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Ottawa, N.W.T. announce $10-a-day child-care deal

15-12-2021 22:42 via cbc.ca

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and N.W.T. Premier Caroline Cochrane announced an early learning and child-care agreement Wednesday. The deal will halve child-care costs by the end of 2022 and reduce them to $10 a day by 2025-26.

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Another Canadian health crisis — opioid overdoses — has dire modelling of its own

15-12-2021 22:19 via cbc.ca

The latest data from a federal special advisory committee on opioid overdoses shows that opioid-related deaths could remain high and even increase in the next six months.

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Alberta couple wanted in scam that bilked investors in 2 provinces of $1.3M

15-12-2021 22:07 via cbc.ca

An Alberta husband and wife are wanted on Canada-wide warrants in connection with an investment scam that defrauded victims in Alberta and British Columbia out of $1.3 million, according to RCMP.

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NHL's Chicago team reaches settlement with former player Kyle Beach

15-12-2021 21:32 via cbc.ca

Chicago's NHL team has settled a lawsuit by a former player who said he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach during the team's 2010 Stanley Cup title run.

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bell hooks, groundbreaking feminist thinker, dead at 69

15-12-2021 21:03 via cbc.ca

bell hooks has died. The groundbreaking author, educator and activist whose explorations of how race, gender, economics and politics were intertwined made her among the most influential thinkers of her time. She was 69.

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B.C. man admits making hoax call to care home on the day it recorded Canada's 1st COVID death

15-12-2021 20:56 via cbc.ca

In the early hours of the day the Lynn Valley Care Centre recorded Canada's first COVID-19 death, staff received a call that made them fear for the safety of the facility's residents. The man who made that call has now pleaded guilty to perpetrating a hoax.

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Blood service recommends Health Canada end gay blood donation ban

15-12-2021 19:39 via cbc.ca

Canadian Blood Services submitted a proposal to Health Canada Wednesday to end the ban on sexually active gay men donating blood and suggested that screening focus on high-risk behaviours for all donors instead.

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Blood service recommends ending ban on gay men donating blood

15-12-2021 19:39 via cbc.ca

Canadian Blood Services submitted a proposal to Health Canada Wednesday to end the ban on sexually active gay men donating blood and suggested that screening focus on high-risk behaviours for all donors instead.

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Netflix, Slack, DoorDash hit by 2nd Amazon cloud server outage this month

15-12-2021 18:23 via cbc.ca

Amazon.com Inc. said on Wednesday it had recovered from a brief outage at its Amazon Web Services cloud unit that affected internet connectivity in two regions on the U.S. West Coast.

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Trudeau says Canadians need to make 'careful decisions about Christmas'

15-12-2021 17:52 via cbc.ca

Speaking briefly to reporters before an announcement on travel restrictions expected later today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadians need to be prudent when making plans for the holidays.

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'Now is not the time': Federal government warns against travel abroad as Omicron spreads

15-12-2021 17:52 via cbc.ca

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is asking Canadians with plans to travel abroad to cancel their trips as the highly transmissible Omicron variant spreads worldwide.

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Cineplex wins $1.24B in damages in lawsuit with former merger partner Cineworld

15-12-2021 16:33 via cbc.ca

Ontario court awards Cineplex $1.24-billion in damages after U.K.-based Cineworld walked away from takeover amidst pandemic.

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Ontario opens up booster shots for 18 and up starting Monday, announces new capacity limits

15-12-2021 16:14 via cbc.ca

Ontario announced Wednesday that it's accelerating its COVID-19 booster shot rollout over fears around the Omicron variant, with everyone 18 or older eligible to book their third vaccine dose as of Monday.

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Average house price hit all-time high of $720,850 in November

15-12-2021 15:22 via cbc.ca

The average selling price of a resale home in Canada last month was $720,850, beating the all-time high that was set in March of this year.

