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Wed, 23 Feb 2022 04:00:00 ESTPopulist rage demands leaders who listen — and choose their words with care
The convoy has moved on. The challenge of extreme populism remains.
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 04:00:00 ESTPost-secondary life could be tough test for pandemic grads
After having most of their high school education disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's graduating students faces new challenges inside and outside of the classroom as they prepare to enter p...
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 04:00:00 ESTCold weather creating better winter road access to First Nations in Ontario's north
Each winter, tractor-trailers make their way into remote, fly-in First Nations via crossings over frozen lakes and streams, delivering fuel, building supplies and other large loads that are hard and ...
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:53:27 ESTB.C. MP claims constituent's bank account was frozen for donating to convoy protest, but won't provide details
Conservative MP Mark Strahl tweeted that a single mom from Chilliwack, B.C., had her bank accounts frozen after donating to the convoy protest, but the RCMP says it did not give a list of donors to fi...
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 04:00:00 ESTProtesters gone from downtown Ottawa but camps remain nearby
Protesters may no longer be set up in downtown Ottawa but some have relocated elsewhere in the region, with private property owners offering up sites for people to regroup.
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:46:43 ESTOttawa convoy protest organizer Tamara Lich denied bail
Tamara Lich, a major organizer of the so-called Freedom Convoy, was denied bail Tuesday morning.
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 05:00:00 ESTFirefighters say RCMP gunfire at N.S. fire hall caused lasting trauma
Volunteer firefighters Greg Muise and Darrell Currie have spent decades rushing into burning homes and never expected their most frightening experience would happen within the walls of their own fire...
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:47:09 ESTNew office to tackle systemic racism within health-care system in Sask.
A First Nations Health Ombudsperson’s office is being created in Saskatchewan.
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 19:04:12 ESTCelebration in Nunavut as family, friends welcome beloved elder home
Horns honked, people cheered — "you could feel the happiness," said CBC Nunavut's Pauline Pemik, as Nunavut elder Raymond Ningeocheak returned home after a year of medical care in Ottawa.
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Tue, 22 Feb 2022 11:24:35 ESTOPP confirms criminal investigation into members of Thunder Bay police
Ontario Provincial Police's criminal investigations branch is conducting "a thorough and independent investigation" into allegations of criminal misconduct against some members of the Thunder Bay Poli...
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:49:28 ESTPeople's Party Leader Maxime Bernier to plead not guilty to COVID-19 charges: lawyer
A lawyer for People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier says Bernier will plead not guilty to charges of violating COVID-19 restrictions.
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:41:13 ESTN.S. premier, federal minister criticize mass shooting inquiry on first day
As public hearings for the mass shooting inquiry get underway in Nova Scotia, provincial and federal politicians are blasting the commission for not being transparent with the families of victims who ...
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 11:44:33 ESTCoronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Feb. 22
The number of new coronavirus cases around the world fell 21 per cent in the last week, marking the third consecutive week that COVID-19 cases have dropped, the World Health Organization said Tuesday...
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 04:00:00 ESTInflation biting into your grocery bill? Follow the food from farm to fork to see why
Canadians don't need to go any farther than their local green grocer for a reminder that food prices are going up. But a look at the long journey from farm to fork gives a better picture of why it's ...
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 04:00:00 ESTHow Ottawa's council meltdown let down a city in crisis
Watching the tears, the accusations, the ousting of the police oversight board’s chair and calls for the mayor to resign, you might well believe this city council imploded under the weight of the hi...
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 04:00:00 ESTThis community and health-care worker helps youth find their passions
Stephen Hennessy grew up with his mother telling him that wherever you are, you should be making a positive impact on those around you. And if that space is too negative, consider leaving it. He now s...
Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:32:56 EST'Like seeing an old friend': Mushers, spectators glad to be back at Yukon Quest after year hiatus
Nathaniel Hamlyn edged out Martine LeLevier by two minutes to win the 160-kilometre YQ100 race while three-time Yukon Quest winner Brent Sass has the lead in the YQ300 as of Monday afternoon.
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Tue, 22 Feb 2022 04:30:00 ESTN.L., Spain working to honour lost crew of sunken vessel as survivors return home
Government officials from Spain and Newfoundland and Labrador will meet Tuesday to discuss ways to honour the 21 men lost in the sinking of the Spanish fishing vessel Villa de Pitanxo off the coast ...
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 05:00:00 ESTN.B. clinic brings psychedelic drug to mainstream to treat PTSD
A one-time veterinary anesthetic that gained a reputation as an effective battlefield drug during the Vietnam War and then became an illicit rave drug known as Special K is now being touted as an effe...
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 04:00:00 ESTHere's what to watch for during the N.S. mass shooting hearings
The long-awaited public phase of the inquiry into the mass shootings of April 2020 that left 22 dead in Nova Scotia is beginning in Halifax Tuesday morning but many have concerns about whether their q...