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Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:17:00 EST
Ottawa residents felt 'abandoned' by the city and police during convoy protest, Emergencies Act inquiry hears

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 18:06:57 EDT
Aydin Coban sentenced to 13 years for sexual extortion of Amanda Todd
The man convicted of sexually extorting B.C. teenager Amanda Todd was sentenced to 13 years in prison Friday. Todd was 15 years old when she took her own life in 2012.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 17:03:37 EDT
Turpel-Lafond now claims her father was adopted from a Cree family
After months of declining to directly answer CBC's questions about her father's parentage, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond has now claimed in a statement on Twitter that her father, who she says was Cree, ...

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 17:05:37 EDT
Former Ontario attorney general Marion Boyd dead at 76
Marion Boyd, Ontario's first female and non-lawyer attorney general, has died at age 76.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Real estate agents caught on hidden camera facilitating mortgage fraud for a fee
An undercover investigation by CBC Marketplace has exposed some networks of real estate agents, mortgage brokers and bank employees facilitating mortgage fraud for a fee.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 10:10:39 EDT
Supreme Court restores conviction in Calgary murder case after ruling statements to police were voluntary
The Supreme Court of Canada has restored a Calgary man's first-degree murder conviction, ruling his statements to police were admissible as evidence against him at trial.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Price gap on heavy Canadian oil tops $30 per barrel, widest spread since 2018
A barrel of the North American oil benchmark is changing hands for about $90 US a barrel right now, but the heavy crude that comes from Canada's oilsands is fetching $30 less because of a perfect stor...

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 10:23:00 EDT
Military eases vaccine mandate, presses ahead with discipline for unvaccinated troops
The Canadian Armed Forces plans to press ahead with the forced expulsion of dozens of unvaccinated troops despite a new order from defence chief Gen. Wayne Eyre on Friday ending the military's blanket...

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 06:00:00 EDT
Why Hockey N.B. is hiring a Black drag performer to lead workshops on respect
When Hockey New Brunswick started tracking all complaints of discrimination last year, organizers expected to get just a few. Instead, 29 allegations were investigated, resulting in 15 players being ...

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:24:50 EDT
Oilsands group pledges to spend $16.5B on carbon capture project by 2030
Canada's biggest oilsands producers say they will spend $16.5 billion before 2030 on the first stage of a massive proposed carbon capture and storage facility near Cold Lake, Alta.

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 22:40:13 EDT
Indigenous groups rally around Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond amid calls for proof of her Cree ancestry
Indigenous organizations in Saskatchewan and British Columbia are expressing support for Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond in the wake of a CBC News investigation into her claims of Indigenous ancestry. But so...

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 05:00:00 EDT
New Brunswick 'sees no need' to release COVID-19 modelling, despite predicted surge
The New Brunswick government refuses to release its latest COVID-19 projections.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:55:03 EDT
Ontario wine producers seek solutions to extreme cold weather threats as winter approaches
One extremely cold day last winter was all it took to cause widespread damage to Bill Redelmeier's crops at an organic winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont..

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:41:04 EDT
Cardy resigns as N.B. education minister, sends scorching letter to premier
Dominic Cardy resigned Thursday as New Brunswick’s minister of education and early childhood development. Premier Blaine Higgs responded by saying he'll ask caucus to expel Cardy.

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 22:31:14 EDT
Meteor briefly lights up skies around Vancouver
Many people across Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island reported seeing a large meteor burning up in the earth's atmosphere on Wednesday night. 

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 12:10:00 EDT
Writhing in pain, an Inuk teen in state care asked for help. Instead he was put in isolation
The teen's experience last April is part of a pattern of discrimination toward Indigenous youth staying in the care of Quebec's Batshaw Youth and Family Centres, advocates say.

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 21:45:00 EDT
Canadian fishers push back against U.S. boycott of Atlantic shellfish
Atlantic Canada’s fishing industry is fighting back against a shellfish boycott south of the border that warns consumers not to buy Atlantic lobster and snow crab because endangered right whales can...

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 21:22:16 EDT
Longtime Vancouver defenceman Bieksa to sign 1-day deal to retire as Canuck
Defenceman Kevin Bieksa will sign a one-day contract with the Vancouver Canucks to mark his retirement from the NHL on Nov. 3, the team announced on Thursday.

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:16:37 EDT
Why some Ontario residents are choosing not to vote this municipal election
Disillusionment with the power of local government and feeling unheard were some of the reasons these residents said they will not likely vote this municipal election.

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 06:00:00 EDT
Winnipeg woman died in nursing home after worker tied call bell cord out of reach: court docs
A police investigation found 'criminal negligence' by workers at a Winnipeg personal care home resulted in the death of a 75-year-old resident after a health-care aide wrapped a call bell cord out of...



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