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Average Canadian house price hit all-time high of $720,850 in November

15-12-2021 15:22 via cbc.ca

The average selling price of a resale home in Canada last month was $720,850, beating the all-time high that was set in March of this year.

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Canada's inflation rate stays at 18-year high of 4.7%

15-12-2021 14:43 via cbc.ca

Canada's inflation rate remained at 4.7 per cent in November, matching the annual pace seen the previous month.

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Marineland Canada says site for planned whale refuge in Nova Scotia is too polluted

15-12-2021 14:04 via cbc.ca

A Marineland report says gold mine tailings near the proposed site of a whale sanctuary in Port Hilford, N.S., could pose a risk to the whales.

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Pain lingers for Hamilton Tiger-Cats after overtime loss to Winnipeg in Grey Cup

15-12-2021 13:53 via cbc.ca

Quality rest has been hard to come by for Tiger-Cats head coach Orlondo Steinauer over the last two nights, with thoughts of his team's painful Grey Cup overtime loss still swirling in his head.

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Europe expects omicron to be the dominant coronavirus variant by mid-January

15-12-2021 13:44 via cbc.ca

The head of the European Union's executive branch said Wednesday that omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus variant in the 27-nation bloc by mid-January, amid concerns that a dramatic rise in infections will leave Europe shrouded in gloom during the holiday season.

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Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Dec. 15

15-12-2021 13:44 via cbc.ca

Concerns about Omicron, a quick-spreading coronavirus variant, took centre stage Wednesday as the federal government moved to limit travel outside the country and some provinces saw their highest case counts in months.

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'We feel like part of the team': Sask. speed skating club targets diversity, inclusion

15-12-2021 13:00 via cbc.ca

Adam, Shojaa and Ryana Al Khrissat are among a growing group of newcomers joining the Saskatoon Lions Speed Skating Club.

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Some Northern residents vow to oppose federal regulations to release treated oilsands tailings water

15-12-2021 13:00 via cbc.ca

As the N.W.T.'s environment minister prepares to respond diplomatically to the potential for discharging treated oilsands tailings water into the environment, Smith's Landing First Nation Chief Gerry Cheezie said officials should expect opposition from communities downstream from the oilfields.

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Some Northern residents vow to oppose federal plan to release treated oilsands tailings

15-12-2021 13:00 via cbc.ca

As the N.W.T.'s environment minister prepares to respond diplomatically to the potential for discharging treated oilsands tailings into the environment, Smith's Landing First Nation Chief Gerry Cheezie said officials should expect opposition from communities downstream from the oilfields.

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Transfer of Sask. COVID-19 ICU patients to Ontario ends as final person returns home

15-12-2021 12:00 via cbc.ca

After nearly two months, Saskatchewan's transfer of critically ill COVID-19 patients to Ontario for intensive care has come to an end. On Tuesday, the province confirmed that the final ICU patient airlifted to Ontario had returned home earlier that day.

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Prairie drought drives Canada's canola, wheat production down more than 35%: StatsCan

15-12-2021 12:00 via cbc.ca

The latest numbers from Statistics Canada show the drought that ravaged the Prairies this past summer impacted crop production for the entire country — and there are concerns about what the next growing season could look like.

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Christmas is a painful reminder of the family I left behind when I immigrated to Canada

15-12-2021 12:00 via cbc.ca

Like many other people who live far away from their childhood homes, the holidays multiply my feelings of homesickness.

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Canada is now growing a third less wheat and canola because of drought

15-12-2021 12:00 via cbc.ca

The latest numbers from Statistics Canada show the drought that ravaged the Prairies this past summer impacted crop production for the entire country — and there are concerns about what the next growing season could look like.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home sticks the landing with an emotional epic

15-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Spider-Man: No Way Home offers a satisfying conclusion to the three-movie arc that found a webslinging kid from Queens become one of Marvel's most critical characters.

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Small town, big decision: Is Ignace, Ont., willing to house nuclear waste from across Canada?

