbsp;Staff Sgt. Martin Schiavetta of the force&rsquo;s homicide unit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/calgary-teens-arrested-following-hit-and-run-death-of-police-officer/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2021 17:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/calgary-teens-arrested-following-hit-and-run-death-of-police-officer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada 2021 Housing Forecasts Call For A Boom ... Or The Worst Crash in 40 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[This could be the toughest year in living memory to make predictions about the economy &#8213; especially the housing market.Amid the worst economic slowdown in decades, home sales and prices soared in many Canadian cities in 2020, along with housing markets in many other countries. The average house price in Canada has shot up by 13.8 per cent&nbsp;over the past year, and by 14.6 per cent in the U.S.No wonder this year&rsquo;s batch of year-end forecasts for Canada&rsquo;s housing market are al]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-2021-housing-forecasts-call-for-a-boom-or-the-worst-crash-in-40-years/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2021 17:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-2021-housing-forecasts-call-for-a-boom-or-the-worst-crash-in-40-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NDP Strips Niki Ashton Of Critic Roles After Recent Greece Trip]]></title><description><![CDATA[A prominent member of the federal New Democrats has lost her cabinet critic positions after travelling to Greece in spite of widespread travel restrictions meant to curb the spread of COVID-19.The party released a statement saying Manitoba member of Parliament Niki Ashton travelled to Greece recently to visit a family member who was seriously ill.It says Greek officials, who currently only permit visitors to enter the country if they can prove their trip is essential, approved Ashton&rsquo;s vis]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ndp-strips-niki-ashton-of-critic-roles-after-recent-greece-trip/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2021 03:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ndp-strips-niki-ashton-of-critic-roles-after-recent-greece-trip/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NDP Strip Niki Ashton Of Critic Roles After Recent Greece Trip]]></title><description><![CDATA[A prominent member of the federal New Democrats has lost her cabinet critic positions after travelling to Greece in spite of widespread travel restrictions meant to curb the spread of COVID-19.The party released a statement saying Manitoba member of Parliament Niki Ashton travelled to Greece recently to visit a family member who was seriously ill.It says Greek officials, who currently only permit visitors to enter the country if they can prove their trip is essential, approved Ashton&rsquo;s vis]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ndp-strip-niki-ashton-of-critic-roles-after-recent-greece-trip/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2021 03:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ndp-strip-niki-ashton-of-critic-roles-after-recent-greece-trip/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There Was A Literal Dumpster Fire On New Year’s Eve In Kelowna]]></title><description><![CDATA[Was there any other way for 2020 to go out?First responders in Kelowna, B.C. responded to a literal dumpster fire on New Year&rsquo;s Eve, because apparently the wretched year has a sense of humour.&nbsp;I can't think of a more appropriate way to send off 2020 than a dumpster fire on New year's Eve. #Kelowna@IAFF953 fire crews responded to and knocked down a fire in a dumpster outside Source Adult shop, shortly after 10 p.m. tonight. For @KelownaCapNewspic.twitter.com/1lVov1TZRk&mdash; Phil McLa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/there-was-a-literal-dumpster-fire-on-new-years-eve-in-kelowna/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2021 23:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/there-was-a-literal-dumpster-fire-on-new-years-eve-in-kelowna/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jason Kenney’s Chief Of Staff Quietly Returned From United Kingdom Despite Flight Ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[Several Alberta United Conservative MLAs and senior officials are in hot water following international travel over the winter break &mdash; and chief among them is one of Premier Jason Kenney&rsquo;s chief advisers.&nbsp;While Kenney fielded questions about cabinet minister Tracy Allard&rsquo;s trip to Hawaii over the Christmas break despite provincial guidelines against non-essential international travel, he also admitted several other key officials travelled during the holidays, including his]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jason-kenneys-chief-of-staff-quietly-returned-from-united-kingdom-despite-flight-ban/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2021 23:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jason-kenneys-chief-of-staff-quietly-returned-from-united-kingdom-despite-flight-ban/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murder Warrants Issued For 2 Teens Following Calgary Police Officer’s Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[Calgary police have issued first-degree murder warrants for two people they believe were involved in the death of an officer during a traffic stop.Sgt. Andrew Harnett, who was 37, died on New Year&rsquo;s Eve.Police say he had pulled over an SUV in the neighbourhood of Falconridge about 10:30 p.m. and was hit and dragged on the road when the vehicle took off.A second unrelated vehicle was also involved and may have come into contact with the officer on the road, said police. They added the drive]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/murder-warrants-issued-for-2-teens-following-calgary-police-officers-death/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2021 21:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/murder-warrants-issued-for-2-teens-following-calgary-police-officers-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K. Man Changes Name To ‘Celine Dion’ After Getting Drunk And Watching Her Concert]]></title><description><![CDATA[A U.K. man formerly known as Thomas Dodd has reportedly changed his name to &ldquo;Celine Dion&rdquo; &mdash; and it&rsquo;s all coming back to him now as to how it happened.Dodd told local news outlet Birmingham Live that he had a few too many beverages while watching a recording of a Dion concert, and filed to change his name as a result.&ldquo;I am slightly obsessed with [her], I&rsquo;m not going to lie,&rdquo; he said of the Quebec superstar singer. &ldquo;During lockdown, I&rsquo;ve been w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/uk-man-changes-name-to-celine-dion-after-getting-drunk-and-watching-her-concert/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2021 20:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/uk-man-changes-name-to-celine-dion-after-getting-drunk-and-watching-her-concert/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Business Heroes And Villains In 2020: Sometimes, They Were One And The Same]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the history of the great COVID-19 pandemic is written, it will show that mistakes, as they say, were made. But it will also show that, at times, the best of humanity rose to the top.That&rsquo;s certainly true among Canada&rsquo;s business community this past year, which was faced with an unpredictable, unparalleled crisis that forced the shutdown of countless institutions, throwing three million Canadians out of work at the peak of the crisis, and casting a huge question mark on the surviv]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-business-heroes-and-villains-in-2020-sometimes-they-were-one-and-the-same/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2021 15:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-business-heroes-and-villains-in-2020-sometimes-they-were-one-and-the-same/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate Change In Canada: 3 Crucial Stories To Watch Out For In 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadians were bombarded with news in the final months of 2020, from the U.S. presidential election to skyrocketing COVID-19 case numbers and the first vaccine shipments.In between each of these historic events, steps were also taken to address the other crisis of our lifetime: climate change.As Canada begins a year that the United Nations has said is&nbsp;&#65279;pivotal to addressing the climate crisis, government officials and voters at home and abroad are working to reduce greenhouse gas emi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/climate-change-in-canada-3-crucial-stories-to-watch-out-for-in-2021/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/climate-change-in-canada-3-crucial-stories-to-watch-out-for-in-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New COVID Testing Rules For Passengers Flying To Canada Kick In On Jan. 7]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Anyone arriving in Canada starting Jan. 7 will need to have a negative COVID-19 test before boarding a flight, the federal government said Thursday as the Liberals urged vacationers abroad to prepare.Flyers aged five and up will need have a negative PCR test within 72 hours of their scheduled departure and must show the results to their airline before they board their flight.Travellers who receive a negative test result must still complete the mandatory 14-day quarantine upon thei]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-covid-testing-rules-for-passengers-flying-to-canada-kick-in-on-jan-7/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2021 01:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-covid-testing-rules-for-passengers-flying-to-canada-kick-in-on-jan-7/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Unexpected Lessons We’re Taking Into 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been a year none of us could have imagined. We&rsquo;ve given ourselves haircuts, attended drive-by birthday celebrations, and stopped wearing jeans. We&rsquo;ve also stood bravely in the face of uncertainty, held onto each other virtually, and learned a lot about ourselves &mdash; even things we never expected to.These are some of the lessons our readers and colleagues learned about themselves in 2020, which we&rsquo;ll be sure to bring into the new year.&nbsp;The pandemic put into p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/10-unexpected-lessons-were-taking-into-2021/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/10-unexpected-lessons-were-taking-into-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grimes’ Baby Is Going To Have A Wild 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Few babies will have had as wild a first year as&nbsp;Grimes and Elon Musk&rsquo;s son. His name alone launched a thousand Twitter jokes (and a brief legal spat), pronunciation guides, and won him the title of top baby name search of the year. Even for those who still can&rsquo;t pronounce it, his very existence is currently shorthand for lighthearted punchlines; I can&rsquo;t count how many times this year I&rsquo;ve heard people blame X &AElig; A-Xii for technical difficulties on video calls o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/grimes-baby-is-going-to-have-a-wild-2021/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 22:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/grimes-baby-is-going-to-have-a-wild-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2020's Biggest Catastrophes Influenced The Weeknd's Next Album]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Weeknd &mdash; also known as Scarborough, Ont.&rsquo;s own Abel Tesfaye &mdash; was deeply affected by many of the terrible things that defined 2020. He&rsquo;s been vocal about his anguish over racial injustice and police brutality, using his VMA win&nbsp;in August as a platform to demand justice for Breonna Taylor and Jacob Blake.Throughout the year, he also donated several million dollars to causes including Black Lives Matter, criminal justice reform, bail funds for people arrested prote]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/2020s-biggest-catastrophes-influenced-the-weeknds-next-album/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 22:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/2020s-biggest-catastrophes-influenced-the-weeknds-next-album/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[11 Things We Won’t Take For Granted Again In 2021 And Beyond]]></title><description><![CDATA[Remember how it felt to leave your house without your &ldquo;phone, wallet, keys,&rdquo;&nbsp;and face mask? Do you regularly find yourself daydreaming about when you could make spontaneous plans on your own, or meet up with others? You are not alone.&nbsp;The carefree, wistful days of life before&nbsp;the COVID-19 pandemic, physical distancing, and quarantine feel like a distant memory.&nbsp;Now, with travel restrictions increasing across Canada, and COVID-19 cases on the rise amidst the start]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/11-things-we-wont-take-for-granted-again-in-2021-and-beyond/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 20:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/11-things-we-wont-take-for-granted-again-in-2021-and-beyond/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Mom Nicki Minaj Says Breastfeeding Is ‘Very Painful’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like many rappers, Nicki Minaj&rsquo;s public persona is one of confidence and bravado. But when it comes to being a parent, she&rsquo;s willing to show her vulnerability.On Wednesday, the rap superstar opened up on Twitter about being a new mom. (The birth of her son, whose name and photo she hasn&rsquo;t revealed, was reported in October.) In response to fan questions, she shared her birth story for the first time.She was &ldquo;butt naked&rdquo; but very calm when she realized she was about t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-mom-nicki-minaj-says-breastfeeding-is-very-painful/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 20:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-mom-nicki-minaj-says-breastfeeding-is-very-painful/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rod Phillips Resigns As Ontario's Finance Minister]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario&rsquo;s finance minister has resigned from his cabinet position after going on a Caribbean vacation during the pandemic.Premier Doug Ford says he has accepted Rod Phillips&rsquo;s resignation as minister.Phillips returned to Ontario this morning after spending more than two weeks in St. Barts despite provincial guidelines urging people to avoid non-essential travel.Ford says he has asked Treasury Board President Peter Bethlenfalvy to assume the role of minister of finance]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/rod-phillips-resigns-as-ontarios-finance-minister/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 19:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/rod-phillips-resigns-as-ontarios-finance-minister/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What The Best TV Shows Of 2020 Say About Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[The year started off simply, with predictable pop culture markers; new music from Justin Bieber, a risqu&eacute; Ricky Gervais roast as the Golden Globes emcee, a Will Smith buddy action comedy reprise in &ldquo;Bad Boys for Life,&rdquo; and Jennifer Lopez and Shakira&rsquo;s electric Super Bowl halftime show. Soon, we were all smirking at Brad Pitt&rsquo;s &ldquo;Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood&rdquo; acceptance speeches about updating his Tinder profile,&nbsp;cheering on when &ldquo;Parasite]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/what-the-best-tv-shows-of-2020-say-about-us/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 17:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/what-the-best-tv-shows-of-2020-say-about-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Minister Returns To Canada After Controversial Caribbean Trip]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario&rsquo;s finance minister has returned to Canada after a controversial Caribbean vacation, apologizing for what he called an &ldquo;error in judgment.&rdquo;&nbsp;Rod Phillips arrived at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Thursday morning.The MPP said he will discuss his future in the provincial cabinet with Ontario Premier Doug Ford later in the day. He added he wants to keep his job but will respect Ford&rsquo;s decision following what the premier said would be a &]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-minister-returns-to-canada-after-controversial-caribbean-trip/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 15:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-minister-returns-to-canada-after-controversial-caribbean-trip/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Cutting Off Alcohol Sales At 8 P.M. On NYE To Prevent 'Risky Behaviour']]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Health officials in British Columbia are cutting off alcohol sales on New Year&rsquo;s Eve in an effort to prevent gatherings where COVID-19 can spread.&nbsp;Last call for alcohol will be at 8 p.m. on New Year&rsquo;s Eve and the ban continues until 9 a.m. the next day, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Wednesday.&nbsp;&ldquo;The purpose is to decrease the late-night consumption of alcohol that leads to what we know can be risky behaviour,&rdquo; she said.&nbsp;The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-cutting-off-alcohol-sales-at-8-pm-on-nye-to-prevent-risky-behaviour/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 03:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-cutting-off-alcohol-sales-at-8-pm-on-nye-to-prevent-risky-behaviour/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doug Ford Says He Should've Told Rod Phillips To Come Back To Ontario When He Heard About Trip]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario&rsquo;s premier acknowledged Wednesday that he made a mistake in allowing his finance minister to continue a vacation abroad over the holidays as experts warned the incident undermines the government&rsquo;s messaging regarding COVID-19 measures.In a brief news conference at a Toronto-area hospital, Ford said he learned roughly two weeks ago that Rod Phillips had left the country and should have pushed for the minister&rsquo;s immediate return.He said Phillips &ldquo;neve]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-ford-says-he-shouldve-told-rod-phillips-to-come-back-to-ontario-when-he-heard-about-trip/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 02:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-ford-says-he-shouldve-told-rod-phillips-to-come-back-to-ontario-when-he-heard-about-trip/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cronk Is The Drink. Cronk Is The Best Part Of 2020.]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are many candidates for the best part of this wretched year. The way we all cheered and clapped for health-care workers from our balconies. The actual health-care workers themselves. The &ldquo;Ratatouille&rdquo; TikTok musical. The countless times people came together in hardship.&nbsp;But allow me to submit my frontrunner for the best thing of all in 2020 &mdash; a160-year-old molasses drink called Cronk.&nbsp;Why? Well, to start, Cronk is the drink.&nbsp;The historic beverage went throu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cronk-is-the-drink-cronk-is-the-best-part-of-2020/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cronk-is-the-drink-cronk-is-the-best-part-of-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[15 Products And TV Shows Our Editors Loved In 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you didn&rsquo;t get too emotionally attached to a simple joy in 2020, you&rsquo;re clearly built different from the rest of us. In a year that&rsquo;s given us so much grief, many of our everyday items and favourite forms of media became domestic godsends.&nbsp;In the last several months, we made a habit of sharing anything that made our routines a little better or our downtime that much more enjoyable. The finer things in life weren&rsquo;t necessarily the products with the biggest price-ta]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/15-products-and-tv-shows-our-editors-loved-in-2020/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/15-products-and-tv-shows-our-editors-loved-in-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Memoriam: Remembering Notable (And Some Honorary) Canadians Who Died In 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saying goodbye can be tough, and processing the loss of noteworthy names is no different. When news breaks about the death of a public figure, together, we reminisce about their legacy, and the lasting imprint of their cultural impact. This past year, many Canadians mourned the deaths of &ldquo;Black Panther&rdquo; actor Chadwick Boseman, rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen, five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, and longtime associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United S]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/in-memoriam-remembering-notable-and-some-honorary-canadians-who-died-in-2020/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 21:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/in-memoriam-remembering-notable-and-some-honorary-canadians-who-died-in-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pandemic Closed My Small Business. Now I Make A Living Streaming Video Games.]]></title><description><![CDATA[One minute I had full-time work at the zero-waste, plant-based street food and catering business my partner founded in late 2018. The next, all of our business was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp;Dozens of people I know also lost their jobs or had to shutter their companies.I counted my blessings (and savings, which could last me and my partner three to four months at best). I qualified for CERB&rsquo;s monthly $2,000 payment, and anxiously tried without success to find a new job or]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-pandemic-closed-my-small-business-now-i-make-a-living-streaming-video-games/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 21:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-pandemic-closed-my-small-business-now-i-make-a-living-streaming-video-games/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Politicians Vacation Abroad, Feds Tighten COVID Screening At Border]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal ministers announced stricter new rules for residents returning to Canada, while criticizing politicians who defied public health advice and took vacations abroad over the holidays.&nbsp;Canadian politicians vacationing in the Caribbean are taking a risk, perhaps an &ldquo;unacceptable risk,&rdquo; said Public Safety Minister Bill Blair.&nbsp;&ldquo;The advice has been unequivocal. Now is not the time to be travelling. We all have to take the measures necessary to keep ourselves and our c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/as-politicians-vacation-abroad-feds-tighten-covid-screening-at-border/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 21:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/as-politicians-vacation-abroad-feds-tighten-covid-screening-at-border/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips Went On Vacation Abroad. His Twitter Account Did Not.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips has left the country.&nbsp;While health officials across the country warned against non-essential travel outside of Canada amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the minister departed for the beaches of St. Barts, a luxury vacation destination island in the eastern Caribbean, on Dec. 13.