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Tracking the not-so-clear trail of $240B in federal COVID-19 spending
This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during...
Mortgage rates hit a new low, with Canadian bank posting below 1%
HSBC has come out with a variable rate mortgage at 0.99 per cent, which industry watchers believe is the first such posted offer below...
Trans Mountain’s COVID-19 costs are now $12.5 million and growing
New numbers show that Trans Mountain’s COVID-19 costs are now 10 times higher than the figure the pipeline initially reported. Last month, the federal government-owned pipeline...
The 1976 U.S. swine flu vaccinations may offer lessons for the COVID-19 pandemic
For Pascal Imperato, a communicable disease epidemiologist who in 1976 was in charge of immunizing New York City against a potential swine flu epidemic, the...
Alberta’s hospital system under significant strain, says medical official
The latest: November was the worst month for the pandemic in Alberta so far, with cases going from 6,002 active cases of COVID-19 Nov....
Unusable masks, catered meals, redone renos: B.C health minister orders review of PHSA spending
British Columbia’s health minister has ordered an immediate review of alleged misspending by the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) during the COVID-19 crisis....
Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Monday
The latest: COVID-19 case numbers are continuing their slow but steady rise across most of Atlantic Canada. Health officials in New Brunswick reported 14...
Death threats, overcrowding and few masks: A TTC driver speaks out about life during COVID-19
Usually it’s dirty looks or insults, but sometimes, bus drivers working in Toronto’s COVID-19 hot spots are subjected to much worse. One bus driver...
Students burnt out by pandemic learning push more universities toward longer winter breaks
When McMaster University student Elisa Do learned last week that her school would be delaying the start of classes in January following the...
Small retailers push back against lockdown policy that favours big-box stores
Small businesses in Toronto and Peel Region say it’s not fair that they should be closed for in-person shopping while big-box stores can sell all...
Nav Canada looking at cutting air traffic controller jobs at 7 towers across Canada
NAV Canada, hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, is considering cutting air traffic controller jobs at seven towers across Canada in an effort to...
Canada has turned back 4,400 asylum seekers in 5 years
Canada has turned away at least 4,400 asylum seekers at the U.S. border since 2016 — including some who were hoping to find refuge...
Family of jailed Saudi activist implores Canada to call out kingdom’s human rights record at G20
The family of a women’s rights activist who has been jailed in Saudi Arabia for over two years is calling on the federal...
The Unsaid truth of Rudy Guiliani’s son’s Andrew Giuliani, COVID-19 diagnosis
Rudy Guiliani’s son’s Andrew Giuliani made nationwide headings after he checked favorable for COVID-19, including his name to the growing list of contaminated...
Despite 30,000 pandemic-related price-gouging complaints, there have been few repercussions
Within weeks of the coronavirus pandemic being declared, one premier after another made tough promises to stop price gouging on essential products. Yet,...
Sports groups defrauded by their own members face uphill battle in rebuilding community trust
Whenever an organization is the victim of theft, the impact can be deep and long lasting. When money is stolen by an employee...
