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[ad_1] Warning: This story contains disturbing details.Photographs taken in Nathaniel Veltman's studio apartment in London, Ont., after the killing of a Muslim family on June 6, 2021, show a disorganized room with open drawers and clothing strewn about, and blue masking tape over the camera portion of a cellphone and

[ad_1] As It Happens5:18This 77-year-old spent a night alone on a mountain. He raised 30K for his rescuersThierry Vrain and his wife hike a challenging trail in B.C.'s Strathcona Provincial Park every year, in an effort to prove that despite being in their later years, they're still young. But on

[ad_1] After atmospheric rivers and heat domes, there appears to be a new extreme-weather term British Columbians should get familiar with: "bomb cyclones."These storms are caused by a rapid drop in air pressure and can bring heavy rain and powerful winds.On Monday morning Environment Canada warned of wind gusts of up to

[ad_1] Speaker of the House Anthony Rota apologized Sunday for honouring a man who fought in a Nazi unit during the Second World War.Rota was responding to condemnation from Jewish groups and others stemming from a moment during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Parliament on Friday. During the visit,

[ad_1] Hundreds of police and other emergency response officers from across the province marched solemnly through the streets of Victoria on Sunday.It was the most recent edition of the annual B.C. Law Enforcement Memorial event, held every September to honour fallen officers on the National Police and Peace Officers' Memorial Day.But this

[ad_1] Union leaders and Hollywood studios reached a tentative agreement Sunday to end a historic screenwriters strike after nearly five months, though no deal is yet in the works for striking actors.The Writers Guild of America announced the deal in a joint statement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and

[ad_1] Manitoba Bisons kicker Maya Turner made the game-winning field goal in overtime on Saturday, capping a historic day that saw her become the first woman to play and score in a regular-season U Sports football game.And she did in style.The Maple Grove, Minn., native hit the decisive kick from 21 yards late in the second overtime

[ad_1] B.C.'s prosecution service has approved two criminal charges against 25-year-old man Nicholas Bellemare in the slaying of an RCMP officer on Friday.Bellemare faces a first-degree murder charge, as well as a second count of attempted murder with a firearm.Ridge Meadows RCMP Const. Rick O'Brien was shot dead while executing a

[ad_1] The Montreal fire department rescued two people from the rubble of an apartment building in the Montréal-Nord borough after the floor of the apartment they were in partially collapsed late Saturday afternoon.Both people — conscious but injured — were transported to hospital, according to Montreal fire department spokesperson Martin Guilbault.The extent

[ad_1] A spacecraft that has travelled more than 950 million kilometres is dropping off a care package on Sunday: samples from an asteroid that lies more than 100 million kilometres from Earth.NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) launched in 2016 destined for an asteroid named Bennu. Its main mission:

[ad_1] “Every day. Every day I check the weather,” she says. “How many hurricanes is in the Gulf, and how many’s coming up through, and where’s this one going to land.” That constant vigilance has imbued those who remain in Port aux Basques with a sense of profound distress. Any

[ad_1] Tropical storm Ophelia made landfall on the North Carolina coast early Saturday, lashing coastal areas with damaging winds and dangerous surges of water, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Radar, hurricane-hunter aircraft and observers on the ground found that Ophelia's centre came ashore at about 6:15 a.m. local time near Emerald

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[ad_1] The governments of British Columbia, Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador lost up to $2.47 billion in tax revenues over four years due to the growth in illegal tobacco sales, says a convenience industry report.The Convenience Industry Council of Canada report released Wednesday examined the downward trend in legal tobacco

[ad_1] Russian missiles pounded cities across Ukraine early Thursday morning, according to authorities, sparking fires, killing at least two people and trapping others under rubble.The early morning missile attack on what's known as the International Day of Peace was Russia's largest in over a month, and came amid the United

[ad_1] As political tensions with India remain at an all-time high, the Trudeau government is preparing to make some incremental progress with a key ally in its Indo-Pacific strategy — Japan.Japan's minister of economy, trade and industry will be in Ottawa Thursday to sign a memorandum of cooperation on electric

[ad_1] A non-affiliated senator from Manitoba is the biggest spender in the Red Chamber — but she defends her expenses by saying she's an active parliamentarian who needs a lot of help and wants to pay her consultants fairly.Marilou McPhedran, named to the Senate by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in

[ad_1] One of Canada's leading ocean research institutions says its partnership with OceanGate Expeditions did not reach the point of conducting due diligence before the company's Titan submersible imploded in June, killing five people.The Marine Institute — a post-secondary institution in St. John's — says it would have vetted the company if a

[ad_1] India on Wednesday advised its citizens to be careful when travelling to Canada, in the wake of Ottawa's allegations that India may have been involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in suburban Vancouver.The foreign ministry in New Delhi issued an updated travel advisory, urging its nationals

[ad_1] After decades of declining membership, unions seem to be having a moment in North America. Over the decades, the number of Canadian workers who belong to unions has shrunk. In 1981, 38 per cent of workers in the country were unionized, according to a recent study by the Angus Reid Institute.

[ad_1] It's being billed as a halftime summit. And as world governments gather at the United Nations this week, the scoreboard at the half looks ugly.The current UN General Assembly marks the midway point in a 15-year pledge to meet a series of human-development targets by 2030.There's no doubt humanity took

[ad_1] Peggy Savery plays cards with her husband Lloyd at her new table in a sun-drenched kitchen. The family is still settling into their new home in Port aux Basques, bought and furnished by a hodgepodge of donations and disaster relief funding.Their old house, the one destroyed by a storm

[ad_1] Progressive politicians hoping to triumph over right-leaning political adversaries can only succeed if they do a better job bridging their lofty goals with people's day-to-day struggles, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday.Trudeau's remarks came during a panel discussion at the Global Progress Action Summit in Montreal, a gathering of left-leaning

[ad_1] Drew Barrymore, who was criticized for taping new episodes of her daytime talk show despite ongoing strikes by writers and actors in the U.S., now says she'll wait until the labour issues are resolved."I have listened to everyone, and I am making the decision to pause the show's premiere until

[ad_1] When Olu Ifede started working in a Cardston pharmacy six years ago, he never thought he'd see alcohol served in the southern Alberta town."There's a lot of strict laws down here," he said.  "So I really didn't see this coming."After more than a century as one of the last

[ad_1] European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged the swift return of "irregular" migrants and a crackdown on the "brutal business" of migrant smuggling on Sunday during a visit with Italy's prime minister to a tiny fishing island overwhelmed with nearly 7,000 arrivals in a single day this week.Tensions

[ad_1] The Weather Network's weather-alert push notifications remain unavailable in the wake of a recent cyber attack and the information provider's parent company is advising Canadians to look to some of its other tools for this information while the issue is resolved."Pelmorex Corp. is working tirelessly to restore our services," Karen Kheder,

[ad_1] In 1977, more and more people started writing to the White House to say they'd seen "flying saucers" zipping through the sky. Movies like Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind had just come out and interest in life beyond Earth was at a fever pitch.NASA was asked by

[ad_1] On the arid, windswept speck of an island that is Lampedusa — Italian territory that's closer to North Africa than Sicily — the same human drama has been playing out for more than a decade now.Small, battered boats overloaded with exhausted human cargo arrive in port. Those who stumble

[ad_1] Warning: This story contains distressing details.In the hours after his truck attack on a Muslim family in London, Ont., the accused killer told police his anger at minority groups began with online research about politics and Donald Trump's election for U.S. president, and spiralled down a "rabbit hole" that led

[ad_1] The federal government says it expects the heads of five of Canada's biggest grocery chains to attend a meeting in Ottawa on Monday to discuss ways to stabilize food prices.The office of Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne told CBC News it asked the CEOs of Loblaw, Sobeys, Metro, Costco and Walmart to

[ad_1] A body found in a remote area of Kings County, P.E.I., is believed to be the remains of 27-year-old Summer Kneebone, according to Charlottetown police.In a news release Friday, police said detectives found the body at 11:40 a.m. The location in Kings County was not disclosed. "I struggle to call this a victory,"

[ad_1] Claude Cormier, a celebrated Canadian landscape architect who helped design some of Montreal and Toronto's best-known public spaces, has died at 63.His firm, now named CCxA, said Cormier died today in Montreal following complications from Li-Fraumeni syndrome, a rare genetic condition that predisposes patients to multiple cancers.His firm describes Cormier as

[ad_1] On the heels of the first meeting of the Alberta-Ottawa working group, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she recognizes that interim targets need to be in place when it comes to emissions reductions in oil and gas — even if there is yet to be alignment on when and how

[ad_1] WorldFrance's ambassador in Niger is being held hostage at the French Embassy by the military junta that has seized power in the West African nation, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday.Niger's ruling junta last month ordered police to expel France's envoy following coupThomson Reuters · Posted: Sep 15, 2023

[ad_1] As It Happens5:37What does a mummy smell like? Woodsy and sweet, with 'note of pistachio'If you thought ancient Egyptian mummies smelled like rot and decay, you'd be dead wrong.Scientists have recreated the scent of the embalming fluid used to preserve a noblewoman more than 3,500 years ago — and

[ad_1] Burn Creeggan says he didn't really know why he wanted to return his father's beaded white pine cross to Tyendinaga, the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) community that had presented him with the cross in the 1920s.Burn's son Jim Creeggan, who is the bassist for Barenaked Ladies, said it became clearer to them when they were in the community

[ad_1] Survivors of a flood that swept away the centre of the Libyan city of Derna picked through the ruins on Thursday in search of loved ones from among thousands of dead and missing, while authorities feared an outbreak of disease from rotting bodies.A torrent unleashed by a powerful storm

[ad_1] Science·LiveAfter a year-long study into unexplained sightings, a NASA-appointed panel is talking about what it is needed to better identify them from a scientific point of view.Space agency commissioned a panel of independent investigators last yearThe Associated Press · Posted: Sep 14, 2023 9:32 AM EDT | Last Updated:

[ad_1] The owner of sports drink company BioSteel says it has filed for creditor protection in the U.S. and Canada and is trying to find a buyer for the business.Ontario-based Canopy Growth, the largest cannabis company in North America, said in a press release Thursday that it has ceased funding BioSteel

[ad_1] For 10 days at the tail end of summer, the small town of Saint-Tite, Que., swells as hundreds of thousands of visitors fill their boots with all things country.Streets are closed, music blares and booths sell everything from churros to cowboy hats and horse tack as part of the

