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Tue, 16 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
$600 to share a bedroom: Migrant workers lose their jobs after complaining about rent
Quebec's workplace health and safety board has ordered a food processing company to reimburse two former employees for excess rents. The company says it was only covering its costs.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
A heat wave is building across the Prairies and climate change means we can expect more
This week will likely be the hottest of the summer for most of the Prairies, but what’s behind this late season heat, and how is climate change affecting our heat waves?

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 21:48:48 EDT
Afghans in Winnipeg reflect on year since Taliban takeover of Kabul
Farid Ahmad still can’t believe it’s been a year since Kabul fell to the Taliban after American and allied troops, including Canadians, left the country.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Mountie who showed sexual photo to assault victim during investigation got his job back
A Mountie who was fired after he showed a revealing photo of himself to an assault victim and exchanged sexual texts with her during an investigation fought successfully to get his job back by arg...

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Where to look for cheap rent in Canada, as prices soar, again
As rent prices spiked over the past two months, affordable pockets of rental housing became harder and harder to find.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Hamilton Bulldogs to restart OHL ONSIDE sexual assault training program after pandemic pause
The OHL's ONSIDE sexual assault training program has been paused since the 2020 season was cancelled and the 2021 season was restricted with pandemic lockdowns. The training program will return this y...

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
After years of being Jennifer for others, I'm embracing my Korean name for me
Taking back her birth name means Yeon Soo Ha must sometimes deal with misspellings, mispronunciations or even just being overlooked. But it has also meant reclaiming her sense of self and deciding not...

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:35:47 EDT
Lisa LaFlamme 'blindsided' by cancellation of contract with CTV
Veteran news anchor Lisa LaFlamme says she was "blindsided" as Bell Media ended her contract at CTV National News after more than 30 years, a "business decision" it says will move the chief news ancho...

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:32:42 EDT
Home sales declined by 5.3 per cent in July, back to pre-COVID levels
Canada's housing market continued to cool in July, with the average home price clocking in at $629,971 — a figure that drops by $104,000 when excluding the Greater Toronto Area and Vancouver markets...

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 22:05:32 EDT
Vancouver police investigate flyers threatening arson against homeless people and drug users
Vancouver police say they are trying to identify who is responsible for flyers distributed on the Downtown Eastside that threaten to burn the tents of homeless people as well as Insite, a supervised...

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 19:22:05 EDT
Wei Wai Kum First Nation to get territorial land back in agreement with B.C. government
The Wei Wai Kum First Nation and B.C. government have signed an incremental treaty agreement that will give the nation more than 22 square kilometres of its territorial land back.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:56:33 EDT
Oil spill off San Juan Island 'pretty well impossible to clean up,' expert says
Crews are assessing the waters off San Juan Island in the Salish Sea near Vancouver Island after a fishing boat sank and leaked fuel on Saturday. 

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 15:05:15 EDT
Windsor police say suspect shot by officer has died in hospital
The provincial Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has taken over the investigation.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:02:55 EDT
Nunavut wrestler gets hero's welcome as he returns with territory's first Canada Summer Games medal
Eekeeluak Avalak of Cambridge Bay received a hero's welcome when he returned to his western Nunavut home Monday with his coach, Chris Crooks, and teammates.

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 04:00:00 EDT
Conservationists worry about destruction of B.C.'s rare glass sponge reefs
Glen Dennison was writing a book on diving in B.C.'s Howe Sound in 1984 when he made a discovery of massive glass sponge reefs, which look like something from another world.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 05:00:00 EDT
Landlord sleeping on Realtor's couch as he awaits hearing to evict troublesome tenants
A landlord in southwestern Ontario is sleeping on a couch in his Realtor’s basement, hoping tenants will vacate his home ahead of a hearing later this month with the Landlord and Tenant Board that t...

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:00:00 EDT
Anita Neville named next lieutenant-governor of Manitoba
"I'm very honoured that I will do my best to serve the community as best as I know how," said Neville in an interview Monday, one hour after the prime minister's office announced the news. ...

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 SickKids Hospital in Toronto began a one-dose therapy in part of a groundbreaki...



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