Canadian News
Mon, 6 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDTRBC agent pushes unnecessary chequing account on customer, comments on his accent
A Royal Bank customer says he was pressured into signing up for a chequing account he didn’t need. His experience mirrors the findings of a report on the big six banks, years in the making, after Go...
Mon, 6 Jun 2022 04:03:03 EDTHow's your province or territory helping students recover from pandemic schooling? Here's what they told us
Mon, 6 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDTAt 19, Iman Vellani is proud to 'take up space' as Marvel's 1st Muslim superhero
Actor Iman Vellani has always been an avid fan of the Avengers and comics — so making the move from Markham, Ont., to the Marvel Cinematic Universe to portray its first Muslim superhero is an achiev...
Mon, 6 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDTProposed powers to sell, redistribute Russian assets may violate international law, says legal expert
If the House of Commons passes the budget implementation bill as expected this month, the Canadian government could have new powers to seize and sell sanctioned Russian assets to fund the reconstructi...
Mon, 6 Jun 2022 00:57:42 EDTSoccer fans disappointed by abrupt cancellation of Canada-Panama game
Fans wearing red and white Canadian national team soccer jerseys, carrying flags and signs were left crestfallen at the gates of B.C. Place in Vancouver Sunday after a friendly match with Panama was a...
Sun, 5 Jun 2022 09:00:00 EDTLessons from an Alberta couple celebrating 75 years together
If you're looking for advice on how to achieve a happy marriage, you could learn a thing or two from John and Bertha Wingenbach.
Sun, 5 Jun 2022 14:53:07 EDTHundreds attend anti-Islamophobia march in London, Ont., in memory of Afzaal family
Hundreds of people joined a march on Sunday to commemorate the Afzaal family and to fight anti-Islamophobia in London, Ont., on Sunday afternoon, including the prime minister.
Sun, 5 Jun 2022 18:28:56 EDTJacob Hoggard found guilty of sexually assaulting Ottawa woman, acquitted on 2 charges involving teen
Canadian rock musician Jacob Hoggard was found guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm after violently raping an Ottawa woman in the fall of 2016, but a Toronto jury acquitted him of sexually ass...
Sun, 5 Jun 2022 05:59:53 EDTChristopher Pratt, legendary Canadian painter, dead at 86
The art world is mourning the loss of one of Canada's greatest painters, who dedicated his career to redefining Newfoundland and Labrador landscapes and experiences, and also created the province's fl...
Sun, 5 Jun 2022 15:17:44 EDT'Not alone': Thousands attend 1st in-person Winnipeg Pride Parade since pandemic
Thousands of people gathered in and around Winnipeg's downtown on Sunday to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community in the province, the first in-person Pride Parade since before the pandemic.
Sun, 5 Jun 2022 17:01:46 EDTCanadian men's soccer match cancelled amid contract dispute
A men's soccer exhibition match between Canada and Panama has been cancelled amid a contract dispute between the Canadian players and the sport's national governing body.
Sun, 5 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDTWhy RCMP managers defend using Twitter — and not an alert — during the N.S. mass shooting
Nova Scotia RCMP stands by its decision to use Twitter to communicate with the public during the mass shooting in April 2020, in spite of widespread criticism for not issuing an emergency alert.
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Sat, 4 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDTHow a century-old Canadian connection is bringing help, comfort to struggling Ukrainians
For more than a century, Mennonites in Canada have been providing aid and other help to Ukrainians, because of the close ties they have with the region. That work continues even now, during Russia's w...
Sat, 4 Jun 2022 16:08:55 EDTDairy farmers seek 2nd milk price hike this year, citing inflation
Milk prices in Canada could be going up for the second time in a year following a rare request by Dairy Farmers of Canada for a mid-year price hike due to inflation. Industry observers say consumers c...
Sat, 4 Jun 2022 11:00:00 EDTVancouver mother and daughter release new children's book highlighting positive uses of social media
The Vancouver-based pair say they wrote Better Connected to show the positive aspects of girls' online experiences and how social media can be used to bring attention to social justice issues.
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Fri, 3 Jun 2022 16:28:39 EDT'The truth is coming out,' Samwel Uko's uncle says after inquest delivers 20 recommendations for SHA
After hearing from two dozen witnesses, a jury in Regina has returned on the fifth day of the inquest into the death of Samwel Uko, who drowned in Wascana Lake in 2020, to deliver 20 recommendations t...
Fri, 3 Jun 2022 17:30:21 EDT77-year-old UBC student thanks classmates who saved his life with CPR after heart attack
A senior University of British Columbia student is thanking several classmates for saving his life, four months after students at the school's Kelowna campus gave him cardiopulmonary resuscitation (C...
Sat, 4 Jun 2022 19:24:09 EDTManitoba teen starts province's first all-female cricket team
What started as one high school girl’s dream has resulted in a group of 11 teenage girls from Brandon forming the first all-female cricket team in Manitoba.
Sat, 4 Jun 2022 07:00:00 EDTJason Kenney didn't know when to stop talking. Doug Ford did
History will record that Ford grew his majority by staying away from microphones, while Kenney perhaps talked his way out of a job.
Sat, 4 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDTHow a northwestern Ontario pilot helped bring Queen Elizabeth's 1953 coronation to Canadians
George Nickerson, a wing commander from Kenora, Ont., was ordered by the Royal Canadian Air Force to carry out a peculiar mission that would change what the world thought was possible, both in and on ...