[ad_1] The first of thousands of injured Canadian military veterans are set to soon begin receiving disability payment top-ups under a $283-million class-action settlement, but policy changes mean no newly discharged members will be entitled to the extra benefits.The case involves a Federal Court judge's ruling that many veterans who had served in

[ad_1] Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.Those are all examples of books Reina Takata says she can no longer find in her public high school library in Mississauga — which she visits on her lunch hour most days.In May, Takata says the shelves at Erindale

[ad_1] While some uncertainty remains about the exact path Hurricane Lee will take through the region this weekend, there's little doubt that the storm will impact the Maritimes.The large-scale and slow-moving storm is looking likely to bring rain, gusty winds and pounding surf, as well as the potential for storm surge.The

[ad_1] The man shot and killed by RCMP last month following reports of a stolen vehicle in Revelstoke, B.C., was a young Indigenous man trying to get home to Manitoba in time for his son's birthday, according to his sister.Garry Pashe Jr., 23, a member of the Long Plain First Nation,

[ad_1] Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has finally left India after a maintenance issue with his plane aircraft delayed his departure by two days.Trudeau started this trip more than a week ago, flying to Jakarta for the ASEAN summit where he talked trade with Southeast Asian leaders before going on to Singapore to meet with

[ad_1] It will take 20 years for the federal government to break even on its pledge to give $28.2 billion in production subsidies to automotive plants in St. Thomas and Windsor in southwestern Ontario, according to a report released Tuesday by the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO).The report says it will be 2043

[ad_1] The central kitchen believed to be the source of an E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares had a number of health violations in its most recent inspection, health officials said Tuesday as the toll of those affected continued to climb, to 264.That's jumped from 231 people on Monday. Alberta Health Services

[ad_1] Penny Oleksiak, Canada's most decorated Olympian, is taking her training south of the border to California to prepare for the Paris Olympics.Oleksiak has joined the Mission Viejo pro group based out of the MVN 360 Performance Centre, about 80 kilometres southeast of Los Angeles, with less than 11 months to

[ad_1] Health·LiveHealth Canada has approved Moderna's updated COVID-19 vaccine for all Canadians who are six months of age and older.The mRNA-based shot is monovalent, targets Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariantLauren Pelley · CBC News · Posted: Sep 12, 2023 11:09 AM EDT | Last Updated: 41 minutes agoGovernment update on COVID-19 vaccinesFederal officials

[ad_1] Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been suspended from professional tennis for four years for doping violations, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Tuesday.The 31-year-old Romanian had been accused of two doping offences — failing a drug test during the 2022 U.S. Open and for irregularities in her

[ad_1] U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday he is directing a House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over his family's business dealings.McCarthy said the House investigation has found a "culture of corruption" around the Biden family. The announcement from the Republican leader comes

[ad_1] As the re-entry to Yellowknife continues, work has been underway to track down and arrange for the return of the city's homeless population.The last homelessness count in the city found there were approximately 300 people who identified as homeless, of which roughly 100 stay in shelters every night, according

[ad_1] Ilham Chabi's job is to find people homes, so she's feeling a strong urge to return home to Morocco and help however she can."If I could provide support with the blankets or [something as simple] as a tent — so people can actually go and sleep at night — that

[ad_1] Kate thought the hardest part of leaving her abusive husband would be mustering the courage to walk out of their house and never return. But in the months since she left, her hope of building a new life has dwindled. The thing she needs most seems out of reach. "I can't try to

[ad_1] If you've been hoping to see Beyoncé at her last Canadian tour stop in Vancouver on Monday but can't afford the steep ticket prices, you might be able to score a deal — if you're willing to wait.That's what fan Zaid Dagamseh did when the music icon performed in Toronto

[ad_1] Canada won the bronze-medal match at the FIBA men's Basketball World Cup on Sunday in Manila, Philippines.Dillon Brooks scored 39 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 31 points and 12 assists and Canada — after surviving a miracle from Mikal Bridges that forced overtime — won a medal at a global men's basketball

[ad_1] Miss something this week? Don't panic. CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need.Want this in your inbox? Get the Marketplace newsletter every Friday.Ontario's LTC inspection system fell apart during 1st COVID-19 wave: reportOntario's long-term care inspection system wasn't ready for first COVID-19 wave, ombudsman saysA new report released by Ontario's

[ad_1] After months of secretive planning, and preparing the crew to defend their ship if necessary, the Royal Canadian Navy has transited the Taiwan Strait.As HMCS Ottawa entered the busy and strategically critical body of water at sunrise, it was flanked by three Chinese warships armed with missiles and torpedoes. They

[ad_1] World·NewA former British soldier who escaped from a London prison while awaiting trial on terrorism charges was captured Saturday, police said.Daniel Abed Khalife was on the run for days before weekend capture in ChiswickThe Associated Press · Posted: Sep 09, 2023 8:34 AM EDT | Last Updated: 13 minutes

[ad_1] The African Union has been granted permanent member status in the Group of 20 top world economies, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday, adding momentum to his drive to give a greater voice to the Global South as host of this year's annual summit.Modi announced the membership during

[ad_1] When fisheries technologist Mark Santos and his team of student researchers depart from the port of Stephenville, N.L., they're not looking for lobsters, crabs or mackerels.They're looking for "ghost gear" — fishing equipment lost in the deep, washed away by post-tropical storm Fiona."I usually work with gear technology, so actually

[ad_1] Some Nova Scotians who need help managing mental health issues are being assessed by psychiatrists within days under a new program introduced by the province's health authority.The service, launched in April in Nova Scotia Health's central zone, is focused on early intervention treatment for a range of mental health disorders.The goal

[ad_1] No Nikola Jokic, no problem. Even with its best player sitting out this summer, Serbia is going to play for gold at the Basketball World Cup.Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 23 points and Serbia defeated Canada 95-86 in the World Cup semifinals on Friday. Ognjen Dobric and Nikola Milutinov each scored

[ad_1] The maker of an extremely spicy tortilla chip said Thursday it is working to remove the product from stores as Massachusetts authorities investigate the death of a teen whose family pointed to the One Chip Challenge popularized as a dare on social media as a contributing factor.The cause of

[ad_1] Spanish state prosecutors have accused Luis Rubiales of sexual assault and coercion for kissing a player on the lips without her consent after the Women's World Cup final, the country's prosecutors' office said Friday.Rubiales, the now-suspended president of the Spanish soccer federation, kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips during

[ad_1] Canada's economy added 40,000 jobs last month, about twice as many as expected, but also only about half as many as would be needed to keep up with population growth.Statistics Canada reported Friday that while the economy added jobs, the country also added about 103,000 new people. So despite

[ad_1] A senior Ottawa police officer who helped oversee operational plans in the early days of what became known as the "Freedom Convoy" says the number of people and vehicles in the downtown core "exceeded expectations."Insp. Russell Lucas, the incident commander managing the convoy's impacts, made those remarks while testifying on

[ad_1] Following the recent death of Robbie Robertson, the family of the famed Canadian musician made a heartwarming request."In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the Six Nations of the Grand River to support a new Woodland Cultural Centre," said the statement.Since his death, the

[ad_1] As India prepares to host international leaders at the G20 summit later this week, the government's deliberate choice of words on a brief dinner invitation led some to believe the government might be moving to change the country's name.Guests invited to dinner with President Droupadi Murmu in Delhi on Saturday

[ad_1] The Quebec Court of Appeal has overturned a decision that allowed a former judge, who is now 88, to avoid a second trial in the death of his wife.In 2012, Jacques Delisle, a retired judge with the Quebec Court of Appeal, was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2009 death of

[ad_1] A watershed group on P.E.I. hopes it will be smoother swimming for salmon returning to spawn this fall, thanks to a new pilot project run in partnership with the Canadian Wildlife and the Atlantic Salmon federations.The Souris and Area Branch of the P.E.I. Wildlife Federation is leading the project, which

[ad_1] China's Great Wall has been pierced by Genghis Khan, the Manchus and now, allegedly, a couple of construction workers named Zheng and Wang, who wanted a shortcut.Authorities in China arrested two people for smashing a path through a section of the ancient wall, a cultural icon and United Nations protected

[ad_1] Air Canada says it has apologized to two passengers who were escorted off a plane by security after protesting that their seats were smeared with vomit.The airline said Tuesday that the passengers "clearly did not receive the standard of care to which they were entitled."The incident during boarding for

[ad_1] Canada will open an export development office in Jakarta and has named an Indo-Pacific trade representative to help Canadian businesses enter new markets in the region, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday while in Indonesia."It's really important for Canadian companies and exporters to grow in this region because when

[ad_1] The election period for Manitoba's 43rd general election has officially begun, with the provincial NDP looking to spoil the Progressive Conservatives' bid for a third term in office — a task that leaves the Official Opposition little room for error, says one political expert.Writs were issued Tuesday morning when PC Leader Heather Stefanson

[ad_1] The Spanish soccer federation fired women's national team coach Jorge Vilda on Tuesday, less than three weeks after his team won the Women's World Cup title and amid the controversy involving suspended federation president Luis Rubiales.The coach was among those who applauded Rubiales when he refused to resign despite

[ad_1] Nathaniel Veltman looked at his lawyer and stood slowly before being arraigned on four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in Windsor, Ont., on Tuesday morning, as the trial for the accused in the killing of a London family began with jury selection."Madam registrar, through counsel, Mr.

[ad_1] As the University of Waterloo welcomes thousands of new students to campus this week for orientation, the focus will be on fun, but there will also be messages to help everyone feel safe.Claudia De Fazio, a fourth-year engineering student who has helped plan orientation week events, said the committee knew they

[ad_1] On a chilly late summer morning, car horns blare, drivers wave and pedestrians greet a beaming crossing guard who has become a fixture in an otherwise quiet suburban neighbourhood of Quebec City.The woman causing the friendly commotion is Lucille Grenier. She has supervised the same intersection between Louis-XIV Boulevard and

[ad_1] Russia launched an overnight air attack on one of Ukraine's major grain-exporting ports, damaging warehouses and setting buildings on fire, Ukraine said. It came hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A prolonged drone assault on the Danube River port of Izmail, in Ukraine's Odesa region, hit warehouses and

[ad_1] People with Down syndrome are living longer than ever and an ongoing photo project aims to upend stereotypes about them. Laura LaChance, the executive director of the Canadian Down Syndrome Society, says evidence shows an extraordinary growth in life expectancy over the last few decades."The research is showing us that life

[ad_1] Keshav Malhotra arrived from India on Aug. 24 to study at the University of Manitoba, but he's struggled to find a place to rent since then."I have been roaming on foot all day in search of a house. I have got 17,000 steps clocking all day and not yet found a

[ad_1] The leader of a coup that ousted Gabon's President Ali Bongo was sworn in as interim president and cheered by jubilant supporters on Monday in a televised ceremony designed to cast the military as liberators of an oppressed society.Army officers led by Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema seized power on Aug.

