Canadian News
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 04:00:00 ESTStudent says RCMP officer talked her out of laying charges against alleged serial voyeur on campus
A student at the University of British Columbia was certain she wanted to pursue charges after she caught a man filming her in the bathroom on campus. But then, she said, the investigating RCMP office...
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 04:00:00 ESTWoman loses $340K in wire transfer scam — alleges 4 banks did little to stop it
A woman who lost her family’s life savings to scammers posing as Hong Kong authorities says she was “scared to death” and that four banks should have done more to protect her. A wire fraud exper...
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 04:00:00 ESTDriver killed 2 in crash, admitted drinking, but police didn't test him and charges were never laid
After his car struck two pedestrians, the driver told a Calgary police officer he'd been speeding, and before that he'd been drinking, yet police didn't get a breath or blood sample and charges we...
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 04:00:00 ESTNew hotel quarantine rules for air travellers are now in effect. Here's what you need to know
The federal government's new hotel quarantine requirement is now in effect for air travellers. Here’s the latest on what we know, including the hotel cost and who is exempt.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 14:20:54 ESTNew Brunswicker living in Texas says winter blast has caused 'true chaos'
When a massive winter storm struck Texas, Karen Christensen was glad she still had her winter clothes more than two decades after leaving Canada.
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 03:20:37 ESTOntario boy, 13, struck and killed by train while walking dog near tracks
Provincial police say a 13-year-old boy has died after he was hit by a train while walking his dog in the Township of Springwater, Ont., near Barrie.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 06:00:00 ESTSaskatchewan First Nation erects blockade after company enters territory without consent
A northern Saskatchewan First Nation has blockaded a road and issued a cease-and-desist order against a Toronto uranium company. Birch Narrows Dene Nation officials say they took action after workers ...
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:04:21 ESTLocal news could disappear if Canada doesn't stand up to tech giants, Winnipeg newspaper publisher says
Days after Canada pledged to make Facebook pay for news content amid an ongoing media battle with tech giants, a Winnipeg newspaper publisher is warning local news could be in trouble if the governmen...
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 12:35:29 ESTRecurring leg injury forces Andreescu out of 3 more tournaments
Bianca Andreescu's agent, Jonathan Dasnieres de Veigy, has confirmed the Canadian tennis star's withdrawal from tournaments in Doha and Dubai following her recent second-round exit at the Australian O...
Sat, 20 Feb 2021 01:07:30 ESTThis bobcat was frozen to train tracks in B.C. It was rescued 30 minutes before a train sped by
It wasn't what Cody Reid and his colleagues expected to find as they completed track inspections Thursday morning just outside of Trail, B.C.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 07:00:00 EST'Everybody sees her exactly as a girl': 9-year-old Sask. girl embraces identity through makeup, ribbon skirts
Reece Okemaysim was only four years old when she told her mother that she wanted to be a girl. Up until then, Reece was raised as one of seven boys to their single mother, Rozanna Seeseequasis. Since...
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 16:48:58 ESTSmall earthquake recorded in N.B. Sunday morning
There was a small earthquake in northern New Brunswick early Sunday morning. According to Natural Resources Canada, a 2.6-magnitude earthquake was recorded in a wooded area just south of Mount Carle...
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 13:57:46 EST'It allows us to dream and dream big': Former N.S. woman wins $1M Arctic Inspiration Prize
Darlene Nuqingaq's project has been awarded the $1 million Arctic Inspiration Prize to create a music education program that will have Inuit youth instructors and mentor Inuit youth musicians.
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Sun, 21 Feb 2021 11:00:00 ESTCar 87 where are you? Families say Vancouver's mental health emergency team is rarely available
Shirley Chan says she's made about six emergency calls to 911 over the years, each time requesting Vancouver's specialized Car 87 mental health team when her adult daughter was in crisis.
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Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:00:00 ESTChallenging body and mind: Film festival highlights overcoming obstacles — outdoors
24th annual Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival focuses on adapting to mental and physical challenges this pandemic year, as it goes online.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 10:24:47 ESTReopening plans 'shortsighted,' doctor says as Ontario reports 1,087 new COVID-19 cases
Ontario reported 1,087 new COVID-19 cases and 13 new deaths on Sunday. The province also reported there are more than 400 cases of variants of concern in Ontario.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 04:00:22 ESTHow virtual field trips are bringing animals, art, music and more directly to students
The pandemic has stopped many classes from taking field trips and halted in-school visits, but some Canadian cultural institutions have revamped their educational programming to offer virtual experien...
Sat, 20 Feb 2021 18:40:01 ESTOver 8,000 Indigenous people now vaccinated against COVID-19 in Northern Ontario
More than 8,000 Indigenous people in First Nations communities in Northern Ontario have been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the provincial health ministry.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 04:00:00 ESTCanadian libraries increasingly scrapping late fees to boost access to services
Long considered a tool to encourage patrons to return materials on time, in the past few years hundreds of public libraries have decided late fees do more harm than good by keeping away low-income and...
Sat, 20 Feb 2021 17:37:00 ESTP.E.I. woman suffers cuts after flying ice smashes through car windshield
A P.E.I. woman is encouraging others to clean off their vehicles after a chunk of ice smashed through a windshield, causing glass fragments to spray into her face.