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Tue, 7 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Public servants express 'zero faith' in Phoenix damages claims process after long waits
Federal public servants say they're frustrated and have lost faith in the compensation process set up to acknowledge their severe financial, personal hardships due to the government's troubled pay sy...

Tue, 7 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
As Canada takes a step toward decriminalizing hard drugs, here's what it can learn from other countries
Public health advocates and experts warn that Canada needs to do more than decriminalize drugs to bring down overdose deaths. As calls for a regulated safe supply grow, here's how other countries have...

Tue, 7 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
From bureaucracy to the battlefield — the Governor General's Foot Guards turn 150
One of Canada's best-known military reserve units has roots that would raise a few eyebrows today in the buttoned-down ranks of Ottawa's civil servant corps.

Tue, 7 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Canada Soccer boots golden financial opportunity with failed matches
Canada's national soccer federation was experiencing one of the best moments in its history, but the business-side of the organization is ruining the chance at financial fortune.

Tue, 7 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
When nothing could cure my depression, shock therapy saved my life
With its brutal history and likelihood of memory loss, the prospect of electroconvulsive therapy terrified Angelika Matson. But the promise of a chance at life without depression made the risk worth i...

Mon, 6 Jun 2022 20:38:59 EDT
Accused in Amanda Todd cyberbullying case alleged to have used 22 accounts to sextort teen
Prosecutors claim the Dutch man accused of sextorting Amanda Todd used an array of 22 different social media accounts to threaten the teenager into providing him with "sex shows" he then used to furth...

Fri, 28 May 2021 20:07:30 EDT
Sagkeeng First Nation's search of former residential school site uncovers 190 radar anomalies

Mon, 6 Jun 2022 21:53:40 EDT
Soccer standoff between Canadian players and association sparks deja vu in former star striker
"It's just really disappointing that decades on we're still having the same sort of Mickey Mouse issues from our association," said former national team foward John Catliff.

Mon, 6 Jun 2022 21:23:09 EDT
Downpour cuts short vigil for slain family members in London, Ont.
Strong winds and heavy rain cut short a vigil in London, Ont., on Monday, honouring the members of the local family who were struck and killed together by a truck in what police have said was a delib...

Mon, 6 Jun 2022 20:10:32 EDT
Canadian bobsleigh, skeleton athletes object to non-disclosure clause in contract
Canadian bobsled and skeleton athletes fear their national federation is trying to silence them, saying a clause in their athlete agreement contradicts the principles of safe sport.

Mon, 6 Jun 2022 18:06:50 EDT
Inquest into Ottawa Valley triple homicide puts focus on domestic violence in rural areas
The coroner's inquest into the 2015 triple homicide in the Ottawa Valley began Monday with families remembering two of the three victims.

Mon, 6 Jun 2022 17:01:17 EDT
She got a voter card, but she's a permanent resident who can't vote in Ontario
Maneet Nagra's situation raises questions about why permanent residents cannot vote, especially following an election that saw the lowest voter turnout in Ontario's history.

Mon, 6 Jun 2022 05:00:00 EDT
RCMP's lockdown request a 'Hail Mary,' police chief tells N.S. mass shooting inquest
The public inquiry examining the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia is releasing its report on the RCMP’s interactions with police in Truro, N.S., during the shooting rampage that left 22 people dead...

Mon, 6 Jun 2022 17:13:03 EDT
Ontario farm fined $125K after pleading guilty in COVID-19 outbreak behind Mexican worker's death
An Ontario farm where a man from Mexico died in a COVID-19 outbreak that affected some 200 workers in 2020 has been fined $125,000 after Scotlynn Sweetpac Growers pleaded guilty to failing to take r...

Mon, 6 Jun 2022 16:13:50 EDT
Fatal dog attack that killed senior leaves northwest Calgary community shaken
The neighbours of an 86-year-old woman who died after a dog attack Sunday in Calgary say they rushed in to help the woman moments after the attack, and held her while she waited half an hour for an am...

Mon, 6 Jun 2022 09:44:08 EDT
Almost a quarter of Canadians report eating less than they should due to rising prices: survey
A new survey suggests a growing number of Canadians are struggling with the rising cost of food, as prices for basics like pasta, bread and meat all soar.

Mon, 6 Jun 2022 15:46:01 EDT
Edmonton tattoo artist admits killing 7-year-old Bella Rose Desrosiers
David Moss, 36, is charged with the second-degree murder of seven-year-old Bella Rose Desrosiers in May 2020. On Monday he pleaded not guilty. His lawyer will ask a judge to find Moss not criminally r...

Mon, 6 Jun 2022 13:56:45 EDT
Finishing a walk the Afzaal family never got to, students in London area march against Islamophobia
Students across the London, Ont., region walked today to symbolically finish the trip that the Afzaal family couldn't on June 6, 2021, when they were killed by a man police say was motivated by anti-M...

Mon, 6 Jun 2022 16:17:25 EDT
Edmonton video game workers vote to unionize, an industry first for Canada
Sixteen Edmonton workers on a quality assurance team voted unanimously to unionize through the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401, the union said in a news release Monday.

Mon, 6 Jun 2022 16:44:31 EDT
Disciplinary hearing begins for Sask. engineer who designed bridge that collapsed hours after opening
The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) alleges Scott Gullacher broke rules when he designed a bridge in rural Saskatchewan that collapsed hours after it op...



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