[ad_1] Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy's longest-serving prime minister despite scandals over his sex-fuelled parties and allegations of corruption, has died, according to his television network Mediaset. He was 86. Mediaset announced his death with a smiling photo of the man on its homepage and

[ad_1] Theodore (Ted) Kaczynski, the vengeful bomber who killed three people in a series of attacks over a nearly two-decade span before his own relatives helped authorities identify him, has died. He was 81. Kaczynski, known as the "Unabomber," died at the federal prison medical centre in Butner, N.C., Kristie Breshears, a

[ad_1] The two RCMP officers who held the top jobs in Nova Scotia, and the entire force, during the mass shooting in 2020 are set to testify at the public inquiry into the massacre this week. Across Monday and part of Tuesday, the Mass Casualty Commission leading the inquiry is

[ad_1] Watching a film at Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival might be a little different from the typical theatre experience.  "People meow before the screenings," said Ariel Esteban Cayer, one of the Fantasia programmers this year. He says the communal experience is what makes the festival special. "It's very vocal," he said. "I

[ad_1] Canada is prepared to commit a contingent of soldiers to the British Army's ambitious program to turn Ukrainian civilians into fighting troops, CBC News has learned. Outgoing British prime minister Boris Johnson committed to the training plan in mid-June while meeting with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv. Up

[ad_1] The Ottawa Police Service says it's not charging a man connected to what Canada's defence minister recently called a "desecration" of the city's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Last week, footage circulated on social media of a July 24 nighttime incident in which an American flag was draped over the

[ad_1] The Taliban said Thursday they are investigating what they described as "claims" that al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in the Afghan capital on the weekend. The group insisted in a statement that it "has no knowledge of the arrival and residence" of al-Zawahri

[ad_1] WARNING: This article contains graphic content and may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. Another sexual assault case involving Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard is set to return to court today in northeastern Ontario. Hoggard was charged in March with sexual assault causing

[ad_1] The curtain has been lifted on the identity of Newfoundland lawyer Robert Regular, after the Supreme Court of Canada declined Thursday to hear an appeal that would allow him to continue shielding his name from publication. Until now, Regular, 70, has been known on court dockets in Newfoundland and

[ad_1] After several actors and crew members on the B.C. set of the TV show Snowpiercer needed medical attention during the latest heat wave, a workplace safety inspector has ordered producers to make a number of changes to their plans for dealing with extreme heat. WorkSafeBC was called to the

[ad_1] China says it conducted "precision missile strikes" in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday as part of military exercises that have raised tensions in the region to their highest level in decades. China earlier announced that military exercises by its navy, air force and other departments were underway in six

[ad_1] U.S. officials believe Russia is working to fabricate evidence concerning last week's deadly strike on a prison housing prisoners of war in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine. U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russia is looking to plant false evidence to make it appear that Ukrainian forces were

[ad_1] WARNING: This story contains details that readers may find disturbing and offensive. Hamilton police have arrested a man after a video appeared to show him hurling transphobic and racist insults toward passengers on an HSR bus. Police issued a news release on Tuesday appealing for witnesses and victims related to the three-minute video

[ad_1] Les Murzsa says he spent more than a decade focusing his time and savings on building the off-grid home he'd hoped to own for most of his adult life. One project at a time, he renovated the wooden cabin at the south end of Green Mountain Road, near Keremeos, B.C., until there

[ad_1] Tourists are coming to Canada for the monkeypox vaccine, which is in short supply in many other countries. Montreal Public Health is encouraging foreigners to get vaccinated, and says so far there isn’t a supply issue. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Home sales last month were down a whopping 43 per cent from July 2021, and 23 per cent from this past June, according to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV).  Sales in the region totalled 1,887, which is 35.2 per cent below the 10-year July sales average.  The board

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[ad_1] Crews are literally fighting fire with fire in the southern Okanagan as the B.C. Wildfire Service takes advantage of cooler weather to try to contain a blaze that has forced hundreds from their homes. Fire information officer Marg Drysdale told a news conference Wednesday that crews were conducting controlled burns

[ad_1] A Manitoba expat took first place in the women's ultra competition of the Canadian Death Race in the Canadian Rockies on the weekend — and she managed the mean feat just over a year after nearly dying in a horrific training accident. Lindsey Klassen, who placed eighth overall, said

[ad_1] Aug. 3, 2022 | Ford says patients getting ‘care they need’ as complaints mount about Ontario’s hospitals. Plus, what’s behind Ticketmaster’s surging prices. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Provincial government funding to a Saskatoon Christian school must be frozen in light of  a series of abuse allegations, says the leader of the NDP Opposition. "I'm heartbroken to think this was the experience that shaped these young lives," Carla Beck said Wednesday. Some former students of Saskatoon's Christian Centre Academy,

[ad_1] A growing number of people in southwestern Ontario are holding out hope they can save a pre-Confederation home from being bulldozed, and will make a last-minute appeal to local politicians next week. A developer wants to raze the building, known as Elgin Hall, to make way for a subdivision in

[ad_1] Three of the five candidates vying to become the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada are taking part in the race's final debate Wednesday evening in Ottawa. The bilingual event, with the first half taking part in English, began at 6 p.m. ET. Three candidates are fielding

[ad_1] Data from Alberta Health Services indicates Calgary's ambulance performance and response times continue to decline as red alerts more than doubled in the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 2021. Red alerts refer to those instances in which no ambulances were available in the

[ad_1] Sarah Mitton's gold medal in women's shot put on Wednesday highlighted Canada's five-gold medal haul at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England on Wednesday. The Brooklyn, N.S., native, managed a 19.03-metre throw to edge Jamaica's Danniel Thomas-Dodd by just 0.05. New Zealand's Maddison-Lee Wesche grabbed the bronze medal. The 26-year-old Mitton bounced back

[ad_1] Warner Bros. has axed the $90-million US Batgirl film planned for HBO Max, according to a person connected with the film who was not authorized to speak publicly about it. The decision was highly unusual for such a high-priced and nearly finished movie. But the studio ultimately decided Batgirl didn't merit either

[ad_1] Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified Wednesday that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax and that he now believes it was "100% real." Speaking a day after the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the

[ad_1] The federal government has made a national apology to a Saskatchewan First Nation community for a scheme that breached treaty and fiduciary agreements by creating a farm colony that took over the nation's land and contributed to the assimilation of Indigenous people. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller is at the Peepeekisis Cree Nation

[ad_1] Ottawa police have one person in custody after a vehicle rammed the front gates of Parliament Hill on Wellington Street early Wednesday morning.  Around 3:30 a.m., an unauthorized vehicle drove into the front gates but was prevented from entering because of security barriers. According to police, damage to the gate is

[ad_1] A volcano in southwest Iceland began erupting Wednesday, the country's meteorological authorities said — just eight months after its last eruption officially ended. The Icelandic Meteorological Office urged people not to go near the Fagradalsfjall volcano, which is located some 32 kilometres southwest of the capital, Reykjavik. The eruption

[ad_1] Distinguished Canadian civil rights lawyer and giant of the legal profession Clayton Ruby has died at the age of 80. Ruby, who received the Order of Canada in 2005, died Tuesday, CBC News has confirmed.  His law firm Ruby Shiller Enenajor DiGiuseppe tweeted that Ruby died peacefully, surrounded by his

[ad_1] Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy dismissed the importance of the first grain export shipment from his country since Russia invaded, saying it was carrying a fraction of the crop Kyiv must sell to help salvage its shattered economy. His downbeat comments, via video to students in Australia on Wednesday, came

[ad_1] Canada's foreign affairs minister will hold a public event in Montreal today with her German counterpart, following Canada's controversial decision to send parts of a Russian natural gas pipeline back o Germany. The Foreign Affairs Department says Melanie Joly will participate in a "fireside chat" with German federal Foreign Minister Annalena

[ad_1] Kansas voters on Tuesday sent a resounding message about their desire to protect abortion rights, rejecting a ballot measure in a conservative state with deep ties to the anti-abortion movement that would have allowed the Republican-controlled legislature to tighten restrictions or ban the procedure outright. It was the first

[ad_1] Pope Francis said on Wednesday he felt the pain of survivors of Canada's residential school system and he asked for "forgiveness in the name of the church" for the role many of its members played in abusing children and attempting to erase Indigenous cultures. The pope dedicated his talk

[ad_1] Two women are asking a Nova Scotia court to review a decision by the Health Department to reject their claims for out-of-country health care. Jennifer Brady of Halifax has lymphedema, a disease that causes an accumulation of fluid and can cause painful swelling, increased risk of skin infection and sepsis, and

[ad_1] U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meeting leaders in Taiwan despite warnings from China, said Wednesday that she and other members of Congress in a visiting delegation are showing they will not abandon their commitment to the self-governing island. "Today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy," she

[ad_1] If you've been to even a single concert in the last few decades, you've probably spent some time trying to answer one question: "How does Ticketmaster get away with charging so much?" While  that question stretches nearly as far back as the establishment of the ticket seller, it recently centred around

[ad_1] Elizabeth May's potential return to the Green party leadership would not be entirely unprecedented — and given the party's currently dire position there might conceivably be a plausible case for putting her back at the top.  But a second run for May would only make sense if it was

[ad_1] U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan late Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China, which quickly announced that it would conduct military manoeuvres in retaliation for her presence. Pelosi arrived aboard a U.S. air force passenger jet

[ad_1] More than a year after Canada proclaimed Aug. 1 as Emancipation Day, Black leaders and scholars are renewing their calls for Ottawa to make a formal apology for the country's history of slavery and its intergenerational harms. Essex County author Elise Harding-Davis said Sunday that the federal government's vote

