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Canadian youth sports groups are losing millions of dollars to fraud and theft
For the Corner Brook Minor Hockey Association, it was like being on the receiving end of an open-ice body check. It was in...
Pandemic ‘pressure cooker’ is driving more couples to seek advice about separation, divorce
Tara Mandarano found herself stressed and frustrated during the COVID-19 lockdown last spring. Like millions of Canadians, she was struggling to work from...
7 residents dead at Scarborough long-term care home battling COVID-19 outbreak
Seven residents have died at a Scarborough, Ont., long-term care home in the midst of a COVID-19 outbreak, while 136 other residents and 66...
Major Canadian mall operator cancels Santa visits, will offer virtual experiences instead
Canadian kids anxiously awaiting a visit with Santa Claus at their local mall will have to settle for a very different experience this...
Ontario’s COVID-19 resurgence is threatening Christmas gatherings. Will people adjust their plans?
Ontario’s latest COVID-19 modelling data suggests that public health officials could soon be faced with an exceptionally difficult task: convincing weary Ontarians to...
Refugee advocates say Canada must step up resettlement efforts despite pandemic
Advocates for refugees say the federal government must step up its efforts to help people fleeing conflict and persecution abroad — even as...
Canada condemns removal of pro-democracy Hong Kong legislators
Canada’s top diplomat says China is flouting its international obligations with its latest move to quash dissent in Hong Kong. Earlier this week, China’s...
How technology — and a global pandemic — are transforming Remembrance Day
On a grey, windswept spring day three years ago, Ryan Mullens sat next to the grave of a long-dead soldier in the green...
The comfort of strangers: how a British family kept a slain Canadian airman’s memory alive
As a child in the late 1940s, John Charlesworth would run through the military cemetery in Harrogate, a quiet, tidy community on the...
‘I want him to see the pain’: Virtual trial for accused Toronto van attacker means no day in court for victims
The trial of Alek Minassian, the man accused of committing one of Canada’s worst instances of mass violence when he drove a van into...
Whole Foods grocery chain bans employees from wearing poppies
Less than a week before millions of Canadians are set to pay their respects to veterans by wearing a poppy, a national grocery...
RCMP say fighting violence against children is part of daily policing in Nunavut
This is part two of a three-part CBC North series, The Small Abused. The series looks into reporting, prevention and support services available to children...
This man died in RCMP custody while a report that might have saved his life sat on a desk
The sisters of a man who died in RCMP custody say they want to remember their younger brother as a gentle guy who loved...
Canada’s largest school board to spend $2M in bonuses for principals, vice-principals this school year
Canada’s largest school board has announced that it will spend more than $2 million in extra compensation for its top managerial staff, citing what it...
Lack of PSWs leaves London, Ont., man stuck in his wheelchair for 3 days
A 76-year-old man from London, Ont., says he was left to sleep in his wheelchair for three consecutive days after his personal support worker...
