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In Ottawa’s rush to buy PPE, companies with little or no experience got some of the biggest contracts
This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during...
2 dead in construction mishap in London, Ont., recovery effort underway for one body
Heavy equipment was brought in Saturday in an effort to recover the body of a worker trapped in the rubble of a partial...
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...
Is Taylor Swift’s ‘Champagne Problems’ a nod to Katy Perry?
Katy Perry and Taylor Swift may both have “Champagne Problems,” but the issues bubbling up in Swift’s new song, released Dec. 11, 2020,...
The real meaning behind Taylor Swift’s Champagne Problems lyrics
In the Evermore album note, Taylor Swift writes that this track, which she co-wrote with Joe Alwyn, is “the one where longtime college sweethearts...
Veterans Affairs was wrong to cancel child care support for prominent department critic, says ombudsman
One day after former veterans minister Seamus O’Regan publicly rebuked outspoken department critic Sean Bruyea in 2018, officials in his former department improperly...
IPOs this week have DoorDash and Airbnb worth billions of dollars despite not turning a profit
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a boon for tech company shares as lockdown measures for millions of people feed record demand for digital services. And two...
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...
In Winnipeg during a pandemic, if you build a backyard ice rink, they will come
What do you do in the middle of a pandemic, when winter weather has arrived and almost every form of recreation is banned? Build an...
Fear, frustration, compassion and shame: What nurses are dealing with during the pandemic
(WARNING: This story contains graphic descriptions that may disturb or offend some readers.) There are close to 450,000 nurses in Canada. Some work...
2 Ontario LTC operators got $157M in COVID-19 aid. They also paid $74M to shareholders
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...
Elon Musk’s Starlink offers fast internet connections to rural Canadians. But it’s not cheap
When Vernon Kejick got a first taste of Starlink satellite internet on the Pikangikum First Nation, his initial review was succinct. “All I...
700 families waiting for children’s health services at Toronto hospital as pandemic backlog grows
Just six months after he was born, Ivona Nowak’s son Noah was diagnosed with cancer in his spinal cord. The tumour, though treatable, left the...
Indigenous tourism group paid CEO $25K bonus days after it was tasked to distribute COVID-19 relief funds
This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during...