[ad_1] Concerns about rising monkeypox cases and a lack of vaccine equity were front and centre at the annual International Aids Conference. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Tuesday night, the team said. He was 94. Scully died at his home in the Hidden Hills section of Los

[ad_1] When Matt Berry left Innisfail, Alta., Monday evening to drive north to Red Deer, it was "perfect" weather, he recalls. But about 10 minutes later, just after 6 p.m., it was an entirely different story. A storm rolled through the area, smashing massive chunks of hail onto dozens of cars

[ad_1] "Fragments'' of computer data cited by police cannot link a Dutch man to the harassment and extortion of British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd, says his defence lawyer. Joseph Saulnier, representing Aydin Coban, began his closing arguments Tuesday afternoon by telling a B.C. Supreme Court jury trial they should convict

[ad_1] Hate crimes as reported by police forces in B.C.'s metropolitan areas are up for the second straight year of the pandemic, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada released Tuesday. Vancouver, Victoria, Abbotsford-Mission and Kelowna — the four municipalities in B.C. the federal agency chooses to represent in its data

[ad_1] Aug. 2, 2022 | N.L. rolls out incentives to keep nurses on the job amid a nationwide staffing crunch. Plus, allegations of violent abuse at a Sask. private school. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] On a Thursday afternoon at the end of July, I found myself broiling from the body heat of thousands of travellers being corralled through airport security. I was on my way to Rome, assigned to cover Pope Francis's six-day trip to Canada. Little did I know that the long

[ad_1] Two more people were found dead within the burn zone of a huge Northern California wildfire, raising the death toll to four in the state's largest blaze of the year, authorities said Tuesday. Search teams discovered the bodies Monday at separate residences along State Route 96, one of the only

[ad_1] First responders were called to the North Peace Regional Airport in Fort St. John, B.C., on Tuesday afternoon to respond to what officials are describing as an "aviation incident." In a social media post, the Fort St. John International Air Show said the aircraft went down during takeoff. Canadian Armed

[ad_1] Ava Bishop was only 10 when she started asking boathouse staff why she'd never be allowed to row the full length of Quidi Vidi Lake. "Why can't I?" Bishop recalled indignantly asking, to anyone who'd listen. "Why aren't I allowed?" "That's just the way it's always been done," they'd answer.

[ad_1] The rate of police-reported sexual assault in Canada has reached its highest level since 1996, according to Statistics Canada data released Tuesday. There were more than 34,200 reports of sexual assault countrywide in 2021, an 18 per cent increase from 2020, according to the newly released numbers. While reports

[ad_1] Organizers at Montreal's Osheaga music festival are apologizing after a British rapper performed while dressed in a T-shirt emblazoned with a swastika. The festival says the fashion choice by Slowthai on Saturday "caused confusion" with some festivalgoers who may have misunderstood the T-shirt's message. The issue arose after photos

[ad_1] Russia's Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Ukraine's Azov Regiment a terrorist organization, a designation that could lead to terror charges against some of the captured fighters who made their last stand inside Mariupol's shattered steel plant. Russia and its rebel allies are holding an estimated 1,000 Azov fighters prisoner,

[ad_1] A year after Repentigny police fatally shot Andy Stark's cousin, Jean René Junior Olivier, Black residents of the Montreal suburb are reeling. "It's the way that I lost him," Stark said. "It's not everyday that you lose a cousin, a family member, by the police force. It's not easy."

[ad_1] U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday, an official visit sure to escalate tensions with Beijing, which claims the self-ruled island as its own territory. The plane carrying Pelosi and her delegation took off from a Malaysian air force base and landed in Taipei on Tuesday

[ad_1] The past week has been a difficult one for wildfire fighters in B.C., with more than 100 new fires igniting across the province, but a shift to cooler weather is expected to bring some relief for crews. B.C. Wildfire Service information officer Jean Strong said crews have been able to

[ad_1] Canadian soccer star Alphonso Davies says he will donate his World Cup earnings to charity. "Canada welcomed me and my family and gave us the opportunity for a better life," Davies said in a social media post Tuesday. 'It enabled me to live my dreams. It's a great honour

[ad_1] U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Malaysia on Tuesday and was expected to visit Taiwan, escalating tensions with Beijing, which claims the self-ruled island as its own territory. The plane carrying Pelosi and her delegation left from a Malaysian air force base, with local media in Taiwan reporting that

[ad_1] The U.S. drone strike that killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri on the balcony of a Kabul safe house on the weekend has intensified global scrutiny of Afghanistan's Taliban rulers and further undermined their efforts to secure international recognition and desperately needed aid. The Taliban had promised in the 2020

[ad_1] Beyoncé is removing an offensive term for people with disabilities from a song on her new record, Renaissance, just weeks after rapper Lizzo also changed lyrics to remove the same word. "The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced," a spokeswoman for Beyoncé wrote in a statement

[ad_1] Canada's Maya Laylor broke two Commonwealth Games records en route to a gold medal in the women's 76 kg weightlifting event in Birmingham, England, on Tuesday. The 27-year-old Toronto native lifted 100 kg in her first snatch attempt to take the lead in the program before posting Commonwealth records of 128 kg

[ad_1] CBC Alberta and Saskatchewan have teamed up for a new pilot series on weather and climate change on the Prairies. Meteorologist Christy Climenhaga will bring her expert voice to the conversation to help explain weather phenomena and climate change and how it impacts everyday life. It's the world's largest

[ad_1] United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres sounded the alarm over the war in Ukraine, nuclear threats in Asia and the Middle East, and other tensions, warning that "humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation." The warning came Monday as a pandemic-delayed conference opened to review

[ad_1] After London workers cut down a monarch butterfly habitat without the homeowner's permission, an environmental lawyer says Ontario cities must re-examine policies addressing complaints over butterfly-friendly wild flowers. Susan McKee returned from vacation in July only to discover her pollinator garden, once bustling with monarch butterflies and bees, was mowed down by

[ad_1] When was the last time you went on an adventure in your own city? If your answer is "too long" and you have a bike with some reasonably wide tires, then two cousins have something to add to your summer bucket list: the Scarborough South Loop. Jimmy Judgey and

[ad_1] When 82-year-old Michael Mort’s longtime family doctor told him last summer he was going to retire by Christmas, he gave him six months notice. But the Vancouver Island senior quickly learned that wasn’t enough time to find a new one. “Since then, finding a doctor to replace him has

[ad_1] WASHINGTON - As the sun was rising in Kabul on Sunday, two Hellfire missiles fired by a U.S. drone ended Ayman al-Zawahri's decade-long reign as the leader of al Qaeda. The seeds of the audacious counterterrorism operation had been planted over many months. U.S. officials had built a scale

[ad_1] One year after police in Repentigny, Que., shot and killed her son, Marie-Mireille Bence is still haunted by the sound of gunfire erupting just outside her home — and the decision she made that she believes sealed Jean René Junior Olivier's fate. "I still feel a burden because I'm the

[ad_1] The federal government should apologize for slavery in Canada and make amends for the discrimination that followed abolition, says historian and educator Afua Cooper [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Restaurants, airlines, schools and nursing homes are at the sharp end of a labour crunch that's afflicted employers all year long. In June,the unemployment rate fell to a record low of 4.9 per cent, tightening the screws on an economy with more positions than it could fill. Amid a

[ad_1] Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh captured her second gold medal of the Commonwealth Games on Monday by winning the women's 200-metre individual medley title in Birmingham, England — adding to Canada's medal haul on Day 4. The 15-year-old phenom swam the distance in a personal-best time of two minutes 08.70 seconds to edge Australia's Kaylee McKeown

[ad_1] California's governor on Monday declared a state of emergency to speed efforts to combat the monkeypox outbreak, becoming the second state in three days to take the step. Gavin Newsom said the declaration will help the state co-ordinate a government-wide response, seek more vaccines, and lead outreach and education

[ad_1] Aug. 1, 2022 | Al-Qaeda leader and mastermind of 9/11 attacks, Ayman al-Zawahri, killed by U.S. drone strike in Kabul. Plus, growing fire forces more evacuations in B.C. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan this weekend killed Ayman al-Zawahri, who took over as al-Qaeda leader after Osama bin Laden's death in an airstrike in 2011, President Joe Biden confirmed Monday, 11 months after American troops left the country following a two-decade war. "Justice has been delivered, and

[ad_1] Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos on Monday announced nearly $18 million to expand HIV testing in Canada, with a substantial portion of the funding going toward self-administered kits. Of the $17.9 million, $8 million will go toward purchasing HIV self-testing kits and distributing them to community organizations, Duclos said at the 24th

[ad_1] The Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project is years behind schedule and billions over budget. (CBC) With their July electricity bill, Newfoundland Power customers have begun paying for Muskrat Falls, though bills haven't significantly increased — yet. In a July newsletter, Newfoundland Power said electricity bills were set to decrease by 6.4

[ad_1] Thunderstorm and tornado warnings are in effect for parts of west central Alberta as severe weather events move east across the province. Environment Canada updated a tornado warning around 3 p.m. for Clearwater County near Rocky Mountain House and Crimson Lake. Doppler radar indicated a potential tornado near Horburg. The

[ad_1] A Texas man convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol while wearing a holstered handgun, a helmet and body armour was sentenced on Monday to 87 months in prison. The sentence of just over seven years is the longest imposed so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases. Prosecutors said Guy Reffitt told fellow members of

[ad_1] Abortion could become illegal in parts of Michigan after a state Court of Appeals panel said in a decision released Monday that a judge's injunction blocking the enforcement of a pre-Roe v. Wade ban doesn't apply to county prosecutors. The 91-year-old abortion ban, which had been blocked in May

[ad_1] Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heading to Costa Rica for a two-week vacation with his family. The Prime Minister's Office says the family is returning to the same place where they stayed over the Christmas holiday in 2019 and that they are paying for their own accommodations. The prime

[ad_1] Two bodies were found inside a burned-out car in the path of a huge wildfire raging near California's border with Oregon, authorities said on Monday, as heavy smoke limited efforts to deploy aircraft to contain the blaze over the weekend. Since it broke out on Friday, the fast-moving McKinney

[ad_1] More than 200 properties in the B.C. Interior resort community of Apex Mountain Village have been ordered to evacuate as firefighters continue to battle a wildfire in the area. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen issued an evacuation order for the area on Monday morning because of the Keremeos Creek wildfire

