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Sat, 22 Oct 2022 14:37:54 EDT
Ontario municipal candidates face 'organized hatred' as campaign nears close

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Rifle used in recent police killings not on Canada's list of banned firearms
The type of semi-automatic weapon used in the fatal shooting of two Ontario police officers has also been used in a series of other deadly, high-profile gun attacks in Canada, including the 2018...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 17:56:00 EDT
Snowfall warnings in effect for parts of southern Alberta
Following weeks of warm weather, Environment Canada is warning of snow up to 25 centimetres in southern parts of the province, including Okotoks and High River.

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 17:45:06 EDT
Operations at Toronto's Billy Bishop Airport suspended due to suspicious package; 2 people detained
Operations at Billy Bishop Airport were suspended Saturday afternoon due to a suspicious package, and two people have been detained, Toronto police say.

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 11:00:00 EDT
B.C. lighthouse keeper forced to take 500-km trip for heart surgery after evacuation in heavy fog
Harvey Humchitt, Jr.'s medical emergency on remote Cape Scott triggered a multi-vehicle rescue effort that highlighted the challenges and risks associated with the job of a lighthouse keeper. ...

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 05:44:16 EDT
Canadian women's soccer team draws Australia, Ireland, Nigeria for World Cup
Canada has been drawn with co-host Australia, Ireland and Nigeria at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 09:34:36 EDT
National handgun sales 'freeze' takes effect
The federal government's promised national "freeze" on the sale, purchase and transfer of handguns has taken effect — part of Ottawa's plan to limit access to firearms to tamp down on a spike in cri...

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:54:03 EDT
Canada wins mixed curling gold at world championship
Canada has captured gold at the world mixed curling championship, with skip Jean-Michel Menard of Gatineau, Que., leading the Canadians to a 7-4 victory over host Scotland at the Curl Aberdeen facilit...

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 09:00:00 EDT
Autumn colours take centre stage in Canada
CBC's photojournalists, video producers and staff go behind the lens to share the beauty of fall across Canada.

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
N.W.T. First Nation to rebuild climate research station ravaged by late-season wildfire
The Scotty Creek Research Facility near Fort Simpson, N.W.T., used to study climate change, was almost completely destroyed by a late season wildfire last weekend. "I can't escape the irony here ... t...

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
After waiting 5 years, national Indigenous leaders gain access to their own building opposite Parliament Hill
More than five years after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared the former U.S. embassy across from Parliament Hill in Ottawa a space for Indigenous Peoples, the federal government is starting to le...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
B.C. teenager waited almost 2 years for scoliosis surgery
Long waits for elective surgery in Canada's health-care system left one teenage boy in Peachland, B.C., feeling like “the Hunchback of Notre Dame,” he said, as he waited nearly two years for surge...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:43:18 EDT
New Alberta cabinet includes familiar faces in prominent portfolios
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has opted for a mix of stability and new faces in her first cabinet.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 18:43:50 EDT
Vancouver's Chinatown in a generational divide over Ken Sim's election as mayor
Ken Sim will be the first Chinese Canadian mayor of Vancouver, where more than 28 per cent of the population has Chinese ethnic origins, according to the 2016 census.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 12:06:49 EDT
Woman's lawsuit alleges abuse in Winnipeg maternity home run by United Church of Canada
A woman who was a resident of a United Church of Canada-run maternity home in Winnipeg and forced to put her baby up for adoption in 1965 is spearheading a proposed class-action lawsuit against the ch...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 12:57:57 EDT
Broadcasters Mary Lou and Dan Smoke honoured for 3 decades of Indigenous radio programming
Dan and Mary Lou Smoke began hosting Canada's longest-running Indigenous campus radio program after seeking spiritual guidance from an Ojibway elder who encouraged them to educate the public about th...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Hockey Canada moved cash from fund used for sexual assault claims to avoid encouraging more claims: report
A controversial reserve fund that Hockey Canada publicly vowed it would stop using to settle sexual assault allegations is significantly depleted now after the organization transferred millions of do...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 07:00:00 EDT
Conservatives in Alberta aren't speaking the same language. And that's a problem for the UCP
The two conservative factions within the UCP simply do not speak the same political language and as has become clear during the leadership race, they don't speak the same social language either, write...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Alleged victims of disgraced senator frustrated by Red Chamber's reaction to criminal charges
Two people who have accused former senator Don Meredith of abuse say they're frustrated by the Senate's failure to strip the ex-parliamentarian — now charged with sex crimes — of his "honoura...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 05:00:00 EDT
Why a P.E.I. cannabis company says it's losing money, in an industry-wide trend
Four years after pot became legal, the CEO of a P.E.I. cannabis company says his business and others aren't making money, as they face high taxes and competition from illegal sellers.



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