&nbsp;But if you look at his Twitter feed, you&rsquo;d likely think he&rsquo;s spent the past month visiting local Ontario businesses and delivering thoughtful Christmas Eve messages]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-finance-minister-rod-phillips-went-on-vacation-abroad-his-twitter-account-did-not/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 20:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-finance-minister-rod-phillips-went-on-vacation-abroad-his-twitter-account-did-not/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Standout Royal Family Moments From 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like many others, the Royal Family altered and adjusted their traditional work obligations in 2020, and pivoted to a new form of outreach and professionalism due to the coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp;But as the Queen became a Zoom expert and amused many by saying, &ldquo;Thank goodness for technology,&rdquo; the royals also garnered criticism for (approved) maskless appearances, or ill-timed excursions, like Kate Middleton and Prince William&rsquo;s train tour&nbsp;through England, Scotland and Wale]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/10-standout-royal-family-moments-from-2020/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 19:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/10-standout-royal-family-moments-from-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 Ways 'Schitt's Creek' Taught Us How To Deal With The Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Endlessly quotable, &ldquo;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek&rdquo; has been a beacon of hope, tolerance and humour for many since its 2015 launch, but its omnipresent popularity hit new heights in 2020. Winning six Canadian Screen Awards&nbsp;and sweeping the Emmys with a haul of nine statues in a historic ceremony and Canadian first, the heartwarming comedy&rsquo;s farewell season was embraced by fans and critics alike. And yes, some of those famous admirers include Mariah Carey, Paul Rudd, Gloria Estefan,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/12-ways-schitts-creek-taught-us-how-to-deal-with-the-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 17:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/12-ways-schitts-creek-taught-us-how-to-deal-with-the-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran Plans To Pay Families Of Victims Killed In Ukrainian Plane Crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[DUBAI, United Arab Emirates &mdash; Iran&rsquo;s cabinet has created a compensation fund to pay the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces outside Tehran last January, the president announced Wednesday.Iran will pay US$150,000 (C$191,500) for each victim, state TV reported, without specifying a timeline for the awards. The announcement comes as the families of victims prepare to mark the anniversary of the Jan. 8 crash and diplomats from n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/iran-plans-to-pay-families-of-victims-killed-in-ukrainian-plane-crash/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 17:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/iran-plans-to-pay-families-of-victims-killed-in-ukrainian-plane-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lindsey Vonn, P.K. Subban Split After 3 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Winter sports stars Lindsey Vonn and P.K. Subban are ending their engagement.The couple had been together for three years and got engaged &mdash; twice &mdash; last year.They made the announcement in separate Instagram posts Tuesday.&nbsp;&ldquo;Over the past 3 years PK and I have had some incredible times together. He is a kind, good man, and someone I respect a great deal,&rdquo; Vonn wrote alongside a photo of her and Subban. View this post on InstagramA post shared by L I N D S E Y &bull; V]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/lindsey-vonn-pk-subban-split-after-3-years/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 16:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/lindsey-vonn-pk-subban-split-after-3-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quebec Politician Travels To Caribbean As Officials Urge Staying Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; Quebec Liberal member Pierre Arcand is vacationing with his wife in the Caribbean despite warnings from the federal and provincial governments to stay home during the pandemic.The Canadian Press has obtained a statement from Arcand, who led the Quebec Liberals between 2018-20, saying he is in Barbados, a place he called &ldquo;one of the safest places in the world today.&rdquo;Canada and Quebec have repeatedly asked Canadians not to travel abroad during the pandemic, especially]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-politician-travels-to-caribbean-as-officials-urge-staying-home/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 14:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-politician-travels-to-caribbean-as-officials-urge-staying-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minister Rod Phillips On Trip Abroad Despite COVID-19 Recommendations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario Minister of Finance Rod Phillips is drawing criticism for taking a personal trip out of the country at a time when Canadians are being told to avoid non-essential international travel.Phillips and his wife left Canada on Dec. 13, days after the provincial legislature adjourned, and is still out of the country, Emily Hogeveen, a spokesperson for the minister, confirmed to HuffPost Canada.She could not say where Phillips travelled.&nbsp;&ldquo;Had I been aware then of the eventual December]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/minister-rod-phillips-on-trip-abroad-despite-covid-19-recommendations/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2020 23:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/minister-rod-phillips-on-trip-abroad-despite-covid-19-recommendations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toronto Real Estate Board Threatens Fines For Sharing Historic Home Data]]></title><description><![CDATA[Toronto-area homebuyers could be forgiven in 2016 for assuming the doors had been thrown open to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board&rsquo;s sales data in the wake of a landmark ruling by the Competition Tribunal.After appeals by TRREB to overturn the ruling &#8213; which found that the board&rsquo;s restrictions on data use were anti-competitive &#8213; were turned down by the Federal Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada, Competition Commissioner Matthew Boswell wrote in 2018 that Tor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/toronto-real-estate-board-threatens-fines-for-sharing-historic-home-data/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2020 22:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/toronto-real-estate-board-threatens-fines-for-sharing-historic-home-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quebec Reports First Case Of COVID-19 Variant, Calls For Stricter Airport Testing]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL&mdash;&nbsp;Quebec urged the federal government Tuesday to increase surveillance of returning travellers as the province confirmed its first case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant that was first identified in the United Kingdom.Health Minister Christian Dube said his government wants Ottawa to require that returning international travellers obtain a negative COVID-19 test result before they board a plane home. Dube said he also wants more rapid tests administered at Quebec&rsquo;s i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-reports-first-case-of-covid-19-variant-calls-for-stricter-airport-testing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2020 21:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-reports-first-case-of-covid-19-variant-calls-for-stricter-airport-testing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quebec Reports First Case Of COVID-19 Variant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quebec has become the fourth province to confirm its first case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant.Health Minister Christian Dube says the person who tested positive is a family member of someone who returned from the United Kingdom on Dec. 11.Three other provinces have confirmed cases of the new variant in recent days, with three cases in Ontario, one in Alberta and one in British Columbia.The variant was first identified in the U.K. and has since spread to several other countries.The latest]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-reports-first-case-of-covid-19-variant/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2020 21:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-reports-first-case-of-covid-19-variant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Plans To Vaccinate More Than Half Of Its Population By Summer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario expects to receive its first shipment of the Moderna vaccine in the next 24 hours and plans to vaccinate more than half of its population by the summer, the chair of the province&rsquo;s COVID-19 vaccine distribution task force said Tuesday.The news comes as the province faces criticism for closing several vaccination clinics during the holidays.Gen. Rick Hillier told reporters &ldquo;in hindsight it was the wrong decision&rdquo; and said he accepts the responsibility to move more quickl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-plans-to-vaccinate-more-than-half-of-its-population-by-summer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2020 20:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-plans-to-vaccinate-more-than-half-of-its-population-by-summer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cardi B Warns Peppa Pig: ‘Count Your F**king Days’]]></title><description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s a new, high-profile mom to add to the list of parents fed up with Peppa Pig and her antics: Cardi B.The rapper announced her feud with the cartoon pig on Twitter on Monday. Her two-year-old daughter Kulture has taken to imitating Peppa by jumping in puddles, Cardi said, and Cardi is&nbsp;not&nbsp;happy about it.My baby been watching peppa pig &#128055; and now Everytime she sees a wetpuddle she wants to stomp on top of it &#128530;&#128530;That shit gets me so tight ! FuCkin up her]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cardi-b-warns-peppa-pig-count-your-fking-days/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2020 19:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cardi-b-warns-peppa-pig-count-your-fking-days/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's iHeartRadio Stations Rebrand As 'Move']]></title><description><![CDATA[Bell Media is hoping Canadians will be moved by its new network of adult contemporary radio stations.The broadcast giant is rebranding 10 iHeartRadio stations as &ldquo;Move&rdquo; starting the first week of January. The new stations will be:Vancouver&rsquo;s MOVE 103.5Ottawa&rsquo;s MOVE 100Halifax&rsquo;s MOVE 100Brockville&rsquo;s MOVE 104.9Fredericton&rsquo;s MOVE 106.9Kelowna&rsquo;s MOVE 101.5Kingston&rsquo;s MOVE 98.3Niagara&rsquo;s MOVE 105.7Penticton&rsquo;s MOVE 97.1Peterborough&rsquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-iheartradio-stations-rebrand-as-move/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2020 17:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-iheartradio-stations-rebrand-as-move/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police Bust Church Gatherings With Over 100 Maskless People In Ontario]]></title><description><![CDATA[WHEATLEY, Ont.&nbsp;&mdash; Police have laid charges after they say large gatherings were held two days in a row in a Wheatley, Ont., church over the weekend.Chatham-Kent Police say they found more than 100 people without masks inside the church at both times.Police say a 50-year-old man from Merlin, Ont., was charged over the gathering at Old Colony Mennonite Church on Saturday.They say another man from Merlin was charged over a gathering at the same church the next morning.READ MORECanada Pass]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/police-bust-church-gatherings-with-over-100-maskless-people-in-ontario/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2020 17:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/police-bust-church-gatherings-with-over-100-maskless-people-in-ontario/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MPP Randy Hillier Posts Photo Of 15-Person Holiday Gathering]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Ontario politician who has already been charged once for disobeying COVID-19 rules is blatantly breaking them again.Independent MPP Randy Hillier&nbsp;posted a photo&nbsp;on Twitter Sunday showing himself and 14 other people at what appears to be a holiday celebration. He used the hashtag &ldquo;#nomorelockdowns&rdquo; to accompany the photo, which shows disregard for Ontario&rsquo;s public health guidelines.In another tweet, he confirmed the photo was taken Dec. 27.&nbsp;Ontario has been in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mpp-randy-hillier-posts-photo-of-15-person-holiday-gathering/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2020 17:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mpp-randy-hillier-posts-photo-of-15-person-holiday-gathering/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home Depot Ceiling Fans Recalled In U.S., Canada Due To Blades Flying Off]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &#8213; More than 190,000 ceiling fans sold at Home Depot are being recalled after reports that the blades fell off while spinning, hitting people and causing property damage.The Hampton Bay Mara indoor and outdoor ceiling fans were sold this year between April and October at Home Depot stores and its website. About 182,000 of them were sold in the U.S. and 8,800 were sold in Canada. They cost about US$150.&nbsp;The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said it received 47 reports of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/home-depot-ceiling-fans-recalled-in-us-canada-due-to-blades-flying-off/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2020 16:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/home-depot-ceiling-fans-recalled-in-us-canada-due-to-blades-flying-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta, Manitoba Premiers Face Low Approval Over Pandemic Response: Poll]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A new poll suggests the premiers of Canada&rsquo;s three Prairie provinces are lagging counterparts from the rest of the country when it comes to how local residents feel they are managing the COVID-19 pandemic.The poll from Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies found 30 per cent of respondents in Alberta were satisfied with the job Premier Jason Kenney was doing when it comes to COVID-19 &ndash; the lowest level of satisfaction for Canada&rsquo;s 10 provincial leaders.Ke]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alberta-manitoba-premiers-face-low-approval-over-pandemic-response-poll/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2020 15:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alberta-manitoba-premiers-face-low-approval-over-pandemic-response-poll/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Passes 15,000 COVID-19 Deaths As Officials Warn Of 'Critical' Situation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada surpassed 15,000 COVID-19 deaths on Monday, and at least one infections disease expert says the somber milestone should be a wake-up call to anyone who thinks the dangers of the disease are overhyped.Reaching more than 15,000 deaths in the nine months since the pandemic began highlights just how serious COVID-19 is, said Dr. Gerald Evans, chair of the infectious diseases division at Queen&rsquo;s University in Kingston, Ont.Canada had earlier surpassed 10,000 COVID-19 deaths on Oct. 27 an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-passes-15000-covid-19-deaths-as-officials-warn-of-critical-situation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2020 22:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-passes-15000-covid-19-deaths-as-officials-warn-of-critical-situation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Calgary Mansion Leonardo DiCaprio Lived In While Filming ‘The Revenant’ Is For Sale]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s no giant boat, but a titanic mansion in southwest Calgary is going up for auction in January &mdash; and it&rsquo;s got some celebrity pedigree.The seven-bedroom, six-bathroom mansion that actor Leonardo DiCaprio lived in while filming Oscar-winning survival film &ldquo;The Revenant&rdquo; is set to go up for auction in January 2021 with the listing price of a cool $8.5 million, according to its listing on Concierge Auctions.&nbsp;Evidently Leo had a taste for the extravagant when he]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-calgary-mansion-leonardo-dicaprio-lived-in-while-filming-the-revenant-is-for-sale/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2020 20:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-calgary-mansion-leonardo-dicaprio-lived-in-while-filming-the-revenant-is-for-sale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A 2021 Federal Election? Here's What's At Stake For Each Party]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; For all the bluster among federal political leaders about not wanting an election any time soon, the political truth is as cold as a winter&rsquo;s wind: the potential for one is a reality in 2021.&nbsp;For now, political parties say getting through the long dark winter without the health-care system collapsing due to COVID-19 is a priority, as is ensuring vaccines quickly and effectively reach all parts of the country.&nbsp;But running parallel to that is the ongoing debate over]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-2021-federal-election-heres-whats-at-stake-for-each-party/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2020 19:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-2021-federal-election-heres-whats-at-stake-for-each-party/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s ‘Bold’ New Climate Plan Sets The Stage For Historic Action In 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[As wildfires surrounded Sydney, Australia, Robyn Lakes woke up each day to skies filled with dense smoke that obscured the sun and made it difficult to breathe. It was the beginning of 2020, and never had the impacts of climate change been more apparent or terrifying.Lakes was travelling through Australia and protesting for climate action when the fires sparked in September 2019 and spread uncontrollably through to 2020. The blazes became one of the worst wildlife disasters in modern history, ra]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-bold-new-climate-plan-sets-the-stage-for-historic-action-in-2021/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2020 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-bold-new-climate-plan-sets-the-stage-for-historic-action-in-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New COVID-19 Variant Detected In Ottawa, Vancouver Island Linked To U.K. Travel]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A contagious new strain of the virus that causes COVID-19 has infiltrated two more regions of Canada, health officials said Sunday, a day after announcing the country&rsquo;s first cases of the variant had been detected.&nbsp;The strain of the novel coronavirus has now been found in Ottawa and the Vancouver Island area of B.C., public health authorities said.&nbsp;Both patients had recently returned from the U.K., where the variant was first detected.&nbsp;&ldquo;This further rein]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-covid-19-variant-detected-in-ottawa-vancouver-island-linked-to-uk-travel/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2020 05:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-covid-19-variant-detected-in-ottawa-vancouver-island-linked-to-uk-travel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doug Ford’s Year In Review 2020: Topsy-Turvy Highs And Lows]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; In pro wrestling, there are heel turns and there are babyface turns. A heel turn is when a good guy becomes a villain; a babyface turn is the opposite.&nbsp;There was never more interest in Ontario Premier Doug Ford this year than the week of March 29 to April 4, when a flurry of articles declared him a babyface.The headline on a Flare magazine article&nbsp;(adapted from their cousin, Maclean&rsquo;s) expressed what many Ontarians were thinking: &ldquo;Do We...Like Doug Ford Now?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-fords-year-in-review-2020-topsy-turvy-highs-and-lows/</link><pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-fords-year-in-review-2020-topsy-turvy-highs-and-lows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID-19 Pandemic Marked A Shift For Doug Ford, Experts Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Doug Ford wants people to hold on just a little longer.&nbsp;Ontario&rsquo;s populist premier speaks softly into the camera at a recent news conference, his tone subdued, almost pleading.&nbsp;He says he knows people have &ldquo;COVID fatigue,&rdquo; but there is a vaccine. The economy will recover. The province will bounce back.&ldquo;We just have to hang in there,&rdquo; Ford said. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s going to be some bumps in the road over the next little while.&rdquo;The emp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-19-pandemic-marked-a-shift-for-doug-ford-experts-say/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2020 23:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-19-pandemic-marked-a-shift-for-doug-ford-experts-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID-19 Pandemic Marked A Shift For Doug Ford]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Doug Ford wants people to hold on just a little longer.&nbsp;Ontario&rsquo;s populist premier speaks softly into the camera at a recent news conference, his tone subdued, almost pleading.&nbsp;He says he knows people have &ldquo;COVID fatigue,&rdquo; but there is a vaccine. The economy will recover. The province will bounce back.&ldquo;We just have to hang in there,&rdquo; Ford said. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s going to be some bumps in the road over the next little while.&rdquo;The emp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-19-pandemic-marked-a-shift-for-doug-ford/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2020 23:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-19-pandemic-marked-a-shift-for-doug-ford/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoppers Have Unusual Boxing Day, With Most Retail Restricted Across Canada,]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shoppers experienced a Boxing Day like no other on Saturday, with non-essential retail shuttered or restricted across much of the country to try and stem the spread of COVID-19.While some donned masks and snow boots to brave outdoor lineups, many were watching their email inboxes instead, as some industry watchers say much of this year&rsquo;s post-Christmas shopping will be replaced with internet searches and online orders.A queue of a dozen deal hunters outside Best Buy in downtown Toronto wou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/shoppers-have-unusual-boxing-day-with-most-retail-restricted-across-canada/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2020 23:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/shoppers-have-unusual-boxing-day-with-most-retail-restricted-across-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Confirms 2 Cases Of More Contagious COVID-19 Variant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario has confirmed its two first Canadian cases of a more contagious variant of COVID-19 first identified in the United Kingdom.The province&rsquo;s associate chief medical officer of health said today that the cases are a couple from Durham Region, just east of Toronto, with no known travel history, exposure or high-risk contacts.The new variant is believed to spread easier and faster than the original version of the disease but is not believed to be more deadly.The provincial government sai]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-confirms-2-cases-of-more-contagious-covid-19-variant/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2020 22:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-confirms-2-cases-of-more-contagious-covid-19-variant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HuffPost Canada's Best Splashes Of 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[What a year 2020 has been. The news has truly felt non-stop and here at HuffPost Canada, we&rsquo;ve always given the biggest stories of the day a spotlight on our homepage in the form of what we call &ldquo;The Splash.