[ad_1] Drake's Young Money Reunion show at the Budweiser Stage in Toronto on Monday evening has been postponed because the rapper has COVID-19.  In an Instagram story posted this morning, Drake revealed he tested positive for the virus and said he was remorseful about the postponement. "I am truly devastated to

[ad_1] Alberta's chief medical officer of health last year received the largest cash benefit payout of any provincial civil servant since the government began posting records in 2016. Dr. Deena Hinshaw's salary last year was $363,634, but she also took home an additional $227,911 in "cash benefits" during the 2021 calendar

[ad_1] Halifax Water is again asking people to stay away from Halifax harbour and flush less. In a news release Sunday night, the utility said a wastewater pump failure is causing "screened but untreated" wastewater to be released into the harbour. "Residents and visitors are strongly advised not to go swimming

[ad_1] LONDON/CHICAGO - As the third winter of the coronavirus pandemic looms in the northern hemisphere, scientists are warning weary governments and populations alike to brace for more waves of COVID-19. In the United States alone, there could be up to a million infections a day this winter, Chris Murray,

[ad_1] A passenger travelling from Bali, Indonesia to Australia has found themselves paying a hefty price for a McDonald's breakfast. The unnamed traveller was handed a fine of 2,664 Australian dollars (US$1,874) after two undeclared egg and beef sausage McMuffins and a ham croissant were found in their luggage on

[ad_1] This column is an opinion by Sharon Blady, the founder of Speak Up: Mental Health Advocates and Blady & Associates, and a former NDP minister of health for Manitoba. For more information about CBC's Opinion section, please see the FAQ. Early Monday, a gunman roamed the nighttime streets of Langley, B.C., shooting at and

[ad_1] As an infectious diseases specialist in Atlanta, Dr. Boghuma Kabisen Titanji spent much of 2020 on the front lines of the COVID-19 battle raging in the U.S.  When a vaccine arrived in December that year, she felt some relief. But also, fear.  "I had seen what COVID was capable of

[ad_1] The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain has set off from the port of Odesa, Turkey's Defence Ministry said Monday. The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship, Razoni, left the port of Odesa for Lebanon, the ministry said. A statement from the United Nations said the Razoni is carrying over 23,000 tonnes

[ad_1] CBC Radio Specials49:00Music to my Ears Dylan Sinclair's musical education started early, in a gold Nissan Murano. Sinclair, a Juno-nominated artist in Toronto, can still remember driving around with his father, listening to R&B cuts. It was Kevin Sinclair's favourite kind of music. Dylan learned to love it too. One song

[ad_1] WARNING: This article contains details of an eating disorder When Sally Chaster in Victoria experienced a relapse with anorexia nervosa in April 2021, she knew she wasn't going to come out of it on her own.  She was losing a lot of weight and was very weak. "During that time,

[ad_1] Trailblazer was a word used by many to mourn the passing of actor Nichelle Nichols, who died Saturday at age 89. Nichols broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood when she played communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek” television series, and paved the way not just

[ad_1] Pat Carroll, a comedic television mainstay for decades, Emmy-winner for “Caesar’s Hour” and the voice Ursula in “The Little Mermaid,” has died. She was 95. Her daughter Kerry Karsian, a casting agent, said Carroll died at her home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Saturday. Her other daughter Tara Karsian

[ad_1] Animal rescuers are rushing to bring dogs into Canada before a ban on importing dogs from 113 countries considered high risk for rabies comes into effect. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] The number of deaths from the devastating floods in Kentucky is expected to rise as crews continue recovery efforts, which will be complicated by extreme heat and a lack of electricity. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] When you head down to a lake in Canada this summer, you might spot more algae covering the surface than usual. This is just one of the scary impacts that our warming planet is having on lakes globally right now, according to a biology professor. It’s part of a

[ad_1] For his entire life, Josh Feldman has relied on lip reading in order to understand what someone is saying – but this week, a new product that provides real-time transcriptions allowed him to follow a conversation without even seeing the other person’s face. Having been born hard of hearing,

[ad_1] July 31, 2022 | Extreme weather brings fires to B.C. and devastating flooding to Kentucky. Plus, the scramble to bring rescue dogs into Canada. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Crews battling the largest wildfire so far this year in California braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that created the potential for additional fire growth Sunday as they sought to protect remote communities. The McKinney Fire was burning out of control in Northern California's Klamath National Forest, with

[ad_1] WARNING: This story contains distressing details It's about time.  That was the response from a residential school survivor in Winnipeg on Pope Francis's unqualified use of the word genocide to describe what happened to Indigenous Peoples forced to attend the schools in Canada. "It's about time that they use

[ad_1] WARNING: This article contains details of abuse. As Hockey Canada grapples with public fallout over how its organization settled sexual assault claims in the past, some Canadians are questioning how anyone could trust hockey's national governing body and calling for action and change at all levels of the sport.  "I'm not sure

[ad_1] Officials are urging British Columbians to be mindful of the wildfire risk, even as the biggest fires in the province remained stable overnight. The most concerning fire in the province remains the Keremeos Creek wildfire, 21 kilometres southwest of Penticton, in the southern Interior. It has resulted in 25

[ad_1] This week, the Canadian women's national baseball team is playing its first games against an international team in three years with heavy hearts. Canada and the United States are competing in a five-game Women's Baseball Friendship Series, which began Thursday and ends Monday at Baseball Central in Thunder Bay, Ont. It marks

[ad_1] Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood when she played communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original Star Trek television series, has died. She was 89. Her son Kyle Johnson said Nichols died Saturday in Silver City, N.M. "Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural

[ad_1] The National Black Canadians Summit in Halifax is bringing together Black people and allies from across the country to discuss issues facing their community and to share in their culture. The summit began Friday with a tour to the Africville Museum in Halifax and the Black Cultural Centre for

[ad_1] This First Person column is by Calgary artist Claudia Reyes who moved to Canada from Mexico. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ. I was born and raised in Mexico. Often when I talk to people in Canada and they find out where I am from, they

[ad_1] Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years — the last two as the first Black head coach in any major U.S. sport — and marched for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr., died Sunday. He was 88.

[ad_1] A section of Beirut's massive port grain silos, shredded in the 2020 explosion, collapsed in a huge cloud of dust on Sunday after a weeks-long fire triggered by grains that had fermented and ignited in the summer heat. The northern block of the silos collapsed after what sounded like an

[ad_1] Father André Morency can't believe he saw Pope Francis in person, let alone at a Quebec rehabilitation centre. The priest held back tears Thursday when the pontiff stopped by the Fraternité Saint-Alphonse, a facility for people struggling with substance use disorders in Beauport, Que., northeast of Quebec City. Earlier

[ad_1] 18 hours ago News Duration 11:51 Pope Francis recently completed a six-day 'pilgrimage of penance' in Alberta, Quebec and Nunavut. First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities reflected on his apology and visit with hope, disappointment and calls for action. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Canada's largest Chinese-language newspaper will stop publishing its print edition next month after more than four decades in operation. The print edition of Sing Tao Daily, which publishes in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary, will end on Aug. 28, putting 83 people out of work.  In a statement, Sing Tao Media Group,

[ad_1] In California's Klamath National Forest, the fast-moving McKinney fire, which started Friday, went from charring just over one square kilometre to scorching as much as 160 square kilometres by Saturday, according to fire officials. Posted: Jul 30, 2022 11:57 PM ET | Last Updated: 2 hours ago Report typo

[ad_1] The possibility of the first grain-exporting ship leaving Ukraine's ports on Monday is high, a spokesperson for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Speaking in an interview with broadcaster Kanal 7, Ibrahim Kalin said the joint co-ordination centre in Istanbul will probably complete the final work on the

[ad_1] The massive climate and tax deal announced this week by Democrats in the U.S. Senate should inspire Ottawa to adopt a bolder approach to fighting climate change, some experts say. The $369 billion deal, unveiled on Wednesday, came as something of a surprise after prior versions of President Joe Biden's proposal failed

[ad_1] Invasive reptiles and amphibians have cost the global economy more than $17 billion US between 1986 and 2020, a recent study suggests. The analysis, published this week in the journal Scientific Reports, says the transportation of "alien species" into new areas is increasing at an unprecedented rate due to

[ad_1] This column is an opinion by Paris Marx, a technology writer based in St. John's. For more information about CBC's Opinion section, please see the FAQ. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a bold claim: Canada "isn't just going to be a global player in EVs, … we get to be

[ad_1] As scientists around the world are racing to understand what caused a spate of so-far unexplained cases of hepatitis in children — including some who needed liver transplants — two new U.K. studies are offering fresh clues. In both papers, an unusual virus called adeno-associated virus-2 (AAV2) is implicated

[ad_1] ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE - Pope Francis acknowledged Saturday that he can no longer travel like he used to because of his strained knee ligaments, saying his weeklong Canadian pilgrimage was "a bit of a test" that showed he needs to slow down and one day possibly retire. Speaking

[ad_1] A recent study has found evidence pointing to the possible existence, at one point in time, of the famous Loch Ness Monster. Scientists from the University of Bath and University of Portsmouth in the U.K., as well as the Université Hassan II in Morocco, published a study last week

[ad_1] WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Saturday, slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation, the White House said, in a rare case of "rebound" following treatment with an antiviral drug. White House physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor said in

[ad_1] A new study has ranked Canada fifth among OECD countries for having the best work-life balance. Compiled by the financial technology company Tipalti, the study ranked the top 10 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries based on their working environments and benefits, using metrics such as average

[ad_1] KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday his government was ordering the mandatory evacuation of people in the eastern Donetsk region, scene of fierce fighting with Russia. In a late-night television address, Zelenskyy also said the hundreds of thousands of people still in combat zones in

[ad_1] The number of HIV cases has been rising in Canada, and it's having a disproportionate impact on Indigenous communities. That's why researchers participating in the 24th annual international AIDS conference, hosted in Montreal, are calling for a new approach to fighting the 50-year-old disease. Doris Peltier is one of

[ad_1] New York City officials declared monkeypox a public health emergency Saturday, saying the city is the epicentre of the state's outbreak and the move will boost measures to help slow the spread of the disease. "We estimate that approximately 150,000 New Yorkers may currently be at risk for monkeypox exposure," Mayor Eric Adams and Dr.

