Small towns dig deep during pandemic to save their rinks and halls, one cheesecake at a time
As a national news reporter for CBC, I usually cover the most pressing stories from my province — and there have been plenty in the past year.…
Supreme Court carbon tax ruling: The last ride of the resistance?
This column is an opinion from Andrew Leach, an energy and environmental economist at the University of Alberta. For more information about CBC's Opinion section, please see…
Couples fight for refunds after COVID-19 cancels wedding events
Joyce Fung and Calvin Chan thought they'd be newlyweds by now — partway through their first year of wedded bliss, not still locked in a months-long battle…
Rogers fines 91-year-old woman unable to return equipment due to lockdown
The family of a 91-year-old woman is outraged Rogers had demanded she pay hundreds of dollars for failing to return phone and internet equipment while her long-term…
Advocates urge Liberals to cancel ‘devastating’ cut to services for Canadians with print reading disabilities
Advocates for Canadians with disabilities related to reading printed text have launched a protest campaign after the federal government abruptly announced it would cut their funding —…
Some snowbirds still flying south despite travel rules — because they can
Despite tough new measures imposed by Ottawa to curb travel abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic, some snowbirds are still flying to U.S. sun destinations.That's because they can.…
Airlines suspending certain flights, Ottawa introducing quarantine hotel stays to discourage travel
Canada's main airlines have agreed to cancel service to the Caribbean and Mexico and the federal government is introducing new mandatory quarantine rules as it tries to…
In letter to PM, Kenney calls for consequences or compensation over Keystone XL cancellation
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is repeating his calls for economic retaliation for the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline, or at least some compensation for TC Energy…
Citing threat from COVID-19 variants, Quebec calls on Ottawa to ban vacation travel
Flights continue to arrive at Quebec's airports from sunshine destinations every day and Premier François Legault wants it to stop.He is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…
Why Kenney is having a rougher ride than Trudeau with his pipeline purchase
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rarely see eye to eye, often sparring over a variety of issues from financial and economic policy to…
Biden indicates plans to cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit on 1st day in office, sources confirm
U.S. president-elect Joe Biden has indicated plans to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit via executive action on his first day in office, sources confirmed to CBC…