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Mon, 29 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Is a GTA real estate deal that sounds like paradise too good to be true?
A million dollar-plus home in the Greater Toronto Area's hot real estate market for only $700,000. A five per cent down payment. A 30-year mortgage at a 2.75 per cent interest rate. Those were the app...

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Students, schools gearing up for first in-person orientation since COVID-19 halted events
As the countdown for the first day of school begins, post-secondary institutions across the country are getting ready to host their first fully in-person orientation week for incoming students — a r...

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Quebec's election campaign has just begun, but many anglophones already feel sidelined
Discontent with François Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec, as well as the Liberals, has English speakers exploring their voting options — or the possibility of staying home altogether.  ...

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 17:13:35 EDT
Passengers face long lines at Vancouver airport amid security screener shortage
Passengers at Vancouver International Airport faced long lines at security checkpoints on Sunday due to a shortage of security screening officers. 

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Meet the librarian in rural Vermont helping stranded travellers with the ArriveCAN app
Ten years ago, Vermont librarian Sharon Ellingwood White was helping local residents create Facebook accounts. Now she says she's become the "de-facto" cross-border expert in another must-have app:...

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 17:52:09 EDT
Canadian Association of Journalists worried about editorial interference by management at CTV National News
The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) said it has concerns about journalistic freedom at CTV National News, the Bell-owned network's nightly newscast that has been the focus of scrutiny follow...

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 16:47:24 EDT
Signing off — the North Vancouver man behind 35 years of quips is retiring
For 35 years, Bob Gibson’s sign at Contact Printing on Second Street at Forbes Avenue has brought smiles and chuckles to those driving by with clever and irreverent quips.

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Canadian researchers using machine learning to mitigate effects of climate change
A growing number of researchers and industries are applying artificial intelligence techniques to climate problems, finding ways to optimize energy systems, reduce waste and make crops more resilient ...

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 10:59:30 EDT
6 people dead in single-vehicle crash near Barrie, Ont., police say
Barrie, Ont. police say six people died in a vehicle crash early Sunday and they are believed to be the same people reported missing hours earlier.

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
RCMP, others investigating following alleged exorcism at Sask. children's bible camp
RCMP and other agencies are investigating after an exorcism and other activity allegedly took place at a children's Bible camp near Saskatoon.

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
'I've been able to dream big': 62-year-old Canadian becomes oldest woman to summit K2 in Pakistan
An Oakville, Ont., woman became the oldest female to climb the second highest mountain in the world at the age of 62, after picking up Alpine climbing at 50.

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:19:54 EDT
'A beautiful person': Family, community mourn death of woman in Point Douglas
Family, friends and others in the community who knew Danielle Dawn Ballantyne lit candles, sang traditional Indigneous songs and prayed together Saturday evening, keeping vigil for the memory of the 3...

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 07:00:00 EDT
B.C. judge lambastes conservation group for using protesters as 'cannon fodder'
A B.C. provincial court judge has accused a conservation groups of using frontline protesters as "sacrificial lambs" to mount illegal traffic blockades aimed at drawing attention to climate change ...

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 16:35:10 EDT
Chrystia Freeland latest target of public threats, intimidation against women in Canadian politics
Journalists, activists and politicians, especially women, have been the subject of harassment and intimidation, including a campaign of threats against journalists and the verbal harassment of Deputy ...

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
He worked for the Canadian embassy in Afghanistan. Now, he's being told to move into a shelter
In Afghanistan, he worked with the Canadian embassy. Now in a government-paid hotel, he's being told to pack his things and move to a Toronto shelter while his family's paperwork remains caught up in...

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 17:24:00 EDT
P.E.I. school teacher stumbles upon fossil that may be 300 million years old
An Island school teacher has made the discovery of a lifetime after stumbling upon a fossil that could be 300 million years old.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 06:00:00 EDT
How an adopted 'sisterhood' uses P.E.I getaways to get together
Though they're biologically unrelated, a group of young women adopted in China as babies have grown into a 'chosen family.' Each year they and their parents make the trek from Nova Scotia to P.E.I. ...

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Sport minister calls for 'change' at Hockey Canada as calls for resignations mount
As calls mount for the leaders of Canada's national hockey organization to resign over sexual misconduct scandals, Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge is calling for "change" within the organization. ...

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 07:00:00 EDT
Chinese Canadian seniors left behind as many Chinese-language newspapers stop printing
Sing Tao Daily is joining other Chinese-language newspapers that have stopped printing due to impacts from the pandemic, leaving just one Calgary printed newspaper to inform the Chinese community — ...

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
How Canadians are stretching their grocery dollars while trying to stay healthy
CBC News followers on Instagram share some ways they are cutting down on grocery bills while still putting nutritious meals on the table.



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