[ad_1] Canada Day in Ottawa is a familiar scene to CTV National News' Senior Political Correspondent Glen McGregor. Born in Ottawa, McGregor has been to many Canada Day celebrations in the city throughout his life. But this year, the air had a different feel to it, and not just because

[ad_1] A local Quebec hockey association says it won't be sending any more funds to Hockey Canada, and it's calling on other associations to also cut ties with the beleaguered organization. The Granby Minor Hockey Association announced the decision after parent and coach Francois Lemay called for the resolution to

[ad_1] This First Person article is written by Shirley Nicholson who lives in Winnipeg. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ. My son was just an addict.  That's what some people say. He was nothing but an addict. Like he planned this. Like he really

[ad_1] A steep rise in gas and food prices is getting most of the blame for Canada's cost of living increasing at its quickest pace in decades. With inflation at a nearly 40-year high in Canada, people are getting creative in their attempts to save money in any way they

[ad_1] Saturday brought music, dancing and flurry of colour to Lake Shore Avenue and Exhibition Place as the Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade made its triumphant return to Toronto. The parade is celebrating its 55th anniversary after the pandemic forced cancellations in both 2020 and 2021. According to the event's website, "the

[ad_1] The Keremeos Creek wildfire southwest of Penticton, B.C., grew overnight and jumped a road, with dozens of properties on evacuation order after it started Friday. It is among a large number of fires that were sparked across the province after a week of extreme temperatures. Of B.C.'s 70 active wildfires,

[ad_1] U.S. President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Saturday, slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation, the White House said, in a rare case of "rebound" following treatment with an anti-viral drug. White House physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor said in a letter

[ad_1] At least 25 people died — including four children — when torrential rains swamped towns across Appalachia, Kentucky's governor said Saturday. Gov. Andy Beshear said the number of deaths would likely rise significantly and that it could take weeks to find all the victims of the record flash flooding.

[ad_1] Saturday morning brought sights, sounds and colour to Lake Shore Avenue and Exhibition Place as the Caribbean Carnival Grande Parade made its triumphant return to Toronto. The parade is celebrating its 55th anniversary after the pandemic forced cancellations in both 2020 and 2021. According to the event's website, "the

[ad_1] In every speech Nova Scotia Sen. Wanda Thomas Bernard makes for Emancipation Day this year, she'll ask the same question: what's next? It's a question she's posing to federal and provincial governments, as well as individual Canadians, as the country marks the day slavery was abolished in the British Empire. Federal

[ad_1] Russian forces launched nighttime attacks on several cities in Ukraine, officials said Saturday, as Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy called for an international response to the deadly shelling of a prison complex in a separatist-controlled area in the country's east and the International Committee of the Red Cross sought access

[ad_1] Chris Rock is still not saying how he feels about getting slapped by Will Smith, but he is still making passing jokes about the incident. The comedian was on stage in Atlanta on Friday night as part of his "Chris Rock Ego Death World Tour," hours after Smith posted

[ad_1] WARNING: This story contains distressing details While the word genocide wasn't heard in any of Pope Francis's addresses during a week-long trip to Canada, on his flight back to Rome, he said everything he described about the residential school system and its forced assimilation of Indigenous children amounts to

[ad_1] An Edmonton woman says her father was neglected and given insufficient medication for his pain in an Alberta hospital, while his family was not informed that he was near death. Bridget Stirling's 71-year-old father, Ian Stirling, died on July 21 in a general medicine ward of the Edmonton's Royal Alexandra

[ad_1] Thousands of followers of an influential Shia cleric breached Iraq's parliament on Saturday, the second time in a week, to protest the government formation efforts led by Iran-backed groups. Iraqi security forces initially used tear gas and sound bombs to try to repel the demonstrators and caused several injuries witnessed

[ad_1] John Barnet received six hours of hospital care for a broken neck and sternum before being told he had to leave. Now his family is demanding answers as to why the 41-year-old man was discharged from the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton hours after crashing his motorcycle, and with little

[ad_1] Karen K. Ho of Richmond Hill, Ont., adopted Max the cockapoo in 2021 because his previous owner wasn't able to give him enough exercise. He was kept in a crate for up to eight hours, which is not good for his energetic breed, she said. Ho also thought having a dog

[ad_1] If you've noticed a change to the way your favourite social media platform works lately, you aren't alone.  Even Kylie Jenner, arguably the most online person in the world, seemed to be getting fed up with it this week when she griped about recent changes to Instagram's algorithm that prioritizes more

[ad_1] With lifeguards in short supply and the pandemic limiting swim lessons, a new drowning-prevention group in Ontario is looking to educate people heading to beaches about water safety. Briar McCaw and MaryKate Townsend started the Elgin County Drowning Prevention Coalition, working with organizations in the southwestern Ontario region, after noticing a

[ad_1] This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Long COVID can be a severely debilitating condition for those who live with it, but the growing list of symptoms and conflicting estimates on how often

[ad_1] Six years later and Queen Bey is reborn. Beyonce released her seventh studio album, Renaissance, on Friday after announcing the record in mid-June. A club-nostalgic blend of disco, dancehall and electronic music, the hour-long album runs for 16 tracks, giving fans of the pop superstar a bang for their

[ad_1] Residents of 21 properties near a wildfire southwest of Penticton, B.C. have been ordered to evacuate. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen issued the order on Friday night around 9:30 p.m. It is in effect for residents on the Green Mountain Road, near Ford Lake. The district says 21 properties fall under the evacuation

[ad_1] A former member of the RCMP Lower Mainland Integrated Police Dog Service has been disciplined after a 2020 incident in Maple Ridge, B.C., in which he was found passed out in his police-issued SUV in a Burger King drive-thru at 2:30 a.m. Const. Blaise Picketts, whose full name is Jonathan

[ad_1] The ICU at Bowmanville Hospital is set to temporarily close its doors due to significant staffing shortages, as 14 Ontario hospitals are also left to operate at reduced capacity over the long weekend. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Protesters gathered in support of the LGBTQ+ community at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. There are 35 countries in the Commonwealth that currently criminalize homosexuality. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] For the first time in three years, Vancouver Pride is set for a full slate of in-person activities this weekend, but health officials say as excited as people are to be back, they also need to be careful about the spread of monkeypox and COVID-19. On Wednesday, Canada's Chief Public Health Officer

[ad_1] A U.S. judge on Friday sentenced a Saudi-born Canadian man to life in prison after he pleaded guilty in December to aiding Islamic State by working with propagandists who publicized the group's beheading of hostages including American journalist James Foley. Mohammed Khalifa, 39, who grew up in Toronto and

[ad_1] Some restaurants on Prince Edward Island are doing whatever they can to stay open amid a labour shortage in the province. Rick's Fish and Chips in St. Peters Bay has been short-staffed all summer, especially in the kitchen, and forced to stay closed one or two days each week.

[ad_1] WARNING: This story describes abuse related to residential schools in detail, including graphic descriptions of sexual assault.  This First Person piece is a speech written by Tanya Tungilik, one of three people to address Pope Francis in a private event during his visit to Iqaluit on July 29. For

[ad_1] Tim Hortons says it has reached a proposed settlement in multiple class-action lawsuits alleging the restaurant's mobile app violated customer privacy which would see the restaurant offer a free coffee and doughnut to affected users. The company says the settlement, negotiated with the legal teams involved in the lawsuits,

[ad_1] Delivery of a Nord Stream 1 gas turbine to Germany from Canada after maintenance was not in line with the contract, Gazprom's senior manager said on Friday, stepping up criticism of manufacturer Siemens Energy. The comments signalled a deepening of a row in which Russia has cited turbine problems

[ad_1] Former Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May is going to run again for her old job and is proposing to share responsibilities with a co-leader, sources tell CBC News. Multiple sources confirm a report by the Toronto Star that May is set to join the Green Party leadership race.

[ad_1] The International AIDS Society will re-evaluate how it organizes international conferences as a result of visa denials by the Canadian government, the organization's president said Friday in Montreal. The comments came as International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan cancelled a planned appearance at the conference. Adeeba Kamarulzaman told attendees at

[ad_1] Actor Will Smith issued a fresh apology for slapping comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars in March in a new YouTube video on Friday.  In the video titled, "It's been a minute…" Smith addresses a number of questions and says he's reached out to Rock but, "the message that

[ad_1] A push to use a prisoner swap to free two U.S. citizens from Russian detention may yield rewards for Washington, but experts say it provides no guarantees that future exchanges involving Moscow will be any more palatable. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed this week that Washington offered Russia a

[ad_1] WARNING: This story contains distressing details. People who provide mental health support across the country have been significantly busier helping those with trauma after Pope Francis arrived in Canada and apologized for the forced assimilation of Indigenous people at residential schools. "As soon as we set up, before the

[ad_1] WARNING: This article contains details of abuse. A B.C. relationship coach who admitted to assaulting his then-partner on two occasions is set to walk away without a criminal record, after receiving a sentence the victim describes as a "complete failure" for the justice system. Former chiropractor Nima Rahmany pleaded

[ad_1] Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that he's open to a call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss a possible prisoner swap involving American basketball star Brittney Griner. Blinken said Wednesday that Washington had offered Russia a deal that would bring home Griner and another

[ad_1] Canada's economy didn't expand at all in May, the second month of the year that its failed to eke out any gains, Statistics Canada said Friday. The data agency said that a slight uptick in the service sector wasn't enough to offset a decline in goods-producing industries, so the

[ad_1] Canadian Olympic champion Kelsey Mitchell is hungry for more. The track cyclist from Sherwood Park, Alta., won gold in her Olympic debut last summer in Tokyo, and she makes her Commonwealth Games debut on Friday while headlining an exciting 18-member Canadian cycling team poised for success in England. For

[ad_1] Russia and Ukraine on Friday accused each other of shelling a prison in a separatist eastern region that reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war who were captured after the fall of Mariupol in May. Russia said that Ukraine used U.S.-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launchers in the attack

[ad_1] Toronto's Pearson International airport — the busiest in Canada — has a PR problem, sparking concerns some people may avoid travelling to the city.  Disgruntled travellers passing through Pearson are posting about their bad experiences on social media, complaining about long line-ups, flight disruptions and missing baggage.  "Toronto's Pearson Airport is

[ad_1] A P.E.I. pub has pulled photos of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from its social media accounts after getting a barrage of hate-filled comments and phone calls. Trudeau had lunch at Lone Oak's Charlottetown pub during a brief stop on the Island last week. While at the pub, owners, staff and

[ad_1] Top health officials say they are trying to limit the spread of the monkeypox virus while also preventing stigma against those most affected — particularly gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men — but their messaging may be a part of the problem, according to some advocates. More

[ad_1] A Nova Scotia RCMP constable who violated the force's code of conduct after fondling co-workers will keep his job — even though the top Mountie in the province at the time wanted him dismissed for sexual assault. The case pits the wishes of the local division against Commissioner Brenda Lucki, who — while promising publicly

[ad_1] Canada's top court is expected to issue a decision Friday in the case of a B.C. man accused of ignoring a woman's request to wear a condom during sex — a decision that could set an important legal precedent on consent and sexual assault. Supreme Court justices are set to define "sexual activity" and rule on whether sex with a

[ad_1] Hanging on the Pope’s every word in Quebec City on Thursday was a Metis man who just wants to be part of the conversation. Louis Gardiner arrived in Quebec for this leg of the papal tour from Saskatchewan, seeking a response for a long standing grievance: the lack of

[ad_1] Moments before Pope Francis began leading mass at the Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Basilica outside Quebec City Thursday morning, two people made their way to the front of the altar to hold a brief, silent protest urging the pontiff to go further in his efforts for healing and reconciliation with Indigenous people in Canada.

