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Tue, 14 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
When stocks, houses and crypto fall, where does all that money go?
Just last November, the total value of cryptocurrency in the world was $3 trillion US. But now, more than $2 trillion of it has gone. Intuitively it is hard to grasp, but when stocks and real estate v...

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Fate of Richard Taylor, charged in arson deaths of mom and stepdad, now up to the jury
A jury is beginning deliberations following closing arguments at Richard Taylor’s murder trial, nearly four years after an arson in Dundas, Ont., that led to the deaths of his mother and stepfather,...

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Ontario Nexus applicants wait in limbo as backlog balloons to more than 333,000
The wait continues for many who are trying to renew their Nexus cards. According to the CBSA the backlog is even bigger and Canadian enrolment centres remain shuttered. That's leaving many Ontarians f...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 20:37:10 EDT
Ottawa set to announce end to vaccine mandates for domestic travel, outbound flights
The federal government is set to announce an end to vaccine mandates for domestic travel on planes and trains, as well as outbound international travel, CBC News has learned.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
There's a story we tell about Calgary. It excludes so many of us
There's a perception that everyone outside of Calgary has an outdated, incorrect view of this city. But people who live here hold those views, too, and so many of them are the loudest voices telling o...

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Ontario Nexus applicants wait in limbo as backlog balloons to more than 333,000
The wait continues for many who are trying to renew their Nexus cards. According to the CBSA the backlog is even bigger and Canadian enrolment centres remain shuttered. That's leaving many Ontarians f...

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Brutal honesty meets 'prudence': Canadian and U.K. parliaments dissect the Afghanistan withdrawal
Two Parliaments — the U.K. and Canadian — released reports recently on the chaotic withdrawal of Western forces from Afghanistan. The U.K. report was brutally direct in its description of the fall...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 15:36:44 EDT
Nearly 1 in 4 homeowners say they'd have to sell home if interest rates rise more, according to survey
Nearly one in four homeowners say they will have to sell their home if interest rates go up further, according to a new debt survey from Manulife Bank of Canada.

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:00:00 EDT
Gun, drug charges stayed against Yukon man after RCMP's 'profound failure' to respect Charter rights
Prosecutors have stayed 19 drug-and-gun-related charges against a Yukon man after a judge ruled a large portion of evidence inadmissible in court, citing the "profound failure" of RCMP officers to res...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 14:21:07 EDT
Government shutting down COVID Alert app, sources say
The federal government will be shutting down the COVID Alert app and may do so as early as this week, government sources have told CBC News.

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 11:38:17 EDT
Trudeau isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 again
For the second time this year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tested positive for COVID-19.

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 06:24:19 EDT
Toronto van attacker sentenced to life in prison, no possibility of parole for 25 years
The man who is responsible for Toronto's deadly van attack, who was found guilty last year of multiple counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder, has been sentenced to life in prison with no ...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Ontario Liberals start soul-searching after 2nd devastating election loss
Members of the Ontario Liberal Party are talking about their second straight disastrous election result in epic terms, and warning that the party's very survival hangs in the balance of what it does ...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 06:00:00 EDT
'It changed my life': How an Ontario university tuition levy helps students affected by war become grads
Alik Sarian, who is originally from Syria, has graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont., after completing International Students Overcoming War, a program run and funded by students...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 05:52:55 EDT
Learn French in 6 months? Quebec-commissioned report shows why that's nearly impossible
A report commissioned by the Quebec government — and then kept hidden — lays out in detail why many newcomers are likely to require more than six months to learn French, contrary to new rules pu...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:56:53 EDT
Debt-to-disposable-income ratio eases down from record 185%
Statistics Canada says the amount Canadians owe relative to their income pulled back in the first quarter from the record level set in the fourth quarter of 2021, as incomes grew faster than debt. ...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 06:00:00 EDT
Insurance provider agrees to cover $35K medical bill for Manitoba mom who was international student
A Manitoba mother of three will no longer have to answer calls from collection agencies or worry about paying thousands of dollars in medical bills, after her private insurer agreed to retroactively ...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 05:00:00 EDT
Inquiry hears user error played major role in radio issues during N.S. mass shooting
A roundtable on the digital radio system in Nova Scotia used by police and other first responders last week went over the technical aspects of the system, and what happened across April 18 and 19, 202...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Blind Canadians say new rules to put sound on EVs don't go far enough
Some blind Canadians say Transport Canada's proposed requirement that electric vehicles (EVs) emit pedestrian warning noise is a good start — but they think the sound should be standardized. ...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 05:00:00 EDT
Tiny satellite built in Nova Scotia ready for 1st mission to space
Students with the Dalhousie Space Systems Lab have constructed the first satellite made in Nova Scotia and it will soon be launched into space — an Atlantic Canadian first.



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