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Mon, 15 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Passport delays spur some Canadians to game the system with fake travel plans
Canadians are getting creative trying to cut the long waits for passports that have been dragging on for close to five months after a surge in post-pandemic travel demand overwhelmed the system. ...

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Slowing inflation does not mean you get your spending power back
Companies able to hike prices with inflation are seeing rising profits. Wages aren't keeping pace. Markets surged when U.S. inflation peaked, but a plunge in spending, a rise in wage demands, and more...

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 04:00:29 EDT
Toronto boy whose parents raised $3M to treat his rare genetic disorder starts clinical trial
Michael Pirovolakis is the only child in Canada diagnosed with Spastic paraplegia 50 (SPG50). This past March doctors at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto began a one-dose therapy in part of a...

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
A year after the fall of Kabul, Canadian veterans urge Ottawa not to abandon Afghans trying to flee
A Canadian charity says it had hoped to bring thousands of undocumented Afghans through Pakistan this summer, but has hit roadblocks that have only allowed a few dozen through.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Ontario homebuyers stunned by extra $175K charge from developer, call for government action
Some buyers who years ago purchased builds in a housing development north of Toronto are calling for government intervention after they were told they would need to fork over $175,000 above what was a...

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
'I feel helpless': Ukrainian newcomers denied subsidized daycare in Quebec due to status
Ukrainians who entered Canada under a federal emergency immigration program are not considered refugees. Newcomers who settled in Quebec say their status is blocking them from putting their children i...

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 07:00:00 EDT
Car removed from Winnipeg lot after nearly a decade, leaving dent in ground and unanswered questions
After nearly a decade, a car that had sat unmoved in a Winnipeg grassy lot is gone, but one resident says he still doesn't understand why it took so long for the city to do something.

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.

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 16:37:09 EDT
Coast guard monitoring oil spill off southern Vancouver Island
U.S. and Canadian authorities say they're working together to manage an oil spill near San Juan Island, Wash. — just off the southern tip of Vancouver Island.

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 09:30:00 EDT
Canada Games history maker Jaida Lee throws first pitch at Blue Jays home game
The 16-year-old said following breaking barriers at Canada Summer Games, she wants to play college baseball next.

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 10:29:13 EDT
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit Canada to talk Ukraine, energy co-operation
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is set to tour several Canadian cities and meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from Aug. 21-23, with discussions focusing on Ukraine, climate and energy co-operation,...

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.



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