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Impassable winter roads are delaying vital shipments and threatening the safety of First Nations across northern Ontario, leaders warned as they pressed the provincial and federal government for support. An unseasonably warm winter, intensified by human-caused climate change, has left many remote First Nations cut off from an essential road …

School orientation begins at SAIT Polytechnic, Bow Valley College and the University of Calgary next week, but many students set to study in Calgary are still waiting to secure housing for the fall semester. The president of the University of Calgary Students’ Union says there were about 500 students still on the wait-list. …

CBC News has learned details of why nine temporary foreign workers were released from their obligations to a P.E.I. farm business, and has spoken directly with two of those workers. The federal government granted the employees open work permits to enable them to escape an abusive situation, a program that …

As fires continue to burn across the Yukon, some residents in the affected areas are getting prepared to leave as soon as possible if they’re ordered to, but not everyone. Norma Meese, 76, lives with her husband by Stewart River, about 13 kilometres outside of Mayo. She said there’s so …

Smartphone brands are feeling the squeeze of chipset shortage, fueled by the global coronavirus pandemic that wreaked havoc on the supply chains. Major smartphone brands like Samsung, Oppo, Realme and Xiaomi have all been affected, but Apple has been the most resilient. In short, the chip shortage this year led …

New Delhi: Covid Task Force chief V.K. Paul on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government will take a final decision on vaccinating the children and adolescents against coronavirus on the basis of overall scientific rationale as well as the supply situation of vaccines available for those below 18 years. …