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Ontario calls for further bail reforms, including no chance of bail for some charges

Mon, 2024-10-28 08:59

Ontario is calling on the federal government to make several bail-related changes to the Criminal Code, including eliminating bail for certain offences and implementing a "three strike rule" for repeat offenders.

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Canada on track to be world's 3rd-largest wheat exporter in '24-25 crop year

Mon, 2024-10-28 06:36

Canada is on track to be the world's third-largest wheat exporter for the second year in a row as crop production in the prairie provinces continues to increase.

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Blaine Higgs resigns as N.B. PC leader following election defeat

Mon, 2024-10-28 06:23

​​​​​​​Longtime Saint John East Progressive Conservative MLA Glen Savoie is the interim leader of the PC Party.

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Could B.C. finally learn the results of its provincial election today?

Mon, 2024-10-28 06:04

Absentee ballots that will be counted Monday could hold the key to the provincial election in British Columbia. Elections B.C. says it will provide hourly updates.

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Judge details loophole that makes it hard to get convictions for distracted driving in N.S.

Mon, 2024-10-28 01:00

A pair of court decisions released last week by a Nova Scotia Supreme Court justice say that poorly worded legislation is making it tough for the courts to hand down convictions in cases where individuals are accused of distracted driving with a cellphone. She's not the first judge to point this out.

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Food banks in N.L. are so desperate, they're even cutting back on instant coffee

Mon, 2024-10-28 00:30

Food Banks Canada says demand is up 6 per cent this March over last year, and nearly double what it was five years ago, with two million visits per month across the country.

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Parks Canada unveils new national Indigenous Stewardship Policy

Mon, 2024-10-28 00:00

The policy sets out a framework on how Parks Canada and Indigenous communities can work together to conserve nature and culture.

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Election day arrives in Sask., with ballot counting expected to last well into the night

Mon, 2024-10-28 00:00

Saskatchewan voters who haven't already cast their ballots will be able to do that today, the final day of polling before the province decides which party will form the next government. Keep an eye on this page for CBC Saskatchewan's election coverage.

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They knew the rat infestation was bad when they found one swimming in the toilet

Mon, 2024-10-28 00:00

From swimming in toilets to scurrying through backyards, rats are once again making life miserable for some Ottawa residents — this time, in Old Ottawa East.

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Porter breaks its own rules by kicking deaf woman and her service dog off a flight

Mon, 2024-10-28 00:00

Deaf passenger Georgina Villeneuve says she's tired of having to explain to airlines what the rules are around service animals on flights. The Edmonton woman was kicked off a Porter flight last month after the flight attendant didn't know the airline's own rules.

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Tens of thousands of taxpayer accounts hacked as CRA repeatedly paid out millions in bogus refunds

Mon, 2024-10-28 00:00

At the height of this year’s tax season, the Canada Revenue Agency discovered that hackers had obtained confidential data used by one of the country’s largest tax preparation firms, H&R Block Canada.

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No plan for immediate evacuation of Ontarians with disabilities in emergency a year after flagged as 'crisis'

Mon, 2024-10-28 00:00

The most recent review of the Ontario government's progress on implementing the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act considered the current state of emergency procedures for people with disabilities an immediate safety threat. But almost a year and a half after receiving the report, the province hasn't updated its emergency protocols. 

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Trudeau says he thinks about how angry messages affect his family

Sun, 2024-10-27 11:40

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a recent podcast that he thinks about the angry messages some Canadians send his way and what impacts they — and his job overall —  will have on his children.

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2 Canadian families join American parents in lawsuit against social media giants

Sun, 2024-10-27 11:15

The lawsuit was filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court earlier this month on behalf of 11 families — two of whom are Canadian — who say their children suffered physical and mental harms because of social media platforms.

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Montreal dockworkers hold 1-day strike to put pressure on employer

Sun, 2024-10-27 08:38

The move comes on top of an ongoing strike on overtime shifts and a three-day strike at two container terminals that ended earlier this month.

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Manitoba historian concerned residential school denialism will rise after Biden's apology in U.S.

Sun, 2024-10-27 08:34

Historian Sean Carleton says residential school denialism is a strategy used to twist, misrepresent and distort basic facts about residential schools to shake public confidence in the stories of survivors, and in the process of truth and reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada.

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Nova Scotians heading to the polls Nov. 26 after early election call

Sun, 2024-10-27 07:25

Tim Houston has turned his back on the fixed election date he passed into law in 2021, sending Nova Scotians to the polls in November. The Progressive Conservative leader visited Nova Scotia's lieutenant-governor Sunday to dissolve the House and kick off an election eight months earlier than planned.

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Mystery blobs washing up on Newfoundland shores likely man-made, says scientist

Sun, 2024-10-27 02:30

Memorial University assistant professor Hilary Corlett has dived into the mystery of the strange white blobs washing up on Newfoundland's shores.

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No buyer yet for series documenting the revamp of Canada's largest abandoned house

Sun, 2024-10-27 02:00

While Mansion Impossible producers persist in pitching the story of the infamous Grant mansion to online platforms and TV networks, vandals continue to trespass on the property to break windows and put graffiti on the walls.

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