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The power of love: Why a 96-year-old man sold his Ontario house and moved to rural Newfoundland
Melissa Tobin | News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador | Sun, 3 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDTWelcome to Plate Cove West, a small Newfoundland town where Charlie Comrie, a veteran of the Second World War, has made his home. Why? As Melissa Tobin writes, it's a love story for the ages. read more
B.C. women get an up-close encounter with humpback whale off coast of Vancouver Island
Akshay Kulkarni | News/Canada/British Columbia | Sun, 3 Jul 2022 07:00:00 EDTTwo B.C. women had a close encounter with a humpback whale in Georgia Strait, in what a marine biologist hopes is a sign of good things for the mammal’s population in B.C. read more
Doctors urge Ontario to open 4th doses of COVID-19 vaccine to all adults
CBC News | News/Canada/Toronto | Sun, 3 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDTSome doctors are calling on Ontario to allow all adults to get a second booster of a COVID-19 vaccine this summer, something that the province is currently limiting to only a portion of the population. read more
Air travellers face cancellations, delays throughout long weekend
| News/Canada | Sun, 3 Jul 2022 12:21:00 EDTMany passengers are facing delays, lost baggage and missed connections through the Canada Day long weekend. Staff shortages, in the air and on the ground, have been blamed for the chaos. read more
Saanich, B.C., shootout witnesses recount 'terrifying trauma' of bank robbery
David P. Ball | News/Canada/British Columbia | Sun, 3 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDTPolice in Saanich, B.C., announced Saturday that they're letting locals back into what was for days a crime scene, nearly a week after a shootout left six officers wounded and two twin-brother bank robbers dead. But for witnesses to the deadly violence last Tuesday, the trauma of the events lingers. read more
Family fears for their lives as deportation from Canada imminent
Paige Parsons | News/Canada/Edmonton | Sat, 2 Jul 2022 08:00:00 EDTLuis Ubando Nolasco and his family fled to Canada after his brother was shot and killed in 2018. Now, despite attempts to secure refugee status, they are awaiting deportation back to Mexico. read more
Twin brothers identified as armed bank robbers killed by police in Saanich, B.C.
CBC News | News/Canada/British Columbia | Sat, 2 Jul 2022 15:16:44 EDTRCMP officers in Saanich, B.C., have identified 22-year-old twin brothers Matthew and Isaac Auchterlonie as the two armed bank robbers who were killed by police in a shootout on Tuesday. read more
Fish still missing, traditions extinct 30 years after N.L. cod moratorium
Ryan Cooke | News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador | Sat, 2 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDTLooking back at tumultuous period in Newfoundland and Labrador's recent history, the wins are few and the losses are many. read more
RCMP shoot, injure 22-year-old man on Shamattawa First Nation
CBC News | News/Canada/Manitoba | Sat, 2 Jul 2022 19:24:24 EDTA Shamattawa First Nation man was shot and seriously injured by RCMP in the northern Manitoba community, the federal police service and community’s chief said on Saturday. read more
RCMP spied on activists in early days of universal medicare planning in Sask., documents show
Dayne Patterson | News/Canada/Saskatchewan | Sat, 2 Jul 2022 18:23:29 EDTAn access to information request has turned up documents that show that in the 1960s, the RCMP surveilled doctors in Saskatchewan who supported what is now universal medicare, fearing they may be communists. read more
How Canada's toughest triathlon is helping Lac-Mégantic, Que., redefine itself as train tragedy lingers
Loreen T. Pindera | News/Canada/Montreal | Sat, 2 Jul 2022 05:00:00 EDTWhen the organizers of CanadaMan/Woman, now in its fifth year, pitched the idea in 2015, Lac-Mégantic was still reeling from the 2013 rail disaster that killed 47 people. The race has helped to transform the town in ways no one could have imagined. read more
This Alaskan parka is windproof, waterproof — and made from bear intestines
April Hudson | News/Canada/North | Sat, 2 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDTIt's waterproof. It's windproof. It's lightweight and durable. And it's made from the intestines of two bears, painstakingly cleaned and sewn together by a group of women in Alaska. read more
13-year-old Edmonton girl, who went missing June 24, found safe in Oregon
Nicholas Frew | News/Canada/Edmonton | Sat, 2 Jul 2022 14:31:24 EDTA teenage girl from Edmonton, who was first reported missing over a week ago, was found safe in the state of Oregon Saturday, police say. read more
Canadian diver Mia Vallée captures silver for 2nd medal at world championships
