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Sun, 14 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Despite teacher shortages, some new grads still face roadblocks getting into classrooms
There's a fresh cohort of new educators eager to fill the gaps this coming school year, especially after many saw first-hand the last few years how much they're needed. However, some are facing obstac...

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
What you need to know about Canada's divisive ArriveCAN app
Ottawa is making plans to expand the offerings of its ArriveCAN app even as criticism continues to mount over the mandatory data-entry process for travellers entering the country.

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 23:55:11 EDT
Daughters of man slain following Vancouver Island prison escape sue Correctional Service of Canada
The family of a 60-year-old mail courier who was found dead in his Metchosin, B.C., home after a prison break from a nearby minimum-security facility in 2019 is suing the Correctional Service of Canad...

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 09:00:00 EDT
B.C. couple questions why they were escorted by police off Swoop flight after seat change
After a minor dispute involving a seat change, police officers arrived and escorted Jhody Batiste and her partner Andre Henry off the plane. Other passengers on the flight are defending the couple, wh...

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
These Canadian startups are taking quantum computing mainstream
For years, quantum computers have mostly been the focus of academics and government. Now, experts say we could be near a turning point where the technology is closer to commercialization. ...

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 15:09:55 EDT
Rushdie stabbing prompts Canadian literary figures to highlight author's free speech fight
Canadian writers, editors and literary figures are doubling down on the right to freedom of thought and expression after the stabbing of Salman Rushdie at a New York lecture hall as the award-winning ...

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 21:02:31 EDT
B.C. radio host suspended for comments on woman's suicide, domestic abuse
A radio host in Richmond, B.C. has been suspended after he commented that the husband of a woman who died by suicide, following what she described as years of domestic abuse, shouldn't automatically b...

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 21:12:56 EDT
'Radio silence' from WestJet as B.C. woman's luggage lost for almost 7 weeks
Erin Machette of Port Coquitlam, B.C., estimates she has lost $6,000 — including the luggage and its contents, some of which are irreplaceable, and the expenses she and her husband incurred while tr...

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 05:00:00 EDT
Gus the tortoise observes his 100th birthday in characteristic strong, silent style
Gus the gopher tortoise has been delighting visitors to the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History since the early 1940s. At 100, he's still on his game.

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Air passengers losing patience with enforcement agency as backlog of complaints balloons
Canadians whose travel plans have been derailed by flight delays or cancellations say they're losing patience with the agency responsible for enforcing compensation rules.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:52:49 EDT
Man at centre of Sask. Amber Alert drove through barbed wire fence in illegal entry: U.S. officials
The two children at the centre of Monday's Amber Alert issued in Saskatchewan remain safe with authorities in South Dakota, but more details are coming out about their journey, including how they, th...

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Her body was found in a Whitehorse dump 55 years ago. The family still wants answers
Fifty-five years after Tootsie Jimmy-Charlie was found dead in a Whitehorse dump, RCMP acknowledge their investigation was flawed.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 22:00:45 EDT
Convicted B.C. sex criminal arrested in Cambodia for allegations of child rape
Investigators in Canada and Cambodia are looking into a man's activities in Canada and abroad after he was arrested for a number of sex crimes against Cambodian children.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 14:21:49 EDT
Water shortage prompts Iqaluit to declare state of emergency
After declaring a state of emergency due to historically low water levels, the city of Iqaluit will begin pumping water out of a nearby lake into its reservoir. 

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 06:27:51 EDT
Police chief in London, Ont., vows to catch the 'swatter' targeting Twitch trans activist
Transgender activist Clara Sorrenti, known as Keffals on Twitch, was a victim of swatting, London, Ont.'s police chief says, vowing to find the person responsible for targeting her. Amid criticism ove...

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 05:53:03 EDT
State of emergency to be lifted for central Newfoundland as forest fires remain stable
The state of emergency in areas affected by forest fires in Newfoundland and Labrador will come to an end at midnight, as Premier Andrew Furey says the province is entering the next stage of fighting...

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:22:54 EDT
B.C. family shares story of 2-year-old's 'terrifying' fall from window to warn other parents
A father whose two-year-old daughter fell two storeys through an open window is sharing his family's story to encourage other parents to buy window guards — a mechanism that costs a few dollars and ...

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 12:32:36 EDT
Canada not shifting to stretch supply of monkeypox vaccine yet
Canada will not yet shift its approach to administering monkeypox vaccines to allow them to be divided up into much smaller doses, like the U.S. has done.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 13:44:29 EDT
UCP members siding with Danielle Smith ahead of sign-up deadline for leadership vote
Seven candidates scrambled Friday to sign up last-minute memberships in Alberta's United Conservative Party leadership race while political observers say that without hard data on which contender has ...

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 17:55:29 EDT
New air force commander says he's confident in the airworthiness of the Snowbirds
Lt.-Gen. Eric Kenny, the new commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, sees a bright future ahead for the Snowbirds despite the planes having been grounded after a hard landing in Fort Saint John, B....



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