‘Not Amazon’ website seeks to boost local businesses across Canada
A Toronto woman is hoping to shift online shopping habits to local businesses during the holiday season by making the experience as convenient as Amazon. "I feel…
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 the first eight months…
The real meaning behind Taylor Swift’s Coney Island lyrics
Taylor Swift's "Coney Island" appears to be about a romance nearing its end, as she sings in one section, "Break my soul in two looking for you…
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, via her Evermore album,…
The real meaning behind Taylor Swift’s No Body, No Crime lyrics
Taylor Swift, Track No. 6 on Evermore trended on Twitter immediately after the release of the album, with countless users sharing their reactions to "NO BODY" (yes,…
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 had very different…
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 cancelled rehabilitation support for…
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 big…
Fort McMurray, Alta., builder charged in California after more complaints from fire victims
An Alberta homebuilder who angered clients in Fort McMurray, Alta., after the 2016 wildfire with construction delays, failed inspections and lawsuits has been charged for his dealings…
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 eight months…
New federal climate bill unlikely to solve Canada’s greenhouse gas reduction problem – here’s why
This column is an opinion by Kyle Hiebert, a research analyst in Winnipeg and former deputy editor of the Africa Conflict Monitor. For more information about CBC's…