&rdquo;Our signature big, beautiful banner that tops our front page brings our readers content we hope makes them laugh, makes them cry and most importantly, makes them think.So to commemorate the absolute ride that was 2020, we&rsquo;ve rounded up what we consider to be our favou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canadas-best-splashes-of-2020/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2020 16:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/huffpost-canadas-best-splashes-of-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Moments In Canadian Politics You May Have Missed Because COVID-19 Fatigue Is Real]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; There was no sleepy start to 2020.In January, two Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles struck an Ukrainian passenger jet after it took off from the Iranian capital of Tehran. The plane downing killed all 176 people on board, including 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents.&nbsp;By month&rsquo;s end, COVID-19 was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. And while public health officials in Canada monitored its transmission in Canada, it was the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/big-moments-in-canadian-politics-you-may-have-missed-because-covid-19-fatigue-is-real/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2020 15:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/big-moments-in-canadian-politics-you-may-have-missed-because-covid-19-fatigue-is-real/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 50 Weirdest Stories Of 2020 That Weren’t COVID-19]]></title><description><![CDATA[2020 was a year for the history books. Roundly called a &ldquo;garbage fire,&rdquo; it&rsquo;s a year that saw a global pandemic change our lives forever. The rules governing time seemed to change every day &mdash; here&rsquo;s looking at you, the April that lasted forever.&nbsp;But exactly HOW wild was it?&nbsp;Two huge stories dominated the 2020 news cycle, and will likely define this year when we look back on it decades from now. The first, a once-in-a-generation pandemic that saw internation]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-50-weirdest-stories-of-2020-that-werent-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2020 15:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-50-weirdest-stories-of-2020-that-werent-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Canadian Celebrities Celebrated Christmas]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been a strange &mdash; and oftentimes difficult &mdash; year for all of us, but even though the holidays look and feel different in 2020, that doesn&rsquo;t mean people aren&rsquo;t celebrating. Whether it&rsquo;s small parties within households, connecting with family and friends online or generally doing their best to focus on the good parts of the season, people are feeling the love.Canadian celebrities who celebrate Christmas were doing much the same and many posted endearing holi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-canadian-celebrities-celebrated-christmas/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2020 01:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-canadian-celebrities-celebrated-christmas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 2020 Christmas Message, Queen Praises Front-Line Workers, Good Samaritans]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her annual Christmas message, the Queen spoke about hope and kindness, praising nurses, front-line service workers and Good Samaritans.Yet, not once in the message that referenced social distancing and the &ldquo;challenges of the year&rdquo; did the Queen use the words &ldquo;COVID-19,&rdquo; &ldquo;coronavirus&rdquo; or &ldquo;pandemic.&rdquo;&ldquo;Remarkably, a year that has necessarily kept people apart has, in many ways, brought us closer,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We continue to be inspi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/in-2020-christmas-message-queen-praises-front-line-workers-good-samaritans/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2020 22:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/in-2020-christmas-message-queen-praises-front-line-workers-good-samaritans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demand For Tiny Homes Jumps As Canadians Reconsider Lifestyles Amid Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted many Canadians to re-evaluate their housing and work arrangements, spurring some to think not big, but tiny.Pamela Robertson builds tiny homes in Gibsons on B.C.&rsquo;s Sunshine Coast and said she couldn&rsquo;t keep up with requests for quotes after the pandemic hit.&ldquo;Everybody wanted a tiny home that was built in stock and I build to order,&rdquo; said Robertson, whose tiny homes on wheels are inspected to meet the Canadian Standards A]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/demand-for-tiny-homes-jumps-as-canadians-reconsider-lifestyles-amid-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2020 18:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/demand-for-tiny-homes-jumps-as-canadians-reconsider-lifestyles-amid-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Please Just Let ‘Sex And The City’ Die]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s hard to talk about &ldquo;Sex and the City,&rdquo; the show, as something separate from the industry it spawned. When people who didn&rsquo;t watch the show hear the name, they often think of caricatures of women, of Manolo Blahniks, conspicuous consumption, Magnolia Bakery, cosmopolitans. It&rsquo;s easy to dismiss it as an example of vapid materialism, the most artless and hackneyed kind of media aimed at women.For the most part, that&rsquo;s not what it is &mdash; or, rather, it ha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/please-just-let-sex-and-the-city-die/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2020 17:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/please-just-let-sex-and-the-city-die/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Biggest Canadian Political Winners Of 2020 (Analysis)]]></title><description><![CDATA[It may seem a bit crass to think of Canadian political winners in a year as objectively awful as the one now mercifully grinding to an end.The COVID-19 pandemic cost lives, closed businesses, kept Canadians at home and disrupted all manner of normalcy and best-laid plans. It also put pressure on political leaders to both protect public health and manage the economic fallout the virus wrought.&nbsp;In those heady first months of the crisis, Canadians tuned in to daily press conferences from the p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-biggest-canadian-political-winners-of-2020-analysis/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2020 16:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-biggest-canadian-political-winners-of-2020-analysis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2nd B.C. Mink Farm Reports COVID-19 Outbreak Among Animals]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Minks on a second farm in British Columbia&rsquo;s Fraser Valley have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans.Three minks that died on the farm tested positive for the virus, the Ministry of Agriculture said in a news release Thursday, noting the animals were tested after some on the farm had diarrhea.It said 23 animals died between Dec. 19 and 23.&nbsp;B.C.&rsquo;s chief veterinarian has placed the farm under a quarantine prohibiting the movement of animals]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/2nd-bc-mink-farm-reports-covid-19-outbreak-among-animals/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2020 16:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/2nd-bc-mink-farm-reports-covid-19-outbreak-among-animals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians Across The Country Volunteer For Charity, Create New Traditions For Christmas]]></title><description><![CDATA[The most wonderful time in a not-so-wonderful year has arrived and Canadians from coast to coast aren&rsquo;t letting the pandemic put a damper on their Christmas spirit. Many have found creative ways to celebrate while still in the throes of COVID-19&prime;s second wave.In Iqaluit, Nunavut, Sheila Flaherty thawed a piece of polar bear meat, or nanuq in Inuktitut, to serve to her family on Christmas Day.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s as big as a ham. It&rsquo;s huge,&rdquo; she said.&ldquo;We might have to s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-across-the-country-volunteer-for-charity-create-new-traditions-for-christmas/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-across-the-country-volunteer-for-charity-create-new-traditions-for-christmas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long-Term Care Is 'Dangerous.' What&rsquo;s Ontario&rsquo;s Plan For Alternatives?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every night for the last five months, Robin Nelson has laid down to sleep beside her mom Ann&rsquo;s hospital bed, on the couch in her living room.In August, Ann was sent to hospital &mdash; for the second time during the pandemic &mdash; and found to be dehydrated. When the hospital tried to discharge Ann, Nelson refused to have her sent back to the long-term care home, Extendicare Lakefield, north of Peterborough, Ont., where Nelson believed her mom wasn&rsquo;t receiving adequate care.So she]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/long-term-care-is-dangerous-whatrsquos-ontariorsquos-plan-for-alternatives/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/long-term-care-is-dangerous-whatrsquos-ontariorsquos-plan-for-alternatives/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boxing Day 2020 Is Expected To Be An Online Shopping Bonanza]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian retailers are expected to offer deep discounts this Boxing Day in a bid to entice shoppers to buy up leftover holiday and seasonal goods and raise enough cash to endure the latest round of pandemic restrictions.&nbsp;Yet despite the rush of slashed prices and promotions already rolling out, industry watchers say the post-Christmas shopping spree will be subdued as Ontario&rsquo;s new lockdown takes effect, pushing sales in the country&rsquo;s most populated province almost entirely onli]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/boxing-day-2020-is-expected-to-be-an-online-shopping-bonanza/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2020 01:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/boxing-day-2020-is-expected-to-be-an-online-shopping-bonanza/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Delivers Hopeful Holiday Message As Moderna Vaccines Arrive In Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s two most populous provinces reported record daily COVID-19 caseloads Thursday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged this won&rsquo;t be the Christmas anyone had hoped for.&nbsp;Ontario reported 2,447 new infections, topping its previous high a week ago by 15. It also recorded 49 new deaths from the novel coronavirus.&nbsp;Quebec had 2,349 new infections, the third day in a row it hit a record, and 46 additional deaths.&nbsp;The pandemic means families aren&rsquo;t supposed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-delivers-hopeful-holiday-message-as-moderna-vaccines-arrive-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-delivers-hopeful-holiday-message-as-moderna-vaccines-arrive-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PM Delivers Hopeful Holiday Message As Moderna Vaccines Arrive In Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s two most populous provinces reported record daily COVID-19 caseloads Thursday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged this won&rsquo;t be the Christmas anyone had hoped for.&nbsp;Ontario reported 2,447 new infections, topping its previous high a week ago by 15. It also recorded 49 new deaths from the novel coronavirus.&nbsp;Quebec had 2,349 new infections, the third day in a row it hit a record, and 46 additional deaths.&nbsp;The pandemic means families aren&rsquo;t supposed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pm-delivers-hopeful-holiday-message-as-moderna-vaccines-arrive-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pm-delivers-hopeful-holiday-message-as-moderna-vaccines-arrive-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look What Would Happen To Canada’s Economy If We Had 1981 Interest Rates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pity the Turkish borrower. The country&rsquo;s central bank on Thursday raised its key interest rate to a dizzying 17 per cent, from an already high 15 per cent, in an effort to entice global traders to buy the currency, which has been in free fall this year.Turkey also suffers chronically high inflation &#8213; around 14 per cent this year, compared to 1 per cent or less in the developed world &#8213; and that makes high interest rates necessary, at least in the conventional view of central ban]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/look-what-would-happen-to-canadas-economy-if-we-had-1981-interest-rates/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 20:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/look-what-would-happen-to-canadas-economy-if-we-had-1981-interest-rates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Ton Of Celebrities Had Babies in 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year wasn&rsquo;t all bad. While 2020 is certain to go down in the history books as a difficult one, some good things happened, too. If you&rsquo;ve ever experienced the comfort of holding a baby during a time of emotional distress, you know why people continue having children, even when the world feels like it&rsquo;s falling apart.Kids who entered the world in 2020 will grow up hearing about all the chaos they were born into, and the love they provided in a difficult time.Here are the cel]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-ton-of-celebrities-had-babies-in-2020/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 20:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/a-ton-of-celebrities-had-babies-in-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where In Canada Have People Received COVID-19 Vaccines?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The announcements of the approval (and subsequent administration) of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Modernavaccines have been met with cheers from across Canada, as people finally see a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel.For University of Toronto PhD students of epidemiology Jean-Paul R. Soucy and Isha Berry, it&rsquo;s meant the chance to add something more to their COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group site.&ldquo;Back in March, Isha and I noticed there wasn&rsquo;t really a source for a pan-C]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/where-in-canada-have-people-received-covid-19-vaccines/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 18:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/where-in-canada-have-people-received-covid-19-vaccines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where In Canada Have People Been Vaccinated For COVID-19?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The announcements of the approval (and subsequent administration) of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Modernavaccines have been met with cheers from across Canada, as people finally see a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel.For University of Toronto PhD students of epidemiology Jean-Paul R. Soucy and Isha Berry, it&rsquo;s meant the chance to add something more to their COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group site.&ldquo;Back in March, Isha and I noticed there wasn&rsquo;t really a source for a pan-C]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/where-in-canada-have-people-been-vaccinated-for-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 18:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/where-in-canada-have-people-been-vaccinated-for-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Domestic Abuse: What People With Kids Need To Know To Plan Their Exit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Content warning: story contains descriptions of intimate partner violence, physical and emotional abuse. If your website history is being monitored,&nbsp;here&rsquo;s how to clear it&nbsp;on most browsers. Should you be logged into a Google account,&nbsp;here&rsquo;s how to wipe your activity.&nbsp;As we go through the second wave of the pandemic, we&rsquo;re once again spending more time confined at home and grappling with stressful new realities.&ldquo;COVID has resulted in a lot of new financ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/domestic-abuse-what-people-with-kids-need-to-know-to-plan-their-exit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 01:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/domestic-abuse-what-people-with-kids-need-to-know-to-plan-their-exit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Implores Canadians Not To Travel For Christmas]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging all Canadian residents to stay home this holiday season.&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s be clear: this is not the time for a vacation abroad,&rdquo; Trudeau said Wednesday during a national address in front of his home in Ottawa.&nbsp;&ldquo;Even if you travel every winter, please rethink your plans. In many parts of the country, hospitals are already struggling to cope with new cases. There are new strains of this disease in places such as the United Ki]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-implores-canadians-not-to-travel-for-christmas/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 23:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-implores-canadians-not-to-travel-for-christmas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holiday Lockdown Has Come Between Me And Finding Closure Over My Father's Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s the little things that break my heart. It&rsquo;s hearing &ldquo;Mary&rsquo;s Boy Child&rdquo; by Harry Belafonte at a coffee shop, or seeing a Coca-Cola commercial about a little girl who only wants her dad to be home for Christmas. There&rsquo;s something about these reminders of my father that make the holiday decorations lose their lustre and dims the lights around the Christmas tree, as if a part of those joyful moments will never fully return. It&rsquo;s at these moments that I]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/holiday-lockdown-has-come-between-me-and-finding-closure-over-my-fathers-death/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 22:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/holiday-lockdown-has-come-between-me-and-finding-closure-over-my-fathers-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tragedy' For Long-Term Care Residents Facing Holidays Away From Families]]></title><description><![CDATA[What started as a family conversation around how Christmas is about more than getting gifts has grown into a community rallying for residents of an Ontario long-term care home.&nbsp;Shereen Daghstani&nbsp;and her husband wanted to find a way to show their five-year-old daughter the value of giving during the holidays this year. The family doesn&rsquo;t have any connections to Orchard Villa &mdash; the Pickering, Ont. long-term care facility hardest hit in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tragedy-for-long-term-care-residents-facing-holidays-away-from-families/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 21:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tragedy-for-long-term-care-residents-facing-holidays-away-from-families/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians Looking Forward To Normal, Boring Tasks Like Errands Post-Pandemic: Poll]]></title><description><![CDATA[Running errands free from the worry of spreading or contracting COVID-19.&nbsp;Hugging a friend or shaking a colleague&rsquo;s hand.Boarding a plane for a warm destination, or a quiet pocket in the Canadian wilderness.&nbsp;Dining in restaurants filled with hungry patrons. Heck, waiting for a table to open up at your favourite spot.These are the parts of life Canadians yearn for most in a post-pandemic world, suggests an Angus Reid Institute poll that surveyed 1,603 people.&nbsp;&ldquo;As lockdo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-looking-forward-to-normal-boring-tasks-like-errands-post-pandemic-poll/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 21:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-looking-forward-to-normal-boring-tasks-like-errands-post-pandemic-poll/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meghan Markle’s Staycation Advice Is Especially Relevant This Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now that&nbsp;Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have stepped down from their duties as senior royals &mdash; something which, unbelievably, happened&nbsp;earlier this year&nbsp;&mdash; they&rsquo;re able to pursue the kind of projects they couldn&rsquo;t before. Their deals with Netflix and Spotify&nbsp;indicate they have ambitions beyond what they were able to do when they were restrained by royal responsibilities.But we&rsquo;re really hoping Meghan goes back to blogging. In the spring of 2014, w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/meghan-markles-staycation-advice-is-especially-relevant-this-year/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 21:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/meghan-markles-staycation-advice-is-especially-relevant-this-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easy Pandemic Christmas Traditions That Will Spark Joy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whether it was big family parties or cookie bake-offs, many Christmas-loving Canadians are nixing their usual holiday traditions this year.&nbsp;But just because the pandemic has put a damper on in-person gatherings outside of our households doesn&rsquo;t mean we need to skip the festive spirit. Watch the video above&nbsp;to see what easy Christmas traditions you can do with your household this year.&nbsp;As we&rsquo;ve previously reported, starting a new ritual can spark holiday magic that burn]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/easy-pandemic-christmas-traditions-that-will-spark-joy/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 21:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/easy-pandemic-christmas-traditions-that-will-spark-joy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh Accuses Trudeau Of 'Looking For An Election' With Recent Comments]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of trying to trigger an election after the PM suggested in a year-end interview that the opposition parties &ldquo;don&rsquo;t agree&rdquo; with his post-pandemic plans.&ldquo;The frame he is trying to set up is self-serving; it is not accurate,&rdquo; Singh told HuffPost Canada Tuesday. &ldquo;Their stated themes, we agree with those things.&rdquo;Trudeau&rsquo;s minority government has survived 14 months with the hel]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jagmeet-singh-accuses-trudeau-of-looking-for-an-election-with-recent-comments/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 20:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jagmeet-singh-accuses-trudeau-of-looking-for-an-election-with-recent-comments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nickelback Made A ‘Photograph’ Parody For This Google Photos Ad]]></title><description><![CDATA[Look at this Google ad, Nickelback is here to make you laugh.The much maligned, memed and mocked Canadian rock band of the aughts has rerecorded one of their most iconic hits for a new Google Photos advertisement.And of course it&rsquo;s &ldquo;Photograph.&rdquo;The video opens just like the classic &ldquo;Photograph&rdquo; meme, with frontman Chad Kroeger passionately singing while holding a photograph, then transitions into a series of Kroeger&rsquo;s personal photos.