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Sat, 23 Jul 2022 22:58:52 EDT
Canada wins gold in men's 4x100m relay at World Athletics Championships
Canada's Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney and Andre De Grasse ran the race of their lives in the men's 4x100-metre relay to win gold for Canada in a national record time of 37.48 seconds at ...

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 16:31:34 EDT
United Church elects Carmen Lansdowne as 1st Indigenous woman to lead a religious denomination in Canada
A minister in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has become the first Indigenous woman to lead a Canadian religious denomination.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 08:00:00 EDT
Abuse and harassment survivors 'silenced' by non-disclosure agreements fight for change to B.C. law
The B.C. government says it's considering changes to the law that would prevent non-disclosure agreements from being used in cases of abuse, harassment and discrimination.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 14:30:34 EDT
St. John's Pride parade cancelled amid heat warnings
Organizers say it was a difficult decision. They will be meeting with city officials on Monday to schedule an alternate date.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 10:14:49 EDT
Ferry service between P.E.I. and Nova Scotia cancelled as vehicles may not be recovered from burning boat
Ferry service between P.E.I. and Nova Scotia has been suspended for the weekend after a fire that forced hundreds to evacuate the MV Holiday Island on Friday.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDT
The Pope's 'penitential pilgrimage' will focus on reparation, observers say
Thirty-five years after the last papal visit to an Indigenous community in Canada, Pope Francis is expected to deliver a markedly different message to First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities than ...

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 10:20:37 EDT
Canada's bee colonies see worst loss in 20 years, explosion of mites blamed
Nearly half of Canada's honeybee colonies didn't survive the winter, the largest rate of colony loss in the country in the last 20 years, according to preliminary data. The president of the Canadian A...

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Airport woes got you down? Take the train and embrace 'slow travel' instead
Air travel chaos is putting a damper on vacation plans in Canada and around the world. Vincent Gragnani says it doesn’t have to be this way. He shares the benefits of slower, more mindful travel and...

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 08:00:00 EDT
'We hope we don't find anything': Alberta First Nation begins ground-penetrating radar survey
Bigstone Cree Nation has begun the process to carry out a ground penetrating radar survey after testimonials from residential school survivors in the community.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Where have all the workers gone? Don't blame COVID, economists say
Canada is in the throes of a serious labour shortage, but economists say it's not all the pandemic's fault — it's the inevitable culmination of a seismic demographic shift decades in the making. ...

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 05:00:17 EDT
Oil and gas industry could get more time to meet 2030 emissions targets, minister says
Canada's environment minister says the federal government could give oil and gas companies more time to fully meet 2030 emissions reduction targets.

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDT
CBC journalist Jody Porter remembered for her compassionate storytelling, commitment to truth
Friends, colleagues and people who knew longtime CBC reporter Jody Porter share memories and messages of love, gratitude and admiration. Porter, who died Tuesday at age 50 after living with ovarian ca...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 07:00:00 EDT
This family doctor is leaving B.C. Other physicians are among her 'orphaned' patients
In June, Coquitlam family doctor Anna Chodyra closed her practice before relocating to New Zealand. She leaves behind thousands of patients, including several doctors, who worry the system may struggl...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 19:46:16 EDT
N.W.T. median household incomes highest in Canada, but numbers vary widely by community
Median household incomes vary widely across the Northwest Territories according to the latest data published by the NWT Bureau of Statistics, but overall they exceed the national average by a wide mar...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 19:15:40 EDT
Deaf fan denied captioning accommodation at Montreal Just For Laughs festival
Tom Willard, who is a stand-up comedian himself, planned to attend the festival for the first time, buying his ticket and booking his hotel, but without the captioning service, he was forced to cancel...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 15:23:44 EDT
Alberta appeal court sets aside contempt sanctions against pastor, brother and cafe owner
A Calgary-based street pastor, his brother and a cafe owner, all of whom flouted public health restrictions for months, have seen their contempt of court sanctions set aside by the Alberta Court of Ap...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 14:27:44 EDT
Batoche Historic Site lands to be transferred back to Métis people of Saskatchewan
Portions of Batoche, a national historic site in Saskatchewan near and dear to Métis people's hearts, will be transferred back to Métis control.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 11:07:32 EDT
P.E.I.-N.S. ferry cancelled for a 2nd day after fire aboard ship forced evacuation Friday
More than 200 people were safely evacuated from a ferry travelling from Nova Scotia to Prince Edward Island Friday after a fire broke out in the vessel's engine room.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:55:51 EDT
Quebec under pressure to solve shortage of judges who serve in Inuit communities
The Quebec Bar and the organization that represents the Inuit of Nunavik, Makivik Corporation, both say more judges are desperately needed in order to provide justice in the north.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 14:53:54 EDT
Steven Spielberg will make his TIFF debut with The Fabelmans
Organizers say the Hollywood director will make his first Toronto International Film Festival appearance with his semi-autobiographical drama The Fabelmans, starring Michelle Williams, Paul Dano and ...



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