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Mid-way through my shift as a cocktail server at a Vancouver comedy club, I’m in the women’s washroom, washing my hands before I go back into the showroom. Expecting to see a giggling female patron who’s maybe had a few too many vodka sodas, instead I see a man. The headlining comedian that night.We make eye contact, and he laughs.“L-O-L,” he says, pronouncing each letter with gusto and a smile, as if a 40-year-old man walking into a women’s washroom was the f

Conservatives are calling on the federal procurement watchdog to review several sole-sourced contracts between the Liberal government and WE Charity, the international, youth-based organization recently tapped to administer a $900-million student-grant program.In a letter sent Thursday to Procurement Ombudsman Alexander Jeglic, Tory MPs Kelly Block, Dan Albas, and Raquel Dancho said “justifiable concerns” have been raised about the government’s decision to outsource the program

Maybe you had COVID-19 and didn’t even know it.It’s a thought on many Canadians’ minds as we enter another month of the coronavirus pandemic. While the total number of test-positive cases in Canada has surpassed 100,000, the number of people who have actually been infected with the virus is likely much much higher. That’s because many people show few or no symptoms, didn’t get tested or were infected before we understood the scope and scale of the virus.One way to b

“The apple,” some say, “doesn’t fall far from the tree.” This idiom predicts we’ll all become our parents, or at least some version of them, and we have little to no say in the matter. But in the case of Kellyanne Conway — longtime Republican pollster, everlasting meme, and counsellor to US President Donald Trump — the inverse couldn’t be any more true: her daughter has gone viral, over the last week, for totally opposing her m

Meghan Markle’s relationship with British press has been turbulent, with recent developments in her ongoing lawsuit against the Daily Mail’s owners the latest proof that tabloids have eroded the Sussex royal’s mental health.But her own contribution to bettering the U.K.’s media industry is currently a source of pride for the Duchess of Sussex, who was recognized on Tuesday with a diversity award for the record-breaking Vogue issue she guest-edited last year.Watch: Me

When I first heard Jagmeet Singh was removed from the House of Commons, I tried to ignore it. He had called Bloc Quebecois MP Alain Therrien a “racist” for not supporting a motion addressing systemic racism in the RCMP, and refused to apologize for using unparliamentary language. Singh hadn’t invoked a banned word, mind you. It came down to  “tone.”But when I watched Singh’s tearful statement in response to the demands of a handful of white MPs, I cried w

A mandate to wear face masks in public could be a partial “substitute” for future COVID-19 lockdowns, sparing the economy billions of dollars in damage, researchers at investment bank Goldman Sachs say.By comparing COVID-19 data from 125 countries, and by comparing U.S. counties with and without face mask mandates, the researchers concluded that a government order to wear face masks in public could cut the virus’s infection rate by nearly 60 per cent, and reduce fatalities by n

OTTAWA — An armed man has been arrested on the grounds of Rideau Hall, where Gov. Gen. Julie Payette and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau live.The RCMP announced the arrest hours after a large number of police officers descended on the sprawling estate Thursday morning.The RCMP said an armed man got onto the grounds around 6:40 a.m. local time. The force said in a tweet that neither Payette nor Trudeau were present at the time.(1/2) At approximately 6:40 this morning, an armed man was ab

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a new appeal from British Columbia First Nations over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.The court dismissed the appeal on Thursday morning from the Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, the Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribes and Coldwater Indian Band, effectively ending the years-long legal battle over the project.The First Nations successfully halted federal approval of the project in 2018 when the Federal Court of Appeal said Ottawa

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s oldest legacy airline, Aeromexico, said Tuesday it has filed for Chapter 11 reorganization, a form of bankruptcy in which the carrier can keep operating while its debts and obligations are sorted out.The airline said “this legal process will not interrupt the airline’s operations” and that all tickets, reservations and bonus points would continue to be honoured.Like many airlines throughout the world, Aeromexico has been squeezed by a decline

TORONTO — All five of Canada’s biggest banks are joining an international boycott of Facebook over concerns that the platform is complicit in promoting racism, violence and misinformation.Scotiabank, RBC, CIBC, BMO and TD have pledged to stop purchasing ads on the site for the month, aligning themselves with brands such as Lululemon Athletica and MEC in signing onto the #StopHateForProfit campaign.The initiative, spearheaded by organizations such as the NAACP and the Anti-Defamation