&nbsp;Chad&rsquo;s Hair or]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/nickelback-made-a-photograph-parody-for-this-google-photos-ad/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 19:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/nickelback-made-a-photograph-parody-for-this-google-photos-ad/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Doug Ford Has (And Hasn't) Done Since 'Horrific' Military Report On Nursing Homes]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Seven months have passed since Ontario Premier Doug Ford released a &ldquo;heartbreaking &hellip; horrific&rdquo; report by soldiers sent into long-term care homes with out-of-control outbreaks of COVID-19.&nbsp;The report described shocking conditions in five homes: residents not being fed, bathed, or given their medication; people being force fed until they choked; homes infested with flies and cockroaches; vital supplies locked away from workers; and no adherence to basic infe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/what-doug-ford-has-and-hasnt-done-since-horrific-military-report-on-nursing-homes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 19:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/what-doug-ford-has-and-hasnt-done-since-horrific-military-report-on-nursing-homes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These Stories of Canadians Giving Back in 2020 Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity]]></title><description><![CDATA[No doomscrolling&nbsp;to see here! Yes, few things have gone according to plan in 2020, but after nine months and counting in quarantine, there has been no shortage of feel-good, heartwarming actions that brought Canadians together and gave us hope. Outside of our tight-knit bubbles of Zoom calls and physically-distanced walks, the country has been abuzz with fundraisers, unexpected virtual reunions, rallying together after LGBTQ+-motivated vandalism, and change in the form of local stores shift]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/these-stories-of-canadians-giving-back-in-2020-will-restore-your-faith-in-humanity/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 19:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/these-stories-of-canadians-giving-back-in-2020-will-restore-your-faith-in-humanity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Economy Experiencing ‘Calm Before The Winter Storm’ As New Lockdowns Take Hold]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s economy did a little better than expected this fall, but a string of new pandemic lockdown measures announced in several provinces in recent days could stop the rebound in its tracks, economists say.The economy grew by 0.4 per cent in October, Statistics Canada said in a report Wednesday, and its preliminary &ldquo;flash estimate&rdquo; for November suggested the same pace of growth. That&rsquo;s marginally better than what economists had been expecting.&nbsp;Not surprisingly, the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-economy-experiencing-calm-before-the-winter-storm-as-new-lockdowns-take-hold/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 17:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-economy-experiencing-calm-before-the-winter-storm-as-new-lockdowns-take-hold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Has Been Approved By Health Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Health Canada says the COVID-19 vaccine from U.S. biotech firm Moderna is safe for use in Canada.The vaccine is the second to be greenlit in Canada, following the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine on Dec. 9.Moderna anticipates starting shipments to Canada within the next 48 hours.Up to 168,000 doses are set to arrive by the end of December, and two million by the end of March.Canada is to get 40 million doses of Moderna&rsquo;s vaccine in 2021, enough to vaccinate 20 million people, or abou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/modernas-covid-19-vaccine-has-been-approved-by-health-canada/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/modernas-covid-19-vaccine-has-been-approved-by-health-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families Of Ontario High Schoolers Now Eligible For $200 Payments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario&rsquo;s education minister says the Progressive Conservatives will pay $200 to the parents of high school students early next year, extending a financial boost it initially offered only to the parents of elementary and middle schoolers.Stephen Lecce offered the payment at a news conference on Tuesday, a day after Premier Doug Ford ordered a province-wide shutdown that includes keeping classrooms shuttered for longer than usual in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.Applications for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/families-of-ontario-high-schoolers-now-eligible-for-200-payments/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/families-of-ontario-high-schoolers-now-eligible-for-200-payments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Say COVID-19 Border Controls Are Sufficient Despite Criticism From Ontario]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; The federal government defended its approach to securing Canada&rsquo;s border against COVID-19 on Tuesday as Ontario Premier Doug Ford once again called for more testing at points of entry.Canada&rsquo;s border controls &mdash; and the 14-day quarantine requirement for returning travellers &mdash; are among the strictest in the world, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair told reporters.&nbsp;&ldquo;Over the past few days, we&rsquo;ve heard a number of comments which, frankly, are]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-say-covid-19-border-controls-are-sufficient-despite-criticism-from-ontario/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-say-covid-19-border-controls-are-sufficient-despite-criticism-from-ontario/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kate Middleton &amp; Prince William Caught Breaking COVID-19 Rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kate Middleton and&nbsp;Prince William have found themselves in the hot seat yet again after reportedly breaking coronavirus guidelines during an outing over the weekend.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were photographed with their three children (Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis) exploring the Luminate trail on Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, where the royals typically spend Christmas together.&nbsp;Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, were also spotted wi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kate-middleton-amp-prince-william-caught-breaking-covid-19-rules/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 13:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/kate-middleton-amp-prince-william-caught-breaking-covid-19-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta Judge Dismisses Bid To ‘Save Christmas’ From COVID Restrictions]]></title><description><![CDATA[It might sound nice on paper, but it turns out asking a judge to suspend public health restrictions in order to &ldquo;save Christmas&rdquo; isn&rsquo;t going to get you very far in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. At least not in Alberta.That&rsquo;s what a group of applicants found out this week when they asked the province&rsquo;s Court of Queen&rsquo;s Bench for an injunction against the province for &ldquo;cancelling Christmas.&rdquo;Two Alberta churches and three individuals argued that]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alberta-judge-dismisses-bid-to-save-christmas-from-covid-restrictions/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/alberta-judge-dismisses-bid-to-save-christmas-from-covid-restrictions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mom Who Worked On Royal Wedding Dresses Can No Longer Pay Her Bills]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chloe Savage built her life around her work. She trained for seven years, mastering her embroidery skills first at the Royal School of Needlework in Surrey, U.K., and then at Paris&rsquo;s prestigious &Eacute;cole Lesage art school. Her skill and mastery was recognized at the highest level: it&rsquo;s hard to imagine a bigger honour than being part of a team who worked on embroidery for both Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle&rsquo;s wedding dresses.&nbsp;But the pandemic has halted just about all]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mom-who-worked-on-royal-wedding-dresses-can-no-longer-pay-her-bills/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 23:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/mom-who-worked-on-royal-wedding-dresses-can-no-longer-pay-her-bills/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dwyane Wade's Unconditional Love For Zaya Shows In Heartfelt Instagram Tribute]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world needs more affirming dads like&nbsp;Dwyane Wade.In a recent Instagram tribute, Wade dedicated a touching reflection on unconditional love to Zaya, his 13-year-old daughter who publicly came out as trans last year.&nbsp;&ldquo;Unconditional love, simply put, is love without strings attached. It&rsquo;s love you offer freely,&rdquo; Wade wrote. &ldquo;You don&rsquo;t base it on what someone does for you in return. You simply love them and want nothing more than their happiness.&rdquo;He]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dwyane-wades-unconditional-love-for-zaya-shows-in-heartfelt-instagram-tribute/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 23:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/dwyane-wades-unconditional-love-for-zaya-shows-in-heartfelt-instagram-tribute/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simu Liu Faces Criticism For Deleting Callout Tweet Of Co-Star Mark Wahlberg]]></title><description><![CDATA[From offering to be an &ldquo;emotional support Canadian&rdquo;&nbsp;to his strong anti-racism stances, Marvel star&nbsp;Simu Liu&rsquo;s Twitter presence is largely appreciated. However, the Asian-Canadian actor was recently the subject of intense criticism for deleting a tweet people stood by&nbsp;&mdash; specifically, his tweet calling out future colleague Mark Wahlberg for his history of hate crimes.&nbsp;When news broke last Wednesday that Liu and Wahlberg would be co-stars in the upcoming]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/simu-liu-faces-criticism-for-deleting-callout-tweet-of-co-star-mark-wahlberg/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/simu-liu-faces-criticism-for-deleting-callout-tweet-of-co-star-mark-wahlberg/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Media Misreports Our Stories, Trans People Are Left To Clean Up The Mess]]></title><description><![CDATA[Out of respect for the individuals referred to in this article, deadnames have been replaced with the correct information using brackets.I was 33 years old when former Olympian and reality show contestant Caitlyn Jenner appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair&rsquo;s June 2015 issue, dressed simply in a white corset.&nbsp;I remember standing in line at the checkout, listening to people joke about the way that Caitlyn looked: her shoulders, her jaw, her transness, a public display to be jeered at. T]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/when-media-misreports-our-stories-trans-people-are-left-to-clean-up-the-mess/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/when-media-misreports-our-stories-trans-people-are-left-to-clean-up-the-mess/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doug Ford Blasts Feds For Management Of Borders, Demands More Testing]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Ontario Premier Doug Ford blasted the federal government Monday for not moving faster on COVID-19 testing for incoming international travellers as a new variant prompted more border closures.&nbsp;Late Sunday, the federal government announced it was banning all incoming passenger flights from the U.K. for 72 hours due to a new manifestation of the novel coronavirus dominating cases in that country.&ldquo;I use the roof as the example,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;There is no roof. The w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-ford-blasts-feds-for-management-of-borders-demands-more-testing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 18:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/doug-ford-blasts-feds-for-management-of-borders-demands-more-testing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official Says Eviction Bans Help Control COVID-19, But Ontario Hasn’t Acted]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario has so far resisted resuming its eviction ban during the pandemic, but onehealth official acknowledged Monday it&rsquo;s a measure that would help vulnerable communities as COVID-19 continues to spread.&nbsp;&ldquo;In terms of extra supports, it&rsquo;s everything from making sure that people don&rsquo;t have to choose between going to work or putting food on the table, so income support is critical,&rdquo; Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the Unive]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/official-says-eviction-bans-help-control-covid-19-but-ontario-hasnt-acted/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 17:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/official-says-eviction-bans-help-control-covid-19-but-ontario-hasnt-acted/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Pop Culture Moments To Look Forward To In 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quarantine has given us a lot to talk about: &ldquo;What are you watching? What are you reading? How are you spending your time?&rdquo; In fact, all of this &ldquo;extra time&rdquo; and a smaller social calendar make us appreciate even more the entertainment that&rsquo;s kept us, well, entertained, in 2020. From &ldquo;Tiger King&rdquo; to Drake&rsquo;s &ldquo;Toosie Slide&rdquo; dance, and &ldquo;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek&rsquo;s&rdquo; history-making sweep at the Emmys in September, these cultural]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-pop-culture-moments-to-look-forward-to-in-2021/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 16:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-pop-culture-moments-to-look-forward-to-in-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Launches Database Of Companies Taking Federal Cash, After Criticism Over Payouts To Shareholders]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada Revenue Agency is launching a website to help Canadians track which employers have been using government wage subsidies during the COVID-19 pandemic.The CRA says its Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Registry website is part of a push for transparency around the government program, which as of last week included payments to 368,000 businesses and non-profits.For privacy reasons, the agency says the public registry does not include sole proprietors.The move comes after news reports showed many]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-launches-database-of-companies-taking-federal-cash-after-criticism-over-payouts-to-shareholders/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 15:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-launches-database-of-companies-taking-federal-cash-after-criticism-over-payouts-to-shareholders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BioNTech CEO Says COVID-19 Vaccine 'Highly Likely' To Work On UK variant]]></title><description><![CDATA[BERLIN &mdash; German pharmaceutical company BioNTech is confident that its coronavirus vaccine works against the new UK variant, but further studies are needed to be completely sure, its chief executive said Tuesday.The variant, detected mainly in London and the southeast of England in recent weeks, has sparked concern worldwide because of signs that it may spread more easily. While there is no indication it causes more serious illness, numerous countries in Europe and beyond have restricted tr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/biontech-ceo-says-covid-19-vaccine-highly-likely-to-work-on-uk-variant/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 14:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/biontech-ceo-says-covid-19-vaccine-highly-likely-to-work-on-uk-variant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hugh Jackman Hilariously Roasts Ryan Reynolds In The Name Of Charity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman&rsquo;s on-and-off feud is back on &#8213; for a good cause, of course.&nbsp;The actors recently competed against each other in a charity event, in which they partnered with Sam&rsquo;s Club to sell products from their personal brands: Aviation Gin for Reynolds, and Laughing Man Coffee for Jackman.Whoever sold the most of their products in a little over a month &ldquo;won,&rdquo; though donations of equal value would be made to both the&nbsp;SickKids Foundation&nbs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/hugh-jackman-hilariously-roasts-ryan-reynolds-in-the-name-of-charity/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/hugh-jackman-hilariously-roasts-ryan-reynolds-in-the-name-of-charity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 Times Hadrien Trudeau Brightened Up 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[This past year hasn&rsquo;t been great, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau&rsquo;s youngest kid, Hadrien &mdash; or &ldquo;Didi,&rdquo; as his inner circle calls him &mdash; helped make it a bit brighter with his unique non-plussed brand of hilarity. From nose diving an ice cream cone to eviscerating a pumpkin, the 6-year-old provided plenty fodder for smiles, even in the worst of times. This look back at the best Hadrien Trudeau moments of 2020 shows why the first-grader&rsquo;s a national treas]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/12-times-hadrien-trudeau-brightened-up-2020/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 02:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/12-times-hadrien-trudeau-brightened-up-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easy Christmas Cookies To Make With Your Kids At Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cookies are a part of Christmas. That&rsquo;s just indisputably true. And in a pandemic year, where so many kinds of celebrations and traditions just aren&rsquo;t possible, it&rsquo;s important that we take comfort in the joyful activities that we still have access to.Hence: cookies.Because kids love cookies too, and spending time together in the kitchen can be a great way to bond, here are some cookie recipes the little ones will love to make almost as much as they love to eat.Sprinkle Stocking]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/easy-christmas-cookies-to-make-with-your-kids-at-home/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 01:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/easy-christmas-cookies-to-make-with-your-kids-at-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Viola Davis Will Not Be Buying Her Daughter An Expensive Phone For Christmas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Viola Davis&rsquo;s 10-year-old already knows there&rsquo;s no Santa Claus.In an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live last week, the Oscar-winning actress explained her daughter Genesis Tennon&rsquo;s attitude towards make-believe: Davis quoted her daughter&rsquo;s utter rejection of the Santa story:&ldquo;Mommy, I know Santa is the guy they hire at the mall every year who has a big stomach and a white beard. Don&rsquo;t even play that,&rdquo; Genesis said, according to Davis, who added that her daug]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/viola-davis-will-not-be-buying-her-daughter-an-expensive-phone-for-christmas/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 01:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/viola-davis-will-not-be-buying-her-daughter-an-expensive-phone-for-christmas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just 2 Canadians Chilling Out In A Frozen Lake, Playing Chess]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s so much more than a polar bear plunge.Ron Batuigas and Nick McNaught have been taking care of their friend&rsquo;s resort, The Trace at Oak Lake in Havelock, Ont., since the fall, and have developed a bit of a routine when it comes to the water.They get in the lake every day, getting more and more acclimatized to the chilly temperatures with cold exposures. Eventually, the pair decided to challenge themselves to something a little more intense than just sitting there.Which is how this]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/just-2-canadians-chilling-out-in-a-frozen-lake-playing-chess/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 23:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/just-2-canadians-chilling-out-in-a-frozen-lake-playing-chess/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians Stuck In U.K. ‘Can’t Do Anything’ Amid Air Travel Uncertainty]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; Mark Sultana says Canada&rsquo;s decision to halt most air travel from the United Kingdom, where a mutated strain of COVID-19 has been discovered, landed &ldquo;like a bombshell.&rdquo;The 52-year-old Canadian entrepreneur, who has called London home for the better part of two decades, said the move announced late Sunday has been especially disconcerting for Canadians who had planned to visit family and friends back home over the holidays.&ldquo;We can&rsquo;t go anywhere &mdash]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-stuck-in-uk-cant-do-anything-amid-air-travel-uncertainty/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 23:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-stuck-in-uk-cant-do-anything-amid-air-travel-uncertainty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New COVID-19 Mutation In The U.K.: Everything You Need To Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s a new coronavirus in town.Well, not exactly a new one, but a worrisome mutated strain of COVID-19, which goes by the name B.1.1.7., or the nickname COVID-20.The new strain is spreading rapidly throughout London and south-east England, prompting travel restrictions around the world on people and products coming from the United Kingdom.&ldquo;We focused on the new variant of COVID-19 identified in the U.K., and we have decided to implement new border restrictions in order to keep you]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-new-covid-19-mutation-in-the-uk-everything-you-need-to-know/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 22:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/the-new-covid-19-mutation-in-the-uk-everything-you-need-to-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gift Wrap ASMR Shows How Satisfying Making Christmas Presents Can Be]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sure, there are gift wrapping life hacks that&nbsp;take seconds to do,&nbsp;but let&rsquo;s be real: For truly exceptional gifts, you don&rsquo;t want to cut corners and give something sloppy to your recipient. After all, there&rsquo;s nothing more satisfying than seeing someone tear into a well-made package.&nbsp;On the flip side, gift wrapping itself can be a delight for the giver, too. Folding perfect creases and cutting paper with surgical precision, all the while knowing that your efforts a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gift-wrap-asmr-shows-how-satisfying-making-christmas-presents-can-be/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/gift-wrap-asmr-shows-how-satisfying-making-christmas-presents-can-be/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Enters Province-Wide COVID-19 Lockdown On Dec. 26]]></title><description><![CDATA[All of Ontario will go into lockdown on Boxing Day as the province tries to bring soaring COVID-19 cases under control.&nbsp;The lockdown will remain in place for southern Ontario until Jan. 23, but will lift for northern Ontario on Jan. 9.The measures mean schools across the province will move to online learning from Jan. 4 to Jan. 8, after which students will return to in-person learning depending on their location and grade level.