[ad_1] The projected cost of the contentious Coastal GasLink pipeline spanning northern British Columbia has jumped 70 per cent to $11.2 billion in the wake of a freshly inked deal between operator TC Energy Corp. and the group building a liquified natural gas terminal on the West Coast. Amid rising

[ad_1] A Winnipeg family says they've been told they may have to wait as long as a year to find out what caused their 14-year-old daughter's death. Talina Rampersad-Husack died suddenly on July 17 in the intensive care unit at the Children's Hospital, her obituary says. Details about her illness

[ad_1] On the inside of Carlos Bastarrachea's right forearm is a tattoo of an airplane circling a globe with the date Dec. 6, 2020, the date when he and his wife Emilia Ballester arrived to start their new life in Toronto. She has the same one, meant to look like a passport stamp.

[ad_1] Americans are in a bad mood, and that could be good news for Republicans come November. With high inflation and gas prices putting the squeeze on many people's quality of life, recession around the corner and faith in the government's ability to do anything about it plummeting, it would

[ad_1] Elite-level, international baseball returns to northern Ontario this week as Thunder Bay hosts a five-game friendship series between the Canadian and U.S. national women's teams. It's the first international competition for both sides since the 2019 COPABE Women's Pan-American Championships in Mexico, where the Americans won gold. Both Canada

[ad_1] Toronto Blue Jays President and CEO Mark Shapiro announced plans for $300 million worth of renovations to Rogers Centre that will take place over the next two to three off-seasons. Fans can expect to see considerable changes to the 33-year-old stadium come next April, Shapiro said during a news

[ad_1] A Crown attorney says similarities in messages from 22 online accounts that harassed and extorted British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd in the three years before her death prove they came from the same person. Marcel Daigle told the B.C. Supreme Court jury trial of Aydin Coban, the Dutch man

[ad_1] Two of the most prominent contenders for the Conservative leadership won't be taking part in the party's final official debate. Conservative officials have confirmed that Pierre Poilievre and Leslyn Lewis have told party officials they won't attend the August 3 debate in Ottawa. That leaves Jean Charest, Roman Baber and Scott

[ad_1] Many Alberta parents are frustrated the provincial government isn't moving more quickly to start vaccinating children five and under against COVID-19 — and they're calling for swift action. Moderna's pediatric doses for kids between six months and five years old were authorized by Health Canada two weeks ago. And while

[ad_1] For the past month, high school students from across Canada have been thinking about the concept of wellness, what it means to them, how it shapes their lives and how best to ensure people have access to it. It's part of a highly competitive, month-long experiential program hosted by universities across

[ad_1] The federal government is proposing $1,337 in compensation for turning in an AR-15 rifle under a mandatory buyback program. Public Safety Canada has released a price list detailing how much money owners of banned firearms can expect to get under the program. At the higher end of the scale,

[ad_1] A senior Mountie testified Thursday he believes political inference was behind RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki's determination to have police release details on the guns used in the Nova Scotia mass shooting. Chief Supt. Chris Leather made the comment at the public inquiry into the rampage that took 22 lives

[ad_1] Police have identified the two men who were shot and killed in Langley, B.C., during a series of attacks early Monday that also left two people injured and the suspect dead.  A statement Thursday identified the deceased victims as Paul David Wynn, 60, and Steven Furness, 43. Wynn was

[ad_1] Loblaw Companies Ltd.'s sales growth is softening as inflation continues to grip the economy and shape consumer shopping habits, the company's president and chairman said Wednesday. While the country's largest grocery and pharmacy chain sees "a little bit of softening" with its Joe Fresh apparel brand going forward, what

[ad_1] An independent review has concluded that Canada Soccer "mishandled" sexual assault allegations in 2008 against then under-20 women's coach Bob Birarda. The independent review by McLaren Global Sport Solution looked into Canada Soccer's handling of Birarda, a former women's Vancouver Whitecaps and Canadian national youth team coach. Birarda is

[ad_1] The existential crisis confronting Canada's automotive industry may finally be over. U.S. Democrats Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin have agreed to propose doing away with a tax-credit plan that favoured American-made electric vehicles. Instead, the Senate majority leader and the West Virginia moderate are proposing an amendment

[ad_1] Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris is on track to reopen to worshippers and the public in 2024, Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak said on Thursday, more than three years after its roof was destroyed in a massive blaze. She said the clean-up phase of the restoration project had ended, allowing

[ad_1] Warning: This story discusses child abuse.  Ottawa has asked France to extradite a priest accused of crimes against children in Nunavut, the federal justice minister confirmed Wednesday as Pope Francis continued his tour of Canada. "Collaboration and co-operation are essential to addressing the shameful legacy of residential schools," Justice

[ad_1] The U.S. economy shrank from April through June for a second straight quarter, contracting at a 0.9 per cent annual pace and raising fears that the nation may be approaching a recession. The decline that the Commerce Department reported Thursday in the gross domestic product — the broadest gauge

[ad_1] North Korean leader Kim Jong-un warned he's ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military conflicts with the United States and South Korea, state media said Thursday, as he unleashed fiery rhetoric against rivals he says are pushing the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war. Kim's speech

[ad_1] Stephen Harper has said the Conservative government he led from 2006 to 2015 practiced what he calls "populist conservatism." A Conservative Party led by Pierre Poilievre — endorsed by Harper this week — will fully embrace that description.  One can only speculate about why the former prime minister decided to take

[ad_1] Lauren Byrne's daughter cried with joy the day her mom came home and announced she was no longer a full-time, permanent nurse in rural Newfoundland.  After 13 years dressing wounds, caring for patients, consoling families and missing out on her own life, Byrne decided to forgo her pension and

[ad_1] When Éric Duhaime took over as leader of the Quebec Conservatives last year, the party had never held a seat in the legislature, never been invited to a major debate and never raised more than $60,000 in donations in any given year. It was, basically, a fringe party, unaffiliated with

[ad_1] When Shane Cobalt was eight, a relative inadvertently set him on a lifelong journey. "I saw my grandfather do a card trick at a family gathering. And it fooled me badly," says Cobalt. He had fallen victim to "the sucker effect," where everyone in the room except you knows how

[ad_1] When Kate Peterson and her boyfriend broke up in 2019, she assumed their cat, Penny, would leave with her. After all, she was the only one who had signed the adoption papers two years earlier. "My ex had a lot of cats growing up and was like, 'This is your

[ad_1] It's become an all too common occurrence for Red Deer emergency dispatcher Andrea McLean. She answers a 911 call to hear a confused person on the other line wondering how they dialled the number. Knowingly, she asks, "Was your phone in a cupholder?" They say, "Yes," and she launches into her

[ad_1] In a debate for the 2016 U.S. Republican presidential primaries, organizers went big and gaudy by positioning Ronald Reagan's old Air Force One jet as a backdrop to the candidates and their lecterns. In a province that no longer has executive aircraft for its leader, United Conservatives offered a

[ad_1] Saskatoon police are asking the public for video or dash-camera footage as they intensify the search for Dawn Walker and her seven-year-old son, Vinnie Jansen. Walker, 48, who is well known in the Indigenous and literary communities, was last seen on Friday evening at a business on the 300

[ad_1] One of the most senior RCMP officers in Nova Scotia admitted he "missed the mark" during early press conferences about the mass killings in Nova Scotia. Chief Supt. Chris Leather was testifying at the Mass Casualty Commission, the inquiry into the murders of 22 people — including a pregnant

[ad_1] Warren Dean recalls feeling helpless as a deadly heat dome hovered over British Columbia last summer. The CTV News weather anchor for Vancouver Island says he and his colleagues tried to hammer home the seriousness of the unprecedented extreme heat event to the public but there were still those who failed

[ad_1] The seven candidates vying to become the next United Conservative Party leader and Alberta premier are to tackle health, the economy and other key issues in their first debate tonight. They are to square off in Medicine Hat for the first of two scheduled debates ahead of Oct. 6,

[ad_1] A woman who was allegedly attacked by a man with autism in a public park in broad daylight on Monday has three clear requests following her traumatic experience. She wants to see people with complex needs get the help and supervision they require. She wants public parks in St. John's

[ad_1] British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd feared that the person who was harassing and extorting her would continue for the rest of her life, and there was nothing she could do to stop it, a Crown attorney told B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday. Kristen LeNoble showed the court a Facebook

[ad_1] Jeopardy! is giving itself two answers to the question of who gets to host the long-running quiz show — Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings. Bialik and Jennings have been serving as rotating hosts since Mike Richards exited the show amid controversy after a short tenure as the late Alex Trebek's

[ad_1] Tony Dow, who as Wally Cleaver on the sitcom Leave It to Beaver helped create the popular and lasting image of the American teenager of the 1950s and 60s, died Wednesday. He was 77. Frank Bilotta, who represented Dow in his work as a sculptor, confirmed his death in an

[ad_1] The number of confirmed monkeypox cases in Canada has hit 745 and public health officials say that now is the time for a domestic and international response to get a handle on the disease. "While the global monkeypox outbreak is of serious concern, there is optimism that by focusing

