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Mon, 12 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Classes on hold for thousands of international students still waiting on Canadian study permits
The first week of college and university in Canada has passed, but thousands of international students were not at orientation or in classrooms because they are still waiting on study permits. Immigra...

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDT
More than a year later, Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway's name remains unchanged
Calls to remove the name of Canada's first prime minister from a major Ottawa parkway are renewing this month as Indigenous community members plan to march along the road in protest, after waiting mor...

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDT
National Holocaust Monument 'desecrated' by use as photo and video backdrop
Members of the Jewish community say more needs to be done to educate the public about the Holocaust as a national memorial continues to be used as a backdrop in photo shoots, fashion campaigns and mu...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 06:04:55 EDT
James Smith Cree Nation chief calls for drug treatment centres in wake of knife attacks
The chief of James Smith Cree Nation and other Indigenous leaders are calling on the provincial and federal governments to fund on-reserve addiction treatment centres following the horrific stabbing r...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 18:34:00 EDT
U.S. ambassador gives thanks to Gander, N.L., on 9/11 anniversary
U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Cohen said Gander's response to the 9/11 attacks might have been the best humanity has to offer.

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 15:47:08 EDT
Green Party president quits, tells members 'the dream is dead'
In a blunt and blistering resignation letter, Green Party President Lorraine Rekmans announced she has quit in frustration and says the party's dream "is dead."

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 14:12:23 EDT
Out-of-control wildfires in B.C. lead to evacuation orders, alerts and smoky skies
As smoky skies fill much of British Columbia's Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley, 191 wildfires continue to burn across the province, leading to hundreds of people on evacuation alert, as well as eva...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 07:00:00 EDT
Bounty of bananas blooms near Yukon-B.C. border
A farmer in B.C.'s far north has successfully grown nearly 200 bananas in his greenhouse.

Tue, 8 Mar 2022 18:01:00 EST
Pierre Poilievre is a 21st century populist who thinks his moment has arrived

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 09:00:00 EDT
Here's why students from India are coming to B.C. — and Canada — by the thousands
Hundreds of thousands of Indian students are choosing to call B.C. and Canada home in what has led to a sharp rise in new student visa applications since 2015. Here's why they're doing it. ...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDT
With no bed in his local hospital, Ontario cancer patient is stuck in B.C.
An Ontario man with cancer is languishing in hospital in British Columbia because his local hospital does not have a bed available. 

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:09:52 EDT
Residents of district in northeastern B.C. given evacuation order as wildfire grows
An evacuation order has been issued for the residents of Hudson's Hope in northeastern B.C. after a wildfire burning nearby for the past 11 days grew to 174 square kilometres.

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDT
How 'suspended grief' during the pandemic can turn into a second wave of sorrow for some
Shawna Katz lost her partner during the pandemic and has been leaning on her "grief sister" for support. As COVID-19 restrictions lift and allow people to reconnect in-person, one psychologist says th...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 05:00:00 EDT
See a swoop of swifts? Here's why a group of birders is trying to count them all
London, Ont., has become a hub for monitoring of chimney swifts and efforts to protect the threatened bird species, thanks to the work of volunteers with an organization that works to preserve nature....

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDT
At current rates, 5 key climate tipping points are already possible, new study warns
Current rates of global warming have already moved the world perilously close to several tipping points which could send important global weather systems into irreversible collapse, according to a maj...

Sat, 10 Sep 2022 15:00:41 EDT
'Keep your windows closed': Fire in South Vancouver industrial area prompts warning about air quality
Officials are warning residents about air quality after a three-alarm fire broke out in an industrial area of South Vancouver on Saturday.

Fri, 9 Sep 2022 19:34:29 EDT
King Charles officially proclaimed as Canada's new monarch
The House of Commons will be recalled Thursday to pay tributes to Queen Elizabeth after King Charles III was formally proclaimed as Canada's new monarch Saturday.

Sat, 10 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Possible copyright changes could mean more money for Inuit artists
Whatever price artists get from their initial sale is, currently, all the money they'll ever receive from their art — though that could change if the federal government reforms Canada's copyright la...

Sat, 10 Sep 2022 12:17:54 EDT
After tragic stabbings in Sask., First Nations leaders call for their own police force
First Nations leaders in Saskatchewan are calling for more policing in their communities, something the federal ministry of public safety says it's eager to help with and agrees more needs to be done....

Fri, 9 Sep 2022 18:45:42 EDT
Huge sea lion tries to jump into B.C.'s couple's boat and nearly capsizes it
A B.C. couple got a fright on Monday when a frantic sea lion tried to jump into their small fishing boat to get away from a pod of orca whales.



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