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Federal government to announce new immigration targets today
Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino will unveil a three-year immigration plan today that will set targets for bringing skilled workers, family members and refugees...
UPS executive granted special ministerial exemption from Canada’s COVID-19 quarantine
The president of U.S. operations for global shipping giant UPS was granted a special ministerial exemption from Canada’s mandatory 14-day COVID-19 quarantine, a...
Is more testing behind the record numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada? Your testing questions answered
We’re answering your questions about the pandemic. Send yours to COVID@cbc.ca, and we’ll answer as many as we can. We publish a selection...
Owner of all-electric Nissan Leaf frustrated by difficulty of getting new battery
You might think that Nissan, the first car-maker to achieve widespread success with a zero-emissions electric vehicle, cares deeply about the environment. But Clayton...
As COVID-19 cases climb in long-term care homes, experts hope to avoid locking down residents
As the number of people infected with COVID-19 continues to climb, the virus has crept back into long-term care and retirement homes across the...
‘They chose the wrong person’: Pierre Laporte’s son reflects on his murder 50 years after October Crisis
It’s been almost 50 years since Jean Laporte learned from a television report that his father had been killed by a radical group...
RCMP faces criticism over mask policy for bearded front-line officers
The RCMP is facing accusations of discrimination because of a policy requiring front-line officers to wear properly fitting medical grade face masks which may not be...
Toronto’s Pearson airport cuts 1/4 of staff due to reduced travel demand amid COVID-19 pandemic
The biggest airport in Canada is eliminating 500 jobs because of the dramatic reduction in demand for air travel due to COVID-19. The Greater Toronto...
It’s time to let family caregivers back into Ontario nursing homes, medical officer says
Dr. Jobin Varughese knows all too well the heartbreaking toll wrought by COVID-19 at Ontario’s long-term care homes. He’s chief medical officer at...
Supreme Court of Canada could open door to class-action lawsuit against Uber
Canada’s highest court will issue a ruling this morning in a case involving the ride-sharing service Uber that could have broad implications for...
What is Juneteenth and why is everybody talking about it this year?
It is a 155-year-old day of celebration that many non-Black people in the U.S. and around the world only started to hear of recently....
Alberta purges judicial vetting committee for former Tory cabinet ministers, political supporters
Alberta Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer purged the entire committee that vets potential provincial court judges and recruited new members through a closed process...
CEO asks employees to lie on timecards or risk job losses — violating labour laws
Several workers of a high-profile company say they were pressured into giving up paid vacation days, then told to lie about it on...
WorkSafeBC told to investigate allegation of ‘culturally unsafe’ workplace at City of Vancouver
WorkSafeBC, a government agency that oversees workers’ health and safety in the province, has been ordered to investigate an Indigenous woman’s claim that she...
5 green infrastructure projects engineers recommend to boost COVID-19 economic recovery
With at least two million jobs lost across Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economy officially in recession, more stimulus is expected...
Temporary foreign worker dies due to COVID-19 as disease hits southwestern Ontario farms hard
A temporary foreign worker from Mexico who came to Canada to work on a farm in Ontario died on Saturday due to COVID-19,...
