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Author Ta-Nehisi Coates sat through a meeting in South Carolina to support a high school teacher told to stop using his book, “Between the World and Me,” in her English class.
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JAMES SMITH CREE NATION - Saskatchewan RCMP have charged a man for allegedly threatening people with a machete on a First Nation community that was th...
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The federal government says it is looking at all options after the longshore workers union in B.C. rejected a tentative mediated deal and resumed strike action that had been put to a temporary halt last week.
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Lauded as the largest single expansion of pediatric health-care capacity in Ontario history, Ford said the new funding would “provide more children with the care they need close to home.”
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Loneliness is increasingly being seen as a public health issue that needs to be taken seriously, and research is showing its effect on our well-being is profound.