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Thu, 18 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
WE Charity misled donors about building schools in Kenya, records show
Marc and Craig Kielburger’s WE Charity routinely misled school-aged children and wealthy philanthropists across North America for years as it solicited millions for schoolhouses in Kenya and other p...

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Safety board and CP Rail blocked criminal probe into deadly mountain crash, lawsuit alleges
The families of two Calgary railroaders killed in a runaway train crash near Field, B.C., in 2019 are accusing Canada’s top safety watchdog of conspiring with CP Rail to block a criminal investigati...

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Crews in B.C. to begin mammoth cleanup as flood waters recede
British Columbia has begun the mammoth task of assessing damage to its transportation networks, infrastructure and thousands of properties along the southern part of the province in the wake of devas...

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Ontario farmers sending hay to drought-stricken Saskatchewan farms
Farmers in Ontario are sending shipments of hay to their agricultural peers in Saskatchewan to help them feed livestock this winter, after a summer of drought in Western Canada severely hurt crop p...

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Partial lunar eclipse will be the longest since the reign of Henry VI
Skygazers are in for a treat overnight between Thursday and Friday, when much of the planet will be able to see the longest partial lunar eclipse in almost 600 years.  The only hitch is that for much...

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:55:16 EST
P.J. Akeeagok has been selected as Nunavut's next premier
P.J. Akeeagok, 37, was chosen as Nunavut's next premier during the Nunavut Leadership Forum held in the territory's Legislative Assembly Wednesday.

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 09:00:00 EST
B.C. declares state of emergency in wake of devastating flooding, mudslides
The province has declared a state of emergency effective noon Wednesday as hundreds of people in the Lower Mainland remain stranded or cut off from essential services because of flooding and mudslides...

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:47:46 EST
O'Toole defends decision to turf Batters as senator accuses him of keeping MPs in line with threats
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole defended his decision Wednesday to turf a Saskatchewan senator from caucus who is pushing a petition to hold an earlier leadership review, saying Sen. Denise Batters i...

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 20:48:53 EST
P.E.I. declares moratorium on 'renovictions' for 2 years
Politicians of all stripes came together to pass a bill outlawing renovictions in P.E.I. for two years.

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 10:51:43 EST
Ottawa nixing molecular COVID test requirement for Canadians taking short trips abroad: sources
Fully vaccinated Canadians taking short trips abroad will soon no longer need proof of a negative COVID-19 molecular test to return home, say sources.

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 08:41:24 EST
Inflation rate jumps again to new 18-year high of 4.7%
Canada's inflation rate jumped to a new 18-year high of 4.7 per cent last month, led by sharply higher prices for energy.

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
B.C.'s Fraser Valley is no stranger to floods. Experts warn extreme weather is likely to become more common
Flooding is a recurring part of life in parts of the Fraser Valley, a relatively flat area surrounded by steep mountain ranges. Experts agree what’s happened this week is exceedingly rare but warn t...

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:07:17 EST
Yukon's COVID-19 cases could be plateauing, officials say
Yukon Premier Sandy Silver and acting Chief Medical Officer Dr. André Corriveau gave an update Wednesday morning on the territory's efforts to manage a recent surge in COVID-19 cases. ...

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
The challenges facing the Conservative Party may be bigger than Erin O'Toole
Sen. Denise Batters has a point when she criticizes Erin O'Toole's leadership of the Conservative Party. But O'Toole's leadership might also be beside the point — because the challenges facing Co...

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
What happened to Shanna Halleran? Family fears police investigated too late
Shanna Halleran spent the last two days of her life awake in a St. John's hospital bed, critically injured but capable of answering questions from police about how she got there, says her family — i...

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 08:00:00 EST
Trucking industry working to get around catastrophic B.C. highway closures
The people who figure out how to get goods around B.C. are scrambling to figure out how to get around four major highway closures, and keep shop shelves stocked, following a disastrous weather event. ...

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 09:23:44 EST
New Brunswick's new health plan includes no sweeping changes
The Higgs government's much-anticipated health plan is out, promising a range of new tools and targets to improve the system in New Brunswick but no sweeping changes to address some of the sector's mo...

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
'Amazing resurgence' in Indigenous beading creates a demand this shop owner is happy to meet
An "amazing resurgence" of beading in Indigenous communities is inspiring many to learn the craft — and for one business owner, it's led to opening up a new shop to help meet the demand. ...

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 07:05:41 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Wednesday
Melbourne joined other regions of Australia Thursday in removing pandemic restrictions for the vaccinated, in contrast to Europe where deaths rose five per cent in the last week, making it the only r...

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Military's ability to investigate sexual misconduct questioned again over case that outed soldier
A military panel that looked into the case of two Canadian special forces soldiers who both claimed to be victims of a sexual assault has experts calling into question the military's ability to inve...



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