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By Isaac Teo More than 8,000 undocumented foreign health-care workers and their families were allowed to remain in Canada under a temporary amnesty program launched by the federal government in 2020,…

By Noé Chartier The federal government will invest $40 million in a Toronto company to help it develop the “computer of the future,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Jan. 23. “As many…

By Jeff Sandes The resistance to Drag Queen Story Time came to a Vancouver suburb on Jan. 14, when about two dozen protesters showed up to rally against an event at…

By Marnie Cathcart Ottawa will be increasing police presence downtown this weekend, ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Freedom Convoy, Ottawa Police Chief Eric Stubbs said. The police will not be allowing…

By Marnie Cathcart Jeremy MacKenzie, a Canadian Armed Forces veteran and former infantry soldier with three children, who runs a podcast called “Raging Dissident,” has been banned from his banking institution, Scotiabank, and…

By Marnie Cathcart Following an official review prompted by a complaint, the Vancouver Police Board (VPB) has determined that the “thin blue line” patch cannot be worn by uniformed, on-duty Vancouver police officers,…

By Isaac Teo An Ontario medical college tribunal has rejected a motion by three doctors critical of COVID-19 policies who sought to stop disciplinary hearings against them. The doctors are at risk of losing their…

By Peter Wilson A still-developing Canadian COVID-19 vaccine that is delivered by inhaled aerosol rather than an injection is set to enter Phase 2 of human clinical trials at the University of McMaster in Hamilton, Ontario. Researchers…

By Isaac Teo Ontario is expanding a free tuition program to more health-care professions in order to entice future graduates to stay in the province and provide care to underserved communities…

By Noé Chartier Canada’s participation in a World Economic Forum (WEF) initiative to test digital ID in travel had stalled due to the pandemic, but Transport Canada says the entities involved…