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For nearly four centuries, Canada lived in a rare, strategic luxury, without having to worry about the security of its borders.

What the actual fuck? We’re in the middle of a healthcare crisis. Ottawa has a growing population. Wait times are terrible. And we’re cutting staff?

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Not even sitting in a luxury suite either

Prairie Harm Reduction is ceasing all operations as of 5 p.m. Thursday, after board members said they learned its financial shortfall is “more dire” than they thought.

A state of emergency has been declared in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, where an ongoing power outage is expected to continue into Friday.

Hundreds of high school students in Waterloo region have been temporarily suspended from school for having out-of-date vaccination records.

As part of its pitch to lure Canada to buy Gripen-E fighter jets, Saab has offered to establish a secure, sovereign data centre in Montreal to house critical, top-secret mission data and intelligence, CBC News has learned.

What if the key to preventing the next global pandemic was discovered on an ostrich farm in a remote town in British Columbia, but the federal government ordered all its birds dead?

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The RCMP is asking the Federal Court to overturn a finding that its officers discriminated against Indigenous people when they investigated historical abuse allegations at two northern B.C. schools.

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Canada’s Immigration Department is sending tens of thousands of refugee claimants letters that they may not be eligible for asylum — and is telling some of them that they should leave immediately.

In a recent interview with BNN Bloomberg, David McFadgen, managing director of institutional equity research at ATB Cormark Capital Markets, highlighted Quebecor as his “favourite name in the telecom space,” citing a strategy that mirrors its successful disruption of the landline market two decades ago.

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Am I so out of touch? No… it’s the children who are wrong

Environment Canada said that over the past year, its “scientists and meteorologists have been carrying out extensive testing on the hybrid model, running it in parallel with our traditional model to evaluate its performance for predicting weather conditions in Canada.”

My back! Sacre bleu!

"All you had to do was pay us enough to live."

Canada’s sovereignty call-to-arms has largely been expressed through what we buy. Shoppers fiercely scrutinize labels and corporate ownership to determine whether a product is truly “Canadian.” But while we’re paying closer attention to the origin and composition of the products we’re purchasing, we’re not really thinking about how we pay for them. That needs to change.

Ladies’ night looked a little different Tuesday for the hundreds of women attending Chippendale’s stop in Saskatoon — tucked in the back were volunteers from a local charity. It wasn’t just a clever partnership. It was a legal obligation.

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The Jian Ghomeshi Loophole

A private company is seeking exclusive rights to part of a treasured coastal park near Victoria, sparking concerns about the B.C. government’s priorities for public wilderness areas.

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Inside the foam-insulated briefcase were hundreds of screws and the wiring to make the improvised explosive device explode, RCMP in Sherwood Park said.

Hours after Iran and the U.S. reached a ceasefire deal, Israel launched one of its most devastating attacks on Lebanon to date.

Bebawi was sentenced in 2020 to eight and a half years in prison for his role in the corruption scheme between the engineering firm and Moammar Gadhafi’s Libyan regime. He was released after serving one-sixth of his sentence.

In 2016, Gladu was voted “most collegial” MP in a survey of her colleagues. But in the years since she has made headlines for different reasons.

I’ve done a systems analysis of Alberta’s political system—and found out some facts that I suspect few people know. Did you know, for example, that in 121 years not once has a political party governed Alberta, been voted out of office, and then been re-elected? Or that in the last 20 years not one single premier has been in power for more than one term? I argue that Alberta has been a ‘dominant-party’ democracy since the province was created, but that system may now be transitioning into a two-party system. And because of that change Danielle Smith has been supporting extremist factions to hold onto power.

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The B.C. government is recommending a fine against those responsible for the deaths of more than a dozen cattle last fall, but the Ministry of Environment and Parks won’t say who, exactly, investigators believe is to blame for poisoning at least 13 cattle in the province’s Interior.

Several environmental groups have launched a constitutional challenge seeking to kill an Ontario law that allows cabinet to suspend other laws.

In June 2024, an Ontario man who was visiting Montreal parked his car, a Honda Accord, on the street in a central neighbourhood. The next day, it was gone.

As Canada lowers its tariffs and imports more electric vehicles from China, an upcoming report from New York-based labour rights researchers is making new allegations of forced labour practices at the world’s bestselling EV manufacturer, BYD.

New poll shows a majority of Canadians want to ban citizens from serving in the U.S. military.

Retired colonel Pierre LeBlanc … says Canada faces an increasing number of risks to its security from Russia, China and even the U.S., but has failed to invest in strategic defence to deter adversaries.

The Liberals once talked tough about distancing Canada from the U.S. Now they seem eager to profit from the president’s agenda.

Michael Reddekopp spoke on behalf of Reddee Properties Inc., which owns six buildings downtown. He said his properties currently have six vacancies where thriving businesses once operated.