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Wed, 7 Dec 2022 04:00:00 EST
Smaller turkeys, fewer gifts: How Canadians are preparing for an expensive holiday season
From stuffing a turkey to stuffing stockings, this festive season is set to be more expensive due to high inflation. While you tie a bow on your celebratory plans, here are the higher prices to watch ...

Wed, 7 Dec 2022 04:00:00 EST
Ukraine will negotiate with Russia on the battlefield, MPs tell Canadian audience
Russia needs to be defeated, isolated and punished for making war on Ukraine — and western policymakers need to accept that and start thinking about what could happen after the shooting stops —...

Wed, 7 Dec 2022 04:00:00 EST
If we want greater trust in our police, let's open up the process of hiring chiefs
There is no reason why the final selection could not be more open. The usual explanation — protection of privacy — does not hold water in the case of a public figure who will exercise enormous pow...

Tue, 6 Dec 2022 17:08:49 EST
Amid ongoing criticism, Alberta's premier rejects suggestion that new powers in Sovereignty Act were a mistake
"The Sovereignty Act wasn't perfect in its wording. That's why it's being amended," Alberta's premier told reporters Tuesday.

Tue, 6 Dec 2022 14:31:16 EST
Slain woman's daughters demand search after police say remains of 2 women likely at dump north of Winnipeg
The daughters of Morgan Harris want police to search a landfill north of Winnipeg for the remains of their mother, one of four women police allege were killed by the same man. But Winnipeg police say ...

Tue, 6 Dec 2022 13:33:52 EST
Chemist, artist, activist: Meet Canada's first trans woman Rhodes Scholar
Canada's first trans woman named a Rhodes scholar — Julia Levy — says she knows that 19th-century diamond magnate Cecil Rhodes would probably disapprove. But she's off to pursue a master's degree ...

Tue, 6 Dec 2022 17:50:46 EST
Jet service to Nunavut community to end as Canadian North retires last jet that can land on gravel
This spring, Canadian North will retire the last jet in their fleet that can land safely on the gravel runway in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. "The world has moved on from gravel runways," says the company'...

Tue, 6 Dec 2022 12:43:08 EST
1st shelter for Muslim women opens in Hamilton
For the first time in the Hamilton area, Muslim women in need of shelter services now have an option specifically for them. An official launch of the shelter takes place Tuesday afternoon at city ha...

Tue, 6 Dec 2022 08:00:00 EST
Judge upholds order banning B.C. naturopath from making fecal transplants for autistic kids
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has upheld a ban meant to prevent a Fraser Valley naturopath from manufacturing, advertising and selling pills and enemas made from human feces for use on autistic children ...

Tue, 6 Dec 2022 13:55:45 EST
Ontario's proposed changes to Greenbelt risk 'irreversible harm,' Parks Canada says
Parks Canada has issued a stark rebuke to the province’s plan to open up sections of protected Greenbelt land for housing development, saying the move risks “irreversible harm” and that proper c...

Tue, 6 Dec 2022 10:07:24 EST
Federal COVID-19 vaccine, benefits rollout swift but wasteful: AG
The federal government succeeded in quickly securing COVID-19 vaccines and rolling out pandemic benefits to help people and backstop the economy, but wasted millions of doses and gave billions in bene...

Tue, 6 Dec 2022 10:00:00 EST
Family-run B.C. company beats out some big names to win acoustic guitar of the year
Three of the biggest names in the business were up for the award. But the nod for acoustic guitar of the year for 2022 didn’t go to Yamaha. And it didn’t go to Taylor Guitars or Martin Guitars. It...

Tue, 6 Dec 2022 09:58:50 EST
RCMP say they've located missing Red Deer, Alta., family of 5
Red Deer RCMP say they've located a missing family of five.

Tue, 6 Dec 2022 10:33:26 EST
How Indigenous-led conservation could help Canada meet its land and water protection targets
In just eight years, Canada has to double the amount of land protected in all of the national parks, provincial parks, conservation areas and other protected spaces that were established over the past...

Tue, 6 Dec 2022 04:00:00 EST
Ontario drag queen's all-ages shows targeted by discriminatory social media campaigns
Crystal Quartz’s drag brunch event was cancelled at Kelseys Original Roadhouse in Burlington last month following threats to the restaurant. The Guelph-based drag queen is now sounding the alarm as ...

Tue, 6 Dec 2022 11:59:51 EST
Jordan Romano wins Tip O'Neill Award as top Canadian baseball player for 2022
Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Jordan Romano was named winner of the Tip O'Neill Award on Tuesday as Canadian baseball player of the year after saving 36 games and being selected to his first MLB al...

Tue, 6 Dec 2022 04:00:00 EST
How racial bias can affect 911 calls and what dispatchers in Montreal are learning to stop it
The training provided to 911 operators prompted the operators to question how they can prevent biases or racist stereotypes from filtering into police responses. 

Tue, 6 Dec 2022 04:00:00 EST
Canada must provide equitable funding for on-reserve policing, says First Nation lawsuit
An Ojibway First Nation in northern Ontario has filed a lawsuit against the federal government alleging that chronic inequitable funding of their policing services has created a public safety crisis i...

Tue, 6 Dec 2022 04:00:00 EST
Central bankers have to make hard decisions — and sometimes they get it very wrong
Just as in the past, when Tiff Macklem and Carolyn Rogers make their rate decisions there is one thing for sure. It will be too much, too little or just right. And as in the past it may be very, very ...

Mon, 5 Dec 2022 21:38:23 EST
'Look out for each other,' says Toronto woman after stranger stabs her with needle downtown
A Toronto woman is warning other residents to "look out for each other" after someone stabbed her in the back with a needle downtown.



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