&nbsp;&nbsp;Childcare centres across the province will remain o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-enters-province-wide-covid-19-lockdown-on-dec-26/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 19:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-enters-province-wide-covid-19-lockdown-on-dec-26/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's Coming And Going From Netflix Canada In January 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[January isn&rsquo;t traditionally&nbsp;the best time of year for new releases. But the streaming era could be changing that: one of the movies coming to Netflix Canada in January 2021 is the indie drama &ldquo;Pieces of a Woman,&rdquo; which earned rave reviews&#65279;&nbsp;for Vanessa Kirby (a.k.a. Princess Margaret in the first two seasons of &ldquo;The Crown&rdquo;) at a number of festivals last year.Also coming to Netflix Canada in the new year: new seasons of &ldquo;Riverdale,&rdquo; &ldquo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/whats-coming-and-going-from-netflix-canada-in-january-2021/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 18:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/whats-coming-and-going-from-netflix-canada-in-january-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Support Your Mental Health For The Holidays And The Rest Of Winter]]></title><description><![CDATA[The winter can have a significant negative impact on our mood and as the pandemic rages on, and lockdowns and isolation wear us down, understanding how to best support our mental health is of vital importance.If you celebrate Christmas, or just enjoy the holidays, it can be easy to get wrapped up in the excitement of the festive season, only to come crashing down in the new year. That&rsquo;s why it&rsquo;s important to start little habits to support your mental health now so you&rsquo;re feelin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-support-your-mental-health-for-the-holidays-and-the-rest-of-winter/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 18:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-support-your-mental-health-for-the-holidays-and-the-rest-of-winter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police Shootings In 2020: The Effect On Those They Are Sworn To Protect]]></title><description><![CDATA[A photo and an urn sit on Christie Zebrasky&rsquo;s kitchen table.Each time the Winnipeg woman goes to eat, she imagines her daughter&rsquo;s face and wonders whether she&rsquo;ll ever know what happened in the moments before 16-year-old Eishia Hudson was shot and killed by police.&ldquo;I can feel her presence here daily. She is not leaving Mom,&rdquo; Zebrasky says with a deep sigh.Hudson is one of 55 people who were shot by police in Canada between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30. Of those, 34 were killed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/police-shootings-in-2020-the-effect-on-those-they-are-sworn-to-protect/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 17:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/police-shootings-in-2020-the-effect-on-those-they-are-sworn-to-protect/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photos Of Justin Trudeau Capture ‘Never Ending Year’ That Was 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Normally, Adam Scotti doesn&rsquo;t have time to sift through the hundreds of photos he takes every day of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.&nbsp;But these aren&rsquo;t normal times. Like most Canadians, Trudeau and his staff aren&rsquo;t travelling because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the slew of other in-person, holiday engagements are off the table.&nbsp;So this year, Scotti, the prime minister&rsquo;s photographer, had a chance to look back on 2020, a challenging one to say the least. He poste]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/photos-of-justin-trudeau-capture-never-ending-year-that-was-2020/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 17:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/photos-of-justin-trudeau-capture-never-ending-year-that-was-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elliot Page Says 'Thank You' To Fans In 1st Instagram Post Since Coming Out As Transgender]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elliot Page thanked his supporters on Sunday in his first Instagram post since coming out as a nonbinary and&nbsp;transgender person earlier this month.&ldquo;From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Your love and support has been the greatest gift,&rdquo; the 33-year-old actor wrote. &ldquo;Stay safe. Be there for each other.&rdquo;He encouraged fans to donate to two organizations that support and advocate for trans people, Trans Lifeline and TranSanta. View this post on InstagramA post shared b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/elliot-page-says-thank-you-to-fans-in-1st-instagram-post-since-coming-out-as-transgender/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 04:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/elliot-page-says-thank-you-to-fans-in-1st-instagram-post-since-coming-out-as-transgender/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians Share Love For Chapman's Ice Cream After They Buy COVID Vaccine Freezers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadians have long raved about Chapman&rsquo;s ice cream. Not only is supporting the Ontario company a great example of buying Canadian, but the creamery&rsquo;s ethics have it on a lot of people&rsquo;s good side.Case in point: when news broke that the dairy company purchased two superfreezers and offered them up for storage of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Canadians started to share their love for the company on Twitter.Not my first@Chapmans_Canada stan tweet, and won&rsquo;t be my la]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-share-love-for-chapmans-ice-cream-after-they-buy-covid-vaccine-freezers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 02:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadians-share-love-for-chapmans-ice-cream-after-they-buy-covid-vaccine-freezers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too Early For Talk About Canada’s ‘Hypothetical Surplus’ Of Vaccines: Minister]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada has secured a portfolio of COVID-19 vaccines candidates with enough doses to vaccinate its population of 38 million four times over but the federal minister involved in ensuring equitable global access says its premature to talk about redistributing what is left over.&nbsp;The Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine is the only one that has been approved by Health Canada so far. Canada has signed deals with six other vaccine candidates that could result in a domestic supply of up to 42]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/too-early-for-talk-about-canadas-hypothetical-surplus-of-vaccines-minister/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 01:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/too-early-for-talk-about-canadas-hypothetical-surplus-of-vaccines-minister/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Mull Response To New COVID Strain In The U.K. As Europe Closes Borders]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau huddled with members of his cabinet on Sunday as federal opposition leaders called for a travel ban on the United Kingdom to prevent the spread of a new, more contagious strain of COVID-19.Health Minister Patty Hajdu was the first to reveal on Twitter that she and Trudeau were meeting with other members of the government&rsquo;s so-called Incident Response Group on Sunday afternoon to discuss the new strain in the U.K.This afternoon, @JustinTrudeau an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-mull-response-to-new-covid-strain-in-the-uk-as-europe-closes-borders/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-mull-response-to-new-covid-strain-in-the-uk-as-europe-closes-borders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Restricts Travel From U.K. Due To New Strain Of Virus That Causes COVID-19]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The Trudeau government is restricting travel from the U.K. in an effort to prevent a new strain of the virus that causes COVID-19 from making it to Canada.The move comes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday and doesn&rsquo;t apply to cargo flights or stops where passengers do not disembark.A spokeswoman for Transport Minister Marc Garneau says more information will be released shortly.The news, contained in a Notice to Airmen sent out by NAV Canada, comes after a closed-door meeting w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-restricts-travel-from-uk-due-to-new-strain-of-virus-that-causes-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-restricts-travel-from-uk-due-to-new-strain-of-virus-that-causes-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Restricts Travel From U.K. Due To New COVID-19 Strain]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The Trudeau government is restricting travel from the U.K. in an effort to prevent a new strain of the virus that causes COVID-19 from making it to Canada.The move comes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday and doesn&rsquo;t apply to cargo flights or stops where passengers do not disembark.A spokeswoman for Transport Minister Marc Garneau says more information will be released shortly.The news, contained in a Notice to Airmen sent out by NAV Canada, comes after a closed-door meeting w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-restricts-travel-from-uk-due-to-new-covid-19-strain/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-restricts-travel-from-uk-due-to-new-covid-19-strain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theresa Tam Looks Back On Historic Year Grappling With COVID-19 Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada&rsquo;s top public health officer has been a model of stoicism through the first year of COVID-19, but Dr. Theresa Tam still got a little choked up last week when the first Canadians were inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine.&ldquo;That was pretty emotional,&rdquo; said Tam, in an interview reflecting back on the year many would like to forget.&ldquo;I think everyone was touched by those images.&rdquo;It has been just 355 days since Tam saw the first emails warning of a pneum]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/theresa-tam-looks-back-on-historic-year-grappling-with-covid-19-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/theresa-tam-looks-back-on-historic-year-grappling-with-covid-19-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario To Go Into Province-Wide Lockdown: Reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario is headed towards a province-wide lockdown in an effort to bring down surging case counts, media reports said Sunday, as the second wave of the pandemic also saw Nunavut record its first deaths from COVID-19.Citing sources briefed on the provincial plan, two media outlets, Global News and 680 News, said the Ontario government is poised to announce a sweeping shutdown of non-essential services on Monday.The duration of the lockdown will vary in length depending on the region, the outlets]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-to-go-into-province-wide-lockdown-reports/</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-to-go-into-province-wide-lockdown-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario To Go Into Province-Wide Lockdown On Christmas Eve: Reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario will enter a province-wide lockdown on Christmas Eve as more than 2,300 new COVID-19 cases were reported across Ontario on Sunday and the provincial government faced increasing pressure from hospitals to implement stricter restrictions.The timing of the looming shutdown was first reported by Global News, and confirmed to the Star by a government source.While specific details were not immediately available, elementary and high school students will likely learn online from home following t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-to-go-into-province-wide-lockdown-on-christmas-eve-reports/</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-to-go-into-province-wide-lockdown-on-christmas-eve-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID-19 Pandemic Forced Trudeau To Make Some Big Choices. Politically, It Paid Off.]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Justin Trudeau always knew 2020 was going to be a difficult year, his first leading a minority Liberal government dependent on opposition party support for its survival.But that&rsquo;s turned out to be the least of the prime minister&rsquo;s worries as the country has lurched from one crisis to another.&nbsp;It started in early January with the deaths of dozens of Canadians whose plane was shot down by Iranian missiles and it&rsquo;s ending with the country still in the grip of a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-19-pandemic-forced-trudeau-to-make-some-big-choices-politically-it-paid-off/</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/covid-19-pandemic-forced-trudeau-to-make-some-big-choices-politically-it-paid-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Celebrating 1st Christmas Shares Hilariously Accurate Observations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mohammad Hussain is taking full advantage of his first Christmas, tweeting detailed field notes on the overwhelming and too-real phenomenon of gift buying, tree decorating and feast planning.&nbsp;Growing up Muslim, Hussain never celebrated the intense holiday season. However, this year he&rsquo;s not travelling home, thanks to the novel coronavirus pandemic, and instead staying put with his Ottawa roommates.&nbsp;He said they&rsquo;re teaching him how to have a &ldquo;proper Christmas&rdquo; &m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-celebrating-1st-christmas-shares-hilariously-accurate-observations/</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 21:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-celebrating-1st-christmas-shares-hilariously-accurate-observations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Is Bette Midler Going After Canadian Gynecologist Jen Gunter?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The internet is a vital lifeline that connects us all to more information than we can even fathom. But so much of social media is also just endless ranting. At the end of a very hard year, when so many of us are tired and irritable, maybe we should consider just logging off.Case in point: legendary actress and singer Bette Midler launching an extremely ill-considered attack on Canadian gynecologist Dr. Jen Gunter, calling her &ldquo;alt-right&rdquo; because of her criticism of self-help author a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/why-is-bette-midler-going-after-canadian-gynecologist-jen-gunter/</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 21:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/why-is-bette-midler-going-after-canadian-gynecologist-jen-gunter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Provincial Forecasts See Alberta Struggling For Years, High Unemployment In Ontario]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two of Canada&rsquo;s most important economic engines &#8213; Ontario and Alberta &#8213; struggled more than others through the 2020 crisis year, but will make up for much of it in 2021, new economic forecasts predict.All the same, Ontario will see an elevated unemployment rate of around 7.5 per cent through 2021, near or higher than the national average, economists at Royal Bank of Canada and TD Bank predicted in recent reports.But that will pale in comparison to Alberta&rsquo;s projected unem]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/provincial-forecasts-see-alberta-struggling-for-years-high-unemployment-in-ontario/</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 13:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/provincial-forecasts-see-alberta-struggling-for-years-high-unemployment-in-ontario/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quebec Prepares Hotel To Take COVID-19 Patients As Hospitals Pushed To Limits]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; The situation in some Quebec hospitals has become so critical that authorities have begun installing beds in so-called, &ldquo;non-traditional locations,&rdquo; such as a Quebec City hotel, the health minister said Friday.Christian Dube warned that more non-essential surgeries and other medical procedures could be suspended across the province if COVID-related hospitalizations continue to climb. He named ten hospitals in Quebec he said were in critical condition.&ldquo;The situa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-prepares-hotel-to-take-covid-19-patients-as-hospitals-pushed-to-limits/</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2020 22:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-prepares-hotel-to-take-covid-19-patients-as-hospitals-pushed-to-limits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Surpasses 500,000 COVID-19 Cases]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada surpassed 500,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday as infections continued to surge while the vaccine rollout reached its final province.Saskatchewan pushed the country over the grim threshold Saturday, with 252 new cases reported as well as eight more deaths.Earlier in the day, Ontario and Quebec, the two provinces hardest hit by the pandemic, each recorded daily case counts beyond 2,000.It&rsquo;s the fifth consecutive day Ontario has exceeded 2,000 new positive tests, with Satur]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-surpasses-500000-covid-19-cases/</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2020 22:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-surpasses-500000-covid-19-cases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 ‘External’ Experts Who Worked On Revera Report Have Ties To Company]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three of the &ldquo;independent experts&rdquo; long-term care home operator Revera chose to contribute to its recently released pandemic report have prior ties to the company, raising questions from advocates and family who say the report is unobjective and doesn&rsquo;t reflect what has really been happening in the company&rsquo;s homes during the pandemic.The report, written by a panel tasked by Revera with examining the impact of the first wave of COVID-19 on the company&rsquo;s residents and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/3-external-experts-who-worked-on-revera-report-have-ties-to-company/</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/3-external-experts-who-worked-on-revera-report-have-ties-to-company/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Inmates Have Made 821,703 Face Masks During The Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada&rsquo;s federal prison labour industry responded to the coronavirus pandemic by re-tooling workshops to make personal protective equipment (PPE) &mdash; so much that other government departments can now acquire their products.Between April and early December, a total of 821,703 face masks were made by inmates employed under CORCAN, the Correctional Service of Canada&rsquo;s (CSC) agency responsible for its prison labour industry, according to figures obtained by HuffPost Ca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-inmates-have-made-821703-face-masks-during-the-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-inmates-have-made-821703-face-masks-during-the-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario To Put Hamilton Under Lockdown, Extend Restrictions In Peel, Toronto]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario will keep Toronto and Peel Region under lockdown and reveal new measures to fight the pandemic on Monday.&nbsp;Premier Doug Ford said Friday that restrictions set to expire next week in the two hot spots will remain in place, and his government will contemplate new measures during emergency talks on COVID-19 this weekend.&nbsp;The province also announced Friday it will move Hamilton into lockdown starting Monday.Ford&rsquo;s comments came ahead of a teleconference with he]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-to-put-hamilton-under-lockdown-extend-restrictions-in-peel-toronto/</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2020 02:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-to-put-hamilton-under-lockdown-extend-restrictions-in-peel-toronto/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau: Canada's Vaccine Rollout Is Ahead Of Schedule And More Doses Coming]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal officials say they&rsquo;re pushing manufacturers to accelerate shipments of more COVID-19 vaccine doses as calls grow to lock down more parts of the country for the holidays.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada is running ahead of schedule in its vaccine rollout, which is set to ramp up next month with scheduled deliveries of 125,000 Pfizer-BioNTech doses per week, for a total of 500,000 doses in January.Trudeau told reporters that 200,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-canadas-vaccine-rollout-is-ahead-of-schedule-and-more-doses-coming/</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2020 01:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-canadas-vaccine-rollout-is-ahead-of-schedule-and-more-doses-coming/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From COVIdiots To Doomscrolling To Zoom Bombing: The Words We Learned In 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, &ldquo;pandemic&rdquo; is the 2020 word of the year. Dictionary.com chose &ldquo;unprecedented.&rdquo;&nbsp;That&rsquo;s all a bit bland, don&rsquo;t you think? 2020 was the year that &ldquo;quaran-&rdquo; became a prefix (see: quarantimes, quarantini, quaranteam), and new words were concocted to define our social media habits. We&rsquo;ve invented a whole new pandemic lexicon that would have made absolutely no sense a year ago.The Oxford English Dict]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/from-covidiots-to-doomscrolling-to-zoom-bombing-the-words-we-learned-in-2020/</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2020 01:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/from-covidiots-to-doomscrolling-to-zoom-bombing-the-words-we-learned-in-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[N.B. Gingerbread Village Captures The Meaning Of ‘Together Apart’]]></title><description><![CDATA[What do holiday celebrations look like in a year defined by loss and isolation?In St. Andrews, a small town on the southwestern tip of New Brunswick, the annual gingerbread competition captured a complicated kind of joy with the winning entry for adult participants.&ldquo;Together Apart,&rdquo; the gingerbread house entry by guidance counsellor Caleigh Dunfield and her boyfriend Chris Langille, features not just a single gingerbread house, but a gingerbread village, decorated with icing and cand]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/nb-gingerbread-village-captures-the-meaning-of-together-apart/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 23:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/nb-gingerbread-village-captures-the-meaning-of-together-apart/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ottawa 9-Month-Old At Centre Of  Amber Alert Found Safe]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A nine-month-old girl who was at the centre of an Amber Alert has been found safe.Ottawa police say the girl&rsquo;s 39-year-old mother is in custody.They say the Gatineau police helped with the investigation, which is ongoing.Police had said the girl was last seen at around noon, being carried away in her mother&rsquo;s arms.Also on HuffPost:]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ottawa-9-month-old-at-centre-of-amber-alert-found-safe/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ottawa-9-month-old-at-centre-of-amber-alert-found-safe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amber Alert Issued For Missing 9-Month-Old In Ottawa]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; An Amber Alert has been issued for a nine-month-old girl who Ottawa police allege was abducted by her mother.