Toronto mom spent her severance pay on car insurance, but ended up uninsured
Yasmine Sharaf thought she had scored a great deal on car insurance.The 48-year-old Toronto mother of three needed a lucky break; she had been laid off from…
Alberta MLAs quit coalition against public health restrictions after Ontario MPP invokes Hitler
Two members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's United Conservative Party caucus have quit a national coalition against public health restrictions, after the group's founder compared measures to…
Gym outbreak in Quebec City leads to more than 140 COVID-19 infections
At least 141 people have contracted COVID-19 in connection to an outbreak at a gym in Quebec City, the regional health authority confirmed Thursday.The outbreak at Mega…
COVID-19 and N.L.’s election results probably killed the idea of a spring federal election
If rising COVID-19 caseload numbers and the spread of more contagious and deadlier variants of the virus were not enough already to close the door on a…
Canadian Screen Awards: Schitt’s Creek leads nominations for 3rd year running
Well into its third year of topping awards shows, comedy Schitt's Creek led the nominations for this year's Canadian Screen Awards with 21 nods. The show, which…
Uber’s proposed revamp of provincial labour laws would cement the notion that gig workers are not employees
This column is an opinion by Paris Marx, a socialist writer and host of the Tech Won't Save Us podcast. For more information about CBC's Opinion section,…
What a Legault-Trudeau detente might mean for the Liberals in Quebec
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ventured into Quebec twice in the past two weeks to make joint announcements with Premier François Legault.If their new friendliness is a…
Hundreds of ICU patients transferred between Ontario hospitals as COVID-19 admissions rise
For Toronto critical care physician Dr. Jamie Spiegelman, nearly every workday involves sending a handful of COVID-19 patients to other intensive care units.Sometimes that means transferring those…
Singh says he disagrees with Hamilton MP’s post on racism in Quebec, but demands no apology
New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says he does not agree with accusations that Quebecers are racist, after one of his Hamilton MPs applauded controversial remarks on the…
Why Alberta has identified more variant cases but they’re believed to be more prevalent in Ontario
Alberta has identified more COVID-19 variants of concern to date than any other province, but the variants are actually estimated to have gained a larger foothold in…
CP Rail leaves mountain train parked without crew or handbrakes near site of deadly 2019 runaway crash
WARNING: This story contains language that some readers may find offensive.Canadian Pacific Railway is under fire after leaving a 2.5-kilometre-long grain train parked without handbrakes last month…