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Tue, 22 Jun 2021 09:06:11 EDT
Quebec premier vows to help Mascouche, as crews clean up destruction left by powerful tornado
Environment Canada has confirmed a category EF2 tornado with speeds between 180 and 220 km/h struck Mascouche, Que. on Monday, severely damaging 50 houses.  

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 07:38:52 EDT
Victims' families express enduring pain as Paul Bernardo denied 2nd attempt at parole
A national parole board panel hearing the impassioned pleas of Paul Bernardo's victims has turned down a request for release by the convicted Ontario killer and serial rapist. One mother says her pai...

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 07:42:12 EDT
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday
Nova Scotia reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday as it announced it is opening its provincial boundaries on Wednesday to travellers from the Atlantic provinces, but with modified rules for th...

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 18:56:07 EDT
Single-event sport gambling to become legal in Canada as Bill C-218 passes in Senate
Single-event sport gambling will become legal in Canada. Bill C-218, also known as the Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act, has been cleared by the Senate on Tuesday.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 09:01:23 EDT
Carol Johnston, founder of Canada's 1st children's museum, dies at 89 in London, Ont.
The London, Ont., woman who established Canada's first children's museum and is a member of the Order of Canada has died at age 89.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:00:00 EDT
Grade 6 class's 'equity backpack' project expands to 70 schools in B.C. and Alberta
What started out as one Abbotsford Grade 6 class's project to tackle racism has expanded into classrooms in over 70 schools in B.C. including one in Alberta.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 14:27:15 EDT
Trudeau taps a former labour leader and a mayor to fill Senate vacancies
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced three new Senate appointments today — a former national union leader, the current mayor of Cornwall, Ont. and the CEO of Port Saint John — as he chips away ...

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 07:00:00 EDT
B.C. woman fights for access to daughter flown to China by airline pilot husband
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has split guardianship of a five-year-old girl between her mother in Richmond, B.C., and her father — an airline pilot who flew the child to China in 2019 and has kept her...

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
The Brawl in Montreal is forever tied to my coming of age — and my first encounter with racial hatred
I cried because my hero lost his belt. I cried because they called Sugar Ray names. I cried because I felt real racial hatred and discrimination for the first time.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 07:00:00 EDT
Regina graduate wearing grandmother's 50-year-old dress to high school prom
"There's so much sentiment with it. It was really special.”

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 07:46:10 EDT
Toronto police reveal details of their largest-ever international drug bust
Toronto police announced the results of what the force is calling its largest-ever "international drug takedown" on Tuesday morning.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:38:55 EDT
Crew, McBride believe skipping athletics Olympic trials to rest, rehab injuries may give them edge in Tokyo
Canadian medal contenders Brittany Crew and Brandon McBride won't risk an injury setback by competing at the track and field Olympic trials later this week in Montreal, where they would have tried to ...

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 21:18:22 EDT
Kootenay school erases royal's name from its title as an act of reconciliation
Teacher Ki Louie says it felt good when the Central Kootenay school he's working at finally ditched its colonial name in the interests of reconciliation.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 04:00:36 EDT
Biologist estimates helium balloons are ending up in Great Lakes by the hundreds of thousands
An Ontario biologist estimates as many as 960,000 plastic helium balloons may end up in Lake Erie every year, based on a nearly two-week cleanup effort across seven kilometres of beach. She hopes shar...

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 05:30:00 EDT
Former CEO of Aga Khan Museum to lead Canadian Museum of History
Henry Kim, the former director of the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, has been chosen to be the new chief executive officer for the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., Radio-Canada has learned. ...

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
3-year-old Ontario girl in urgent need of rare mixed-ethnicity stem-cell donor
Leia Fallico's life depends on a stem cell donation — the only cure for a rare genetic disorder that's causing her bone marrow to fail. But of the 40 million registered donors worldwide, not a sing...

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 14:07:34 EDT
Overnight fires destroy 2 Catholic churches in Okanagan
Two Catholic churches in B.C.'s South Okanagan were destroyed by separate overnight fires early Monday. RCMP are treating both fires as suspicious.

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:38:48 EDT
Liberal MPs issue their own recommendations on military sexual misconduct — bypassing the opposition
After weeks of filibustering, Liberal MPs on the House of Commons defence committee have done an end-run around the opposition by issuing their own list of recommendations on addressing the sexual mi...

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 23:46:00 EDT
Manitoba homicide suspect now also faces attempted murder investigation in Ontario
A Manitoba homicide suspect who led police on a days-long hunt that ended in Ontario a few days ago is now facing attempted murder charges due to allegedly firing at Ontario Provincial Police officer...

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 10:34:04 EDT
Records fall as heat wave bakes B.C. — and it's only going to get hotter, forecasters say
A heat wave has officially descended upon much of B.C., already establishing itself as a record-breaker days before its anticipated peak this weekend.



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