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Fri, 16 Sep 2022 19:44:05 EDT
Woman shoved to ground by officer in video was armed with knife, Edmonton police say
Edmonton police say an officer caught on video roughly shoving a woman to the ground was attempting to disarm her, alleging she had a knife.

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:39:43 EDT
Judge to decide if Toronto incel attack was act of terror as ex-CSIS analyst says law should be scrapped
With a guilty plea in the case of a deadly incel-inspired attack at a Toronto massage parlour two years ago, it will now be for a judge to decide if the murder was in fact an act of terror. ...

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:24:48 EDT
Canadian woman joins throng of royal 'diehards' camping in London ahead of Queen's funeral
Bernadette Christie has had a front-row view of some of the biggest royal events of the last decade.

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:39:54 EDT
Alberta town councillor, 2 other 'key participants' charged in Coutts border blockades
New charges have been laid against protesters involved in the Coutts border blockade earlier this year, including a Fort Macleod town councillor.

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 17:30:59 EDT
B.C. mining CEO resigns after two executives convicted of involuntary manslaughter
Trevali Mining Corp. says its president and chief executive, as well as its chief operating officer, have both resigned.

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:57:54 EDT
Auto shop worker recounts narrowly escaping Toronto-area shooting rampage
As bullets tore through a Milton, Ont., auto shop on Monday, Muhammad Shiraz Afzal was convinced he wouldn’t make it out alive. He told CBC News he just put his head down on a desk and waited for th...

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 16:34:22 EDT
Canada's Auger-Aliassime stuns world No. 1 Alcaraz to even Davis Cup tennis play
Felix Auger-Aliassime beat world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz before staying on the hard court to secure a second victory in doubles and help Canada score a 2-1 upset win over Spain in the Davis Cup group pha...

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Octogenarian spent 8 hours in an ER chair with broken back, son says
An Outaouais man says a lack of available beds meant his 82-year-old mother sat for eight hours in an ER, writhing in pain with a back injury, only to be transferred to a hospital an hour away a few d...

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:39:00 EDT
An unexpected discovery: Diver finds jellyfish in Sudbury, Ont., lake
A Sudbury, Ont., diving instructor went viral after he recorded a video of small jellyfish in Ramsey Lake, at the centre of the city. 

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 13:41:05 EDT
Ojibway chief demands answers after First Nations man dies while paramedics allegedly 'sat on the sidelines'
A social services agency in Kenora, Ont., is investigating after the chief of Ojibways of Onigaming alleged paramedics waited on the outskirts of the First Nations reserve and took 10 minutes to resp...

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 08:21:40 EDT
UNB releases controversial U.S. politician's PhD dissertation after months of refusals
The University of New Brunswick suddenly made Douglas Mastriano's dissertation public in August, in a move that appeared to undermine excuses used to keep it secret in the first place.

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 06:00:00 EDT
N.S. mass casualty commission lawyer says push for public James Smith inquiry should start now
A lawyer at the mass casualty commission in Nova Scotia says people in Saskatchewan who want a public inquiry into the James Smith Cree Nation massacre should start pushing now.

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:01:29 EDT
Hundreds expected to pay tribute to Wes Petterson, man killed in Sask. mass stabbing
Hundreds of people are expected to attend the celebration of Wes Petterson's life on Friday in Weldon, Sask. Petterson is one of 10 victims killed in the mass stabbing on Sept. 4.

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 08:01:00 EDT
Chicken farmers brace for more cases of avian influenza as wild birds migrate
Alberta chicken farmers are bracing for a second wave of avian flu infection this fall as the death toll among the province’s flocks has surpassed one million. 

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 06:00:00 EDT
People of colour say Canadian border agents discriminate against them as they return home
Canadians who aren't white say they're discriminated against at the Canadian border, and they believe it's because of their race.

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 07:00:00 EDT
Acclaimed podcast Stolen spurs lawsuit against estate of dead Catholic priest
A British Columbia woman claims she was told the late Father Georges Chevrier had no history of the kind of sexual abuse complaints she was making. Then she listened to an acclaimed podcast titled Sto...

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Canadian households have lost billions in real estate cool-down
As Canada's real estate market declines, home prices have only fallen back to where they were 18 months ago. But average household wealth has fallen by the most ever recorded — and that matters to t...

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 09:10:49 EDT
Dryden, Ont., was all set to host a weekend drag event. Then police responded to an unfounded prank call
The lead organizer of upcoming drag events in Dryden is confused and upset that what she calls a malicious prank prompted the police to visit her workplace on Thursday.

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 05:00:00 EDT
N.B. nurses feel 'thrown under the bus' over officials' response to rape victim asked to return later
At least two sexual assault nurse examiners are going to stop picking up extra shifts to help bridge gaps in the program, and others may be poised to leave after recent comments by New Brunswick Premi...

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 07:00:00 EDT
People in northern B.C. want to give blood — but have to travel hundreds of kilometres to do so
People who want to give blood in Prince George, B.C., are frustrated they have to travel hundreds of kilometres to the Okanagan, the Lower Mainland or Vancouver Island if they want to donate. ...



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