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Politics Political "brinksmanship" in Michigan risks allowing Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. to abandon plans for a $500-million tunnel that would protect an ecologically sensitive Great Lakes waterway from the controversial Line 5 pipeline, business leaders warned Wednesday. An aboveground section of Enbridge's Line 5 at the Mackinaw City, Mich., pump station. …

British Columbia·New Indigenous leaders are calling for an investigation into the conduct of Mounties on Vancouver Island after two members of a small First Nation were shot by police in the last three months. Judy Wilson, the secretary-treasurer of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, pictured in North Vancouver, B.C., …

British Columbia·New Indigenous leaders are calling for an investigation into the conduct of Mounties on Vancouver Island after two members of a small First Nation were shot by police in the last three months. Judy Wilson, the secretary-treasurer of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, pictured in North Vancouver, B.C., …

Toronto Ontario’s ICU nurses lost their pandemic pay in August 2020. But in some cases, they’re training doctors earning as much as $450 an hour to work alongside them. Deepi Saharan, an intensive care unit nurse in the Toronto area who cares for COVID-19 patients, says some physicians working under …

Health·Analysis The future use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine in Canada is now in question due to concerns over the increased risk of rare but severe blood clots connected to the shot, an unpredictable future supply and a significant amount of alternative vaccines. Ontario and Alberta will no longer give …

Nova Scotia The first all-Black line in the NHL brings back memories for Nova Scotian Percy Paris. He was in the same spot about 50 years ago, as part of the first all-Black line in Canadian university hockey. From left, Bob Dawson, Percy Paris and Darrell Maxwell played for the …

Nova Scotia The first all-Black line in the NHL brings back memories for Nova Scotian Percy Paris. He was in the same spot about 50 years ago, as part of the first all-Black line in Canadian university hockey. From left, Bob Dawson, Percy Paris and Darrell Maxwell played for the …

Politics A House of Commons committee heard a deeply personal story today of how the military's sexist double-standard on fraternization cut short the career of an accomplished woman — while a high-ranking male officer in a similar but separate case was allowed carry on. Leah West, who served for 10 …

Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged provinces Tuesday to maintain strict public health measures until COVID-19 case counts are much lower than they are now — so that Canadians can enjoy a "one-dose summer." Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference in Ottawa.(Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau …

North Hundreds of people have fled their homes in Jean Marie River and Fort Simpson, N.W.T., as flood waters rose in recent days. Now, they're waiting to see when the water will go down so they can return. 'I've never been in a flood before,' says 12-year-old Shaylyn Hope, who's …