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Fri, 21 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Hockey Canada moved cash from fund used for sexual assault claims to avoid encouraging more claims: report
A controversial reserve fund that Hockey Canada publicly vowed it would stop using to settle sexual assault allegations is significantly depleted now after the organization transferred millions of do...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
B.C. teenager waited almost 2 years for scoliosis surgery
Long waits for elective surgery in Canada's health-care system left one teenage boy in Peachland, B.C., feeling like “the Hunchback of Notre Dame,” he said, as he waited nearly two years for surge...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Alleged victims of disgraced senator frustrated by Red Chamber's reaction to criminal charges
Two people who have accused former senator Don Meredith of abuse say they're frustrated by the Senate's failure to strip the ex-parliamentarian — now charged with sex crimes — of his "honoura...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Maud Lewis paintings are fetching big money at auction — and fakers are trying to cash in
Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis once sold her paintings for just a few dollars, but now they sell for tens of thousands. But as price tags have increased, so have concerns about forgeries.  ...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Carly Rae Jepsen knows what it feels like to be lonely and taps into it for new album
Carly Rae Jepson's newest album released Friday, The Loneliest Time, was written during the early days of the pandemic, when some days felt uncertain.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Canada is 'weaving' Indigenous science into environmental policy-making
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we speak to the first director of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s division of Indigenous Science and examine how this country could meet i...

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 21:40:11 EDT
Toronto-area spa closes pools after customers complain of skin rashes, ear infections
A new spa in Whitby, Ont. has closed all of its pools in the wake of reports by customers of skin rashes, flu symptoms, ear infections and inflamed lymph nodes.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:23:34 EDT
After failing to heed intelligence, Ottawa police were left 'floundering,' Emergencies Act inquiry hears
One of the top officers at the Ottawa Police Service says the force should have paid closer attention to intelligence that suggested the Freedom Convoy protesters planned to stay past two days — an...

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:54:59 EDT
Former Canadian Nationalist Party leader Travis Patron sentenced to 1 year for promoting hatred against Jews
A judge in Estevan, Sask., has sentenced former Canadian Nationalist Party leader Travis Patron to a year in jail for promoting hatred against Jewish people.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:26:31 EDT
First responders pay tribute to B.C. RCMP officer killed in line of duty
Thousands of first responders lined the streets in Vancouver and Burnaby, B.C., on Thursday to honour the life of Burnaby RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang, who died Tuesday in the line of duty.  ...

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:59:18 EDT
Muslim leaders condemn 'violent and vile Islamophobia' toward mosque in Thornhill, Ont.
Muslim leaders have condemned “violent and vile Islamophobia” toward the Imam Mahdi Islamic Centre in Thornhill, Ont., describing recent incidents as “a very serious matter” for the Muslim com...

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:05:13 EDT
Premier designate David Eby says B.C. NDP leadership acclamation 'not how any of us expected this to end'
David Eby will officially be declared the leader of the B.C. New Democratic Party on Friday, clearing the way for him to be sworn in as premier.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 09:55:18 EDT
Former Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard sentenced to 5 years in prison for sexual assault
Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard was sentenced to five years in prison by a Toronto judge on Thursday. He was found guilty in June of sexually assaulting an Ottawa woman in 2016.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:14:13 EDT
Massive recall issued for dry shampoo products over cancer risk
More than a million dry shampoo products from Bed Head TIGI, Dove and Tresemmé are being recalled across Canada due to the detection of a cancer-causing chemical.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:00:36 EDT
Retired director of Thunder Bay, Ont., public school board faces professional misconduct allegations
The recently retired director of the Lakehead District School Board in Thunder Bay, Ont., faces allegations of professional misconduct by the Ontario College of Teachers, which regulates educators in ...

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Norwegian company hopes to generate energy, capture carbon from Alberta garbage
Varme Energy, which was incorporated in Edmonton this summer, wants to set up facilities in Alberta that use Aitos gasification technology, owned by its parent company in Norway, to convert waste to e...

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:36:36 EDT
Ontario government plans to double fines for developers who rip off homebuyers
Ontario's Ford government says it wants to double the maximum fine for unethical developers of new homes who unjustifiably cancel home building projects or terminate purchase agreements.  ...

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:40:47 EDT
Ontario reports 109 new COVID-19 deaths, a number not seen since May
Ontario is reporting 109 new COVID-19 deaths over the past seven days — the single highest death count since early May during the sixth wave of the pandemic

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 08:00:00 EDT
Secwépemc actor Grace Dove starring in new network drama that shines light on MMIWG
Alaska Daily also stars two time Academy Award-winning actor Hilary Swank and focuses on investigative journalists working at a daily newspaper in Anchorage.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 04:30:00 EDT
Widow turned away from St. John's hospital after husband's workplace death, family says
John Connors says he can't sleep because he's worried what could happen to his daughter after she was denied admission to the Waterford Hospital.



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