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The company behind the GED test is ending service in Canada this year and there’s no alternative right now, which means adults wanting the equivalent of a high school diploma or to advance their education will face barriers.  Student waiting for weeks to get GED test scheduled is ‘angry’ there’s …

As multiple provinces call for the program to end or be paused, B.C. Premier David Eby dismissed a letter from Opposition Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre asking him to help halt a federal carbon tax increase on April 1 — calling it a “baloney factory” campaign tactic.  Multiple provinces are calling …

As measles cases keep appearing in more parts of the country, new projections suggest there’s a high chance Canada may experience a “sizable outbreak” — with anywhere from dozens to thousands of people infected if the disease strikes communities with low vaccination rates. Measles vaccination uptake among children is as …

One man is dead after an armed standoff that started on Thursday in southeast Calgary came to an end. Police allowed some people to return to their homes as officers continued their investigation overnight. Shots fired at tactical unit over 2 days as police executed a search warrant Thursday. Police …

A year after a deadly fire killed seven people in an Old Montreal building, families of the victims and survivors are raising concerns about the ongoing criminal investigation and what they feel is negligence by several parties. No charges have been laid, lawsuits are ongoing. “A year later, we still …

Blair Canniff had been a patient at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for approximately six months when he said a social worker told him he was going to be moved. He thought he was going to assisted living but that’s not where they dropped him off. Blair Canniff uses a wheelchair …

A woman ended up giving birth outside the locked doors of the Sainte-Croix hospital in Drummondville, Que., early Tuesday morning in a turn of events Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé has since called “unacceptable.” The woman, her husband and two-year-old son mistakenly showed up at the hospital’s main entrance instead …

Investigators have identified the members of a family found dead inside a Brampton home destroyed last week by a fire police say was suspicious. Rajiv Warikoo, 51, Shilpa Kotha, 47, and their daughter Mahek Warikoo, 16, all lived at the residence in the area of Big Sky Way and Van …

Toronto police have identified a woman killed early Thursday in a Scarborough townhouse. Julia MacIsaac, 42, of Toronto, was found with “obvious signs of trauma” in the home in the area of Scarborough Golf Club Road and Kingston Road, police said in a news release on Friday. Officers went to …

Police were called to maintain order at a Parc-Extension food bank giveaway as the number of people coming for food nearly doubles. Food banks are ‘a way for politicians to skirt the deeper issues,’ Food Secure Canada says. A crowd gathered in front of the Parc-Extension food bank last month, …