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Mon, 8 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Turf war heats up between real estate disruptor and industry establishment
The Ottawa entrepreneur behind Unreserved, an online home auction platform, who pleaded guilty to fraud charges over fudged car loans in 2009 is back in court as a plaintiff accusing three trade assoc...

Mon, 8 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
A honey of a problem: Manitoba apiaries work to recover from huge winter losses
Clark Apiary has been producing honey since the First World War, but its future is uncertain. Bee colonies across the country saw colonies collapse over the winter, and Manitoba's apiaries were hit ha...

Sat, 6 Aug 2022 22:20:19 EDT
State of emergency in central Newfoundland extended to Botwood amid forest fires
Air quality in the region continues to deteriorate as forest fires in the region fill the air with smoke.

Sun, 7 Aug 2022 15:48:03 EDT
Police shoot suspect after 4 injured in machete attack in downtown Vancouver
Vancouver police say four people are seriously injured after a man stabbed them with a machete on Saturday night in the Granville Street area.

Sun, 7 Aug 2022 22:31:00 EDT
Millions of Canadians try to stay cool during heat wave
Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for millions living in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and P.E.I., with residents doing their best to stay cool.

Sun, 7 Aug 2022 09:28:36 EDT
Montreal Pride Festival cancels parade
Organizers of the Montreal Pride Festival cancelled Sunday's parade, citing a lack of security staff for the parade route. The organizers said they were short 80 people — not enough to keep the pa...

Sun, 7 Aug 2022 15:50:38 EDT
Air Canada denies certain compensations claims, calls staff shortages a 'safety-related issue'
In a Dec. 29 memo, Air Canada instructed employees to classify flight cancellations caused by staff shortages as a "safety" problem, which would exclude travellers from compensation under federal regu...

Sun, 7 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
A secret no more: Canada's 1st codebreaking unit comes out of the shadows
Parks Canada has unveiled a plaque marking the site of Canada’s first cryptographic bureau, the Examination Unit, in Ottawa's Sandy Hill neighbourhood. For decades the unit's secretive nature kept i...

Sun, 7 Aug 2022 07:52:20 EDT
Thibeault's boxing title highlights Canada's 4-gold medal day at Commonwealth Games
Canada's Tammara Thibeault struck gold in women's middleweight boxing final on Sunday, highlighting the country's 4 gold medal day at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

Sun, 7 Aug 2022 09:00:00 EDT
First Nation, tech company collaborate to prepare for climate change's effects on harvesting waters
The T'Sou-ke First Nation is working alongside a B.C. tech company to learn more about how climate change is affecting the waters it harvests food from.

Sat, 6 Aug 2022 07:00:00 EDT
Banding baby burrowing owls 'the best day of the year' — though fate of endangered species uncertain
Members of the Manitoba Burrowing Owl Recovery Project and the Assiniboine Park Zoo pull owls from their burrows to band them and take samples near Melita in July. The species — and program — face...

Sun, 7 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
National Geographic expedition teams up with Inuit on conservation mission in the North
The National Geographic Society's Pristine Seas project has teamed up with Inuit elders and experts to visit areas of the North to highlight and help preserve key areas.

Sun, 7 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Many federal government employees balking at returning to offices
The federal government is facing pushback from employees reluctant to return to government offices after more than two years working from home.

Sat, 6 Aug 2022 00:04:38 EDT
Quebec police watchdog asked to investigate alleged beating of Senegalese diplomat
The Republic of Senegal says one of its on-duty diplomats in Ottawa was beaten at their home by police earlier this week, while Quebec's Gatineau Police Service says its members subdued and arrested...

Sat, 6 Aug 2022 16:11:27 EDT
Dutch man Aydin Coban convicted of sexually extorting B.C. teen Amanda Todd
Dutch national Aydin Coban has been convicted of extortion, two counts of possession of child pornography, child luring and criminal harassment against Amanda Todd, the B.C. teenager who died by suic...

Sat, 6 Aug 2022 23:50:06 EDT
Jamp recalls lot of Atorvastatin 40 mg tablets over possible latex contamination
A Health Canada advisory on Saturday said a piece of latex was found in lot MHC1403A of Atorvastatin, which is used to treat high cholesterol and prevent heart attacks.

Sat, 6 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
After UN chief calls out 'scandalous' profits, Ottawa offers no plan to hike taxes on oil and gas industry
Canada's Ministry of Finance says it's aiming to make everyone pay "their fair share of tax" but is not committing to an elevated tax on energy companies who are reporting sizeable windfalls while ...

Sat, 6 Aug 2022 06:00:00 EDT
Indigenous teens hope return of lacrosse to Canada Games will inspire future generations
It's the first time the traditional Indigenous sport of box lacrosse has been played at the Canada Games since 1985. This year will also be the first year women have ever been able to play the sport a...

Fri, 5 Aug 2022 17:46:04 EDT
Fisheries official denies coverup allegations over research into endangered B.C. steelhead
A senior official of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has denied allegations that the federal government covered up scientific findings on a unique kind of rainbow trout in B.C. in an attempt to jus...

Sat, 6 Aug 2022 04:30:00 EDT
I want my daughter to be proud to be Inuk. That's why we return home to Great Caribou Island
When we embrace and pass on our culture to our new generation, writes Monika Rumbolt, we can reclaim what was once lost.



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