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In face of extreme weather, Canadians increasingly turn to crowdfunding for help

News/Climate | Mon, 06 May 2024 09:00:00 EDT

Families and small businesses in Canada are increasingly turning to crowdfunding for financial support as they struggle to recover from the damage wrought by floods, wildfires and storms, new data shows. read more

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Another public consultation? Skepticism grows as Alberta launches survey on auto insurance

News/Canada/Calgary | Mon, 06 May 2024 07:00:00 EDT

After months of pointing at big changes to come, the province says legislation to reform Alberta's auto insurance system could be coming this fall. read more

A man holds a monster catfish by the jaw with both hands on a riverbank. The head appears as wide as his torso.

This voracious U.S. catfish species is now in Ontario, possibly due to climate change

News/Canada/London | Mon, 06 May 2024 05:00:00 EDT

For the first time, researchers have found evidence the flathead catfish — which is native to the southern U.S. and known for its huge size and monstrous appetite for fish — is spawning in the Thames River in southwestern Ontario. read more

Quebec has seen a threefold increase in the number of organ donors including a major jump in donations through medical aid in dying (MAID), says a report. Surgical instruments are used during an organ transplant surgery at a hospital in Washington on Tuesday, June 28, 2016.

U.S. lawmakers are taking aim at private equity in health care. Here's what is happening in Canada

News/Health | Mon, 06 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT

In the U.S., the growing role of private equity firms in health care is coming under heightened scrutiny, with senate committee hearings and a public inquiry underway. In Canada, private equity firms have also bought up health-care facilities outside hospitals, and experts point to studies suggesting what's good for the firms’ bottom line may not help patient care. read more

The snow-covered Canada Post office in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut is pictured with its traditional big red sign with Inuktitut syllabics.

Nunavut residents frustrated as Canada Post closes loophole that allowed free Amazon shipping to small communities

News/Canada/North | Mon, 06 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT

Nunavummiut from several communities say they're reeling from suddenly losing access to free Amazon shipping after Canada Post put an end to a loophole customers utilized to access the service. read more

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Algonquin leaders seek answers on toxic sewage discharge at nuclear lab

News/Indigenous | Mon, 06 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT

Algonquin leaders are demanding accountability and seeking answers after learning Canadian Nuclear Laboratories discharged toxic sewage at the Chalk River research hub along the Ottawa River this spring. read more

Canada's Competition Bureau investigating Lululemon's green claims, non-profit says

News/Business | Mon, 06 May 2024 08:01:00 EDT

Stand.earth's complaint says Lululemon's Be Planet sustainability campaign from 2020 — in which the company said it would work to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions — is contradicted by a 2022 impact report that outlined the B.C. company's progress in reaching its climate goals. read more

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Taylor Swift fan had concert tickets and a place to stay. Then Booking.com pulled the rug out from under her

News/Canada | Mon, 06 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT

A Taylor Swift fan from Montreal who secured accommodations for the pop star's Toronto concert found herself without a place to stay after Booking.com cancelled her reservations and refused to help find an affordable alternative. A legal expert says the rental booking site shirked its responsibilities by failing to help the Swiftie get what she was promised. read more

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CRA reversed $246M in pandemic benefit debts after thousands contested eligibility status

News/Politics | Mon, 06 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT

The government has had to cancel at least $246 million in debts for thousands of Canadians it initially claimed had received pandemic benefits for which they weren’t eligible. read more

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This mom took her 14-year-old daughter off life support. She says her suicide was preventable

News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador | Mon, 06 May 2024 04:30:00 EDT

Darcel Lidd didn't want to die. Her mother says she is certain of that. What she wanted, Miriam Lidd says, was help — assistance not readily available in her community on Labrador's northern coast. read more

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Halifax considers incentives for developers who convert old offices to apartments

News/Canada/Nova Scotia | Mon, 06 May 2024 05:00:00 EDT

Since reaching an agreement last fall to get money from the federal Housing Accelerator Fund, Halifax has begun to develop a pilot program that will offer grants to developers who convert some downtown office buildings into housing. read more

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Proposed volcanic-rock mine divides northern New Brunswick town

News/Canada/New Brunswick | Mon, 06 May 2024 05:00:00 EDT

Residents on New Brunswick's north shore are divided over a proposal to operate an open pit mine in the community of Dalhousie. While many are embracing the potential for a boost to the struggling economy, others fear the project could harm the environment. read more

Close up photo of a charging plug connected to a blue electric vehicle.

What to look for when buying a used EV

Radio/Cost of Living | Mon, 06 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT

If you’re in the market for an electric vehicle, but cringing at the prices, experts say now might be the time to buy a used model. read more

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New N.S. tourism company that would highlight Black cultural sites faces pushback

News/Canada/Nova Scotia | Mon, 06 May 2024 05:00:00 EDT

A new tourism company that wants to offer tours of Black heritage sites around Nova Scotia is facing pushback from competitors who say the market is saturated. read more

Two astronauts in blue jumpsuits give thumbs up in front of NASA's massive Vehicle Assembly Building.

Astronauts are ready to test out Boeing's new spacecraft — and a Canadian will be talking them through it

News/Science | Sat, 04 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT

It’s been a decade in the making, but Boeing’s commercial spacecraft is finally launching with its first passengers. Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk will be in mission control helping lead the way. read more

The wing and front portion of a passenger plane with the name WesJet is seen outside of a hangar with the WestJet name as well.

Work stoppage averted as WestJet, aircraft engineers' union reach tentative deal

News/Canada/British Columbia | Mon, 06 May 2024 01:20:20 EDT

WestJet and the union representing its maintenance engineers reached a tentative agreement late Sunday, averting a work stoppage that could have started disrupting flights as early as Tuesday afternoon. read more

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Ontario man, whose infant son and parents were killed in highway crash, can't bear to be at home

News/Canada/Toronto | Sun, 05 May 2024 13:57:40 EDT

A survivor of a fatal wrong-way crash on the Highway 401 last week is speaking out for the first time, saying his family is "reeling" from the collision that claimed the lives of both of his parents and his son. read more

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Canadians have 'fundamental right to live safely,' PM says after arrests in B.C. Sikh activist's killing

News/Politics | Sat, 04 May 2024 11:11:26 EDT

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted Canada as a "rule-of-law country" in comments on Saturday about arrests made in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader, as he sought to reassure Sikh Canadians that persecution won't be tolerated. read more

Red Dress Day events honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2-spirit people

News/Canada | Sun, 05 May 2024 11:16:03 EDT

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Provincial governments facing higher debts and more financial pressure

News/Canada/Calgary | Sun, 05 May 2024 08:00:00 EDT

After riding a red-hot economy to shrink deficits and grow surpluses, provincial governments across the country are beginning to see their finances flounder. read more