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Sat, 23 Apr 2022 10:00:00 EDT
Almost a million B.C. residents have no family doctor. Many blame the province's fee-for-service system
Patients and physicians in Greater Victoria say the fee-for-service system is discouraging physicians from practising family medicine and making it difficult for residents in the region to find a fami...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 04:00:00 EDT
After months of sacrifice, Black bobsleigh athlete alleges racism in Olympic team selection
Shaquille Murray-Lawrence says his dream to compete for Canada at this year's Beijing Olympics was thwarted by systemic discrimination within Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton and that he lost his position on...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 09:50:41 EDT
Oversight agency shelves bulk of complaints about Ottawa police during truck convoy protest
The truck convoy protest that gummed up Ottawa's streets and sorely tested residents' patience for weeks led to an unprecedented spike in complaints against Ottawa police officers during the first th...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 07:00:00 EDT
Returning land and staving off decay: What the transfer of the Bay building means to Winnipeg
The Hudson's Bay Co.'s transfer of its downtown Winnipeg building to the Southern Chiefs' Organization signals a change in the degree to which leaders will tolerate the continuing decay of the inner ...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 13:37:58 EDT
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee sues Canada for $35 million over 14-year imprisonment
Mohamedou Ould Slahi is suing the federal government for its alleged role in his 14-year detention in Guantanamo Bay.

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 11:00:00 EDT
As Ukrainian students arrive in Canada, experts urge schools to be welcoming, culturally informed
As a new wave of newcomers arrives from the Ukraine, educators and settlement workers are highlighting what's needed to support young students to continue their studies successfully in Canada. ...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 07:00:00 EDT
History on record: How the CBC Northern Service built a unique trove of Canadian music
Recordings made decades ago by the CBC Northern Service provided an important boost to the music scene in the North, and remain an important archive.

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 11:46:07 EDT
Is Canadian Jeopardy! champion Mattea Roach from Halifax or Toronto?
The 23-year-old Torontonian — or is that Haligonian? — tutor earned the eighth-longest streak in the TV game show's regular-season history Friday with 14 consecutive wins, and her fellow Canadians...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 07:00:00 EDT
Skookum Jim, whose discovery led to the Klondike gold rush, gets a namesake asteroid
Skookum Jim, also known as Jim Mason, discovered gold in the Bonanza Creek in 1897, leading to the Klondike gold rush. He's now the namesake of a main-belt asteroid that orbits with other asteroids in...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 04:00:00 EDT
High inflation is hitting people on fixed disability benefits hard
People with disabilities have a higher poverty rate and a lower rate of employment than the overall population. Advocates say it is a longstanding, systemic problem and inflation makes it worse. ...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Toronto remembers the victims 4 years after Yonge Street van attack
An online vigil was held on Saturday to commemorate the victims of the 2018 Yonge Street van attack. A survivor who spoke to CBC Metro Morning hopes those who were injured and the families of the dead...

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 11:50:10 EDT
Advocates want feminist spending review as feds insist no social-program cuts
Some advocates are concerned that an upcoming review of federal spending could have an impact on social spending that helps women and marginalized people.

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Police pursuits claimed 77 lives over a decade in Canada, study finds
Seventy-seven people died in police pursuits over a 10-year period in Canada, according to a study by an independent public watchdog.

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 05:00:00 EDT
2 Nova Scotia MLAs allege premier's conduct intimidating, seek ruling from Speaker
Two opposition MLAs have called on the Speaker of the House to rule on the conduct of Premier Tim Houston and one of his cabinet ministers, and whether their actions amount to intimidation and a breac...

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 08:16:59 EDT
'Once in a generation': Quebecers mourn Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:11:33 EST
Children's hospitals under strain in Canada's 6th COVID-19 wave

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 18:34:43 EDT
B.C. First Nation accuses province of ignoring its own rules in epic court battle
A tiny B.C. First Nation waging an epic court battle over Aboriginal land title says the province is ignoring its own newly minted directives on how to handle lawsuits involving Indigenous peoples. ...

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 18:24:45 EDT
Disclosing locations of powder deliveries made 2 mosques bigger targets, Muslim leaders say
Members of the Muslim community are condemning Edmonton police for revealing the locations of two mosques where packages of suspicious white powder were delivered. 

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 17:38:48 EDT
7 youths charged with second-degree murder in death of Edmonton high school student
Seven teenagers have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of an Edmonton high school student.

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:41:25 EDT
Government eases some COVID-19 travel measures, but not masking on planes
The federal government is winding down some COVID-19 border measures for travellers arriving in Canada, but top public health officials said the government isn't budging when it comes to masking on p...



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