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The lawsuits launched by Ontario school boards against the social media giants could take years to litigate, involve dozens of experts, thousands of documents and cost lots and lots of money. And they may also encounter significant legal challenges.  School boards seeking $4.5 billion in damages. They were reckless and …

In a public letter shared Friday, Star owners said the decision to close came after the latest effort to sell the business fell through — and following years of financial difficulties.  With ‘gratitude and regret,’ the paper announced its last issue will be published on May 17. The owners of …

Facing the lowest water levels in decades and an impending drought season that threatens water supply across the province, a volunteer advocacy group fears for the worst for the future of one central Alberta lake. Water pumped from the nearby Blindman River has kept Gull Lake, a popular water body …

The father of a boy killed in a dog attack in Edmonton says a flurry of negative public attention has impacted his ability to grieve the loss. Wesley Grist said his son, Kache Grist, was a loving empath who could walk into a room and give a comforting hug to …

One woman has died and another is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a two-vehicle crash in Mississauga Saturday morning, according to police and paramedics. Peel police responded to the crash near Derry Road and Argentina Road shortly before 9 a.m., the force said in a post on social media. …

Winnipeg in 1874 was an upstart that ignored the odds — an isolated city, untethered by rail or roads to link it with any other urban centre. Those who came arrived by river, and built what would become the third-largest city in Canada in just over three decades.  ‘Somebody from …

One of Canada’s top civil servants asked that a false article about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau be removed from Facebook during the 2019 election, according to Friday testimony and a document tabled at the public inquiry into foreign inference.  Document says government didn’t make this info public because ‘the information …

According to testimony and documents published during week two of the foreign interference inquiry’s public hearings, Canada’s approach to safeguarding the past two elections was plagued by failures to communicate important information.  Testimony, documents suggest efforts to safeguard elections plagued by information bottlenecks. Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue’s mandate for the foreign …

First Nations in B.C.’s Cariboo region say they won’t work with the City of Quesnel until Mayor Ron Paull steps down. His wife, Pat Morton, has been handing out a book that questions whether residential schools were harmful to Indigenous communities.  First Nations in B.C.’s Cariboo region say they won’t …

A growing group of Canadians are organizing a boycott of Loblaw companies for May. But it means blacklisting much more than just grocery stores.  The company’s reach extends far beyond groceries. It may very well have started with a tweet about $37 chicken breasts. Or it could have been the …