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CANADA: As U.S. demurs, Canada welcomes vaccinated American citizens back across border

CANADA: As U.S. demurs, Canada welcomes vaccinated American citizens back across border

As of midnight Sunday night, non-essential U.S. travellers who have had a full course of a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine will again be allowed on Canadian soil
BEYOND LOCAL: Our brains perceive our environment differently when we’re lying down

BEYOND LOCAL: Our brains perceive our environment differently when we’re lying down

When we lie down, our brains rely more on touch and pressure to figure out our surroundings
CANADA: No charges against top military officer McDonald after misconduct investigation

CANADA: No charges against top military officer McDonald after misconduct investigation

Provost Marshal Brig.-Gen. Simon Trudeau announced the end of the investigation on Friday evening, nearly six months after the Canadian Forces National Investigation first revealed that it was investigating the chief of defence staff
CANADA: Measure intended to ensure gun buyers have licence is seriously flawed, group argues

CANADA: Measure intended to ensure gun buyers have licence is seriously flawed, group argues

Proposed regulations to flesh out federal legislation 'do not go far enough to keep guns out of the wrong hands,' gun control group PolySeSouvient says
WORLD: Canadian athletes stay healthy and find success at Tokyo Olympics

WORLD: Canadian athletes stay healthy and find success at Tokyo Olympics

24 total medals set a new standard for Canada in a non-boycotted Olympics; seven gold tied the nation's output at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics
U.S.: Country plans to require COVID-19 shots for foreign travelers

U.S.: Country plans to require COVID-19 shots for foreign travelers

Requirement would come as part of Biden administration’s phased approach to ease travel restrictions for foreign citizens to the country. No timeline has yet been determined
CANADA: Feds reach tentative deal with striking border guards days before restrictions ease

CANADA: Feds reach tentative deal with striking border guards days before restrictions ease

Tentative agreement took place late Friday after a daylong work-to-rule campaign 'left long lines of semi-trailers and passenger vehicles idling for hours at some of the country's busiest international gateways'
WORLD: Decathlete Warner named Canada's closing flag-bearer at Tokyo Olympics

WORLD: Decathlete Warner named Canada's closing flag-bearer at Tokyo Olympics

Warner, from London, Ont., won the country's first ever decathlon gold medal, finishing with a score of 9,018 points
CANADA: How 'bat boxes’ could help revive the depleting bat population

CANADA: How 'bat boxes’ could help revive the depleting bat population

The Wildlife Conservation Society Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Federation, with support from Environment and Climate Change Canada, launched the Canadian Bat Box Project this year to help bat populations recover with the assistance of community scientists
CANADA: Why women are owning the podium at the Tokyo Olympics

CANADA: Why women are owning the podium at the Tokyo Olympics

Part of the story of the success by the Canadian women could be gender parity — Tokyo 2020 has been lauded as the first gender-balanced Olympic Games in history