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Iqaluit elders home evacuated after staff member tests positive for COVID-19
IQALUIT, Nunavut - An elders home in Iqaluit, Nunavut was evacuated on the weekend after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, with some residents being sent out of the territory. Four of the h...
May 10, 2021
Canada's privacy watchdog investigating Pornhub over alleged non-consensual content
OTTAWA - A federal watchdog says he is investigating Pornhub over potential privacy breaches related to non-consensual content posted online. At a parliamentary committee today, privacy commissioner D...
May 10, 2021
Boost in near-term funds, risk should lure more social-finance investors, Hussen says
OTTAWA - Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says he expects changes to federal strategy to finance experimental ways to deliver social services should more easily, and quickly, bring in needed p...
May 10, 2021
Heritage committee to seek answers from ministers on C-10 changes
OTTAWA - Canada's justice and heritage ministers will be recalled to justify a change to the Broadcasting Act that critics warn could erode the rights of individuals users who upload content to social...
May 10, 2021
Ontario likely to mix 1st and 2nd vaccine doses amid lack of AstraZeneca supply
TORONTO - Ontario will likely mix and match COVID-19 vaccine doses in light of uncertain future supply of all the shots approved for use in Canada. Health Minister Christine Elliott says it's likely t...
May 10, 2021
Vaccine rollouts expand, but COVID-19 caseloads still high in some provinces
There were signs of hope that Ontario and Quebec are making progress in the fight against COVID-19 on Monday, even as provinces to the east and west continued to struggle. Ontario's hospitalizations a...
May 10, 2021
'We will do everything we can,' B.C. police say to reassure public amid gang violence
BURNABY, B.C. - Top police officials in British Columbia are trying to reassure the public about safety after a gang war left two men dead and an innocent bystander hurt this weekend. Officers say the...
May 10, 2021
Review of federal prison isolation units 'not adequate,' new report says
OTTAWA - A study has found shortcomings with the process intended to serve as a check on new units for isolating federal prisoners from the general jail population. In response to criticism of solitar...
May 10, 2021
BC SPCA launches 'Camp @ Home' for kids this summer
PRINCE GEORGE - If you're looking to get your kids involved in BC SPCA summer camps you can now do so right from the comfort of your own home.Due to COVID-19, the programs have moved virtually once ag...
May 10, 2021
Two arrested in Williams Lake following weapons offence
WILLIAMS LAKE - Two men were arrested in Williams Lake Friday (May 7) following a weapons offence.RCMP say on Friday, police observed a man exiting a home in the 3400 block of 9th Avenue carrying what...
May 10, 2021