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Thu, 26 May 2022 11:22:50 EDT
Weeks after the flood, N.W.T. homesteaders tackle '30-acre catastrophe'
Ray Coombs watched the Hay River arrive at his homestead “like a big tidal wave” of water and ice earlier this month. He and his wife Ashley, and some devoted friends, are knee deep in the cleanup...

Thu, 26 May 2022 07:00:00 EDT
Alberta towers above other provinces in the number of long-term unemployed
Doug Charters, who was out of work two years before he found work as a film audio technician and stagehand, said it was almost like drowning. "You get back to the beach … and you realize, oh, well, ...

Thu, 26 May 2022 10:30:32 EDT
Quebec to start vaccinating against monkeypox as cases climb to 25
The smallpox vaccine — which hasn’t been routinely offered in Canada for decades — will be offered to those at high risk of contracting the disease, such as those who have been in contact with c...

Thu, 26 May 2022 15:17:01 EDT
Police took 3½ hours to visit an apartment complex after shots were fired. Residents want to know why
Jordan Tobin called the police around 2:45 a.m. after someone fired as many 10 gunshots in his apartment building. The police showed up after 6 a.m.

Thu, 26 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Bed bugs and cockroaches: International students in Sudbury, Ont., decry landlord for 14-bed home conversion
A group of international students living in a rental house in Greater Sudbury believe their landlord took advantage of them. The three-bedroom house has been converted into a rooming house with beds f...

Thu, 26 May 2022 13:52:16 EDT
Suspect shot dead by Toronto police after schools locked down over reports of man with rifle
A man is dead after being shot by police, putting an end to afternoon lockdowns at multiple schools across the Port Union area of Scarborough.

Thu, 26 May 2022 14:58:15 EDT
Chatham-Kent—Leamington Liberal candidate withdraws, accuses NDP of 'personal attacks'
Chatham-Kent—Leamington Liberal candidate Audrey Festeryga has withdrawn from the provincial election after the NDP raised concerns about her nomination.

Thu, 26 May 2022 10:25:00 EDT
Calgary terrorist who fought as ISIS sniper in Syria sentenced to 12 years in prison
A Calgary man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for terrorism offences, including kidnapping, committed during a year-long stint fighting as a trained sniper with ISIS in Syria.

Thu, 26 May 2022 09:51:18 EDT
Canada Soccer cancels controversial exhibition game against Iran
Canada Soccer says it has cancelled a controversial exhibition game against Iran set for next month in Vancouver.

Thu, 26 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
A third of recent cannabis users say they have driven while high: government survey
Despite public awareness campaigns and law enforcement training to deter marijuana-impaired driving, a third of Canadians who've recently used cannabis say they've been behind the wheel after consumin...

Wed, 25 May 2022 17:30:00 EDT
Different country, same scissors: Ukrainian barber 'crushing it' in St. John's
The hairdryer and hair clippers that Serhii Firsikov brought from Ukraine don’t plug in to the sockets at his new chair at Fogtown in downtown St. John's. But his scissors and combs — and his pers...

Thu, 26 May 2022 06:00:00 EDT
Neurodiversity social club helps autistic youth make friends
A program for Saint John youth whose brains work a little differently than most of their peers' is trying to grow to keep up with demand. 

Thu, 26 May 2022 08:00:00 EDT
Shirley Soosay's remains being returned to Samson Cree Nation, decades after her murder
Shirley Soosay's homecoming marks the end of Violet Soosay's lifelong search for her long-lost aunt. Shirley Soosay was murdered in 1980 and identified by DNA testing nearly 40 years later. ...

Thu, 26 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Policing hasn't come up much in Ontario's election campaign. That's a problem, experts say
Police services across Ontario are facing growing calls for reform, yet the issue has been largely left off the political radar during the provincial election campaign, public safety experts said. T...

Wed, 25 May 2022 05:00:00 EDT
RCMP officer speaks of 'regrets' that have haunted him since mass shooting
An RCMP staff sergeant says for two years he’s struggled wondering what might have happened had he caught two mentions of the suspect’s car being equipped with a push bar during the hunt for the s...

Tue, 24 May 2022 10:47:47 EDT
Some Quebecers won't have their power back until this weekend following storm, Hydro-Québec says

Wed, 25 May 2022 21:14:10 EDT
Educational tech, including CBC Kids, harvested personal data from children, new report claims
Children across the globe and Canada who used online educational technology during the pandemic had their personal data secretly harvested and sent to advertising companies, according to a new report ...

Wed, 25 May 2022 18:17:45 EDT
Indigenous calls for exemptions to Quebec's Bill 96 get louder
Bill 96 will put a cap on the number of students who can attend English-language CEGEPS, as public colleges are called in Quebec, and put in place French-language requirements needed to graduate, amon...

Wed, 25 May 2022 13:31:17 EDT
Calgary police union 'reluctantly' directs officers to remove thin blue line patch from uniforms
The Calgary Police Association has “reluctantly” directed its members to remove the thin blue line patches from their street uniforms while declaring victory in other areas of negotiation with the...

Thu, 26 May 2022 05:00:00 EDT
Nova Scotia weightlifters capture 14 medals at Canadian powerlifting championships
The Nova Scotia team had great success, bringing home seven gold medals, four silver and three bronze.



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