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Exclusive golf course books $1 million surplus, aided by federal COVID-19 relief
This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during the...
More than 7 million travellers have entered Canada during the pandemic. CBSA explains why
Canada’s border closure to non-essential travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic — which is continuing until at least Jan. 21 — has sparked...
Alberta to send COVID-19 teams to hard-hit areas in Edmonton, Calgary
The Alberta government will send COVID-19 teams into the 11 hardest-hit neighbourhoods in Edmonton and Calgary to offer masks, hand sanitizer and more...
Tom Cruise’s latest meltdown explained
According to The Sun, the Hollywood superstar was upset because he spotted a pair of people who broke social distancing rules on the...
Home for the holidays: Post-secondary students navigate vague guidelines, self-isolation
Whether donning a mask to venture out to meet her lone study buddy or rushing to grab food on a 15-minute break between...
Ottawa granted 1,700 special quarantine exemptions to sports leagues and business travellers
A total of 1,790 people entering Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic have received special ministerial permission to skip quarantine — because their trip was...
Holiday charity work in Canada a challenge for fundraisers and donors during pandemic
When Victoria’s Santa Claus parade had to be cancelled due to COVID-19, the Greater Victoria Festival Society came up with a Plan B...
Ottawa to hike federal carbon tax to $170 a tonne by 2030
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today released the government’s strategy to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 — and its centrepiece is a...
Canadians now owe $1.71 for every dollar they have to spend, StatsCan says
Canadian households owed an average of $1.71 for every dollar of disposable income in the third quarter, Statistics Canada said on Friday. In...
The pandemic unexpectedly saved thousands from financial ruin. But there’s a reckoning on the horizon
This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during...
Why millions of dollars in pandemic aid is going to corporations making healthy profits
This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during the first...
Distillers scrambled to make hand sanitizer for free. Then the federal government moved on
This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during...
Not even the COVID-19 crisis can hold back Christmas shoppers with ‘savings hoard’ to unload
Boarded-up shop fronts and well-publicized cries of pain from retailers might leave you thinking the pandemic is the Grinch that stole Christmas shopping....
Pandemic leaves students with disabilities disconnected from peers and short on support
Navigating school this fall has meant a host of new challenges for learners with disabilities, with both students and families often having to advocate...
Where you live is who you are: Erin O’Toole and the new culture war
In the midst of the worst public health emergency in a century and the greatest economic disruption since the Great Depression, Erin O’Toole...
Iconic movies you never realized Aaron Sorkin worked on
In a November 2020 Vanity Fair interview, Aaron Sorkin described getting his start as “getting hit by lightning.” He then discussed how he moved...