CBC Sports | Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports/Aquatics/Diving | Sat, 2 Jul 2022 14:33:05 EDTCanadian diver Mia Vallée jumped back on the podium at the world aquatics championships in Budapest, Hungary. The Beaconsfield, Que., native earned her second medal of the competition with silver in the women's three-metre springboard final on Saturday. read more
Volunteers urgently needed at Montreal non-profit that helps women flee abusive homes
Sabrina Jonas | News/Canada/Montreal | Sat, 2 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDTA non-profit organization that helps women and children in Montreal move out of their abusive homes estimates that about 50 per cent of people who are contacting Shelter Movers Montreal are canceling their move with them because the wait is too long. read more
Transphobia is gaining ground in the U.S. Gender-diverse people in Canada worry it could happen here
Nick Logan | News/Canada | Sat, 2 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDTGender-diverse people and advocates in Canada are watching the anti-LGBTQ hate gaining prominence in the United States, where transgender rights, gender diversity and gender expression have become popular targets for Republican politicians and far-right trolls. read more
Biologist finds behemoth tree in North Vancouver nearly as wide as a Boeing 747 airplane cabin
David P. Ball | News/Canada/British Columbia | Sat, 2 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDTA western red cedar found in Lynn Headwaters Regional Park is likely 1,000-2,000 years old, experts say. read more
1st in-person Canada Day since pandemic brings celebration, protests to Ottawa
| News/Canada | Thu, 30 Jun 2022 16:23:58 EDT
WW I soldier finally at rest after Canadian team solved the century-old mystery of his death
| News/World | Fri, 1 Jul 2022 16:19:24 EDT
More than 2 years into the pandemic, some reunite with family far away. Others endure a difficult wait
CBC Radio | Radio | Fri, 1 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDTThe CBC Radio special The Same Boat explores how people with close ties in other countries have managed to stay connected, two years into the pandemic. read more
Afro-Caribbean farmers’ market opens in Toronto’s Little Jamaica
Canada/Afro-Caribbean/Afua Cooper | Sun, 03 Jul 2022 19:35:44 +0000A farmers' market selling foods from the Caribbean islands and African countries, as well as local produce, will take place throughout the summer. read more
Canadian retailers struggle with online shipping costs as fuel surcharges soar
Canada/Consumer/Canadian retailers | Sun, 03 Jul 2022 19:04:23 +0000For Canadian stores with high online return rates, the increased cost of shipping can be especially challenging when couriers charges fuel surcharges amid high gas price. read more
Divers rescue person from South Saskatchewan river: Saskatoon Fire Department
Canada/crime saskatoon/person river saskatoon | Sun, 03 Jul 2022 19:01:57 +0000Divers entered the river and searched the area to find one person and then initiated CPR, according to a release. read more
Memorial bike ride held in Vancouver for UBC cyclist student killed by dump truck
Canada/Agustín Beltrán/Agustín Beltrán death | Sun, 03 Jul 2022 18:19:28 +0000A memorial bike ride went underway Sunday morning for a cyclist killed by a dump truck earlier this week. read more
Naval Security Team trains on Okanagan Lake in Kelowna, B.C.
Canada/BC Ferries/Convoy | Sun, 03 Jul 2022 18:12:07 +0000The convoy of four defender boats plus support vehicles will leave CFB Esquimalt, then make a quick stop in Hope for crew rest before continuing to its destination in Kelowna. read more
Parkland RCMP looking for white truck after cyclist hit on Highway 60
Canada/cyclist hit/cyclist safety | Sun, 03 Jul 2022 17:53:12 +0000Police say a 74-year-old man on a bike sustained serious head and shoulder injuries. RCMP said he was conscious but not alert. read more
Indigenous youth group holds powwow at former residential school in Mission, B.C.
Canada/BC/Indigenous | Sun, 03 Jul 2022 17:47:53 +0000The youth group, Valley Youth Peers for Overdose Response, or VYPOR, is a youth-led peer group for current or past drug users in the Fraser Region Area. read more
2 pets dead after London, Ont. house fire, officials say
Canada/Fire/House Fire | Sun, 03 Jul 2022 17:23:23 +0000Fire crews with the London Fire Department were called to a blaze at 63 Guildford Crescent Sunday morning. Fire crews say two pets died and one is missing. read more
N.B. cabinet minister blasts Air Canada for cancellation, calls airline ‘incompetent’
Canada/Air Canada/Air Canada cancellation | Sun, 03 Jul 2022 14:24:42 +0000Dominic Cardy posted a series of tweets saying the cancellation means New Brunswick will not have representation at this year's meeting of the Council of Ministers of Education. read more
Edmonton family on edge after stray bullet flies through daughter’s bedroom
Canada/Crime/Brazen Shooting | Sun, 03 Jul 2022 00:10:46 +0000After a night filled with loud Canada Day fireworks, residents in the south Edmonton neighbourhood of Hazeldean woke up Saturday morning to more loud noise, from a gun. read more
