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Plenty of room for house prices in Canada to rise as interest rates stay low

In what’s shaping up as a post-pandemic battle for talent, an Ontario company has a plan to harness the Canadian itch to get into...

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Orange Shirt Day ‘not approved’ for military members honouring residential school survivors

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. A top Canadian Armed Forces official last fall ordered soldiers not to wear orange to honour Indigenous...

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Jewish and Hindu rituals were part of our wedding day — along with our beloved Habs

This First Person article is the experience of Taryn Perelmiter and Darpan Patel, newlyweds living in Montreal’s West Island. For more information about CBC’s...

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Inuk leader Mary Simon named as Canada’s 1st Indigenous governor general

Inuk leader Mary Simon will serve as the Queen’s new representative in Canada, marking the first time an Indigenous person has held the role....

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Turning ‘anger into something good,’ this Mi’kmaw boy is walking 200 km for residential school survivors

When Landyn Toney laces up his shoes for the sixth and final day of his walk, the 12-year-old Mi’kmaw boy will have already...

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Is the NHL rigged against Canada? Not really

After winning in overtime last night, the Montreal Canadiens have managed to live to fight another day in their made-for-Disney playoff run. It’s...

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Sexually assaulted at 8, incarcerated 4 times and lost the will to live — how this woman found her stars

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. Jessica Compton has overcome many challenges to get to where she is today —...

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I hate sweet spaghetti, balut, and dinuguan. Am I a bad Filipino?

This First Person article is the experience of Jim Agapito, host of the new CBC Radio series and podcast Recovering Filipino. For more information...

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Ex-cop finally paid $630K in lost wages due to PTSD after years of living in poverty

Former Toronto police officer Ralph Thistle says he’s finally able to install a well and running water at the small cabin near Mt....

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Lytton resident praises firefighters for saving animals she had to leave behind as she fled

A Lytton, B.C., couple are relieved to hear their animals are safe and in local firefighters’ care four days after a devastating wildfire destroyed...

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Black bear breaks into Sask. home, eats bread and butter before being scared out

On June 30, in the middle of a heat wave, Samantha Plunz woke up to an unexpected visitor.  “I woke up to hearing...

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Pump prices expected to continue climb as oilpatch eyes better days ahead

With oil prices recently returning to some of their highest levels in years, experts say drivers should prepare to pay even more at the...

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The high, human cost of global shipping in the pandemic: Sailors stuck at sea for months

For 11 months, Rolly Pague was stranded at sea, stuck on a giant shipping vessel feeding insatiable global demand sparked by the pandemic....

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Birchbark canoe project connects generations of Mi’kmaq in Kejimkujik National Park

Rose Meuse never got to know her grandfather, but she pictures him steering a birchbark canoe through the waterways of Nova Scotia’s Kejimkujik National...

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Woman who saw police kill her ex-boyfriend says ‘he didn’t get the help that he needed’

Amanda Antle and Roy Freake with their child, Jack. Freake was shot to death by police at Antle’s house in Grand Falls-Windsor, N.L.,...

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Parks, lawns and baseball diamonds: How Habs fans are watching the Stanley Cup final

Despite pandemic restrictions and a cap on the number of people allowed at Montreal’s Bell Centre, Habs fans are finding creative ways to gather to...