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CANADA: Feds approve COVID-19 travel exemption for Stanley Cup playoffs

CANADA: Feds approve COVID-19 travel exemption for Stanley Cup playoffs

Plan includes rules, protocols that teams and players must abide by
CANADA: O'Toole wants Trudeau to stand up to China at G7, push relocation of Beijing Olympics

CANADA: O'Toole wants Trudeau to stand up to China at G7, push relocation of Beijing Olympics

For months, the Conservatives have pressed Trudeau to take a less tolerant approach toward China
WORLD: Meghan and Harry welcome second child, Lilibet 'Lili' Diana

WORLD: Meghan and Harry welcome second child, Lilibet 'Lili' Diana

The baby girl was born on Friday morning
CANADA: No early heads-up from U.S. about plan to propose higher softwood duties, Ng says

CANADA: No early heads-up from U.S. about plan to propose higher softwood duties, Ng says

North America saw new highs for lumber prices in May
BEYOND LOCAL: HIV survivors' stories show the loss, resilience and activism of the early years of AIDS pandemic

BEYOND LOCAL: HIV survivors' stories show the loss, resilience and activism of the early years of AIDS pandemic

Long-term survivors of HIV and their caregivers remind us to address social inequities, especially during pandemics
CANADA: Trudeau's comments 'unfair' about Church and residential schools, Toronto archbishop says

CANADA: Trudeau's comments 'unfair' about Church and residential schools, Toronto archbishop says

'We want to work together. These types of sharp comments, which are not based on real fact, are most unfortunate,' Cardinal Thomas Collins expressed
CANADA: 'Convenient ignorance:' Peoples' knowledge of residential schools woefully lacking

CANADA: 'Convenient ignorance:' Peoples' knowledge of residential schools woefully lacking

Lack of understanding 'largely due to an education system that has shown a profound reluctance to come to grips with the horrors of the Indian residential school system'
WORLD: Pope voices sorrow over Canadian deaths, doesn't apologize

WORLD: Pope voices sorrow over Canadian deaths, doesn't apologize

Francis called on political and church authorities to work to shed light on what he called 'this sad affair' and to foster healing
CANADA: Climate change health costs to top $100B by mid-century, report says

CANADA: Climate change health costs to top $100B by mid-century, report says

The Canadian Institute for Climate Choices says effects on health are likely to be heaviest among those who are already disadvantaged
BEYOND LOCAL: How seedkeeping connects people with their roots, preserves crops for future generations

BEYOND LOCAL: How seedkeeping connects people with their roots, preserves crops for future generations

Cultivating traditional plants is a way of creating a space that is familiar within a new and often alienating environment