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GST and HST 'holiday' starts on Saturday. What Canadians need to know

The Liberal government's two-month GST and HST holiday begins on Saturday, reducing the cost of some essential goods for Canadians. In provinces that have merged their provincial sales tax with the...

Canada's housing crisis leads to more unsafe housing for victims of domestic violence

HALIFAX — Women’s advocates say provincial and federal governments need to step up efforts to create housing for people escaping gender-based violence because too many women are forced to remain in...
LGBTQ+ Africans look to Canada for help as anti-gay laws expand

Astraeus O'Levin is tired of strangers telling her they want to kill her. In 2015, as a transgender woman, she left the scrutiny of her family in western Kenya, seeking peace and new opportunities in...
More Canadian girls playing organized sports, but still lagging behind boys, study shows

A new study shows that more Canadian girls are participating in organized sports but are still lagging behind boys. The Rally Report was commissioned by Canadian Women & Sport and done by IMI Consulting. More...
Teen fights kidney failure after eating McDonald's Quarter Pounders

A 15-year-old high school freshman is hospitalized with severe complications of food poisoning after eating McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers three times in the weeks before a deadly E. coli outbreak was...
More than a quarter of Canadians will spend at least 100 bones on Halloween: poll

A new poll suggests more than a quarter of Canadians will spend $100 or more on Halloween, with roughly 70 per cent of respondents saying they'll fork over as much money as they did last year on candy...
Moving on up: Ottawa climbing fast on Uber Canada’s 'Party City' list

The nation's capital likes to party. Ottawa has moved into the fourth spot on Uber Canada’s annual ‘Party City’ list this year, meant to reveal what Canadians get up to during their nighttime...
How did Toronto's schools get so broken?

The list is long and varies from school to school. Some of it is structural—leaky roofs and mice infestations, repairs that never get made, and poor ventilation. Some of it directly impacts learning—staffing...
Texts, social media a 'minefield' for people going through divorce: lawyer

When Sarah Boulby tells clients going through a divorce or locked in a custody battle that their texts and social media posts might be put under a microscope, she usually gets one of two responses. Often,...
As kids head back to school, make sure their vaccines are up to date, doctors say

Amid a rise in infections such as measles and whooping cough in Canada and around the world, doctors say now is the perfect time for parents to ensure their kids and teens are protected against vaccine-preventable...