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Thu, 21 Oct 2021 21:34:14 EDT
Anytime, anyplace, anywhere: Vancouver police issue warning on frequency of stranger attacks
Ray Hsu remembers being worried enough about the stranger who followed him off the bus to try to take a picture. The next thing he knew, he was being attacked. It was broad daylight, There were witnes...

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Montreal pianist 'keeps audience breathless' as he wins prestigious international competition
Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu's win at the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition on Thursday has catapulted the 24-year-old into stardom and put Montreal on the map as a destination for music educ...

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Illegal, untested CBD products are everywhere and could be putting you at risk
CBD is found everywhere, from chocolate bars to pet treats and vape pens to face creams. While CBD itself holds real medicinal promise, Marketplace reveals many CBD products are illegal, come with una...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 14:35:07 EDT
Cities want more of a say in fighting climate change
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at why cities feel they can't do more to combat climate change and how NASA can help us better understand global warming.

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Where's Kevin Vuong? Embattled MP still silent on dropped sex assault charge following election
A full month after pledging to address a sexual assault charge levelled against him in 2019 and since withdrawn, newly-elected Toronto MP Kevin Vuong has remained silent on the topic and out of sight....

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Gwyneth Paltrow's new Netflix show latest to try to help couples solve sex problems
Gwyneth Paltrow's sex therapy show Sex, Love & Goop aims to change the way we talk about sex. Televised sex education has changed for the better, but there's still a long way to go, experts say. ...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:13:03 EDT
Ontario set to ease COVID-19 restrictions Monday, source says
The Ontario government will allow businesses such as restaurants, bars and fitness centres to start lifting COVID-19 capacity limits starting on Monday, a senior government source has told CBC News. ...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:14:35 EDT
Truth and reconciliation centre says it's still waiting for residential school records
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says it is still waiting for records from the federal government related to residential schools, despite a comment from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau t...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 13:39:56 EDT
A military in crisis: Here are the senior leaders embroiled in sexual misconduct cases
It's a leadership crisis without precedent in the Canadian Armed Forces — a fact that only becomes crystal clear when you take a step back and look at the full depth and scope of the sexual miscondu...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 10:05:47 EDT
Confusion reigns over Saskatchewan's plans to move ICU patients out of province
Saskatchewan has not clarified why Ontario thought it would receive a total of 12 ICU patients from the province by the end of the week or why that now appears to have changed.

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:30:21 EDT
A bag of peanuts and $70M, please: B.C. woman recalls spur-of-the-moment decision to buy winning Lotto ticket
A Burnaby, B.C., woman who just won the largest Lotto Max draw in B.C. history says she made the decision to buy the lottery ticket on the spur of the moment.

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:07:40 EDT
Manitoba judge rules pandemic restrictions didn't violate charter rights
A Manitoba judge has ruled pandemic restrictions implemented by the province last year were not a violation of charter rights, in response to a court challenge brought by seven rural Manitoba churc...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:03:09 EDT
Supreme Court says people can sue cities over snow removal activities that cause injury
The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously ruled that municipal snow removal activities are not immune from negligence and liability claims, a decision that could affect cities across the country. ...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 10:40:57 EDT
Trudeau 'confident' other countries will accept Canadians' proof of vaccination
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today he's "very confident" countries around the world will accept Canadians' proof of vaccination.

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 10:48:11 EDT
Canadian theatre legend Martha Henry dead at 83
Actor, director and Canadian theatre giant Martha Henry has died at 83, Stratford Festival has confirmed. Henry was a staple at the festival, and performed there just 12 days ago in Edward Albee's Thr...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Search of former Mohawk Institute Residential School grounds expected to take over a year
With training underway, the search for unmarked graves at the former Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ont., is close to starting. The group leading the search efforts say it will tak...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 08:00:00 EDT
Foreign funding played role in anti-resource campaigns, but Allan inquiry can't say how much
A long-delayed and controversial report into alleged anti-Alberta energy campaigns could not determine how much of a role foreign money played in cancelling resource projects, nor could it find how mu...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 10:55:18 EDT
Edward Rogers out as Rogers chair after failed bid to oust CEO
Edward Rogers is out as chair of the company his father founded, after a failed attempt to oust the telecommunications company's CEO.

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
How a big win for a First Nation in B.C. could bring change for resource development in Canada
First Nations, industry and legal experts are examining what the outcome of a B.C. court decision could mean elsewhere, including future development near Alberta’s massive oilsands.

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 07:00:00 EDT
Water shortages are a major risk of climate change. Alberta may already be seeing warning signs
Water is already a precious resource in the Prairie provinces, which rely on vast quantities of it for agriculture. But experts warn climate change could make it an increasingly scarce resource. ...



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