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Thu, 18 Nov 2021 22:18:10 EST
B.C. has never used the national Alert Ready system. Facing disaster after disaster, that might soon change
Many British Columbians are questioning why the province has never used the straight-to-your-cellphone emergency communication system known as Alert Ready — even come literal hell and high water c...

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Big banks want to act on climate change — so what's stopping them?
One of the challenges the financial sector faces when pouring more money toward lowering the world's emissions is the risk-averse nature that is ingrained in the DNA of many banks.

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
RCMP wants to restart surplus vehicle sales after program was halted by gun massacre
The RCMP is asking for permission to restart a program of selling off decommissioned police vehicles and surplus auto parts — a program that was halted after a gunman used a retired RCMP cruiser du...

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Hidden camera reveals some pharmacists recommend homeopathic products to treat kids' cold and flu
Some pharmacists working in Canada’s top drugstores are recommending homeopathic products to consumers, even though, experts say, these products are essentially sugar water or sugar pills with no sc...

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 12:08:45 EST
Why are the B.C. floods so bad? Blame the wildfires, at least in part
A few short months after the end of a devastating wildfire season, many B.C. communities are cleaning up after disastrous floods. As it turns out, wildfires are well known to boost the risk of severe ...

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 17:30:49 EST
RCMP arrest 14, clear main road in operation against Wet'suwet'en pipeline resistance
The RCMP moved in Thursday morning to clear a forest service road in northern British Columbia that was barricaded as Wet’suwet’en and Haudenosaunee members prepared for a “final stand” to blo...

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 09:31:28 EST
No wrongdoing by N.B. officer who killed Chantel Moore, provincial police commission finds
The New Brunswick Police Commission announced Thursday that it found there was "insufficient evidence" that Edmundston police Const. Jeremy Son breached the Code of Professional Conduct Regulation whe...

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 17:20:26 EST
Canadian universities, colleges sign pledge to address anti-Black racism
A group of universities and colleges across Canada are signing the Scarborough Charter, a pledge to fight anti-Black racism in post-secondary institutions.

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 17:10:45 EST
University of Sask. appoints independent investigator to examine Carrie Bourassa's Indigenous identity claims
The University of Saskatchewan has announced that it has appointed an independent investigator to examine Carrie Bourassa's many claims to Indigenous identity.

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 10:45:00 EST
Renowned gunsmith killed in Toronto police raid. Family, experts want to know why
Toronto police raided the home of a renowned gunsmith in rural Ontario two weeks ago while executing a firearms search warrant. Now, Rodger Kotanko is dead, raising questions from legal experts and th...

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 11:14:34 EST
Fines could reach $57K with new penalties for breaking N.S. gathering rules
People and organizations that host gatherings in Nova Scotia that ignore public health orders will now face steep monetary penalties. Under the new rules, fines for individuals who organize or attend ...

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 05:00:00 EST
COVID-19 worsens northern housing shortage: CMHC report
A new report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has found that the need for new, affordable and quality housing throughout the territories continues to rise - in part because of the COVI...

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 11:33:27 EST
P.E.I. company to produce mRNA vaccines
Charlottetown-based BioVectra, with assistance from the federal and provincial governments, is expanding to manufacture mRNA vaccines.

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 06:00:00 EST
Yukoners go to emergency room for basic care, after territory's last walk-in clinic closes
Yukoners without a family doctor are being forced to go to the emergency room for basic medical care, since the last walk-in clinic in the territory closed in August.

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 09:00:00 EST
Some Alberta MLAs say equalization causes eastern Canadian economic malaise
Canada’s equalization program is a crutch designed by “Laurentian elites” that prevents some eastern Canadian provinces from bolstering their own economies, several backbench United Conservative...

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 10:45:00 EST
Renowned gunsmith killed in Toronto police raid. Family, experts want to know why
Toronto police raided the home of a renowned gunsmith in rural Ontario two weeks ago while executing a firearms search warrant. Now, Rodger Kotanko is dead, raising questions from legal experts and th...

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 04:00:00 EST
Federal assistance arrives in B.C. as province starts rebuilding from floods
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 devast...

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 07:01:01 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Thursday
Germany approved new measures Thursday to rein in record coronavirus infections as Chancellor Angela Merkel called the pandemic situation in the country "very serious" and said it was "high time" to c...



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