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[published_date] Elsa Fitzgerald lost everything in the Kingston fire when it tore through Western Bay. But she's determined to get back home. (Patrick Butler/CBC)Elsa Fitzgerald took the phone from her husband Monday evening when the emotions became too much for him to handle. On the other end, a provincial government employee repeated to Elsa what she'd…

[published_date] The successful defiance of a hotly contested piece of Canada's Labour Code has boosted hope for worker rights in the country, labour advocates say.  The union and its thousands of striking Air Canada flight attendants refused to go back to work after the federal government invoked the Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code. As a result, Air Canada returned to…

[published_date] Though he recalls feeling anxious ahead of his military service, Daniel You planned to make the most of it.  "It's required for all Korean males; we grow up expecting it," said the 32-year-old Torontonian, "but I wanted to make sure it didn't hinder my growth in terms of career."  You immigrated to Canada in high…

[published_date] A 10-month-old baby rubs her eyes as she's held by her father, who looks concerned; his five-year-old daughter clings to him while his partner shields her eyes with a blanket.  It's a scene captured in a photo on Aug. 9 at Montreal's Place Émilie-Gamelin by photojournalist William Wilson. After he posted the photo, along…

[published_date] In a partial policy reversal, Alberta's government said Tuesday it will cover the cost of COVID-19 vaccinations for health-care workers. Maddison McKee, spokesperson to Primary and Preventative Health Services Minister Adriana LaGrange, said in an email that COVID-19 vaccine coverage will be extended to all health-care workers this fall under the first phase of…

[published_date] While RCMP say they have their eyes on the fast-moving Hayes River, a group from a northern Ontario First Nation paused their search for a missing Norwegian trekker in a remote part of northern Manitoba on Tuesday because of mounting costs. People started to worry after it was reported one of Steffen Skjottelvik's dogs arrived at…

[published_date] Less than a week after Ontario Premier Doug Ford vowed to "start hunting down" scientists who use cats and dogs in medical testing studies, one Ottawa-based researcher says he is shutting down his lab.  "It was enormously scary," said Carleton University Canada research professor Andy Adler, who closed his project lab at the university on Friday. …

[published_date] Firefighters battling an out-of-control wildfire near Port Alberni, B.C., say recent rainfall and cooler temperatures have given them a much-needed reprieve, allowing them to extinguish hot spots ahead of warmer, drier weather forecast for later this week. While the Mount Underwood fire remains measured at 36 square kilometres, Karley Desrosiers, a fire information officer…

[published_date] Nova Scotia's Department of Natural Resources says an out-of-control wildfire burning in Annapolis County did not grow overnight and crews are making good progress. The Long Lake wildfire near the community of West Dalhousie is estimated to be 3,210 hectares, roughly 32 square kilometres. At a news conference Tuesday afternoon, the province provided an update…

[published_date] There was an interesting — albeit brief — recent eruption of clarity in the ongoing saga of whether Canada intends to proceed with the full order of American-made F-35 fighters. It was courtesy of the U.S. ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, who perhaps spoke the quiet part out loud last week in an interview…

[published_date] After being flooded with negative feedback from the public, organizers of the Eden Mills Writers' Festival near Guelph, Ont., have cancelled a workshop next month that was to feature an artificial intelligence (AI) author. "The intention was always to invite thoughtful dialogue about AI's impact on writing, including its problematic elements and the ethical…

[published_date] A small B.C town is buzzing after the world's richest man made an unexpected touchdown this past weekend. Elon Musk, the CEO of X and Tesla and a former White House adviser, landed in Bella Bella on B.C.'s Central Coast on Saturday in a small private aircraft before being flown out by helicopter. He returned to…