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Sat, 28 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
More Canadians could face late-stage cancer tied to diagnosis delays during COVID pandemic
More Canadians could experience late-stage cancer diagnoses in the years ahead, medical experts warn, forecasting a looming crisis tied to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 

Sat, 28 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Montrealers open their homes to Ukrainian families fleeing war-torn country
Some Montrealers are turning their home upside down to house Ukrainian newcomers. About 400 Ukrainians are expected to arrive in the city on May 29.

Fri, 27 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Quebec City mosque shooter must get chance at parole after 25 years, Supreme Court rules
Supreme Court of Canada justices examining the sentencing of Quebec City mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette decided unanimously on Friday that a sentencing provision allowing for consecutive, 25-yea...

Fri, 27 May 2022 15:15:25 EDT
B.C. spending $750K to expand access to free menstrual products
The B.C. government says it is providing $750,000 to expand access to free menstrual products for people who need them and to help the United Way establish a task force to consider how to end " peri...

Fri, 27 May 2022 10:47:46 EDT
Emergency alert system not good enough, says Bill Blair
Canada's emergency alert system is not working well enough when disaster strikes, Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair said Friday.

Fri, 27 May 2022 23:32:02 EDT
Winnipeg middle-school students find body during community cleanup exercise
Pembina Trails School Division superintendent Ted Fransen said a group of École South Pointe School students involved in a community cleanup day were doing service education when they came across the...

Fri, 27 May 2022 13:13:17 EDT
Western premiers demand 'sustainable' health-care funding from federal government at meeting in Regina
Canada's western premiers are meeting in Regina on Friday and they are demanding "sustainable" health-care funding from the federal government.

Fri, 27 May 2022 19:17:52 EDT
Police encounter people with pellet guns 'with regularity across Canada,' criminologist says
Investigators probing the fatal police shooting of a man in Toronto Thursday will have to factor in the recent mass murder at a school in Texas, and also encounters police have with people carryi...

Fri, 27 May 2022 15:30:25 EDT
Nunavut government shelves infrastructure, housing projects over construction costs
The Government of Nunavut has shelved plans for a park office, a hamlet office, a power plant and housing projects in three communities because contractors asked for more money than planned. ...

Fri, 27 May 2022 16:35:15 EDT
Price of natural gas in Canada could climb higher still after cresting multi-year highs
Analysts say natural gas could go even higher after breaking 14-year record this week.

Fri, 27 May 2022 11:01:55 EDT
Toronto lawyer says she's 'shaken up' after arrest outside Doug Ford rally near Hamilton airport
Hamilton police arrested and ticketed a Toronto-based lawyer for trespassing near a Progressive Conservative campaign stop on Thursday, but Caryma Sa'd says she was targeted for criticizing party l...

Fri, 27 May 2022 13:55:12 EDT
Judge denies bail for protester charged in southern Alberta border blockade
A judge has denied bail for a man charged with conspiracy to commit murder at a border blockade in southern Alberta.

Fri, 27 May 2022 09:15:10 EDT
Curling Canada is on a mission to bring diversity, inclusion to the sport
Richard Norman delivered a keynote address years in the making on Thursday morning. Norman played a crucial role in helping organize a symposium being held this week by Curling Canada titled "Changing...

Fri, 27 May 2022 08:45:25 EDT
Man shot dead by Toronto police after schools locked down had pellet gun, police watchdog says
Ontario's police watchdog says a pellet gun was recovered after a 27-year-old man was shot dead by Toronto police Thursday after they were called to the area for reports of a man with a rifle. ...

Thu, 26 May 2022 19:37:02 EDT
These Ontario residents didn't receive a storm alert — and want to know why
When the sky turned green and a wall of rain came barreling toward Ed Paleczny and his family, they had just minutes to get to safety. They're still shaken from watching the storm rip apart their timb...

Fri, 27 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Struck by tornado 4 years ago, neighbours now cleaning up after derecho
Four years ago a tornado tore along the hydro corridor behind Aurora Crescent, leaving damage in its wake. On Saturday the area was hit again, this time by a destructive, fatal derecho windstorm. ...

Fri, 27 May 2022 05:00:00 EDT
Calls grow for Indigenous-led inquiry into systemic racism
Two prominent Indigenous voices say they support calls for an Indigenous-led inquiry into systemic racism in New Brunswick, but action is what’s really needed.

Fri, 27 May 2022 04:00:42 EDT
Immigrants in Quebec could struggle to have rights respected under new language law
Groups helping immigrants, migrant workers and refugees in Montreal say their clientele will struggle to have their basic rights enforced under Bill 96, Quebec's revamped language law.  ...

Fri, 27 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Unbottling 200 years of history at the Molson factory in Montreal
From the cellar to the rooftop clock tower, reporter Ainslie MacLellan explored the iconic Molson brewery in Montreal. The factory was sold to a consortium that is set to develop the property this spr...

Thu, 26 May 2022 11:22:50 EDT
Weeks after the flood, N.W.T. homesteaders tackle '30-acre catastrophe'
Ray Coombs watched the Hay River arrive at his homestead “like a big tidal wave” of water and ice earlier this month. He and his wife Ashley, and some devoted friends, are knee deep in the cleanup...



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