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RCMP’s diversity hiring remains stagnant, new figures show
The head of the RCMP has promised to “double down” on efforts to boost diversity among its officers — but newly available statistics show...
Why COVID-19 cases are surging across Canada and what needs to be done
This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you haven’t subscribed yet,...
In the Arctic, ‘everything is changing,’ massive animal tracking study finds
Animals across the Arctic are changing where and when they breed, migrate and forage in response to climate change, says a new study...
Conservative MP calls for nationwide three-digit suicide hotline
As health professionals warn that the pandemic is taking a heavy toll on many Canadians’ mental health, a Conservative MP is calling on the federal...
How Canada’s track and field Olympians are navigating pandemic
You could feel the excitement and pure joy on the other end of the phone. Alysha Newman, full of life and energy, is...
Trial begins for Thunder Bay man accused in trailer-hitch death of First Nations woman
More than three years after Barbara Kentner’s death, her sisters are hoping for justice in a case that hundreds of First Nations chiefs from across...
This man died in RCMP custody while a report that might have saved his life sat on a desk
The sisters of a man who died in RCMP custody say they want to remember their younger brother as a gentle guy who loved...
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...
Donald Marshall Jr. honoured with new research centre at Cape Breton University
A new research institute planned for Cape Breton University will honour the legacy of Donald Marshall Jr., who fought for the Indigenous right to...
Despite convictions for assault, drunk driving only 7 Toronto cops fired at discipline tribunal over 10 years
A quarter of the disciplinary hearings held for Toronto police officers in the last decade involved an officer who was guilty of crimes...
This is What Dylan and Cole Sprouse were really like in college
Dylan and Cole Sprouse, In 2015, Dylan Sprouse told Teen Vogue that when he got to college, “The one thing I knew for...
CHL leagues at mercy of pandemic, politics while formulating return-to-play plans
Knowing the Western Hockey League plans to begin play again on Jan. 8 has brought a sigh of relief from Zack Ostapchuk and some...
Post-secondary students decry cyber exam monitoring tools, urge changes to how they’re assessed
Canadian colleges and universities are in the midst of midterm exam season. But with many students forced to trade in-person lectures and labs...
Montreal man unable to rescue wife, despite federal program that helps Beirut blast survivors come to Canada
Bayan Assi, 29, a Canadian citizen, has been trying to bring his Lebanese wife to Canada ever since they married in January. But...