15-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Ignace, Ont., faces a big decision: How to determine if the small town wants to be home to nearly 5.5 million spent nuclear fuel bundles from across Canada. CBC visited the northwestern Ontario area and asked residents what they think of the possibility.

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Small northwestern Ontario town considers if it's willing to house nuclear waste from across Canada

15-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Ignace, Ont., faces a big decision: How to determine if the small town wants to be home to nearly 5.5 million spent nuclear fuel bundles from across Canada. CBC visited the northwestern Ontario area and asked residents what they think of the possibility.

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Should I get a rapid test before a holiday gathering? We answer this and your other COVID-19 questions

15-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Have you been wondering if you should get a rapid test before seeing family and friends during the holidays? We asked the experts that question, and more.

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She needed medical help. Instead she died in police custody. 10 years later, her family wants accountability

15-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Tracy Okemow died almost a decade ago after spending nine hours in police custody, slowly overdosing on diabetes medication even through doctors had cleared her for incarceration.

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Missed diagnoses, PPE failures: How the Misericordia COVID-19 outbreak unfolded

15-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Despite its completion nearly 16 months ago, the report into the June 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at Edmonton's Misericordia Community Hospital hasn't been publicly released. CBC News obtained a copy through a freedom-of-information request.

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Inflation isn't a major political problem for the Liberals — not yet, at any rate

15-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's fiscal update was very much a stay-the-course document and its contents are hard to attack politically. But on inflation, the government remains vulnerable.

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Be 'ready to pivot' domestic holiday travel plans amid rapidly spreading omicron variant, medical experts say

15-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

The rapidly spreading omicron coronavirus variant of COVID-19 means Canadians may have to rethink and be 'ready to pivot' their travel plans within the country during this holiday season, medical experts say.

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Australia looks to Canada as it launches inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women

15-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

An inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children will be held in Australia after the country’s Senate voted to a launch a committee to investigate systemic causes of violence.

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How Succession keeps winning

15-12-2021 06:00 via cbc.ca

HBO’s Succession came out of the gate quietly back in 2018. And even as critics raved over its stylish production, intricate plotting and viciously sharp humour, it took a while to catch on. Now, it’s easily one of the most influential and discussed TV shows in a long time.Structured like a chamber drama set in the corridors of elite power and influence, it revolves around the highly successful but highly dysfunctional Roy clan and their sprawling right wing media empire. The central

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City of Penticton, B.C., to compensate senior whose home was auctioned for unpaid taxes

15-12-2021 03:05 via cbc.ca

Mayor John Vassilaki said it was important to reimburse the senior but raised issues with reports on the situation, including its release just before Christmas.

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The National: Omicron surge, rapid test access, Everyday heroes honoured

15-12-2021 03:00 via cbc.ca

The National for Dec. 14: Growing concern about omicron have governments considering new restrictions and expanded boosters. Plus, the everyday Canadians awarded for their bravery.

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'He needs to leave,' says Brian Jean, gunning to replace troubled Alberta premier

15-12-2021 02:20 via cbc.ca

Fresh off of a decisive win for the UCP nomination in an upcoming byelection, former Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean is wasting no time lining up his crosshairs.

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B.C. couple gifts property with pristine grizzly habitat to conservation group

15-12-2021 00:35 via cbc.ca

A B.C. couple has gifted a large parcel of land near Bella Coola containing pristine old growth forest and rich riverside habitats to the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

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B.C., Alberta, Quebec watchdogs order Clearview AI to stop using facial recognition tool

15-12-2021 00:24 via cbc.ca

Three provincial privacy watchdogs have ordered facial recognition company Clearview AI to stop collecting, using and disclosing images of people without consent.

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New York ethics board tells former governor Cuomo to return money from book deal

15-12-2021 00:13 via cbc.ca

Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo was ordered by the state's ethics commission Tuesday to give up millions of dollars a publisher paid him to write a book about his response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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