&nbsp;They say 39-year-old Sherma Knox was last seen carrying her daughter, Magnolia Knox, at around noon on Friday.&nbsp;They were near Lebreton Street North and Booth Street in Ottawa.&nbsp;Police say Sherma Knox was last seen wearing grey pants, a long black parka, black mesh shoes, a tuque and a beige backpack.&nbsp;They say Magnolia, who also goes by Maggie, was wearin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/amber-alert-issued-for-missing-9-month-old-in-ottawa/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/amber-alert-issued-for-missing-9-month-old-in-ottawa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I Told My Kid The Truth About Santa In A Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Mommy, is it you writing Santa&rsquo;s name on my presents?&rdquo;&nbsp;It was dinner time. My seven-year-old son, Cameron, had helped my husband and I decorate our Christmas tree just the day before.I knew this question was coming, but was I really about to take the magic out of the holidays &mdash; and in a pandemic, no less? I hung my head and quietly, honestly, responded: &ldquo;Yes.&rdquo;&nbsp;&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve been lying to me my whole life?&rdquo; my son muttered. He picked up a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/why-i-told-my-kid-the-truth-about-santa-in-a-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/why-i-told-my-kid-the-truth-about-santa-in-a-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince Harry Will Celebrate Christmas With The Royals Over Zoom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like so many of us, Prince Harry will not be able to see most of his loved ones in person this Christmas. His plan this year includes using video chat for virtual quality time together with the Royal family, which will include catching up and playing online games. Watch the video above, from Bang Showbiz, to find out more about the Sussex&rsquo;s Christmas 2020 plans.According to &ldquo;The Observer,&rdquo; tensions between the Sussexes and Prince William and Kate Middleton are easing off. &ldqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-harry-will-celebrate-christmas-with-the-royals-over-zoom/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 19:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-harry-will-celebrate-christmas-with-the-royals-over-zoom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Harry And Meghan Will Celebrate Christmas With The Royals From Afar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like so many of us, Prince Harry will not be able to see most of his loved ones in person this Christmas. His plan this year includes using video chat for virtual quality time together with the Royal family, which will include catching up and playing online games. Watch the video above, from Bang Showbiz, to find out more about the Sussex&rsquo;s Christmas 2020 plans.According to &ldquo;The Observer,&rdquo; tensions between the Sussexes and Prince William and Kate Middleton are easing off. &ldqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-harry-and-meghan-will-celebrate-christmas-with-the-royals-from-afar/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 19:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-harry-and-meghan-will-celebrate-christmas-with-the-royals-from-afar/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Be Alone In A Pandemic Lockdown]]></title><description><![CDATA[A couple of years ago, I found myself living on my own for the first time in my life. I had separated from my partner of 17 years, and was now returning to an empty home night after night.I realized something about living alone: I didn&rsquo;t know how. I had never done it before. Like most people, I grew up in a family environment. After leaving home, I lived in student residences, or with roommates, or with romantic partners, until I got married.Then, at the age of 43, I was home alone, perman]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-be-alone-in-a-pandemic-lockdown/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 18:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-be-alone-in-a-pandemic-lockdown/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Mom Who Gave Birth In A Coma Due To COVID-19 Meets Son For The First Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[ABBOTSFORD, B.C. &mdash; A mother who gave birth while in a coma due to complications from COVID-19 is awake and has met her newborn son for the first time.Gillian McIntosh was given an emergency C-section after arriving at a hospital in Abbotsford, B.C., with COVID-19 symptoms in November.&nbsp;The 37-year-old was placed in an induced coma and on a ventilator due to complications from the virus.McIntosh&rsquo;s family says in a statement that she was eased out of sedation late last week and has]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-mom-who-gave-birth-in-a-coma-due-to-covid-19-meets-son-for-the-first-time/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 17:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bc-mom-who-gave-birth-in-a-coma-due-to-covid-19-meets-son-for-the-first-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontarians Could Get A Tax Credit For Travel Within The Province In 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario is creating a travel tax credit to help reinvigorate the province&rsquo;s tourism industry when COVID-19 restrictions are eased.Tourism Minister Lisa MacLeod said Thursday that the credit will allow for a 20 per cent return on every dollar spent, and noted that the government has set aside $150 million for it.&nbsp;&ldquo;If a family of three or four is spending $1000 and they know they&rsquo;re going to get $200 back they might end up spending the $1200,&rdquo; said MacLeod. &ldquo;I th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarians-could-get-a-tax-credit-for-travel-within-the-province-in-2021/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 16:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarians-could-get-a-tax-credit-for-travel-within-the-province-in-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quebec Judge Gives Feds 2-Month Extension To Pass Revamped Assisted Dying Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Quebec judge has granted the federal government another delay in bringing medical assistance in dying legislation in line with a ruling from the province&rsquo;s Superior Court.This time around, Ottawa asked for &mdash; and received &mdash; until Feb. 26, a deadline that gives Parliament just over two more months to pass legislation that would expand access to doctor-assisted death in Quebec and the rest of Canada.The move comes as the government&rsquo;s representative in the Senate, Sen. Marc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-judge-gives-feds-2-month-extension-to-pass-revamped-assisted-dying-law/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 01:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-judge-gives-feds-2-month-extension-to-pass-revamped-assisted-dying-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RCMP Quietly Releases Race-Based Data Showing Number Of Black Employees]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) quietly released employment statistics showing 1.5 per cent of regular members in officer roles identify themselves as Black.It&rsquo;s an early glimpse of the disaggregated race-based data the national police force is beginning to collect. This data is currently not published in its employee diversity statistics, updated annually, which organizes staff under four broad categories: persons with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, members of v]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/rcmp-quietly-releases-race-based-data-showing-number-of-black-employees/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 22:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/rcmp-quietly-releases-race-based-data-showing-number-of-black-employees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jason Kenney, Ministers Slammed For Meeting Photo Without Masks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is in hot water this week after one of his ministers shared an image of the provincial leader and several ministers at an indoor meeting without masks.The image was shared Wednesday by Justice Minister Kaycee Madu, and showed the premier, Madu, Minister of Municipal Affairs Tracy Allard and chief medical officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw seated together indoors participating in a town hall.&nbsp;While Hinshaw is masked, Kenney, Madu and Allard are not wearing masks in the ph]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jason-kenney-ministers-slammed-for-meeting-photo-without-masks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 22:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/jason-kenney-ministers-slammed-for-meeting-photo-without-masks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario’s Long-Term Care Interventions Came ‘Perilously Late’: Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care acted &ldquo;perilously late&rdquo; and &ldquo;underused&rdquo; its powers to mandate takeovers of long-term care homes during the pandemic, according to a new report.As of Dec. 3, the ministry had issued at least six mandatory management orders and 14 voluntary contracts to homes that needed more support managing a COVID-19 outbreak.A voluntary agreement &mdash; where a home makes a contract with a hospital &mdash; allows for the hospital to provide additi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-long-term-care-interventions-came-perilously-late-report/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-long-term-care-interventions-came-perilously-late-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Artist Reveals How She Makes Silicone Baby Dolls On TikTok]]></title><description><![CDATA[Susan Gibbs didn&rsquo;t give birth to Zhang, Leigh, and Luna, but you&rsquo;d be forgiven for thinking she did.Those are the names of three lifelike babies molded in silicone by the Canadian artist, just three of countless creations that have mesmerized her TikTok followers since she started posting on the app. Watch the video above&nbsp;to see just how realistic Gibbs&rsquo; creations are.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&rsquo;s a labour of love for Gibbs, who discovered &ldquo;reborn&rdquo; dolls in 2009 &#821]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-artist-reveals-how-she-makes-silicone-baby-dolls-on-tiktok/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 20:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-artist-reveals-how-she-makes-silicone-baby-dolls-on-tiktok/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Population Growth Hits Lowest On Record As Ontario, B.C. Shrink]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s population all but stopped growing this summer, and six provinces saw a historic decline in residents, as border shutdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic kept new landed immigrants from arriving.Canada&rsquo;s population increase of 2,767 people in the third quarter of this year is the smallest increase in records going back to 1946, Statistics Canada said in a report released Thursday. It&rsquo;s so small the statistical agency reported it as 0.0 per cent growth.In a truly unusual re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-population-growth-hits-lowest-on-record-as-ontario-bc-shrink/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 20:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-population-growth-hits-lowest-on-record-as-ontario-bc-shrink/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fun Activities Adults Can Do Outdoors This Winter]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the official start of winter inches devastatingly closer, you may be wondering: what can I do outside if I can only hang out with my household and can&rsquo;t go inside anywhere unless it&rsquo;s essential? That is a very good question and one we&rsquo;ve been thinking about a lot since the days started getting colder and new COVID-19&nbsp;restrictions were put in place.If you&rsquo;re not an outdoors person, or you live in an urban area, the thought of spending a lot more time outside might]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/fun-activities-adults-can-do-outdoors-this-winter/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 18:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/fun-activities-adults-can-do-outdoors-this-winter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Says Liberals Evaluating Options To Help Youth Facing CERB Clawbacks]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Marie Christian recalls the confusion that reigned as the young people she works with tried to navigate government aid at the onset of the pandemic.The program director for Voices: Manitoba&rsquo;s Youth in Care Network, works with those aged 12 to 30 who are or have been in foster care. Many who aged out of care lost their part-time jobs during the first wave of COVID-19.&nbsp;They were encouraged to apply for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit when the $500-a-week income supp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-says-liberals-evaluating-options-to-help-youth-facing-cerb-clawbacks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 17:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-says-liberals-evaluating-options-to-help-youth-facing-cerb-clawbacks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Promises Plan To Help Youth Facing CERB Clawbacks]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Marie Christian recalls the confusion that reigned as the young people she works with tried to navigate government aid at the onset of the pandemic.The program director for Voices: Manitoba&rsquo;s Youth in Care Network, works with those aged 12 to 30 who are or have been in foster care. Many who aged out of care lost their part-time jobs during the first wave of COVID-19.&nbsp;They were encouraged to apply for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit when the $500-a-week income supp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-promises-plan-to-help-youth-facing-cerb-clawbacks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 17:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-promises-plan-to-help-youth-facing-cerb-clawbacks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Hospitals Warn Christmas Gatherings Could Exceed Health-Care System's Capacity]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario&rsquo;s health-care workers are exhausted and need the public to adhere strictly to public health advice in order to avoid overwhelming the system in January, the Ontario Hospital Association said Thursday.&ldquo;The situation is extremely serious. We are now in the holiday season and if members of the public choose to ignore public health measures and gather outside their households, the consequences risk overwhelming Ontario&rsquo;s hospitals. Every health care system h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-hospitals-warn-christmas-gatherings-could-exceed-health-care-systems-capacity/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 17:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-hospitals-warn-christmas-gatherings-could-exceed-health-care-systems-capacity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Won&rsquo;t Give Funds For Long-Term Care Without Commitment To &lsquo;Improvements']]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hinting that provinces that don&rsquo;t want to work with Ottawa to improve standards in long-term care homes won&rsquo;t get federal funding.In a year-end interview Wednesday with The Canadian Press, Trudeau said his government will &ldquo;happily partner&rdquo; with provinces and territories that want to boost standards in long-term care facilities.And he said Ottawa will help them cover the costs of those improvements.But he warned that province]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-wonrsquot-give-funds-for-long-term-care-without-commitment-to-lsquoimprovements/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 16:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/feds-wonrsquot-give-funds-for-long-term-care-without-commitment-to-lsquoimprovements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Princess Charlene Of Monaco Debuts New Buzzcut Hairstyle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Charlene, Princess of Monaco is saying goodbye to 2020 the way we do when we&rsquo;re getting over a terrible breakup: by getting a drastic haircut.The princess debuted her new look &mdash; a partial buzzcut on the side and back of her head and side-swept bangs &mdash; at a Christmas tree ceremony at the Prince&rsquo;s Palace of Monaco on Wednesday.Charlene and her husband, Prince Albert, along with their six-year-old twins, Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, handed out gifts to families dur]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/princess-charlene-of-monaco-debuts-new-buzzcut-hairstyle/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 15:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/princess-charlene-of-monaco-debuts-new-buzzcut-hairstyle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prepare For Remote Learning In January, Ontario School Boards Warn Parents]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Ontario&rsquo;s education ministry has told school boards to prepare for the possibility of fully remote learning&nbsp;next year.&nbsp;Education Minister Stephen Lecce has told board chairs they should encourage staff and students to bring essential learning materials home over the holidays.&nbsp;Lecce says in his Tuesday memo that the precaution will help the education system be ready for &ldquo;all scenarios.&rdquo;He says the government is eyeing an increase in hospitalization]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prepare-for-remote-learning-in-january-ontario-school-boards-warn-parents/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 14:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prepare-for-remote-learning-in-january-ontario-school-boards-warn-parents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPP Officer Charged With Fraud Linked To Gretzky Memorabilia Theft]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Ontario Provincial Police Officer is facing fraud charges involving a Wayne Gretzky hockey stick after an investigation following the theft of over&nbsp;$637K worth of the hockey legend&rsquo;s sport memorabilia.Brantford, Ont. police arrested a 58-year-old man from Oakville, Ont.&nbsp;with theft and possession over $5,000.&nbsp;The recovered souvenirs include hockey jerseys from the&nbsp;&ldquo;Great One&rsquo;s&rdquo; time with the LA Kings, Gretzky&rsquo;s hockey shorts, and a Player-Of-Th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/opp-officer-charged-with-fraud-linked-to-gretzky-memorabilia-theft/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 03:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/opp-officer-charged-with-fraud-linked-to-gretzky-memorabilia-theft/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biden Administration Is 'Good News For Canada': Champagne]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The incoming Biden administration in the United States will help stabilize the world order and give North America a good shot at beating COVID-19 and fighting climate change, says Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne.Champagne, who did an unusual amount of jet-setting during the pandemic this past year, told The Canadian Press on Wednesday he wants to kick off 2021 with a post-inauguration visit to Washington to connect with Antony Blinken, Biden&rsquo;s nominee fo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/biden-administration-is-good-news-for-canada-champagne/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 02:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/biden-administration-is-good-news-for-canada-champagne/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam Smith Gives Shawn Mendes A Generous Reply Following Misgendering Apology]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sam Smith is known for their compassionate heart, a fact that&rsquo;s clear to see in their tear-jerker songs and now, by their kind response to a recent apology from Shawn Mendes.The Canadian singer-songwriter said sorry to Smith, after he unintentionally referred to Smith by the wrong pronouns during the iHeart Radio Jingle Ball, an annual concert that went virtual last Thursday. The non-binary musician has gone by they and them pronouns since last September.Fans who caught wind of what happen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/sam-smith-gives-shawn-mendes-a-generous-reply-following-misgendering-apology/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 01:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/sam-smith-gives-shawn-mendes-a-generous-reply-following-misgendering-apology/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter Nygard’s Sex Trafficking Arrest Casts New Scrutiny On Reported Prince Andrew Visit]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Finnish-Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was arrested in Winnipeg. He&rsquo;s facing nine charges, including sex trafficking, and authorities claim he&rsquo;s sexually assaulted &ldquo;at least dozens&rdquo; of victims.But royal watchers might know him for another reason: his alleged connection to Prince Andrew.It&rsquo;s been widely reported that Prince Andrew stayed at Nygard&rsquo;s Caribbean estate in June 2000. At the time, Nygard would have been known primarily for being an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/peter-nygards-sex-trafficking-arrest-casts-new-scrutiny-on-reported-prince-andrew-visit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 01:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/peter-nygards-sex-trafficking-arrest-casts-new-scrutiny-on-reported-prince-andrew-visit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Hottest Housing Markets Are Now Small Towns, Rural Areas]]></title><description><![CDATA[With some 6,500 people, Yarmouth, N.S., isn&rsquo;t one of Canada&rsquo;s most prominent locales. But thanks to a pandemic that has upended the housing market, the town at the centre of one of the world&rsquo;s largest lobster-fishing regions now tops the list of the country&rsquo;s hottest housing markets.The average sales price of a home in Yarmouth has jumped a whopping 68.7 per cent in the past year, according to data from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). But the town remains sup]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-hottest-housing-markets-are-now-small-towns-rural-areas/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 22:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-hottest-housing-markets-are-now-small-towns-rural-areas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toddler's Daily Dance-Off With Postman Is A TikTok Hit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kids are feeling the pandemic blues just as much as we are, but thankfully one toddler can count on a neighbourhood pal to bring her joy every day.&nbsp;Three-year-old Avlina became TikTok famous overnight, after her father posted a video showing her daily routine in their Portland, Oregon, home: Ever since she could stand, she&rsquo;s danced with her friend Ian, the mailman, through the window.&nbsp;Her dad, who goes by Dr. David DC on the app, explained via text onscreen that those sweet momen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/toddlers-daily-dance-off-with-postman-is-a-tiktok-hit/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/toddlers-daily-dance-off-with-postman-is-a-tiktok-hit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Erin O’Toole’s Residential Schools Comments Were ‘Reprehensible,’ AFN Chief Perry Bellegarde Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde has called out Conservative Leader Erin O&rsquo;Toole for &ldquo;reprehensible&rdquo; comments about residential schools that he says were about scoring &ldquo;meaningless political points.