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Montreal F1 stripper strike part of fight to legitimize and decriminalize sex work
Montreal strippers say that for too long, their employment as independent contractors has shielded strip club owners from ensuring safe working conditions. They’re striking on Saturday in a show of collective action unprecedented in recent Canadian history.
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‘It’s appalling’: Halifax women condemn 15-month wait for mammograms
Cynthia McCutcheon thought she heard wrong when she was told the next available appointment for a mammogram in the Halifax area was in July, 2027. She’s worried some cancers will be diagnosed at later stages because of the backlog in Nova Scotia.
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How should Canada handle Alberta separatism?
A conversation about separatist movements, and what makes them legitimate in the eyes of the law, public and history.
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Politicians are desperate to make your grocery bill cheaper — not everyone thinks it’s a good idea
OTTAWA — Call it the coriander conundrum. Like with parsley, carrots, dill, and most other members of the apiaceae family of edible plants, the retail price of coriander has been growing like a weed. While the prices of many items on grocery store shelves have been heading north in recent months and years, the price…
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Why the Gordie Howe International Bridge has looked different at night recently
Lights on the edge of the deck are being tested, according to the Windsor Detroit Bridge Authority.
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Inside Prime Minister Mark Carney’s hunt for office art — and what he liked the most
OTTAWA — Less than a week after winning last year’s election and just days before he was set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Mark Carney was looking for art to hang on his office walls. Staff who arrived at the National Gallery of Canada that Saturday morning had been instructed to…
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‘Zionism won’: Jews earned Israel, Ben Shapiro tells Toronto audience
Ben Shapiro says most people, Jews included, often mistakenly define Zionism. The superstar American pundit told a Toronto symposium on anti-Zionism that Zionism is not about Jews having the right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland. Instead, he said, it’s self-determination that is backed up with action. A people have to earn their state, he…
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Flight disruptions and rising costs are upending summer travel plans. Here’s what Canadians can do
From the rising cost of fuel to flight cancellations and even ongoing boycotts of U.S. travel, some Canadians are rethinking their summer travel plans — or preparing for the worst.
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Liberals are playing legal hardball with First Nations over drinking water
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government is playing legal hardball with First Nations fighting for clean drinking water — and First Nations are fighting back. Interviews and hundreds of pages of court documents reviewed by the Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB) reveal this marked shift primarily on three fronts. In Alberta, Canada pulled the plug on…