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WestJet suspends flights between Toronto and Montreal until next April
News/Business | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:03:49 EDTWestJet is temporarily suspending flights between Canada's two biggest cities this winter, but plans to resume service between Toronto and Montreal next spring. read more
Years after scathing report into mistreatment of Indigenous people in Quebec, few calls to action imposed
News/Canada/Montreal | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:09:14 EDTQuebec’s ombudsman published the first update on the commission and found that less than a third of the calls to action have been implemented. read more
Solid NDP win cements Kinew as 1st First Nations premier in Manitoba history
News/Canada/Manitoba | Tue, 03 Oct 2023 21:00:00 EDTThe NDP sailed to victory Tuesday night with a solid win that cements leader Wab Kinew as Manitoba's first First Nations premier and also nets the party enough seats to form a majority government. read more
B.C. RCMP to hold regimental funeral Wednesday for officer killed in Coquitlam
News/Canada/British Columbia | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 07:00:00 EDTThe funeral is scheduled to take place at 2 p.m. PT at the Langley Events Centre. It will include a procession and a memorial service concluding with a final salute. read more
Woman with terminal cancer searches for someone to take in her 3 senior dogs
News/Canada/Saskatoon | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 07:00:00 EDTA Regina woman facing terminal cancer won't have peace of mind until she finds a loving person to take care of her three senior dogs. read more
Ontario apartment buildings bring investors double-digit returns. Some tenants say they're paying the price
News/Canada/Hamilton | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 04:00:00 EDTA real estate investment company that’s bought up dozens of older apartment buildings in recent years has become “a great Canadian growth story” by seizing on the unaffordable housing market, says one of its executives. A group of Hamilton tenants say they're the ones paying the price. read more
What warmer weather — and a warmer climate — means for the fall leaves
| Tue, 03 Oct 2023 18:49:00 EDTToronto is experiencing a summer-like stretch of unseasonably warm weather. CBC Toronto meteorologist Colette Kennedy breaks down how high temperatures will affect fall colours this year — and how climate change factors in. read more
Newlywed Indigenous couple travels to Cree communities to destigmatize queer love, teach sexual health
News/Canada/North | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 10:00:11 EDTA newlywed Indigenous couple is working hard to destigmatize queer love in Eeyou Istchee and create the safe spaces they needed themselves. read more
Canadian men in Olympic volleyball qualifying position with 3-set sweep of China
Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports/Volleyball | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 10:20:47 EDTCanada scored a three-set win over host China on Wednesday to improve to 3-1 and move into second spot in Pool C at a men's volleyball Olympic qualification tournament. The top two countries from each of the three pools will play in Paris next summer. read more
David Common will be the new host of CBC Radio's Metro Morning
News/Canada/Toronto | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 08:21:00 EDT"It's so exciting to go from a global adventure to a local one, with the opportunity to meet and hear from people in all corners of this giant city about your lives, families and struggles," Common told CBC Toronto ahead of his Oct. 16 start. read more
Accountability in Greenbelt controversy leads back to Premier Doug Ford, political experts say
News/Canada/Toronto | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 04:00:00 EDTOne political observer says Ontario's premier is likely to survive the recent Greenbelt scandal since he's apologized and reversed course, but political scientists and a former Liberal cabinet minister say the responsibility for initiating the policy and allowing it through cabinet still lies with him. read more
Minor hockey players required to wear bottom layer to dressing room or change in washroom
News/Canada/Nova Scotia | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 05:00:00 EDTThe new Hockey Canada policy takes aim at "minimum requirements of attire" in dressing rooms. If players don't wear the base layer, they will have to change into it inside a closed washroom stall at the rink. read more
Blair steals a page from the Harper playbook to justify cuts to National Defence
News/Politics | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 04:00:00 EDTFor years when it was in power, the former Conservative government railed against a great, faceless bureaucracy it blamed for undermining its goals for the Department of National Defence (DND). That tactic appears to have been adopted by the current Liberal defence minister as he explains the government’s intention to cut $1 billion from the defence appropriation. read more
U.S. issues detention order for alleged B.C. Ponzi schemer Greg Martel
News/Canada/British Columbia | Tue, 03 Oct 2023 19:53:05 EDTA detention order issued in California calls for Martel to be taken immediately into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service, assuming he can be located in the country. read more
