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It’s hard to think about the song without the video also coming to mind. You can probably picture it already: a 21-year-old Nelly Furtado, gold hoops catching the light, styled in baggy jeans and a T-shirt, with hair twisted into space buns, staring straight into the camera as she delivers that now-famous simile — “I’m…

Alberta’s separatists are facing an unexpected administrative barrier as they push for the 177,732 signatures they need to force a referendum. While the Alberta independence petition has continued to attract support, says Mitch Sylvestre, the head of the organization leading the effort, they have also been forced to turn away many would-be signatories who live…

Barrie, Ont., music teacher, Jennifer Elise Lawrence, is headed to criminal court to face charges of sex‑related offences involving a male student. The charges against Lawrence, 32, include including sexual exploitation, child luring, sexual assault, and making sexually explicit materials available to a person under 18, reports the New York Post . The allegations stem…

The war in the Middle East has triggered what some say is the worst oil and gas supply disruption in history, not just by closure of the vital Strait of Hormuz , but also through damage to the region’s energy-producing infrastructure. The repair bill will be massive, according to Norway-based researcher Rystad Energy, which estimates…

Tim O’Brien has made peace with the fact that the woman who falsely accused him of sexual assault will never see the inside of a jail cell, but he’s not ready to accept the way the case was handled.

Air Canada’s President and CEO has issued an apology over his inability to speak French. “Despite many lessons over several years, unfortunately, I am still unable to express myself adequately in French,” Michael Rousseau said in a statement Thursday morning. “I sincerely apologize for this, but I am continuing my efforts to improve.” Rousseau added…

The company has agreed to funnel money to U.S. law enforcement in anticipation of protests against its Line 5 pipeline reroute project, a move that has raised concerns about the depth of the company’s influence in policing issues.

VANCOUVER — At a downtown Vancouver church, a Christian baptism takes place during a recent Sunday service. Amid the incense and infants dressed in white getting ready to receive the holy water is a group of four Iranian nationals also waiting to receive adult baptisms. As with past baptisms, some of them will likely not return…

A year after the deployment of a new social assistance algorithm, a Radio-Canada investigation reveals a system that advocates say is failing. Promised as a tool to humanize Quebec’s welfare services, Project UNIR is instead being blamed for mounting errors, administrative failures and even human tragedy.