Canadian News
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDTRecession or a coming financial crisis? Economists say the difference is vast
Financial crises are hard to define, but central banks know them when they see them and must be ready to act. Massive unemployment, bank failures, a run on bonds, the collapse of pension funds, a seve...
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDTOttawa reviewing student-on-student abuse cases at St. Anne's residential school
Ottawa is finally moving on a nearly year-old court recommendation to review 11 cases of student-on-student abuse from one of the most notorious residential schools, Crown-Indigenous Relations Ministe...
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDTCanadian team wins prestigious award for work unravelling some of the mysteries of our universe
A team of astronomers has been awarded the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering, wh...
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDTFlexibility, family time: Why these families stuck with home-schooling amid COVID-19
While the vast majority of school-aged Canadians attend public schools, home-schooling saw its enrolment more than double in the first year of the pandemic.
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 05:00:00 EDTToronto's response to homeless encampments still causing harm to unhoused, report says
The City of Toronto's current response to homeless encampments is not only inadequate but is also causing further harm to the unhoused people who are most affected, a new report says.
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Sat, 22 Oct 2022 14:37:54 EDT'Hugely hopeful about the future of this city': John Tory wins 3rd te John Tory wins 3rd term as Toronto mayor
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 18:16:19 EDTGusting winds, freezing days and ... rain? North Baffin rides out mixed bag of winter weather
It's the cusp of what promises to be a warmer-than-normal winter for the North on the whole, said senior climatologist David Phillips. For November, December and January, his department's forecast is ...
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 14:40:45 EDTSask. gov't discourages use of federally funded Canadian Anti-Hate Network toolkit in classrooms
The toolkit is a resource to identify and address hate in schools, according to the network, which monitors and reports on groups or individuals promoting hate toward "identifiable groups" outlined i...
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:47:25 EDTEnvironment Canada removes reference to Diwali in GTA air quality statement
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 17:29:46 EDTMohawk 'Land Back' leader among those to plead guilty to criminal contempt in B.C. pipeline conflict
Five of the pipeline opponents arrested at blockades of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern B.C. have pleaded guilty to criminal contempt. They include Skyler Williams, a high-profile leader of t...
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 19:12:53 EDTWinnipeg gathering a way for First Nations, researchers to share stories of unmarked grave searches
Researchers, academics and First Nations communities from all over the country are gathering in Winnipeg this week to share what they've learned in their search for unmarked graves at residential sch...
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 01:36:22 EDTApology ceremony between police, Indigenous family won't go ahead as planned after arresting officers' no-show
A long-awaited apology ceremony for an Indigenous man and his granddaughter who were wrongfully handcuffed outside a bank in Vancouver will not be going ahead as planned Monday after the two arrestin...
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 17:37:54 EDTAnn Medina inducted into CBC News Hall of Fame
Broadcast journalist, host, Emmy winner, prolific war correspondent and iconic face of Canadian news coverage for decades Ann Medina was inducted into CBC's News Hall of Fame on Monday.Â
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Mon, 24 Oct 2022 17:17:59 EDTUnion calls for Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay's replacement
The Union of Veterans’ Affairs Employees is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to replace Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay.
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:00:00 EDT4 police officers involved in death of Myles Gray faced other brutality allegations, family learns
Four of the Vancouver police officers involved in the death of Myles Gray in 2015 were already under investigation because of an incident that left a man with a broken jaw just six weeks earlier, CBCÂ...
Mon, 17 Oct 2022 04:01:25 EDTRCMP head told feds police had not used 'all available tools' hours before Emergencies Act was invoked
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:10:30 EDTCanadian medical journal acknowledges its role in perpetuating anti-Black racism in health care
Canada's premier medical journal says it's eager to address the role it plays in perpetuating anti-Black racism in health care and spark the broader change needed to dismantle structural barriers to e...
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:45:49 EDTWinnipeg swings from historic drought last year to wettest year on record in 2022
Historic drought devastated Manitoba's agricultural and farming sectors last year only for the pendulum to swing strongly in the other direction this year.
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 08:30:18 EDTMother feels 'true horror' after transport truck crashes into building
The people who were living in the apartment that suffered the most damage had just moved out a few days ago.
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 00:26:43 EDTBeachcombers television series to return to screens as animated show
The announcement of an animated Beachcombers television series was made at the original show's 50th anniversary celebration in Gibsons, B.C.