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Fri, 29 Apr 2022 04:00:00 EDT
You can watch a parade of planets in the morning sky — if you get up really early
Early risers take note: Something beautiful has been happening in the east in the wee hours of the morning, and it’s about to get even better.

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Tax returns stuck in limbo for 50,000 teachers who applied for a school-supply tax credit
The Canada Revenue Agency is holding back about 50,000 teachers’ tax returns, all because they claimed a tax credit that is part of a bill that hasn't been passed yet. Some teachers are waiting on t...

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 04:00:00 EDT
A new Canadian doc follows four musicians on the autism spectrum as they release an EP
Three members of the ASD Band met onstage in 2019 for they thought would be a one-off gig alongside Supertramp's Roger Hodgson for World Autism Awareness Day. Now, the band has released an EP and is t...

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Esi Edugyan explores Afrofuturism, ghost stories and Black migration in upcoming Massey Lecture
In her 2021 Massey Lecture, Ghanaian-Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan explores the undiscovered past of Black people in the West. She also touches on Afrofuturism, little-known ghost stories and the patt...

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Mahraganat — the music Egyptian authorities don't want you to hear
This week on Nothing is Foreign, a conversation with Mahmoud Rafat, the godfather of Mahraganat — the Egyptian street music sensation the government does not want you to hear.

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Neskantaga First Nation's chief says residents don't support federal drinking water settlement
Residents of some First Nations affected by unsafe drinking water can now file claims under a settlement with the federal government. But the chief of one northwestern Ontario community, which has bee...

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 04:00:00 EDT
34 years later, Guy Lafleur is remembered by the small Inuit village that welcomed him
On April 28, Lafleur and his son, Martin, flew 1,472 kilometres from Montreal to Inukjuak for the dual inauguration of the community’s new Tikittavik Airport and the Sikulik Arena.

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:04:35 EDT
One quarter of Canadians believe online conspiracy theories, expert says
A quarter of Canadians believe in online conspiracy theories, an expert on radicalization and terrorism told a parliamentary committee Thursday.

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:10:06 EDT
Ottawa can't expect local government to handle cost of climate disaster alone, says B.C. mayor
The mayor of Abbotsford, B.C., says expecting local governments to shoulder the cost of infrastructure upgrades to protect their communities from flooding has been a 'monumental mistake.' ...

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:25:54 EDT
Canadian Blood Services to end blood ban for men who have sex with men
As Canadian Blood Services moves to end its policy that restricts men who have sex with men from donating blood for three months after being sexually active, an advocate who fought to change it says t...

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 21:15:05 EDT
3 Emily Carr paintings among pieces seized in multi-million dollar alleged fraud by Vancouver Island dealer
More than 1,000 pieces of fine art police say are collectively worth tens of millions of dollars — including three valuable Emily Carr paintings — have been seized by police, during an investig...

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 16:25:00 EDT
25,000 miners told to use harmful McIntyre Powder fail to get Ontario apology
Friends, family and advocates for the 25,000 miners who were forced to inhale McIntyre ground aluminum dust walked away from the Legislative Assembly on Thursday without the Ontario apology they were...

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 21:19:30 EDT
Worshipper nearly struck by vehicle outside Surrey, B.C. mosque, police say
Police are investigating following reports that a Ramadan worshipper was nearly struck by a car outside a mosque in Surrey, B.C., an incident that has left the B.C. Muslim Association (BCMA) "deepl...

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:00:00 EDT
Alleged victim of sexual assault seeks records from Vatican's representative in Canada
A lawyer for a man who claims he was sexually abused as a high school seminarian will be in court this week arguing for records of correspondence between the abbey and the Vatican's representative in ...

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:44:13 EDT
Another Charlottetown deputy CAO alleges Peter Kelly fired her after she raised concerns at city hall
Much like her predecessor three years earlier, the latest deputy CAO to be fired from the City of Charlottetown told councillors her dismissal came after she raised concerns about city administration....

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:04:54 EDT
First Nations chiefs in N.B. demand 1-year extension for Indian day school claims
First Nations chiefs in New Brunswick say the pandemic hindered the level of support survivors were getting through the application process and want another year.

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:57:29 EDT
Woman who danced on Tomb of the Unknown Soldier won't face criminal charges
Ottawa police say they won't charge a woman who danced on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial during the convoy protest this past winter.

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:59:23 EDT
Pierre Poilievre promises to quash Bank of Canada's foray into digital currency
Conservative leadership contender Pierre Poilievre promised Thursday he'd spike the Bank of Canada's proposal to offer a digital currency, saying this sort of financial instrument should be left to th...

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 04:00:00 EDT
RCMP officers quit after being asked to arrest national security target with no details, report says
Information-sharing between intelligence officers and police needs an overhaul — and it could start with informing police of the reasons behind national security arrests — says a newly obtai...

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 04:00:00 EDT
They left everything behind in Ukraine. Strangers in Montreal are helping them move forward
Valentyna Kozachenko fled Ukraine with her youngest son, but was forced to leave behind her oldest son, her daughter, and her five grandchildren, as well her husband of 35 years.



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