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Fri, 26 Aug 2022 08:00:00 EDT
'Today is a fantastic day': Manitoba welcomes more than 320 Afghan refugees
Tears welled up in Sayed Najib Amin's eyes and his voice cracked between sobs as he waited for his young nephews to arrive at Winnipeg's international airport on Friday, exactly a year after the boys...

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:52:47 EDT
NATO chief warns Canada that Russia, China have designs on the Arctic
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ended his trip to Canada’s Arctic on Friday by underlining the threats to the region posed by both Russia and China.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:12:30 EDT
Woof! St. John's shuts down illegal hair salon … that turns out to be a Hudson & Rex set
A television show about a dog detective fooled a St. John's neighbourhood — and a city inspector.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 12:20:39 EDT
Sask. First Nations organization calls for woman accused of faking own death to be released from custody
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations held a news conference on Friday in support of Dawn Walker, the Saskatoon mother whose disappearance sparked an extensive search before she was found in ...

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:58:17 EDT
Goodbye, hello and welcome home: Generations of Canadian golfers converge in Ottawa
A total of 19 Canadians converged in Ottawa for the 2022 CP Women's Open, where the past met both the present and the future from 57-year-old Lorie Kane to 12-year-old Lucy Lin.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:14:42 EDT
Vancouver police defend use of beanbag guns as 'less lethal' following death of Ojibway man
Chris Amyotte, 42, died after being shot by beanbag guns by VPD. Witnesses say he had been asking for help.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:17:10 EDT
Sikh temple in Timmins, Ont., provides temporary housing to international students amid housing crunch
More international students are choosing to attend post-secondary school in northern Ontario. But that means more support and help is needed, particularly when it comes to housing.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 11:38:48 EDT
Michelle O'Bonsawin confirmed as Canada's new Supreme Court justice
Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin’s appointment to the top court has been formally confirmed by the Prime Minister’s Office. Canada’s first Indigenous Supreme Court justice is set to take her seat o...

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 14:37:17 EDT
Liberal MP apologizes for tweet implying professor was racist
Liberal MP Chris Bittle is apologizing for implying that University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist was racist during a Twitter dispute.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:29:28 EDT
N.S. Mass Casualty Commission final report delayed
In a notice on Friday, the commission leading the inquiry into the April 2020 massacre where a gunman killed 22 people across the province said it was granted an extension for its final report. The fi...

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:12:49 EDT
For young Muslim hockey players, Nazem Kadri is changing the game
Stanley Cup champion Nazem Kadri, who grew up in London, Ont., is a role model for thousands of hockey-playing Muslim children in Canada, but things were different in the 1990s when he was getting ...

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:55:56 EDT
Startup airline Canada Jetlines to fly between Calgary and Toronto starting in September
Canada's newest discount airline announced Friday that its first scheduled flight will take off in late September.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:27:13 EDT
RIP Liberté cream cheese: Montreal bagel lovers mourning end of beloved schmear
Liberté cream cheese — "a source of pride for more than 80 years" — has been discontinued, much to the dismay of bagel lovers in Montreal.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 05:00:00 EDT
Panel recommends removal of Thunder Bay, Ont., justice of the peace found guilty of misconduct
A judicial panel has recommended that a Thunder Bay, Ont., justice of the peace be removed after they found she engaged in misconduct related to a traffic incident involving a family member. ...

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:56:30 EDT
Heat waves are here to stay, but Vancouver community groups are finding new ways to keep people safe
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how communities in Vancouver are battling heat waves and examine the disturbing items various droughts have exposed this summer. ...

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 10:02:21 EDT
Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table to dissolve next month
Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, a key group of experts in the province's response to the ongoing pandemic, confirmed Friday that it will be dissolved early next month.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 12:28:42 EDT
Divide in women's professional hockey remains unbridgeable despite growth in North America
Women's professional hockey is expanding in North America, but remains divided. The division continues a long-standing struggle of women to establish a marketable, sustainable hockey league to ply the...

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 10:39:50 EDT
Lantern festival wrongly used Six Nations, Ont., land, community member says about chaotic event
The organizer of a recent lantern festival in Six Nations of the Grand River, Ont., is giving his side of the story about the event police said was "unauthorized," and that angered some ticket holde...

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Universities, colleges taking varied approaches to COVID-19 as students set to return to campus
As students make their way onto Canadian post-secondary campuses for a new term, some may be facing starkly different pandemic protocols than when they last left. A patchwork of approaches is emergin...

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
A new round of Freedom Convoy reviews is coming. Here's what you need to know
The inquiry that will examine the federal government's reasons for using emergency measures to end last winter's Freedom Convoy protests is asking members of the public to share their stories of the ...



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