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Canada has Indian diplomats' communications in bombshell murder probe: sources
Mon, 18 Sep 2023 15:34:50 EDT
Protesters chant outside of the Consulate General of India office during a protest for the recent shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Vancouver on Saturday, June 24, 2023.


Travellers say Canada's spat with India is now affecting everyday people
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:36:45 EDT
People are pictured in line outside a corporate office.

Hour after hour on Thursday, a steady flow of people came around the side of a nondescript building in Surrey, B.C., holding brown folders and stacks of paperwork. A lone security guard cracked the door below a sign for BLS International, just enough to speak quietly with people outside.


Stó:lō Nation identifies 158 child deaths, potential unmarked graves at former residential schools, hospital
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:20:17 EDT
A iron fence and stone pillars marking the entrance of a verdant cemetery.

The Stó:lō Nation in B.C.'s Fraser Valley says its probe into missing children and unmarked burials has identified, with certainty, 158 child deaths at three former residential school sites and a former hospital, as well as preliminary findings that suggest unmarked graves at at least one of the sites.


Canadian fire chiefs deliver climate change message to United Nations following devastating season
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 19:14:52 EDT
A sign showing an extreme wildfire warning stands amidst rubble.

Fire chiefs from West Kelowna and Halifax spoke in front of world leaders on Wednesday in New York, sharing first-hand accounts of battling devastating wildfires.


Bear cubs play tag around backyard pool
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 19:40:00 EDT

A trio of bear cubs engaged in a game of chase under their mother's watchful eye in this backyard video captured by Sharon Dawes in Prince George, B.C.


Ontario reversing controversial Greenbelt land swap plan, premier says
Wed, 09 Aug 2023 10:47:44 EDT
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaking at a podium at Queen's Park, with sweat running down his face.


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy set to arrive in Canada
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 22:30:00 EDT

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to land in Ottawa on Thursday night.


Accused former junior hockey coach testifies, denies alleged sex assault ever occurred
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:11:41 EDT
A man in a speckled shirt walks down the stairs of a courthouse.

Warning: this story contains distressing details of an alleged sexual assault. Bernard Lynch, 69, coached hockey in North America and Europe for 47 years.


Albertans dread a Canada Pension Plan exit. Will Danielle Smith's $334B claim fix that?
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 19:05:41 EDT
A woman wearing a red blazer and a black shirt stands behind a podium.

Observers doubt the premier's pitch and its centrepiece claim that Alberta is owed half of CPP assets. But there's a long tradition in the province of believing Alberta's overpaid its share.


How to watch Volodymyr Zelenskyy's address to Parliament on CBC
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 20:00:36 EDT
A man in military fatigues gives a speech into a microphone at a podium.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address Parliament on Friday afternoon to rally support for continued help to repel Russia's invasion of Ukraine.


First officers at the scene testify in trial of London, Ont., man accused of murdering Muslim family
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 19:51:40 EDT
A court sketch of Nathaniel Veltman, accused of killing a Muslim family in London, Ont.

Just 12 shifts into his career as a London police officer, Const. Mike Olszowy was dispatched to the intersection of Hyde Park Road and South Carriage Road on June 6, 2021, where a Muslim family had been struck by a black pickup truck.


These authors say Open AI stole their books to train ChatGPT. Now they're suing
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:38:28 EDT
A compilation of portraits of two women and two men.

The Authors Guild, a U.S. trade group for writers, filed the proposed class-action on Tuesday on behalf of 17 plaintiffs, including big literary names John Grisham, Jodi Picoult, Roxane Gay, Suzanne Collins, Doug Preston George R.R. Martin and Jonathan Franzen.


Residents in Trois-Rivières, Que., have a recycling plant for a neighbour. They say it's far from green
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:58:45 EDT
A person is staring at a bottle.

Radio-Canada's Enquête program met with a group of neighbours in Trois-Rivières, Que., who have used a drone, collected water samples and made access-to-information requests with the Quebec government in hopes of confirming their suspicions that a nearby recycling plant isn't as green as it should be.


If Russia wanted Zelenskyy dead, could they kill him at the UN? | About That
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 12:23:00 EDT

This week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy travelled to the United Nations General Assembly in New York to speak in front of 140 countries — including Russia, who Ukraine says wants him dead. So how safe was he? Andrew Chang explains why any attempt on his life could have serious global ramifications.


Can this helmet combat pro football's 'concussion crisis'?
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:31:00 EDT

This Montreal-made helmet is making its NFL debut this season. But will it help prevent impact-related head injuries?


Buying a house costs a lot less in Edmonton than Calgary. Why is that?
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 09:00:00 EDT
A view of buildings in downtown Edmonton during the day on the left, and a view of buildings in downtown Calgary at dusk on the right.

What’s driving the differences in housing costs between Alberta's two biggest urban centres? Here are some of the factors behind the affordability gulf.


Nunavut RCMP charge sisters, mother with fraud for claiming Inuit status
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:24:14 EDT
Two twin sisters smile. One is in athletic clothing with her hair in a bun. She is hugging her sister, who is wearing a plaid scarf, from behind.

Iqaluit RCMP say they've charged three women with fraud over $5,000 for claiming Inuit status. Twin sisters Amira and Nadya Gill, as well as Karima Manji, face two charges each.


The promise of possibility: PWHL could transform landscape of international hockey
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:11:47 EDT
Two Czech players celebrate after defeating Finland 2-1 in IIHF Women’s World Hockey Championship quarter-final hockey action in Brampton, Ont., on Thursday, April 13, 2023.

There’s never been a women’s professional hockey league with all the best players in the world, and that’s what the new PWHL has set out to accomplish. Presently, a field where Canada or the United States have won every Olympic gold medal and world championship so far.


Ottawa city officials negotiated moving trucks to Wellington Street, trial of convoy leaders hears
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:07:59 EDT
A man in a dark suit carries a notebook toward a courthouse.

Kim Ayotte, the city's manager of emergency and protective services, continued his testimony Thursday in the criminal trial of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber. 


Alberta to explore leaving CPP as report lays claim to $334B, more than half of fund
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 11:57:09 EDT
A woman is pictured in front of a flag.

The Alberta government released a long-awaited report Thursday on the possibility of establishing an Alberta-only pension plan on Thursday, claiming the province is entitled to a staggering $334-billion asset transfer from the Canada Pension Plan in 2027.