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Canadian inflation rate hits 4.4 per cent in September as gas prices rise

Politics Insider for Oct. 21, 2021: Things are getting pricier; the CPC opposes vaccine rules; and a Trudeau mystery

Will this flu season be worse than usual?

Vaxx Populi: In 2020-21, Canada saw just 69 confirmed cases of influenza. Some experts worry we may have lower immunity to the flu, after nearly two years of social distancing.

Alberta votes against equalization in a province-wide referendum

Politics Insider for Oct. 20, 2021: A vote against equalization; new mayors in Calgary and Edmonton; Green Party cuts

Will we use drones as flying taxicabs? Canadians weigh in.

The future of drones in Canada, according to surveys

A cave-diving photographer on ’swimming though the veins of the Earth’

Underwater cave photographer Jill Heinerth boldly swims where no one has swum before

Meet the University of Saskatchewan student behind Canada’s COVID-19 tracker

When the pandemic started, Noah Little created a website to keep track of rising case numbers. Today, it’s one of Canada’s most-viewed sources of COVID information.

Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc chief Rosanne Casimir: Meeting with Justin Trudeau was ’bittersweet’

Politics Insider for Oct. 19, 2021: A reprimand for the Prime Minister; more military troubles; and a call to end the ’wasteful’ CEWs

The Nunavik village transforming a local church—a complex symbol of colonialism

Kuujjuarapik in Nunavik, Quebec, is giving its local church—a symbol of the colonial project—a new afterlife by turning it into an interpretive centre to showcase local artifacts