Canadian News
Tue, 23 Nov 2021 04:00:00 ESTB.C. disaster drives home need for flood-resistant infrastructure across Canada, climate experts say
Experts warn a major overhaul of infrastructure in communities across Canada is needed to make homes, buildings, roads and rail lines more resilient to extreme weather events, as climate change makes ...
Tue, 23 Nov 2021 04:00:00 ESTBreast cancer screening guidelines based on flawed Canadian study, new paper says
A new paper calls into question a decades-old Canadian study that has informed breast cancer screening guidelines for women in their 40s around the world, which generally do not recommend a yearly mam...
Tue, 23 Nov 2021 04:00:00 ESTInk, medicine and solidarity. Welcome to Montreal's new tattoo studio
When tattooists Lindsay Philomene and Terry Dactel met, the pair bonded over their experiences facing discrimination in tattoo studios across Montreal. The pandemic gave them the pause and push to bec...
Tue, 23 Nov 2021 04:00:00 ESTLiberal government launching third term with a throne speech focused on lingering COVID-19 crisis
The Liberal government starts its third term in office today with a speech from the throne delivered by Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon — and a plan to pass a flurry of legislation before the Christmas bre...
Tue, 23 Nov 2021 04:00:00 ESTWhatever else happens, this Parliament looks set to be (mostly) about climate change
As the 44th Parliament since Confederation gets down to business this week, parts of British Columbia are still under water. The province has only just begun to recover from what could prove to be the...
Tue, 23 Nov 2021 04:00:00 ESTCanada struggling to meet refugee target number for 2021
Canada is nowhere near to meeting its goal of welcoming 81,000 refugees by the end of 2021, according to numbers obtained by CBC News.
Tue, 23 Nov 2021 04:00:00 ESTN.B. trail makes National Geographic list of world's best adventure destinations
The Sentier Nepisiguit Mi'gmaq Trail has been named one of Top 25 best travel destinations in the world by National Geographic, the only Canadian destination to win a spot on the list.
Mon, 22 Nov 2021 10:44:09 ESTIncoming 'parade of storms' bad news for flood-soaked B.C.
A "parade of storms" headed for southwest British Columbia could worsen flooding and mudslide conditions within the week, according to the meteorologist responsible for warning preparedness at Envi...
Mon, 22 Nov 2021 04:00:00 ESTBaby diagnosed with a sprain had actually suffered a stroke
An Ontario mother says she had to take her baby to three different hospitals, and speak with six doctors in less than a week, to get an accurate diagnosis after he was injured in a fall. Has the strai...
Mon, 22 Nov 2021 08:12:57 ESTP.E.I. vows to fight federal decision to halt potato exports to U.S. over potato wart fungus
Premier Dennis King said the P.E.I. government will be considering "all options" at its disposal, including legal ones, to fight the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's suspension of fresh potato export...
Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:55:02 ESTTrans Mountain pipeline could be restarted by end of week, company says
The company that owns the Trans Mountain pipeline says it remains optimistic the pipeline could be restarted by the end of the week.
Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:48:21 ESTAlberta workers need better protection from bears, inquiry into 2014 Suncor death finds
A provincial court judge has made four recommendations to improve bear safety after a woman was mauled to death at an oilsands site in 2014.
Mon, 22 Nov 2021 08:54:19 ESTQuebec's Roxham Road reopens to asylum seekers after pandemic ban
Asylum seekers hoping to cross the border at unauthorized border points, such as Roxham Road in Quebec, will once again be allowed to enter the country to make a claim.
Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:23:16 ESTJoseph Tisiga wins inaugural Yukon Prize for the arts
Joseph Tisiga, whose paintings and drawings explore ideas of Indigenous and colonial history, identity and culture, has won the inaugural Yukon Prize for the arts.
Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:00:00 ESTHuman rights hearing on allegations of racial profiling of migrant workers caught in mass DNA sweep begins
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario will hear Monday from migrant workers who allege they were racially targeted by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) as part of a DNA sweep in connection to a 2013 ...
Mon, 22 Nov 2021 04:30:00 ESTMount Pearl parents left fuming at school board after alleged assault on teenage son
The parents of a Mount Pearl teenager are wondering where to turn after an alleged violent assault on their son by his high school classmates left him feeling unsafe and unprotected on school grounds....
Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:00:00 ESTMisinformation in the courtroom: How cases challenging COVID-19 restrictions in Alberta have shifted
Alberta is seeing a growing number of court cases come forward challenging the science behind COVID-19, public health restrictions and vaccines.
Mon, 22 Nov 2021 04:00:00 ESTParliament returns today with a familiar seat map but a new set of challenges
The House of Commons will reconvene today after a hiatus of nearly five months — a period punctuated by an election campaign that returned a seat map that looks very much like the one from the last...
Mon, 22 Nov 2021 08:29:56 ESTLiberals to study plan to move military prosecutors and defence lawyers to civilian justice system
The Liberal government is setting up an internal working group to study “the full or partial civilianization” of military prosecutors and defence counsels in uniform, CBC News has learned.
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Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:00:00 ESTQuebec daycare workers strike as negotiations with province stall
Public daycare workers in Quebec are striking to once again push for higher salaries, the main sticking point in negotiations with the province.