[ad_1] Russian space officials told their U.S. counterparts that Moscow expects to remain on the International Space Station (ISS) at least until their own outpost in orbit is built in 2028, NASA's space operations chief told Reuters. The assurance on Tuesday from Russia came after the newly appointed head of

[ad_1] Russia's Gazprom finally acted on weeks of threats and hints overnight, cutting the already-reduced flow of gas through the Nord Stream One pipeline to just 20 per cent of its full capacity. The move brought new worries to Germany, Italy and the other European countries that depend heavily on Russian

[ad_1] Former Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Kueng was sentenced Wednesday in a federal court to three years in prison for violating George Floyd's civil rights during the May 2020 killing. Kueng's co-defendant Tou Thao was scheduled to be sentenced later Wednesday. Kueng and Thao were convicted in February of

[ad_1] The U.S. central bank did what it was expected to do on Wednesday, raising its benchmark lending rate by three quarters of a percentage point as it steps up its battle to rein in runaway inflation. The Federal Reserve raised the upper bound of its benchmark rate — known as

[ad_1] Two men have been charged with first-degree murder in the targeted killing of Ripudaman Singh Malik, who was acquitted in the 1985 Air India bombings and shot dead on July 14. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) said in news release Wednesday the charges have been laid against Tanner Fox, 21, and

[ad_1] Canadian pop star Shawn Mendes has cancelled the rest of his Wonder world tour to care for his mental health, the singer announced in an Instagram post on Wednesday. "After speaking more with my team and working with an incredible group of health professionals, it has become more clear that

[ad_1] A big, pink diamond of 170 carats has been discovered in Angola and is claimed to be the largest such gemstone found in 300 years. Named the "Lulo Rose," the diamond was found at the Lulo alluvial diamond mine, the mine's owner, the Lucapa Diamond Company, announced Wednesday on

[ad_1] Hockey Canada executives will appear before the House of Commons standing committee on Canadian Heritage Wednesday for the second time this year to answer MPs' questions on their handling of a controversy on an alleged group sexual assault that has rocked the organization. Hockey Canada CEO Scott Smith and

[ad_1] Shipping companies are not rushing to export millions of tonnes of trapped grain out of Ukraine, despite a breakthrough deal to provide safe corridors through the Black Sea. That is because explosive mines are drifting in the waters, ship owners are assessing the risks and many still have questions

[ad_1] A prominent gourmet food supplier, caterer and retailer in Canmore Alta., has removed one of its owners from running the company after he sent a transphobic email to organizers of that city's Pride events. Canmore Pride had reached out to ownership of Valbella Gourmet Foods to inquire about sponsorship or food

[ad_1] A prominent gourmet food supplier, caterer and retailer in Canmore Alta., has removed one of its owners from running the company after he sent a transphobic email to organizers of that city's Pride events. Canmore Pride had reached out to ownership of Valbella Gourmet Foods to inquire about sponsorship or food

[ad_1] 8 hours ago Radio Duration 23:13 Decades ago Phil Fontaine helped open Canada's eyes to the horrors of the residential school system. And he's since spent years pushing for an apology from the top of the Catholic Church. Today he reflects on hearing Pope Francis say "sorry" for the

[ad_1] It was hailed as a post-Cold War collaboration for the good of humanity: two old rivals joining forces to launch the International Space Station (ISS) more than 20 years ago.  "The International Space Station is regarded as the most complex engineering, scientific, collaborative human feat ever managed," boasts the U.S.

[ad_1] Royal Bank of Canada has been ordered to divulge the real owners of 97 offshore corporations that used its services, but a critic is wondering why it's taken the Canada Revenue Agency six years to acquire a fount of information that could help detect tax cheats. The companies involved are all

[ad_1] Citing a nationwide labour shortage, several provincial immigration ministers say they want more control over the immigration process, and have sent a letter to their federal counterpart calling for change.  Ministers from Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba are calling on Sean Fraser, Canada's minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, to allow their

[ad_1] The federal government needs to be more transparent — and ambitious — about its upcoming plan to reduce carbon emissions from the aviation industry, a group of environmental organizations are saying in an open letter. In the letter, which was released last week, the groups say Canada is falling behind other

[ad_1] British Columbia's public safety minister says the latest round of shootings in the province's public spaces has been "unsettling" for residents. Mike Farnworth called Monday's shooting deaths of two people in Langley, and the wounding of two others, "a senseless act of violence" that is "extremely disturbing." "My thoughts are with the victims, their

[ad_1] A 12-person jury has found former Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen not guilty of sexual assault. Virtanen was charged with one count of sexual assault in January following an investigation by Vancouver police. The Crown and defence counsel finished their closing arguments Monday by focusing on the reliability of

[ad_1] An impromptu receiving line formed by home plate at Rogers Centre as members of the Toronto Blue Jays gathered to welcome back Buck Martinez. Outfielder Raimel Tapia, interim manager John Schneider and other members of the team staff were eager to greet the veteran Blue Jays broadcaster. Martinez, 73,

[ad_1] After two days of intense questioning of how RCMP decisions were made during the mass shooting of April 2020, Chief Supt. Darren Campbell ended his testimony at the public inquiry in tears, apologizing to the families of 22 victims who died.  As he broke down, Campbell said it was

[ad_1] The B.C. Prosecution Service says a stay of proceedings has been directed in the sex assault trial of former provincial cabinet minister and Indigenous leader Edward John, 73. The decision to halt the case in the B.C. Supreme Court in Prince George follows cross-examination of the complainant on four counts of sexual intercourse

[ad_1] Police have released photographs of a 28-year-old gunman in the hope that more witnesses to Monday's shooting rampage in Langley, B.C. — which left two people dead and two others injured — will come forward. The photos show Jordan Daniel Goggin wearing two different outfits during the course of the shootings, which began around

[ad_1] At least 15 people have been killed and dozens of others injured during two days of demonstrations in Congo's east against the United Nations mission in the country, officials said Tuesday. The United Nations confirmed that one peacekeeper and two international officers serving with the UN peacekeeping force were

[ad_1] The federal government says it will audit CP Rail's safety practices and training regime, after a report by the Transportation Safety Board found the company had "normalized" a persistent problem with trains braking during the winter months, before a derailment near Field, B.C., that killed three crew members in February

[ad_1] A Crown attorney says British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd was lured, harassed and extorted with online messages demanding she perform sexual "shows,'' or videos of her would be sent to her family and classmates. In closing arguments at the B.C. Supreme Court trial of Dutchman Aydin Coban, Kristen LeNoble

[ad_1] Former NHL player and victims rights advocate Sheldon Kennedy has called for the resignation of Hockey Canada president and chief executive officer Scott Smith, his leadership team and the organization's board of directors as scrutiny of the organization's handling of sexual abuse allegations involving its players continues. Kennedy posted

[ad_1] Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich has again been granted bail.  Lich faces charges of mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to commit mischief, intimidation and more recently failing to comply with bail for her role in Ottawa's massive winter protest-turned-occupation against COVID-19 restrictions and the Liberal government. After she was accused of

[ad_1] De Beers Canada has been ordered to pay a $350,000 fine for an oil spill at its former Snap Lake diamond mine site five years ago.  On Dec. 7, 2017, an employee forgot to close a storage tank valve while refilling the tank. That caused the tank to overfill and

[ad_1] The former Manitoba senator who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada says there's a "deep hole" in the apology issued by Pope Francis Monday for the role Catholics played in Canada's residential school system. Murray Sinclair says the historic apology, although meaningful to many residential school survivors and their families,

[ad_1] The trial for former Liberal MP Raj Grewal, who stands accused of using his political office for personal financial gain, will extend until at least this fall. The ex-Brampton politician faces two breach of trust charges related to a series of loans he took out to pay for gambling

[ad_1] Some global consumers are showing signs of cracking, as shoppers stressed by record inflation stick to buying basics like food, bleach and cheap burgers, while those with bigger bank accounts are snapping up $3,000 Louis Vuitton handbags. Investors are closely watching corporate results for signs economies are headed toward

[ad_1] Three people who supplied ammunition to the gunman who killed 22 Nova Scotians two years ago have had their criminal charges withdrawn. Lawyers for all three — Lisa Banfield, James Banfield and Brian Brewster — appeared in Nova Scotia provincial courts Tuesday morning to complete the process. All three had been

[ad_1] Canadian athletes Andre De Grasse, Pierce LePage, Aaron Brown and Jerome Blake withdrew from the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. All four just finished up at the World Athletics Championships, where De Grasse, Brown and Blake made up three-quarters of the golden 4x100-metre relay squad while LePage landed silver in

[ad_1] John A. Weber has lost his cane. But for the 91-year-old, the cane is about more than mobility. And it's no ordinary cane. It's hand-carved from spalted maple, and the wood came from the sugar bush where he's lived and worked his entire life near Conestogo in Woolwich Township.

[ad_1] Russia will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country's new space chief said Tuesday amid high tensions between Moscow and the West over the fighting in Ukraine. Yuri Borisov, who was appointed earlier this month to lead

[ad_1] A third party investigator hired by Hockey Canada to look into an alleged group sexual assault will testify before a House of Commons committee Tuesday for the first time. Danielle Robitaille, a partner at law firm Henein Hutchison LLP, will answer questions at the standing committee on Canadian heritage

[ad_1] Ottawa-based e-commerce company Shopify Inc. is laying off roughly 1,000 people, or about 10 per cent of its workforce. The company says staff will be notified today. Most of those affected will be in recruiting, support and sales, the company says More to come [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] European Union governments agreed Tuesday to ration natural gas this winter to protect themselves against any further supply cuts by Russia as Moscow pursues its invasion of Ukraine. EU energy ministers approved a draft European law meant to lower demand for gas by 15 per cent from August through March.

[ad_1] An Ottawa family is packing up their belongings and moving to what they hope will be their "forever home," but they won't be bringing nearly as much cash with them as they'd hoped to get from the sale of their first house. "We figure we lost about $150,000," said

[ad_1] To cope on hot days, Leigh and her partner leave all the windows open and use fans. If it gets really hot, they run a small air conditioning unit on energy saver mode, which allows her to keep her fridge plugged in. But it isn’t powerful enough to cool

[ad_1] 6 hours ago Radio Duration 25:50 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been raging since Feb. 24. The war has triggered a global food and fuel crisis, because Ukraine is a major exporter of grain, and Russia is a major exporter of oil to Europe. In recent days, however, a