Jurors learn what a forensic examiner found in laptop of accused killer of a London, Ont., Muslim family
News/Canada/London | Tue, 03 Oct 2023 18:24:33 EDTInside the laptop found in the small apartment of a man accused of killing a Muslim family in London, a digital forensic investigator found an early version of a manifesto and a video of someone shooting two people, jurors at his trial in an Ontario court in Windsor heard Tuesday. read more
Liberal MP Greg Fergus elected Speaker of the House of Commons
News/Politics | Tue, 03 Oct 2023 04:00:00 EDTLiberal MP Greg Fergus has been elected the new Speaker of the House of Commons — and his first challenge will be to help Parliament turn the page on the embarrassing Yaroslav Hunka incident. read more
CN Rail's network restored after failure halted Toronto-area commute
News/Business | Tue, 03 Oct 2023 15:41:15 EDTTens of thousands of commuters in Ontario who use GO Transit faced cancellations or long delays Tuesday because of CN Rail's "network-wide system failure," which the company said was later restored. read more
Backcountry campers killed by bear in Banff National Park were on multi-day trip, family says
News/Canada/Calgary | Tue, 03 Oct 2023 16:40:40 EDTA family member of the couple fatally attacked by a grizzly bear during a backcountry camping trip in Banff National Park said the two were long-time partners who loved each other and the outdoors. read more
25 years after being sexually abused by coach, Olympian Allison Forsyth settles lawsuit with Alpine Canada
Sports | Tue, 03 Oct 2023 15:08:51 EDTOnly now, some 25 years after being sexually abused by her former national team coach, is former Canadian alpine skier Allison Forsyth remembering who she was before her life was thrown into disarray. read more
Constant price hikes are making inflation worse, Bank of Canada deputy says in speech
News/Business | Tue, 03 Oct 2023 14:53:43 EDTBank of Canada deputy governor Nicolas Vincent says businesses raising their prices more frequently than they did before the pandemic is contributing to higher-than-expected inflation. read more
Saskatoon mother advocates for better public transit amid high school struggles
Canada/City Council/Public Transportation | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 18:49:41 +0000A Saskatoon mother took to city hall Tuesday to advocate for better transit after seeing high school students struggle to make it to class. read more
British Columbians overwhelmingly oppose return of grizzly trophy hunting: poll
Canada/Environment/BC grizzly hunting | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 18:43:58 +0000A recent poll conducted by Research Co., shows that 84 per cent of British Columbians disapprove of hunting grizzly bears for sport and trophies. read more
Missing 4-year-old child rescued from Airdrie pond remains in critical condition
Canada/Crime/Airdrie | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 18:38:29 +0000Airdrie RCMP are investigating an incident where a child was found in medical distress in a pond in the Kings Heights neighbourhood of Airdrie on Wednesday night. read more
Judge gives jury instruction in Halifax murder retrial of Randy Riley
Canada/Chad Smith/Halifax murder trial | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 18:35:01 +0000Randy Riley is charged in the death of Chad Smith, who was killed by a single gunshot on the evening of Oct. 23, 2010. read more
Cobourg insurance company pledges $250K to Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation
Canada/Cobourg/Cobourg Hospital | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 18:23:52 +0000On Tuesday, the Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation announced the support from HTM Insurance Company for the $25-million 'Exceptional Community, Exceptional Care' campaign. read more
Committee approves proposal in downtown London, Ont. tower debate despite opposition
Canada/City Of London/Ldnont | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 18:10:06 +0000A public participation meeting was held before the planning and environment committee on Tuesday where members heard from residents who live around the proposed site at 50 King St. read more
George Reed celebration of life to take place Friday
Canada/CFL/George Reed | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 17:49:01 +0000The celebration of George Reed's life will take place at the Viterra International Trade Centre on Friday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. with doors opening at 11:30 a.m. read more
Search the landfill: Ottawa to fund further study as calls grow
Canada/Jeremy Skibicki/Manitoba Landfill Search | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 17:36:35 +0000The federal government will put $740,000 toward further assessing the feasibility of searching a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two First Nations women. read more
Man behind bars and woman recovering after shooting in Winnipeg
Canada/Crime/Man arrested for shooting in Winnipeg | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 17:28:18 +0000Early on Oct. 1, police responded to a shooting in the 200 block of McDermot Avenue, authorities said. The suspect faces charges for over a dozen offences. read more
WestJet halts Toronto-Montreal route for winter as it scales back from Eastern Canada
Canada/News/Air Travel | Wed, 04 Oct 2023 17:17:59 +0000WestJet says the decision was made as a result of performance and is in line with the airline's strategy to take on more of the longer routes between Eastern and Western Canada. read more