&rdquo;In a statement shared on Twitter Wednesday, Bellegarde said he wants to sit down with O&rsquo;Toole next year to help him understand &ldquo;how First Nations are continuing to grapple with the lasting effects of a policy that was wrong from the s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/erin-otooles-residential-schools-comments-were-reprehensible-afn-chief-perry-bellegarde-says/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 21:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/erin-otooles-residential-schools-comments-were-reprehensible-afn-chief-perry-bellegarde-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blind Dad-To-Be Gets ‘Incredible’ Tactile Ultrasound Scan]]></title><description><![CDATA[A dad-to-be in the U.K. just received a pretty amazing gift: an ultrasound scan of his baby that he&rsquo;s able to experience, as a blind man.Nathan Edge and his partner Emma Fotheringham, who live in Mansfield, England, are expecting a baby in May. They recently had their standard 12-week ultrasound scan.&ldquo;When we got home, we shared the scans with our family, and everybody was getting excited about seeing the baby for the first time,&rdquo; Edge, 26, told Today&#65279;.&nbsp;&ldquo;Being]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/blind-dad-to-be-gets-incredible-tactile-ultrasound-scan/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/blind-dad-to-be-gets-incredible-tactile-ultrasound-scan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Santa, Mrs. Claus Test Positive For COVID After Hosting 50 Kids At Tree Lighting]]></title><description><![CDATA[LUDOWICI, Ga. (AP) &mdash; Dozens of children who attended a tree lighting event in Georgia may have been exposed to COVID-19 after a pair performing as Santa and Mrs. Claus tested positive for the virus, officials said.Commissioners&rsquo; Chair Robert Parker said about 50 children, including his own, took pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus, whose names weren&rsquo;t immediately released. Both tested positive after the Dec. 10 event in Ludowici about 46 miles (74 kilometers) south of Savannah.P]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/santa-mrs-claus-test-positive-for-covid-after-hosting-50-kids-at-tree-lighting/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/santa-mrs-claus-test-positive-for-covid-after-hosting-50-kids-at-tree-lighting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Defends ‘Speaking Moistly’ Phrase As A ‘Good’ COVID-19 Message]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says while there was &ldquo;lots of laughing&rdquo; after he uttered the words &ldquo;speaking moistly&rdquo; during a coronavirus update back in April, he has no regrets about coining the gross phrase.The prime minister was asked to revisit the viral clip during an interview with Breakfast Television&rsquo;s Dina Pugliese-Mirkovich on Wednesday. Despite his own initial shudder, Trudeau suggested the message behind his novel phrase has endured through]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-defends-speaking-moistly-phrase-as-a-good-covid-19-message/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-defends-speaking-moistly-phrase-as-a-good-covid-19-message/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Is What It's Like To Be A Parent With Chronic Illness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ali Gaspar (A-Star) is a British rap and grime artist and a new dad. He is also living with sickle cell anemia disease, a genetic and unpredictable multi-system disorder that can lead to health issues, including bone, joint and chest pain, organ damage, stroke, leg ulcers, and infections.&ldquo;My body has never been normal; it has never been like anyone else&rsquo;s ... I have to constantly just get on with things,&rdquo; Gaspar told Lucy Pasha-Robinson, host of the podcast Chronic by HuffPost.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/this-is-what-its-like-to-be-a-parent-with-chronic-illness/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 17:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/this-is-what-its-like-to-be-a-parent-with-chronic-illness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Asks Hospitals To Make Space For Surge In COVID-19 Patients]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; The Ontario government is asking the province&rsquo;s hospitals to prepare to use their surge capacity within 48 hours because of soaring COVID-19 cases.&nbsp;The CEO of Ontario Health, which co-ordinates several agencies in the province&rsquo;s health-care system, makes the request in a memo to hospitals.&nbsp;Matt Anderson asks hospitals in the province&rsquo;s lockdown and red zones to ensure they have at least 10 to 15 per cent surge capacity for adult COVID-19 patients.For h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-asks-hospitals-to-make-space-for-surge-in-covid-19-patients/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 17:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-asks-hospitals-to-make-space-for-surge-in-covid-19-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Astronaut Will Join U.S. Crewed Mission To Moon In 2023]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal government says it has signed an agreement with the United States to send a Canadian astronaut around the moon.The planned trip in 2023 is part of a broader U.S.-led effort to establish a new international space station above the lunar surface to allow for exploration of the moon and future missions to Mars.LIVE NOW &ndash; Watch @ISED_CA Minister Navdeep Bains make a major announcement on the future of Canadian space exploration. #DareToExplorehttps://t.co/DVRMZWZOV4&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-astronaut-will-join-us-crewed-mission-to-moon-in-2023/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-astronaut-will-join-us-crewed-mission-to-moon-in-2023/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Astronaut Will Join U.S. Crewed Mission To Deep Space In 2023]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal government says it has signed an agreement with the United States to send a Canadian astronaut around the moon.The planned trip in 2023 is part of a broader U.S.-led effort to establish a new international space station above the lunar surface to allow for exploration of the moon and future missions to Mars.LIVE NOW &ndash; Watch @ISED_CA Minister Navdeep Bains make a major announcement on the future of Canadian space exploration. #DareToExplorehttps://t.co/DVRMZWZOV4&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-astronaut-will-join-us-crewed-mission-to-deep-space-in-2023/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-astronaut-will-join-us-crewed-mission-to-deep-space-in-2023/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Post Moves Up Christmas Delivery Deadlines, So You Better Hurry]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &#8213; Canadians have just days remaining to ship parcels in time for Christmas after Canada Post moved up deadlines because of the unprecedented holiday demand caused by COVID-19.The postal service has set various deadlines for this week but is still warning Canadians to expect delays.While all deadlines for mail remain unchanged, the local deadline is Friday for Priority, Xpresspost, flat rate box and regular parcel services.Watch: Hot 2020 Christmas toys to buy the kids in your life.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-post-moves-up-christmas-delivery-deadlines-so-you-better-hurry/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-post-moves-up-christmas-delivery-deadlines-so-you-better-hurry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tiny Gifts You Can Pop In An Envelope For Christmas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since we can&rsquo;t see grandparents, aunts and uncles and other loved ones outside of our household bubble for the holidays, many of us will instead be popping gifts in the mail.Not surprisingly, shipping deadlines for packages just got bumped forward, as Canada Post is struggling with overwhelming demand this year. So if you haven&rsquo;t gotten your gifts sent off already, it might be time to get creative and slip a tiny something into the envelope of your holiday card.Canadian cut-off maili]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tiny-gifts-you-can-pop-in-an-envelope-for-christmas/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/tiny-gifts-you-can-pop-in-an-envelope-for-christmas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disabled People Capable Of Decisions On Medically Assisted Death: Plaintiff]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Nicole Gladu has no time for the argument that she&rsquo;s a vulnerable person who needs to be protected from being coerced into seeking a medically assisted death.The 75-year-old Quebecer uses a wheelchair due to post-polio syndrome, a degenerative condition that has over the past 25 years reactivated childhood scoliosis, weakened her muscles, distorted her body and made it hard to breathe.But she still lives independently in a 14th-floor condo with a beautiful view and cherishes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/disabled-people-capable-of-decisions-on-medically-assisted-death-plaintiff/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/disabled-people-capable-of-decisions-on-medically-assisted-death-plaintiff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Police Catch Dog Taking Owner's Car For A Quick Spin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario Provincial Police officers who attended a single-vehicle collision in North Grenville, just south of Ottawa, found an unusual culprit with their paws on the wheel: the family dog.The incident occurred Dec. 9, when officers responded to reports of a car in the ditch. Not only was there a car in the ditch, there was also a &ldquo;pug-like dog&rdquo; in the car.&nbsp;#GrenvilleOPP had a unique culprit in a single vehicle collision.On Dec 9th officers were called to Johnston Rd in @North_Gre]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-police-catch-dog-taking-owners-car-for-a-quick-spin/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 01:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-police-catch-dog-taking-owners-car-for-a-quick-spin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can You Go Home To Family For Christmas? What To Know About Provincial COVID-19 Restrictions]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s beginning to look a lot like Christmas &mdash; a very small, small Christmas.Many provinces, including B.C., Alberta and parts of Ontario have strict COVID-19 social gathering limits that will impact the holiday season. In many of those areas, indoor and outdoor social gatherings are banned except for with members of the household you live in, or one or two exceptions for people living alone.In recent weeks, health officials have clarified or confirmed how those restrictions impact ho]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/can-you-go-home-to-family-for-christmas-what-to-know-about-provincial-covid-19-restrictions/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 01:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/can-you-go-home-to-family-for-christmas-what-to-know-about-provincial-covid-19-restrictions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Doctor-Patient Relationship Is Crucial For Fertility Treatments: Survey]]></title><description><![CDATA[Millennials don&rsquo;t want to get fertility treatments from people they don&rsquo;t find understanding or in clinics where they don&rsquo;t feel comfortable, according to a new survey&nbsp;of over 1,000 fertility patients.The research, conducted by infertility site Pregnantish, found the most common reason patients end treatments with their fertility doctors is that they feel the treatment or approach isn&rsquo;t tailored to their needs. The second-most common reason is similar: They feel they]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/good-doctor-patient-relationship-is-crucial-for-fertility-treatments-survey/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/good-doctor-patient-relationship-is-crucial-for-fertility-treatments-survey/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CERB Repayments Can Wait 'If You Can't Pay' Right Now, Minister Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The letter that John Cosgrove received in late November from the Canada Revenue Agency wasn&rsquo;t entirely clear, but he knew something was amiss.Cosgrove, like nearly nine million Canadians, had applied for and received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit while it was available between mid-March and late September as the economy slowed and jobs were lost because of COVID-19.The CRA wasn&rsquo;t sure if the self-employed artist met the earnings criteria needed to receive the $]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cerb-repayments-can-wait-if-you-cant-pay-right-now-minister-says/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/cerb-repayments-can-wait-if-you-cant-pay-right-now-minister-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indigenous-Owned Businesses Based In Canada To Support This Holiday Season]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whether you&rsquo;re holiday-shopping for loved ones or just looking to treat yourself, you can find a thoughtfully-made gift (or two, or seven!) from an Indigenous-owned creative business.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s good to buy directly from Indigenous makers and vendors but it&rsquo;s especially appreciated this winter, as the pandemic has dealt a lousy hand to small business owners and BIPOC communities alike. Here are some ways to&nbsp;support Indigenous entrepreneurs and find some of the most beautifu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/indigenous-owned-businesses-based-in-canada-to-support-this-holiday-season/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/indigenous-owned-businesses-based-in-canada-to-support-this-holiday-season/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Simplified Home Office Expense Income Tax Deduction Uses $2 Daily Flat Rate]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; In anticipation of a surge in home office expense claims, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced details Wednesday about its new, simplified &ldquo;temporary flat rate&rdquo; criteria to determine how much money Canadians are eligible for in tax deductions.&nbsp;Millions of Canadians who have found themselves suddenly working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic are eligible for up to $400 in income tax deductions. The Liberal government announced the measure in the fa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-simplified-home-office-expense-income-tax-deduction-uses-2-daily-flat-rate/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 23:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/new-simplified-home-office-expense-income-tax-deduction-uses-2-daily-flat-rate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Does Canada Still Insist That Donating To Food Banks Works?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The price of food is expected to climb dramatically in 2021 at a time when many Canadians can barely afford to feed their families, following the economic devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic.Yet to kick off the &ldquo;season of giving,&rdquo; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted a pre-Thanksgiving video to Twitter asking Canadians to pick up &ldquo;an extra item or two for the local food bank and help a family in need.&rdquo;Trudeau collected non-perishables at a Metro supermarket, emptied his]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/why-does-canada-still-insist-that-donating-to-food-banks-works/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 23:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/why-does-canada-still-insist-that-donating-to-food-banks-works/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zooey Deschanel Teams Up With Boyfriend Jonathan Scott To Fix Friend’s House]]></title><description><![CDATA[For many people, there&rsquo;s a learning period in a new relationship, where you try things your partner is into that are very much outside of your comfort zone. For some people, that means listening to heavy metal or getting into vegan food. For Zooey Deschanel, apparently, it means trying your hand at home demolition.The American actress has been dating Canadian-born Jonathan Scott, star of the home-improvement show, &ldquo;Property Brothers,&rdquo; and former teen magician, since last fall.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/zooey-deschanel-teams-up-with-boyfriend-jonathan-scott-to-fix-friends-house/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/zooey-deschanel-teams-up-with-boyfriend-jonathan-scott-to-fix-friends-house/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Pledges Not To Raise Taxes To Slay Soaring Federal Deficit]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged Monday not to raise taxes on Canadians, despite the fact his government&rsquo;s fall economic statement proposes to do just that.Speaking to Radio-Canada&rsquo;s C&eacute;line Galipeau on Monday, Trudeau told the anchor that Canadians won&rsquo;t need to worry about the federal government&rsquo;s raising taxes to pay for its $381-billion deficit &mdash; at least not for now.&ldquo;As soon as we start seeing economic growth, we won&rsquo;t need]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-pledges-not-to-raise-taxes-to-slay-soaring-federal-deficit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/trudeau-pledges-not-to-raise-taxes-to-slay-soaring-federal-deficit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merrilee Fullerton&rsquo;s 'Factual Landscape' Paints An Incomplete Picture (Analysis)]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; The email came late on a Friday evening and it was long.&nbsp;&ldquo;I am reaching out in response to your article ... and to request that you please update it to better align with the factual landscape as it relates to inspections in long-term care,&rdquo; minister of long-term care&nbsp;Merrilee Fullerton&rsquo;s press secretary Krystle Caputo wrote to HuffPost Canada on Dec. 4, shortly after 10 p.m.Her email toured a &ldquo;factual landscape&rdquo; that was missing some signif]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/merrilee-fullertonrsquos-factual-landscape-paints-an-incomplete-picture-analysis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/merrilee-fullertonrsquos-factual-landscape-paints-an-incomplete-picture-analysis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last-Minute Christmas Gift Ideas When You Think You've Run Out Of Options]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you&rsquo;ve been putting off buying Christmas gifts this year, don&rsquo;t worry, you&rsquo;re not completely screwed.Yes, the pandemic has made buying presents a bit more challenging this year, what with lockdowns being enforced across the country and many businesses requiring long lead times for orders to ensure delivery by Christmas Eve.Still, if you&rsquo;ve missed the window for ordering a gift for a loved one, we have many last-minute Christmas gift ideas that we think you&rsquo;ll lov]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/last-minute-christmas-gift-ideas-when-you-think-youve-run-out-of-options/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/last-minute-christmas-gift-ideas-when-you-think-youve-run-out-of-options/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This 'Schitt's Creek'-Mariah Carey 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' Video Will Spark Joy]]></title><description><![CDATA[All I want for Christmas is youuuuu,&nbsp;b&eacute;b&eacute;!That&rsquo;s right, &ldquo;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek&rdquo; just got Mimi-fied, thanks to the TV show&rsquo;s digital producer, Calum Shanlin, who created a supercut of the Emmy-winning series to the tune of the Mariah Carey holiday classic, &ldquo;All I Want for Christmas is You.&rdquo;&nbsp;Shanlin posted the incredibly charming holiday gift on Instagram this week and titled his masterpiece, &ldquo;all I want for Christmas is you, b&eacut]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/this-schitts-creek-mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-video-will-spark-joy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 18:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/this-schitts-creek-mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-video-will-spark-joy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Set To Receive Moderna Vaccine Doses By Month’s End: Trudeau]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada has signed a contract to receive up to 168,000 doses of Moderna&rsquo;s COVID-19 vaccine before the end of December.The Moderna vaccine has not yet been approved by Health Canada but Trudeau says deliveries could begin within 48 hours of that happening.Trudeau also says Canada is set to receive about 200,000 of its total early shipment of COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer next week.He says there will also be 70 sites across the country re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-set-to-receive-moderna-vaccine-doses-by-months-end-trudeau/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 18:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canada-set-to-receive-moderna-vaccine-doses-by-months-end-trudeau/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Clothing Tycoon Peter Nygard Arrested In Winnipeg]]></title><description><![CDATA[WINNIPEG &mdash; Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been arrested in Winnipeg.Court records show Nygard was arrested under the Extradition Act and is to appear in a Winnipeg courtroom this afternoon.The designer is facing a class-action lawsuit in the United States alleging the sexual assault of dozens of women.Fifty-seven women &mdash; including 18 Canadians &mdash; have joined the lawsuit, which alleges that Nygard used violence, intimidation, bribery and company employees to lure victims]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-clothing-tycoon-peter-nygard-arrested-in-winnipeg/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-clothing-tycoon-peter-nygard-arrested-in-winnipeg/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Make Your Christmas Tree Last For As Long As Possible]]></title><description><![CDATA[O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how lovely are thy ... wait a minute, where did all those needles go?So you, like many, bought a Christmas tree early in the hopes of catching some extra holiday spirit because it&rsquo;s been one helluva year, only to find all the needles on the floor after only a few days. What a motherf%ck$r!Not to fret: There are a few simple ways to keep your Christmas tree fresh for weeks to come. The first step, which should be obvious to anyone who&rsquo;s ever had the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-make-your-christmas-tree-last-for-as-long-as-possible/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-make-your-christmas-tree-last-for-as-long-as-possible/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thunder Bay Man Who Threw Trailer Hitch At Indigenous Woman Found Guilty Of Manslaughter]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the Kentner family buried Barbara in July, 2017, they collected red prayer ties from those who attended her funeral, a traditional Anishinaabe custom that involves wrapping tobacco, or sema, in fabric as an offering to the Creator and spirits. Three and half years later, the family lit a sacred fire in an empty Thunder Bay parking lot for a ceremony and Barbara Kentner&rsquo;s three sisters&nbsp;&mdash; Melissa, Connie and Cheryl&mdash; placed the red prayer ties in the fire as they prepare]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/thunder-bay-man-who-threw-trailer-hitch-at-indigenous-woman-found-guilty-of-manslaughter/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/thunder-bay-man-who-threw-trailer-hitch-at-indigenous-woman-found-guilty-of-manslaughter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ont. Man Who Threw Trailer Hitch At Indigenous Woman Guilty Of Manslaughter]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the Kentner family buried Barbara in July, 2017, they collected red prayer ties from those who attended her funeral, a traditional Anishinaabe custom that involves wrapping tobacco, or sema, in fabric as an offering to the Creator and spirits. Three and half years later, the family lit a sacred fire in an empty Thunder Bay parking lot for a ceremony and Barbara Kentner&rsquo;s three sisters&nbsp;&mdash; Melissa, Connie and Cheryl&mdash; placed the red prayer ties in the fire as they prepare]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ont-man-who-threw-trailer-hitch-at-indigenous-woman-guilty-of-manslaughter/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ont-man-who-threw-trailer-hitch-at-indigenous-woman-guilty-of-manslaughter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Majority Of Canadians Support Holiday Lockdown To fight COVID-19 Surge: Poll]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians support the idea of a lockdown on non-essential businesses and services during the holidays to fight a surge in new COVID-19 cases across the country.Sixty-five per cent of respondents in the poll conducted by L&eacute;ger and the Association for Canadian Studies said they supported a general lockdown in their province during Christmas and New Year&rsquo;s to tackle the pandemic versus 29 per cent who opposed the idea.L&eacute;ger execut]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/majority-of-canadians-support-holiday-lockdown-to-fight-covid-19-surge-poll/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/majority-of-canadians-support-holiday-lockdown-to-fight-covid-19-surge-poll/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe Biden Officially Secures Enough Electors To Become 46th U.S. President]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joe Biden has officially secured enough electoral votes to become the next president of the United States.Biden crossed the Electoral College&rsquo;s&nbsp;270-vote threshold&nbsp;on Monday, confirming his win in the Nov. 7 election. States will continue to report elector tallies Monday evening, and they will be officially tallied during a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6.Just as he did in election projections, state certifications, recounts and numerous lawsuits, Donald Trump lost.