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Sat, 7 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Federal COVID-19 supports expire today as Ottawa says 'extraordinary' measures no longer needed
Canada’s last remaining COVID-19 emergency benefits expire today and the federal government says it has no plans to renew its unprecedented support programs, created in response to the pandemic. ...

Fri, 6 May 2022 20:00:13 EDT
After fierce 23-game run, Canadian Jeopardy! champ Mattea Roach loses by $1
Canada's beloved Jeopardy! champion Mattea Roach put up a memorable fight for 23 games before her winning streak came to an end Friday.

Fri, 6 May 2022 17:31:17 EDT
'This is all we had': Flooded-out residents try to salvage what they can in Peguis First Nation
Hundreds have fled floodwaters in Peguis First Nation — but some have stayed in the community in Manitoba's Interlake, hoping to save their homes, or at least their precious memories. ...

Fri, 6 May 2022 11:22:39 EDT
Gas prices hit record highs across the country
Canadians in most parts of the country are waking up to higher gas prices on Friday, with prices either well above $2 a litre or creeping closer to that benchmark.

Fri, 6 May 2022 10:12:43 EDT
Olympic champion sprinter Bruny Surin chosen as Canada's chef de mission for Paris 2024
Bruny Surin is an Olympic champion, world champion, an Order of Canada member and now he can add another title to his long list of accomplishments: Team Canada's chef de mission for the Paris 2024 Oly...

Fri, 6 May 2022 14:34:29 EDT
Mother's Day visits at care homes should go ahead, even for residents in outbreak zones: SHA
Outbreaks at long-term care homes trigger red level restrictions that prohibit social visits, but Saskatchewan Health Authority's Dr. Johnmark Opondo says family visitation should be accommodated for ...

Fri, 6 May 2022 14:02:58 EDT
Canadian farmers battle avian flu as bird death toll hits 1.7M
Canadian poultry and egg producers have now lost more than 1.7 million farmed birds to a highly contagious strain of avian influenza.

Fri, 6 May 2022 15:24:01 EDT
Ottawa medical school partnership aims to train more Inuit health-care professionals
The University of Ottawa medical school will have two spots specifically for Nunavummiut beginning in September 2023. The program is geared toward increasing Inuit representation in the territory's h...

Fri, 6 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
How do you house 700,000 people? As Peel Region looks to expand out, others push for up
Ontario's Peel Region just approved a new urban growth plan that will guide its growth all the way to 2051. The plan envisions accommodating an estimated 700,000 new residents by increasing density in...

Fri, 6 May 2022 07:00:00 EDT
Calgary man fulfils his dream of pulling together Canada's first national jazz band
The Canadian National Jazz Orchestra played in Calgary last week — its first public performance. The orchestra is made up of 18 Canadian musicians. All of the orchestra’s music is also created by ...

Fri, 6 May 2022 16:18:31 EDT
'Canada benefits from families like yours,' Justin Trudeau tells Afghan refugees in Hamilton
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Hamilton on Friday to meet families who are among the over 400 Afghan refugees who have resettled in the Ontario city.

Fri, 6 May 2022 08:53:21 EDT
Canada added 15,000 jobs in April, enough to push jobless rate to record-low 5.2%
Canada's economy added 15,300 jobs in April, the third monthly increase in a row after a major hit from Omicron earlier in the year.

Fri, 6 May 2022 05:00:00 EDT
Quebec plan to cap regional airfares falls short, Indigenous leaders say
Quebec's transport minister, François Bonnardel, announced the Quebec Regional Air Transport Plan last month, promising to cap a return airline ticket within the province at $500, but the plan leaves...

Fri, 6 May 2022 09:36:40 EDT
Hundreds attend Whitehorse march honouring MMIWG2S+ on Red Dress Day
Accompanied by the sound of singers and drums, hundreds of people walked from Whitehorse General Hospital to the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre late Thursday morning in honour of missing and murdered In...

Fri, 6 May 2022 13:45:22 EDT
Conservatives are in a mood to fight — with each other
Twenty minutes into Thursday’s debate between five of the six candidates for the Conservative party leadership, Scott Aitchison appealed for calm. But Conservatives might not be interested in being ...

Fri, 6 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Momentum builds for Anishinaabe community displaced in the 1960s to return to traditional homeland in Ontario
An Anishinaabe elder in northwestern Ontario whose community was pushed into a nearby First Nation in the 1960s is vowing to rebuild and return. 'It's my home and I'll do what it takes to keep it,' sa...

Fri, 6 May 2022 07:05:00 EDT
Inquest hears differing accounts on who decided Nunavut man didn't need immediate medical attention
A coroner’s inquest into the death of a Nunavut man who died while in RCMP custody heard conflicting testimony from an ambulance driver, a bylaw officer and police, about Austin Maniyogena's conditi...

Fri, 6 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
The Royal Military College cadet deaths: What happens next
The deaths of four Royal Military College cadets who died on campus in Kingston, Ont., last week will undergo further scrutiny once the initial investigation is over, but which kind remains to be ...

Fri, 6 May 2022 05:00:00 EDT
Another big Maritime fishery quota cut looming
As the herring fishery in southwestern Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy faces quota cuts, industry leaders are calling on DFO to pause a new modelling process that may suggest a 62.7 per cent reductio...

Fri, 6 May 2022 05:00:00 EDT
Why Lennox Island First Nation launching a treaty fishery without federal approval is significant
The Lennox Island First Nation is set to launch its moderate livelihood fishery — or treaty fishery — on Saturday, but the history goes back centuries.



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