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Mon, 5 Dec 2022 04:00:00 EST
The Taliban killed their father in 2018. Now, 5 Afghan siblings arrived in Toronto after fleeing Afghanistan
Faisal Rasel, one of five orphaned siblings who were forced to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, arrived in Toronto two weeks ago with the help of the Jewish Humanitarian Response. ...

Mon, 5 Dec 2022 04:00:00 EST
How Bill C-21 turned from banning handguns to hunting guns
The latest amendments proposed to the government's gun control bill, C-21, would prohibit large numbers of common hunting rifles, shotguns, as well as antique arms, cannons owned by historical re-enac...

Mon, 5 Dec 2022 04:00:00 EST
Parents left scrambling as staff shortages close birth units across Ontario
Kendra Duval had no idea it was even possible for her hospital to temporarily shut down its birthing unit, but that's what happened the night her son was born, and two other hospitals didn't have room...

Mon, 5 Dec 2022 04:00:00 EST
Verdict expected today in Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's sexual assault case
A Quebec judge is set to deliver his verdict this afternoon in a high-profile sexual assault case involving a senior military commander who once led Canada's vaccine rollout.

Sun, 4 Dec 2022 22:45:59 EST
B.C. continues to grapple with rising cases of respiratory illness among children
British Columbia continues to see rising numbers of children with respiratory illnesses and long waits in hospitals. One family doctor says limited access to PCR tests is also making it difficult to d...

Sun, 4 Dec 2022 04:00:00 EST
Bill on cultural safety in health coming, Quebec says, following forced sterilizations study
Nearly a year after the Quebec government's self-imposed deadline passed to enshrine cultural sensitivity into its health-care law, the province's Indigenous Affairs Minister says it will happen by th...

Sun, 4 Dec 2022 04:00:00 EST
Fire displaces Syrian refugee family on eve of 1st anniversary in Ottawa
Nearly one year after arriving in Canada, the Al Hamoud family were chased from their beds in the early hours Thursday morning by a major fire that severely damaged their home and many of their posses...

Sun, 4 Dec 2022 17:09:28 EST
Quebec becomes last province to end discriminatory blood donation policy for men who have sex with men
As of Sunday, Héma-Québec has lifted its policy that restricts gay and bisexual men, as well as others in the LGBTQ2+ community, from donating blood for three months after being sexually active. ...

Sun, 4 Dec 2022 05:00:00 EST
Ontario rejected all recommendations from a trench collapse inquest. That endangers workers, critics say
Workplace safety advocates and experts are angry that the Ontario Ministry of Labour has rejected all 10 recommendations a coroner's jury has made in an inquest into the death of a construction worke...

Sun, 4 Dec 2022 04:00:00 EST
First Nation in western B.C. making strides toward energy sovereignty
Six years after a devastating diesel spill underscored its dependency on fossil fuels, the Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Nation in western British Columbia says it is moving toward energy sovereignty and dec...

Sun, 4 Dec 2022 21:51:00 EST
Critics challenge Ontario's greenbelt development plan
Members of the public are calling on the Ontario government to repeal legislation that permits development of the province's greenbelt, saying the plan is bad for the environment and won't necessarily...

Sun, 4 Dec 2022 04:00:00 EST
Kelp is disappearing from parts of the West Coast. These scientists are trying to save it
Marine heat waves have been killing kelp on parts of the West Coast, and human-caused climate change is forecast to make these heat waves more frequent and intense. A team of scientists is studying wh...

Sun, 4 Dec 2022 06:30:00 EST
Love it but leave it: International PhD students call for changes to let them stay in N.L.
After making a life in Newfoundland and Labrador, international PhD students say they want to stay but can't.

Sun, 4 Dec 2022 04:00:00 EST
What is COP15? Why it matters and what's at stake at the Montreal summit
Thousands of delegates representing 192 countries will spend the next two weeks meeting in Montreal, hammering out a once-in-a-decade agreement meant to protect, conserve and equitably share nature. ...

Sun, 4 Dec 2022 06:00:00 EST
This N.B. ghost town was the site of a famous axe murder case that changed Canadian law
All that's left of what was once a vibrant New Brunswick logging community called New Ireland is a graveyard that's being overtaken by the forest, several old stone foundations and a crime story that ...

Thu, 1 Dec 2022 18:03:11 EST
'We need her body': Grandmother of homicide victim urges police to search Winnipeg landfill for remains

Sat, 3 Dec 2022 20:13:42 EST
Arkells, late CBC journalist Barbara Frum among 2022 inductees to Canada's Walk of Fame
Canadian band Arkells and late CBC journalist Barbara Frum are among this year's inductees to Canada's Walk of Fame.

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 17:21:17 EST
Competing protests show diverging opinions over Alberta's proposed Sovereignty Act

Sat, 3 Dec 2022 05:00:00 EST
Urban flooding is a risk to Ontarians and the province needs to do more, auditor general says
Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk says Ontario is not doing enough to prevent urban flooding, a problem expected to worsen in the coming years.

Sat, 3 Dec 2022 13:15:11 EST
This Deer Lake, N.L., woman's savings vanished, leaving her with only unanswered questions
$20,000 went missing from Bernetta Serrick's savings account, and there's no sign of it coming back. She blames scammers, but doesn't know how they got access to her account.



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