&ldquo;In t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/joe-biden-officially-secures-enough-electors-to-become-46th-us-president/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/joe-biden-officially-secures-enough-electors-to-become-46th-us-president/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Shawn Mendes Guide You Through Ultra-Specific Canadian Slang]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Vanity Fair started its &ldquo;slang school&rdquo; series, the categories were broad &mdash; remember, for instance, Will Arnett introducing Americans to Canadian slang in summer 2018.Two and a half years later, the series has gotten much more specific. In its latest installment, Canadian singer Shawn Mendes walks viewers through vocabulary from his hometown of Pickering, Ont., about an hour east of Toronto.Some more general Canadian-isms pop in, but most of the terms are particular to the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/let-shawn-mendes-guide-you-through-ultra-specific-canadian-slang/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 23:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/let-shawn-mendes-guide-you-through-ultra-specific-canadian-slang/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indya Moore's Festive Project 'TransSanta' Gives Gifts To Trans Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indya Moore wants you to be Santa for trans kids this year. But don&rsquo;t worry about donning a red suit or cross-country sleigh rides: The&nbsp;&ldquo;Pose&rdquo; star&rsquo;s latest project makes gift-giving as simple as reading a youth&rsquo;s wish list and making a few mouse clicks to turn their request into a reality.Moore announced the launch of the &ldquo;TransSanta&rdquo; crowdfunding project in an Instagram video post last Wednesday, noting that they know firsthand how rough the holid]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/indya-moores-festive-project-transsanta-gives-gifts-to-trans-kids/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 23:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/indya-moores-festive-project-transsanta-gives-gifts-to-trans-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indya Moore's Festive Project 'TranSanta' Gives Gifts To Trans Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indya Moore wants you to be Santa for trans kids this year. But don&rsquo;t worry about donning a red suit or cross-country sleigh rides: The&nbsp;&ldquo;Pose&rdquo; star&rsquo;s latest project makes gift-giving as simple as reading a youth&rsquo;s wish list and making a few mouse clicks to turn their request into a reality.Moore announced the launch of the &ldquo;TranSanta&rdquo; crowdfunding project in an Instagram video post last Wednesday, noting that they know firsthand how rough the holida]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/indya-moores-festive-project-transanta-gives-gifts-to-trans-kids/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 23:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/indya-moores-festive-project-transanta-gives-gifts-to-trans-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amidst ‘Horrible’ Year For Refugee Resettlement, Canada A Bright Light: United Nations]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The year 2020 will go down as the worst for refugee resettlement in recent history, says the UN refugee agency&rsquo;s Canadian representative.&nbsp;With nearly 168 countries implementing border and travel restrictions, millions of displaced people around the globe were stuck, unable to either return to their home countries or move to others.Canada, however, was one of only a few that did listen to urgent pleas from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said Rema Jamo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/amidst-horrible-year-for-refugee-resettlement-canada-a-bright-light-united-nations/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/amidst-horrible-year-for-refugee-resettlement-canada-a-bright-light-united-nations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario's 1st COVID-19 Vaccines Go To Toronto Health-Care Workers]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash;&nbsp;Ontario&rsquo;s first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine went to five &ldquo;Rekai angels,&rdquo; front-line workers from Toronto&rsquo;s Rekai Centre nursing home.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m excited because I&rsquo;m the first one to get the vaccine,&rdquo; personal support worker Anita Quidangen told a reporter on scene at University Health Network (UHN) in downtown Toronto.Watch here:LIVE: First vaccines expected to be administered for frontline workers in Ontario, Canada]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-1st-covid-19-vaccines-go-to-toronto-health-care-workers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontarios-1st-covid-19-vaccines-go-to-toronto-health-care-workers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's 1st COVID-19 Vaccines Go To Toronto Health-Care Workers]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash;&nbsp;Ontario&rsquo;s first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine went to five &ldquo;Rekai angels,&rdquo; front-line workers from Toronto&rsquo;s Rekai Centre nursing home.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m excited because I&rsquo;m the first one to get the vaccine,&rdquo; personal support worker Anita Quidangen told a reporter on scene at University Health Network (UHN) in downtown Toronto.Watch here:LIVE: First vaccines expected to be administered for frontline workers in Ontario, Canada]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-1st-covid-19-vaccines-go-to-toronto-health-care-workers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadas-1st-covid-19-vaccines-go-to-toronto-health-care-workers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Charges For Cop Who Killed 26-Year-Old Black Man In Crisis: SIU]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario&rsquo;s police watchdog says there is &ldquo;no basis&rdquo; to lay charges against a Peel Region officer who fatally shot a mentally ill man in his Brampton, Ont., home earlier this year.The Special Investigations Unit says the officer who shot D&rsquo;Andre Campbell had reason to believe he was acting in self-defence.&nbsp;Agency director Joseph Martino&rsquo;s report says Campbell was experiencing a mental health episode on April 6, when he had called 911 about a dispute in the home.&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/no-charges-for-cop-who-killed-26-year-old-black-man-in-crisis-siu/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/no-charges-for-cop-who-killed-26-year-old-black-man-in-crisis-siu/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racist Zoom Call Attack Leaves Montreal Black Community Group Shaken]]></title><description><![CDATA[Members of a Black community association in Montreal are deeply hurt and disappointed after strangers hijacked their Zoom meeting, spewing racial slurs and profanities.The incident happened on Friday during the West Island Black Community Association&rsquo;s annual general meeting, which was open to the public for transparency. It was supposed to be a safe space to discuss community matters.&nbsp;About six minutes in, several male voices were heard repeating the N-word and other racialized insul]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/racist-zoom-call-attack-leaves-montreal-black-community-group-shaken/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/racist-zoom-call-attack-leaves-montreal-black-community-group-shaken/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Massive Desjardins Data Breach Caused By Series Of Security Gaps: Privacy Watchdog]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A series of technological and administrative gaps caused a high-profile data breach at Desjardins &mdash; the largest to date in the Canadian financial services sector, the federal privacy watchdog has found.In a report today, privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien said Desjardins did not demonstrate the level of attention needed to protect the sensitive personal information entrusted to its care.The incident compromised the data of nearly 9.7 million Canadians.&ldquo;Canadians expe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/massive-desjardins-data-breach-caused-by-series-of-security-gaps-privacy-watchdog/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/massive-desjardins-data-breach-caused-by-series-of-security-gaps-privacy-watchdog/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pee And Poo Toys For Potty-Obsessed Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whether your kid is at the potty-training stage, fresh out of diapers or old enough to know better, you can probably get them to giggle with toilet humour.Toys and books about peeing and pooping can be great for getting little ones interested in using the potty. And there are so many funny, cute and sometimes horrifying toys and games out there for older kids who&rsquo;ve held onto their fascination with all things toilet-themed.Our 2020 pee-and-poo toy guide may make grown-ups flush, but we gua]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pee-and-poo-toys-for-potty-obsessed-kids/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 14:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pee-and-poo-toys-for-potty-obsessed-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pee- And Poo-Themed Toys For Potty-Obsessed Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whether your kid is at the potty-training stage, fresh out of diapers or old enough to know better, you can probably get them to giggle with toilet humour.Toys and books about peeing and pooping can be great for getting little ones interested in using the potty. And there are so many funny, cute and sometimes horrifying toys and games out there for older kids who&rsquo;ve held onto their fascination with all things toilet-themed.Our 2020 pee-and-poo toy guide may make grown-ups flush, but we gua]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pee-and-poo-themed-toys-for-potty-obsessed-kids/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 14:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/pee-and-poo-themed-toys-for-potty-obsessed-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quebec To Begin Administering COVID-19 Vaccine As First Batch Arrives In Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; Public health officials in Quebec plan to administer the first COVID-19 vaccines today.Residents of two long-term care homes&nbsp;in the province will be the first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.&nbsp;Francine Dupuis of the Montreal regional health agency says health-care workers have been ready to administer the doses at Maimonides Geriatric Centre since Friday.Dupuis says the agency expects to receive 1,950 initial doses, which will first go to residents, to Maimonides]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-to-begin-administering-covid-19-vaccine-as-first-batch-arrives-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/quebec-to-begin-administering-covid-19-vaccine-as-first-batch-arrives-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario, Quebec To Begin Administering COVID-19 Vaccine As First Batch Arrives In Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; Public health officials in Ontario and&nbsp;Quebec plan to administer the first COVID-19 vaccines today.Residents of two long-term care homes&nbsp;in Quebec will be the first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.&nbsp;Francine Dupuis of the Montreal regional health agency says health-care workers have been ready to administer the doses at Maimonides Geriatric Centre since Friday.Dupuis says the agency expects to receive 1,950 initial doses, which will first go to residents, to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-quebec-to-begin-administering-covid-19-vaccine-as-first-batch-arrives-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ontario-quebec-to-begin-administering-covid-19-vaccine-as-first-batch-arrives-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Recovering After Emergency Surgery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is recovering after undergoing an emergency surgery on Friday.&nbsp;A family spokesman says the &ldquo;urgent procedure&rdquo; was a &ldquo;complete success&rdquo; and Mulroney was released from hospital this afternoon.&nbsp;Mulroney is 81.&nbsp;His daughter Caroline Mulroney, who is Ontario&rsquo;s minister of transportation, says her dad is &ldquo;feeling better and is now resting at home.&rdquo;She thanked everyone for their good wishes.&nbsp;Conservative]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/former-prime-minister-brian-mulroney-recovering-after-emergency-surgery/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 02:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/former-prime-minister-brian-mulroney-recovering-after-emergency-surgery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince William, Kate Middleton Sent Out Their Annual Christmas Card]]></title><description><![CDATA[In so many ways, this year&rsquo;s Christmas is exceptionally different from other years. But some things are consistent. Take, for instance, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge&rsquo;s annual Christmas card.It hasn&rsquo;t been released on their official channels yet, but the image has circulated on a variety of social media accounts over the weekend, including in royal correspondent Elizabeth Holmes&rsquo; Instagram stories.In the photo, Prince William, Kate Middleton and their three kids pose o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-william-kate-middleton-sent-out-their-annual-christmas-card/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/prince-william-kate-middleton-sent-out-their-annual-christmas-card/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Bonjour-Ho’ Might Not Be The Great Greeting The Bloc Quebecois Thinks It Is]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Quebec, it&rsquo;s considered controversial to greet people by saying &ldquo;Bonjour-Hi,&rdquo; because many politicians believe that using the English word &mdash; even after the French one &mdash; is too much of a concession to anglophones.So the Bloc Qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois found a completely clear and uncontroversial holiday alternative: &ldquo;Bonjour-Ho.&rdquo; Catchy, no?On new posters the party released in Montreal over the weekend, Santa &mdash; wearing a BQ-blue suit, rather than hi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bonjour-ho-might-not-be-the-great-greeting-the-bloc-quebecois-thinks-it-is/</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2020 22:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/bonjour-ho-might-not-be-the-great-greeting-the-bloc-quebecois-thinks-it-is/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Professor Creates Hilarious Lecture Videos To Boost Students’ Spirits]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the famous Love Actually scene, Juliet opens the door, her surprise turning to a smile when she realizes who is unexpectedly stopping by.&nbsp;&ldquo;Oh, hi,&rdquo; says Juliet played by Kiera Knightly.&nbsp;This time, however, it&rsquo;s not Mark (Andrew Lincoln) on her doorstep, silently proclaiming his love for her through a series of signs.Instead it&rsquo;s Brock University genetics Prof. Lori MacNeil, decked out in a Santa hat and cat-themed Christmas sweater, sharing her hopes for a br]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-professor-creates-hilarious-lecture-videos-to-boost-students-spirits/</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2020 21:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/canadian-professor-creates-hilarious-lecture-videos-to-boost-students-spirits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Watch The 2020 Geminid Meteor Shower In Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[The night sky is offering a bit of a treat for astronomy nerds as 2020 finally comes to a close.As our planet moves through a cloud of debris left behind from an asteroid called 3200 Phaethon, we get to see what scientists call the Geminid meteor showers. This year&rsquo;s shower is even more unique than usual because it&rsquo;s happening almost at the same time as a new moon, which darkens the sky and makes fainter meteor fragments more visible, according to NASA.A few tips can make the light s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-watch-the-2020-geminid-meteor-shower-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2020 03:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/how-to-watch-the-2020-geminid-meteor-shower-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Inmate Alleges Newfoundland Prison Guard Did Dental Work On Him]]></title><description><![CDATA[ST. JOHN&rsquo;S, N.L. &mdash; A former inmate of a Newfoundland and Labrador jail is suing the province, a dentist and two correctional officers after a guard allegedly performed a dental procedure on him while he was sedated.The lawsuit says the incident happened while the former inmate was receiving authorized dental surgery from a licensed surgeon, and it alleges that the surgeon allowed one of the officers to take part while the other officer filmed it.A statement of claim filed in Newfound]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/former-inmate-alleges-newfoundland-prison-guard-did-dental-work-on-him/</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2020 01:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/former-inmate-alleges-newfoundland-prison-guard-did-dental-work-on-him/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[N.S. RCMP Has Arrested 21 People In Connection With Lobster Fishery Violence]]></title><description><![CDATA[MIDDLE WEST PUBNICO, N.S. &mdash; The Nova Scotia RCMP confirmed Friday the arrest of 21 people in recent weeks following a violent confrontation at a lobster pound at centre of a dispute over a self-regulated Indigenous fishery.&ldquo;The arrests have been ongoing since the start of the investigation,&rdquo; RCMP Sgt. Andrew Joyce said.On the night of Oct. 13, about 200 mostly non-Indigenous fishermen and their supporters converged on the facility in Middle West Pubnico, N.S., which was storing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ns-rcmp-has-arrested-21-people-in-connection-with-lobster-fishery-violence/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2020 22:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/ns-rcmp-has-arrested-21-people-in-connection-with-lobster-fishery-violence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health Canada Says People With Allergies To Vaccine Ingredients Shouldn't Take It]]></title><description><![CDATA[With vaccinations against COVID-19 in Canada set to begin on Monday, the federal health agency is warning that people with allergies to any of the vaccine&rsquo;s ingredients should not receive it.Health Canada says two people in the United Kingdom had severe allergic reactions to the Pfizer vaccine. The agency says both individuals recovered and had histories of severe allergic reactions.Read more: How Worried Should You Be About Allergic Reactions To Pfizer&rsquo;s COVID Vaccine?Meanwhile, Pub]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/health-canada-says-people-with-allergies-to-vaccine-ingredients-shouldnt-take-it/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2020 18:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/health-canada-says-people-with-allergies-to-vaccine-ingredients-shouldnt-take-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Student Group Calls On Feds To Pause Loan Repayment, Cancel Student Debt]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brandon Rh&eacute;al Amyot wonders what they could spend their time doing if they weren&rsquo;t so worried about their finances and those of other students.<br />
Amyot is a third-year political science and media student at Lakehead University in Orillia, Ont., and has already accumulated $30,000 of student debt.&ldquo;I won&rsquo;t be stepping out with my best foot forward, because I&rsquo;m going to spend a decade trying to pay off my student debt for education,&rdquo; Amyot told HuffPost Canada. &l]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/student-group-calls-on-feds-to-pause-loan-repayment-cancel-student-debt/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/student-group-calls-on-feds-to-pause-loan-repayment-cancel-student-debt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 Dead, Others Injured After Building Collapses In London, Ont.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two people are dead after a four-storey wall collapsed at a construction site in London, Ont., city officials said Friday.Earlier in the day firefighters dug through debris in the hope of saving one person who was trapped in the rubble.Late Friday the city said emergency responders confirmed that the trapped individual was dead.&ldquo;With heavy hearts, we&rsquo;re sending our deepest condolences to the loved ones of the deceased,&rdquo; the city said in a statement. &ldquo;Our thoughts and pray]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/2-dead-others-injured-after-building-collapses-in-london-ont/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2020 03:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/2-dead-others-injured-after-building-collapses-in-london-ont/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[1 Dead, Others Injured After Building Collapses In London, Ont.]]></title><description><![CDATA[One person was dead and another remained trapped under rubble hours after a four-storey wall collapsed at a construction site in London, Ont., officials announced Friday, as firefighters continued digging through the debris.At least five others were wounded in the incident at a partially constructed apartment building in the city&rsquo;s west end, local authorities said.&ldquo;Two are in fair condition, one is in serious condition, one is in critical condition, and sadly one is deceased,&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/1-dead-others-injured-after-building-collapses-in-london-ont/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2020 03:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/news/music-news-canada/1-dead-others-injured-after-building-collapses-in-london-ont/</guid></item></channel></rss>