Canadian News
Thu, 25 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDTHer work permit expired the day it was issued, leaving this refugee claimant hopeless
Eden Zebene, who escaped physical and sexual abuse in Ethiopia, is exasperated after waiting more than 16 months for her refugee claim to move forward. She finally got her work permit, giving her a gl...
Thu, 25 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDTNo fines issued by Ontario regulator for developer price hikes despite promised crackdown
Nine months after the province pledged to crack down on developers for cancelling housing build contracts or demanding more money from buyers, Ontario’s Home Construction Regulatory Authority has ye...
Thu, 25 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDTCanada doesn't have a gerrymandering problem — but that doesn't mean the riding map is perfect
Perhaps the best thing that can be said about the process of drawing electoral boundaries in Canada is that it's not ultimately up to MPs to decide. That separates the Canadian system from the situati...
Thu, 25 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDTCanada's convoy movement waved the Dutch flag. Then conspiracy theories swirled about fertilizer and bugs
As the Canadian convoy movement embraced farmers' protests in the Netherlands, far-right outlets here took advantage to amplify anti-government ideology.
Thu, 25 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDTCanada's Rohingya fear world has forgotten refugee crisis 5 years after genocide in Myanmar
The final week of August will mark both happy and horrific moments in Mayyu Ali’s life – his arrival in Canada as a refugee one year ago and five years since the start of a brutal military crackdo...
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 18:42:35 EDTMore kids hospitalized for cannabis poisonings after edibles legalized, study finds
A new study shows that Alberta, B.C. and Ontario saw more kids hospitalized for cannabis poisonings after edibles were legalized.
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 18:00:05 EDTNATO chief's first visit to Canadian Arctic signals thaw in Ottawa, experts say
Canada's longstanding resistance to NATO involvement in the Arctic appears to be thawing as temperatures rise and Russian and Chinese activity in the region intensifies.
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 21:45:30 EDTInvasive northern crayfish spotted in Banff park lake
Parks Canada recently caught a northern crayfish near a stream flowing into Bow Lake in Banff National Park. It’s the first time they’ve seen the aquatic invasive species so far upstream in the B...
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 18:02:43 EDTCanadian golf legend Lorie Kane shoots for good time at final CP Women's Open
Much has changed since Lorie Kane made her professional debut at the 1991 Canadian championship — but one constant has been the Canadian's presence at her home tournament each and every year. On Thu...
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 21:36:10 EDT'It's about access:' Ottawa pledges funds toward sexual health education
Ottawa has pledged $2.8 million in funding for organizations helping those who face barriers in learning about sexual and reproductive health.
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 11:06:12 EDTHusband who survived Calgary shooting that killed wife was on bail for organized crime offences
A Calgary man who remains in hospital after being shot alongside his wife, who was fatally injured, was out on bail awaiting trial with his brother and sister on organized crime charges, according to ...
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 09:20:34 EDTYep, that's a WW II-era bomber engine in this man's garage in London, Ont.
Shawn Wilson has a Second World War-era bomber engine in his London, Ont., garage, a $2,000 US eBay purchase from a salvage yard in Pennsylvania that he says is now turning neighbours' heads. He plans...
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:04:55 EDTMeet the masons who have restored P.E.I.'s legislature stone by stone
A team of heritage stonemasons has spent the last three years painstakingly restoring P.E.I.’s Province House. Now, much of the scaffolding has come down and their work is finally visible to the p...
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 15:26:59 EDTNew film Blackberry to explore rise and fall of Canadian smartphone
Blackberry will tell the story of Waterloo, Ont.-based Research in Motion, creators of the titular device, which for a time was the world’s most popular smartphone.
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 05:00:00 EDTEducational assistant in N.S. leaves job due to low wages
According to federal job bank data published last November, the national median salary for educational assistants is $22.86.
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 15:15:50 EDTEternal Spring named Canada's submission for Oscars' best international film
Jason Loftus's Eternal Spring will be the first animated, documentary and Mandarin-language film submitted by Canada to the Oscars' best international feature film category.
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 07:10:58 EDTCrowd-sourced detective work narrows window for disappearance of Winston Churchill portrait
Thanks to a sleuthing public, the Château Laurier has announced that a famed portrait of Winston Churchill appears to have been taken off the hotel's walls this past winter, during a span of a we...
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 05:00:00 EDTThousands of bees were removed from a Cape Breton home — and welcomed by a local business
Charlene MacEachern says she was surprised when she discovered nearly 100,000 bees in the walls of her Broad Cove home — but delighted they were safely relocated to help rebuild a local honey busine...
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDTHer Kenyan family is trying to bring her body home after she died while live streaming in a pool
A 24-year-old personal support worker drowned last week in southwestern Ontario while live streaming herself swimming in a pool, according to the victim's family. Now, her relatives are trying to ra...
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT'Horrifying' that Veterans Affairs worker raised assisted suicide with troubled veteran, group says
The head of a group that supports Canadian veterans says he was horrified to hear that medical assistance in dying was brought up with a veteran who reached out to Veterans Affairs Canada recently for...