Mainstream parties are changing laws to protect government institutions. Critics say the changes risk undermining democracy.
Posted: | 9:11 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 24 |
Rating: | 2 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Successive foreign governments plunged it into unpayable debt and left its citizens in penury
Posted: | 8:32 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 19 |
Rating: | 2 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A Canadian company that manufactures children's toy couches finds itself facing a high bill for import tariffs after bringing production home to this country even though it's no longer importing a majority of its product, after a single component of the c
Posted: | 6:30 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 11 |
Rating: | 1 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
An upward trend of record-breaking daily temperatures is reaching areas throughout Canada, including regions of Alberta, British Columbia, and Yukon Territory.
Posted: | 7:06 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 48 |
Rating: | 5 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Some 200 people showed up at a public multi-faith funeral service in Ottawa Sunday to mourn the six people killed more than a week ago in the city's Barrhaven suburb.
Posted: | 5:39 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 39 |
Rating: | 4 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The company behind the GED test is ending service in Canada this year and there's no alternative right now, which means adults wanting the equivalent of a high school diploma or to advance their education will face barriers.
Posted: | 9:44 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 77 |
Rating: | 8 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
After nearly 15 years of legal battles, Jacques Delisle, a former justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his wife.
Posted: | 9:29 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 84 |
Rating: | 8 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A Peachland, B.C., couple is facing the threat of a $1,000 fine and legal action if they do not remove their custom-built tiny home from their rural property by the end of April.
Posted: | 6:57 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Economics |
Hits: | 77 |
Rating: | 8 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A 43-year-old man is in custody after a woman was found dead inside a Scarborough home early Thursday, Toronto police say.
Posted: | 7:25 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 78 |
Rating: | 8 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
In an attempt to combat theft, Loblaw is testing receipt scanners at four of its stores, the grocery giant told CBC News. Customers who use self-checkout must scan their receipt's barcode — confirming that they paid something — which opens a metal gat
Posted: | 6:45 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 106 |
Rating: | 11 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
It may be warming up this week, but it’s tough to forget the extreme cold that swept across Western Canada in mid-January. It turns out that deep freeze cost about $180 million in insured damages across the region.
Posted: | 7:21 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 110 |
Rating: | 11 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The federal fisheries minister says the lucrative elver fishery will stay closed for the 2024 season.
Posted: | 3:59 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 144 |
Rating: | 14 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
New food packaging products sold in the U.S., such as takeout boxes and fast-food wrappers, will no longer contain harmful "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.
Posted: | 7:44 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 130 |
Rating: | 13 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Companies that build multimillion-dollar fortified homes and bomb shelters say that while work has been steady for a while, they have seen a significant uptick in recent years. And when the ultra-rich invest in a bunker, they inevitably do it in style.
Posted: | 8:02 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 147 |
Rating: | 15 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
China officially denies that these workers are in the country, but a team of researchers identified 15 seafood processing plants that have used more than 1,000 North Korean workers since 2017
Posted: | 7:06 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 162 |
Rating: | 16 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The Canadian government has confirmed it will restore funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. The government suspended funding in January after Israel alleged 12 employees of the agency were involved in the October 7
Posted: | 3:39 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 86 |
Rating: | 9 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
CBC’s Marketplace documented driving schools and instructors in Ontario offering a shortcut to beginner driver education certificates for a fee, making drivers eligible for insurance discounts and a reduced wait for road tests.
Posted: | 6:10 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 151 |
Rating: | 15 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Scientists link tiny particles in blood vessels with substantially higher risk of death
Posted: | 6:06 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 148 |
Rating: | 15 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will fight social media star-turned-boxer Jake Paul on July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex.
Posted: | 3:46 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 125 |
Rating: | 13 |
Poster: | Scape |
According to a court filing, the groups say the RCMP did not properly investigate before publicly accusing them of being linked to foreign interference, an allegation they deny.
Posted: | 7:10 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Funny |
Hits: | 132 |
Rating: | 13 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Three new public opinion surveys suggest Canadians are growing more concerned about the state of the country's military — and about Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's threats to abandon allies who don't invest in defence.
Posted: | 9:28 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 111 |
Rating: | 11 |
Poster: | bootlegga |
A Calgary man who killed his abusive father has been convicted of murder after jurors deliberated for just three hours.
Posted: | 7:39 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 161 |
Rating: | 16 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Haiti's prime minister landed in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, answering a key question on the minds of Haitians ever since armed gangs plunged the long-suffering Caribbean nation into near anarchy: Where in the world is he?
Posted: | 7:18 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 140 |
Rating: | 14 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The whale was spotted 30 miles south of Nantucket on March 1, seen diving and resurfacing, appearing to feed. Scientists say climate change may be why the species has reappeared.
Posted: | 5:55 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 130 |
Rating: | 13 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The rape of a travel blogger by multiple men has triggered a nationwide outcry over one of India's rampant problems: a decades-long struggle to curb rising sexual violence against women.
Posted: | 10:14 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 150 |
Rating: | 15 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is calling Saskatchewan's decision to not pay the carbon price on home heating 'immoral' and that it's illegal.
Posted: | 9:17 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 149 |
Rating: | 15 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Conservative candidate Jamil Jivani celebrated his victory in the Ontario riding of Durham by thanking his allies and pouncing on his "Liberal elite" rivals.
Posted: | 9:17 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 119 |
Rating: | 12 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
City manager Marnie Cluckie named the nature of the cyber attack for the first time during a virtual call Monday afternoon, alongside Mayor Andrea Horwath. The call was the city's first media conference since the breach began
Posted: | 7:14 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 220 |
Rating: | 22 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will present the federal budget on April 16, as cost-of-living issues continue to dominate Canadian politics.
Posted: | 7:13 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Economics |
Hits: | 134 |
Rating: | 13 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Ottawa has to take action against Saskatchewan for breaking the federal carbon-pricing law.
Posted: | 7:12 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 148 |
Rating: | 15 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The City of Prince Rupert says its staff recently encountered 19 dead eagles at the local landfill after a "deleterious substance" was dumped by a third party.
Posted: | 7:13 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 150 |
Rating: | 15 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Majority decision from top court states Canadians must not become “digital recluses” in order to enjoy privacy protections from police searches.
Posted: | 7:30 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 153 |
Rating: | 15 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Crown prosecutors have withdrawn an obstruction charge against an Edmonton reporter. Brandi Morin was arrested in January while she was covering police clearing a homeless encampment in the provincial capital.
Posted: | 2:55 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 188 |
Rating: | 19 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The federal natural resources minister says Saskatchewan residents won't get a carbon rebate, after the province announced Thursday it would stop remitting the levy on natural gas to Ottawa.
Posted: | 6:01 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 169 |
Rating: | 17 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |